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Tour of Southland - 2.5
New Zealand, November 3-8, 2003
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Stage 10 - November 8: Winton-Browns - Invercargill, 64.4 km
Guyton triumphs in Tour of Southland
By Alan Messenger
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A major coup on the penultimate Stage of the PowerNet Tour of Southland reversed the first two placings giving Belgium based Kiwi Scott Guyton his second win in the prestigious race. A well engineered plan on the Stage from Te Anau to Lumsden saw Guyton turn his 50 second deficit in second place into a 23 second lead when the cyclists lined up for the final stage from Winton to Invercargill.
Guyton's team mate Glen Mitchell went away at the Stage start in a break with Robin Reid and Karl Murray but on a major hill climb after 36k the fireworks really started. Guyton rode away from the main bunch on the hill and told Mitchell per team radio to wait for him. The pair linked up, joined up again with Reid and Murray, and it was all over for the tour leader Jeremy Yates, left with a decision to chase alone or wait for his team mates in the bunch to organize themselves.
The leading quartet rode the final forty kilometres at an average speed of 60 km/h giving Yates no chance to organize an effective chasing group.
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After the final Stage, Guyton who had previously won in 1998 described his feelings. "It's great. I haven't won the race in about four years so to win again is awesome. It's always great to come home and win your local Tour," he said.
Yates, who had led the race since day one attacked Guyton's lead constantly on the final stage and afterwards he was gracious in defeat. "Naturally I'm a little bit disappointed. I think that I've proved myself here and I've done what I need to do. There was no icing on the cake, but that's racing," he said.
Another overseas based rider, Fraser MacMaster, outsprinted World Madison Silver Medalist Greg Henderson to win the final stage. Swiss rider Phillip Schnider finished third on the stage.
Photography
Images by Barry Harcourt
- Scott Guyton's jerseys before the start of the final stage of the tour of Southland.
- The peloton starts to split on the final stage of the Tour of Southland going through Springhills.
- Scott Guyton (Southland Times) during the final stage of The Tour of Southland.
- Jeremy Yates (R) is shadowed by Scott Guyton during the final stage of the Tour of Southland. Guyton took the yellow jersey of Yates after a strong ride in the previous stage.
- The struggle for the Sprint ace jersey was between Australian Joel Pearson (L) and Karl Murray, with Pearson finishing best.
- Fraser McMaster (Meadow Fresh) celebrates as he wins the last stage of the Tour of Southland in Invercargill.
- Scott Guyton of Rotorua is congratulated by wife Vanessa after winning his second Tour of Southland in Invercargill saturday.
- Overall winners of the Powernet Tour of Southland Fraser McMaster third, Scott Guyton first, and Jeremy Yates second.
- The winners of the Tour of Southland, overall and Teams winners: Kirk Obee, Glen Mitchell, Scott Guyton, Tim Gudsell, Mark McKay, and manager Rod Carpinter.
Results
1 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Meadow Fresh 1.35.46 2 Greg Henderson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 3 Phillip Schneider (Swi) Meadow Fresh 0.21 4 Matt Gilbert (NZl) Calder Stewart 5 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Zookeepers Café 6 Matthew Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 7 Nicholas Kiralay (Aus) Rabobank 0.23 8 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart 9 Marc MacKay (NZl) The Southland Times 10 Matthew Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 1.00 11 Scott Guyton (NZl) The Southland Times 12 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 13 Robin Reid (NZl) Meadow Fresh 14 Glen Mitchell (NZl) The Southland Times 15 Tim Gudsell (NZl) The Southland Times 16 Aaron Strong (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 17 Peter Latham (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 18 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart 19 Brian Fowler (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 20 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Winton's Middle Pub 21 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Zookeepers Café 22 Lee Chapman (NZl) Share The Road 23 Matt King (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 24 Justin Kerr (NZl) Share The Road 25 Joel Pearson (Aus) Team MGZT 26 Josh Horowitz (USA) Hilo Decorating 27 Ben Robson (NZl) Creation Signs 28 Simon Morcom (Aus) Team MGZT 29 Danny Hillary (NZl) Cycle Surgery 30 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 31 Robert Young (Aus) Team MGZT 32 Ryan Hoogenberg (NZl) Sycamore Print 33 Mikkeli Godfree (Aus) Team MGZT 34 Scott Allen (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 35 Kirk Obee (USA) The Southland Times 1.38 36 Adam Curry (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 37 Aaron Rushden (NZl) Calder Stewart 2.47 38 Jamie Thynne (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 5.23 39 Gerard O 'Flynn (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 40 Troy Klink (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 5.55 41 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Cycle Surgery 42 Ross Machejefski (NZl) Rabobank 43 Kris Gemmell (NZl) Meadow Fresh 44 Michael Tolhurst (Aus) Sycamore Print 45 Stephen Elden (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 46 Ryan Yee (USA) Hilo Decorating 47 Craig Pitt (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 48 Ben Brears (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 49 Adam Tully (Aus) Sycamore Print 50 Graham Stone (NZl) Southland Television 51 Craig Thomson (NZl) Cycle Surgery 52 Paul Whitley (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 53 Jack Swart (NZl) Share The Road 54 Brendan Higgins (Aus) Rabobank 55 Paul Davies (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 56 John Alabaster (NZl) Share The Road 57 Andrew Small (NZl) Calder Stewart 58 Dave Beadle (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 59 Nicholas Atkinson (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 60 Steven Hands (NZl) Southland Television 61 Stephen Wallis (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 62 Joseph Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 63 Corey Winder (NZl) Share The Road 64 Paul Gough (NZl) Cycle Surgery 65 Jordan Wood (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 66 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) Southland Television 67 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Cycle Surgery 16.09 68 Travis Kane (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 69 Robert Coble (USA) Hilo Decorating 17.26 70 Daniel Blain (NZl) Creation Signs 71 Garth Gregory (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 72 Eddie Monnier (USA) Hilo Decorating 73 Jonny Rondash (USA) Hilo Decorating 20.26 Final general classification 1 Scott Guyton (NZl) The Southland Times 22.25.09 2 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 0.25 3 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Meadow Fresh 3.44 4 Marc MacKay (NZl) The Southland Times 4.40 5 Greg Henderson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 5.16 6 Matthew Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 8.35 7 Robin Reid (NZl) Meadow Fresh 9.50 8 Glen Mitchell (NZl) The Southland Times 10.29 9 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Zookeepers Café 11.30 10 Tim Gudsell (NZl) The Southland Times 12.34 11 Matt Gilbert (NZl) Calder Stewart 15.55 12 Aaron Strong (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 16.05 13 Peter Latham (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 18.03 14 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart 18.49 15 Kirk Obee (USA) The Southland Times 21.23 16 Nicholas Kiralay (Aus) Rabobank 21.59 17 Phillip Schneider (Swi) Meadow Fresh 27.13 18 Brian Fowler (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 28.10 19 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart 29.22 20 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Winton's Middle Pub 30.14 21 Troy Klink (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 31.48 22 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Zookeepers Café 32.00 23 Lee Chapman (NZl) Share The Road 32.54 24 Matt King (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 33.12 25 Justin Kerr (NZl) Share The Road 33.32 26 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Cycle Surgery 36.53 27 Ross Machejefski (NZl) Rabobank 40.07 28 Joel Pearson (Aus) Team MGZT 41.03 29 Josh Horowitz (USA) Hilo Decorating 47.59 30 Kris Gemmell (NZl) Meadow Fresh 48.03 31 Michael Tolhurst (Aus) Sycamore Print 48.56 32 Stephen Elden (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 49.02 33 Adam Curry (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 49.41 34 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Cycle Surgery 54.31 35 Ben Robson (NZl) Creation Signs 54.49 36 Simon Morcom (Aus) Team MGZT 54.55 37 Ryan Yee (USA) Hilo Decorating 56.56 38 Craig Pitt (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 57.28 39 Ben Brears (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 1.00.40 40 Danny Hillary (NZl) Cycle Surgery 1.02.39 41 Adam Tully (Aus) Sycamore Print 1.05.28 42 Graham Stone (NZl) Southland Television 1.08.26 43 Craig Thomson (NZl) Cycle Surgery 1.09.39 44 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 1.09.42 45 Paul Whitley (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 1.10.14 46 Robert Young (Aus) Team MGZT 1.10.26 47 Jamie Thynne (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 48 Ryan Hoogenberg (NZl) Sycamore Print 1.16.56 49 Jack Swart (NZl) Share The Road 1.18.22 50 Brendan Higgins (Aus) Rabobank 1.25.43 51 Paul Davies (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 1.28.11 52 Mikkeli Godfree (Aus) Team MGZT 1.29.53 53 John Alabaster (NZl) Share The Road 1.34.38 54 Andrew Small (NZl) Calder Stewart 1.42.19 55 Dave Beadle (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 1.52.18 56 Nicholas Atkinson (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 1.53.08 57 Scott Allen (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 1.58.36 58 Aaron Rushden (NZl) Calder Stewart 1.59.32 59 Steven Hands (NZl) Southland Television 2.09.05 60 Stephen Wallis (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 2.14.54 61 Joseph Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 2.15.41 62 Corey Winder (NZl) Share The Road 2.18.02 63 Matthew Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 2.19.53 64 Travis Kane (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 2.32.02 65 Paul Gough (NZl) Cycle Surgery 2.39.48 66 Robert Coble (USA) Hilo Decorating 2.48.54 67 Gerard O 'Flynn (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 3.00.03 68 Jonny Rondash (USA) Hilo Decorating 3.03.38 69 Daniel Blain (NZl) Creation Signs 3.04.04 70 Jordan Wood (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 3.12.30 71 Garth Gregory (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 3.13.45 72 Eddie Monnier (USA) Hilo Decorating 3.21.28 73 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) Southland Television 3.34.05 Sprints classification 1 Joel Pearson (Aus) Team MGZT 76 pts 2 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart 73 3 John Alabaster (NZl) Share The Road 49 4 Danny Hillary (NZl) Cycle Surgery 34 5 Aaron Rushden (NZl) Calder Stewart 29 6 Greg Henderson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 26 7 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 22 8 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Meadow Fresh 19 9 Scott Guyton (NZl) The Southland Times 19 10 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Zookeepers Café 19 11 Glen Mitchell (NZl) The Southland Times 18 12 Mikkeli Godfree (Aus) Team MGZT 17 13 Matthew Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 14 14 Robin Reid (NZl) Meadow Fresh 12 15 Marc MacKay (NZl) The Southland Times 11 16 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart 10 17 Robert Young (Aus) Team MGZT 9 18 Phillip Schneider (Swi) Meadow Fresh 7 19 Tim Gudsell (NZl) The Southland Times 7 20 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Zookeepers Café 6 21 Aaron Strong (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 6 22 Matthew Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 6 23 Ross Machejefski (NZl) Rabobank 6 24 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 6 25 Adam Curry (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 6 26 Matt Gilbert (NZl) Calder Stewart 5 27 Jamie Thynne (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 4 28 Joseph Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 4 29 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 4 30 Brian Fowler (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 3 31 Kirk Obee (USA) The Southland Times 3 32 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Rabobank 3 33 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 3 34 Matt King (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 2 35 Lee Chapman (NZl) Share The Road 2 36 Stephen Elden (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 2 37 Nicholas Kiralay (Aus) Rabobank 1 38 Jack Swart (NZl) Share The Road 1 39 Andrew Graham (Aus) Team MGZT 1 40 Paul Bishop (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 1 Mountains classification 1 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Zookeepers Café 48 pts 2 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart 28 3 Glen Mitchell (NZl) The Southland Times 22 4 Scott Guyton (NZl) The Southland Times 22 5 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 22 6 Matthew Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 20 7 Robin Reid (NZl) Meadow Fresh 14 8 Brian Fowler (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 12 9 Danny Hillary (NZl) Cycle Surgery 10 10 John Alabaster (NZl) Share The Road 10 11 Phillip Schneider (Swi) Meadow Fresh 8 12 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Zookeepers Café 6 13 Joel Pearson (Aus) Team MGZT 6 14 Marc MacKay (NZl) The Southland Times 6 15 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 6 16 Matthew Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 4 17 Lee Chapman (NZl) Share The Road 4 18 Tim Gudsell (NZl) The Southland Times 4 19 Kris Gemmell (NZl) Meadow Fresh 4 20 Peter Latham (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 2 21 Matt King (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 2 22 Aaron Strong (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 2 23 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Meadow Fresh 2 Team classification 1 The Southland Times 67.26.30 2 Meadow Fresh 11.23 3 Zookeepers Cafe 30.08 4 Winton's Middle Pub 46.18 5 Calder Stewart 52.28 6 Wensleys Avanti 59.59 7 Hot Cycles 1.30.38 8 Rabobank 1.40.20 9 Share The Road 1.45.47 10 Cycle Surgery 2.01.57 11 Team MGZT 2.25.50 12 Sycamore Print 3.00.17 13 Ascot Park Hotel 3.30.16 14 Hilo Decorating 3.44.42 15 Allied SouthRoads 3.50.42 16 Team Embassy - PNP 4.50.07 17 Creation Signs 5.06.32 18 Southland Television 5.31.43
