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2003 Jayco Geelong Bay Series
Victoria, Australia, January 8-12, 2003
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Race 3 - Friday, January 10: Geelong - Ritchie Boulevard. Incorporates The Australian Women’s Criterium Championship
Crashes keep Classic wide open as Brett Aitken wins
By Norman Fay in Geelong
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Geelong's Eastern Beach was more like a battleground in the final lap of the hot-dog circuit as there were a series of three crashes that brought down about a dozen riders, allowing Brett Aitken to skip away and win the third day of the Jacyo Geelong Bay Cycling Classic.
The South Australian, riding for Drapac Properties-Beasley Cycles beat Western Australian Henk Vogels (Bicycle Superstore-Victorian Home State Home Loans) with Stuart O'Grady (Skilled) helping SA share two of the top three spots.
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Robbie McEwen's close fourth ensured the Queenslander kept the yellow jersey for Saturday's race, also at Geelong, but at a new circuit in the Botanic Gardens, starting also at 5.30pm.
Hilton Clarke (SBR-Colnago) was one of the fallen, and it now makes it extremely difficult for him to win the title, which he was so determined to take out after finishing second last year. He has accrued 16 points along with O'Grady, Vogels and Simon Gerrans (Jayco), the winner on day two. However McEwen now has 29 points and Aitken 26.
The sprint leader is New Zealander Gregg Henderson (SBR Colnago) who won two events today and has already amassed 21 points, 11 ahead of his nearest rival Victorian Robert Tighello ((Promotion Cycles-Carnegie Caulfield).
Liz Williams crowned Australian Women's Criterium Champion
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In the women's Classic it remains much more open, with six riders separated by 10 points.
Victory today went to Victorian Elizabeth Williams, who won with a sprinting break down the long straight from Katie Bates (NSWIS) and Rochelle Gilmore (NSWIS) who failed to finish on day two. That gave her the title of Australian Women's Criterium Champion, as tonight's race was designated as such.
The six still in contention for the overall are Bates 29, Hayley Rutherford (WAIS), 22, Williams 11, Alison Wright (ACT) also 21, Gilmore 20 and Katie Mactier 18.
Bates is also the overall leader in the sprints with a three point lead over Olivia Gollan, of Queensland.
Photography
Images by Norman Fay
- A Flanders iteamNova.com rider leads the field on day three of the Jayco Geelong Bay Cycling Classic
- Victorian Elizabeth Williams (Centre) beats Kate Bates (L) and Rochelle Gilmore (R.) in Geelong
Images by James Victor
- NSWIS Women's team looking confident before the start of their Australian Championship (Gollan, Gilmore, Bates.K., Bates, N., James)
- Australian Women's Criterium Championship contenders receiving last minute instructions from race officials
- Underway in the Australian Women's Criterium Championship
- Women's Series leader Katherine Bates (NSWIS) negotiates the hairpin turn alongside teammate Olivia Gollan
- Olivia Gollan (NSWIS) chased hard throughout for her more fancied NSWIS teammates
- Sara Carrigan (QAS) midway through the Australian Criterium Championship
- Former World Triathlon Champion, Emma Carney (Jayco-VIS) tests the legs out in some fast criterium racing
- Rochelle Gilmore and Kate Bates (Yellow jersey series leader) were pre-race favourites, and ultimately beaten by Elizabeth Williams in the Australian Women's Criterium championship
- Australian Women's Criterium Championship pre-race favourite Rochelle Gilmore (NSWIS)
- Alison Wright (Cycle Cooma-ACTAS) was all concentration chasing the Australian Women's Criterium Championships
- Australian Women's Criterium Champion, Elizabeth Williams rode a very confident and calculated race to outsprint her rivals
- Alison Wright (Cycle Cooma-ACTAS) rode aggressively throughout, and finished 5th
- Australian Women's Criterium Champion, Elizabeth Williams (Vic) being interviewed by Australian Cycling legend Phil Anderson
- Robbie McEwen (Crown) men's Series leader
- Great Britain's men's Track Endurance squad are well represented at this year's JAYCO Bay Criterium Series
- Nick Gates looking resplendent in his new season 'Lotto-Domo' colours
- New 2003 'Credit Agricole' signing, Corey Sweet
- Stage winner Brett Aitken during the race
- B Grade men's solo winner, and Junior Road Worlds Bronze medallist, Nic Sanderson (Jayco-VIS)
- Stuart O'Grady looks in ominous form leading into next week's Australian Road Championships, and the Tour Down Under
Results
Elite Men
1 Brett Aitken (SA) Drapac Properties-Beasley Cycles 12 pts 2 Henk Vogels (WA) Bicycle Superstore-Victorian State Home 10 3 Stuart O'Grady (SA) Skilled 8 4 Robbie Mcewen (Qld) Crown 7 5 Ben Brooks (Cycles) Drapac Properties-Beasley 6 6 Chris Sutton (NSW) FDJ-NSW 5 7 Simon Gerrans (Vic) Jayco-VIS 4 8 William Walker (Vic) Giant-CBD Cycles 3 9 Chris Tymms (Vic) Promotion Cycles-Carnegie Caulfield 2 10 Andrew Torney (Vic) Fitzroy Cycles 1 Sprints 1 Robert Tighello (Vic) Promotion Cycles-Carnegie Caulfield 7 pts 2 Gregg Henderson (NZ) SBR-Colnago 6 3 Chris Sutton (NSW) FDJ-NSW 2 4 Jeremy Hunt (GBR) SBR-Colnago 1 5 Trent Wilson (NSW) Flandrs iteamNova.com 1 6 Paul Reddenbach (Vic) Skilled 1 General classification after race 3 1 Robbie Mcewen (Qld) Crown 29 pts 2 Brett Aitken (SA) Drapac Properties-Beasley Cycles 26 3 Henk Vogels (WA) Bicycle Superstore-Victorian State Home 16 4 Hilton Clarke (Vic) SBR-Colnago 16 5 Stuart O'Grady (SA) Skilled 16 6 Simon Gerrans (Vic) Jayco-VIS 16 7 Chris Sutton (NSW) FDJ-NSW 10 8 Gregg Henderson (NZ) SBR-Colnago 8 9 David Mckenzie (Vic) Flanders iteamNova.com 6 10 Ben Brooks (NSW) Drapac Properties-Beasley Cycles 6 11 Mark Renshaw (NSW) FDJ-NSW 5 12 Kristian House (GBR) Hundred Tree Hills Wines 4 13 Matt Goold (Vic) Promotion Cycles-Carnegie Caulfield 4 14 Jeremy Hunt (GBR) SBR-Colnago 3 15 Peter Milostic (Vic) Fitzroy Cycles 3 16 William Walker (Vic) Giant-CBD Cycles 3 17 Chris Tymms (Vic) Promotion Cycles-Carnegie Caulfield 2 18 Andrew Torney (Vic) Fitzroy Cycles 1 Sprint classification 1 Gregg Henderson (NZ) SBR-Colnago 21 pts 2 Robert Tighello (Vic) Promotion Cycles-Carnegie Caulfield 10 3 Simon Gerrans (Vic) Jayco-VIS 4 4 Jeremy Hunt (GBR) SBR-Colnago 4 5 Paul Reddenbach (Vic) Skilled 3 6 Kristian House (GBR) Hundred Tree Hill Wines 2 7 Jonathon Cantwell (Qld) Giant-CBD Cycles 2 8 Chris Sutton (NSW) FDJ-NSW 2 9 David Mckenzie (Vic) Flanders iteamNova.com 1 10 David Tanner (Vic) Jayco-VIS 1 11 Rob Wilson (Vic) TAC-Victoria Police 1 12 Chris Carr (Vic) 1 13 Mark Renshaw (NSW) FDJ-NSW 1 14 Trent Wilson (Vic) Flanders iteamNova.com 1 Teams classification 1 Drapac Properties-Beasley Cycles 32 pts 2 Crown 29 3 Sbr-Colnago 27 4 Jayco-Vis 17 5 Bicycle Superstore-Victorian State Home Loans 16 6 Skilled 16 7 Fdj-Nsw 15 8 Flanders Iteamnova.Com 6 9 Hundred Tree Hill Wines-Gbr 4 10 Promotion Cycles-Carnegie Caulfield 6 11 Fitzroy Cycles 4 12 Giant 3
Elite Women
1 Elizabeth Williams (Vic) 12 pts 2 Katie Bates (NSW) 10 3 Rochelle Gilmore (NSW) 8 4 Katie Mctier (Vic) 7 5 Alison Wright (ACT) 6 6 Hayley Rutherford (NSW) 5 7 Alexis Rhodes (Vic) 4 8 Jessica Ridder (NSW) 3 9 Sara Carrigan (Qld) 1.5 9 Oenone Wood (ACT) 1.5 Sprints 1 Olivia Gollan (NSW) 6 pts 2 Sara Carrigan (Qld) 4 3 Rochelle Gilmore (NSW) 1 4 Katie Bates (NSW) 1 General classification after Day 3 1 Katie Bates (NSW) 28 pts 2 Hayley Rutherford (NSW) 22 3 Elizabeth Williams (Vic) 21 4 Alison Wright (ACT) 21 5 Rochelle Gilmore (NSW) 20 6 Katie Mctier (Vic) 18 7 Oenone Wood (ACT) 16.5 8 Belinda Goss (Tas) 7 9 Sara Carrigan (Qld) 4.5 10 Olivia Gollan (NSW) 4 11 Jessica Ridder (NSW) 2 12 Helen Kelly (NSW) 3 13 Jessica Ridder (NSW) 2 14 Emma Rickards (Vic) 1 Sprints classification 1 Katie Bates (NSW) 12 pts 2 Olivia Gollan (NSW) 9 3 Sara Carrigan (Qld) 6 4 Oeone Wood (ACT) 4 5 Narelle Peters (Vic) 2 6 Elizabeth Williams (Vic) 2 7 Rochelle Gilmore (NSW) 1
B Grade Men
1 Nic Sanderson (Vic) 12 pts 2 Alexander James (Vic) 10 3 Sean Finning (Vic) 8 4 Shayne Kirby (Vic) 7 5 Kevin Nichols (NSW) 6 6 Julian Paynter (Vic) 5 7 Chris Wilding (Tas) 4 8 Shaun Lewis (Vic) 3 9 Simon Ross (NSW) 2 10 Samuel Rix (Vic) 1 Sprints 1 Nic Sanderson (Vic) 6 pts 2 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) 2 3 David Newton (ACT) 2 4 Shayne Kirby (Vic) 1 5 Richard England (Vic) 1 General classification after race 3 1 Alexander James (Vic) 26 pts 2 Sean Finning (Vic) 26 3 Shayne Kirby (Vic) 22 4 Klayton Smith (NSW) 15 5 Scott Dixon (Vic) 8 6 Anthony Comino (Vic) 8 7 Shaun Lewis (Vic) 7 8 Kevin Nichols (NSW) 6 9 Ric Steele (Vic) 6 10 Julian Paynter (Vic) 5 11 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) 5 12 Chris Wilding (Tas) 5 13 Dean Johnstone (Vic) 3 14 Joshua Rix (Vic) 3 15 Nathan Wise (Vic) 3 16 Paul Kenny (Vic) 2 17 Simon Ross (NSW) 2 18 Samuel Rix (Vic) 1 Sprints classification 1 Nic Sanderson (Vic) 9 pts 2 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) 6 3 S. Finning (Vic) 5 4 Ben Smith (NSW) 3 5 C Wilding (Tas) 3 6 J. Paynter (Vic) 3 7 Shane Kirby (Vic) 3 8 David Newton (ACT) 2 9 Simon Ross (Vic) 1 10 Dean Johnstone (Vic) 1 11 Richard England (Vic) 1
