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Jayco Tour of Queensland - 2.5
Australia, November 3-8, 2003
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Stage 3 - November 5: Woodgate - Childers, 107.4 km
Stage win for Kannemeyer as Wohlberg moves into lead
By Rod Morris in Childers
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Ace South African Tiaan Kannemeyer continued his love affair with Australian road cycling when he won today's third stage of the $60,000 Jayco Tour of Queensland. Kannemeyer (24) outsprinted tour veteran Eric Wohlberg of Canada in a duel to the finish line in the landmark township of Childers, the scene of a horrific backpackers' hostel fire in 1995.
Starting 107 km away in Woodgate on the Pacific Coast, the field of 60 tour riders was treated to a great, but physically demanding stage. The race started with 10 laps of a 3.5 km street circuit in Woodgate with picturesque views of the Pacific Ocean before the riders hit the road towards Childers, winding their way through beautiful canefields.
There were five intermediate sprints in Woodgate, allowing the sprinters to pick up valuable bonus seconds and Sweden's Jonas Ljungblad (Bundaberg Sugar) was a key player, winning three and placing third in another. On the last of the five intermediate sprints, a group of six, including Kannemeyer (Barloworld), Wohlberg (Maryborough City - Isis Shire), Ljungblad, Jamie Drew (Jayco), Kristian House (Miriam Vale - Kolan - Perry Shires) and Jorge Libonatti (Caravello) had established an extremely handy break of 2.30 minutes, which an hour later had grown to more than six minutes.
This breakaway group was a like a mini meeting of the United Nations, with South Africa, Canada, Sweden, Australia, England and Uruguay all represented. House was the best placed rider in General Classification of the six, starting the day in eighth place and 1.27 minutes behind the leader, Bart Heirewegh (Bundaberg Sugar). Once the leaders hit the 20 km mark, it was action stations as Kannemeyer and Wohlberg lifted the tempo and kicked away from their fellow leaders.
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News filtered through the convoy that the peloton had closed the gap to less than three minutes and were chasing hard. But Kannemeyer and Wohlberg maintained a steady pace and forced Drew, House, Libonatti and Ljungblad into almost submission. The South African and the Canadian stayed together for the final sprint in the main street of Childers, but it was Kannemeyer who found something extra in the last 50 m.
"It was a very hard race, made difficult by the cross winds and the heat," Kannemeyer said. "That win will certainly help my standings in the GC list and anything can happen from here."
Kannemeyer won his first ever open road race in Australia last year when he was successful in the Bacchus Marsh to Mt Buninyong stage of the 2002 Herald Sun Tour. "Australia has been good to me and I enjoy the racing here," Kannemeyer said.
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Kannemeyer's win elevated him into third, at 31 seconds behind Wohlberg and he must now be considered a strong chance for overall honours.
Wohlberg, settling for second in the stage, reluctantly moved into the outright lead in this inaugural Tour of Queensland. "It wasn't in my or the team's plan to take back the leader's jersey today, as it will be harder defending it than chasing it," Wohlberg said.
The Canadian had the lead on the opening day after winning the Bundaberg Criterium and is the oldest rider in the tour. "Its the last race of the season for me and I want to finish it off in good style," he said. "We had a very good little group out there today and they all rode well together, particularly Kristian House, who really was the leader of the pack, he was the one that was driving the train."
Unfortunately for House, Libonatti, Ljungblad and Drew, a missed corner 16 km short of the finish proved costly. Whilst attempting to chase down Kannemeyer and Wohlberg, the four were steered the wrong way at Cordalba and lost about 40 seconds before regaining the correct tour route. For House, the error could well have cost him the outright lead and his team manager, Michele Primaro was tonight considering what action they can take to rectify the matter.
House was disappointed but philosophical about the problem. "That's racing, it happens in a lot of races, but I'd like to see how it has affected me in General Classification and make a decision on what course of action we can take from there," he said.
House did improve his rating to fifth, at 1.29 minutes behind the new leader, Wohlberg, but the 40 seconds lost could prove extremely crucial come Saturday afternoon when the tour finishes in Bundaberg. By the time the four had got back on the course proper, five more chasing riders from the peloton had caught them, which produced a group of nine sprinting for third spot.
Victorian David McKenzie (Jayco) did his tour chances no harm with a bunch finish and remains in second, just 18 seconds behind Wohlberg. American Michael Sayers (Bundaberg City - Burnett Shire) improved from sixth to fourth and is quietly going about his business before waiting to strike. Overnight leader Bart Heirewegh (Bundaberg Sugar) limped home in the main bunch and slipped down the GC list to sixth and is 1.38 minutes behind the Canadian. "No real damage today, the race is not yet halfway," Heirewegh said.
The Tour of Queensland will continue tomorrow with a dual stage in Maryborough, south of Bundaberg. A short, but no doubt hectic criterium will herald in the day, starting at 11 a.m. and will be followed by an 85.7 km out and back circuit in the afternoon, starting at 2 p.m. These two stages will play a big part in deciding who will eventually be the inaugural winner of the Tour of Queensland.
Photos
Images by Shane Goss/licoricegallery.com
- Riders in the growing sugar cane fields on stage three of the Tour of Queensland near Childers
- Michael Sayers (Bundaberg City_Burnett Shire) airborne over a rail line near Woodgate on stage three
- Eric Wohlberg (Maryborough City_Isis Shire) was instrumental in a six man breakaway after two laps of a ten lap curcuit at WoodgateÊon the start of stage three
- "I think it's this way boys," says Scott Davis (CABE) to his team car on stage three
- Trent Wilson (Jayco) gives teamate Dominique Parras a helping hand
- The chasing bunch during the ten lap curcuit at Woodgate before heading for Childers
- A group of six riders broke away from the pack after only two laps at the start of stage three at Woodgate
- Chasing riders speed past rail cars filled with sugar cane 30 km out of the finish at Childers
- James Perry (Barloworld) negotiates with the Chief Commissaire over lost time on stage three
- Sean Sullivan (Barloworld), leader of the King of the Mountain series
- Tiaan Kannemeyer, winner of stage three on the Tour of Queensland
- The podium from left: Eric Wohlberg (Maryborough City_Isis Shire) second, Tiaan Kannemeyer (Barloworld) first and Jamie Drew (Jayco) third
- Sharon Osman, results officer on the Tour, on the finish line on stage three with the chequered flag
- Jamie Drew (Jayco, left) holds out the bunch for third place on stage three into Childers
- Tiaan Kannemeyer (Barloworld) salutes the crowd at Childers to win stage three
- David Mckenzie (Jayco) on the last lap at Childers in front of the local hotel
- Tiaan Kannemeyer (Barloworld, left) and Eric Wohlberg (Maryborough City_Isis Shire) broke away from four other riders with about twenty km's to go before the finish
- Mark Jamieson (Emu Spirit_TIS), leader of the Yamaha Sprint series
- Ice creams under the Queensland sun whilst watching the tour
- The peloton rushes past during a ten lap circuit at Woodgate to begin stage three
- Under way on stage three from Woodgate to Childers over 107.4 km
- Rod Morris (left), media liason officer on tour and Diana Nardi, results officer at the start on stage three
- Eric shows off on his unicycle in front of tour leader Bart Heirewegh of Bundaberg Sugar
- Sea FM riders at the start on stage three at WoodgateÊ
- Team managers meet with the chief commissaire before the start of stage three at Woodgate
- Tony Mann (Caravello), the leading Queensland based rider on Tour
- Eric Wohlberg (Maryborough City_Isis Shire), current overall leader after stage three of the Jayco Tour of Queensland
- At the cricket or at the cycling, the esky is an important ingredient
- Ernie Hall, who drives the sag wagon on tour, shows the peloton it has five to go on the ten lap circuit at Woodgate to start stage three
- Russell Van Hout (Miriam Vale_Kolan_Perry Shires), peace man in the peloton
- Life's a beach behind the riders at Woodgate, the start to stage three in Northern Queensland
- No time for coffee in the Tour of Queensland
Results
1 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 2.30.54 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 3 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 1.45 4 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 5 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 6 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 7 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Caravello 8 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 9 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 10 Scott Moninger (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 11 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 12 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 2.41 13 Chris Bradford (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 14 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 3.06 15 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 16 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Bundaberg Sugar 17 Alex Candelario (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 18 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Mirvac 19 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 20 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar 21 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 22 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Mirvac 3.13 23 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 24 Dominique Perras (Can) Jayco 25 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 26 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 27 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 28 Matthew Goold (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 29 Milton Wynants (Uru) Sea Fm 30 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 31 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 3.37 32 Jacobus de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 4.03 33 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 4.04 34 Chris Wherry (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 35 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 4.54 36 Scott Davis (Aus) Cabe 5.49 37 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 38 Gerado Castro (Uru) Sea Fm 6.22 39 Darren Young (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 40 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 6.26 41 Troy Glennan (Aus) Caravello 11.06 42 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Cabe 43 Bart Duraj (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 44 Ben Van Derkamp (Aus) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 45 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 46 Luke Bettany (Aus) Mirvac 47 Miles Olman (Aus) Cabe 48 David Betts (Aus) Cabe 49 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Europcar 50 Mateo Sasso (Uru) Sea Fm 51 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar 52 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Caravello 53 Peter Milostic (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 54 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 55 Alvara Tardaguila (Uru) Sea Fm 56 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 15.22 57 Jarron Poad (NZl) Bundaberg Sugar 15.56 58 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Europcar 17.48 59 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Jayco 21.46 60 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Sea Fm Sprints 1 End of Lap 2 (15) 1 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 3 pts 2 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 2 3 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Caravello 1 2 End of Lap 4 (15) 1 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 3 pts 2 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 2 3 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 1 3 End of Lap 6 (15) 1 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 3 pts 2 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 2 3 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 1 4 End of Lap 8 (15) 1 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 3 pts 2 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 2 3 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 1 5 End of Lap 10 (15) 1 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 3 pts 2 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 2 3 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 1 6 The Hollow Log (27) 1 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 3 pts 2 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Caravello 2 3 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 1 7 Cordalba General Store (56) 1 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 3 pts 2 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 2 3 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 1 8 Palace Hotel (89) 1 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 3 pts 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 2 3 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 1 Climbs 1 4 Mocka No. 61 1 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 3 pts 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 2 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 1 2 4 Mocka No. (76) 1 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 3 pts 2 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 2 3 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 1 General classification after stage 3 1 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 5.48.54 2 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 0.18 3 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 0.31 4 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 1.19 5 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 1.29 6 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 1.38 7 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 2.17 8 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 2.19 9 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 2.22 10 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 2.24 11 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Mirvac 2.28 12 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 2.39 13 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Caravello 2.44 14 Scott Moninger (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 2.45 15 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 2.50 16 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 3.08 17 Milton Wynants (Uru) Sea Fm 3.28 18 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 3.33 19 Dominique Perras (Can) Jayco 3.38 20 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 3.47 21 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 4.04 22 Alex Candelario (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 4.06 23 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 4.09 24 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 4.11 25 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 26 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Mirvac 4.15 27 Chris Bradford (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 4.19 28 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Bundaberg Sugar 4.53 29 Matthew Goold (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 5.03 30 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar 5.15 31 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 5.33 32 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 5.36 33 Jacobus de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 6.03 34 Chris Wherry (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 6.29 35 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 6.59 36 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 7.19 37 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 8.04 38 Gerado Castro (Uru) Sea Fm 8.19 39 Darren Young (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 8.22 40 Troy Glennan (Aus) Caravello 11.58 41 Scott Davis (Aus) Cabe 12.19 42 Peter Milostic (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 12.42 43 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 12.51 44 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Caravello 12.58 45 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Cabe 12.59 46 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Europcar 13.15 47 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 13.31 48 David Betts (Aus) Cabe 49 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar 14.00 50 Alvara Tardaguila (Uru) Sea Fm 16.16 51 Mateo Sasso (Uru) Sea Fm 16.38 52 Ben Van Derkamp (Aus) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 17.28 53 Jarron Poad (NZl) Bundaberg Sugar 18.32 54 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Europcar 20.19 55 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Sea Fm 24.40 56 Miles Olman (Aus) Cabe 25.32 57 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Jayco 26.32 58 Luke Bettany (Aus) Mirvac 26.51 59 Bart Duraj (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 26.54 60 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 28.45 Yamaha Sprint Championship 1 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 19 pts 2 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 18 3 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 15 4 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 14 5 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 13 6 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 10 7 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 9 8 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 8 9 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 7 10 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 7 11 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 7 12 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 6 13 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 6 14 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 4 15 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Europcar 4 16 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 4 17 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 3 18 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Caravello 3 19 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 3 20 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 2 21 Alex Candelario (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 2 22 Peter Milostic (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 2 23 Scott Davis (Aus) Cabe 1 24 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 1 King Of The Mountain Championship 1 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 7 pts 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 5 3 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 5 4 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 5 5 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Mirvac 3 6 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 3 7 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 2 8 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 1 9 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 1 10 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 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 Hestbarb Pty Ltd Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 4 pts 2 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 3 3 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 2 Teams classification 1 Jayco 17.33.02 2 Bundaberg Sugar 0.36 3 Maryborough City / Isis Shire 0.38 4 Barloworld 1.47 5 Bundaberg City / Burnett Shire 1.50 6 Caravello 3.35 7 Miriam Vale / Kolan / Perry Shires 3.43 8 Mirvac 4.33 9 Emu Spirit / Tis 6.41 10 Europcar 14.25 11 Sea Fm 18.59 12 Cabe 19.04
