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Tattersall's Cup Tour of the Murray River - NE
Australia, August 31-September 4, 2005
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Stage 10 - September 4: Mildura Kermesse, 66 km
McKenzie takes stage, Clarke the overall win
By Rod Morris in Mildura
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Veteran David McKenzie won the final stage of the Tattersall's Cup series in Mildura to secure his place in the Tour of Queensland in late October. European-based rider Trent Wilson's international racing partner, Russell Van Hout from South Australia, was the big mover in the Mildura Criterium, which finished off this year's Tour of the Murray River. Whilst never being a serious possibility to pinch overall honours from Clarke, Van Hout moved from 16th at 2.22 minutes behind to 11th at 1.40 minute adrift bby the end of the stage. Van Hout, McKenzie, Tasmanian Wesley Sulzberger and Victorians Adrian Salter and Casey Munro forged a solid group, nine laps into the 30 lap race around the Mildura waterfront.
The quintet worked hard and it didn't take long before a gap of 43 seconds had been established. That margin increase to 1 minute shortly after as Van Hout enjoyed time at the front of the group, picking up valuable bonus points. Van Hout won six intermediate sprints and was second in three others and as well as a big lift in GC rankings, also jumped into equal third in the Sprint Championship, which was won by Canberra's Stuart Shaw. McKenzie had been strangely quiet in the breakaway group, took his turn out the front to win the last two intermediates as the peloton closed the gap to 35 seconds at the bell lap. Wesley Sulzberger lost touch with his fellow escapees on the closing lap, leaving McKenzie to win his third Mildura stage in Tattersall's Cup history, outsprinting Van Hout and Salter and leaving Munro in fourth place, two seconds behind. "This is a really satisfying win for me," McKenzie said.
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"I haven't had the best of series, particularly for the standards that I set for myself and a few of the race officials have been ribbing me about not being up on the stage very often." "But I was very relaxed and not worrying about too much." "I went out on Saturday night and had a couple of beers and tried not to worry too much about things," he added. McKenzie said he will now concentrate on being prepared for next month's Herald Sun Tour, an event which he has a close affinity, after having won 11 stages over a 10 year period. The peloton was led home by Ben Kersten, 11 seconds behind McKenzie, while three other intriguing battles were also decided.
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Stuart Shaw entered the last stage holding a one point lead in the Sprint Championship over New Zealand's Gordon McCauley. Interestingly both riders spent most of the stage at the rear of the field, watching other like hawks and not improving their overall positions. Shaw eventually claimed sprint honours. Robert McLachlan was in an awkward position where he had to watch two riders. The former Olympian led Tommy Nankervis in the Criterium Championship by two points and had to finish within two places of the Victorian to ensure victory while also making sure Tasmanian Bernard Sulzberger didn't finish eight places better than him in the stage, or his claim on the Tattersall's Cup crown could be threatened.
The latter title - and $4000 prizemoney bonus - took precedence for McLachlan, as he followed Sulzberger across the line in ninth place, while Nankervis took sixth and the Criterium Championship. McLachlan held onto win the Tattersall's Cup by just 9-points from Sulzberger. The top 10 riders in the Tattersall's Cup series have won automatic starts - plus airfares and accommodation - in the Tour of Queensland, which will be held from October 27 to November 3. Joining McLachlan and Sulzberger in the third annual Queensland event will be Simon Clarke (Vic), Gordon McCauley (NZ), Stuart Shaw (ACT), Chris Jongewaard (SA), Mathew Rex (SA), Peter McDonald (NSW), David McKenzie (Vic) and Richard Mofatt (NSW).
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- Dominic Caravello issues instructions to his charges before the final stage in Mildura.
- The trophies of the Tattersall's Cup Series.
- Bernard Sulzberger of Tasmania in second place overall in the Tour of the Murray River.
- Peter Mueller from South Australia awaits the start of the final stage in Mildura.
- Saddles, wheels and handlebars.
- David Salton from Victoria makes some adjustments before the final stage.
- Looking for the peloton under the banner.
- Stuart Shaw (R), the RoadSafe Mildura Sprint Points leader.
- The tour leader has the road to himself.
- Imposters on the tour in Mildura.
- The peloton wind their way around the streets of Mildura.
- Samuel Rix (C) of Victoria in the peloton.
- The peloton in the home straight on the final day of the Tour of the Murray River.
- A lead group opened up a gap on the peloton early into the final stage.
- Adrian Salter leads Casey Munro over a railway line in the lead group.
- David Hiley of New South Wales on track in the Tour of the Murray River.
- Ben Kersten of New South Wales already a stage winner on the Tour .
- Robert Cater (108) and Kyle Marwood (76) in the peloton during the final stage.
- David McKenzie drives the leaders around the streets of Mildura.
- The main field corner in search of the leaders.
- A wheel change as the peloton continues.
- David McKenzie looking for success on the final day.
- Chris Jongewaard leads fellow South Australian Mathew Rex and the peloton around.
- Andrew Graham gets thirsty in the peloton.
- Adrian Salter from Victoria corners in the lead group.
- Russell Van Hout working overtime in the lead group.
- The main field find some time to reflect on the Tour of the Murray River!
- The field give chase under the banner in Mildura.
- The peloton in hot pursuit of the leaders.
- With a lap to go, the peloton are closing in on the leaders.
- A great crowd turned out in Mildura for the final stage.
- David McKenzie takes out the final stage in Mildura.
- The peloton sprint to the line for top 10 placings.
- The podium - (L-R) Adrian Salter (3rd), David McKenzie (1st) and Russell Van Hout (2nd).
- Katie Mactier the only female to compete in the tour receives a presentation after the final stage.
- Amanda Newton from Tattersalls presents the Tour winner's yellow jersey to Simon Clarke.
- The Tour's final GC podium - (L-R) Chris Jongewaard (3rd), Simon Clarke (1st) and Bernard Sulzberger (2nd).
- Gordon McCauley from New Zealand zips up his Subaru Most Aggressive rider's jersey.
- Stuart Shaw with his RoadSafe Mildura Sprint Points winner's jersey.
- Tommy Nankervis on the podium in his Sunraysia Daily Newspaper Criterium winner's jersey.
- Gordon McCauley is all smiles with his Tourism Victoria King of the Mountains jersey.
- Robert McLachlan, the Tattersalls Cup Champion .
- The final 2005 Tattersall's Cup podium - (L-R) Simon Clarke (3rd), Robert McLachlan (1st) and Bernard Sulzberger (2nd).
- Amanda Newton from Tattersalls presents Simon Clarke with the Sid Patterson rider of the future award.
- 10 years of Tatt's - (L-R) Amanda Newton of Tattersalls, Leanne Freeman, John Craven and Diana Nardi all of Caribou Publications celebrate ten years of the Tattersall's Cup Series in the Sunraysia district.
Results
1 David McKenzie 1.27.14 2 Russell Van Hout 3 Adrian Salter 4 Casey Munro 0.02 5 Ben Kersten 0.09 6 Tommy Nankervis 7 Simon Clarke 8 Bernard Sulzberger 9 Robert McLachlan 10 Aaron Salisbury 11 Nash Kent 12 Tim Hucker 13 Luke Bettany 14 Chris Jongewaard 15 Mathew Rex 16 Jeremy Davis 17 Andrew Graham 18 Robert Booker 19 Stephen Cunningham 20 Steven Robb 21 Simon Pearson 22 David Hiley 23 David Salton 24 Adrian Hanson 25 Joe McDonnell 26 Bradley Norton 27 Andrew Naylor 28 James Maebus 29 Damien Turner 30 Nicholas Wood 31 Alexander Smyth 32 Troy Glennan 33 Greg Rossiter 34 Cameron Bowden 35 Trent Stevenson 36 Robert Cater 37 Scott Brown 38 David Tozer 39 Samuel Rix 40 Matthew Delahunty 41 Matt Haydock 42 Peter Dawson 43 Daniel Burtt 44 Luke Pledger 45 Christopher Jenkins 46 Peter Mueller 47 Brad Glennan 48 Peter McDonald 49 Vaughan Bowman 50 Darren Lapthorne 51 Kyle Marwood 52 Ben Isaksen 53 Cameron Wise 54 Trent Wilson 55 Scott Jensen 56 Brendan Brooks 57 George Bunt 58 Richard Moffatt 59 John Walker 60 Jason Hegert 61 Timothy Decker 62 Brendan O'Connell 63 Peter Herzig 0.22 64 Grant Irwin 0.24 65 Wesley Sulzberger 0.41 66 Patrick Shaw 67 Warren Scott 68 Bradley Payne 69 Stephen Rossendell 2.55 70 Robert Lyte 71 Charles Howlett 72 Stuart Shaw 73 Gordon McCauley 11.44 74 Matthew Jensen 14.35 75 William Murray 17.30 Sprints Lap 2 1 Adrian Salter 3 pts 2 Stuart Shaw 2 3 Ben Isaksen 1 Lap 4 1 Robert McLachlan 3 pts 2 Bernard Sulzberger 2 3 Simon Clarke 1 Lap 6 1 David Tozer 3 pts 2 Russell Van Hout 2 3 Peter McDonald 1 Lap 8 1 Luke Bettany 3 pts 2 David McKenzie 2 3 Gordon McCauley 1 Lap 10 1 Adrian Salter 3 pts 2 Russell Van Hout 2 3 David McKenzie 1 Lap 12 1 David McKenzie 3 pts 2 Russell Van Hout 2 3 Casey Munro 1 Lap 14 1 Russell Van Hout 3 pts 2 Casey Munro 2 3 Adrian Salter 1 Lap 16 1 Russell Van Hout 3 pts 2 Adrian Salter 2 3 Casey Munro 1 Lap 18 1 Russell Van Hout 3 pts 2 Casey Munro 2 3 Adrian Salter 1 Lap 20 1 Russell Van Hout 3 pts 2 Wesley Sulzberger 2 3 Casey Munro 1 Lap 22 1 Russell Van Hout 3 pts 2 Casey Munro 2 3 Adrian Salter 1 Lap 24 1 Russell Van Hout 3 pts 2 Casey Munro 2 3 David McKenzie 1 Lap 26 1 David McKenzie 3 pts 2 Russell Van Hout 2 3 Wesley Sulzberger 1 Lap 28 1 David McKenzie 3 pts 2 Wesley Sulzberger 2 3 Adrian Salter 1 Final General Classification 1 Simon Clarke 13.49.53 2 Bernard Sulzberger 0.25 3 Chris Jongewaard 0.39 4 Mathew Rex 0.41 5 Stephen Cunningham 0.59 6 Troy Glennan 1.01 7 Luke Bettany 8 Richard Moffatt 1.13 9 Joe McDonnell 1.22 10 Robert McLachlan 1.27 11 Russell Van Hout 1.40 12 Cameron Wise 1.45 13 Bradley Norton 1.50 14 Andrew Naylor 1.54 15 Tommy Nankervis 2.04 16 Adrian Salter 2.12 17 Daniel Burtt 2.24 18 Ben Kersten 2.25 19 David Hiley 2.31 20 Aaron Salisbury 2.35 21 Peter Mueller 2.39 22 Nash Kent 2.43 23 Tim Hucker 2.59 24 George Bunt 3.12 25 Peter Herzig 3.15 26 Darren Lapthorne 3.19 27 Andrew Graham 3.26 28 David McKenzie 3.34 29 Peter Dawson 3.36 30 David Tozer 3.40 31 Adrian Hanson 3.42 32 John Walker 3.43 33 Timothy Decker 3.55 34 Brendan Brooks 3.56 35 Stuart Shaw 4.02 36 Brendan O'Connell 4.03 37 James Maebus 4.09 38 Vaughan Bowman 4.30 39 Bradley Payne 5.02 40 Trent Stevenson 5.08 41 Patrick Shaw 5.32 42 Nicholas Wood 6.49 43 David Salton 9.29 44 Greg Rossiter 9.50 45 Peter McDonald 10.30 46 Kyle Marwood 10.31 47 Steven Robb 12.29 48 Casey Munro 17.20 49 Matt Haydock 17.43 50 Robert Cater 17.50 51 Damien Turner 19.36 52 Christopher Jenkins 19.44 53 Luke Pledger 20.19 54 Trent Wilson 24.20 55 Charles Howlett 26.19 56 Samuel Rix 29.29 57 Scott Brown 30.17 58 Grant Irwin 31.19 59 Cameron Bowden 31.43 60 Scott Jensen 32.09 61 Matthew Delahunty 33.14 62 Jeremy Davis 36.20 63 Wesley Sulzberger 39.25 64 Gordon McCauley 43.26 65 Brad Glennan 43.45 66 Warren Scott 48.02 67 Jason Hegert 48.35 68 Robert Lyte 50.05 69 Matthew Jensen 53.55 70 Alexander Smyth 54.11 71 Ben Isaksen 1.00.46 72 Simon Pearson 1.03.46 73 Stephen Rossendell 1.03.48 74 Robert Booker 1.03.51 75 William Murray 1.12.49 Most Aggressive Rider 1 Gordon McCauley 7 pts 2 Chris Jongewaard 4 3 Peter McDonald 2 4 Trent Wilson 2 5 Stuart Shaw 2 6 Robert McLachlan 1 7 David McKenzie 1 8 Russell Van Hout 1 9 Matthew Goss 1 Final Sprint Classification 1 Stuart Shaw 43 pts 2 Gordon McCauley 41 3 Peter McDonald 34 4 Russell Van Hout 34 5 Simon Clarke 30 6 Robert McLachlan 29 7 Patrick Shaw 29 8 Andrew Naylor 27 9 Peter Herzig 25 10 Chris Jongewaard 23 11 Bradley Norton 19 12 Darren Lapthorne 19 13 Brendan O'Connell 18 14 Bernard Sulzberger 18 15 Casey Munro 18 16 Wesley Sulzberger 18 17 Peter Dawson 17 18 David McKenzie 16 19 Trent Wilson 14 20 Adrian Salter 12 21 Troy Glennan 9 22 Joe McDonnell 8 23 Daniel Burtt 7 24 Cameron Wise 6 25 Luke Bettany 6 26 Greg Rossiter 6 27 Mathew Rex 6 28 John Walker 6 29 David Salton 4 30 David Tozer 3 31 Matt Haydock 2 32 Kyle Marwood 2 33 Jason Hegert 2 34 Stephen Rossendell 2 35 Richard Moffatt 2 36 Peter Mueller 1 37 Andrew Graham 1 38 Stephen Cunningham 1 39 Ben Isaksen 1 40 Bradley Payne 1 Final Mountain Classification 1 Gordon McCauley 15 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 13 3 Bradley Payne 5 4 Simon Clarke 5 5 Stephen Cunningham 3 6 Chris Jongewaard 2 7 Bernard Sulzberger 1 Criterium Championship 1 Tommy Nankervis 31 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 30 3 Ben Kersten 28 4 Simon Clarke 26 5 Bernard Sulzberger 20 6 David McKenzie 18 7 Stuart Shaw 18 8 Cameron Wise 13 9 Patrick Shaw 13 10 Mathew Rex 12 11 Gordon McCauley 11 12 Casey Munro 10 13 Bradley Norton 10 14 Russell Van Hout 9 15 Adrian Salter 9 16 John Walker 9 17 Peter McDonald 8 18 Darren Lapthorne 7 19 Daniel Burtt 7 20 Jason Hegert 6 21 Wesley Sulzberger 5 22 Chris Jongewaard 5 23 Andrew Naylor 5 24 Grant Irwin 5 25 Peter Dawson 4 26 Peter Herzig 4 27 Nash Kent 2 28 Aaron Salisbury 1
