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Oceania Cycling Championships RR - CR
Invercargill, New Zealand, November 18, 2007
Roulston dominates Oceania cycling road race
By Bryan Simmonds in Gore
Ashburton's Hayden Roulston was at his belligerent best to take out the road title at the Lion Foundation Oceania cycling championships in Gore today. The New Zealander, who made his international comeback at last month's world championship, went clear with three laps remaining, riding the final 50 kilometres solo to grab a stunning victory.
Australia's Rochelle Gilmore prevented a New Zealand double when she got up over leading New Zealander Joanne Kiesanowski to take out the women's race.
How it unfolded
Roulston, who "retired" from the sport on medical grounds last year, proved he is back and hungry for a place on the New Zealand team for the Beijing Olympics with his outstanding performance today. He was aggressive from the start, leading a small group consisting of fellow New Zealand team member Joe cooper, Waikato's Logan Hutchings and Australian Shaun Finning on just the second of nine laps in the 169-kilometre race.
Roulston applied the pressure continually as the group gradually dropped off with Cooper the last to be dropped with three laps remaining, as he opened a 1'30" advantage.
Australian Will Dickeson took up the chase, flanked by New Zealanders Joe Chapman and Paul Odlin. The trio got to within 35 seconds of the lead but Roulston changed gears to stretch out to a final 1min 34-second advantage.
Auckland's Blair James took the Under 23 honours, run as part of the elite race, finishing fifth overall, just ahead of Waikato's Clinton Avery and Alex Meenhorst.
The Australians took up the charge in the women's race over 112 kilometres with New Zealand's Serena Sheridan and Australia's Ruth Corset moving out to a 3'30" lead. They were hauled in with one lap left to set up a bunch sprint with 15 riders in the peloton.
New Zealand's Cath Cheatley led out Kiesanowski for the spring but Gilmour, a classy professional based in Italy, got up over the New Zealander in the sprint. Kiesanowski finished second from fellow New Zealanders Emma Crum and Cheatley to gain valuable UCI ranking points to keep the team in the top 15 in the world, which will allow three riders for Beijing when the points are finalised at the end of May.
Australia's Jamie Crass won the Under 19 men's race from New Zealanders Patrick Williamson and Tom Scully while Waikato's Emma Petersen won the Under 19 women's race in a sprint from Auckland's Chloe Hosking and Gemma Dudley (West Coast).
Photography
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- New Zealand's Hayden Roulston enjoys a kiss after a job well done.
- Hayden Roulston (New Zealand) broke away in the Elite Men's race.
- Hayden Roulston (New Zealand) wrapped up a fine week of racing with another win at the Oceania Championships.
- Australia's Rochelle Gilmore claims victory the only way she knows how, in a close sprint.
- Australia also took honours in one of the junior road race.
Results
Open Men Road Race Final - 169km 1 Hayden Roulston (New Zealand) 4.21.10 (38.83km/h) 2 Joe Chapman (New Zealand) 1.34 3 Paul Odlin (New Zealand) 4 Will Dickeson (Australia) 5 Blair James ** (New Zealand) 2.19 6 Clinton Avery ** (New Zealand) 2.22 7 Alex Meenhorst ** (New Zealand) 2.24 8 Mike Northey ** (New Zealand) 9 James Williamson ** (New Zealand) 10 Jonathan Atkinson (New Zealand) 11 Mark Langlands ** (New Zealand) 12 Stephen Elden (New Zealand) 13 Michael Torckler ** (New Zealand) 2.39 14 Aaron Anderson (New Zealand) 14.49 15 Andrew Williams (New Zealand) 17.35 16 Edward Barrett ** (New Zealand) DNF Gordon McCauley (New Zealand) DNF Brad Carter ** (New Zealand) DNF Matt Sillars ** (New Zealand) DNF Joshua England ** (New Zealand) DNF Aaron Lawson ** (New Zealand) DNF Jomo Coates (New Zealand) DNF Eric Drower (New Zealand) DNF Josh Brown ** (New Zealand) DNF Scott Wilder (New Zealand) DNF Leon Hextall ** (New Zealand) DNF James Fairweather (New Zealand) DNF Shane Archbold ** (New Zealand) DNF Jon Richardson (New Zealand) DNF Joel Davies ** (New Zealand) DNF Jonny Stockwell ** (New Zealand) DNF Lachlan Shannon (New Zealand) DNF Daryl Cleghorn (New Zealand) DNF Travis Kane (New Zealand) DNF Nick King ** (New Zealand) DNF Andrew Barlow (New Zealand) DNF Kris Koke (Australia) DNF Sean Finning (Australia) DNF Greg Henderson (New Zealand) DNF Glen Frost (New Zealand) DNF Dave Weston (New Zealand) DNF Geoff Gates ** (New Zealand) DNF Logan Hutchings (New Zealand) DNF Joe Cooper (New Zealand) DNF Michael Fitzgerald ** (Australia) DNF Ryan Wills ** (New Zealand) DNF Matt Taylor (New Zealand) DNF Sam Eadie ** (New Zealand) DNF Roman Van Uden ** (New Zealand) DNF Chris Macic ** (New Zealand) DNF Andrew Jamieson (New Zealand) DNF Jason Barlow (New Zealand) Number of starters: 52 ** Under 23 Men's Under 23 Road Race Final - 169km 1 Blair James (New Zealand) 4.23.29 (38.48km/h) 2 Clinton Avery (New Zealand) 0.03 3 Alex Meenhorst (New Zealand) 0.05 4 Mike Northey (New Zealand) 5 James Williamson (New Zealand) 6 Mark Langlands (New Zealand) 7 Michael Torckler (New Zealand) 0.20 8 Edward Barrett (New Zealand) 15.16 DNF Brad Carter (New Zealand) DNF Matt Sillars (New Zealand) DNF Joshua England (New Zealand) DNF Aaron Lawson (New Zealand) DNF Josh Brown (New Zealand) DNF Leon Hextall (New Zealand) DNF Shane Archbold (New Zealand) DNF Joel Davies (New Zealand) DNF Jonny Stockwell (New Zealand) DNF Nick King (New Zealand) DNF Geoff Gates (New Zealand) DNF Michael Fitzgerald (Australia) DNF Ryan Wills (New Zealand) DNF Sam Eadie (New Zealand) DNF Roman Van Uden (New Zealand) DNF Chris Macic (New Zealand) Number of starters: 24 Women Road Race Final - 112km 1 Rochelle Gilmore (Australia) 3.29.22 (32.10km/h) 2 Joanne Kiesanowski (New Zealand) 3 Emma Crum (New Zealand) 0.02 4 Cath Cheatley (New Zealand) 5 Ruth Corset (Australia) 0.03 6 Alison Shanks (New Zealand) 7 Davina Summers (Australia) 8 Yvette Hill-Willis (New Zealand) 9 Donna Sibley (New Zealand) 10 Rachel Mercer (New Zealand) 11 Sara McDonald (New Zealand) 12 Sarah Murdoch (New Zealand) 13 Catherine Boyens (New Zealand) 14 Serena Sheridan (New Zealand) 15 Brei Gudsell (New Zealand) 16 Bridie O'Donnell (Australia) 4.24 17 Carolyn Jenkins (New Zealand) 5.29 18 Dale Tye (New Zealand) 19 Vicki Burr (New Zealand) 5.34 20 Kathryn Jones (New Zealand) DNF Phillipa Swain (New Zealand) DNF Penny Pawson (New Zealand) DNF Freya Scollay (New Zealand) DNF Tracey Herbert (New Zealand) DNF Josie Giddens (New Zealand) DNF Katri Laike (New Zealand) DNF Gabby Vermunt (New Zealand) DNF Malindi MacLean (New Zealand) DNF Toria Adamson (New Zealand) Number of starters: 29 Men's Under 19 Road Race Final - 112km 1 Jamie Crass (Australia) 3.09.16 (35.51km/h) 2 Patrick Williamson (New Zealand) 3 Tom Scully (New Zealand) 4 Jason Christie (New Zealand) 5 Aaron Donnelly (Australia) 0.01 6 Matt Marshall (New Zealand) 0.02 7 Hamish Presbury (New Zealand) 8 James McCoy (New Zealand) 9 Wade Mangham (New Zealand) 0.03 10 Zane Winiata (New Zealand) 11 Jeremy Nesbitt (New Zealand) 12 Hamish Tomlinson (New Zealand) 0.04 13 Laurence Van Schie (Australia) 5.06 14 Alex McGregor (New Zealand) 5.46 15 Sam Lindsay (New Zealand) 7.54 DNF Peter Johnstone (Australia) DNF Chad Adair (New Zealand) DNF Simon Honour (New Zealand) DNF Sam Steele (New Zealand) DNF Tim Tomlinson (New Zealand) DNF Ruaraidh McLeod (New Zealand) DNF Josh Wight (New Zealand) DNF Luke Baird (New Zealand) DNF Latham Croft (New Zealand) DNF Gus Kerr (New Zealand) DNS Tom Findlay (New Zealand) Number of starters: 25 Women's Under 19 Road Race Final - 57km 1 Emma Petersen (New Zealand) 1.54.55 (29.76km/h) 2 Chloe Hosking (Australia) 3 Gemma Dudley (New Zealand) 0.02 4 Veronica Dudderidge (Australia) 5 Sequoia Cooper (New Zealand) 0.22 6 Katie Kenny (New Zealand) 0.56 DNS Jessica Jolly (New Zealand) DNS Sarah Martin (New Zealand) DNS Nicola O'Neale (New Zealand) DNS Harriet Smithies (New Zealand) Number of starters: 6
