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Jayco Tour of Queensland - 2.5
Australia, November 3-8, 2003
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Stage 5 - November 6: Maryborough, 85.7 km
Aitken wins crash marred finish
By Rod Morris in Maryborough
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A spectacular crash on the finish line in today's fifth stage of the $60,000 Jayco Tour of Queensland, was luckily avoided by the main challengers. Sydney gold medal Olympian Brett Aitken turned his recent of maiden placings into a well earned victory in the afternoon Maryborough road stage, avoiding the carnage that occurred on the finish line.
The first bunch sprint finish of the Tour of Queensland was marred by the fall, which saw Poland's Mateusz Mroz go flying over the top of Czechoslovakian Michal Precechtel, who had clipped the rear wheel of another rider. Mroz crossed the finish line on his backside with his bike sliding alongside of him. Ironically he was officially placed 13th in the stage.
Precechtel, although not officially crossing the finish line, was awarded the bunch time. Both Mroz and Precechtel were treated at the scene and later taken to hospital for a check-up, and are expected to take their place in the peloton tomorrow.
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Veteran Victorian, David McKenzie, riding - appropriately enough - for the Jayco team, has assumed control of the tour, replacing overnight leader, Eric Wohlberg (Maryborough City - Isis Shire) and is keen to hang onto it until the race's finish.
Overnight leader Eric Wohlberg was just 1 second in front going into this afternoon's stage, and he relinquished his grip on the jersey, when he finished 21st in the bunch sprint, but lost valuable time to McKenzie, who crossed the line in fourth and picked up a 14-second time bonus.
"Everything has come to plan for our team and I'm reasonably confident of holding on now till the finish," McKenzie said.
How it unfolded
Stage 5 was held on a hilly inland track at Maryborough and riders had to watch attacking moves for the entire 85 km journey. The final attack came from Tasmanian duo Mark Jamieson (Emu Spirit - Tasmanian Institute of Sport) and Sean Sullivan (Barloworld), Hilton Clarke (Barloworld) and South Australian Russell Van Hout (Miriam Vale - Kolan - Perry Shires).
The quartet rode hard and were able to get a break of a little over a minute before the peloton sensed danger and lifted the tempo. The breakaways were eventually caught with just 5 km of the race remaining and were gobbled up by the bunch. In a sensational finish to the line, Aitken finally cracked it for a win, after running two seconds earlier in the week, beating Queensland's Ashley Hutchinson (Cabe) and Italian Ivan Fanelli (Europcar).
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"I was getting a little sick of sprinting for second, so its nice to get a win," Aitken said. "Its the first bunch sprint we have in this tour or the Herald Sun Tour, so it was good to show the public what I can do."
"We could see the finish banner from over 2 km away and there were a lot of attacks being made, there were a lot of riders we had to watch for," he added.
McKenzie said he was proud of his move into the leader's jersey, particularly because of his long standing involvement with Jayco. "They (Jayco) are the race sponsor and they are also my team sponsor, so its a win-win situation," he added.
Castro disqualified
Gerado Castro of Uruguay was disqualified from the tour after being found guilty of holding onto a truck whilst racing. Castro was also penalised $AUD500.00 for his indiscretion. Meanwhile his Sea FM teammates, Alejandro Acton (Argentina) and Alvara Tardaguila (Uruguay) are also tour casualties, withdrawing from fatigue and injury respectively.
Other withdrawals include Tasmanian Darren Young (Emu Spirit - Tasmania Institute of Sport) and Tomas Buchacek (Czech Republic), reducing the size of the original field of 60 to 55.
Only three stages of the inaugural Tour of Queensland remain with tomorrow's sixth stage heading from Mount Perry to Gin Gin (73.3 km) and then a dual-stage hit out tomorrow with a 97 km road stage at Bargara and then a 35 km criterium in Bundaberg.
Photos
Images by Shane Goss/licoricegallery.com
- Riders sign on prior to stage five at Maryborough
- Michal Precechtel (Mirvac) took some bark off in a fall at the finish of stage five
- Mateusz Mroz (Europcar) lies dazed on the road after crashing ten metres from the finish line on stage five
- A small group broke away early in stage five, a 85.7 km out and back testing course around Maryborough
- Michal Precechtel (Mirvac) tumbles to the ground!
- Michal Precechtel (Mirvac) kisses the bitumen at the finishing sprint to the line
- Hilton Clarke (Barloworld) and Russell Van Hout (Miriam Vale_Kolan_Perry Shires) broke away from the peloton
- The peloton has the duo in its sights
- Construction crew members Shane, Syd and Alan (Huey, Dewy and Louey), taking some time out prior to stage five start
- An attack by a small group of riders caught the main bunch out early on stage five
- The podium after stage five: from left, Ashley Hutchinson (CABE) second Brett Aitken (Miriam Vale_Kolan_Perry Shires) first and Ivan Fanelli (Europcar) third
- David McKenzie (Jayco), the new race leader of the Jayco Tour of Queensland
- Sean Sullivan (Barloworld), leader of the King of the Mountains competition
- Brett Aitken (Miriam Vale _Kolan_Perry Shires), with the traditional spray on the podium
- Action early on stage five at Maryborough in northern Queensland
- Sean Sullivan (Barloworld, top) breaks away from the peloton
- The peloton climbing near Maryborough during day six of the Tour
- Bumming around in the peloton!
- All together now!
- Ready set go
- Life's sweet for Bundaberg Sugar rider Jonas Jlungblad, Yamaha Sprint points leader
- Ouch!
- Mateusz Mroz (Europcar) receives attention for injuries after a horrendous crash at the finish of stage five in Maryborough
Results
1 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 2.02.19 2 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Cabe 3 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Europcar 4 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 5 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Europcar 6 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 7 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 8 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Bundaberg Sugar 9 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 10 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 11 Alex Candelario (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 12 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 13 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar 14 Mateo Sasso (Uru) Sea Fm 15 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 16 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Mirvac 17 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 18 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Caravello 19 Chris Bradford (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 20 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 21 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 22 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 23 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 24 Scott Davis (Aus) Cabe 25 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 26 Scott Moninger (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 27 Miles Olman (Aus) Cabe 28 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar 29 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 30 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 31 Dominique Perras (Can) Jayco 32 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 33 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 34 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 35 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 36 Bart Duraj (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 37 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 38 Jacobus de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 39 Troy Glennan (Aus) Caravello 40 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Caravello 41 Jarron Poad (NZl) Bundaberg Sugar 42 Milton Wynants (Uru) Sea Fm 43 Peter Milostic (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 44 Matthew Goold (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 45 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Mirvac 46 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 0.13 47 Ben Van Derkamp (Aus) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 0.32 48 Luke Bettany (Aus) Mirvac 0.33 49 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 0.34 50 Chris Wherry (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 51 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 52 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 53 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 0.54 54 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 2.05 55 David Betts (Aus) Cabe 16.12 Sprints Mocka No. 22 1 David Betts (Aus) Cabe 3 pts 2 Matthew Goold (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 2 3 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 1 Mocka No. 39 1 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 3 pts 2 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 2 3 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 1 Mocka No. 52 1 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 3 pts 2 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 2 3 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 1 Mocka No. 69 1 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 3 pts 2 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 2 3 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 1 Climbs 4 Mocka No. 26 1 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 3 pts 2 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 2 3 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 1 4 Mocka No. 34 1 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 3 pts 2 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 2 3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 1 4 Mocka No. 40 1 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 3 pts 2 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 2 3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 1 4 Mocka No. 46 1 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 3 pts 2 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 2 3 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Caravello 1 4 Mocka No. 56 1 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 3 pts 2 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 2 3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 1 4 Mocka No. 64. 1 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 3 pts 2 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 2 3 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 1 4 Mocka No. 70 1 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 3 pts 2 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 2 3 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 1 4 Mocka No. 76 1 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 3 pts 2 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 2 3 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 1 General classification after stage 5 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 8.25.40 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 0.13 3 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 0.49 4 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 1.17 5 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 1.36 6 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 1.48 7 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 2.28 8 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 9 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 2.37 10 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Mirvac 2.41 11 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 2.52 12 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Caravello 3.01 13 Scott Moninger (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 3.07 14 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 15 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 3.30 16 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 3.35 17 Milton Wynants (Uru) Sea Fm 3.41 18 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 3.55 19 Dominique Perras (Can) Jayco 3.56 20 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Mirvac 4.16 21 Alex Candelario (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 4.18 22 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 4.20 23 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 4.21 24 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 4.26 25 Chris Bradford (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 4.37 26 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Bundaberg Sugar 4.54 27 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 5.05 28 Matthew Goold (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 5.11 29 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar 5.37 30 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 5.49 31 Jacobus de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 6.38 32 Chris Wherry (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 7.25 33 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 7.45 34 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 7.47 35 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 8.22 36 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 11.29 37 Troy Glennan (Aus) Caravello 12.20 38 Scott Davis (Aus) Cabe 12.37 39 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Cabe 12.46 40 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 13.13 41 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Caravello 13.20 42 Ryan Sullivan (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 14.18 43 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Europcar 14.22 44 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 14.23 45 Peter Milostic (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 15.49 46 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Europcar 16.03 47 Mateo Sasso (Uru) Sea Fm 16.41 48 Ben Van Derkamp (Aus) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 18.25 49 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Europcar 20.29 50 Jarron Poad (NZl) Bundaberg Sugar 20.30 51 Miles Olman (Aus) Cabe 25.54 52 David Betts (Aus) Cabe 29.58 53 Luke Bettany (Aus) Mirvac 30.31 54 Bart Duraj (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 34.28 55 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 36.06 Yamaha Sprint Championship 1 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 25 pts 2 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 22 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 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 15 8 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 14 9 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 11 10 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 10 11 Matthew Goold (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 10 12 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 10 13 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 10 14 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 7 15 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 7 16 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 7 17 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 7 18 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 6 19 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 6 20 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 6 21 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Europcar 4 22 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Europcar 3 23 David Betts (Aus) Cabe 3 24 Alex Candelario (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 3 25 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Caravello 3 26 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 2 27 Peter Milostic (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 2 28 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 1 29 Scott Davis (Aus) Cabe 1 King Of The Mountain Championship 1 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 20 pts 2 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 17 3 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Cabe 8 4 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 5 5 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 5 6 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Barloworld 5 7 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 5 8 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Mirvac 3 9 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 3 10 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 2 11 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 2 12 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 1 13 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 1 14 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Caravello 1 15 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 1 16 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 1 17 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 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 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 3 3 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 3 4 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 2 5 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 2 Team Classification 1 Jayco 25.23.33 2 Bundaberg Sugar 0.50 3 Maryborough City / Isis Shire 1.09 4 Barloworld 1.58 5 Bundaberg City / Burnett Shire 2.09 6 Caravello 3.13 7 Miriam Vale / Kolan / Perry Shires 3.19 8 Mirvac 4.41 9 Emu Spirit / Tis 13.29 10 Europcar 14.37 11 Cabe 19.03
