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Tattersall's Cup Tour of the Murray River - NE
Australia, August 31-September 4, 2005
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Stage 1 - August 31: Swan Hill Criterium, 45 km
McLachlan solidifies Tatt's Cup lead
By Rod Morris in Manangatang
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The Tour of the Murray Rival opened in Swan Hill with a morning criterium over a gruelling 45 km, made harder by ferocious North-West wind, which buffeted riders from side to side. The Tattersall's Cup series' most prolific stage winner, Robert McLachlan of Canberra continued on his winning way, with another sensational performance.
McLachlan (33) won four stages of the series' opening event, the Tour of Gippsland and a further two stages of the Jayco Tour of Tasmania. Starting the Tour of the Murray River with his seventh stage win, makes a red-hot favourite to win the Tattersall Cup series, which is determined on a complex scoring system, which offers riders points to start and finish tours, as well as a sliding scale of points for the first 10 riders in each stage. McLachlan started the day leading the series and extended his advantage even further with his opening stage victory.
The Swan Hill Criterium was always going to be a tough race, given the windy conditions and the nervousness of some riders, particularly those that were trying to find a place in the bunch to hide. New Zealander Gordon McCauley, winner of the Tour of Gippsland, made several early breaks, but was reeled in each time, while the battle for points in the Sprint Championship was an entertaining affair with Victorian Simon Clarke, Adelaide's national mountain bike champion Chris Jongewaard, Tasmanian Bernard Sulzberger and New South Wales' Troy Glennan winning the bulk of the intermediate sprints.
Clarke earned sufficient bonus time to edge past stage winner McLachlan in General Classification honours. Clark took a four second lead into the afternoon's second stage, a tough 88.4 km road race from Swan Hill to Manangatang.
Photography
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- Katie Mactier of Victoria a star on the track and using the tour as a lead up to the Commonwealth Games in 2006
- On the startline in Swan Hill for stage one of the Tour of the Murray
- Russell Van Hout back from overseas for the Tour of the Murray
- Ben Kersten an Aussie track star on the startline for the tour
- Bradley Payne from the Gold Coast in action in Swan Hill
- The field heads up the home straight in Swan Hill
- The peloton makes its way around the streets of Swan Hill
- Katie Mactier follows fellow Victorian Matthew Jensen in the home straight
- Hey Marg can you pass me the sugar...?
- The peloton swings round in front of the Swan Hill Town Hall
- The peloton swings round the roundabout at the top of the home straight
- The Tour up close
- The bunch makes its way up the rise in the home straight
- With the price of fuel the bikes are back in town!
- The peloton heads under the banner of the Tattersall's Cup Cycling Series
- Watching the tour go by from the Subaru VIP area in the home straight
- Troy Glennan goes for it near a sprint on stage one
- Trent Wilson returned from 35 degree heat in Italy to the cold of North Western Victoria
- Robert McLachlan takes out stage one before a good crowd in Swan Hill
- The podium (L-R): Stuart Shaw (3rd) Robert McLachlan (1st) and Simon Clarke (2nd)
- Robert McLachlan the leader in the Sunraysia Daily Newspaper Criterium award
- The sky is the limit for prolific stage winner Robert McLachlan
- Simon Clarke from Victoria tries on his Tour leader's yellow jersey
Results
1 Robert McLachlan 1.03.12 2 Simon Clarke 3 Stuart Shaw 4 Bernard Sulzberger 5 Tommy Nankervis 6 Gordon McCauley 7 Scott Peoples 8 Cameron Wise 9 Peter Dawson 10 Adrian Salter 11 Chris Jongewaard 12 Andrew Graham 0.04 13 Russell Van Hout 14 Mathew Rex 15 Peter Milostic 16 David Hiley 17 Bradley Payne 18 David McKenzie 19 Stephen Cunningham 20 Joe McDonnell 21 Trent Wilson 22 Nash Kent 23 Luke Bettany 24 Matthew Gilbert 25 Peter McDonald 26 Troy Glennan 27 Michael Ford 28 Richard Moffatt 0.08 29 John Walker 30 Casey Munro 31 Greg Rossiter 32 Brendan O'Connell 33 Brendan Brooks 34 Aaron Salisbury 35 Wesley Sulzberger 36 Patrick Shaw 37 James Maebus 38 Brendan Hill 39 Peter Mueller 0.13 40 Stephen Rossendell 0.15 41 Darren Lapthorne 42 Matt Haydock 43 Sean Finning 0.20 44 Tim Hucker 45 Andrew Naylor 46 Kieren Cameron 47 Bradley Norton 48 Robert Cater 49 Jason Hegert 50 David Tozer 51 David Kemp 52 George Bunt 53 Peter Herzig 54 Simon Walker 55 Scott McGrory 56 Vaughan Bowman 57 Daniel Burtt 58 Nicholas Wood 59 Timothy Decker 60 Ben Kersten 61 Adrian Hanson 62 Ben Isaksen 63 Grant Webster 0.45 64 Brad Glennan 65 Trent Stevenson 1.09 66 Christopher Jenkins 1.33 67 Tim Buchanan 68 Josh Smith 2.07 69 Scott Brown 70 Matthew Goss 71 Katie Mactier 4.14 72 Jeremy Davis 73 Matthew Delahunty 74 Michael Hardy 75 Heath Keenan 76 Luke Pledger 77 Cameron Bowden 78 Grant Irwin 6.21 79 Robert Booker 80 Daniel Furmston 81 Charles Howlett 82 Matthew Jensen 83 Scott Jensen 84 Kyle Marwood 85 William Murray 86 Simon Pearson 87 Steven Pilson 88 David Salton 89 Warren Scott 90 Alexander Smyth 91 Robert Lyte 92 Samuel Rix 8.28 93 Steven Robb 94 Andrew Roe 95 Damien Turner 96 Simon Van Der Aa 97 Daniel Nelms 10.35 98 Andrew Cochrane 14.49 99 Sam Freeman Retired Riders DNF Jason Johnson DNF Leigh Egan DNF Tim Buchanan DNF Kirk Eddy DNF Kharne Hammersley DNF Michael Lewis DNF Jonathon Tainsh DNF Marc Williams DNF Nathan Wise DNF Robert Crowe DNF Sam Brown DNF Danny Cohen DNF Bradley Mills DNF William Zammit DNF John Madden DNF Joshua Wall DNF Dean Windsor DNF Alistair Farley Sprints Sprint 1 - End of Lap 6 1 Gordon McCauley 3 pts 2 Sean Finning 2 3 Simon Clarke 1 Sprint 2 - End of Lap 8 1 Robert McLachlan 3 pts 2 Simon Clarke 2 3 Chris Jongewaard 1 Sprint 3 - End of Lap 10 1 Stuart Shaw 3 pts 2 Peter Dawson 2 3 Troy Glennan 1 Sprint 4 - End of Lap 12 1 Simon Clarke 3 pts 2 Russell Van Hout 2 3 Chris Jongewaard 1 Sprint 5 - End of Lap 14 1 Bernard Sulzberger 3 pts 2 David McKenzie 2 3 Simon Clarke 1 Sprint 6 - End of Lap 16 1 Bernard Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Chris Jongewaard 2 3 Robert McLachlan 1 Sprint 7 - End of Lap 18 1 Simon Clarke 3 pts 2 Chris Jongewaard 2 3 Peter Milostic 1 Sprint 8 - End of Lap 20 1 Peter McDonald 3 pts 2 Troy Glennan 2 3 Richard Moffatt 1 Sprint 9 - End of Lap 22 1 Stuart Shaw 3 pts 2 Bernard Sulzberger 2 3 Chris Jongewaard 1 Sprint 10 - End of Lap 24 1 Troy Glennan 3 pts 2 Mathew Rex 2 3 Richard Moffatt 1 Sprint 11 - End of Lap 26 1 Chris Jongewaard 3 pts 2 Casey Munro 2 3 Troy Glennan 1 General classification after stage 1 1 Simon Clarke 1.02.54 2 Robert McLachlan 0.04 3 Stuart Shaw 0.06 4 Bernard Sulzberger 5 Chris Jongewaard 0.08 6 Gordon McCauley 0.14 7 Troy Glennan 0.15 8 Tommy Nankervis 0.16 9 Peter Dawson 10 Cameron Wise 0.18 11 Adrian Salter 12 Scott Peoples 13 Peter McDonald 0.19 14 Mathew Rex 0.20 15 Russell Van Hout 16 David McKenzie 17 Peter Milostic 0.21 18 Nash Kent 0.22 19 Bradley Payne 20 Joe McDonnell 21 David Hiley 22 Andrew Graham 23 Michael Ford 24 Luke Bettany 25 Stephen Cunningham 26 Matthew Gilbert 27 Trent Wilson 28 Casey Munro 0.24 29 Richard Moffatt 30 John Walker 0.26 31 Greg Rossiter 32 James Maebus 33 Brendan O'Connell 34 Brendan Hill 35 Brendan Brooks 36 Aaron Salisbury 37 Patrick Shaw 38 Wesley Sulzberger 39 Peter Mueller 0.31 40 Stephen Rossendell 0.33 41 Darren Lapthorne 42 Matt Haydock 43 Sean Finning 0.36 44 Simon Walker 0.38 45 Peter Herzig 46 Robert Cater 47 Nicholas Wood 48 David Tozer 49 Andrew Naylor 50 Ben Isaksen 51 Tim Hucker 52 Jason Hegert 53 Adrian Hanson 54 Kieren Cameron 55 Daniel Burtt 56 George Bunt 57 Vaughan Bowman 58 Timothy Decker 59 Bradley Norton 60 David Kemp 61 Ben Kersten 62 Scott McGrory 63 Grant Webster 1.03 64 Brad Glennan 65 Trent Stevenson 1.27 66 Christopher Jenkins 1.51 67 Josh Smith 2.25 68 Scott Brown 69 Matthew Goss 70 Luke Pledger 4.32 71 Heath Keenan 72 Michael Hardy 73 Matthew Delahunty 74 Jeremy Davis 75 Cameron Bowden 76 Katie Mactier 77 Robert Lyte 6.39 78 Alexander Smyth 79 Warren Scott 80 David Salton 81 Steven Pilson 82 Simon Pearson 83 William Murray 84 Kyle Marwood 85 Scott Jensen 86 Matthew Jensen 87 Charles Howlett 88 Daniel Furmston 89 Robert Booker 90 Grant Irwin 91 Simon Van Der Aa 8.46 92 Damien Turner 93 Andrew Roe 94 Steven Robb 95 Samuel Rix 96 Daniel Nelms 10.53 97 Sam Freeman 15.07 98 Andrew Cochrane Road Safe Mildura Sprint Championship 1 Simon Clarke 10 pts 2 Chris Jongewaard 10 3 Bernard Sulzberger 8 4 Troy Glennan 7 5 Stuart Shaw 6 6 Robert McLachlan 4 7 Peter McDonald 3 8 Gordon McCauley 3 9 Sean Finning 2 10 Richard Moffatt 2 11 Mathew Rex 2 12 Casey Munro 2 13 David McKenzie 2 14 Peter Dawson 2 15 Russell Van Hout 2 16 Peter Milostic 1 Sunraysia Daily - Criterium Championship 1 Robert McLachlan 10 pts 2 Simon Clarke 9 3 Stuart Shaw 8 4 Bernard Sulzberger 7 5 Tommy Nankervis 6 6 Gordon McCauley 5 7 Scott Peoples 4 8 Cameron Wise 3 9 Peter Dawson 2 10 Adrian Salter 1 Subaru Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Gordon McCauley 2 pts
