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Jayco Tour of Tasmania - NE
Australia, October 24-29, 2006
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Stage 9 - October 28: George Town, 39 km
Bad tactics may cost Carlstrom
By Rod Morris in George Town
Canberra power unit Robert McLachlan let history repeat itself when he won the George Town criterium, Stage 9 of the tour.
McLachlan has been an absolute success story since coming out of retirement 3 ½ years ago. He has already twice won the Tattersall's Cup and will finish second to Tasmanian Wesley Sulzberger when this year's series concludes in Launceston on Sunday.
Whilst he had a disappointing Tour of Gippsland, McLachlan has bounced back to win the Tour of the Murray River and has kept pressure on Sulzberger and company in Tasmania this week.
He won Stage 2 from Grindelwald to Beauty Point, Stage 4 at Westbury and Stage 8 in Sheffield before winning again at George Town in Stage 9. McLachlan won the same stage in the 2005 Tour of Tasmania, but he was in far better conditions than yesterday.
Strong cross, head and tail winds kept riders on the alert for the full 39 km and whilst McLachlan wasn't overly interested in the intermediate sprints, he kept himself safe for the final sprint.
Tour leader Kristian House however did take interest in the early part of the race as he saw it is a chance to pick up valuable time on his nearest challenger, Kjell Carlstrom (Finland).
House started the day 12 seconds ahead of the Fin, but by winning six sprints and placing in another, was able to push his advantage out to 27 seconds. The finish to the criterium was a familiar sight, McLachlan versus Sulzberger.
But a full-in-flight McLachlan is an awesome vision and not too many cyclists in Australia can match his top end speed, even a much lighter Sulzberger. Flashing home for third was 17-year-old Shepparton rider, Ricky Peoples, the younger brother of Scott, who is third on the GC leaderboard.
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- Josh Wilson (TIS/Cyclingnews.com) corners in the stage nine criterium in Georgetown
- Robert McLachlan (Drapac Porsche) won this stage here last year and was on the hunt to repeat the win
- Kristian House (Recycling.Co.UK) leans into a bend in his Jayco Tour of Tasmania leader's yellow jersey
- Tattersall's Cup Series leader Wes Sulzberger (South Australia.com) , corners in Georgetown on stage nine
- Robert McLachlan (Drapac Porsche,red) sneaks a peek between rivals Wes Sulzberger (L) and Tour leader Kristian House
- Kjell Carlstrom (Liquigas) drives the peloton during the 39km criterium in Georgetown
- Stephen Wooldridge (South Australia.com) in the thick of it during stage nine
- Robert McLachlan (Drapac Porsche) edges out Wes Sulzberger (South Australia.com, L) to win another stage of the Jayco Tour of Tasmania
- Runner-up Wes Sulzberger (L) congratulates Ricky Peoples on his third placing on the stage
- The Mayor of Georgetown, a Tour de France enthusiast congratulates stage winner Robert McLachlan
- The stage nine podium (L-R); Wes Sulzberger (2nd), Robert McLachlan (1st), and Ricky Peoples (3rd)
- Events Tasmania Sprint Points Championship leader, Patrick Shaw, steps onto the podium in Georgetown
- Wes Sulzberger zips up his Country Club Criterium Championship leader's jersey after nine stages
- Tour leader Kristian House of England remains in yellow after nine stages
Results
1 Robert McLachlan 53.54 2 Wesley Sulzberger 3 Ricky Peoples 4 David Kemp 5 Nathan Clarke 6 Scott Peoples 7 Craig McCartney 8 Kristian House 9 Kjell Carlstrom 10 Jarrod Harman 11 Darcy Rosenlund 12 Hayden Josefski 13 Jack Alexander 14 Joshua Wilson 15 Timothy Walker 16 Cameron Wurf 17 Chris Jory 18 Ryan Sullivan 19 Johnnie Walker 20 Cameron Hughes 21 Peter Herzig 22 Mark O'Brien 23 Reuben Young 24 Simon Pearson 0.09 25 Tim Buchanan 26 Jack Anderson 27 Daniel Braunsteins 28 William Ford 29 Matthew McDonagh 0.13 30 Sean Finning 0.49 31 Patrick Shaw 1.48 32 Stephen Wooldridge 33 Chris Stack 34 William Robinson 35 Christos Winter 36 Michael Fitzgerald 37 Jason Johnson 3.36 38 Daniel Furmston 5.24 39 Paul Logan 40 Tim Guy 41 Joshua Chugg 42 Eugen Schilter 7.12 43 Andrew Hanigan 44 Nathan Earle 53.54 45 Simon Brown Sprints Sprint #1: End of Lap 6 1 Kristian House 3 pts 2 Johnnie Walker 2 3 Peter Herzig 1 Sprint #2: End of Lap 8 1 Kristian House 3 pts 2 Scott Peoples 2 3 Patrick Shaw 1 Sprint #3: End of Lap 10 1 Kristian House 3 pts 2 Kjell Carlstrom 2 3 Daniel Braunsteins 1 Sprint #4: End of Lap 12 1 Sean Finning 3 pts 2 Daniel Braunsteins 2 3 Robert McLachlan 1 Sprint #5: End of Lap 14 1 Kristian House 3 pts 2 David Kemp 2 3 Scott Peoples 1 Sprint #6: End of Lap 16 1 Peter Herzig 3 pts 2 Joshua Wilson 2 3 Robert McLachlan 1 Sprint #7: End of Lap 18 1 Kristian House 3 pts 2 Sean Finning 2 3 Wesley Sulzberger 1 Sprint #8: End of Lap 20 1 Patrick Shaw 3 pts 2 Kristian House 2 3 Tim Buchanan 1 Sprint #9: End of Lap 22 1 Kjell Carlstrom 3 pts 2 Wesley Sulzberger 2 3 Cameron Wurf 1 Sprint #10: End of Lap 24 1 Kristian House 3 pts 2 Patrick Shaw 2 3 David Kemp 1 Sprint #11: End of Lap 26 1 Darcy Rosenlund 3 pts 2 Ryan Sullivan 2 3 Stephen Wooldridge 1 General classification after stage 9 1 Kristian House 11.44.19 2 Kjell Carlstrom 0.27 3 Scott Peoples 1.17 4 David Kemp 1.54 5 Wesley Sulzberger 2.13 6 Mark O'Brien 2.33 7 Robert McLachlan 3.24 8 Joshua Wilson 3.53 9 Craig McCartney 3.58 10 Cameron Hughes 4.36 11 Johnnie Walker 4.51 12 William Ford 4.53 13 Ryan Sullivan 5.03 14 Ricky Peoples 5.57 15 Hayden Josefski 7.13 16 Reuben Young 7.55 17 Jack Anderson 8.39 18 Daniel Braunsteins 9.50 19 Matthew McDonagh 9.57 20 Simon Pearson 16.56 21 Peter Herzig 17.42 22 Chris Jory 19.44 23 Nathan Clarke 20.35 24 Cameron Wurf 21.54 25 Timothy Walker 24.27 26 Patrick Shaw 26.35 27 Tim Buchanan 28.43 28 Sean Finning 30.23 29 Daniel Furmston 30.51 30 Stephen Wooldridge 32.46 31 Jack Alexander 33.52 32 William Robinson 36.51 33 Michael Fitzgerald 38.51 34 Darcy Rosenlund 40.38 35 Tim Guy 40.39 36 Paul Logan 41.07 37 Joshua Chugg 45.12 38 Eugen Schilter 46.13 39 Christos Winter 1.02.07 40 Jarrod Harman 1.06.19 41 Chris Stack 1.15.10 42 Nathan Earle 1.19.46 43 Jason Johnson 1.20.15 44 Andrew Hanigan 1.20.17 45 Simon Brown 1.34.37 Most aggressive rider classification 1 Sean Finning 2 Kjell Carlstrom 3 Kristian House 4 Robert McLachlan 5 David Kemp 6 Patrick Shaw 7 Scott Peoples 8 Peter Herzig Sprint classification 1 Patrick Shaw 69 pts 2 Peter Herzig 52 3 Daniel Furmston 39 4 Kristian House 38 5 David Kemp 21 6 Sean Finning 19 7 Scott Peoples 18 8 Kjell Carlstrom 14 9 Tim Guy 11 10 Darcy Rosenlund 10 11 Cameron Hughes 9 12 Jason Johnson 8 13 Chris Jory 8 14 Wesley Sulzberger 7 15 Ryan Sullivan 6 16 Mark O'Brien 5 17 Jack Anderson 5 18 Daniel Braunsteins 5 19 Stephen Wooldridge 4 20 William Robinson 4 21 Ricky Peoples 4 22 Robert McLachlan 4 23 Johnnie Walker 4 24 Craig McCartney 3 25 Chris Stack 3 26 Joshua Wilson 2 27 Timothy Walker 2 28 Cameron Wurf 1 29 William Ford 1 30 Matthew McDonagh 1 31 Tim Buchanan 1 Mountains classification 1 Kjell Carlstrom 30 pts 2 Scott Peoples 17 3 Joshua Wilson 16 4 Cameron Hughes 14 5 David Kemp 11 6 Kristian House 10 7 Timothy Walker 7 8 Peter Herzig 6 9 Patrick Shaw 6 10 William Ford 5 11 Mark O'Brien 4 12 Robert McLachlan 3 13 Tim Guy 2 Criterium championship 1 Wesley Sulzberger 29 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 20 3 David Kemp 18 4 Scott Peoples 18 5 Ricky Peoples 16 6 Sean Finning 15 7 Kjell Carlstrom 15 8 Kristian House 13 9 Peter Herzig 10 10 Chris Jory 8 11 Patrick Shaw 7 12 Daniel Braunsteins 7 13 Nathan Clarke 6 14 Craig McCartney 6 15 Joshua Wilson 6 16 Daniel Furmston 6 17 Tim Guy 5 18 Stephen Wooldridge 4 19 Jarrod Harman 4 20 Cameron Hughes 3 21 Mark O'Brien 3 22 Ryan Sullivan 1
