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Jayco Tour of Queensland - 2.5
Australia, November 3-8, 2003
Stage 1 - November 3: Bundaberg criterium, 42 km
Wohlberg claims opening stage
By Rod Morris in Bundaberg
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International cycling hit Bundaberg in a big way today with Canadian veteran Eric Wohlberg claiming opening stage honours in the inaugural $60,000 Jayco Tour of Queensland. Wohlberg (38) took both the stage - a 42 km criterium in the busy heart of Bundaberg - and the prized leader's jersey in general classification honours. A former Commonwealth Games rider and the oldest man in this week's tour, Wohlberg upstaged his many younger rivals in a fantastic opening day race. Sydney Gold Medal Olympian Brett Aitken took second place Wohlberg in the stage, some four seconds adrift, but because of intermediate sprint time bonuses, will enter today's second stage, just 1 second behind the Canadian. In good news for the Bundaberg locals, Aaron Kemps, a 20 year-old riding for the all Queensland Cabe team, shared the podium with Wohlberg and Aitken after finishing third.
Wohlberg said he was looking forward to the Tour of Queensland after finishing off strongly in the Herald Sun Tour. "This is not just a win for me, its also a win for the team, the staff, the sponsor and the shire council we are riding for," Wohlberg said.
Wearing the colours of the Marybough City - Isis Shire team, Wohlberg received great support on the road from Herald Sun Tour winning teammate Tim Johnson, Victorian Chris Bradford, New South Welshman, Peter Milostic and local Queensland rider, Bart Duraj. "Our team has gelled well together and I'm pretty confident for the rest of week, I'm sure there's plenty of horsepower left in the tank," he said.
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Going into the Tour of Queensland with good form - he won a stage of the recent Herald Sun Tour - Wohlberg played a patient game early in the race before showing his hand. Aitken was the main attacker in the opening laps, winning the first two intermediate sprints before settling into a rhythm inside the peloton.
With time bonuses and Sprint Championship points on offer every second lap, there was no shortage of attacking moves before 19 year-old Tasmanian Mark Jamieson declared "catch me if you can." Jamieson kicked away on the 17th lap and stayed out front for six more circuits of the 1.4 km course. Along the way, Jamieson, riding for the Emu Spirit - Tasmanian Institute of Sport team, picked up three intermediate sprints to give him the opening day's lead in the Yamaha Sprint Championship. The reigning World Junior Individual Pursuit champion was also judged the most aggressive rider for stage one.
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Wohlberg admitted that Jamieson had made a bold move so early in the tour, but added "Good luck to him, he's a good young kid and a ride like that will have everyone sitting up and taking notice."
But Wohlberg was quickly back to business, warning others that his team intends to be at the front of the peloton most days. "We are in front now and intend to stay there," he declared.
South Australian, Brett Aitken, who seems desperate to pinch a stage win somewhere was philosophical. "I seem to be sprinting for second a lot lately, but I'm not overly disappointed, its obviously very early in the race and a lot of things can happen yet," he said.
Affable Bundaberg cyclist Aaron Kemps was stoked to have clinched third spot in the criterium, which also gave him third on GC. "Having my hometown crowd cheering me on made a big difference," he said. "This is the biggest thing to have happened in Bundaberg for a while, so I want to really enjoy the atmosphere of it all."
The Tour of Queensland will include a total of eight stages, finishing back in Bundaberg next Saturday with a repeat criterium on the same course. Stage 2 will continue tomorrow with a 100.8 km road race from Rosedale to the historic port town of 1770.
Photos
Images by Shane Goss/licoricegallery.com
- Aaron Kemps (CABE) finished third on stage one.
- Brett Aitken (Miriam Vale-Kolan-Perry Shires) leads the field over the line for the minor placings
- Eric Wohlberg (Maryborough City-Isis Shire) salutes the crowd on stage one at Bundaberg
- Mark Jamieson (Emu Spirit-TIS ) of Tasmania leader in the Yamaha Sprint Championship after stage one
- Tim Johnson winner of the Herald Sun Tour riding for Maryborough City-Isis Shire in the Tour of Queensland
- Stephen Pearce (Mirvac) at the front a late inclusion in the Tour
- Mark Jamieson (Emu Spirit-TIS) left, was caught after a brave solo breakaway late on stage one
- Alex Candalario (Bundaberg City-Burnett Shire) finished eleventh on stage one
- David McKenzie (Jayco) in the Jayco Tour of Queensland
- Mark Jamieson (Emu Spirit-TIS) rode strongly to breakaway from the peloton in the final laps of stage one only to be caught close to the finish
- Peter Milostic and Bart Duraj both of Maryborough City-Isis Shire on a winning team with Eric Wohlberg on stage one in Bundaberg
- Aaron Kemps (CABE) on the podium for his spray after finishing third at Bundaberg in the 42 km opening criterium
- Miles Olman (CABE) hands free on the Tour of Queensland
- Tour of Queensland Chairman Mal Forman
- Mike Rowdy Gilligan of the Tour Crew gets a bird’s eye view from the top of the stage at Bundaberg
- Scott Davis (CABE) 24 of Queensland riding in front of his home crowd in the Tour of Queensland
- The Sea FM team bottom left outside the Club Hotel in Bundaberg prior to the start of stage one
- Eric Wohlberg (Maryborough City-Isis Shire) with announcer Lidnsay Hill after winning stage one
- Aaron Kemps in his leading Queensland rider's jersey
- The podium after stage one from left Brett Aitken (Miriam Vale-Kolan-Perry Shires) second, Eric Wohlberg (Maryborough City-Isis Shire ) first and Aaron Kemps (CABE)
- Henk Vogels, manager of Bundaberg City-Burnett Shire, chats with race chairman Mal Forman before stage one in Bundaberg
- 30 laps to go on the 1.4 km circuit in the streets of Bundaberg on stage one of the Jayco Tour of Queensland
- Hilton Clarke of Team Barloworld trying to dodge the camera before dodging other riders in the Tour of Queensland
- Trent Wilson (Jayco) left on the start finish line minus a front wheel
- Anyone want a used wheel? Going cheap!
- Michael Sayers (Bundaberg City-Burnett Shire) on the start line at the Tour of Queensland
- Scott Davis (far right) gives the thumbs up to the Tour of Queensland with the rest of the team from CABE
- A crew member on the Tour adjusts the banner on the start finish line
- Mike Tomalaris from SBS on tour in Queensland
- Hugs and kisses for a rider before his journey on a tour of Queensland
- Jaqui Pinge, assistant coordinator, encourages schoolchildren to support the riders in the criterium at Bundaberg
- Team Caravello's mascot keeps watch on spare wheels on stage one
- A watchdog watching wheels
- The peloton on the backstreets of Bundaberg
- The Tour snakes its way past trees on the 1.4 km circuit on stage one
- The Tour is hot in Queensland and the boys from the local fire brigade are on hand with grandstand seats
- Riders swing through palm trees in balmy Bundaberg
- They're off in the Jayco Tour of Queensland
- Riders in the Tour make their way around the street circuit in Bundaberg
Results
1 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 58.18 2 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 0.04 3 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 4 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 5 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 6 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 7 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 8 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 9 Milton Wynants (Uru) Sea Fm 10 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 11 Alex Candelario (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 12 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 13 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 14 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 15 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 16 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Caravello 17 Scott Moninger (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 18 Alvara Tardaguila (Uru) Sea Fm 19 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 20 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 21 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 22 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 23 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Mirvac 24 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 25 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Cabe 26 Jarron Poad (NZl) Bundaberg Sugar 27 Darren Young (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 0.07 28 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 0.14 29 Troy Glennan (Aus) Caravello 0.32 30 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Sea Fm 31 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 32 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Bundaberg Sugar 33 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar 34 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 35 Mateo Sasso (Uru) Sea Fm 36 Gerado Castro (Uru) Sea Fm 37 Chris Bradford (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 38 Peter Milostic (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 39 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Europcar 40 Dominique Perras (Can) Jayco 41 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Mirvac 42 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Europcar 43 Chris Wherry (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 44 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 45 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Caravello 46 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 47 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 48 Matthew Goold (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 49 Scott Davis (Aus) Cabe 50 David Betts (Aus) Cabe 51 Miles Olman (Aus) Cabe 52 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 53 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 54 Jacobus de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 55 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar 56 Bart Duraj (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 1.59 57 Luke Bettany (Aus) Mirvac 58 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Jayco 59 Ben Van Derkamp (Aus) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 4.45 60 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 10.49 Sprints Sprint 1 - End of Lap 6 1 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 3 pts 2 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 2 3 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 1 Sprint 2 - End of Lap 8 1 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 3 pts 2 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 2 3 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 1 Sprint 3 - End of Lap 10 1 Troy Glennan (Aus) Caravello 2 pts 2 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 2 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 1 Sprint 4 - End of Lap 12 1 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 3 pts 2 Peter Milostic (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 2 3 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Europcar 1 Sprint 5 - End of Lap 14 1 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Europcar 3 pts 2 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 2 3 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 1 Sprint 6 - End of Lap 16 1 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 3 pts 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 2 3 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 1 Sprint 7 - End of Lap 18 1 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 3 pts 2 Alex Candelario (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 2 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 1 Sprint 8 - End of Lap 20 1 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 3 pts 2 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 2 3 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 1 Sprint 9 - End of Lap 22 1 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 3 pts 2 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 2 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 1 Sprint 10 - End of Lap 24 1 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 3 pts 2 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 2 3 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 1 Sprint 11 - End of Lap 26 1 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 3 pts 2 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 2 3 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 1 General classification after stage 1 1 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 57.56 2 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 0.01 3 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 0.07 4 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 0.09 5 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 0.11 6 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 0.14 7 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 8 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 0.16 9 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 0.20 10 Milton Wynants (Uru) Sea Fm 0.22 11 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 12 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 13 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 0.24 14 Alex Candelario (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 15 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 0.25 16 Alvara Tardaguila (Uru) Sea Fm 0.26 17 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Mirvac 18 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 19 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 20 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 21 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Caravello 22 Jarron Poad (NZl) Bundaberg Sugar 23 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 24 Scott Moninger (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 25 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 26 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Cabe 27 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 0.27 28 Darren Young (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 0.29 29 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Europcar 0.50 30 Peter Milostic (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 0.52 31 Troy Glennan (Aus) Caravello 32 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 33 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 0.53 34 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 0.54 35 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 36 Mateo Sasso (Uru) Sea Fm 37 Gerado Castro (Uru) Sea Fm 38 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Sea Fm 39 Chris Bradford (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 40 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Mirvac 41 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 42 Jacobus de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 43 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 44 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Caravello 45 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Bundaberg Sugar 46 Matthew Goold (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 47 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar 48 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar 49 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Europcar 50 Chris Wherry (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 51 Dominique Perras (Can) Jayco 52 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 53 Miles Olman (Aus) Cabe 54 David Betts (Aus) Cabe 55 Scott Davis (Aus) Cabe 56 Bart Duraj (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 2.21 57 Luke Bettany (Aus) Mirvac 58 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Jayco 59 Ben Van Derkamp (Aus) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 5.07 60 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 11.11 HESTBARB Pty Ltd Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 2 pts Yamaha Sprint Championship 1 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 9 pts 2 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 7 3 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 7 4 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 6 5 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 4 6 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 4 7 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Europcar 4 8 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 4 9 Troy Glennan (Aus) Caravello 3 10 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 3 11 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 3 12 Alex Candelario (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 2 13 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 2 14 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 2 15 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 2 16 Peter Milostic (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 2 17 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 1 18 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 1 Polar Heart Rate Monitors - Criterium Championship 1 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 10 pts 2 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 9 3 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 8 4 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 7 5 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 6 6 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 5 7 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 4 8 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 3 9 Milton Wynants (Uru) Sea Fm 2 10 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 1 Teams classification 1 Bundaberg Sugar 2.54.53 2 Caravello 0.01 3 Emu Spirit / Tis 0.07 4 Bundaberg City / Burnett Shire 0.09 5 Maryborough City / Isis Shire 6 Miriam Vale / Kolan / Perry Shires 0.10 7 Cabe 0.22 8 Jayco 0.24 9 Mirvac 0.36 10 Sea Fm 0.37 11 Barloworld 0.41 12 Europcar 0.50
