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Tour de Vineyards - NE

New Zealand, January 2-5, 2008

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Stage 2 - January 3: Richmond - Nelson Lakes District, 90 km

Roulston takes stage as classification changes hands

By Malcolm Saunders

Stage 2 winner Hayden Roulston finishes
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The heat continued with another sweltering day (stage 2) of action in all four divisions of the Tour de Vineyards. Heath Blackgrove and Jeremy Yates were able to wrangle the overall lead from overnight leader Paul Odlin, while the stage was won by Hayden Roulston over Yates.

A ninety strong field lined up for the Senior, U23, U19 90-kilometre race. On tap were included two early sprints, the major hill climb over Spooners Saddle, then onto the rugged Kikawa area for the second hill climb and feed station, all the way climbing to finish into the National Park Lakes District of the Alpine Village of Lake Rotoiti, an altitude 720 metres.

The first two sprints at Brightwater and Wakefield resulted in a clean sweep for Hayden Godfrey (Subway), who now heads the Sprint Ace classification with 17 points from Paul Odlin (Star & Garter Tasman), eight points, and Scott Wilder (Benchmark), six points.

The warm Nor'wester kicked-in, coming right at the front of the peloton and making life really hard for the riders as they were approaching the four-kilometre long 420m Spooners Hill climb. Hayden Roulston was the first rider to attack, and he held a 50m lead approaching the summit, but a really strong ride by Josh Barley U19 PNP, who seemed to come from nowhere, saw him take the 15 points on offer. The points propelled him into the mountains classification contention for his efforts.

The field was spread out during the fast downhill section, with Gordon McCauley leading the attacks and getting away in a break, as the riders approached Korere he was joined by Kieran Hambrook, Joseph Cooper and Greg Scott. Unfortunately, tour leader Paul Odlin punctured just as the chasing bunch were about to catch the break. The hammer went down through the Rainey River uphill grind section, and a break of eight riders went clear as the race approached the Kikawa Incline climb. Jeremy Yates took the ascent and then went clear through the feed-zone with Roulston, Blackgrove and Gordon McCauley.

A short time and the escape was down to three riders as the early workload put in by McCauley started to tell and he went back to join the chasing group. The threesome stayed clear through to the finish at St. Arnaud. Roulston was too strong for Yates and Blackgrove, and he took the well-deserved win.

The result saw Yates and Blackgrove tied on time with the yellow jersey, which will be worn by Yates for the start of the third stage. Tomorrow's stage from Richmond features Raey Saddle and Stanley Brook hill climbs, and finishes 16 kilometres up the infamous 'Marble Mountain' Takaka Hill.

Race 3 the Masters 1/2 class also saw a change in the overall leader. Local Chris Charles (Star & Garter Tasman) had another great ride and took second place in the stage and now leads by 13 seconds from Brad McFarlane (Pegasus).

Brian Fowler held onto his leader’s jersey, winning the M3-6 grade, and he now leads Brent Harris by eight seconds with the 2007 tour winner Grant Stirling at 34 seconds in third place.

In the women's race Serena Sheridan holds on to a comfortable 33-second lead over Sarah Murdoch (Counties Manukau) with Jeanne Kuhajek in third place at 3'19".

Photography

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Results

Men
 
1 Hayden Roulston                                         2.27.36 (35.8 km/h)
2 Jeremy Yates                                                   
3 Heath Blackgrove                                               
4 James Williamson                                           1.44
5 Samuel Eadie                                                   
6 Chris Sanson                                                   
7 Robin Reid                                                     
8 Brad Carter                                                    
9 Joseph Cooper                                                  
10 Justin Kerr                                                   
11 Sam Horgan                                                2.04
12 Daniel Barry                                              3.09
13 Sam Steele                                                    
14 James Dobson                                                  
15 Jason Allen                                                   
16 Andrew Widdup                                                 
17 Kieran Hambrook                                               
18 George Bennett                                                
19 Shem Rodger                                                   
20 Tom Findlay                                                   
21 Roman Van Uden                                                
22 Patrick Williamson                                            
23 Michael Vink                                                  
24 Josh Brannigan                                                
25 Jonathan Hailstone                                            
26 Michael Torckler                                              
27 Gordon Mccauley                                               
28 Shane Archbold                                                
29 Josh Page                                                     
30 Thomas Hanover                                                
31 Brett Dawber                                                  
32 James Gibson                                                  
33 Andrew Williams                                               
34 Matt Dewes                                                    
35 Josh Barley                                                   
36 Alex Meenhorst                                                
37 Jason Blake                                                   
38 Ruaraidh Mcleod                                               
39 Ashley Whitehead                                              
40 Jonathan Coates                                               
41 Wade Mongham                                                  
42 Thomas Libby                                                  
43 Patrick Bevan                                                 
44 Michael Naylor                                            3.14
45 Mike Northey                                              4.24
46 Nicholas Hextall                                              
47 Simon Honour                                                  
48 Nigel Godfrey                                             6.25
49 Matt Hinton                                                   
50 Leon Hextall                                                  
51 Marc Prutton                                                  
52 Marcus Roy                                                    
53 Alex Mcgregor                                             7.14
54 Dayle Cheatley                                            7.29
55 Edward Barrett                                                
56 Brad Tilby                                                8.12
57 Al Dempsey                                                    
58 Greg Scott                                                    
59 Will Alexander                                                
60 Johnathon Gee                                                 
61 Paul Odlin                                                    
62 Jon Richardson                                            9.32
63 Jack Bauer                                               10.44
64 Angus Jennings                                                
65 Matt Gilbert                                             12.54
66 Chad Adair                                                    
67 Hayden Godfrey                                                
68 Ryan Kiesanowski                                              
69 Chris Burr                                               17.40
70 Nathan Dahlberg                                               
71 Justin Price                                             19.09
72 Joshua England                                                
73 Carl Jones                                                    
74 Josh Brown                                                    
75 Timothy Hargrave                                         25.14
76 Andy Hughson                                                  
77 Oliver Whalley                                           27.01
78 Dean Fulton                                                   
79 David Ayre                                                    
80 Jamie Kidd                                               27.54
81 Ross Metajetski                                          40.36
82 Aaron Tuckerman                                        7.32.23
83 Scott Wilder                                                  
84 Oliver Pearce                                                 
85 Ryan Wills                                                    
86 Jason Christie                                                
87 Simon Finucane                                                
88 Taylor Gunman                                                 
89 Cameron Karwowski                                             
90 James Mccoy                                                   
 
Women
 
1 Jeanne Kuhajek                                          2.55.01
2 Karen Fulton                                                   
3 Serena Sheridan                                                
4 Sarah Murdoch                                                  
5 Britta Martin                                                  
6 Bronwyn Fraser                                            15.44
7 Michelle Bellamy                                               
8 Liz Williamson                                                 
9 Tracy Clark                                                    
DNF Chelsea Wills                                                
 
General classification after stage 2
 
Men
 
1 Heath Blackgrove                                        3.39.10
2 Jeremy Yates                                                   
3 Hayden Roulston                                            1.06
4 Joseph Cooper                                              2.30
5 James Williamson                                           2.59
6 Samuel Eadie                                               3.02
7 Justin Kerr                                                3.05
8 Brad Carter                                                    
9 Robin Reid                                                     
10 Chris Sanson                                                  
11 Gordon Mccauley                                           3.15
12 Sam Horgan                                                3.25
13 Patrick Bevan                                             4.30
14 Thomas Libby                                                  
15 Wade Mongham                                                  
16 Jonathan Coates                                               
17 Ashley Whitehead                                              
18 Ruaraidh Mcleod                                               
19 Jason Blake                                                   
20 Alex Meenhorst                                                
21 Josh Barley                                                   
22 Matt Dewes                                                    
23 Andrew Williams                                               
24 James Gibson                                                  
25 Brett Dawber                                                  
26 Thomas Hanover                                                
27 Josh Page                                                     
28 Shane Archbold                                                
29 Michael Torckler                                              
30 Jonathan Hailstone                                            
31 Josh Brannigan                                                
32 Michael Vink                                                  
33 Patrick Williamson                                            
34 Roman Van Uden                                                
35 Tom Findlay                                                   
36 Shem Rodger                                                   
37 George Bennett                                                
38 Kieran Hambrook                                               
39 Andrew Widdup                                                 
40 Jason Allen                                                   
41 James Dobson                                                  
42 Sam Steele                                                    
43 Daniel Barry                                                  
44 Michael Naylor                                            4.35
45 Simon Honour                                              5.45
46 Nicholas Hextall                                              
47 Mike Northey                                                  
48 Marcus Roy                                                7.46
49 Marc Prutton                                                  
50 Leon Hextall                                                  
51 Matt Hinton                                                   
52 Nigel Godfrey                                                 
53 Paul Odlin                                                8.14
54 Alex Mcgregor                                             8.35
55 Edward Barrett                                            8.50
56 Dayle Cheatley                                                
57 Johnathon Gee                                             9.33
58 Will Alexander                                                
59 Greg Scott                                                    
60 Al Dempsey                                                    
61 Brad Tilby                                                    
62 Jon Richardson                                           10.53
63 Angus Jennings                                           12.05
64 Jack Bauer                                                    
65 Ryan Kiesanowski                                         14.15
66 Hayden Godfrey                                                
67 Chad Adair                                                    
68 Matt Gilbert                                                  
69 Nathan Dahlberg                                          19.01
70 Chris Burr                                                    
71 Josh Brown                                               20.30
72 Carl Jones                                                    
73 Joshua England                                                
74 Justin Price                                                  
75 Andy Hughson                                             26.35
76 Timothy Hargrave                                              
77 David Ayre                                               28.22
78 Dean Fulton                                                   
79 Oliver Whalley                                                
80 Ross Metajetski                                          41.57
81 Jamie Kidd                                               44.15
82 James Mccoy                                            7.33.44
83 Cameron Karwowski                                             
84 Taylor Gunman                                                 
85 Simon Finucane                                                
86 Jason Christie                                                
87 Ryan Wills                                                    
88 Oliver Pearce                                                 
89 Scott Wilder                                                  
90 Aaron Tuckerman                                               
 
Women
 
1 Serena Sheridan                                         3.52.36
2 Sarah Murdoch                                              0.33
3 Jeanne Kuhajek                                             3.19
4 Karen Fulton                                               3.59
5 Britta Martin                                              4.10
6 Tracy Clark                                               19.51
7 Liz Williamson                                            19.53
8 Michelle Bellamy                                          19.57
9 Bronwyn Fraser                                                 
DNF Chelsea Wills                                                
 
Sprint classification
 
Men
 
1 Hayden Godfrey                                               17 pts
2 Paul Odlin                                                    8
3 Scott Wilder                                                  6
4 Patrick Bevan                                                 6
5 Samuel Eadie                                                  3
6 Hayden Roulston                                               2
7 Marc Prutton                                                  1
8 Roman Van Uden                                                1
9 Tom Findlay                                                   1
 
Women
 
1 Karen Fulton                                                 18 pts
2 Bronwyn Fraser                                               11
3 Jeanne Kuhajek                                                6
4 Serena Sheridan                                               5
5 Sarah Murdoch                                                 2
6 Tracy Clark                                                   2
 
Mountains classification
 
Men
 
1 Joseph Cooper                                                16 pts
2 Josh Barley                                                  15
3 Chris Sanson                                                 12
4 Jeremy Yates                                                 11
5 James Williamson                                              8
6 Justin Kerr                                                   5
7 Paul Odlin                                                    2
8 Sam Horgan                                                    2
9 Heath Blackgrove                                              1
 
Women
 
1 Serena Sheridan                                              23 pts
2 Sarah Murdoch                                                22
3 Jeanne Kuhajek                                               14
4 Karen Fulton                                                  8
5 Britta Martin                                                 4
6 Liz Williamson                                                1