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Tour of Southland - 2.5
New Zealand, November 3-8, 2003
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Stage 2 - November 3: Invercargill - Bluff, 79.6 km
Yates in Yellow
By Alan Messenger in Bluff
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Wild, windy conditions combined with a stage finish on the notorious Bluff Hill turned the GC placings upside down on the second stage of the of the Powernet Tour of Southland this afternoon.
Fourteen riders rode away from the field after only five kilometres of the 80 kilometre stage and with riders from the leading teams in the break, the die was cast. Tour leader Gordon McCauley (Zookeepers Café) made the break, as did two of his team-mates, Yates brothers Jeremy and Matt. Also in the break were Scott Guyton (The Southland Times), Fraser McMaster (Meadow Fresh) and Australian Joel Pearson (Team MGZT).
However, the stage was really set alight at Bluff township four kilometres from the finish. First Aucklander Karl Murray (Calder Stewart) rode clear but was quickly chased down by Scott Guyton and Jeremy Yates. Yates and Guyton established their superiority and set sail for the top with McCauley in pursuit, but Lady Luck wasn't with the tour leader and a broken chain saw him walk to the summit, only to plummet down the rankings.
Yates showed the ability that made him a world junior road champion three years ago, riding away to beat previous tour winner Guyton by nearly a minute with Fraser McMaster third and Greg Henderson (Winton's Middle Pub) fourth.
Yates is not daunted by the prospect of defending the Tour lead for the rest of the week. "I sure hope I can," he said. "There's been a lot of thought put into the team and we've got some real horsepower there."
Stormy weather conditions are predicted for the next two days; tomorrow, the riders face a 112 kilometre stage in the morning from Invercargill to Tuatapere, followed by a 86 kilometre stage finishing at Winton in the afternoon.
Photography
Images by Tom Balks/www.tombalks.com
- Gordon McCauley in the breakaway with around 23 km to go in Stage 2 to Bluff
- Jeremy Yates going up Bluff Hill to win Stage 2 of the PowerNet Tour of Southland
- Jeremy Yates and Scott Guyton with a quick hand shake at the end of Stage 2
- Fraser McMaster from Christchurch was third over the finish line in Stage 2
Results
1 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 1.50.03 2 Scott Guyton (NZl) The Southland Times 0.26 3 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Meadow Fresh 0.47 4 Marc MacKay (NZl) The Southland Times 1.12 5 Greg Henderson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 1.16 6 Tim Gudsell (NZl) The Southland Times 1.28 7 Matthew Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 1.52 8 Robin Reid (NZl) Meadow Fresh 2.45 9 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart 3.34 10 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 3.41 11 Phillip Schneider (Swi) Meadow Fresh 3.45 12 Joel Pearson (Aus) Team MGZT 4.21 13 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Zookeepers Café 4.46 14 Glen Mitchell (NZl) The Southland Times 4.50 15 Nicholas Kiralay (Aus) Rabobank 4.58 16 Kirk Obee (USA) The Southland Times 5.25 16 Jason Allen (NZl) Meadow Fresh 18 Peter Latham (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 5.28 19 Paul Bishop (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 5.47 20 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Rabobank 5.57 21 Troy Klink (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 6.16 22 Ross Machejefski (NZl) Rabobank 6.28 22 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Winton's Middle Pub 24 Matt Gilbert (NZl) Calder Stewart 6.44 25 Lee Chapman (NZl) Share The Road 7.00 26 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Zookeepers Café 8.11 26 Matthew Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 28 Craig Lawn (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 8.14 28 Craig Thomson (NZl) Cycle Surgery 30 Stephen Collins (NZl) Rabobank 8.35 31 Ben Robson (NZl) Creation Signs 8.58 32 Adam Tully (Aus) Sycamore Print 9.21 33 Josh Horowitz (USA) Hilo Decorating 9.25 34 Aaron Strong (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 9.27 35 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Cycle Surgery 9.33 36 Justin Kerr (NZl) Share The Road 9.39 37 Graham Stone (NZl) Southland Television 9.53 38 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart 10.03 39 Craig Pitt (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 10.11 40 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 10.21 41 John Alabaster (NZl) Share The Road 10.39 42 Adam Curry (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 10.54 43 Matt King (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 10.57 44 Nicholas Atkinson (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 10.59 45 Brian Fowler (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 11.03 46 Paul Whitley (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 11.17 47 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 11.39 48 Stephen Elden (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 11.50 49 Paul Davies (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 12.10 50 Julian Dean (NZl) Zookeepers Café 12.44 51 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Cycle Surgery 13.40 52 Kris Gemmell (NZl) Meadow Fresh 13.55 53 Ben Brears (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 14.02 54 Danny Hillary (NZl) Cycle Surgery 14.15 55 Andrew Small (NZl) Calder Stewart 14.47 56 Steven Hands (NZl) Southland Television 15.10 57 Michael Tolhurst (Aus) Sycamore Print 16.33 58 Robert Young (Aus) Team MGZT 17.41 59 Scott Allen (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 17.49 60 Jack Swart (NZl) Share The Road 17.57 61 Simon Morcom (Aus) Team MGZT 18.34 62 Michael Crowther (NZl) Southland Television 18.56 63 Brendan Higgins (Aus) Rabobank 19.06 64 Jerard Stock (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 19.14 65 Travis Kane (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 19.33 65 Daniel Blain (NZl) Creation Signs 67 Mikkeli Godfree (Aus) Team MGZT 19.40 68 Stephen Wallis (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 19.43 69 Corey Winder (NZl) Share The Road 19.47 70 Dave Beadle (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 19.50 71 Joseph Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 21.20 72 Jonny Rondash (USA) Hilo Decorating 21.31 73 Hayden Lawrence (NZl) Southland Television 22.02 74 Aaron Rushden (NZl) Calder Stewart 23.07 75 Andrew Graham (Aus) Team MGZT 23.11 76 Ben Lowe (NZl) Creation Signs 24.31 77 Ryan Yee (USA) Hilo Decorating 24.59 78 Ryan Hoogenberg (NZl) Sycamore Print 25.27 79 Jamie Thynne (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 26.39 80 Jordan Wood (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 26.43 81 Wayne Mason (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 27.29 82 Michael McGee (Aus) Sycamore Print 28.42 83 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) Southland Television 29.41 84 Gerard O 'Flynn (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 30.03 85 Robert Coble (USA) Hilo Decorating 30.25 86 Eddie Monnier (USA) Hilo Decorating 30.39 87 Paul Gough (NZl) Cycle Surgery 30.50 88 Garth Gregory (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 31.22 89 Andrew Jamieson (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 33.40 90 Aaron Phillips (Aus) Sycamore Print 39.48 General classification after stage 2 1 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 1.59.54 2 Scott Guyton (NZl) The Southland Times 0.51 3 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Meadow Fresh 1.18 4 Greg Henderson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 1.37 5 Marc MacKay (NZl) The Southland Times 1.42 6 Tim Gudsell (NZl) The Southland Times 1.58 7 Matthew Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 3.08 8 Robin Reid (NZl) Meadow Fresh 3.18 9 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart 4.17 10 Phillip Schneider (Swi) Meadow Fresh 4.18 11 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 4.33 12 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Zookeepers Café 4.52 13 Joel Pearson (Aus) Team MGZT 5.02 14 Glen Mitchell (NZl) The Southland Times 5.20 15 Nicholas Kiralay (Aus) Rabobank 5.50 16 Kirk Obee (USA) The Southland Times 5.55 17 Peter Latham (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 6.09 18 Paul Bishop (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 6.29 19 Jason Allen (NZl) Meadow Fresh 6.34 20 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Rabobank 6.49 21 Troy Klink (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 6.57 22 Ross Machejefski (NZl) Rabobank 7.20 23 Matt Gilbert (NZl) Calder Stewart 7.27 24 Lee Chapman (NZl) Share The Road 8.03 25 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Zookeepers Café 8.17 26 Matthew Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 8.22 27 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Winton's Middle Pub 8.33 28 Stephen Collins (NZl) Rabobank 9.27 29 Craig Lawn (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 9.31 30 Ben Robson (NZl) Creation Signs 9.50 31 Aaron Strong (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 10.09 32 Adam Tully (Aus) Sycamore Print 10.24 33 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Cycle Surgery 10.25 34 Craig Thomson (NZl) Cycle Surgery 10.38 35 Justin Kerr (NZl) Share The Road 10.42 36 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 10.45 37 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart 10.46 38 Josh Horowitz (USA) Hilo Decorating 10.50 39 Craig Pitt (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 10.53 40 Graham Stone (NZl) Southland Television 11.21 41 Brian Fowler (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 11.27 42 Adam Curry (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 11.35 43 John Alabaster (NZl) Share The Road 11.42 44 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 12.03 45 Nicholas Atkinson (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 12.15 46 Paul Whitley (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 12.23 47 Matt King (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 12.42 48 Paul Davies (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 13.27 49 Stephen Elden (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 13.30 50 Kris Gemmell (NZl) Meadow Fresh 14.28 51 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Cycle Surgery 14.32 52 Julian Dean (NZl) Zookeepers Café 14.44 53 Danny Hillary (NZl) Cycle Surgery 15.07 54 Ben Brears (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 15.08 55 Andrew Small (NZl) Calder Stewart 15.30 56 Steven Hands (NZl) Southland Television 16.38 57 Michael Tolhurst (Aus) Sycamore Print 17.36 58 Robert Young (Aus) Team MGZT 18.24 59 Scott Allen (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 18.30 60 Jack Swart (NZl) Share The Road 19.00 61 Michael Crowther (NZl) Southland Television 20.24 62 Corey Winder (NZl) Share The Road 20.50 63 Dave Beadle (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 20.56 64 Stephen Wallis (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 20.59 65 Brendan Higgins (Aus) Rabobank 21.08 66 Simon Morcom (Aus) Team MGZT 21.27 67 Travis Kane (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 21.35 68 Mikkeli Godfree (Aus) Team MGZT 21.36 69 Daniel Blain (NZl) Creation Signs 21.39 70 Jonny Rondash (USA) Hilo Decorating 22.56 71 Hayden Lawrence (NZl) Southland Television 23.30 72 Aaron Rushden (NZl) Calder Stewart 23.53 73 Andrew Graham (Aus) Team MGZT 23.54 74 Jerard Stock (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 24.11 75 Joseph Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 25.17 76 Ben Lowe (NZl) Creation Signs 25.23 77 Ryan Yee (USA) Hilo Decorating 26.24 78 Ryan Hoogenberg (NZl) Sycamore Print 26.30 79 Jordan Wood (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 27.49 80 Wayne Mason (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 28.11 81 Jamie Thynne (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 29.03 82 Michael McGee (Aus) Sycamore Print 31.08 83 Gerard O 'Flynn (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 31.20 84 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) Southland Television 31.41 85 Paul Gough (NZl) Cycle Surgery 31.42 86 Robert Coble (USA) Hilo Decorating 32.02 87 Garth Gregory (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 33.20 88 Eddie Monnier (USA) Hilo Decorating 33.25 89 Andrew Jamieson (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 36.16 90 Aaron Phillips (Aus) Sycamore Print 42.54 Teams 1 The Southland Times 6.04.18 2 Meadow Fresh 4.20 3 Zookeepers Cafe 8.39 4 Winton's Middle Pub 14.41 5 Rabobank 15.23 6 Calder Stewart 17.54 7 Wensleys Avanti 20.05 8 Hot Cycles 22.55 9 Share The Road 25.51 10 Cycle Surgery 29.27 11 Creation Signs 30.12 12 Ascot Park Hotel 31.17 13 Team MGZT 38.09 14 Southland Television 43.47 15 Allied SouthRoads 43.51 16 Team Embassy - PNP 46.18 17 Sycamore Print 49.54 18 Hilo Decorating 55.34 Sprint classification 1 Joel Pearson (Aus) Team MGZT 25 pts 2 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart 22 3 Greg Henderson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 15 4 Scott Guyton (NZl) The Southland Times 5 5 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Meadow Fresh 5 6 Robin Reid (NZl) Meadow Fresh 5 7 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 4 8 Tim Gudsell (NZl) The Southland Times 4 9 Matthew Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 4 10 Matthew Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 3 11 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Zookeepers Café 3 12 Jamie Thynne (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 3 13 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 2 14 Marc MacKay (NZl) The Southland Times 1 15 Adam Curry (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 1 Mountains classification 1 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 12 pts 2 Scott Guyton (NZl) The Southland Times 10 3 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart 6 4 Joel Pearson (Aus) Team MGZT 4 5 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Meadow Fresh 2 6 Marc MacKay (NZl) The Southland Times 2
