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Trek Bikes Summer series #11

Heffron Park, Maroubra, March 16, 2004

Rocket Rodriguez clinches 2004 Trek Bike Series

Jose Rodriguez Photo ©: Tony Horneman

Keegan Athinson (left) Photo ©: Tony Horneman

The C grade bunch Photo ©: Tony Horneman

Brothers Fortuna (Rocky left, Frank right) Photo ©: Tony Horneman

Jose Rodriguez (Easts/FRF Couriers) won round 11 in commanding style last night and also secured an unbeatable lead in the 2004 Trek Bikes Summer Series. Rodriguez, who has been the form rider all summer, takes a 13 point lead into next weeks last round and can't wait to claim the first prize of a Trek 5500 Carbon OCLV valued at A$3,000.

Sydney continues to benefit from a late surge of summer weather and racing was again conducted in warm and as usual, windy conditions. With only seven points separating the top three places in the Series pointscore it was imperative that A grade caught the B and C grade bunches early for Rodriguez to have a chance of staying in front of his rivals, David Whyman (14 pts) and Matt Lucas (13pts).

After the first five laps it was obvious the race was going to come together early and the B and C grade bunches almost slowed down to wait for the inevitable. Perhaps A grade benefited from the assistance of having newly promoted Dave Whyman in their ranks? Brad Mills was also there to boost the horsepower and even he was lost for words during the opening laps.

The B grade sprint primes didn't seem to generate much interest with Matt Lucas's 15 point margin over clubmate Jerzy Sowa ensuring he will be going home next week with the first prize of a Shimano Dura Ace Wheelset.

Five laps to go and it was altogether for the finale. The A grade big motors were content to drive the pace with mountain biker Paul Rowney and Stuart Dangerfield both having a go at stretching the echelon to its limits.

In the gallop, it was Rodriguez who decided to lead it out and the move paid off as he held out a fast finishing Liam Kelly who was back on the podium in only his second race back from injury. Kieran Cameron capped off a good night's racing with third and B grade rider Jerzy Sowa just nudged out Stewart Campbell for fourth.

Matt Lucas continued his recent run off impressive finishes by getting the envelope for the first unplaced B grade rider.

In the C grade pointscore Southern Cross juniors Chris Guillan and Keegan Atchinson repeated last weeks placings with Atchinson now wrapping up the C grade Series.

Although the main places in this years Series have been determined the after race beers courtesy of Frank Conceicao will no doubt ensure the last race of the season is well attended, so come and have a beer with Frank next Tuesday to celebrate the finale of another summer of racing at Sydney's Heffron Park.

Results

1 Jose Rodriguez (Easts/FRF Couriers)
2 Liam Kelly (Easts)
3 Kieran Cameron (FDJ-NSWIS)
4 Jerzy Sowa (Randwick Botany)
5 Stuart Campbell (Easts)
 
B Grade
 
1 Matthew Lucas (Randwick Botany)
 
C Grade
 
1 Chris Guillan (Southern Cross)
2 Keegan Atchinson (Southern Cross)
3 Duncan Markham (Manly) 
 
Trek Bikes Pointscore
 
1 Jose Rodriguez        27 pts
2 Dave Whyman           14
3 Matthew Lucas         13
4 Jerzy Sowa             9
5 Rodney McGee           8
6 Steve Wooldridge       7
6 Brian Appleyard        7
6 Steve Fitzpatrick      7
6 Stuart Dangerfield     7
6 Roland Lang            7
11 Robert Cater          6
11 Trent Iliffe          6
13 Peter McDonald        5
14 David Tanner          4
14 Chris Gruber          4
14 Peter Hatton          4
14 Patrick Jones         4
14 Liam Kelly            4
19 Jason Ockerby         3
19 Luke Cridland         3
19 Andrew Kilday         3
19 Chris Guillan         3
19 Keiran Cameron        3
24 Jeff Jones            2
24 Danny Iannazzo        2
24 John Kenny            2
24 Stewart Campbell      2
28 Keegan Aitchinson     1
28 John Tzinberg         1
28 Anthony Spurgeon      1
28 Gavin Bates           1
 
A/B Grade Sprint King
 
1 Matthew Lucas         60 pts
2 Jerzy Sowa            45
3 David Green           38
4 Peter McDonald        25
5 Jose Rodriguez        20
6 Dave Whyman           13
6 Scott Callum          13
6 Liam Kelly            13
8 Alan Bozunovic        10
9 Patrick Jones          9
9 Roland Lang            9
9 Stuart Dangerfield     9
12 Chris Jenkins         8
13 Stephen Pearson       7
13 Craig Dempsey         7
13 Rodney McGee          7
16 Stewart Campbell      6
17 John Sunde            5
17 Steve Wooldridge      5
17 Brian Appleyard       5
17 Steve Fitzpatrick     5
17 Trent Iliffe          5
22 Patrick McNaughton    4
23 John Kenny            3
23 Chris Gruber          3
23 Peter Hatton          3
23 Dave Evans            3
23 David Tanner          3
23 Anthony Challinor     3
29 Luke Cridland         2
29 Robert Cater          2
29 Andrew Kilday         2
29 Roger Sully           2
33 David Stewart         1
33 Warwick Edwards       1
33 Tony Iannicito        1
33 Michael Murdoch       1
33 Brett Townsend        1
33 Keiran Cameron        1
 
C Grade Pointscore
 
1 Keegan Aitchinson     24 pts
2 Duncan Markham        16
2 Chris Guillan         16
4 Danny Iannazzo         9
4 Mark Robertson         9
6 Kevin Black            6
7 Jason Ockerby          5
8 Shane Howley           3
8 Andy Mathews           3
10 Chris Dowd            1
10 Steve Corfanis        1

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