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Jayco Tour of Queensland - 2.5
Australia, November 1-6, 2004
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Stage 7 - November 5: Mount Perry ITT, 4.1 km
Liese poised for tour win
By Rod Morris in Mount Perry
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The face of the Jayco Tour of Queensland cycling classic took on a whole new look today when German rider Thomas Liese stormed into the overall lead. Liese demonstrated his climbing abilities with a strong third placing in the Gin Gin to Mount Perry stage and then a solid sixth in the afternoon's individual time trial to the top of the Normanby Range Lookout. Liese overcame a 59 second deficit he had at the start of the day, to end proceedings 13 seconds in front of his nearest challenger, Russell Van Hout.
Liese, riding for the Malaysia Airlines team will also be officially declared the Tour of Queensland's King of the Mountain at the end of the final stage, a 33 km criterium in the heart of Bundaberg. South Australian, Van Hout, riding for Subaru will be well suited to the criterium and has an excellent chance of claiming overall honours. However the real danger is Swedish rider Jonas Ljungblad (Bendigo Bank). After winning the recent Herald Sun Tour in Victoria, Ljungblad has continued his amazing form this week, today claiming his second stage win - the individual time trial.
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Ljungblad has jumped into third place at just 15 seconds shy of Liese and his criterium capabilities are well noted, perhaps he is on the verge of a second successive major multi-stage tour race. But the German, Liese, despite not being a renowned criterium racer, is determined to give it his best shot.
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"Today I was only interested in defending my King of the Mountain jersey, but to move into General Classification lead as well is a bonus and I will now try and defend that one as well," Liese said. "I do not ride criteriums as well as other sort of races, but they have still have to catch me."
Ljungblad is also determined to reel in the German and is expected to figure in the criterium's 11 intermediate sprints. "I have given myself a real chance of winning this race, it would be an injustice if I do not ride very hard in the criterium," he said. "I lost a little more time than I wanted in the morning road stage, but I was quite pleased with the time trial."
With only 33 km remaining, there are six riders placed within 55 seconds of each other and it's expected that that is where the tour winner will come. The Bundaberg Criterium will start at 2 p.m.
Photography
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Brian Kenneally (R) of team Centracks warms up watched by teamate Paul Healion.
- Artur Kraeszowiec (Bendigo) has some local school art to inspire him on the time trial.
- Former Launceston wheelrace winner and national track champion Geoff "Fletch" Fletcher, now a motor-bike scout on Tour.
- Andrew Graham (UNO Clothing) has the local school children supporting him at the start of the time trial.
- Bernard Sulzberger (Malaysian Airlines) has an interested spectator in Mt.Perry.
- Knicks by...
- Dean Downing (Radio 4BU Kix-FM) riding against the clock at Mt.Perry for the stage seven Time Trial.
- Benoit Poilvet (Bundaberg Sugar) gets some support on the climb to the Normanby Range Lookout.
- Benoit Poilvet (Bundaberg Sugar) out of the saddle on the steep climb.
- The view from the Normanby Range Lookout, looking towards Mt.Perry.
- Peter McDonald (Argon 18 Bikes-Caravello) gasps for air atop the Normanby Range lookout.
- Eric Wohlberg (Jayco) grits his teeth as he reaches the finish.
- Jamie Burrow (Bendigo Bank) aching to get to the top of the Lookout.
- David Harrigan (Europcar) out of the saddle near the finish to the 4.1km Time Trial.
- Beneath darkening skies, a rider is assisted after his ride in the uphill Time Trial.
- Kristian House (Radio 4BU-KixFM) receives a drink from Tour medico Bobby Hall.
- The stage seven podium - (L-R) Russell Downing (2nd, Radio 4BU-KixFM), Jonas Ljungblad (1st, Bendigo Bank) and Phil Thuaux (3rd, Mirvac).
- Jonas Ljungblad (Bendigo Bank) pops the cork to begin celebrations.
- Tour leader Thomas Liese (Malaysian Airlines) escapes the storm that saturated Mt.Perry just after the presentations ended.
Results
1 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bendigo Bank 8.24 (29.29 km/h) 2 Russell Downing (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 0.12 3 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Mirvac 0.13 4 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 0.21 5 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 0.23 6 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Bundaberg Sugar 0.27 7 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 8 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 0.31 9 Rob Sharman (GBr) Centracks 0.32 10 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Bendigo Bank 11 Corey Sweet (Aus) Lysaght 0.34 12 Jorn Reuss (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 0.37 13 Kristian House (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 14 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Subaru 0.39 15 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 0.40 16 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Bundaberg Sugar 0.44 17 David Harrigan (Aus) Europcar 0.45 18 Kieran Page (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 0.47 19 Peter McDonald (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 20 Mark Roland (Aus) Jayco 0.48 21 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Jayco 0.52 22 Matthew Goold (Aus) Jayco 0.53 23 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Mirvac 1.00 24 Josh Wilson (Aus) Bundaberg Sugar 25 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Europcar 26 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 1.07 27 Dominique Perras (Can) Jayco 1.09 28 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 1.10 29 James Hannam (Aus) Lysaght 1.11 30 Richard Vollebregt (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1.12 31 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 1.14 32 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Bendigo Bank 1.17 33 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 1.18 34 Jose Rodriguez (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1.33 35 Paul Healion (Irl) Centracks 1.35 36 Jaaron Poad (NZl) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1.40 37 Mathew Rex (Aus) Lysaght 1.44 38 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mirvac 1.45 39 Matthew Newlands (Aus) Mirvac 1.47 40 Bradley Mills (Aus) Subaru 1.49 41 Dean Downing (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 1.56 42 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Mirvac 1.58 43 Philip Finnegan (Irl) Centracks 2.01 44 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 45 Gilbert Gutowski (Aus) Europcar 2.04 46 Steven De Decker (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 2.12 47 Brad Edmunds (Aus) Europcar 2.14 48 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Bendigo Bank 2.17 49 Dillan Boone (Aus) Uno Clothing 2.22 50 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Centracks 2.38 51 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 52 Chris George (Aus) Lysaght 3.25 53 Artur Kraeszowiec (Pol) Bendigo Bank 4.15 General Classification after stage 7 1 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 8.28.14 2 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 0.13 3 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bendigo Bank 0.15 4 Corey Sweet (Aus) Lysaght 0.17 5 Russell Downing (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 0.34 6 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 0.55 7 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Europcar 1.01 8 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1.06 9 Dominique Perras (Can) Jayco 1.19 10 Kristian House (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 1.25 11 Jorn Reuss (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 1.44 12 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Subaru 2.06 13 Matthew Goold (Aus) Jayco 2.21 14 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Mirvac 2.37 15 David Harrigan (Aus) Europcar 3.32 16 Rob Sharman (GBr) Centracks 3.36 17 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 3.37 18 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Mirvac 3.57 19 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Bendigo Bank 4.05 20 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 4.19 21 Kieran Page (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 4.20 22 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Bundaberg Sugar 4.22 23 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 4.30 24 Peter McDonald (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 4.31 25 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Jayco 4.36 26 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Mirvac 5.06 27 Mark Roland (Aus) Jayco 5.09 28 Thomas Gronqvist (Swe) Bendigo Bank 5.12 29 Richard Vollebregt (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 5.19 30 Jose Rodriguez (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 5.48 31 Matthew Newlands (Aus) Mirvac 5.52 32 Steven De Decker (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 5.58 33 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 6.21 34 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mirvac 6.47 35 Mathew Rex (Aus) Lysaght 8.09 36 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Bundaberg Sugar 8.11 37 Jaaron Poad (NZl) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 11.38 38 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 12.55 39 Bradley Mills (Aus) Subaru 13.17 40 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Bendigo Bank 13.19 41 Dean Downing (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 13.21 42 James Hannam (Aus) Lysaght 14.36 43 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 16.09 44 Andrew Graham (Aus) Uno Clothing 16.24 45 Josh Wilson (Aus) Bundaberg Sugar 19.48 46 Gilbert Gutowski (Aus) Europcar 21.38 47 Dillan Boone (Aus) Uno Clothing 21.48 48 Philip Finnegan (Irl) Centracks 22.43 49 Brad Edmunds (Aus) Europcar 23.12 50 Paul Healion (Irl) Centracks 34.35 51 Artur Kraeszowiec (Pol) Bendigo Bank 36.09 52 Chris George (Aus) Lysaght 36.12 53 Brian Kenneally (Irl) Centracks 44.03 Sprint Championship 1 Kieran Page (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 40 pts 2 Jaaron Poad (NZl) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 27 3 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 16 4 David Harrigan (Aus) Europcar 15 5 Mateusz Mroz (Pol) Bendigo Bank 15 6 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 14 7 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Jayco 11 8 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mirvac 9 9 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bendigo Bank 9 10 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 9 11 Kristian House (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 9 12 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Mirvac 7 13 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 7 14 Dominique Perras (Can) Jayco 7 15 Corey Sweet (Aus) Lysaght 7 16 Peter McDonald (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 7 17 Jose Rodriguez (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 7 18 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 6 19 Russell Downing (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 6 20 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Subaru 6 21 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 6 22 Steven De Decker (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 5 23 Bradley Mills (Aus) Subaru 5 24 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Europcar 4 25 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Malaysia Airlines 4 26 Mark Roland (Aus) Jayco 3 27 Rob Sharman (GBr) Centracks 3 28 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Mirvac 3 29 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 3 30 Richard Vollebregt (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 31 Artur Kraeszowiec (Pol) Bendigo Bank 1 32 Ruber Marin (Col) Subaru 1 33 Dean Downing (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 1 34 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Bundaberg Sugar 1 King Of The Mountain Championship 1 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 26 pts 2 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bendigo Bank 14 3 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 12 4 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 6 5 David Harrigan (Aus) Europcar 5 6 Corey Sweet (Aus) Lysaght 5 7 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Europcar 4 8 Rob Sharman (GBr) Centracks 4 9 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 4 10 Jaaron Poad (NZl) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 4 11 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) Subaru 3 12 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Bundaberg Sugar 3 13 Richard Vollebregt (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1 14 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1 15 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 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Mirvac 3 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) Mirvac 4 Mark Roland (Aus) Jayco 5 Matthew Newlands (Aus) Mirvac 6 Daniel Newnham (Aus) Mirvac 7 Gilbert Gutowski (Aus) Europcar Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 5 pts 2 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Jayco 2 3 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Mirvac 2 4 Trent Wilson (Aus) Subaru 2 5 Jaaron Poad (NZl) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 2 Team classification 1 Jayco 25.30.19 2 Malaysia Airlines 2.19 3 Subaru 2.34 4 Radio 4BU-KIX FM 5 Bendigo Bank 5.00 6 Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 5.29 7 Mirvac 6.38 8 Bundaberg Sugar 7.50 9 Lysaght 17.27 10 Europcar 21.31 11 Centracks 55.50 12 UNO Clothing
