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Tattersall's Cup Series Tour of Gippsland - NE
Australia, August 2-6, 2006
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Stage 6 - August 4: Bairnsdale, 33kms
Double victories put Stevenson in contention
By Rod Morris in Bairnsdale
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In-form NSW rider Cody Stevenson maintained his good form in the Tattersall's Cup Tour of Gippsland by winning the fifth and sixth stages to haul himself into overall contention and become a real chance to stand tall as tour winner come Sunday.
Stevenson (24) from the Penrith Ramblers Cycling Club in Sydney, started day three of the tour with a 65.5 km "sprint" from Lakes Entrance to Metung and then capping off his dream day in the saddle with victory in the Bairnsdale Criterium.
A former mountain biker of some acclaim, Stevenson has moved into second place overall, just 1.08 minutes behind tour leader, Dean Windsor (Vic) with three stages remaining, including a tough closing chapter of 134 km in Warragul on Sunday. Stevenson leapfrogged Chris Jongewaard (SA) and Queenslanders Tony Mann and Miles Olman in yesterday's twin stages, and has given himself a real chance of winning this event.
"I was a bit scratchy early in the week, but as the tour has got longer, my legs have felt better and I know I'm a chance now to reel Dean (Windsor) in," Stevenson said.
Windsor used a lot of energy in the Bairnsdale stage, chasing down intermediate sprint points, but his day of two minor placings has him looking every inch this year's Tour of Gippsland winner... providing, of course, he can hold out Stevenson.
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"I was watching Jongewaard, Mann and Olman pretty closely and not really concentrating on Stevenson all that much, but he's a definite threat now," Windsor admitted. "I was really chasing as many of the sprint points as I could get and hoping that general classification would look after itself."
Windsor, Stevenson and four others, Wesley Sulzberger (Tasmania), Tim Buchanan (Canberra), Patrick Shaw (Victoria) and Cameron Peterson (NSW) formed a solid breakaway group just before the halfway mark of the Bairnsdale Criterium, and were never headed by the chasing pack, eventually holding a 47 second advantage at the finish over the peloton.
Windsor and Sulzberger were involved in a terrific battle for the Mid Valley Shopping Centre Morwell Sprint Championship, with the young Tasmanian emerging with the day three advantage, but by just two points. The pair duelled swords, chasing down the sprint points, which also carried valuable time bonuses for general classification honours.
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"Sulzberger has now been on the podium for three minor stage placings, as well leading the sprint title and sharing honours in the criterium championship with Windsor. "It's nice to be in contention for those two championships, but I want to win a stage; I've been close this week and I was close last year, but I haven't won one yet," Sulzberger said.
In an action-packed morning stage, finishing in the pretty seaside township of Metung, Stevenson led the bunch ahead of reigning Tattersall's Cup champion, Robert McLachlan from Canberra, and the current tour leader, Dean Windsor from Victoria.
Windsor started the day holding a 10-second lead over South Australian mountain bike champion, Chris Jongewaard, who took fourth place in the stage, right on the back wheel of Windsor. Queenslander Miles Olman claimed his third top 10 placing of the tour, clinching fifth spot.
The Tour of Gippsland continues throughout the weekend with a dual criterium and road stage in and around Traralgon on Saturday, and a closing 134 km road stage at Warragul on Sunday.
Photography
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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- It's sign on time... but Dot Hall hasn't finished lunch yet!
- Rick Martin... looking after riders on tour.
- The pink outfits of the Specialized team in action during the stage six criterium in Bairnsdale.
- Riders on the streets of Bairnsdale during the 33 kilometre criterium.
- The field had to complete 30 laps of a 1.1km circuit.
- The locals were doing handstands for the Tour of Gippsland in Bairnsdale!
- The colourful streets of Bairnsdale during racing in the Tour of Gippsland.
- Riders give chase to a lead group during a fast paced criterium in Bairnsdale.
- The leaders opened a nice gap on the peloton during a hotly contested criterium.
- Eventual winner Cody Stevenson (FRF Couriers / Caravello) follows Wes Sulzberger into a bend in Bairnsdale.
- Patrick Shaw (Jayco VIS) takes the leaders into a bend halfway through the 33 kilometre criterium.
- David Pell (Team UNO) has the peloton in tow in search of the leaders.
- Casey Munro from Victoria in the peloton during stage six in Bairnsdale.
- Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche) (L), in the top ten on GC after six stages of the Tour of Gippsland.
- The leaders corner in Bairnsdale keeping the peloton at bay in the concluding laps.
- Jack Alexander (L) of Victoria and Tasmanian Jarrod Harman (Praties) corner in Bairnsdale.
- Hey Shirley, did you know that the Tour of Gippsland is part of the Tattersall's Cup Cycling Series?
- Tour leader Dean Windsor (Drapac Porsche) on the front of the lead group in the final laps.
- The peloton goes on the attack looking to reel the leaders in before the finish.
- Victorian David Pell (Team UNO) on the attack again!
- Stephen Wooldridge (SA.com) grimaces while trying to bridge the gap in the concluding laps.
- Cody Stevenson (FRF Couriers/Caravello) makes it two victories in one day after outsprinting the tour leader Dean Windsor to the line.
- The stage six podium - (L-R) Dean Windsor (Drapac Porsche, 2nd), Cody Stevenson (FRF Couriers / Caravello, 1st), and Wes Sulzberger (SA.com, 3rd), chatting with commentator Lindsay Hill.
- He may have been the Subaru Most Aggressive Rider - but Mark O'Brien (Jayco VIS) was a little shy on the podium.
- Ah, that's better - Mark O'Brien (Jayco VIS), winner of the Subaru Most Aggressive rider award on stage six.
- Dean Windsor (Drapac Porsche) is the East Gippsland Criterium Championship leader after six stages.
- But wait there's more: Dean Windsor is also the Tour of Gippsland leader and wearer of the yellow jersey.
Results
1 Cody Stevenson 47.55 2 Dean Windsor 3 Wesley Sulzberger 4 Tim Buchanan 5 Patrick Shaw 6 Cameron Peterson 7 Scott Peoples 0.25 8 Tom Middleton 0.30 9 David Pell 0.36 10 Miles Olman 0.47 11 Robert McLachlan 12 Jason Hegert 13 Robert Cater 14 Brad Edmunds 15 Daniel Connell 16 Jarrod Harman 17 David Hiley 18 Benjamin Juzwin 19 Daniel Newnham 20 Mitch Chapman 21 Jacob Sutherland 22 Steven Robb 23 Kyle Marwood 24 Chris Jory 25 Vaughan Bowman 26 Fabio Calabria 27 Jack Alexander 28 Damien Turner 29 Darren Lapthorne 30 Peter Smith 31 Stuart Shaw 32 Chris Jongewaard 33 Michael Ford 34 Stephen Wooldridge 35 Richie Porte 36 Mark O'Brien 37 Michael Tolhurst 38 Trent Stevenson 39 Tony Mann 40 Brendan Brooks 41 Chris Steffanoni 42 Nick Both 43 Matthew Delahunty 44 Peter Milostic 45 Tim Hucker 46 Steven Pilson 47 Lachlan Norris 48 Mitchell Docker 49 Aaron Wheeler 50 Stephen Isbel 51 Timothy Walker 52 Andrew Ward 53 Allan Sieper 54 George Bunt 55 Casey Munro 56 Edwin Crossling 57 Bradley Clarke 58 Phillip Stokes 59 Julian Dutton 2.23 60 Alistair Crossling 3.59 61 Samuel Rix 62 Brett Franklin 63 Will Dickeson 64 Andrew Hanigan 65 Mitchell Vervaart 66 Kym Howard 67 Grant Webster 68 Glen Peterson 69 Damon De Angelis 70 Daniel Furmston 71 Peter Ladd 5.35 72 Matthew Jensen 73 Michael Gallagher 74 William Murray 75 Heath Keenan 76 Malcolm Hart 77 William Zammit 78 Christopher Fry 7.11 79 Simon Pearson 80 Stephen Cunningham 81 Jack Hudson 82 Will Wettenhall 83 James Henry 84 Stephen Price 85 Simon Van Der Aa 10.23 Sprints Sprint 1 - End of Lap 6 1 Tony Mann 3 pts 2 Mark O'Brien 2 3 Cameron Peterson 1 Sprint 2 - End of Lap 8 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Patrick Shaw 2 3 Dean Windsor 1 Sprint 3 - End of Lap 10 1 Patrick Shaw 3 pts 2 Tim Buchanan 2 3 Dean Windsor 1 Sprint 4 - End of Lap 12 1 Dean Windsor 3 pts 2 Patrick Shaw 2 3 Cameron Peterson 1 Sprint 5 - End of Lap 14 1 Dean Windsor 3 pts 2 Patrick Shaw 2 3 Cameron Peterson 1 Sprint 6 - End of Lap 16 1 Patrick Shaw 3 pts 2 Dean Windsor 2 3 Tim Buchanan 1 Sprint 7 - End of Lap 18 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Patrick Shaw 2 3 Dean Windsor 1 Sprint 8 - End of Lap 20 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Dean Windsor 2 3 Patrick Shaw 1 Sprint 9 - End of Lap 22 1 Dean Windsor 3 pts 2 Cody Stevenson 2 3 Wesley Sulzberger 1 Sprint 10 - End of Lap 24 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Patrick Shaw 2 3 Dean Windsor 1 Sprint 11 - End of Lap 26 1 Dean Windsor 3 pts 2 Wesley Sulzberger 2 3 Patrick Shaw 1 General classification after stage 6 1 Dean Windsor 9.20.33 2 Cody Stevenson 1.08 3 Chris Jongewaard 1.32 4 Tony Mann 2.01 5 Miles Olman 2.10 6 Wesley Sulzberger 2.15 7 Fabio Calabria 2.29 8 Darren Lapthorne 3.22 9 Mitchell Docker 3.49 10 Patrick Shaw 4.28 11 David Pell 4.29 12 Robert McLachlan 4.36 13 Peter Milostic 4.38 14 Tim Buchanan 4.40 15 Daniel Connell 4.49 16 Robert Cater 5.04 17 Brendan Brooks 5.17 18 Jacob Sutherland 5.20 19 Lachlan Norris 20 Mark O'Brien 5.26 21 Casey Munro 22 Stuart Shaw 5.28 23 Edwin Crossling 5.30 24 Michael Tolhurst 5.33 25 Tim Hucker 5.46 26 Mitch Chapman 5.54 27 Jason Hegert 7.22 28 Scott Peoples 7.25 29 Michael Ford 7.28 30 Chris Steffanoni 7.42 31 Nick Both 7.44 32 Bradley Clarke 12.35 33 Stephen Isbel 12.48 34 Vaughan Bowman 13.05 35 Benjamin Juzwin 15.35 36 Will Dickeson 18.42 37 Richie Porte 20.48 38 Cameron Peterson 20.49 39 Jack Alexander 21.39 40 Allan Sieper 21.45 41 Tom Middleton 22.05 42 Matthew Delahunty 22.08 43 Julian Dutton 22.47 44 Steven Robb 22.58 45 Peter Smith 23.40 46 Jarrod Harman 47 Andrew Ward 23.45 48 Chris Jory 49 Brad Edmunds 50 Aaron Wheeler 51 Timothy Walker 24.15 52 Trent Stevenson 24.33 53 George Bunt 24.34 54 Daniel Furmston 24.52 55 Peter Ladd 25.39 56 Alistair Crossling 26.57 57 Stephen Cunningham 28.09 58 Kym Howard 28.30 59 Brett Franklin 60 Andrew Hanigan 29.16 61 Simon Pearson 30.02 62 Stephen Wooldridge 30.05 63 Matthew Jensen 30.06 64 Grant Webster 30.51 65 David Hiley 31.35 66 Christopher Fry 32.00 67 Damien Turner 33.47 68 Jack Hudson 34.03 69 Daniel Newnham 41.13 70 Phillip Stokes 41.31 71 Glen Peterson 42.14 72 Heath Keenan 43.11 73 William Zammit 44.38 74 Steven Pilson 47.13 75 Michael Gallagher 53.31 76 Samuel Rix 55.44 77 Will Wettenhall 57.03 78 Malcolm Hart 1.03.41 79 Kyle Marwood 1.09.13 80 Damon De Angelis 1.10.22 81 William Murray 1.14.22 82 Mitchell Vervaart 1.26.15 83 James Henry 1.26.58 84 Stephen Price 1.34.49 85 Simon Van Der Aa 1.49.22 Sprints classification 1 Wesley Sulzberger 51 pts 2 Dean Windsor 48 3 Mitchell Docker 24 4 Patrick Shaw 24 5 Chris Jongewaard 20 6 Julian Dutton 15 7 Michael Tolhurst 8 8 Mark O'Brien 8 9 Tony Mann 8 10 Cody Stevenson 7 11 David Pell 7 12 Will Dickeson 7 13 Darren Lapthorne 6 14 Vaughan Bowman 4 15 Brendan Brooks 4 16 Robert McLachlan 4 17 Peter Ladd 4 18 Tim Buchanan 3 19 Cameron Peterson 3 20 Robert Cater 2 21 Richie Porte 2 22 Steven Robb 2 23 Nick Both 2 24 Scott Peoples 1 25 Michael Ford 1 26 Jason Hegert 1 27 Simon Pearson 1 28 Stuart Shaw 1 29 Trent Stevenson 1 Mountains classification 1 Tony Mann 36 pts 2 Darren Lapthorne 33 3 Brendan Brooks 25 4 Will Dickeson 14 5 David Pell 13 6 Wesley Sulzberger 12 7 Richie Porte 7 8 Simon Pearson 6 9 Scott Peoples 6 10 Michael Tolhurst 5 11 Miles Olman 5 12 Jason Hegert 2 13 Bradley Clarke 2 14 Peter Ladd 2 15 Daniel Connell 2 16 Chris Jongewaard 2 17 Stuart Shaw 1 Most aggressive rider classification 1 Wesley Sulzberger 4 pts 2 Sean Finning 2 3 Tony Mann 2 4 Mitchell Docker 2 5 Mark O'Brien 2 6 Darren Lapthorne 2 Criterium championship 5 Wesley Sulzberger 25 pts 31 Dean Windsor 25 16 Cody Stevenson 16 13 Mitchell Docker 10 26 Patrick Shaw 10 6 Miles Olman 9 33 Tim Buchanan 7 1 Robert McLachlan 7 7 Chris Jongewaard 7 12 Peter Milostic 6 28 David Pell 5 105 Darren Lapthorne 5 81 Cameron Peterson 5 30 Scott Peoples 4 49 Will Dickeson 4 15 Stuart Shaw 3 75 Tom Middleton 3 27 Robert Cater 2 2 Stephen Wooldridge 1 20 Michael Ford 1
