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Jayco Tour of Queensland - 2.5
Australia, November 3-8, 2003
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Stage 8 - November 8: Bundaberg, 36 km
Macca breaks 10 year drought
By Rod Morris in Bundaberg
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A 10 year drought for Jayco rider David McKenzie officially ended today when he was declared the inaugural Jayco Tour of Queensland champion. McKenzie (29) had to defend his 16-second lead on a dual stage day, which included a 97 km road race in Bargara and a lightning fast 35 km criterium in Bundaberg. Whilst not placing in either stage, McKenzie rode a tactically superb race to thwart any serious challengers. McKenzie eventually won the $60,000 UCI sanctioned race by 15 seconds from Canadian Eric Wohlberg (Maryborough City - Isis Shire) and a further 31 seconds to American Michael Sayers (Bundaberg City - Burnett Shire).
McKenzie, who was riding for Jayco - appropriately enough - in the Tour of Queensland, suffered a serious leg injury two years ago which compromised his career at the time. To come back and win a multi-stage race is testimony as much to his courage as it is to his talent.
"There were times I thought I would never step on a bike again," he explained. "It just feels so good to be a winner, particularly in Australia."
McKenzie and his Jayco team did everything right in the afternoon criterium in Bundaberg which signaled the end of the inaugural Jayco Tour of Queensland. Wohlberg was in the eyes of every Jayco rider and soon realised any chance he had of reducing the deficit to McKenzie was forlorn.
The stage went to talented young Queenslander Miles Olman, riding for the all Queensland team, CABE. At just 17 years of age, Olman was the youngest rider in the tour, but stunned his more experienced opponents with a tremendous burst of speed in the final lap.
Olman, along with Czechoslovakian Pavel Zerzan (Mirvac) and Tasmanian Sean Sullivan (Barloworld) kicked away from the main group with 6 laps remaining and were never headed. They entered the final lap, 14 seconds ahead of the chasing peloton and were looking every inch like the winning trifecta. Heading into the home straight for the final time, Olman found some extra speed to zoom away from Zerzan and Sullivan.
"I'm stoked, I certainly didn't expect to win a stage of this tour," Olman said.
Hailing from Rockhampton, Olman is the reigning Junior World Points Score champion and has an enormous future in cycling. "The crowd at Bundaberg was awesome and it seemed to really spur me on over the last few laps," he added.
The inaugural winner of the Tour of Queensland - David McKenzie - crossed the finish line in the main bunch to end a long drought of home-soil victories. His last Australian multi-stage win was the 1994 Golden West Tour in Brisbane.
"It certainly is a great feeling to win, its been a long time between drinks that's for sure," McKenzie said. "Its also an emotional win, because this could be the last time our guys will ride as a team. Iteam Nova finishes at the end of the year and I really can't thank them enough, they have worked so hard, not just this week, but all year."
McKenzie admitted he felt extremely nervous before the race as he was unsure as to what may unfold. "Although we had a good lead, you never really know what's going to happen," he said. "Obviously Eric (Wohlberg) was the main one to watch, but we didn't want too much damage being done out the front either. Luckily all of my teammates were able to watch every move and my win is as much theirs as it is mine."
McKenzie is currently negotiating a new contract with a European based team and hopes to make a firm announcement shortly. "I think I have a few years racing left in me, so I'd like to stitch the new contract up pretty soon."
South Australian Russell Van Hout won both the King of the Mountain and Most Aggressive Rider championships, while his Miriam Vale - Kolan - Perry Shires teammate, Brett Aitken won the Criterium Championship. The sprinters title went to Sweden's Jonas Ljungblad, riding for the Bundaberg Sugar team and Caravello's Tony Mann collected the Leading Queensland Rider award. The winning team was the Maryborough City - Isis Shire unit of Eric Wohlberg, Tim Johnson, Peter Milostic, Chris Bradford and Bart Duraj, managed by Carl Wilson.
Photography
Images by Shane Goss/licoricegallery.com
- David McKenzie after his victory in the Herald Sun Tour.
- The Maryborough City Isis Shire team before stage 8 at Bundaberg.
- The Cabe team, a young side making up the competition
- Tony Mann, winner of the best Queensland based rider on the Tour.
- Jonas Jlungblad, winner of the Yamaha sprints points championships.
- Russell Van Hout, winner of the King of the Mountains jersey
- The podium after the final stage, from left: Pavel Zerzan (Mirvac) second Miles Olman (CABE) first and Sean Sullivan (Barloworld) third
- David McKenzie crosses the line the winner of the Tour of Queensland, runner up Eric Wohlberg is to his left
- Miles Olman (CABE), 17, the youngest rider in the Tour salutes the crowd at Bundaberg on the last day
- Michael Sayers (Bundaberg City_Burnett Shire) leads orange jersey leader David McKenzie (Jayco) into the home straight
- Sean Sullivan (Barloworld) leads Miles Olman (CABE) and Pavel Zerzan (Mirvac) during the later stages of this years Tour of Queensland
- Riders swing down the back straight amongst the palm trees
- David McKenzie (Jayco), the outright race leader in action at Bundaberg during their last day criterium
- The Peloton in action on day six of the Jayco Tour of Queensland
- Riders flash past a spare bike!
- Fans of Miles Olman of Rockhampton at Bundaberg for the last day of action
- Danny Int' Ven (Bundaberg Sugar) at the sign on before the final day of racing.
- David McKenzie (Jayco) salutes the crowd after winning the Jayco TOur of Queensland
- Michael Sayers (Bundaberg City_Burnett Shire) sprays announcers Lindsay Hill and John Holland with his champers
- Riders open their bottles and spray after stage eight
- David McKenzie (Jayco) after winning the Herald Sun Tour
- The crowd starts to gather for the criterium in Bundaberg on the final day
- The peloton sweeps past in the home straight
- Race leader David McKenzie (Jayco) looks sensational in Orange
- David Betts (CABE), 22, from Queensland in his home Tour
- Riders on their first corner in the criterium on the final day
- At the start line for the final stage of the 2003 Tour of Queensland
- From left Michael Sayers, David McKenzie and Eric Wohlberg, the main players in the final stage of the race
- David McKenzie (Jayco), contemplates the Tour of Queensland on his portfolio atÊthe of the day
- The best seat in the house for an interested spectator
Results
1 Miles Olman (Aus) Cabe 47.32 2 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 4 Alex Candelario (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 0.02 5 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Cabe 6 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 7 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 8 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 9 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Bundaberg Sugar 10 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 11 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 12 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 13 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 14 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 15 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 16 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Europcar 17 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 18 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 19 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Caravello 20 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 21 Scott Moninger (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 22 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 23 Scott Davis (Aus) Cabe 24 Mateo Sasso (Uru) Sea Fm 25 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Mirvac 26 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 27 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 28 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 29 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 30 Chris Bradford (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 31 Matthew Goold (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 32 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Caravello 33 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 34 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 35 Troy Glennan (Aus) Caravello 36 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 37 Luke Bettany (Aus) Mirvac 38 Peter Milostic (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 39 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 0.13 40 Jacobus de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 41 Jarron Poad (NZl) Bundaberg Sugar 42 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar 0.16 43 David Betts (Aus) Cabe 0.33 44 Dominique Perras (Can) Jayco 1.18 45 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 3.48 46 Chris Wherry (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 47 Bart Duraj (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire DNF Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Europcar Sprints End of Lap 6 1 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 3 pts 2 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 2 3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 1 End of Lap 8 1 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 3 pts 2 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 2 3 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 1 End of Lap 10 1 David Betts (Aus) Cabe 3 pts 2 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 2 3 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 1 End of Lap 12 1 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 3 pts 2 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Caravello 2 3 Jarron Poad (NZl) Bundaberg Sugar 1 End of Lap 14 1 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Caravello 3 pts 2 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 2 3 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Bundaberg Sugar 1 End of Lap 16 1 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Bundaberg Sugar 3 pts 2 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 2 3 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Caravello 1 End of Lap 18 1 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 3 pts 2 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 2 3 Miles Olman (Aus) Cabe 1 End of Lap 20 1 Miles Olman (Aus) Cabe 3 pts 2 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 2 3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 1 End of Lap 22 1 Miles Olman (Aus) Cabe 3 pts 2 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 2 3 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 1 Final general classification 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 13.10.28 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 0.15 3 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 0.46 4 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 1.37 5 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 1.41 6 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 2.10 7 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 2.18 8 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 3.00 9 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 3.01 10 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Caravello 3.10 11 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 3.15 12 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 4.14 13 Alex Candelario (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 4.29 14 Chris Bradford (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 5.01 15 Matthew Goold (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 5.35 16 Scott Davis (Aus) Cabe 21.48 17 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 27.04 18 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Mirvac 28.56 19 Scott Moninger (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 29.18 20 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 29.38 21 Danny In't Ven (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 29.45 22 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 30.27 23 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 30.29 24 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Bundaberg Sugar 30.47 25 Dominique Perras (Can) Jayco 31.26 26 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 31.40 27 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Europcar 32.06 28 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 34.35 29 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 36.26 30 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 38.17 31 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Cabe 38.29 32 Troy Glennan (Aus) Caravello 38.35 33 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Caravello 39.29 34 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld 39.39 35 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 40.02 36 Peter Milostic (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 42.29 37 Mateo Sasso (Uru) Sea Fm 42.56 38 Jacobus de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 45.47 39 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Europcar 46.28 40 Chris Wherry (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 46.31 41 Jarron Poad (NZl) Bundaberg Sugar 48.07 42 Miles Olman (Aus) Cabe 51.38 43 Trent Wilson (Aus) Jayco 53.29 44 Luke Bettany (Aus) Mirvac 56.46 45 David Betts (Aus) Cabe 57.22 46 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 1.03.52 47 Bart Duraj (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 1.23.33 Hestbarb Pty Ltd Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 6 pts 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 4 3 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 3 4 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 2 5 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 2 6 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 2 7 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 2 Yamaha Sprint Championship 1 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 44 pts 2 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 31 3 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 28 4 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 21 5 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 20 6 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 17 7 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 17 8 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 16 9 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 16 10 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 15 11 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 13 12 Matthew Goold (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 11 13 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 10 14 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 8 15 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Caravello 8 16 Miles Olman (Aus) Cabe 7 17 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 7 18 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 7 19 David Betts (Aus) Cabe 6 20 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 6 21 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 6 22 Scott Davis (Aus) Cabe 6 23 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Caravello 6 24 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 6 25 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 5 26 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Bundaberg Sugar 4 27 Marek Wesoly (Pol) Europcar 4 28 Alex Candelario (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 3 29 Peter Milostic (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 2 30 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 2 31 Jarron Poad (NZl) Bundaberg Sugar 1 32 Chris Bradford (Aus) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 1 King Of The Mountain Championship 1 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 33 pts 2 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 23 3 Jacobus de Witt (RSA) Barloworld 16 4 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bundaberg Sugar 7 5 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 7 6 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 6 7 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 5 8 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 5 9 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 5 10 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) Barloworld 5 11 Scott Moninger (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 4 12 Tony Mann (Aus) Caravello 3 13 Scott Davis (Aus) Cabe 3 14 Jindrich Vana (Cze) Mirvac 3 15 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 2 16 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 2 17 Miles Olman (Aus) Cabe 2 18 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Caravello 1 19 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 1 20 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 1 21 Dominique Perras (Can) Jayco 1 22 Jamie Drew (Aus) Jayco 1 23 Tim Johnson (USA) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 1 24 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 1 Polar Heart Rate Monitors - Criterium 1 Brett Aitken (Aus) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 23 pts 2 Hector Morales (Uru) Caravello 16 3 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 15 4 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 10 5 Miles Olman (Aus) Cabe 10 6 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Maryborough City/Isis Shire 10 7 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Cabe 10 8 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Mirvac 9 9 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld 8 10 Alex Candelario (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 7 11 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Bundaberg Sugar 5 12 Mateo Sasso (Uru) Sea Fm 5 13 Kristian House (GBr) Miriam Vale/Kolan/Perry Shires 5 14 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Europcar 4 15 Karl Menzies (Aus) Emu Spirit/Tis 3 16 Michael Sayers (USA) Bundaberg City/Burnett Shire 1 17 Stephen Pearce (Aus) Mirvac 1 Team Classification 1 Maryborough City / Isis Shire 39.39.55 2 Miriam Vale / Kolan / Perry Shires 1.39 3 Bundaberg Sugar 24.20 4 Jayco 25.56 5 Bundaberg City / Burnett Shire 26.02 6 Caravello 27.52 7 Europcar 1.04.47 8 Cabe 1.08.22 9 Mirvac 1.20.58 10 Barloworld 1.27.41 11 Emu Spirit / Tis 1.30.33
