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Tour of Southland - 2.5
New Zealand, November 1-6, 2004
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Stage 4 - November 2: Tuatapere - Winton, 88.3km
Heartbreak and triumph on day two
By Alan Messenger
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Today was a day of drama, with heartbreak and triumph in the PowerNet Tour of Southland.
The morning Stage saw Glen Mitchell miss the vital break but the yellow jersey went to his Southland Times Teammate and good friend John Lieswyn. The American rode away from a twelve strong breakaway group twenty kilometres from the finish with Cofidis professional Hayden Roulston (Zookeepers Café).The pair finished well clear of the other ten and two minutes ahead of the main peloton and Mitchell.
Though Roulston took the stage win he was still 1 min 09 secs down on Leiswyn. Mitchell dropped to third place at 1 minute 36 secs, with New Zealand road champion Heath Blackgrove next at 1 minute 51 secs.
The afternoon stage, a 88km ride from Tuatapere to Winton saw the ever present Gordon McCauley initiate a break only a kilometer from the start and hang on to win the stage by only seconds from the chasing bunch. The 1996 Tour of Southland winner and former double New Zealand road champion only came into the field when another member of his Zookeeepers team withdrew through injury. The Aucklander has only done local races since missing out on Olympic selection earlier this year but he was not one to let a chance go by.
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McCauley had won the same stage twice before and has lived in the area so he knew the course and wind directions well. "In the closing kilometres I was thinking 'I've just got to get there.' I knew that the last two kilometres were into a head wind and I needed thirty or forty seconds," he said.
McCauley said that his only intention had been to regain the sprint jersey that he held yesterday but things changed on the road. "There were five of us in the break but the others just kept dropping off. I went on the Fairfax hill and I knew there was 35km to go so I thought that I would give it a nudge and see what happens," McCauley said.
The big loser on the Stage was Blackgrove who lost his fourth place on GC after striking mechanical problems half way into the stage. He was eventually given a replacement bike but after a long, hard solo chase he just failed to regain the bunch and faded back to finish some six minutes down.
Tomorrow the riders face another hard day with a 132k ride from Lumsden and finishing on the summit of the scenic Crown Range near Queenstown.
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Photography
Images by Barry Harcourt/The Southland Times
- American John Lieswyn (The Southland Times) in the tour leader's yellow jersey sits protected by his team-mates Glen Mitchell and Greg Henderson (L) and Scott Guyton on the stage from Tuatapere to Winton.
- Steve Harcourt of Perth (Sycamore Print) makes an attempt to get away and catch the Gordon McCauley break alone on stage 4 of the Tour of Southland.
- Gordon McCauley (Zookeepers Cafe) wins stage 4 of the Tour of southland from Tuatapere to Winton.
- The Southland Times team controls the pack during the fourth stage of the Tour of Southland.
Results
1 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Zookeepers Cafe 2.10.01 2 Colby Pearce (USA) S.I.T. Zero Fees 0.06 3 Ross Simmonds (NZl) Rabobank 4 Peter Latham (NZl) Rabobank 5 Curtis Gunn (USA) Share The Road 6 Eddy Hilger (USA) Meadow Fresh 7 Glen Mitchell (NZl) The Southland Times 8 Jason Rigg (Aus) Sycamore Print 9 Bill Stolte (USA) Hilo Decorating 10 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart 11 Scott Guyton (NZl) The Southland Times 11 John Lieswyn (USA) The Southland Times 11 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Zookeepers Cafe 11 Aaron Strong (NZl) Hot Cycles 11 Geoffrey Burndred (NZl) Rabobank 11 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 11 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Meadow Fresh 11 Robin Reid (NZl) Meadow Fresh 11 Matt Dubberley (USA) S.I.T. Zero Fees 11 Hilton McMurdo (Aus) Sycamore Print 11 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart 11 Sheldon Denny (USA) Share The Road 11 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Jackson::Wills 24 Ryan Russell (NZl) Rabobank 1.12 24 Ross Machejefski (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 24 Steven Harcourt (Aus) Sycamore Print 27 Greg Henderson (NZl) The Southland Times 1.23 27 James Elverey (NZl) S.I.T. Zero Fees 27 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 30 Paul Millar (Aus) Sycamore Print 2.44 30 Darreell Kircher (NZl) Philips/Smith City 32 Tim Gudsell (NZl) The Southland Times 2.53 32 Richard Bowker (NZl) Hot Cycles 32 Justin Kerr (NZl) Hot Cycles 32 Stephen Blair (Aus) Hot Cycles 32 Karl Moore (NZl) Rabobank 32 Charles Coyle (USA) Winton's Middle Pub 32 Matthew Haydock (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 32 Pascal Hungerbuhler (Swi) Meadow Fresh 32 Ben Robson (NZl) Meadow Fresh 32 Mark Petterson (Aus) Sycamore Print 32 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) Share The Road 32 Joseph Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 32 Ryan Kiesonowski (NZl) Creation Signs 32 Olivier Fesque (Fra) Team Ultimo 32 Andrew Thomas (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 32 Michael Crowther (NZl) Riverside Rentals 32 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Jackson::Wills 32 Graham Stone (NZl) Jackson::Wills 50 Brendon McGrath (NZl) Hot Cycles 3.05 51 Jamie Thynne (NZl) Jackson::Wills 6.27 52 Garry Smith (NZl) South-West Helicopters 7.02 53 Cameron Holt (NZl) Cycling Southland 7.06 54 Steve Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating 8.33 54 Scott Allen (NZl) Creation Signs 54 Josh Akarsu (Aus) Team Ultimo 57 Danny Hillary (NZl) S.I.T. Zero Fees 10.18 57 Andrew Small (NZl) Calder Stewart 57 Matt Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 57 Paul Billing (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 57 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Cycling Southland 62 Ryan Yee (USA) Hilo Decorating 12.27 62 Paul Richard (Aus) Calder Stewart 62 Blake Caldwell (USA) Share The Road 62 Fabian Mathes (Ger) Team Ultimo 62 Hans Fischer (Ger) Team Ultimo 62 Stuart Lowe (NZl) Philips/Smith City 62 Steve Scott (NZl) Philips/Smith City 62 David Beadle (NZl) South-West Helicopters 62 Jason Allen (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 62 Ben Oleson (NZl) Riverside Rentals 62 Hayden Lawrence (NZl) Cycling Southland 73 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Zookeepers Cafe 13.45 73 Marc Ryan (NZl) Zookeepers Cafe 73 Craig Thomson (NZl) Zookeepers Cafe 73 Matt King (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 73 Robert Coble (USA) Hilo Decorating 73 Jeffrey Theis (USA) Hilo Decorating 73 Eddie Monnier (USA) Share The Road 73 Christian Brockhoff (Ger) Team Ultimo 73 Corey Winder (NZl) Philips/Smith City 73 Travis Kane (NZl) South-West Helicopters 73 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) South-West Helicopters 73 Heath Turnbull (NZl) Riverside Rentals 73 Steven Hands (NZl) Riverside Rentals 73 Andrew Ellis (NZl) Riverside Rentals 73 Blair Taylor (NZl) Jackson::Wills 73 Chris Carson (Aus) Cycling Southland 89 John Alabaster (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 16.06 90 Jerard Stock (NZl) South-West Helicopters 24.26 90 Donald Oakly (NZl) Cycling Southland DNF Michael McGee (Aus) Creation Signs DNS Peter Milostic (Aus) Calder Stewart General classification after stage 4 1 John Lieswyn (USA) The Southland Times 6.58.16 2 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Zookeepers Cafe 1.09 3 Glen Mitchell (NZl) The Southland Times 1.36 4 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Meadow Fresh 2.01 5 Scott Guyton (NZl) The Southland Times 2.04 6 Eddy Hilger (USA) Meadow Fresh 2.18 7 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart 2.23 8 Aaron Strong (NZl) Hot Cycles 2.38 9 Ryan Russell (NZl) Rabobank 3.04 10 Ross Simmonds (NZl) Rabobank 3.12 11 Geoffrey Burndred (NZl) Rabobank 3.19 12 Peter Latham (NZl) Rabobank 3.21 13 Matt Dubberley (USA) S.I.T. Zero Fees 3.24 14 Robin Reid (NZl) Meadow Fresh 3.25 15 Curtis Gunn (USA) Share The Road 3.26 16 Jason Rigg (Aus) Sycamore Print 3.34 17 Bill Stolte (USA) Hilo Decorating 3.51 18 Hilton McMurdo (Aus) Sycamore Print 4.01 19 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Jackson::Wills 4.09 20 Sheldon Denny (USA) Share The Road 4.25 21 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 4.43 22 James Elverey (NZl) S.I.T. Zero Fees 4.50 23 Steven Harcourt (Aus) Sycamore Print 4.52 24 Colby Pearce (USA) S.I.T. Zero Fees 5.33 25 Ross Machejefski (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 5.36 26 Karl Moore (NZl) Rabobank 5.41 27 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Zookeepers Cafe 5.57 28 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 5.58 29 Tim Gudsell (NZl) The Southland Times 6.10 29 Joseph Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 31 Ben Robson (NZl) Meadow Fresh 6.19 32 Paul Millar (Aus) Sycamore Print 6.21 33 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart 6.31 34 Graham Stone (NZl) Jackson::Wills 6.47 35 Ryan Kiesonowski (NZl) Creation Signs 6.48 36 Justin Kerr (NZl) Hot Cycles 7.10 37 Greg Henderson (NZl) The Southland Times 7.50 38 Charles Coyle (USA) Winton's Middle Pub 8.04 39 Andrew Thomas (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 8.10 40 Matthew Haydock (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 8.11 41 Stephen Blair (Aus) Hot Cycles 8.12 42 Richard Bowker (NZl) Hot Cycles 8.21 43 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Jackson::Wills 9.02 44 Pascal Hungerbuhler (Swi) Meadow Fresh 9.28 45 Brendon McGrath (NZl) Hot Cycles 9.44 46 Mark Petterson (Aus) Sycamore Print 10.24 46 Michael Crowther (NZl) Riverside Rentals 48 Darreell Kircher (NZl) Philips/Smith City 10.59 49 Steve Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating 11.08 50 Olivier Fesque (Fra) Team Ultimo 11.33 51 Cameron Holt (NZl) Cycling Southland 12.06 52 Scott Allen (NZl) Creation Signs 13.47 53 Andrew Small (NZl) Calder Stewart 14.10 54 Jamie Thynne (NZl) Jackson::Wills 15.30 54 Matt Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 54 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Zookeepers Cafe 57 Garry Smith (NZl) South-West Helicopters 16.10 58 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Cycling Southland 16.29 59 Josh Akarsu (Aus) Team Ultimo 16.50 60 Ben Oleson (NZl) Riverside Rentals 17.30 61 Jeremiah Wiscovitch (USA) Share The Road 17.36 62 Blake Caldwell (USA) Share The Road 17.40 63 Ryan Yee (USA) Hilo Decorating 18.22 64 Paul Richard (Aus) Calder Stewart 18.24 65 Jason Allen (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 18.37 66 Paul Billing (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 18.43 67 Hayden Lawrence (NZl) Cycling Southland 19.16 68 Stuart Lowe (NZl) Philips/Smith City 19.34 69 Hans Fischer (Ger) Team Ultimo 19.36 70 Christian Brockhoff (Ger) Team Ultimo 20.08 71 Marc Ryan (NZl) Zookeepers Cafe 20.53 72 Heath Turnbull (NZl) Riverside Rentals 21.34 73 Chris Carson (Aus) Cycling Southland 21.42 74 Danny Hillary (NZl) S.I.T. Zero Fees 21.52 75 Fabian Mathes (Ger) Team Ultimo 22.02 76 Steve Scott (NZl) Philips/Smith City 22.23 77 Corey Winder (NZl) Philips/Smith City 23.27 78 Travis Kane (NZl) South-West Helicopters 23.48 79 Andrew Ellis (NZl) Riverside Rentals 24.40 80 David Beadle (NZl) South-West Helicopters 25.55 81 Steven Hands (NZl) Riverside Rentals 27.36 82 Blair Taylor (NZl) Jackson::Wills 30.52 83 Matt King (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 31.21 84 John Alabaster (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 32.25 85 Robert Coble (USA) Hilo Decorating 39.48 86 Craig Thomson (NZl) Zookeepers Cafe 40.25 87 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) South-West Helicopters 40.42 88 Eddie Monnier (USA) Share The Road 41.40 89 Jerard Stock (NZl) South-West Helicopters 47.15 90 Donald Oakly (NZl) Cycling Southland 50.26 91 Jeffrey Theis (USA) Hilo Decorating 1.04.03 Team classification 1 The Southland Times 20.58.38 2 Meadow Fresh 3.28 3 Rabobank 4.20 4 Sycamore Print 8.22 5 S.I.T. Zero Fees 10.03 6 Share The Road 12.09 7 Winton's Middle Pub 13.19 8 Hot Cycles 13.40 9 Creation Signs 13.51 10 Jackson::Wills 16.08 11 Calder Stewart 17.09 12 Zookeepers Cafe 18.49 13 Hilo Decorating 29.34 14 Ascot Park Hotel 34.13 15 Team Ultimo 40.03 16 Cycling Southland 44.01 17 Riverside Rentals 44.57 18 Philips/Smith City 45.57 19 South-West Helicopters 1.00.40 Sprint Classification 1 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Zookeepers Cafe 47 pts 2 Curtis Gunn (USA) Share The Road 41 3 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 21 4 Steve Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating 17 5 Ross Simmonds (NZl) Rabobank 13 6 John Lieswyn (USA) The Southland Times 9 6 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart 9 6 Bill Stolte (USA) Hilo Decorating 9 9 Paul Millar (Aus) Sycamore Print 7 9 Ryan Russell (NZl) Rabobank 7 11 Aaron Strong (NZl) Hot Cycles 4 11 Matt Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 4 11 Paul Richard (Aus) Calder Stewart 4 11 Richard Bowker (NZl) Hot Cycles 4 11 Ross Machejefski (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 4 11 Andrew Small (NZl) Calder Stewart 4 11 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Cycling Southland 4 18 Matthew Haydock (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 3 18 Stuart Lowe (NZl) Philips/Smith City 3 18 David Beadle (NZl) South-West Helicopters 3 18 Stephen Blair (Aus) Hot Cycles 3 18 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Meadow Fresh 3 23 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Zookeepers Cafe 2 23 Matt Dubberley (USA) S.I.T. Zero Fees 2 23 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Zookeepers Cafe 2 23 Blake Caldwell (USA) Share The Road 2 23 Fabian Mathes (Ger) Team Ultimo 2 23 Corey Winder (NZl) Philips/Smith City 2 23 Jason Allen (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 2 30 Glen Mitchell (NZl) The Southland Times 1 30 Darreell Kircher (NZl) Philips/Smith City 1 30 Charles Coyle (USA) Winton's Middle Pub 1 30 Josh Akarsu (Aus) Team Ultimo 1 30 Eddy Hilger (USA) Meadow Fresh 1 30 Karl Moore (NZl) Rabobank 1 30 Ryan Yee (USA) Hilo Decorating 1 30 Colby Pearce (USA) S.I.T. Zero Fees 1 30 Jeffrey Theis (USA) Hilo Decorating 1 Mountains classification 1 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Zookeepers Cafe 34 pts 2 Paul Millar (Aus) Sycamore Print 16 3 Eddy Hilger (USA) Meadow Fresh 10 4 Bill Stolte (USA) Hilo Decorating 8 5 John Lieswyn (USA) The Southland Times 6 5 Glen Mitchell (NZl) The Southland Times 6 5 Ross Simmonds (NZl) Rabobank 6 8 Aaron Strong (NZl) Hot Cycles 4 8 Matt Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 4 8 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Meadow Fresh 4 8 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Zookeepers Cafe 4 12 Darreell Kircher (NZl) Philips/Smith City 2 12 Karl Moore (NZl) Rabobank 2 12 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart 2
