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Timbercorp Cup Tour of the Murray River - NE
Australia, August 31-September 7, 2008
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Stage 2 - August 31: Moama - Barham, 112.9km
Kemp repeats in rainy day
By John Craven
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David Kemp rounded off his most successful haul as a professional cyclist by winning the second stage of the opening day of the Timbercorp Tour of the Murray River. Kemp, 24, thrashed his 85 rivals in the Stage 1 river-front criterium in Echuca, then defeated Bendigo speedster Glenn O'Shea in a thrilling finish to the 113km stage from Moama to Barham. "It doesn't get much better than this," Kemp exclaimed as he celebrated his second victory.
Both stages were raced in brutally-tough conditions with more than 30 riders crashing. The field was buffeted by swirling winds and heavy rain and the casualty list was high. Kemp, however, and his supportive Virgin Blue contingent thrived. He led team-mate, Tasmanian Bernard Sulzberger by 41 seconds on general classification after the first two stages, with Geelong's Leigh Howard a further 9 seconds away in third place.
"If I play my cards right over the next seven days I am a chance to win but it is a hotly contested tour," he said. "It's great that the results are going my way because I have put a lot of preparation into trying to win this tour. There was no hiding in the bunch today. It was just getting there and have a real go. Actually, I didn't mind the rain and wind."
Kemp began his cycling career in Toowoomba and showed great promise as a youngster. He moved to Melbourne last year to gain more experience and lives the dream of one day riding the Tour de France.
West Australian Benjamin King also enjoyed a productive day. Following his 19th place in the criterium, the Budget Forklifts rider finished third in the Moama-Barham stage to be in fifth place overall – 63 seconds adrift of Kemp.
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- Mates on the track and mates on the road: Glen O'Shea (L) and Leigh Howard of the Jayco/VIS team on the front of the peloton in stage two
- The peloton set out from Echuca in atrocious conditions bound for Barham on the 112.9km second stage
- Aren't you supposed to be in the peloton: A rider (at left) comes to grief on the slippery roads in the early kilometres of stage two
- Chaos on the road to Barham as a fall brings down several riders who needed medical attention and spares
- Medical assistance for Jay Callaghan (left) as neutral spares attend to other fallen riders
- The heads of state rolled to the front after the crash as the road surface became hazardous during heavy rains
- A serious split in the field had developed and the stage winner was likely to come from the lead group
- Leigh Howard (centre) was receiving great support from his Jayco/VIS teammates in the heavy rain
- Tour leader David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) was rugged-up and ready for the cold and wet during stage two
- The rains had passed but the next storm was never too far away as the lead group headed towards Barham
- Malcolm Rudolph (Budget Forklifts) is stamping himself as an emerging rider on the series after good performances in Gippsland and Ballarat
- Cameron Hughes (Budget Forklifts) is and experienced rider and always a willing worker in a breakaway
- Glen O'Shea (Jayco/VIS) attacks the lead group beneath stormy skies during the second stage
- Off-road: The lead group hit road-works during the 112.9km stage two from Echuca to Barham
- The lead group edge closer to the finish in Barham and although the rain had cleared strong winds were still in play
- Somewhere over the rainbow…You'll find the lead group in stage two of the Tour of the Murray River
- David Kemp (L) of the Virgin Blue Cycling team edges out Jayco/VIS's Glen O'Shea to take the double on the first day of the Tour
- A hard day at the office: Jayco/VIS's Glen O'Shea worked hard to finish second at was releived to get to the finish in Barham
- Rewarded for his efforts: Glen O'Shea (Jayco/VIS) was awarded the MADEC Most Aggressive rider's jersey for stage two
- David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) in the Timbercorp Tour of the Murray River leader's yellow jersey after two stages
Results
1 David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) 3.05.19 (36.55 km/h) 2 Glenn O'Shea (VIS) 3 Benjamin King (Team Budget Forklifts) 0.06 4 Kyle Marwood (Dixon Homes Cycling Team) 0.09 5 Bernar Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 6 Cameron Hughes (Team Budget Forklifts) 7 Leigh Howard (VIS) 0.11 8 David Pell (Savings & Loans) 9 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling) 0.13 10 Joseph Lewis (NSWIS) 0.14 11 James Langedyk (VIS) 0.23 12 Malcolm Rudolph (Team Budget Forklifts) 0.41 13 Hayden Brooks (Virgin Blue Cycling) 0.42 14 Peter Milostic (Team Budget Forklifts) 15 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 16 Darren Rolfe (Virgin Blue Cycling) 17 Timothy Walker (Praties Cycling) 1.41 18 Mark Hooper (SRT Titans) 4.43 19 Jamie Crass (NSWIS/Roadsafe Mildura/De) 20 Patrick Lane (Australian Road Cycling (ARC)) 21 Brendan Schultz (SRT Titans) 10.45 22 Shaun Mccarthy (Dixon Homes Cycling Team) 23 William Clarke (Praties Cycling) 11.48 24 Will Tehan (Total Rush) 12.52 25 Nathan Haas (ACTAS) 26 Matthew Davis (Euston Bowling & Recreation) 27 Luke Durbridge (NSWIS/Roadsafe Mildura/De) 28 Jeremy Hills (Praties Cycling) 29 Matt Meisel-Dennis (ACTAS) 30 William Alexander (Virgin Blue Cycling) 31 Richard Lang (NSWIS) 32 Alex Carver (NSWIS) 33 James Ibrahim (Moama Bowling Club) 34 Kane Walker (Moama Bowling Club) 35 Timothy Hucker (NSWIS/Roadsafe Mildura/De) 36 Ryan Brodie (Euston Bowling & Recreation) 37 Joel Stewart (ACTAS) 38 Luis Trueba (Swan Hill Rural City Council P) 39 Sean Finning (VIS) 40 Abram Manion (Team Budget Forklifts) 41 Alastair Loutit (ACTAS) 42 Michael Matthews (ACTAS) 43 Luke Aggett (SRT Titans) 44 Brendan Brooks (Swan Hill Rural City Council P) 45 Nicholas Walker (VIS) 46 Peter Smith (Euston Bowling & Recreation) 47 Rohan Dennis (NSWIS/Roadsafe Mildura/De) 48 Samuel Genge (Australian Road Cycling (ARC)) 21.50 49 Glen Peterson (Total Rush) 21.55 50 Anthony Bennett (Swan Hill Rural City Council P) 51 Sean Boyle (Euston Bowling & Recreation) 52 Scott Law (NSWIS) 53 Joshua Gundry (SRT Titans) 54 Charles Howlett (Cycle City Ballarat) 21.58 55 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling) 56 Timothy Decker (NSWIS/Roadsafe Mildura/De) 57 Ashley Baines (Cycle City Ballarat) 58 Damien Turner (Team Budget Forklifts) 59 Gregory Campbell (Virgin Blue Cycling) 60 Adrian Hanson (Dixon Homes Cycling Team) 61 Peter Johnstone (Australian Road Cycling (ARC)) 62 Craig McCartney (Savings & Loans) 63 Bradley Norton (Praties Cycling) 64 Nathan Wise (Cycle City Ballarat) 22.03 65 Scot Cronly-Dillon (Swan Hill Rural City Council P) 66 Robert Lyte (NSWIS) 67 Cameron Peterson (Euston Bowling & Recreation) 68 Dylan Newell (Praties Cycling) 69 Jonothan Lovelock (VIS) 43.02 70 Trent Williams (Moama Bowling Club) 71 Matthew Jensen (Total Rush) 72 Craig Gibbs (Cycle City Ballarat) 73 Peter Ladd (Team Budget Forklifts) DNF Brenden Savage (Moama Bowling Club) DNF Jason Hegerit (Euston Bowling & Recreation) DNF Dale Scarfe (NSWIS) DNF Bradley Scarfe (Swan Hill Rural City Council P) DNF Russell Gill (Savings & Loans) DNF Christopher Luxton (Savings & Loans) DNF David Tozer (SRT Titans) DNF Jay Callaghan (Dixon Homes Cycling Team) Sprints Green G 1 Leigh Howard (VIS) 3 pts 2 Glenn O'Shea (VIS) 2 3 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling) 1 Fairfield 1 Leigh Howard (VIS) 3 pts 2 Bernar Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 2 3 David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) 1 Merryban 1 Bernar Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 3 pts 2 Cameron Hughes (Team Budget Forklifts) 2 Caltex D 1 Leigh Howard (VIS) 3 pts 2 Bernar Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 2 3 David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) 1 Caldwell 1 Bernar Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 3 pts 2 David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) 2 3 Malcolm Rudolph (Team Budget Forklifts) 1 Toroga P 1 Leigh Howard (VIS) 3 pts 2 Bernar Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 2 3 David Pell (Savings & Loans) 1 Tyebar F 1 James Langedyk (VIS) 3 pts 2 Leigh Howard (VIS) 2 3 Bernar Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 1 Teams 1 VIS 9.16.31 2 Virgin Blue Cycling 0.17 3 Team Budget Forklifts 0.22 4 Praties Cycling 13.08 5 Savings & Loans 22.17 6 NSWIS 25.24 7 SRT Titans 27.46 8 NSWIS/Roadsafe Mildura/Decked 29.53 9 Dixon Homes Cycling Team 32.18 10 ACTAS 38.02 11 Euston Bowling & Recreation Club 12 Swan Hill Rural City Council Pione 47.05 13 Australian Road Cycling (ARC) 47.57 14 Cycle City Ballarat 1.05.25 15 Moama Bowling Club 1.08.12 16 Total Rush 1.17.15 General classification after stage 2 1 David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) 3.41.24 2 Bernar Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 0.41 3 Leigh Howard (VIS) 0.50 4 Glenn O'Shea (VIS) 0.59 5 Benjamin King (Team Budget Forklifts) 1.03 6 Kyle Marwood (Dixon Homes Cycling Team) 1.08 7 Cameron Hughes (Team Budget Forklifts) 1.09 8 David Pell (Savings & Loans) 1.10 9 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling) 1.11 10 Joseph Lewis (NSWIS) 1.17 11 James Langedyk (VIS) 1.35 12 Malcolm Rudolph (Team Budget Forklifts) 1.39 13 Peter Milostic (Team Budget Forklifts) 1.40 14 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 1.43 15 Hayden Brooks (Virgin Blue Cycling) 1.45 16 Darren Rolfe (Virgin Blue Cycling) 1.57 17 Timothy Walker (Praties Cycling) 2.53 18 Jamie Crass (NSWIS/Roadsafe Mildura/De) 5.58 19 Patrick Lane (Australian Road Cycling (ARC)) 6.54 20 Mark Hooper (SRT Titans) 21 Shaun Mccarthy (Dixon Homes Cycling Team) 11.48 22 William Clarke (Praties Cycling) 13.36 23 Luke Durbridge (NSWIS/Roadsafe Mildura/De) 13.55 24 Michael Matthews (ACTAS) 25 Luis Trueba (Swan Hill Rural City Council P) 26 Brendan Brooks (Swan Hill Rural City Council P) 27 Will Tehan (Total Rush) 14.04 28 Jeremy Hills (Praties Cycling) 29 Sean Finning (VIS) 30 Nicholas Walker (VIS) 31 Alex Carver (NSWIS) 14.07 32 Richard Lang (NSWIS) 33 Rohan Dennis (NSWIS/Roadsafe Mildura/De) 34 Peter Smith (Euston Bowling & Recreation) 35 Timothy Hucker (NSWIS/Roadsafe Mildura/De) 14.23 36 Kane Walker (Moama Bowling Club) 14.40 37 Nathan Haas (ACTAS) 14.52 38 Alastair Loutit (ACTAS) 15.03 39 Ryan Brodie (Euston Bowling & Recreation) 40 Brendan Schultz (SRT Titans) 15.24 41 Matthew Davis (Euston Bowling & Recreation) 16.17 42 William Alexander (Virgin Blue Cycling) 43 Matt Meisel-Dennis (ACTAS) 17.31 44 Joel Stewart (ACTAS) 45 Abram Manion (Team Budget Forklifts) 46 Luke Aggett (SRT Titans) 18.45 47 James Ibrahim (Moama Bowling Club) 19.59 48 Peter Johnstone (Australian Road Cycling (ARC)) 22.59 49 Ashley Baines (Cycle City Ballarat) 23.01 50 Dylan Newell (Praties Cycling) 23.03 51 Nathan Wise (Cycle City Ballarat) 23.06 52 Damien Turner (Team Budget Forklifts) 23.10 53 Gregory Campbell (Virgin Blue Cycling) 23.13 54 Robert Lyte (NSWIS) 23.18 55 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling) 23.47 56 Samuel Genge (Australian Road Cycling (ARC)) 24.01 57 Scott Law (NSWIS) 24.06 58 Joshua Gundry (SRT Titans) 59 Anthony Bennett (Swan Hill Rural City Council P) 60 Charles Howlett (Cycle City Ballarat) 24.09 61 Adrian Hanson (Dixon Homes Cycling Team) 62 Craig McCartney (Savings & Loans) 25.23 63 Sean Boyle (Euston Bowling & Recreation) 26.34 64 Glen Peterson (Total Rush) 65 Timothy Decker (NSWIS/Roadsafe Mildura/De) 26.37 66 Bradley Norton (Praties Cycling) 67 Scot Cronly-Dillon (Swan Hill Rural City Council P) 26.42 68 Cameron Peterson (Euston Bowling & Recreation) 27.56 69 Jonothan Lovelock (VIS) 44.03 70 Peter Ladd (Team Budget Forklifts) 45.13 71 Matthew Jensen (Total Rush) 47.41 72 Craig Gibbs (Cycle City Ballarat) 73 Trent Williams (Moama Bowling Club) 48.55 Sprints classification 1 David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) 37 pts 2 Bernar Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 23 3 Leigh Howard (VIS) 16 4 Malcolm Rudolph (Team Budget Forklifts) 5 5 Glenn O'Shea (VIS) 5 6 Peter Milostic (Team Budget Forklifts) 4 7 David Pell (Savings & Loans) 4 8 Dylan Newell (Praties Cycling) 3 9 James Langedyk (VIS) 3 10 Peter Johnstone (Australian Road Cycling (ARC)) 2 11 Cameron Hughes (Team Budget Forklifts) 2 12 Jonothan Lovelock (VIS) 2 13 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling) 1 Criterium Championships classification 1 David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) 10 pts 2 Leigh Howard (VIS) 9 3 Bernar Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 8 4 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling) 7 5 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 6 6 Peter Milostic (Team Budget Forklifts) 5 7 Joseph Lewis (NSWIS) 4 8 Kyle Marwood (Dixon Homes Cycling Team) 3 9 Michael Matthews (ACTAS) 2 10 Nathan Wise (Cycle City Ballarat) 1 Teams classification 1 VIS 11.08.04 2 Virgin Blue Cycling 0.02 3 Team Budget Forklifts 0.13 4 Praties Cycling 13.08 5 Savings & Loans 22.08 6 NSWIS 25.39 7 NSWIS/Roadsafe Mildura/Decked 30.08 8 SRT Titans 31.01 9 Dixon Homes Cycling Team 33.17 10 ACTAS 39.58 11 Euston Bowling & Recreation Club 41.35 12 Swan Hill Rural City Council Pione 48.04 13 Australian Road Cycling (ARC) 50.04 14 Cycle City Ballarat 1.06.24 15 Moama Bowling Club 1.17.14 16 Total Rush 1.24.27
