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PowerNet Tour of Southland - 2.2
New Zealand, November 7-12, 2005
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Stage 7 - November 10: Riversdale-Invercargill, 133 km
Vennell cautious in yellow
By Alan Messenger
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At the end of a drama-filled day in the PowerNet Tour of Southland, Jeremy Vennell (Calder Stewart) holds the leader's yellow jersey with an advantage of 36 seconds over Greg Henderson (Southland Times), with previous leader Glen Mitchell (Southland Times) dropping down to third place at 1 minute and 3 seconds. Vennell made it into the successful break 10 kilometres from the finish and he was content to cross the line on the tail-end of the bunch, led home by stage winner Jason Allen (Pro4 CycleOps), Werner Riebenbauer (Subway) and Karl Menzies (Calder Stewart).
Vennell took the jersey after the morning's time trial stage, where timekeepers had trouble in sorting out the difference in his time and that of Henderson. The official time difference was given as four hundredths of a second.
In the afternoon stage, Vennell and his Calder Stewart team desperately defended the jersey in a series of attacks which began with a break of 10 riders only three kilometres into the stage. Riders John Lieswyn, Jaaron Poad, Geoff Burndred, Karl Murray, Hayden Godfrey, Jason Allen, Andrew Wyper, Stephen Tilford, Joe Chapman, Joseph Cooper, Ryan Cull and Tony Mann took the break out to more than three minutes, but after Godfrey dropped away and Murray was called back to the peloton by his Calder Stewart team, the impetus was lost.
Another break led by Gordon McCauley and Robin Reid with 10 kilometres to go saw a bunch of 12 there for the finish, and among them was the race leader. Vennell told Cyclingnews of his afternoon of drama: "The initial break wasn't coming back for a long time and we only had Eric Wohlberg and Richard England riding as hard as they could on the front of the main peloton," he said. "They just sacrificed themselves to help me. Karl Murray dropped back from the break after everybody had tried to get the message to him."
Tomorrow the riders face what is generally regarded as the toughest Stage of the Tour, the 163k ride from Winton to Te Anau in scenic Fiordland. The 25 year-old tour leader, who has only been cycling for three years, sees Greg Henderson as being his major threat. "Greg has the fastest sprint in the field and he's only got to pick up a couple of stages and the time bonuses. You only have to have one weak moment and that's it," Vennell said.
Results
1 Jason Allen (NZl) Pro4 CycleOps 2.56.17 2 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Subway 3 Karl Menzies (Aus) Calder Stewart 4 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 5 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 6 Robin Reid (NZl) Rabobank 7 Ryan Cull (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 8 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart 0.03 9 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Rabobank 10 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Subway 0.07 11 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 0.16 12 Tony Mann (Aus) Team MG XPower 0.22 13 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Subway 0.35 14 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Rabobank 15 Clinton Avery (NZl) Pro4 CycleOps 16 Michael Northey (NZl) KiwiVelo 17 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Sycamore Print 18 Greg Henderson (NZl) Southland Times 19 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Share the Road 20 Sam Bewley (NZl) Subway 21 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Subway 22 Aaron Strong (NZl) Team MG XPower 23 Peter Latham (NZl) Southland Times 24 Phillip Thaux (Aus) KiwiVelo 25 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Southland Times 26 John Lieswyn (USA) Southland Times 27 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Creation Signs 1.11 28 Stephen Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating 29 Miles Watson (NZl) Jackson::Wills 2.03 30 Christof Bischof (Swi) Share the Road 31 Matt Haydock (NZl) Pro4 CycleOps 32 Andrew Wyper (Aus) Sycamore Print 33 Ashley Whitehead (NZl) Fulton Hogan 34 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 35 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart 36 Dayle Cheatley (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 37 Geoff Mackle (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 2.54 38 Marc Williams (Aus) Team MG XPower 39 Steven Hands (NZl) Jackson::Wills 40 Marcus Roy (NZl) Fulton Hogan 41 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Calder Stewart 42 Richard Bowker (NZl) KiwiVelo 43 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 44 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Southland Times 46 Travis Kane (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 3.27 47 Scott Wilder (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 48 Eliot Crowther (NZl) Rabobank 49 Chris Burr (NZl) Riverside Rentals 50 Kieran Langley (NZl) Riverside Rentals 51 Richard Scott (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 52 Josh Akarsu (Aus) Share the Road 53 Mick Tolhurst (Aus) Team MG XPower 54 William Stolte (USA) Hilo Decorating 55 Richard England (Aus) Calder Stewart 56 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Hilo Decorating 57 Logan Hunn (NZl) KiwiVelo 58 Gustavo Carrillo (USA) Hilo Decorating 59 Darren Shea (NZl) Pro4 CycleOps 3.41 60 Paul Kircher (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 7.09 61 Jonathan Atkinson (NZl) Team Ultimo 62 Neil Wylie (NZl) Rabobank 63 Ross Mackintosh (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 64 Jack Bauer (NZl) Fulton Hogan 65 Paul Odlin (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 7.13 66 Andrew Wells (NZl) Jackson::Wills 67 Will Alexander (NZl) Jackson::Wills 68 Adam Coker (NZl) Share the Road 69 Oliver Pearce (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 70 Garry Smith (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 71 Scott Hodges (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 72 Scott Allen (NZl) Creation Signs 73 Chris Van Houtte (NZl) Creation Signs 74 Paul Gough (NZl) Cycle Surgery 75 Ben Oleson (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 76 Marc Ryan (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 77 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team MG XPower 78 Andrew McQuaid (Irl) Sycamore Print 79 Aaron Rusden (NZl) Sycamore Print 45 Philip Dickinson (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 11.47 80 Craig Padman (NZl) Cycle Surgery 81 Ben McKinnon (NZl) Team Ultimo 82 Heath Turnbull (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 83 Mathew Gorter (NZl) Riverside Rentals 84 Nick Atkinson (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 85 Brian Fowler (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 86 Dave Beadle (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 87 Sam Horn (NZl) Team Ultimo 88 Justin Ralph (NZl) Riverside Rentals 89 Matt Gilbert (NZl) KiwiVelo 90 David Thomson (NZl) Cycle Surgery 91 Craig Scott (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 12.43 92 David Comerford (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 18.12 93 Mike Anderson (NZl) Fulton Hogan 22.44 94 Jon Richardson (NZl) Fulton Hogan 22.46 95 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 27.33 96 Ray Dunstan (NZl) Cycle Surgery 29.34 97 Robert Coble (USA) Hilo Decorating 98 Courtney Black (NZl) Sycamore Print 99 Tim Pearce (NZl) Jackson::Wills 100 Ross Machejefski (NZl) Share the Road 101 Chris O'Connor (NZl) Cycle Surgery General classification after stage 7 1 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart 13.26.36 2 Greg Henderson (NZl) Southland Times 0.36 3 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Southland Times 1.03 4 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Subway 1.12 5 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 1.14 6 Karl Menzies (Aus) Calder Stewart 1.24 7 Robin Reid (NZl) Rabobank 2.14 8 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Subway 2.35 9 Aaron Strong (NZl) Team MG XPower 2.37 10 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Rabobank 2.46 11 Tony Mann (Aus) Team MG XPower 2.53 12 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Rabobank 3.24 13 Ryan Cull (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 4.00 14 Peter Latham (NZl) Southland Times 4.16 15 Phillip Thaux (Aus) KiwiVelo 4.22 16 Sam Bewley (NZl) Subway 4.34 17 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Subway 5.15 18 Stephen Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating 5.50 19 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 5.55 20 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Sycamore Print 6.08 21 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 6.21 22 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Calder Stewart 6.22 23 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Share the Road 6.24 24 Andrew Wyper (Aus) Sycamore Print 6.38 25 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 6.46 26 Clinton Avery (NZl) Pro4 CycleOps 6.53 27 Miles Watson (NZl) Jackson::Wills 7.47 28 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Southland Times 8.13 29 Christof Bischof (Swi) Share the Road 9.23 30 Marcus Roy (NZl) Fulton Hogan 9.35 31 Richard Bowker (NZl) KiwiVelo 9.40 32 John Lieswyn (USA) Southland Times 10.21 33 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team MG XPower 10.24 34 Michael Northey (NZl) KiwiVelo 10.41 35 Matt Haydock (NZl) Pro4 CycleOps 11.10 36 William Stolte (USA) Hilo Decorating 11.12 37 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 12.05 38 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Creation Signs 12.24 39 Ashley Whitehead (NZl) Fulton Hogan 12.38 40 Geoff Mackle (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 12.55 41 Kieran Langley (NZl) Riverside Rentals 13.04 42 Chris Burr (NZl) Riverside Rentals 13.05 43 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Subway 13.08 44 Steven Hands (NZl) Jackson::Wills 13.15 45 Eliot Crowther (NZl) Rabobank 13.21 46 Dayle Cheatley (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 13.40 47 Marc Ryan (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 13.49 48 Logan Hunn (NZl) KiwiVelo 14.19 49 Josh Akarsu (Aus) Share the Road 14.23 50 Gustavo Carrillo (USA) Hilo Decorating 14.38 51 Scott Wilder (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 14.44 52 Travis Kane (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 14.47 53 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Hilo Decorating 15.15 54 Marc Williams (Aus) Team MG XPower 15.30 55 Darren Shea (NZl) Pro4 CycleOps 15.33 56 Jason Allen (NZl) Pro4 CycleOps 15.57 57 Paul Odlin (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 16.18 58 Mick Tolhurst (Aus) Team MG XPower 17.15 59 Will Alexander (NZl) Jackson::Wills 17.49 60 Richard Scott (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 20.16 61 Chris Van Houtte (NZl) Creation Signs 20.46 62 Brian Fowler (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 21.16 63 Matt Gilbert (NZl) KiwiVelo 21.21 64 Jonathan Atkinson (NZl) Team Ultimo 21.48 65 Adam Coker (NZl) Share the Road 22.20 66 Ross Mackintosh (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 22.25 67 Neil Wylie (NZl) Rabobank 22.40 68 Nick Atkinson (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 23.36 69 Andrew Wells (NZl) Jackson::Wills 24.09 70 Paul Gough (NZl) Cycle Surgery 24.20 71 Philip Dickinson (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 24.48 72 Garry Smith (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 25.27 73 Andrew McQuaid (Irl) Sycamore Print 27.50 74 Justin Ralph (NZl) Riverside Rentals 28.55 75 Oliver Pearce (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 30.12 76 Sam Horn (NZl) Team Ultimo 30.48 77 Richard England (Aus) Calder Stewart 30.53 78 Scott Allen (NZl) Creation Signs 31.09 79 Mathew Gorter (NZl) Riverside Rentals 31.23 80 Jack Bauer (NZl) Fulton Hogan 32.45 80 Scott Hodges (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 82 Aaron Rusden (NZl) Sycamore Print 33.53 83 Craig Scott (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 33.57 84 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart 36.54 85 Dave Beadle (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 39.39 86 Ross Machejefski (NZl) Share the Road 40.34 87 Paul Kircher (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 41.45 88 David Comerford (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 42.37 89 Mike Anderson (NZl) Fulton Hogan 46.58 90 Ben Oleson (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 47.09 91 Heath Turnbull (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 48.14 92 Robert Coble (USA) Hilo Decorating 52.22 93 Ben McKinnon (NZl) Team Ultimo 57.01 94 Courtney Black (NZl) Sycamore Print 1.01.43 95 Craig Padman (NZl) Cycle Surgery 1.02.14 96 David Thomson (NZl) Cycle Surgery 1.02.31 97 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 1.04.26 98 Chris O'Connor (NZl) Cycle Surgery 1.14.18 99 Jon Richardson (NZl) Fulton Hogan 1.19.38 100 Ray Dunstan (NZl) Cycle Surgery 1.30.11 101 Tim Pearce (NZl) Jackson::Wills 1.48.49 Sprints classification 1 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Subway 57 pts 2 Stephen Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating 32 3 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 23 4 Darren Shea (NZl) Pro4 CycleOps 23 5 Ryan Cull (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 19 6 Paul Odlin (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 17 7 John Lieswyn (USA) Southland Times 13 8 Aaron Rusden (NZl) Sycamore Print 13 9 Andrew McQuaid (Irl) Sycamore Print 11 10 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Subway 10 11 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Creation Signs 9 12 Greg Henderson (NZl) Southland Times 9 13 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Rabobank 8 14 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 8 15 Phillip Thaux (Aus) KiwiVelo 8 16 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Calder Stewart 7 17 Aaron Strong (NZl) Team MG XPower 6 18 Peter Latham (NZl) Southland Times 6 19 Dave Beadle (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 6 20 Jason Allen (NZl) Pro4 CycleOps 5 21 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 5 22 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team MG XPower 5 23 Marc Ryan (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 5 24 Dayle Cheatley (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 5 25 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 4 26 Richard Bowker (NZl) KiwiVelo 4 27 Ben Oleson (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 4 28 Andrew Wyper (Aus) Sycamore Print 3 29 Tony Mann (Aus) Team MG XPower 3 30 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Southland Times 3 31 Robin Reid (NZl) Rabobank 3 32 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 2 33 David Thomson (NZl) Cycle Surgery 2 34 Sam Bewley (NZl) Subway 2 35 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Subway 2 36 William Stolte (USA) Hilo Decorating 1 37 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Southland Times 1 38 Ashley Whitehead (NZl) Fulton Hogan 1 39 Mick Tolhurst (Aus) Team MG XPower 1 40 Travis Kane (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 1 Mountains classification 1 John Lieswyn (USA) Southland Times 28 pts 2 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Creation Signs 28 3 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 16 4 Robin Reid (NZl) Rabobank 12 5 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Southland Times 10 6 Andrew McQuaid (Irl) Sycamore Print 8 7 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Subway 8 8 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 6 9 Gustavo Carrillo (USA) Hilo Decorating 6 10 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Subway 6 11 Karl Menzies (Aus) Calder Stewart 6 12 Christof Bischof (Swi) Share the Road 4 13 Aaron Strong (NZl) Team MG XPower 4 14 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Subway 4 15 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 2 16 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 2 17 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Rabobank 2 18 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Southland Times 2 19 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart 2 Teams classification 1 Southland Times 40.25.23 2 Calder Stewart 1.32 3 Rabobank 2.10 4 Subway 2.45 5 Team MG XPower 6.10 6 Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 8.50 7 KiwiVelo 14.55 8 Creation Signs 17.15 9 Share the Road 22.02 10 Pro4 CycleOps 23.46 11 Hilo Decorating 25.37 12 Jackson::Wills 32.10 13 Sycamore Print 32.23 14 Winton's Middle Pub 38.30 15 Ascot Park Hotel 41.59 16 Fulton Hogan 42.50 17 Riverside Rentals 47.37 18 SIT - Zero Fees 49.59 19 Southwest Helicopters 1.03.21 20 Team Ultimo 1.40.24 21 Cycle Surgery 1.46.26
