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Tattersall's Cup Tour of the Murray River - NE
Australia, August 29-September 3, 2006
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Stage 10 - September 3: Cardross kermesse, 57.6 km
Triple Sulzberger
McLachlan extends lead
By Rod Morris in Cardross
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Whilst overall honours were beyond him, Tasmanian Wesley Sulzberger still had a point to prove in the tour. After a successful day at Ouyen on Friday when he won both the criterium and the road stage, the 19-year-old Apple Islander, backed up to win his third stage and fourth in the whole Tattersall's Cup series.
Sulzberger, sitting in seventh place overall and more than two minutes behind the leaders, posed no real threat in General Classification and was given some leeway by Robert McLachlan and David Kemp. Sulzberger was in the instigator of a breakaway group with three laps of the 57.6 km kermesse at Cardross remaining.
He was soon joined by young Queenslander, Jack Anderson and then not long after Ballarat's Jason Hegert and NSW's Peter Milostic were able to bridge the gap from the peloton to Sulzberger. "I was a little surprised the bunch didn't close us down, but I suppose I was not in a position to threaten Robbie (McLachlan) or David (Kemp)" Sulzberger said. "The wind made things very difficult for everybody, it seemed to be coming across the road or straight into us, we never seemed to get a tail breeze. But that final grouped worked really well together and I'm stoked to get another win."
In the final sprint home, Sulzberger was able to hold off the challenge from Hegert, while the veteran Milostic was more than happy to take third place. "I can't sprint like these young guys, so I'm far from disappointed to finish third, its good to get up on the podium," he said.
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Milostic has contested six previous Tattersall's Cup series and is still a very tough competitor. Earlier in the race, McLachlan and Kemp continued their tremendous tussle. From nine intermediate sprints, McLachlan won four and was second three times to pick up 18 bonus seconds, while Kemp won three sprints, was second twice and third once, scoring 14 seconds in bonus. With McLachlan crossing the final line in fifth place, he picked up a further two seconds, taking his overall lead over Kemp to 11 seconds with just the Mildura Kermesse over 66 km still to be raced.
In the Tattersall's Cup, which has so far included the Tour of Gippsland and Australian Cycling Grand Prix, as well as this week's tour, Sulzberger took his tally of points to 170, 45 ahead of McLachlan, while Kemp has etched his way into third place with 111 points. The Tattersall's Cup series concludes in October with the 11 stage Tour of Tasmania.
Photography
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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- All the Tour's competition leader's jerseys on the startline with Tour Director John Craven (L)
- Tim Decker (centre) from Bendigo is the only rider to have competed in all Sunraysia Tours, now named the Tour of the Murray River
- The peloton between grape-vines on stage ten of the tour in Cardross
- The tour strings-out in Cardross where a 57.6km Kermesse was the penultimate stage of the tour
- The peloton receives the bell-lap in search of the leaders
- Peter Milostic chats with tour commentator Lyndsay Hill on the podium after finishing in third place
- Robert McLachlan on the podium as Tour leader - his machine awaits him
- The stage ten podium (L-R): Jason Hegert (2nd), Wes Sulzberger (1st), and Peter Milostic (3rd)
- Robert McLachlan has one stage to go to claim the 2006 Subaru Tour of the Murray River
Results
1 Wesley Sulzberger 1.20.46 (42.79 km/h) 2 Jason Hegert 3 Peter Milostic 4 Jack Anderson 0.01 5 Robert McLachlan 0.03 6 Leigh Egan 7 David Kemp 8 Jeremy Betts 9 Joshua Marden 10 Craig McCartney 11 Richie Porte 12 Chris Jongewaard 13 Brad Edmunds 14 Gilbert Gutowski 15 Jarrod Harman 16 Ricky Peoples 17 Casey Munro 18 Michael Ford 19 Matthew Wood 20 Zakkari Dempster 21 Peter Barnett 22 David Hiley 23 Joe McDonnell 24 Peter McDonald 25 Cameron Peterson 26 Scott Peoples 27 Brendan Rowbotham 28 Robert Cater 29 Nicholas Walker 30 Joshua Gundry 31 Peter Smith 0.09 32 Matthew Davis 33 Mark O'Brien 34 Adrian Hanson 35 Tim Hucker 36 David Tozer 37 Kym Howard 38 Brendan Hill 39 Damien Turner 40 Timothy Decker 41 Nigel Sullivan 42 Jacob Sutherland 43 Johnnie Walker 44 Tom Middleton 45 Andrew Ward 46 Jai Crawford 47 Craig Mackie 48 Steven Pilson 49 Stuart Shaw 50 Sean Finning 0.16 51 Nicholas Sanderson 52 Patrick Shaw 53 Daniel Newnham 0.59 54 Glen Peterson 2.20 55 Bradley Clark 2.21 56 Peter Ladd 2.22 57 Christopher Wilding 58 Fabio Calabria 59 Brendan Brooks 60 Simon Pearson 61 Darren Harry 62 Matthew Jensen 63 James Hannam 64 Matthew Sherwin 3.28 65 Thomas Baxter 3.31 66 Will Dickeson 67 Nick Culvenor 68 Stephen Cunningham 69 Phillip Stokes 70 Brett Franklin 71 Brett Aitken 3.35 72 Cameron Irwin 5.05 73 Grant Webster 74 Matthew Kennett 75 Chris Steffanoni 76 Peter Herzig 77 Jamie Kelly 78 Gary Mueller 6.44 79 Kyle Marwood 80 Simon Van Der Aa 81 Benjamin Juzwin 82 Daniel Furmston 83 William Murray 84 Hamish Mackirdy 85 Tremain Permewan 86 Damon De Angelis 87 Will Wettenhall Sprints Sprint 1 - End of Lap 2 1 Robert McLachlan 3 pts 2 Stuart Shaw 2 3 Joshua Marden 1 Sprint 2 - End of Lap 3 1 Robert McLachlan 3 pts 2 Stuart Shaw 2 3 David Kemp 1 Sprint 3 - End of Lap 4 1 David Kemp 3 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 2 3 Wesley Sulzberger 1 Sprint 4 - End of Lap 5 1 Robert McLachlan 3 pts 2 David Kemp 2 3 Casey Munro 1 Sprint 5 - End of Lap 6 1 David Kemp 3 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 2 3 Wesley Sulzberger 1 Sprint 6 - End of Lap 7 1 Robert McLachlan 3 pts 2 David Kemp 2 3 Casey Munro 1 Sprint 7 - End of Lap 8 1 Jason Hegert 3 pts 2 Brendan Rowbotham 2 3 Brendan Hill 1 Sprint 8 - End of Lap 9 1 David Kemp 3 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 2 3 Peter McDonald 1 Sprint 9 - End of Lap 10 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Jason Hegert 2 3 Peter Milostic 1 General classification after stage 10 1 Robert McLachlan 13.21.13 2 David Kemp 0.11 3 Casey Munro 1.22 4 Brad Edmunds 1.52 5 Joshua Marden 1.54 6 Wesley Sulzberger 2.13 7 Chris Jongewaard 2.29 8 Jason Hegert 3.28 9 Johnnie Walker 3.30 10 Zakkari Dempster 3.40 11 Peter McDonald 3.56 12 Joe McDonnell 4.08 13 Stuart Shaw 4.17 14 Nicholas Walker 4.22 15 Ricky Peoples 4.36 16 Sean Finning 6.16 17 Brendan Hill 6.18 18 Craig McCartney 6.41 19 Scott Peoples 6.47 20 Robert Cater 6.51 21 Nicholas Sanderson 7.09 22 Leigh Egan 8.21 23 Daniel Newnham 8.34 24 Brendan Rowbotham 8.56 25 Patrick Shaw 8.57 26 Craig Mackie 9.03 27 Peter Barnett 9.07 28 Gilbert Gutowski 9.09 29 Jacob Sutherland 9.17 30 Mark O'Brien 9.24 31 Kym Howard 9.39 32 Brendan Brooks 9.41 33 James Hannam 9.47 34 Peter Ladd 9.54 35 Richie Porte 10.47 36 Stephen Cunningham 10.58 37 Michael Ford 11.01 38 Jack Anderson 11.03 39 Darren Harry 12.16 40 Jeremy Betts 12.22 41 Adrian Hanson 12.23 42 Fabio Calabria 13.09 43 Kyle Marwood 13.53 44 Jai Crawford 14.21 45 Chris Steffanoni 16.04 46 David Tozer 16.11 47 Gary Mueller 17.29 48 Timothy Decker 18.27 49 Joshua Gundry 20.16 50 David Hiley 20.25 51 Andrew Ward 20.32 52 Tim Hucker 22.02 53 Nick Culvenor 23.45 54 Tom Middleton 24.16 55 Peter Milostic 25.19 56 Christopher Wilding 26.29 57 Cameron Peterson 26.34 58 Steven Pilson 26.52 59 Thomas Baxter 27.30 60 Matthew Jensen 27.31 61 Matthew Davis 27.45 62 Bradley Clark 27.53 63 Brett Franklin 27.57 64 Will Wettenhall 29.11 65 Simon Pearson 29.37 66 Phillip Stokes 29.56 67 Cameron Irwin 31.37 68 Jarrod Harman 32.00 69 Hamish Mackirdy 32.26 70 Brett Aitken 32.51 71 Jamie Kelly 34.29 72 Peter Smith 34.40 73 Nigel Sullivan 35.06 74 Glen Peterson 35.09 75 Will Dickeson 35.41 76 Daniel Furmston 38.34 77 Matthew Wood 39.23 78 Matthew Sherwin 41.06 79 Peter Herzig 41.33 80 Matthew Kennett 44.24 81 Damien Turner 48.31 82 Grant Webster 49.13 83 Tremain Permewan 51.32 84 Benjamin Juzwin 56.51 85 Damon De Angelis 58.27 86 Simon Van Der Aa 1.21.20 87 William Murray 1.26.19 Sprints classification 1 David Kemp 65 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 42 3 Joshua Marden 42 4 Wesley Sulzberger 40 5 Brad Edmunds 39 6 Chris Jongewaard 36 7 Casey Munro 34 8 Peter McDonald 27 9 Patrick Shaw 27 10 Joe McDonnell 22 11 Zakkari Dempster 17 12 Scott Peoples 13 13 Stuart Shaw 11 14 Peter Barnett 11 15 Craig Mackie 10 16 Sean Finning 7 17 Jason Hegert 7 18 Brendan Hill 7 19 Johnnie Walker 6 20 Jeremy Betts 5 21 Gary Mueller 5 22 Craig McCartney 4 23 Daniel Furmston 3 24 Will Dickeson 3 25 Peter Milostic 3 26 Robert Cater 3 27 Kyle Marwood 3 28 Ricky Peoples 3 29 Michael Ford 2 30 Adrian Hanson 2 31 Brendan Rowbotham 2 32 Nicholas Walker 1 33 Chris Steffanoni 1 34 Tom Middleton 1 35 Brendan Brooks 1 36 Nicholas Sanderson 1 37 David Hiley 1 38 James Hannam 1 39 Brett Aitken 1 40 Peter Herzig 1 41 Joshua Gundry 1 Mountains classification 1 Casey Munro 17 pts 2 Chris Jongewaard 16 3 Robert McLachlan 6 4 Brad Edmunds 5 5 Joshua Marden 3 6 David Kemp 2 7 Matthew Wood 1 8 Stuart Shaw 1 9 Brendan Brooks 1 10 Zakkari Dempster 1 11 Wesley Sulzberger 1 Criterium championship 1 Robert McLachlan 42 pts 2 Brett Aitken 39 3 Leigh Egan 35 4 Wesley Sulzberger 26 5 David Kemp 25 6 Gary Mueller 20 7 Joshua Marden 19 8 Jeremy Betts 15 9 Robert Cater 9 10 Chris Jongewaard 9 11 Brendan Rowbotham 8 12 Johnnie Walker 6 13 Daniel Furmston 5 14 Sean Finning 4 15 Darren Harry 4 16 Nicholas Sanderson 4 17 Casey Munro 3 18 Brad Edmunds 1 19 Jacob Sutherland 1 20 Ricky Peoples 1 Most aggressive rider 1 Wesley Sulzberger 6 pts 2 David Kemp 3 3 Peter McDonald 2 4 Chris Jongewaard 2 5 Zakkari Dempster 2 6 Brad Edmunds 2 7 Peter Barnett 2 8 Robert McLachlan 1
