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2003 Jayco Geelong Bay Series
Victoria, Australia, January 8-12, 2003
Race 5 - Sunday, January 12: Crown Casino
McEwen makes it five Classics
Chris Sutton best in final round
By Norman Fay in Melbourne
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Queenslander Robbie McEwen (Crown) knows the tempo of a bike race, that's why he's No. 4 in the world and holds the Tour de France sprinter's Green Jersey. He showed his cycling intuition when he watched a breakaway go clear at the halfway mark of the one hour final criterium stage of the Jayco Geelong Bay Cycling Classic, outside Melbourne's Crown Entertainment Complex today.
NSW rider Chris Sutton led a four-rider lead group that eventually lapped the rest of the field, including McEwen, leaving the likes of Stuart O'Grady (Skilled) and Gregg Henderson (SBR-Colnago) chasing.
"I kept watching Brett Aitken who was the only one who could beat me, but when he didn't go, I held back. I have other races to worry about," said a confident McEwen. "It became a matter of accepting the win, not trying to prove anything."
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Sutton was ecstatic at his final stage win , citing the chance to "strut his stuff" before the biggest crowd of the Classic, numbering more than 10,000.
Henderson, who had already notched up the sprint title, also decided that enough was enough and although he was in the chasing pack, did not go on.
McEwen has now won five Classics over the last eight years and promised to defend his title again next year.
Hemsley continues Cooma-ACTAS success
Bates wraps up overall
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The women's race saw victory to NSW rider Margaret Hemsley, showing her best form since the crash at the Commonwealth Games that tragically took the Gold from her. Hemsley attacked solo to take the win, with Kate Bates leading home the bunch sprint for second in front of Katie Mactier.
The overall series winner was Kate Bates, who almost from day one stamped her authority on the race, as teammate and last year's winner Rochelle Gilmore could not maintain her normal high standards, withdrawing on day two half way through the race because of ill health, and again withdrawing on the last day during the race.
The sprint title went to Queenslander Olivia Gollan.
Photography
Images by James Victor
- Womens race ready to start with the backdrop of the City of Melbourne
- Katherine Bates in 2nd position always kept herself near the front
- Katherine Bates (NSWIS) focused intently throughout the last round
- Katherine Bates (NSWIS) always had teammates closeby in support for the overall series win
- Emma James (NSWIS) enjoyed working with the successful NSWIS team throughout the series
- Hayley Rutherford (WAIS) , 2nd overall in the series rode agressively in the final round
- Olivia Gollan and Katherine Bates combined perfectly for their NSWIS team to take both classifications
- Margaret Hemsley (Cycle Cooma-ACTAS) solos to victory in the last round through the streets around Melbourne
- Margaret Hemsley rewards her team Cycle Cooma-ACTAS with 3 wins from 5 races
- Womens series winner Kate Bates (NSWIS) being interviewed by Phil Anderson after the last round
- Womens final podium (L to R): Katie Mactier, Katherine Bates (NSWIS), Margaret Hemsley (Cycle Cooma) and Olivia Gollan (NSWIS)
- Greg Boorer (Margaret Hemsley's husband) was riding high after his wife's last round win
- Final race preparations for Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) leading into next weeks Australian Championships
- Baden Cooke (Jayco-VIS) made a welcome return to competition following his heavy crash in round 1
- David McKenzie (iTeamNova) grits his teeth during the final round
- Baden Cooke (Jayco-VIS) rides during the final round in Melbourne
- Paul Redenbach (Skilled Team)
- New Zealander Greg Henderson (SBR) rode consistently throughout the series to secure the Sprint King jersey
- Stuart O'Grady and New Zealand's Greg Henderson (Sprint classificaiton winner) working hard in Melbourne on the final day of the Bay Series
- Chris Sutton (NSWIS-FdJeux) Last round men's winner
- Robbie McEwen secures another Bay Criterium Series win, before next week defending his Australian title
- Robbie McEwen , five times Mens Series winner, interviewed on the podium by Phil Liggett
Images by Greg O'Connor
- Last night's winner Willy Walker looks thoughtful on the start line for the final race
- Stuart O'Grady takes a corner during the final round
- Brett Aitkin, Baden Cooke and Robbie McEwen were all watching each other closely in the final round
- The peloton takes a tram track crossed hairpin bend carefully
- The peloton with Crown Casino as the backdrop on a boiling hot day
- Series leader Robbie McEwen rode carefully on the final day to secure his jersey
- Chris Sutton (NSWIS-FdJeux) took the win in Melbourne
- Stuart O'Grady cools off afterwards
Images by Norman Fay
- Margaret Hemsley (Cycle Cooma-ACTAS) , the winner of the women's race
- Robbie McEwen about to be given the yellow jersey for winning the Jayco Geelong Bay Classic, by Managing Director of Jayco Gerry Ryan
Results
Elite Men
1 Chris Sutton (NSW) FDJ-NSW 12 pts 2 Chris Tymms (Vic) Promotion Cycles Carnegie Caulfield 10 3 Paul Redenbach (Vic) Skilled 8 4 Chris Carr (Vic) TAC-Victoria Police 7 5 Dave McKenzie (Vic) Flanders iteamNolva.com 6 6 Kristian House (GBR) Hundred Tree Hill Wines 5 7 Peter Milostic (NSW) Fitzroy Cycles 4 8 William Walker (Vic) Giant CBD Cycles 3 9 Luke Stockwell (Qld) Crown 2 10 Stuart O’Grady (SA) Skilled 1 Sprints 1 Chris Carr (Vic) TAC-Victoria Police 6 pts 2 Robert Tighello (Vic) Fitzroy Cycles 5 3 Alan Iacuone (Vic) Flanders iteamNova.com 2 4 Paul Reddenbach (Vic) Skilled 2 5 David Tanner (Vic) Jayco-VIS 1 6 William Walker (Vic) Giant-CBD Cycles 1 Final general classification 1 Robbie McEwen (Qld) Crown 37 pts 2 Brett Aitken (SA) Drapac Properties-Beasley Cycles 33 3 Chris Sutton (NSW) FDJ-NSW 25 4 Stuart O’Grady (SA) Skilled 22 5 Simon Gerrans (Vic) Jaco-VIS 22 6 Kristian House (GBR) Hundred Tree Hills Wines 19 7 Peter Milostic (NSW) Fitzroy Cycles 19 8 William Walker (Vic ) Giant-CBD Cycles 18 9 Henk Vogels (WA) Bicycle Superstore-Victorian State Home Loans 16 10 Hilton Clarke (Vic) SBR-Colnago 16 11 Gregg Henderson (NZ) SBR-Colnago 14 12 Chris Tymms (Vic) Promotion Cycles-Carnegie Caulfield 12 13 David McKenzie (Vic) Flanders iteamNova.com 10 14 Ben Brooks (NSW) Drapac Properties-Beasley Cycles 6 15 Mark Renshaw (NSW) FDJ-NSW 5 16 Matt Goold (Vic) Promotion Cycles-Carnegie Caulfield 4 17 Jeremy Hunt (GBR) SBR-Colnago 2 18 Jonathon Cantwell (Qld) Giant-SBR 2 19 Luke Stockwell (Qld) Crown 2 20 Simon Walker (Vic) Bicycle Superstore-Victoria State Home Lonas 1 21 Andrew Torney (Vic) Fitzroy Cycles 1 Sprints classification 1 Gregg Henderson (NZ) SBR-Colnago 24 pts 2 Robert Tighello (Vic) Promotion Cycles-Carnegie Caulfield 15 3 Chris Carr (Vic) TAC-Victoria Police 9 4 jmWilliam Walker (Vic) Giant-CBD Cycles 7 5 Paul Reddenbach (Vic) Skilled 5 6 Simon Gerrans (Vic) Jayco-VIS 4 7 Jeremy Hunt (GBR) SBR-Colnago 4 8 Kristian House (GBR) Hundred Tree Hill Wines 2 9 Robbie McEwen (Qld) Crown 2 10 Jonathon Cantwell (Qld) Giant-CBD Cycles 2 11 Chris Sutton (NSW) FDJ-NSW 2 12 Brent Dawson (NSW) Drapac Properties-Beasley Cycles 2 13 Alan Iacuone (Vic) Flanders iteamNova.com 2 14 David McKenzie (Vic) Flanders iteamNova.com 1 15 David Tanner (Vic) Jayco-VIS 1 16 Rob Wilson (Vic) TAC-Victoria Police 1 17 Mark Renshaw (NSW) FDJ-NSW 1 18 Chris Pascoe (NSW) FDJ-NSW 1 19 Trent Wilson (NSW) Flanders iteamNova.com 1 20 Brett Aitken (SA) Drapac Properties-Beasley Cycles 1 Teams classification 1 Crown 39(on countback) 2 Drapac Properties-Beasley Cycles 39 3 SBR-Colnago 33 4 FDJ-NSW 30 5 Giant-CBD Cycles Skilled 20 6 Jayco-VIS 20 7 Hundred Tree Hill Wines-GBR 19 8 Bicycle Superstore-Victorian State Home Loans 17 9 Promotion Cycles-Carnegie Caulfield 16 10 Flanders iteamNova.com 12 11 Fitzroy Cycles 8 12 TAC-Victoria Police 7
Elite Women
1 Margaret Hemsley (NSW) 12 pts 2 Katie Bates (NSW) 10 3 Katie Mactier (Vic) 8 4 Alison Wright (ACT) 7 5 Jessica Ridder (NSW) 6 6 Hayley Rutherford (NSW ) 5 7 Elizabeth Williams (Vic) 4 8 Alexis Rhodes (Vic) 3 9 Helen Kelly (Vic) 2 10 Oenone Wood (ACT) 1 Sprints 1 Olivia Gollan (NSW) 6 pts 2 Sarah Carrigan (Qld) 4 3 Katies Bates (NSW) 1 4 Katie Mactier (Vic) 1 Final general classification 1 Katie Bates (NSW) 43 pts 2 Hayley Rutherford (NSW) 33 3 Elizabeth Williams (Vic) 31 4 Alison Wright (ACT) 22 5 Rochelle Gilmore (NSW) 22 6 Katie Mactier (Vic) 29 7 Belinda Goss (Tas) 19 8 Oenone Wood (ACT) 18.5 9 Helen Kelly (Vic) 15 10 Margaret Hemsley (NSW) 12 11 Lorian Graham (Vic) 8 12 Jessica Ridder (NSW) 11 13 Sara Carrigan (Qld ) 4.5 14 Olivia Gollan (NSW) 4 15 Alexis Rhodes (Vic) 3 16 Emma Rickards (Vic) 1 Sprints classification 1 Olivia Gollan (NSW) 15 pts 2 Katie Bates (NSW) 13 3 Sara Carrigan (Qld) 10 4 Lorian Graham (Vic) 5 5 Helen Kelly (Vic) 4 6 Oenone Wood (ACT) 4 7 Belinda Goss (Tas) 3 8 Narelle Peters (Vic) 2 9 Elizabeth Williams (Vic) 2 10 Rochelle Gilmore (NSW) 1 11 Katie Mactier (Vic) 1
B Grade Men
1 Nic Sanderson (Vic) 12 pts 2 Klayten Smith (NSW) 10 3 Alexander James (Vic) 8 4 Aaron Salisbury (Vic) 7 6 David Newton (ACT) 6 5 Anthony Comino (Vic) 5 4 Richard England (Vic) 3 9 Sean Finning (Vic) 2 10 Shaun Lewis (Vic) 1 Sprints 1 Nic Sanderson (Vic) 4 pts 2 Simon Ross (NSW) 3 3 Carl Holleman (Vic) 3 4 Kevin Nicholls (NSW) 2 Final general classification 1 Shayne Kirby (Vic) 34(on countback) 2 Sean Finning (Vic) 34 3 Klayten Smith (NSW) 33 4 Alexander James (Vic) 32 5 Julian Paynter (Vic) 25 6 Nic Sanderson (Vic) 24 7 Ric Steele (Vic) 11 8 Shaun Lewis (Vic) 10 9 Anthony Comino (Vic) 10 10 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) 8 11 Scott Dixon (Vic) 8 12 Aaron Salisbury (Vic) 7 13 Kevin Nichols (NSW) 6 14 David Newton (ACT) 6 15 Chris Wilding (Tas) 5 16 Richard England (Vic) 4 17 Dean Johnstone (Vic) 3 18 Joshua Rix (Vic) 3 19 Nathan Wise (Vic) 3 20 Paul Kenny (Vic) 2 21 Simon Ross (NSW) 2 22 Samuel Rix (Vic) 1 23 Grany Gaston (Vic) 1 Sprints classification 1 Nic Sanderson (Vic) 16 pts 2 Eugene Moriarty (Ire) 6 3 S. Finning (Vic) 6 4 J.Paynter (Vic) 5 5 Shane Kirby (Vic) 4 6 Carl Holleman (Vic) 3 7 Klayten Smith (NSW) 3 8 Cain Pasque (Vic) 3 9 C Wilding (Tas) 3 10 Simon Ross (NSW) 3 11 Kevin Nicholls (NSW) 2 12 David Newton (ACT) 2 13 Richard England (Vic) 2 14 Dean Johnstone (Vic) 1
