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Tour de Vineyards - NE
New Zealand, January 2-5, 2008
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Stage 1 - January 2: Hope Circuit Races, 55/40/30 km
Odlin, Sheridon take opening wins
By Malcolm Saunders
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The summer sun was blazing hot and the cycling action was even hotter on day one of the 2008 Star & Garter Tour de Vineyards. With a brilliant turnout of riders across all grades and races, the large crowd witnessed some of the best days racing ever seen on the Stewarts Avanti Plus Hope circuit races.
The main event for the day was the main men's category, which featured a lineup of 96 riders from the Senior, U23 and U19 ranks. Three sprints on laps one, two, and three of the 55 kilometre race livened things up with Hayden Godfrey (Subway) winning the first two to take the sprint ace jersey, and Sam Eadie winning the third.
Laps four and five saw Justin Kerr taking the King of the Mountains jersey on a countback, after being tied on five points with James Williamson.
The action really started on lap six when a break of 18 riders, containing many of the top contenders, went clear by 20 seconds. By lap eight of 11, five riders were clear, eventual winner and taking the tour leader's jersey Paul Odlin (Star & Garter Tasman), Gordon McCauley (Full Cycle), Heath Blackgrove (Toyota United) who recovered from a nasty spill to finish third, Jeremy Yates (Subway) and Joseph Cooper (Subway), with the bunch at 1.19.
The women's race saw a powerful ride by local Serena Sheridan (Star & Garter Tasman) who rode clear with Sarah Murdoch from Counties Manukau after the three sprints, all won by Karen Fulton (Star & Garter Tasman). The lead pair increased their lead to over three minutes at the finish, where Serena took an easy win and a 30 second lead.
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- Star and Garter rider leading the pack up the hill climb. Pack chasing hard.
- One for the girls.
- Last year's senior winner Heath Blackgrove getting stuck into the job.
- Benchmark homes rider, head and shoulders above the rest of the pack.
- Gorden McCauley hard at work chasing.
- Gorden McCauley looking back to see if the hard work is paying off.
- Subway team not letting the break go and putting some serious effort into the chase.
- Jeanne Kuhajek third place senior women on the job.
- Winner Serena Sheridan (Star and Garter) leading on the climb along the back of the course.
- Karen Fulton (Star and Garter) leading the chasing bunch.
- Tracy Clark putting in some effort in the bunch.
- Senior women's race lead bunch getting wound up for some hard racing.
- Serena Sheridan (Star and Garter) looking nice and calm and waiting to pounce.
- Star and Garter warming to the task.
- Second place getter Sarah Murdoch putting in some grunt along the back of the course.
Results
Men 1 Paul Odlin 1.11.46 2 Gordon Mccauley 0.02 3 Heath Blackgrove 0.03 4 Jeremy Yates 0.04 5 Joseph Cooper 0.36 6 Will Alexander 1.09 7 Jason Allen 8 Jack Bauer 9 Chris Burr 10 Dayle Cheatley 11 Nathan Dahlberg 12 Al Dempsey 13 Matt Dewes 14 Dean Fulton 15 James Gibson 16 Matt Gilbert 17 Hayden Godfrey 18 Nigel Godfrey 19 Timothy Hargrave 20 Matt Hinton 21 Angus Jennings 22 Ryan Kiesanowski 23 Justin Kerr 24 Ross Metajetski 25 Josh Page 26 Justin Price 27 Marc Prutton 28 Jon Richardson 29 Robin Reid 30 Hayden Roulston 31 Marcus Roy 32 Greg Scott 33 Brad Tilby 34 Aaron Tuckerman 35 Oliver Whalley 36 Ashley Whitehead 37 Andrew Williams 38 Brett Dawber 39 Johnathon Gee 40 Andrew Widdup 41 Scott Wilder 42 Michael Torckler 43 Shane Archbold 44 David Ayre 45 Edward Barrett 46 Daniel Barry 47 Josh Brannigan 48 Josh Brown 49 Brad Carter 50 Jonathan Coates 51 James Dobson 52 Joshua England 53 Jonathan Hailstone 54 Leon Hextall 55 Nicholas Hextall 56 Sam Horgan 57 Carl Jones 58 Thomas Libby 59 Alex Meenhorst 60 Michael Naylor 61 Mike Northey 62 Oliver Pearce 63 Shem Rodger 64 Chris Sanson 65 Andy Hughson 66 Roman Van Uden 67 James Williamson 68 Ryan Wills 69 Thomas Hanover 70 Josh Barley 71 Samuel Eadie 72 Chad Adair 73 George Bennett 74 Patrick Bevan 75 Jason Blake 76 Jason Christie 77 Tom Findlay 78 Simon Finucane 79 Taylor Gunman 80 Kieran Hambrook 81 Simon Honour 82 Cameron Karwowski 83 James Mccoy 84 Alex Mcgregor 85 Ruaraidh Mcleod 86 Wade Mongham 87 Michael Vink 88 Patrick Williamson 89 Sam Steele 90 Jamie Kidd 16.09 DNF James Styler Women 1 Serena Sheridan 57.54 2 Sarah Murdoch 0.28 3 Jeanne Kuhajek 3.21 4 Tracy Clark 3.52 5 Liz Williamson 6 Karen Fulton 7 Bronwyn Fraser 3.54 8 Britta Martin 9 Nicole Anderson 10 Michelle Bellamy 11 Laura Thompson 12 Chelsea Wills 9.16 General Classification after Stage 1 Men 1 Paul Odlin 1.11.36 2 Gordon Mccauley 0.04 3 Heath Blackgrove 0.07 4 Jeremy Yates 0.10 5 Joseph Cooper 0.44 6 Sam Steele 1.19 7 Patrick Williamson 8 Michael Vink 9 Wade Mongham 10 Ruaraidh Mcleod 11 Alex Mcgregor 12 James Mccoy 13 Cameron Karwowski 14 Simon Honour 15 Kieran Hambrook 16 Taylor Gunman 17 Simon Finucane 18 Tom Findlay 19 Jason Christie 20 Jason Blake 21 Patrick Bevan 22 George Bennett 23 Chad Adair 24 Samuel Eadie 25 Josh Barley 26 Thomas Hanover 27 Ryan Wills 28 James Williamson 29 Roman Van Uden 30 Andy Hughson 31 Chris Sanson 32 Shem Rodger 33 Oliver Pearce 34 Mike Northey 35 Michael Naylor 36 Alex Meenhorst 37 Thomas Libby 38 Carl Jones 39 Sam Horgan 40 Nicholas Hextall 41 Leon Hextall 42 Jonathan Hailstone 43 Joshua England 44 James Dobson 45 Jonathan Coates 46 Brad Carter 47 Josh Brown 48 Josh Brannigan 49 Daniel Barry 50 Edward Barrett 51 David Ayre 52 Shane Archbold 53 Michael Torckler 54 Scott Wilder 55 Andrew Widdup 56 Johnathon Gee 57 Brett Dawber 58 Andrew Williams 59 Ashley Whitehead 60 Oliver Whalley 61 Aaron Tuckerman 62 Brad Tilby 63 Greg Scott 64 Marcus Roy 65 Hayden Roulston 66 Robin Reid 67 Jon Richardson 68 Marc Prutton 69 Justin Price 70 Josh Page 71 Ross Metajetski 72 Justin Kerr 73 Ryan Kiesanowski 74 Angus Jennings 75 Matt Hinton 76 Timothy Hargrave 77 Nigel Godfrey 78 Hayden Godfrey 79 Matt Gilbert 80 James Gibson 81 Dean Fulton 82 Matt Dewes 83 Al Dempsey 84 Nathan Dahlberg 85 Dayle Cheatley 86 Chris Burr 87 Jack Bauer 88 Jason Allen 89 Will Alexander 90 Jamie Kidd 16.19 Women 1 Serena Sheridan 57.44 2 Sarah Murdoch 0.30 3 Jeanne Kuhajek 3.25 4 Tracy Clark 3.58 5 Liz Williamson 4.00 6 Karen Fulton 4.02 7 Laura Thompson 4.04 8 Michelle Bellamy 9 Nicole Anderson 10 Britta Martin 11 Bronwyn Fraser 12 Chelsea Wills 9.26 Sprint classification Men 1 Hayden Godfrey 7 pts 2 Paul Odlin 4 3 Samuel Eadie 3 4 Hayden Roulston 2 5 Roman Van Uden 1 6 Tom Findlay 1 Women 1 Karen Fulton 9 pts 2 Bronwyn Fraser 3 3 Jeanne Kuhajek 2 4 Sarah Murdoch 2 5 Tracy Clark 2 Mountains classification Men 1 Justin Kerr 5 pts 2 James Williamson 5 3 Paul Odlin 2 Women 1 Serena Sheridan 6 pts 2 Sarah Murdoch 4 3 Jeanne Kuhajek 1 4 Liz Williamson 1
