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PowerNet Tour of Southland - 2.2
New Zealand, November 7-12, 2005
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Stage 5 - November 9: Lumsden-Crown Range, 132.8 km
Strong shows strength on mountain climb
By Alan Messenger
Aaron Strong threw down the gauntlet to the big boys in today's 132 km Stage from Lumsden to the summit of the Crown Range near Queenstown in the PowerNet Tour of Southland. The Kiwi, who rides for the Australian team MG XPower, made his move on a climb several kilometres before the bottom of the Crown Range climb. Strong's teammate and Under 23 leader Darren Lapthorne went with the Kiwi, but on the big hill he faded back. Strong reached the summit 53 seconds clear of Logan Hutchings, with Andrew Wyper and Fraser McMaster another seven seconds behind.
The stage winner later expressed his gratitude for the assistance he received from Lapthorne. "I owe him and he sacrificed his jersey to help me," said Strong. On the climb to the finish, Lapthorne was caught by Logan Hutchings, who took over the under 23 Tour Lead.
The Southland Times team had a few anxious moments over the final 20 km, but Glen Mitchell finished 1'17 behind Strong to retain the yellow jersey. Teammate Greg Henderson suffered on the climb but retained his second placing, though he lost some six seconds, while Calder Stewart rider Jeremy Vennell gained some to now be only 16 seconds behind Mitchell.
Mitchell told Cyclingnews that he was happy with the stage result. "Our plan was always to cover Vennell. He's obviously the threat, more than Menzies (Karl Menzies)."
The early action in the stage came when a break formed after only three kilometres: Tim Gudsell, Eric Wohlberg, Andrew McQuaid, Anthony Chapman, Joseph Cooper and Phillip Thuaux were later joined by Clinton Avery and David Thomson. The break was only reeled in by the peloton 20 km from the finish. Avery, a mountain bike champion, is only 17 years of age and was an absolute tower of strength in the break.
Results
1 Aaron Strong (NZl) Team MG XPower 3.21.20 2 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Rabobank 0.53 3 Andrew Wyper (Aus) Sycamore Print 4 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Subway 0.56 5 Karl Menzies (Aus) Calder Stewart 6 Robin Reid (NZl) Rabobank 1.05 7 Geoff Mackle (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 8 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Sycamore Print 9 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Subway 10 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart 11 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Southland Times 12 Tony Mann (Aus) Team MG XPower 13 Marcus Roy (NZl) Fulton Hogan 1.19 14 Miles Watson (NZl) Jackson::Wills 1.23 15 Greg Henderson (NZl) Southland Times 16 Stephen Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating 1.34 17 Ryan Cull (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 18 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team MG XPower 1.37 19 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 1.40 20 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Subway 1.43 21 Christof Bischof (Swi) Share the Road 1.49 22 Sam Bewley (NZl) Subway 1.52 23 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 1.56 24 Phillip Thaux (Aus) KiwiVelo 2.00 25 Matt Gilbert (NZl) KiwiVelo 26 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Calder Stewart 27 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Rabobank 28 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Share the Road 29 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 2.06 30 Ashley Whitehead (NZl) Fulton Hogan 2.12 31 Chris Burr (NZl) Riverside Rentals 2.16 32 Scott Wilder (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 33 Marc Williams (Aus) Team MG XPower 2.22 34 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Hilo Decorating 2.26 35 Travis Kane (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 36 Will Alexander (NZl) Jackson::Wills 2.32 37 William Stolte (USA) Hilo Decorating 38 Matt Haydock (NZl) Pro4 CycleOps 2.37 39 Michael Northey (NZl) KiwiVelo 40 Kieran Langley (NZl) Riverside Rentals 41 Peter Latham (NZl) Southland Times 42 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 2.44 43 Paul Odlin (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 2.49 44 Ross Machejefski (NZl) Share the Road 2.53 45 Ben McKinnon (NZl) Team Ultimo 2.55 46 Gustavo Carrillo (USA) Hilo Decorating 2.58 47 Oliver Pearce (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 48 Josh Akarsu (Aus) Share the Road 3.02 49 Chris Van Houtte (NZl) Creation Signs 50 Nick Atkinson (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 51 Marc Ryan (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 3.09 52 Dayle Cheatley (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 53 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Southland Times 54 Clinton Avery (NZl) Pro4 CycleOps 3.12 55 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 56 Andrew Wells (NZl) Jackson::Wills 3.20 57 Eliot Crowther (NZl) Rabobank 3.35 58 Richard Bowker (NZl) KiwiVelo 3.42 59 Brian Fowler (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 3.57 60 Logan Hunn (NZl) KiwiVelo 4.06 61 Steven Hands (NZl) Jackson::Wills 4.17 62 Paul Gough (NZl) Cycle Surgery 4.37 63 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Creation Signs 4.43 64 John Lieswyn (USA) Southland Times 5.17 65 Richard England (Aus) Calder Stewart 5.19 66 Philip Dickinson (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 5.41 67 Mick Tolhurst (Aus) Team MG XPower 5.53 68 Sam Horn (NZl) Team Ultimo 6.22 69 Ross Mackintosh (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 6.32 70 Mike Anderson (NZl) Fulton Hogan 6.47 71 Neil Wylie (NZl) Rabobank 72 Heath Turnbull (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 6.53 73 Robert Coble (USA) Hilo Decorating 7.01 74 Darren Shea (NZl) Pro4 CycleOps 7.04 75 Jonathan Atkinson (NZl) Team Ultimo 7.08 76 Mathew Gorter (NZl) Riverside Rentals 77 Paul Kircher (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 7.15 78 Craig Padman (NZl) Cycle Surgery 7.30 79 Jack Bauer (NZl) Fulton Hogan 7.37 80 Justin Ralph (NZl) Riverside Rentals 7.39 81 Craig Scott (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 7.51 82 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Subway 7.55 83 Richard Scott (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 8.04 84 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart 8.11 85 Garry Smith (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 8.16 86 Courtney Black (NZl) Sycamore Print 8.21 87 Adam Coker (NZl) Share the Road 88 Scott Allen (NZl) Creation Signs 8.26 89 Aaron Rusden (NZl) Sycamore Print 90 Jason Allen (NZl) Pro4 CycleOps 91 David Comerford (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 9.01 92 Jon Richardson (NZl) Fulton Hogan 10.06 93 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 11.07 94 Andrew McQuaid (Irl) Sycamore Print 95 Scott Hodges (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 11.30 96 Dave Beadle (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 97 Ben Oleson (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 12.04 98 Ray Dunstan (NZl) Cycle Surgery 18.59 99 Tim Pearce (NZl) Jackson::Wills 19.11 100 David Thomson (NZl) Cycle Surgery 20.03 101 Chris O'Connor (NZl) Cycle Surgery 21.29 DNF Michael Mayne (NZl) Riverside Rentals General classification after stage 5 1 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Southland Times 10.14.23 2 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart 0.16 3 Greg Henderson (NZl) Southland Times 0.19 4 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Subway 1.08 5 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 1.22 6 Aaron Strong (NZl) Team MG XPower 1.23 7 Karl Menzies (Aus) Calder Stewart 1.28 8 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Subway 1.58 9 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Rabobank 1.59 10 Robin Reid (NZl) Rabobank 2.01 11 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Rabobank 2.06 12 Tony Mann (Aus) Team MG XPower 2.21 12 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team MG XPower 14 Phillip Thaux (Aus) KiwiVelo 3.14 15 Ryan Cull (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 3.22 16 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Calder Stewart 3.23 17 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Subway 3.40 18 Stephen Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating 3.41 18 Sam Bewley (NZl) Subway 20 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 3.52 21 Andrew Wyper (Aus) Sycamore Print 3.53 22 Peter Latham (NZl) Southland Times 3.54 23 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Sycamore Print 4.15 24 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Share the Road 4.18 25 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 4.19 26 Miles Watson (NZl) Jackson::Wills 4.51 27 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Southland Times 5.08 28 Marcus Roy (NZl) Fulton Hogan 5.09 29 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 5.26 30 Clinton Avery (NZl) Pro4 CycleOps 6.01 31 Christof Bischof (Swi) Share the Road 6.10 32 Richard Bowker (NZl) KiwiVelo 6.18 33 William Stolte (USA) Hilo Decorating 6.42 34 Marc Ryan (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 6.49 35 Matt Gilbert (NZl) KiwiVelo 7.21 35 Kieran Langley (NZl) Riverside Rentals 37 John Lieswyn (USA) Southland Times 7.34 38 Chris Burr (NZl) Riverside Rentals 7.36 39 Scott Wilder (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 7.42 40 Paul Odlin (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 8.10 41 Marc Williams (Aus) Team MG XPower 8.30 42 Will Alexander (NZl) Jackson::Wills 8.31 43 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 8.35 44 Matt Haydock (NZl) Pro4 CycleOps 8.55 45 Brian Fowler (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 8.59 46 Geoff Mackle (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 9.00 47 Ashley Whitehead (NZl) Fulton Hogan 9.27 48 Steven Hands (NZl) Jackson::Wills 9.29 49 Eliot Crowther (NZl) Rabobank 9.30 50 Ross Machejefski (NZl) Share the Road 9.31 51 Gustavo Carrillo (USA) Hilo Decorating 9.47 52 Dayle Cheatley (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 9.50 53 Josh Akarsu (Aus) Share the Road 10.12 54 Chris Van Houtte (NZl) Creation Signs 10.14 55 Travis Kane (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 10.15 56 Sergio Hernandez (USA) Hilo Decorating 10.21 56 Michael Northey (NZl) KiwiVelo 58 Nick Atkinson (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 10.24 59 Logan Hunn (NZl) KiwiVelo 10.32 59 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Creation Signs 61 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Subway 11.10 62 Darren Shea (NZl) Pro4 CycleOps 11.39 63 Philip Dickinson (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 11.45 64 Mick Tolhurst (Aus) Team MG XPower 12.56 65 Jonathan Atkinson (NZl) Team Ultimo 13.05 66 Adam Coker (NZl) Share the Road 13.09 67 Neil Wylie (NZl) Rabobank 13.56 68 Ross Mackintosh (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 14.11 69 Justin Ralph (NZl) Riverside Rentals 14.56 70 Andrew Wells (NZl) Jackson::Wills 15.00 71 Jason Allen (NZl) Pro4 CycleOps 15.32 72 Richard Scott (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 15.47 73 Paul Gough (NZl) Cycle Surgery 15.57 74 Garry Smith (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 15.59 75 Sam Horn (NZl) Team Ultimo 17.04 76 Andrew McQuaid (Irl) Sycamore Print 17.47 77 Mathew Gorter (NZl) Riverside Rentals 17.51 78 Oliver Pearce (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 18.52 79 Craig Scott (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 19.50 80 Robert Coble (USA) Hilo Decorating 20.02 81 Mike Anderson (NZl) Fulton Hogan 22.30 82 Scott Allen (NZl) Creation Signs 23.21 83 Aaron Rusden (NZl) Sycamore Print 23.26 84 David Comerford (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 23.30 85 Scott Hodges (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 24.07 86 Jack Bauer (NZl) Fulton Hogan 24.13 87 Dave Beadle (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 25.27 88 Richard England (Aus) Calder Stewart 26.50 89 Courtney Black (NZl) Sycamore Print 29.12 90 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart 32.35 91 Paul Kircher (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 33.04 92 Ben Oleson (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 33.19 93 Heath Turnbull (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 33.24 94 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 35.28 95 Chris O'Connor (NZl) Cycle Surgery 43.50 96 Ben McKinnon (NZl) Team Ultimo 44.10 97 Craig Padman (NZl) Cycle Surgery 46.55 98 David Thomson (NZl) Cycle Surgery 50.06 99 Jon Richardson (NZl) Fulton Hogan 56.00 100 Ray Dunstan (NZl) Cycle Surgery 1.00.55 101 Tim Pearce (NZl) Jackson::Wills 1.17.12 Sprints classification 1 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Subway 43 pts 2 Darren Shea (NZl) Pro4 CycleOps 23 3 Paul Odlin (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 17 4 Stephen Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating 16 5 Jaaron Poad (Aus) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 14 6 Aaron Rusden (NZl) Sycamore Print 13 7 John Lieswyn (USA) Southland Times 11 8 Andrew McQuaid (Irl) Sycamore Print 11 9 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Subway 10 10 Greg Henderson (NZl) Southland Times 9 11 Phillip Thaux (Aus) KiwiVelo 8 12 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Creation Signs 7 13 Eric Wohlberg (Can) Calder Stewart 7 14 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 7 15 Aaron Strong (NZl) Team MG XPower 6 16 Peter Latham (NZl) Southland Times 6 17 Dave Beadle (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 6 18 Darren Lapthorne (Aus) Team MG XPower 5 19 Ryan Cull (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 5 20 Marc Ryan (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 5 21 Dayle Cheatley (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 5 22 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 4 23 Richard Bowker (NZl) KiwiVelo 4 24 Ben Oleson (NZl) SIT - Zero Fees 4 25 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Southland Times 3 26 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Rabobank 3 27 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 3 28 Robin Reid (NZl) Rabobank 3 29 David Thomson (NZl) Cycle Surgery 2 30 Sam Bewley (NZl) Subway 2 31 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Subway 2 32 William Stolte (USA) Hilo Decorating 1 33 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Southland Times 1 34 Ashley Whitehead (NZl) Fulton Hogan 1 35 Mick Tolhurst (Aus) Team MG XPower 1 36 Travis Kane (NZl) Southwest Helicopters 1 Mountains classification 1 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Creation Signs 20 pts 2 John Lieswyn (USA) Southland Times 16 3 Robin Reid (NZl) Rabobank 12 4 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Southland Times 10 5 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 10 6 Andrew McQuaid (Irl) Sycamore Print 8 7 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Subway 8 8 Gustavo Carrillo (USA) Hilo Decorating 6 9 Fraser Macmaster (NZl) Subway 6 10 Karl Menzies (Aus) Calder Stewart 6 11 Christof Bischof (Swi) Share the Road 4 12 Aaron Strong (NZl) Team MG XPower 4 13 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Subway 4 14 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Rabobank 2 15 Glen Mitchell (NZl) Southland Times 2 16 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart 2 Teams classification 1 Southland Times 30.47.19 2 Calder Stewart 1.07 3 Team MG XPower 2.05 4 Rabobank 2.08 5 Subway 2.32 6 Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 7.41 7 KiwiVelo 11.43 8 Creation Signs 13.46 9 Share the Road 13.59 10 Hilo Decorating 15.30 11 Jackson::Wills 17.44 12 Sycamore Print 19.07 13 Winton's Middle Pub 19.42 14 Pro4 CycleOps 21.51 15 Riverside Rentals 24.22 16 Fulton Hogan 28.46 17 Ascot Park Hotel 29.44 18 SIT - Zero Fees 30.46 19 Southwest Helicopters 38.24 20 Team Ultimo 1.06.31 21 Cycle Surgery 1.15.50
