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Scody Cup Tour of Tasmania - NE
Australia, September 30-October 5, 2008
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Stage 1 - September 30: Devonport Day, 33km
Howard continues to impress
By Rod Morris In Latrobe
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Starting with a 30-lap criterium in East Devonport, Geelong teenage sensation Leigh Howard continued his assault on the Australian domestic cycling scene and in particular the Scody Cup, which is the National road series. Howard took the morning stage by a bike length from New South Welshman Joel Pearson and talented South Australian Russell Gill.
But Bernard Sulzberger moved into the prized yellow jersey as tour leader after picking up nine intermediate sprint bonus points – which equates to nine seconds off his overall time.
Howard wasn't concerned with the intermediate sprints, instead preserving his energy for the run to the finish line to clinch his ninth race in Scody Cup history.
Under previous banners – the Tattersall's Cup and the Timbercorp Cup – the national road series dates back to 1996 and Howard's nine race victories draws him level in second place with 2000 Sydney gold medal Olympian Brett Aitken, but still a massive eight wins behind 1992 Barcelona Olympian Robert McLachlan.
Howard is unlikely to catch McLachlan in the immediate future, as his future – whether it be on road or track looks destined for greener pastures in Europe.
Howard has an unbelievable turn of speed, particularly when the finish line is in sight – as Pearson, Gill, Sulzberger and company found out.
Sulzberger is trying to emulate the performance of his younger brother Wesley, who won the series two years ago. After winning the Tour of Gippsland in August and producing some consistent performances since, he remains Howard's biggest threat and would like nothing more than to win the series on home soil this week.
Photography
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- Stage one of the tour was held in Devonport where the Spirit of Tasmania passenger vessel (background) was the backdrop for the 30 kilometre criterium
- The 107 rider strong peloton make their way around a 1.1 kilometre circuit in East Devonport on stage one
- Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) takes out stage one of the tour in East Devonport on the northern coast of Tasmania
- The stage one podium (L-R): Joel Pearson (2nd,Savings and Loans), Leigh Howard (1st, Jayco/VIS) and Russell Gill (3rd, Savings and Loans)
Results
1 Leigh Howard (VIS/Jayco) 39.20 (50.339 km/h) 2 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 3 Russell Gill (Savings & Loans) 4 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue) 5 Chris Jongewaard (SASI) 6 Dale Scarfe (Panasonic) 7 Pat Shaw (VIS/Jayco) 8 Peter Mcdonald (Drapac Porsche) 9 Caleb Manion (DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS) 10 Richard England (Burnie-Johnson Design/GHD) 11 Gene Bates (Drapac Porsche) 12 Stuart Shaw (Drapac Porsche) 13 Michael England (Budget Forklifts) 14 Rohan Dennis (SASI) 15 Matthew Rice (Central Coast/Simplot) 16 Abram Manion (Budget Forklifts) 17 Kristian House (Budget Forklifts) 18 Michael Phelan (Tarkine Forest Adventures) 19 Shaun Mccarthy (Central Coast/Simplot) 20 Daniel Furmston (Praties) 21 Adam Semple (South Australia/AIS) 22 Sean Finning (VIS/Jayco) 23 Cameron Peterson (Tarkine Forest Adventures) 24 Ben Mather (Praties) 25 Aaron Donnelly (Central Coast/Simplot) 26 Matt Benson (SASI) 27 Jack Anderson (Budget Forklifts) 28 Daniel Mcintyre (Tarkine Forest Adventures) 29 Jason Rigg (Cannondale/Praties) 30 Jeremy Hills (Cannondale/Praties) 31 Matt King (South Australia/AIS) 32 James Langedyk (VIS/Jayco) 33 Hayden Brooks (Virgin Blue) 34 Neil Manning (Plan B Racing Team) 35 Jonathon Lovelock (VIS/Jayco) 36 Dylan Newell (Praties) 37 Cameron Hughes (Budget Forklifts) 38 Nick Walker (VIS/Jayco) 39 Stefan Kirsch (Hart/Ridewiser) 40 Matthew Mcdonagh (Burnie-Johnson Design/GHD) 41 William Clarke (Praties) 42 Vaughan Bowman (Hart/Ridewiser) 43 Sean Boyle (SASI) 44 David Kemp (Virgin Blue) 45 Brad Edmunds (Savings & Loans) 46 Chris Martin (SASI) 47 Joshua Wilson (Cannondale/Praties) 48 Johnnie Walker (South Australia/AIS) 49 Tim Guy (Panasonic) 50 Aaron Jones (Burnie-Johnson Design/GHD) 51 Sam Brett (DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS) 52 Richie Porte (Praties) 53 Peter Ladd (Budget Forklifts) 54 Chris Jory (Panasonic) 55 Adam Phelan (Tarkine Forest Adventures) 56 Darren Rolfe (Virgin Blue) 57 William Alexander (Virgin Blue) 58 James Ibrahim (Central Coast/Simplot) 59 Andrew Roe (Tarkine Forest Adventures) 60 Mark Isaacs (Cycle City Ballarat) 61 Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 62 Henry Morley (Plan B Racing Team) 63 Michael Hepburn (Virgin Blue) 64 Charles Howlett (Cycle City Ballarat) 65 Mathew Camilleri (Burnie-Johnson Design/GHD) 66 Nathan Wise (Cycle City Ballarat) 67 Ben Grieve Johnson (Praties) 68 Peter Milostic (Budget Forklifts) 69 Tim Decker (Central Coast/Simplot) 70 Peter Howard (Hart/Ridewiser) 71 Peter Herzig (Panasonic) 72 William Ford (South Australia/AIS) 73 Mark Jamieson (DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS) 74 Ben Grenda (DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS) 75 Lauchlan Stewart (Cycle City Ballarat) 76 Jack Bobridge (SASI) 77 Ashley Baines (Cycle City Ballarat) 78 Kane Walker (Hart/Ridewiser) 79 Tom Robinson (Burnie-Johnson Design/GHD) 80 Jason Hegert (Panasonic) 81 Luke Durbridge (Plan B Racing Team) 82 Tommy Nankervis (Virgin Blue) 83 Tony Chandler (Hart/Ridewiser) 84 Nathan Clarke (Praties) 85 Glenn O’Shea (VIS/Jayco) 86 Mark O’Brien (Drapac Porsche) 87 Tim Walker (Cannondale/Praties) 88 Scott Cronly-Dillon (Cycle City Ballarat) 89 Patrick Gill (Plan B Racing Team) 90 Joshua Page (Tarkine Forest Adventures) 91 Michael Verheyen (Plan B Racing Team) 92 Brad Norton (Cannondale/Praties) 93 Will Robinson (Burnie-Johnson Design/GHD) 94 Tim Roe (Savings & Loans) 95 Andrew Smith (Central Coast/Simplot) 96 Chris Luxton (Savings & Loans) 97 Kyle Marwood (Central Coast/Simplot) 98 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 99 Reub Menard-Young (SASI) 100 Luke Ockerby (DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS) 1.18 101 Danny Pulbrook (Tarkine Forest Adventures) 102 Peter Loft (DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS) DNS Hayden Josefski (South Australia/AIS) DNS Thomas Palmer (Drapac Porsche) DNS Craig Gibbs (Cycle City Ballarat) DNS Nic Sanderson (Burnie-Johnson Design/GHD) DNS Joshua Chugg (Cannondale/Praties) Sprints Lap 6 1 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue) 3 pts 2 Pat Shaw (VIS/Jayco) 2 3 Ben Mather (Praties) 1 Lap 8 1 Daniel Furmston (Praties) 3 pts 2 Kristian House (Budget Forklifts) 2 3 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue) 1 Lap 10 1 Brad Edmunds (Savings & Loans) 3 pts 2 Michael England (Budget Forklifts) 2 3 Jack Anderson (Budget Forklifts) 1 Lap 12 1 Andrew Roe (Tarkine Forest Adventures) 3 pts 2 Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 2 3 Chris Jongewaard (SASI) 1 Lap 14 1 Nathan Clarke (Praties) 3 pts 2 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 2 3 Vaughan Bowman (Hart/Ridewiser) 1 Lap 16 1 David Kemp (Virgin Blue) 3 pts 2 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue) 2 3 Nathan Clarke (Praties) 1 Lap 18 1 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue) 3 pts 2 Chris Jongewaard (SASI) 2 3 Rohan Dennis (SASI) 1 Lap 20 1 Sean Finning (VIS/Jayco) 3 pts 2 David Kemp (Virgin Blue) 2 3 Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 1 Lap 22 1 Neil Manning (Plan B Racing Team) 3 pts 2 Pat Shaw (VIS/Jayco) 2 3 Michael England (Budget Forklifts) 1 Lap 24 1 Hayden Brooks (Virgin Blue) 3 pts 2 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 2 3 Dylan Newell (Praties) 1 Lap 26 1 Kristian House (Budget Forklifts) 3 pts 2 Rohan Dennis (SASI) 2 3 Glenn O’Shea (VIS/Jayco) 1 Criterium Championships 1 Leigh Howard (VIS/Jayco) 10 pts 2 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 9 3 Russell Gill (Savings & Loans) 8 4 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue) 7 5 Chris Jongewaard (SASI) 6 6 Dale Scarfe (Panasonic) 5 7 Pat Shaw (VIS/Jayco) 4 8 Peter Mcdonald (Drapac Porsche) 3 9 Caleb Manion (DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS) 2 10 Richard England (Burnie-Johnson Design/GHD) 1 Most aggressive rider 1 Kristian House (Budget Forklifts) 2 pts General classification after stage 1 1 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue) 39.07 2 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 0.01 3 Leigh Howard (VIS/Jayco) 0.03 4 Russell Gill (Savings & Loans) 0.07 5 Chris Jongewaard (SASI) 0.08 6 Kristian House (Budget Forklifts) 7 David Kemp (Virgin Blue) 8 Pat Shaw (VIS/Jayco) 0.09 9 Michael England (Budget Forklifts) 0.10 10 Rohan Dennis (SASI) 11 Daniel Furmston (Praties) 12 Sean Finning (VIS/Jayco) 13 Hayden Brooks (Virgin Blue) 14 Neil Manning (Plan B Racing Team) 15 Brad Edmunds (Savings & Loans) 16 Andrew Roe (Tarkine Forest Adventures) 17 Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 18 Dale Scarfe (Panasonic) 0.12 19 Ben Mather (Praties) 20 Jack Anderson (Budget Forklifts) 21 Dylan Newell (Praties) 22 Vaughan Bowman (Hart/Ridewiser) 23 Glenn O’Shea (VIS/Jayco) 24 Peter Mcdonald (Drapac Porsche) 0.13 25 Caleb Manion (DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS) 26 Richard England (Burnie-Johnson Design/GHD) 27 Gene Bates (Drapac Porsche) 28 Stuart Shaw (Drapac Porsche) 29 Matthew Rice (Central Coast/Simplot) 30 Abram Manion (Budget Forklifts) 31 Michael Phelan (Tarkine Forest Adventures) 32 Shaun Mccarthy (Central Coast/Simplot) 33 Adam Semple (South Australia/AIS) 34 Cameron Peterson (Tarkine Forest Adventures) 35 Aaron Donnelly (Central Coast/Simplot) 36 Matt Benson (SASI) 37 Daniel Mcintyre (Tarkine Forest Adventures) 38 Jason Rigg (Cannondale/Praties) 39 Jeremy Hills (Cannondale/Praties) 40 Matt King (South Australia/AIS) 41 James Langedyk (VIS/Jayco) 42 Jonathon Lovelock (VIS/Jayco) 43 Cameron Hughes (Budget Forklifts) 44 Nick Walker (VIS/Jayco) 45 Stefan Kirsch (Hart/Ridewiser) 46 Matthew Mcdonagh (Burnie-Johnson Design/GHD) 47 William Clarke (Praties) 48 Sean Boyle (SASI) 49 Chris Martin (SASI) 50 Joshua Wilson (Cannondale/Praties) 51 Johnnie Walker (South Australia/AIS) 52 Tim Guy (Panasonic) 53 Aaron Jones (Burnie-Johnson Design/GHD) 54 Sam Brett (DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS) 55 Richie Porte (Praties) 56 Peter Ladd (Budget Forklifts) 57 Chris Jory (Panasonic) 58 Adam Phelan (Tarkine Forest Adventures) 59 Darren Rolfe (Virgin Blue) 60 William Alexander (Virgin Blue) 61 James Ibrahim (Central Coast/Simplot) 62 Mark Isaacs (Cycle City Ballarat) 63 Henry Morley (Plan B Racing Team) 64 Michael Hepburn (Virgin Blue) 65 Charles Howlett (Cycle City Ballarat) 66 Mathew Camilleri (Burnie-Johnson Design/GHD) 67 Nathan Wise (Cycle City Ballarat) 68 Ben Grieve Johnson (Praties) 69 Peter Milostic (Budget Forklifts) 70 Tim Decker (Central Coast/Simplot) 71 Peter Howard (Hart/Ridewiser) 72 Peter Herzig (Panasonic) 73 William Ford (South Australia/AIS) 74 Mark Jamieson (DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS) 75 Ben Grenda (DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS) 76 Lauchlan Stewart (Cycle City Ballarat) 77 Jack Bobridge (SASI) 78 Ashley Baines (Cycle City Ballarat) 79 Kane Walker (Hart/Ridewiser) 80 Tom Robinson (Burnie-Johnson Design/GHD) 81 Jason Hegert (Panasonic) 82 Luke Durbridge (Plan B Racing Team) 83 Tommy Nankervis (Virgin Blue) 84 Tony Chandler (Hart/Ridewiser) 85 Nathan Clarke (Praties) 86 Mark O’Brien (Drapac Porsche) 87 Tim Walker (Cannondale/Praties) 88 Scott Cronly-Dillon (Cycle City Ballarat) 89 Patrick Gill (Plan B Racing Team) 90 Joshua Page (Tarkine Forest Adventures) 91 Michael Verheyen (Plan B Racing Team) 92 Brad Norton (Cannondale/Praties) 93 Will Robinson (Burnie-Johnson Design/GHD) 94 Tim Roe (Savings & Loans) 95 Andrew Smith (Central Coast/Simplot) 96 Chris Luxton (Savings & Loans) 97 Kyle Marwood (Central Coast/Simplot) 98 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 99 Reub Menard-Young (SASI) 100 Luke Ockerby (DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS) 1.31 101 Danny Pulbrook (Tarkine Forest Adventures) 102 Peter Loft (DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS) Sprints classification 1 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue) 9 pts 2 David Kemp (Virgin Blue) 5 3 Kristian House (Budget Forklifts) 5 4 Pat Shaw (VIS/Jayco) 4 5 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 4 6 Nathan Clarke (Praties) 4 7 Rohan Dennis (SASI) 3 8 Sean Finning (VIS/Jayco) 3 9 Hayden Brooks (Virgin Blue) 3 10 Chris Jongewaard (SASI) 3 11 Andrew Roe (Tarkine Forest Adventures) 3 12 Michael England (Budget Forklifts) 3 13 Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 3 14 Brad Edmunds (Savings & Loans) 3 15 Neil Manning (Plan B Racing Team) 3 16 Daniel Furmston (Praties) 3 17 Glenn O’Shea (VIS/Jayco) 1 18 Ben Mather (Praties) 1 19 Dylan Newell (Praties) 1 20 Jack Anderson (Budget Forklifts) 1 21 Vaughan Bowman (Hart/Ridewiser) 1 Criterium Championships classification 1 Leigh Howard (VIS/Jayco) 10 pts 2 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 9 3 Russell Gill (Savings & Loans) 8 4 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue) 7 5 Chris Jongewaard (SASI) 6 6 Dale Scarfe (Panasonic) 5 7 Pat Shaw (VIS/Jayco) 4 8 Peter Mcdonald (Drapac Porsche) 3 9 Caleb Manion (DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS) 2 10 Richard England (Burnie-Johnson Design/GHD) 1 Best Tasmanian rider classification 1 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue) 39.07 2 Daniel Furmston (Praties) 0.10 3 Ben Mather (Praties) 0.12 4 Caleb Manion (DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS) 0.13 5 Matthew Rice (Central Coast/Simplot) 6 Abram Manion (Budget Forklifts) 7 Jason Rigg (Cannondale/Praties) 8 Jeremy Hills (Cannondale/Praties) 9 Matthew Mcdonagh (Burnie-Johnson Design/GHD) 10 William Clarke (Praties) 11 Joshua Wilson (Cannondale/Praties) 12 Aaron Jones (Burnie-Johnson Design/GHD) 13 Sam Brett (DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS) 14 Richie Porte (Praties) 15 Ben Grieve Johnson (Praties) 16 Mark Jamieson (DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS) 17 Ben Grenda (DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS) 18 Tom Robinson (Burnie-Johnson Design/GHD) 19 Nathan Clarke (Praties) 20 Tim Walker (Cannondale/Praties) 21 Will Robinson (Burnie-Johnson Design/GHD) 22 Andrew Smith (Central Coast/Simplot) 23 Luke Ockerby (DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS) 1.31 24 Danny Pulbrook (Tarkine Forest Adventures) 25 Peter Loft (DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS) Most aggressive rider classification 1 Kristian House (Budget Forklifts) 2 pts Teams classification 1 VIS/Jayco 1.58.00 2 Drapac Porsche 3 SASI 4 Budget Forklifts 5 Savings & Loans 6 Central Coast/Simplot 7 Tarkine Forest Adventures 8 Praties 9 Virgin Blue 10 South Australia/AIS 11 Burnie-Johnson Design/GHD 12 Cannondale/Praties 13 Panasonic 14 DiscoverTasmania.com/TIS 15 Hart/Ridewiser 16 Plan B Racing Team 17 Cycle City Ballarat
