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Tour de Vineyards - NE
New Zealand, January 1-4, 2007
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Stage 2 - January 2: Richmond - Nelson Lakes District, 90 km
Gordon McCauley maintains control
Day Two of the tour dawned warm and sunny and saw the yellow jersey remain firmly on the shoulders of Gordon McCauley. The race leader was part of another breakaway, this time without Clinton Avery, but with the ever present Heath Blackgrove, Christchurch youngster Olly Pearce and Steve Stannard from Palmerston North. Matt Haydock, Scott Wilder and Richard Speer instigated the early break following the sprints at Brightwater and Wakefield, and were joined at the top of the Spooners Range by another 13 riders, including the top three GC contenders, McCauley, Blackgrove and Avery.
The hill through Rainy River, en route to St Arnaud, provided the next bout of action with McCauley jumping up the road to join Olly Pearce, with these two soon joined by Blackgrove and Stannard, the four of whom built up a 51 second lead over the undulations leading into the race finish at picturesque St Arnaud, which graces the shores of Lake Rotoiti.
Race Two saw the action happen on the Spooners Range with Gina Waibl setting the pace and allowing eight riders to crest the hill with a firm gap over the rest of the field (Tye, Basten, Clapp, Kuhajek, Torkler, Wilkes and Sheridan). These eight were later joined by Sprint Ace Karen Fulton. An altercation with a Nelson pothole resulted in a nasty crash that took Wilkes out of action, leaving eight riders to contest the sprint at St Arnaud, which was won by Serena Sheridan. The time bonuses from Fulton's sprint wins earlier in the day seeing her take the yellow jersey leading into tomorrow's challenging Takaka Hill stage.
Race Three came down to a bunch sprint with old hand Brian Fowler easily taking the spoils, a few lengths ahead of Chris Nicolson and Greg Atkins. This puts Fowler in the yellow jersey head Atkins and Darrell Kircher. However, with Lester Settle and Stuart Lowe lurking only seconds behind on general classification, the race is far from over yet.
Race Four saw a bunch of 14 contesting a sprint into St Arnaud, with master sprinter Malcolm Pearce taking the win from Nelson's Richie Howes and Peter Alder. Nelson's Grant Stirling retains the yellow jersey following his solo move in yesterday's stage.
Tomorrow sees the most challenging stage yet – climbing over the Reay Saddle, through Tapawera and up the Stanley Brook Hill before travelling along the scenic West Bank on the shores of the Motueka River before the real race begins – the ascent of the infamous Takaka Hill. With $1000 up for grabs for the first to the top, the race promises to be an eventful (and painful) affair for the riders.
Results
Race 1 1 Gordon Mccauley 2.28.50 2 Olly Pearce U23 3 Heath Blackgrove 4 Steve Stannard 5 James Williamson U19 0.51 6 Bevan Eyles 7 Ashley Whitehead 8 Daniel Barry U23 9 Matthew Haydock U23 10 Michael Torckler U23 11 Scott Wilder 1.55 12 Clinton Avery U23 2.04 13 Brett Dawbler 14 Shane Archbold U19 15 Richard Speer 2.30 16 Joshua Barley U23 17 Wayne Hiscock 3.27 18 Josh Brannigan U23 5.11 19 Hayden Godfrey 5.18 20 Ryan Wills U23 5.20 21 George Bennett U19 5.25 22 Michael Kingan 5.30 23 Paul Odlin 6.03 24 Aaron Tuckerman 25 Lee Poston U23 6.19 26 Brady Gibbons 6.34 27 Daniel Carruthers 28 Johnathon Gee 29 James Gibson 30 Thijs Hubber 31 Andrew Mcfarlane 32 Mike Northcott 33 Don Oakly 34 Justin Price 35 Alastair Stewart 36 Luc Van Es 37 Sam Horn 38 Rodney Wallace 39 David Ayre U23 40 Edward Barrett U23 41 Jono Hailstone U23 42 Sam Horgan U23 43 Mark Langlands U23 44 Felix Laufkotter U23 45 Michael Naylor U23 46 Carl Jones U23 47 Josh Brown U19 48 James Dobson U19 49 Henry Sommerville U19 50 Sam Steele U19 51 Gordon Walker 52 Bucky Schafer 6.47 53 Jeff Best Snrb 14.23 54 Mike Milner Snrb 55 Nick Emery 14.54 56 Glenn Rewi 57 Tim Vincent 58 Brad Tilby 59 Andrew Ellis 60 Aaron Lawson U23 61 Leon Hextall U19 62 Nicholas Hextall U19 63 Thomas Libby U19 64 Tom Pearce U19 65 Rob Creasy Snrb 66 Myron Simpson U19 16.38 67 Steven Armstrong 20.43 68 Ross Stewart U23 24.07 69 Cris Lovell-smith 30.20 70 Chris Sanson U23 41.38 71 Jason Christy U19 42.51 DNF Simon Crumpton DNF Julian Mitchell DNF Paul Sumich DNF Andrew Curnow U19 DNS Ken Feist DNS James Zwaggman U23 DNS Dean Fulton Race 2 1 Serena Sheridan 2.58.55 2 Karen Fulton Sw 3 Annelies Basten Sw 4 Brenda Clapp Sw 5 Dale Tye Sw 6 Jeannie Kuhajek Sw 7 Gina Waibl Sw 8 Kerri-Anne Torkler 9 Donna Sibley Sw 4.57 10 Dorette Prinsloo U23 11 Tracy Clark M1 12 Bridget Robertshawe M1 13 Lauren Ellis U19 14 Mary Jones M1 18.05 15 Carissa Wilkes 19.05 DNF Sharyon John Sw DNF Karyn Palmer M1 Race 3 1 Brian Fowler M2 2.44.33 2 Chris Nicholson M2 3 Greg Atkins M2 4 Glenn Gould M1 5 Jimmy Griffiths M1 6 Max Riley M1 7 Chris Charles M1 8 Lester Settle M2 9 Stuart Lowe M1 10 William Ayres M2 11 Mark Mcginley M2 12 Bruce Boardman M2 13 Simon Yarrell M1 14 Nigel Veiese M2 15 Nick Batt M1 16 Brian Grant M1 17 Simon White M2 18 Darrell Kircher M2 19 David Comerford M1 20 Mark Washington M1 0.56 21 Michael Ferigo M2 3.24 22 Thomas Pettersson M2 5.36 23 Darryl Taylor M2 24 Kevin O'Donnell M1 14.18 25 Pete Sheed M1 14.35 26 John Baddeley M2 15.48 27 David Priscott M1 17.05 Race 4 1 Malcolm Pearce M4 2.54.08 2 Richie Howes M4 3 Peter Alder M3 4 Mike Sim M3 5 Malcolm Allen M3 6 Grant Stirling M3 7 Bruce Jones M4 8 Paul Berg M3 9 Tim Webb M4 10 Steve Chapman M4 11 Gary Overend M4 12 Brent Harris M4 13 Mark Ferguson M3 14 Peter James M4 15 Malcolm Perry M3 4.38 16 Steven Sanderson M3 8.33 17 Richie Van Vugt M3 18 Peter Maich M3 19 Martyn Williamson M3 20 Tony Berggren M3 21 Denis Cooper M3 22 Brian Lippers M3 23 Trevor Macdonald M3 24 Richard Clark M4 25 Peter White M4 9.47 26 Karl Van Hoppe M4 11.47 General classification after stage two Race 1 1 Gordon Mccauley 3.39.14 2 Heath Blackgrove 0.04 3 Olly Pearce U23 0.35 4 Steve Stannard 0.37 5 James Williamson U19 1.28 6 Bevan Eyles 1.30 6 Ashley Whitehead 6 Daniel Barry U23 6 Matthew Haydock U23 6 Michael Torckler U23 11 Clinton Avery U23 2.10 12 Scott Wilder 2.34 13 Brett Dawbler 2.43 13 Shane Archbold U19 15 Richard Speer 3.09 15 Joshua Barley U23 17 Wayne Hiscock 4.06 18 Josh Brannigan U23 5.50 19 Hayden Godfrey 5.57 20 Ryan Wills U23 5.59 21 George Bennett U19 6.04 22 Paul Odlin 6.42 22 Aaron Tuckerman 24 Brady Gibbons 7.11 25 Daniel Carruthers 7.13 25 Johnathon Gee 25 Andrew Mcfarlane 25 Mike Northcott 25 Don Oakly 25 Alastair Stewart 25 Luc Van Es 25 Sam Horn 25 Rodney Wallace 25 Edward Barrett U23 25 Jono Hailstone U23 25 Sam Horgan U23 25 Mark Langlands U23 25 Felix Laufkotter U23 25 Josh Brown U19 25 Henry Sommerville U19 25 Sam Steele U19 42 Bucky Schafer 7.26 43 Thijs Hubber 8.57 44 Michael Kingan 9.29 45 Gordon Walker 9.35 46 Lee Poston U23 10.18 47 Michael Naylor U23 10.33 47 Carl Jones U23 49 David Ayre U23 14.13 50 Jeff Best Snrb 15.02 51 Brad Tilby 15.33 51 Andrew Ellis 51 Aaron Lawson U23 51 Leon Hextall U19 51 Tom Pearce U19 56 Myron Simpson U19 17.17 57 James Dobson U19 18.43 58 Glenn Rewi 18.53 58 Thomas Libby U19 60 James Gibson 20.43 61 Mike Milner Snrb 21.02 62 Justin Price 22.43 63 Ross Stewart U23 24.46 64 Tim Vincent 24.53 65 Nick Emery 27.03 66 Nicholas Hextall U19 30.03 66 Rob Creasy Snrb 68 Steven Armstrong 32.52 69 Chris Sanson U23 42.17 70 Cris Lovell-smith 42.29 71 Jason Christy U19 49.30 DNF Simon Crumpton DNF Julian Mitchell DNF Paul Sumich DNF Andrew Curnow U19 DNS Ken Feist DNS James Zwaggman U23 DNS Dean Fulton Race 2 1 Karen Fulton Sw 4.24.39 1 Annelies Basten Sw 3 Serena Sheridan 0.01 4 Kerri-Anne Torkler 0.02 5 Brenda Clapp Sw 0.04 6 Dale Tye Sw 0.05 7 Jeannie Kuhajek Sw 0.06 7 Gina Waibl Sw 9 Tracy Clark M1 4.58 10 Lauren Ellis U19 5.02 11 Donna Sibley Sw 5.03 11 Bridget Robertshawe M1 13 Dorette Prinsloo U23 5.18 14 Mary Jones M1 18.11 15 Carissa Wilkes 19.11 DNF Sharyon John Sw DNF Karyn Palmer M1 Race 3 1 Brian Fowler M2 3.41.29 2 Greg Atkins M2 0.03 3 Darrell Kircher M2 0.04 4 Chris Nicholson M2 0.05 5 Glenn Gould M1 0.07 6 Jimmy Griffiths M1 0.08 6 Max Riley M1 6 Chris Charles M1 0.09 6 Lester Settle M2 6 Stuart Lowe M1 6 William Ayres M2 6 Mark Mcginley M2 6 Bruce Boardman M2 6 Simon Yarrell M1 6 Nigel Veiese M2 6 Nick Batt M1 6 Brian Grant M1 6 Simon White M2 6 David Comerford M1 20 Mark Washington M1 1.05 21 Michael Ferigo M2 3.33 22 Thomas Pettersson M2 5.45 22 Darryl Taylor M2 24 Kevin O'Donnell M1 14.25 25 Pete Sheed M1 14.44 26 John Baddeley M2 15.57 27 David Priscott M1 17.14 Race 4 1 Grant Stirling M3 3.44.15 2 Malcolm Pearce M4 0.05 3 Peter Alder M3 0.06 4 Richie Howes M4 0.09 5 Mike Sim M3 0.11 5 Mark Ferguson M3 5 Malcolm Allen M3 0.12 5 Gary Overend M4 5 Bruce Jones M4 0.13 5 Paul Berg M3 5 Tim Webb M4 5 Steve Chapman M4 5 Brent Harris M4 5 Peter James M4 15 Malcolm Perry M3 4.51 16 Steven Sanderson M3 8.46 16 Richie Van Vugt M3 16 Peter Maich M3 16 Martyn Williamson M3 16 Tony Berggren M3 16 Denis Cooper M3 16 Brian Lippers M3 16 Trevor Macdonald M3 16 Richard Clark M4 25 Peter White M4 10.00 26 Karl Van Hoppe M4 12.00
