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Jayco Tour of Queensland - 2.5
Australia, November 3-8, 2003
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Stage 4 - November 6: Maryborough, 27 km
Morales wins one for Uruguay
By Rod Morris in Maryborough
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Uruguayan Hector Morales rode a strong race to win the Maryborough Criterium, which signaled the half way mark of this eight stage tour. He managed to beat Brett Aitken (Miriam Vale) and David McKenzie (Jayco) after attacking a three man breakaway towards the finish. Canadian Eric Wohlberg (Maryborough City) held onto his leader's jersey, but by only 1 second as McKenzie moved up due to a time bonus.
Today's first dual stage day of the tour opened with a red-hot criterium around a busy Maryborough street circuit. The huge and appreciative crowd were treated to 30 laps of a 900 m circuit, which saw riders lapping at an average speed of almost 47 km per hour.
There were 11 intermediate sprints on offer for the riders to chase valuable time bonuses and honours were evenly spread in the early part of the race before a group of three, Hector Morales (Caravello), Sean Sullivan (Barloworld) and Michael Sayers (Bundaberg City - Burnett Shire) broke clear to share the final six sprints.
At the last of the intermediates, the gap had closed to just a handful of seconds before Morales found an extra gear and hit clear of Sayers and a fading Sullivan. Morales showed that he is a rider of all class, sprinting home to win the stage by 2-seconds from Aitken and McKenzie.
"I am happy with my win, but I am starting to get homesick, I am missing my family," Morales said.
Morales has been in Australia racing for almost four months, competing in the Tattersall's Cup series, Tour of Sunraysia, Herald Sun Tour and now the Tour of Queensland. Morales has also been a sensation for Uruguay and tour promoter John Craven would be well pleased with his overall performances.
Photos
Images by Shane Goss/licoricegallery.com
- Riders in action at Maryborough on stage four
- Ryan Sullivan (Emu Spirit_TIS) receives attention after crashing in the home straight
- The peloton corners in the criterium over 27 km at Maryborough
- Jessica Emery, one of the clerks on the Tour of Queensland
- Eric Wohlberg (Maryborough City_Isis Shire), race leader after stage four
- Brett Aitken (Miriam Vale_Kolan_Perry Shires), criterium points leader after stage four
- Tony Mann (Caravello), leading Queensland based rider
- Jonas Ljungblad (Bundaberg Sugar), leading the sprint points series after four stages
- The podium after stage four: from left, Brett Aitken (Miriam Vale_Kolan_Perry Shires) second Hector Morales (Caravello) first and David Mckenzie (Jayco) third
- Hector Morales (Caravello) with the traditional spray on the podium
- The lead trio had a nice gap on the peloton late on stage four
- Tour leader Eric Wohlberg of Canada corners at Maryborough in the 27km criterium
- Ryan Sullivan (Emu Spirit_TIS) finished the stage after a nasty fall in the concluding laps
- Schoolchildren in their lunch hour watching the Tour of Queensland
- Riders speed past the Post Office at Maryborough in Northern Queensland
- The field is underway in the 27 km criterium stage four at Maryborough
- The field is shot out of a cannon at the start to stage four
- The town crier inspects the starter's gun at the start line in Maryborough
- Stephen Pearce (Mirvac) on the start line
- Riders do their warm up through the streets of Maryborough
- Hector Morales (Caravello) takes the points and the cash at the end of stage four
- Hector Morales (Caravello) leads into the home straight on the last lap
- Frank McCaig, technical manager on the Tour
- Tasmanian Karl Menzies, fresh from a stint in Europe, riding for Emu Spirit_TIS
Results
1 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 34.38 2 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 0.02 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 4 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 5 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Mirvac 6 Mateo Sasso (Uru) Sea Fm 7 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Cabe 8 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Bundaberg Sugar 9 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 10 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 11 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 12 Alex Candelario (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 13 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 14 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 15 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 16 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 17 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 18 Milton Wynants (Uru) Sea Fm 19 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 20 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Mirvac 21 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 0.07 22 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 23 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 24 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 25 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Caravello 26 Matthew Goold (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 27 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 28 Chris Bradford (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 29 David Betts (Aus) Cabe 30 Scott Davis (Aus) Cabe 31 Dominique Perras (Can) Jayco 32 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 33 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 0.11 34 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 35 Miles Olman (Aus) Cabe 36 Chris Wherry (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 37 Scott Moninger (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 38 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar 39 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Europcar 40 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar 41 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Caravello 42 Gerado Castro (Uru) Sea Fm 43 Troy Glennan (Aus) Caravello 44 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 45 Ben Van Derkamp (Aus) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 0.14 46 Jacobus de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 0.24 47 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Sea Fm 1.03 48 Jarron Poad (NZl) Bundaberg Sugar 1.47 49 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 50 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Jayco 2.56 51 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Europcar 52 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 53 Luke Bettany (Aus) Mirvac 54 Peter Milostic (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 55 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 5.05 56 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 6.14 57 Bart Duraj (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 7.23 58 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 8.32 Sprints End of Lap 6 1 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 3 pts 2 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 2 3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 1 End of Lap 8 1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 3 pts 2 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 2 3 Alex Candelario (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 1 End of Lap 10 1 Matthew Goold (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 3 pts 2 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 2 3 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 1 End of Lap 12 1 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Europcar 3 pts 2 Matthew Goold (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 2 3 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 1 End of Lap 14 1 Matthew Goold (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 3 pts 2 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 2 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 1 End of Lap 16 1 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 3 pts 2 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 2 3 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 1 End of Lap 18 1 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 3 pts 2 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 2 3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 1 End of Lap 20 1 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 3 pts 2 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 2 3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 1 End of Lap 22 1 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 3 pts 2 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 2 3 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 1 End of Lap 24 1 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 3 pts 2 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 2 3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 1 End of Lap 26 1 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 3 pts 2 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 2 3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 1 General classification after stage 4 1 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 6.23.34 2 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 0.01 3 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 0.36 4 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 1.05 5 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 1.23 6 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 1.43 7 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 2.17 8 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 2.20 9 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 2.24 10 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Mirvac 2.28 11 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 2.39 12 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Caravello 2.49 13 Scott Moninger (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 2.54 14 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 3.14 15 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 3.17 16 Milton Wynants (Uru) Sea Fm 3.28 17 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 3.32 18 Dominique Perras (Can) Jayco 3.43 19 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 3.46 20 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 4.00 21 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Mirvac 4.03 22 Alex Candelario (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 4.05 23 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 4.07 24 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 4.19 25 Chris Bradford (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 4.24 26 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Bundaberg Sugar 4.47 27 Matthew Goold (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 5.00 28 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 5.07 29 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar 5.24 30 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 5.38 31 Jacobus de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 6.25 32 Chris Wherry (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 6.38 33 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 6.45 34 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 7.21 35 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 8.09 36 Gerado Castro (Uru) Sea Fm 8.28 37 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 11.20 38 Troy Glennan (Aus) Caravello 12.07 39 Scott Davis (Aus) Cabe 12.24 40 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Cabe 12.51 41 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 13.00 42 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Caravello 13.07 43 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 13.31 44 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 13.36 45 David Betts (Aus) Cabe 46 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar 14.09 47 Peter Milostic (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 15.36 48 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Europcar 16.06 49 Mateo Sasso (Uru) Sea Fm 16.28 50 Ben Van Derkamp (Aus) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 17.40 51 Jarron Poad (NZl) Bundaberg Sugar 20.17 52 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Europcar 20.28 53 Alejandro Acton (Arg) Sea Fm 25.41 54 Miles Olman (Aus) Cabe 55 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Jayco 29.26 56 Luke Bettany (Aus) Mirvac 29.45 57 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 33.48 58 Bart Duraj (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 34.15 Yamaha Sprint Championship 1 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 20 pts 2 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 19 3 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 18 4 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 15 5 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 15 6 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 15 7 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 14 8 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 13 9 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 11 10 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 10 11 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 10 12 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 10 13 Matthew Goold (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 8 14 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 7 15 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 7 16 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 7 17 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 6 18 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 6 19 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Europcar 4 20 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 4 21 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Europcar 3 22 Alex Candelario (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 3 23 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Caravello 3 24 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 2 25 Peter Milostic (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 2 26 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 1 27 Scott Davis (Aus) Cabe 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 Criterium championship 1 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 18 pts 2 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 15 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 15 4 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 10 5 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 8 6 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 7 7 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 6 8 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Mirvac 6 9 Mateo Sasso (Uru) Sea Fm 5 10 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 4 11 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Cabe 4 12 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 3 13 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Bundaberg Sugar 3 14 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 2 15 Milton Wynants (Uru) Sea Fm 2 16 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 1 17 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 4 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 2 Team Classification 1 Jayco 19.16.50 2 Bundaberg Sugar 0.50 3 Maryborough City / Isis Shire 0.55 4 Bundaberg City / Burnett Shire 1.56 5 Barloworld 1.59 6 Caravello 3.14 7 Miriam Vale / Kolan / Perry Shires 3.27 8 Mirvac 4.29 9 Emu Spirit / Tis 13.06 10 Europcar 14.53 11 Sea Fm 19.10
