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Tattersall's Cup Series Tour of Gippsland - NE
Australia, August 2-6, 2006
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Stage 2 - August 2: Mallacoota, 93.8kms
Dickenson sneaks into the lead
By Rod Morris in Mallacoota
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Eyeing off the sprinter's green jersey had pre-occupied the thoughts of Bathurst rider Dean Windsor so much that he had forgotten he was a chance to be elevated to the status of leader of the Tattersall's Cup Tour of Gippsland after the opening day.
Windsor (19) picked up enough intermediate sprint bonuses to edge past the opening stage leader Sean Finning in an exciting second stage at Mallacoota in Victoria's South East. But in a day of surprises, Windsor was then upstaged by young Adelaide based rider Will Dickenson, who had finished third in the stage, but won enough time bonuses to upset Windsor's plans.
Dickenson rode in last year's Tattersall's Cup series with some moderate results, although he did a claim a minor podium placing in the corresponding Tour of Gippsland. Dickenson finished third in the afternoon stage and with a 21 second gap before Finning and Windsor crossed the line, the youngster was suddenly the tour leader.
In the confusion of the event however, Windsor was originally thought to the leader before judges confirmed their decisions.
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Finning had won the morning's criterium over 25 km, but lost his grip on the lead to the determined Windsor in the tough 94 km road stage. "I was only concentrating on trying get enough primes to win the green sprinter's jersey," Windsor said. "To end up in yellow is a real bonus and not something I was expecting."
Former world junior points score champion, Miles Olman from Rockhampton in Queensland, won the road stage ahead of fellow Queenslander, Tony Mann, while talented young South Australian Will Dickeson surprised a few, when he took third place in the stage and moved into fourth spot overall. Windsor's lead over Finning is just four seconds with another tough day in the saddle ahead of the riders on Thursday with a criterium on Orbost and then a114 km race from Orbost to Lakes Entrance. The Tour of Gippsland will include a total of nine stages, finishing in Warragul on Sunday.
Olman, winner of two world junior championships when racing in America two years ago, has only just returned again from the United States and looks to be in good form for this your. Olman was part of a healthy number of breakaways, who caught the peloton napping half way through the afternoon stage, which was held on eight loops of an 11.8 km circuit. The group included Finning, who was trying to protect his hold on the leader's jersey and Windsor, who was chasing green specifically – but at the same time wrenching the coveted material away from the Victorian.
The technically tough and challenging course saw Olman, Mann and Dickeson sneak clear when the riders passed the last of the intermediate sprints and headed towards the final hill climb. Mann had looked after himself in the bunch, but was always there at the hill climb line, picking up enough points to take the lead in the King of the Mountain Championship. Over the last 8 km, the leaders were stretched out as Olman, Mann and Dickeson increased the tempo on their rivals.
At the end, the trio had an 18 second lead over the chasing group, led home by Cody Stevenson (Vic), Fabio Calabria (ACT) and the new tour leader, Windsor, who picked a valuable one-second bonus for his stage placing.
Pre-tour favourite, Robbie McLachlan, the reigning Tattersall's Cup champion, had a less than perfect start to the tour, losing almost three minutes to the leaders. But with seven stages still to be raced, the tour is of course still wide open.
Photography
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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- The peloton makes its way around the bay at Mallacootta on the first lap of 8 on an 11.6km circuit for stage two
- The field climbs out of Mallacootta ; The climb would take it's toll on many riders after eight laps
- Mallacootta - so much to do and so much to see…including the Tour of Gippsland
- Eventual winner Miles Olman from Queensland in the leading break early into stage two
- Tour leader after the first stage Sean Finning (SA.com) gets a taste for the race!
- Sprint points leader and wearer of the green jersey Dean Windsor of New South Wales in the peloton
- Bradley Clark (BicycleSuperstore) rode strongly on stage two of the tour
- Cody Stevenson (FRF Couriers/Caravello) finished in fourth place on the stage after working hard in the leading break
- Riders in the lead group swing round the bay in Mallacootta
- The peloton give chase on the scenic roads of Mallacootta during stage two
- Darren Lapthorne (L) of the Drapac Porsche outfit gives chase to the leaders in a second group on the road
- A thirsty Chris Jongewaard (Savings & Loans) during stage two
- The leaders on the climb with two laps to go
- Wes Sulzberger (SA.com) is at peace with the tour on stage two!
- A local imposter on the tour perhaps?
- Miles Olman (SA.com) takes out the second stage of the Tour of Gippsland
- The peloton roll in behind Olman to complete stage two in Mallacootta
- A happy Queenslander Miles Olman after claiming victory on stage two
- Stage winner Miles Olman feels the pinch as runner-up Tony Mann chats on the podium
- The stage two podium (L-R): Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 3rd, Miles Olman (SA.com) 1st, and Tony Mann (FRF Couriers/Caravello) 2nd
Results
1 Miles Olman 2.15.32 (41.52 km/h) 2 Tony Mann 3 Will Dickeson 4 Cody Stevenson 0.19 5 Fabio Calabria 0.21 6 Dean Windsor 7 Sean Finning 8 Chris Jongewaard 9 Richie Porte 10 Peter Ladd 11 Julian Dutton 0.50 12 Bradley Clarke 2.46 13 Robert McLachlan 3.04 14 Cameron Peterson 15 David Hiley 16 Jacob Sutherland 17 Wesley Sulzberger 18 David Pell 19 Jason Hegert 20 Michael Ford 21 Patrick Shaw 22 Benjamin Juzwin 23 Robert Cater 24 Peter Smith 25 Mitchell Docker 26 Daniel Furmston 27 Tim Hucker 28 Tom Middleton 29 Jarrod Harman 30 Andrew Ward 3.09 31 Chris Steffanoni 32 Jack Alexander 33 Michael Gallagher 34 Luke Cridland 35 Nick Both 36 Daniel Connell 37 Tim Buchanan 38 Matthew Delahunty 39 Mark O'Brien 40 Matthew Jensen 41 Brad Edmunds 42 Chris Jory 43 Kym Howard 44 Simon Pearson 45 Lachlan Norris 46 Allan Sieper 47 Trent Stevenson 48 Aaron Wheeler 49 Edwin Crossling 50 Timothy Walker 51 Brendan Brooks 52 Vaughan Bowman 53 Mitch Chapman 54 Peter Milostic 55 Matthew Sherwin 56 Stephen Cunningham 57 Ashley Hutchinson 58 Stephen Wooldridge 59 Darren Lapthorne 60 Heath Keenan 61 Stephen Isbel 62 Michael Tolhurst 63 George Bunt 64 Stuart Shaw 65 Brett Franklin 66 Alistair Crossling 67 Casey Munro 68 Jack Hudson 3.21 69 Grant Webster 70 Andrew Hanigan 71 Scott Peoples 72 Samuel Rix 4.34 73 Christopher Fry 4.42 74 Damon De Angelis 5.12 75 Will Wettenhall 76 William Zammit 5.45 77 Kyle Marwood 6.00 78 Daniel Newnham 7.57 79 Cameron Bowden 10.41 80 Simon Van Der Aa 10.59 81 Mitchell Vervaart 14.05 82 Cameron McKenzie 14.10 83 Glen Peterson 14.37 84 Damien Turner 85 Steven Robb 86 Phillip Stokes 87 Steven Pilson 88 Andrew Dorman 21.34 89 Darren Spiteri 21.36 90 William Murray 91 Malcolm Hart 92 Stephen Price 93 James Henry Mountains Karbeethong Rd - Cat.3, Lap 1 1 Michael Tolhurst 5 pts 2 Scott Peoples 3 3 Tony Mann 2 Karbeethong Rd - Cat.3, Lap 2 1 Wesley Sulzberger 5 pts 2 Scott Peoples 3 3 Tony Mann 2 Karbeethong Rd - Cat.3, Lap 3 1 Tony Mann 5 pts 2 Will Dickeson 3 3 Bradley Clarke 2 Karbeethong Rd - Cat.3, Lap 4 1 Tony Mann 5 pts 2 Richie Porte 3 3 Peter Ladd 2 Karbeethong Rd - Cat.3, Lap 5 1 Tony Mann 5 pts 2 Will Dickeson 3 3 Richie Porte 2 Karbeethong Rd - Cat.3, Lap 6 1 Tony Mann 5 pts 2 Will Dickeson 3 3 Chris Jongewaard 2 Karbeethong Rd - Cat.3, Lap 7 1 Tony Mann 5 pts 2 Will Dickeson 3 3 Richie Porte 2 Karbeethong Rd - Cat.3, Lap 8 1 Miles Olman 5 pts 2 Tony Mann 3 3 Will Dickeson 2 Sprints Sprint 1 - End of Lap 2 1 Michael Tolhurst 3 pts 2 Patrick Shaw 2 3 Trent Stevenson 1 Sprint 2 - End of Lap 3 1 Julian Dutton 3 pts 2 Peter Ladd 2 3 Tony Mann 1 Sprint 3 - End of Lap 4 1 Dean Windsor 3 pts 2 Tony Mann 2 3 Chris Jongewaard 1 Sprint 4 - End of Lap 5 1 Julian Dutton 3 pts 2 Sean Finning 2 3 Chris Jongewaard 1 Sprint 5 - End of Lap 6 1 Julian Dutton 3 pts 2 Dean Windsor 2 3 Tony Mann 1 Sprint 6 - End of Lap 7 1 Julian Dutton 3 pts 2 Will Dickeson 2 3 Richie Porte 1 Sprint 7 - End of Lap 8 1 Julian Dutton 3 pts 2 Peter Ladd 2 3 Richie Porte 1 General classification after stage 2 1 Will Dickeson 2.50.43 2 Dean Windsor 0.09 3 Sean Finning 0.13 4 Tony Mann 0.14 5 Chris Jongewaard 0.16 6 Miles Olman 0.43 7 Cody Stevenson 1.13 8 Fabio Calabria 1.17 9 Wesley Sulzberger 3.07 10 Richie Porte 3.10 11 Peter Ladd 3.13 12 Peter Milostic 3.25 13 Darren Lapthorne 3.26 14 Julian Dutton 3.33 15 Bradley Clarke 3.42 16 Michael Tolhurst 3.57 17 David Pell 3.58 18 Robert Cater 19 Patrick Shaw 3.59 20 Robert McLachlan 21 Mark O'Brien 4.01 22 Jacob Sutherland 4.02 23 Cameron Peterson 24 Tom Middleton 25 Tim Hucker 26 Daniel Furmston 27 Mitchell Docker 28 Stephen Wooldridge 4.05 29 Chris Steffanoni 4.07 30 Allan Sieper 31 Lachlan Norris 32 Stephen Isbel 33 Matthew Delahunty 34 Mitch Chapman 35 Brendan Brooks 36 Vaughan Bowman 37 Jack Alexander 38 Tim Buchanan 39 Casey Munro 40 Daniel Connell 41 Stuart Shaw 42 Stephen Cunningham 43 Edwin Crossling 44 Ashley Hutchinson 45 Scott Peoples 4.12 46 Samuel Rix 5.32 47 Peter Smith 6.02 48 Benjamin Juzwin 49 David Hiley 50 Jason Hegert 51 Jarrod Harman 52 Michael Ford 53 Trent Stevenson 6.06 54 Andrew Ward 6.07 55 Timothy Walker 56 Matthew Sherwin 57 Simon Pearson 58 Heath Keenan 59 Chris Jory 60 Matthew Jensen 61 Kym Howard 62 Michael Gallagher 63 Brett Franklin 64 Brad Edmunds 65 Luke Cridland 66 George Bunt 67 Nick Both 68 Aaron Wheeler 69 Alistair Crossling 70 Grant Webster 6.19 71 Jack Hudson 72 Andrew Hanigan 73 Christopher Fry 7.40 74 Will Wettenhall 8.10 75 Damon De Angelis 76 William Zammit 8.43 77 Daniel Newnham 8.55 78 Kyle Marwood 8.58 79 Cameron Bowden 13.39 80 Simon Van Der Aa 13.57 81 Damien Turner 15.35 82 Mitchell Vervaart 17.03 83 Cameron McKenzie 17.08 84 Phillip Stokes 17.35 85 Steven Robb 86 Steven Pilson 87 Glen Peterson 88 Andrew Dorman 24.32 89 Darren Spiteri 24.34 90 Stephen Price 91 William Murray 92 James Henry 93 Malcolm Hart Mountains classification 1 Tony Mann 32 pts 2 Will Dickeson 14 3 Richie Porte 7 4 Scott Peoples 6 5 Michael Tolhurst 5 6 Miles Olman 5 7 Wesley Sulzberger 5 8 Peter Ladd 2 9 Bradley Clarke 2 10 Chris Jongewaard 2 Sprints classification 1 Dean Windsor 21 pts 2 Chris Jongewaard 17 3 Julian Dutton 15 4 Sean Finning 13 5 Will Dickeson 7 6 Mark O'Brien 6 7 Michael Tolhurst 5 8 Wesley Sulzberger 4 9 Peter Ladd 4 10 Tony Mann 4 11 Patrick Shaw 3 12 Robert Cater 2 13 Darren Lapthorne 2 14 Richie Porte 2 15 Robert McLachlan 1 16 Trent Stevenson 1 17 Scott Peoples 1 Criterium Championship 1 Sean Finning 10 pts 2 Dean Windsor 9 3 Wesley Sulzberger 8 4 Chris Jongewaard 7 5 Peter Milostic 6 6 Darren Lapthorne 5 7 Will Dickeson 4 8 David Pell 3 9 Robert McLachlan 2 10 Stephen Wooldridge 1 Most Aggressive Rider 1 Sean Finning 2 pts 1 Tony Mann 2
