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Jayco Tour of Queensland - 2.5
Australia, November 1-6, 2004
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Stage 4 - November 3: Bundaberg Criterium, 33 km
Poad back in the lead as Macca wins stage
By Rod Morris in Bundaberg
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In one of the most intriguing days in the race's history, New Zealander Jaaron Poad maintained his slender lead in the Jayco Tour of Queensland classic in Bundaberg today. Poad (25) started the day in brilliant fashion by winning the Tour of the Canefields in Oakhurst near Maryborough for the Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello team and then scored a top 10 placing in the Bundaberg twilight criterium, to stay 3 seconds ahead of his nearest challenger, Russell Van Hout, a South Australian riding for the Subaru team. But in strange circumstances in the morning stage, Poad actually lost control of the leader's orange jersey to Van Hout, despite winning the bike race! Van Hout had taken enough bonus seconds in the intermediate sprints and climbs to wrest the jersey from Poad's shoulders, albeit briefly.
The evening criterium around the streets of Bundaberg then provided the backdrop for a classic tussle. Whilst pre-race favourite David McKenzie (Jayco) won the stage, just ahead of exciting Adelaide youngster Mathew Rex (Lysaght) and top Queenslander Ashley Hutchinson (Mirvac), there was plenty of interest in watching the Poad v Van Hout stoush.
At the start of the stage, Van Hout was boasting a slender 1 second lead and with 11 intermediate sprints on offer, there was more excitement predicted. Van Hout managed to claim 5 seconds in bonuses, only to be outdone by Poad, who picked up 7 seconds, meaning the Kiwi was back in front by 1 second and then in the sprint home, Poad edged past Van Hout by one position, giving him another 2-seconds - which left him 3 seconds ahead - exactly where he had started the day at!
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"It was a very tough day," Poad explained. "The Canefields Tour had a little bit of everything and I was really excited and pleased that I was able to get away from the pack with about 1 km to race and then hold on to win. The criterium stage was brutally fast, there were so many attacks that it was hard to keep an eye on everyone in GC."
But keep an eye on Van Hout was exactly what Poad was able to do and he will carry his slim lead into Stage 5, the longest race of this year's tour, from Miriam Vale to Town of 1770.
David McKenzie forged back into General Classification honours with a stylish win in the Bundaberg Criterium. As defending champion and pre-tour favourite, there is probably more pressure on McKenzie than any other rider. McKenzie had slipped to 12th prior to Stage 4, but the win catapulted him back into fourth place, although he is still 37 seconds behind Poad.
"That was a great battle that Matthew (Rex) and I had, it was a race I really enjoyed, probably more so because I won," McKenzie said. "I knew the power of the bunch was coming, so that last lap was sensationally fast. I've now got myself back into a chance for this tour, although Friday's individual time trial might sort a few out."
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Matthew Rex, although disappointed not to have won, was diplomatic on the podium. "Macca (McKenzie) got me when I wasn't looking and then I had a real fight with Ash (Hutchinson) to hang on for second place," he said.
Belgium veteran Bart Heirewegh (Bundaberg Sugar) in his last race before retirement is another that is now a definite threat on GC standings. Heirewegh is well situated in third place at 33 seconds behind Poad, although the Miriam Vale to Town of 1770 stage might test his aging legs.
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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Mirvac teamates Matthew Newlands (L) and Phillip Thuaux discuss race tactics prior to stage four in Bundaberg
- Peter McDonald (Argon 18 Bikes-Caravello) awaits the start to stage four
- Hands up those who want to wear the Tour leader’s orange jersey!
- Tour Director John Craven (L) leaves the scene to let the race begin
- Eric Wohlberg (Jayco) leads a three man breakaway early on stage four
- The peloton passes under the banner in fading light during the twilight criterium in Bundaberg
- The peloton heads up the home straight before another great crowd on the Jayco Tour of Queensland
- Russell Van Hout (Subaru) in orange and Tour leader on stage four
- Englishman Rob Sharman (Centracks) leans into a bend around the streets of Bundaberg
- Riders corner during the 33km criterium in Bundaberg
- The peloton goes under the Tour of Queensland banner
- Phillip Thuaux (Mirvac) giving it his all during stage four
- Trent Wilson (Subaru) bowling along in Bundaberg
- Stephen Cummings (4BU-KixFM) has a break on the peloton late into stage four
- The orange jersey of team Subaru’s Russell Van Hout drives the peloton into the final lap
- Mathew Rex (Lysaght) finished second on stage four in Bundaberg
- The podium - stage four (L-R) Mathew Rex (2nd, Lysaght) David Mckenzie (1st, Jayco) and Ashley Hutchinson (3rd, Mirvac)
- Phillip Thuaux (Mirvac) with the Yamaha Most Aggressive rider’s jersey
- Kieran Page (Radio 4BU-KixFM) with the Malaysian Airlines Sprint Points Championship jersey
- Felix Odebrecht (Malaysian Airlines) in his Bundaberg City Council Criterium jersey
- “I think I can win this Courier Mail leading Queensland based rider’s jersey”
- “I’m not sure but I reckon I can hang onto the Tour leader’s orange jersey”
Results
1 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 43.23 (45.64 km/h) 2 Mathew Rex (Aus) Lysaght 0.01 3 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Mirvac 4 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 5 Jaaron Poad (NZl) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 6 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 7 Russell Downing (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 8 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 9 Paul Healion (Irl) Centracks 10 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 11 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Bendigo Bank 12 Matthew Goold (Aus) Jayco 13 Steven De Decker (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 14 David Harrigan (Aus) Europcar 15 Mark Roland (Aus) Jayco 16 Jorn Reuss (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 17 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 18 Artur Kraeszowiec (Pol) Bendigo Bank 19 Kieran Page (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 20 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Europcar 21 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Subaru 22 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Bendigo Bank 23 Jose Rodriguez (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 24 Brad Edmunds (Aus) Europcar 25 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bendigo Bank 26 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 27 Kristian House (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 28 Rob Sharman (GBr) Centracks 29 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 30 Peter McDonald (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 31 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Bundaberg Sugar 32 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Jayco 33 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 34 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Bendigo Bank 35 Dominique Perras (Can) Jayco 36 Bradley Mills (Aus) Subaru 37 Corey Sweet (Aus) Lysaght 38 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 39 Tod Dawson (Aus) Lysaght 40 Richard Vollebregt (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 41 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Mirvac 42 James Hannam (Aus) Lysaght 43 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 44 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Mirvac 45 Dean Downing (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 46 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Bundaberg Sugar 47 Philip Finnegan (Irl) Centracks 48 Gilbert Gutowski (Aus) Europcar 49 Matthew Newlands (Aus) Mirvac 50 Josh Wilson (Aus) Bundaberg Sugar 51 Dillan Boone (Aus) Uno Clothing 52 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mirvac 53 Dermot Nally (Irl) Centracks 0.13 54 Chris George (Aus) Lysaght 4.13 55 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Centracks 6.09 56 Jeremy Betts (Aus) Europcar 1.28 Sprints Sprint 1 - End of Lap 6 1 Kristian House (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 3 pts 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Jayco 2 3 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Mirvac 1 Sprint 2 - End of Lap 8 1 Kieran Page (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 3 pts 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Jayco 2 3 Kristian House (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 1 Sprint 3 - End of Lap 10 1 David Harrigan (Aus) Europcar 3 pts 2 Kristian House (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 2 3 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Bendigo Bank 1 Sprint 4 - End of Lap 12 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 3 pts 2 Jaaron Poad (NZl) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 3 Kieran Page (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 1 Sprint 5 - End of Lap 14 1 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 3 pts 2 Jaaron Poad (NZl) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 3 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 1 Sprint 6 - End of Lap 16 1 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Mirvac 3 pts 2 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Bendigo Bank 2 3 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 1 Sprint 7 - End of Lap 18 1 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 3 pts 2 Kristian House (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 2 3 David Harrigan (Aus) Europcar 1 Sprint 8 - End of Lap 20 1 Steven De Decker (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 3 pts 2 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Mirvac 2 3 Kieran Page (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 1 Sprint 9 - End of Lap 22 1 Jaaron Poad (NZl) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 3 pts 2 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Bendigo Bank 2 3 Kristian House (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 1 Sprint 10 - End of Lap 24 1 Dominique Perras (Can) Jayco 3 pts 2 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 2 3 Kieran Page (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 1 Sprint 11 - End of Lap 26 1 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 3 pts 2 Peter McDonald (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 3 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 1 General Classification after stage 4 1 Jaaron Poad (NZl) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 4.36.12 2 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 0.03 3 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 0.33 4 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 0.37 5 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 0.43 6 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Mirvac 0.45 7 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 0.48 8 Rob Sharman (GBr) Centracks 0.50 9 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 0.52 10 Kristian House (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 0.55 11 Kieran Page (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 0.56 12 Russell Downing (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 0.57 13 Dean Downing (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 0.58 14 David Harrigan (Aus) Europcar 0.59 15 Mathew Rex (Aus) Lysaght 1.03 16 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Bendigo Bank 1.04 17 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bendigo Bank 1.09 18 Jorn Reuss (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 1.13 19 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Jayco 1.14 20 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 1.15 21 Dominique Perras (Can) Jayco 1.18 22 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Mirvac 23 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1.19 24 Steven De Decker (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 1.20 25 Corey Sweet (Aus) Lysaght 26 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Subaru 1.22 27 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Mirvac 28 Mark Roland (Aus) Jayco 29 Bradley Mills (Aus) Subaru 1.23 30 Peter McDonald (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 31 Jose Rodriguez (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1.24 32 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 33 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 1.25 34 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Europcar 35 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Bendigo Bank 36 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Bendigo Bank 37 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Bundaberg Sugar 38 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mirvac 39 Matthew Newlands (Aus) Mirvac 40 Matthew Goold (Aus) Jayco 41 Richard Vollebregt (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1.37 42 James Hannam (Aus) Lysaght 2.50 43 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 4.25 44 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Bundaberg Sugar 4.28 45 Tod Dawson (Aus) Lysaght 5.33 46 Gilbert Gutowski (Aus) Europcar 8.36 47 Josh Wilson (Aus) Bundaberg Sugar 48 Dillan Boone (Aus) Uno Clothing 8.51 49 Brad Edmunds (Aus) Europcar 10.23 50 Philip Finnegan (Irl) Centracks 51 Chris George (Aus) Lysaght 19.13 52 Artur Kraeszowiec (Pol) Bendigo Bank 19.49 53 Paul Healion (Irl) Centracks 19.59 54 Jeremy Betts (Aus) Europcar 21.08 55 Dermot Nally (Irl) Centracks 24.02 56 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Centracks 27.36 Sprint Championship 1 Kieran Page (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 29 pts 2 Jaaron Poad (NZl) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 22 3 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 16 4 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 13 5 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Jayco 11 6 David Harrigan (Aus) Europcar 10 7 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 9 8 Kristian House (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 9 9 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Mirvac 7 10 Dominique Perras (Can) Jayco 7 11 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 6 12 Russell Downing (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 6 13 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 6 14 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bendigo Bank 6 15 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 6 16 Steven De Decker (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 5 17 Corey Sweet (Aus) Lysaght 5 18 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Bendigo Bank 5 19 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 4 20 Mark Roland (Aus) Jayco 3 21 Rob Sharman (GBr) Centracks 3 22 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Mirvac 3 23 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 3 24 Richard Vollebregt (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 25 Peter McDonald (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 26 Bradley Mills (Aus) Subaru 2 27 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Bundaberg Sugar 1 28 Dean Downing (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 1 29 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 1 30 Jose Rodriguez (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1 King Of The Mountain Championship 1 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 14 pts 2 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 10 3 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 6 4 Rob Sharman (GBr) Centracks 4 5 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 4 6 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Subaru 3 7 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bendigo Bank 2 8 Jaaron Poad (NZl) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 9 Richard Vollebregt (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1 10 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1 11 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Bundaberg Sugar 1 Criterium championship 1 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 21 pts 2 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 19 3 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Mirvac 18 4 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 14 5 Jaaron Poad (NZl) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 13 6 Dean Downing (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 13 7 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 12 8 Mathew Rex (Aus) Lysaght 11 9 Russell Downing (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 10 10 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Bendigo Bank 8 11 David Harrigan (Aus) Europcar 8 12 Artur Kraeszowiec (Pol) Bendigo Bank 7 13 Jorn Reuss (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 6 14 Paul Healion (Irl) Centracks 2 15 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1 16 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1 17 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bendigo Bank 1 Leading Queensland Rider Award 1 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Mirvac 2 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 3 Mark Roland (Aus) Jayco 4 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Mirvac 5 Matthew Newlands (Aus) Mirvac 6 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mirvac 7 Tod Dawson (Aus) Lysaght 8 Gilbert Gutowski (Aus) Europcar 9 Jeremy Betts (Aus) Europcar Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 3 pts 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Jayco 2 3 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Mirvac 2 4 Jaaron Poad (NZl) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 Team Classification 1 Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 13.52.28 2 Subaru 0.10 3 Bundaberg Sugar 0.12 4 Radio 4BU-KIX FM 0.14 5 Malaysia Airlines 0.18 6 Jayco 0.22 7 Mirvac 0.23 8 Bendigo Bank 9 Lysaght 0.38 10 Europcar 7.34 11 Centracks 27.47 12 UNO Clothing
