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Tattersall's Cup Series Tour of Gippsland - NE
Australia, August 2-6, 2006
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Stage 7 - August 5: Traralgon, 45kms
Sulzberger dominates criterium
By Rod Morris in Traralgon
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Wesley Sulzberger (SouthAustralia.com) took out the morning's criterium stage in Traralgon in dominating style, winning 11 intermediate sprints and the final dash to the line ahead of Scott Peoples and Darren Lapthorne. In doing so, he moved himself up to second on the general classification behind Drapac-Porsche's Dean Windsor, with 54 seconds separating the two.
The criterium was raced at a blistering speed, averaging 40 kph on a 30-lap 1.5 km circuit. Sulzberger was joined by Shepparton youngster Scott Peoples and Patrick Shaw – and then later by Canberra ace Robert McLachlan – to form a pretty handy breakaway group. They were able to establish a formidable lead of more than 40 seconds over the peloton, which included the other general classification challengers.
Sulzberger crossed the intermediate sprint ahead of his fellow escapees 11 times to establish a tour winning lead in the Sprint Championship and his victory in the stage also gave success in the Criterium Championship.
On top of that, Sulzberger has one hand on the Most Aggressive Rider Championship and is greedily eyeing off the tour's most cherished reward – overall victory. "I'll be giving it my best shot, don't worry about that," he said.
Photography
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- (L-R): Wes Sulzberger, sprint points leader Mark O'Brien stage 6 most aggressive rider, Tony Mann King of the Mountains leader and Dean Windsor the current tour leader
- The field gets under-way for stage seven a 45km criterium in Traralgon
- The peloton downhill with Traralgon in the background
- The Tour of Gippsland has been smokin' all the way!
- The tour leader Dean Windsor (Drapac Porsche) in action during stage seven in Traralgon
- Three riders got clear of the peloton: Robert McLachlan, Scott Peoples and Wes Sulzberger
- Miles Olman soon bridged the gap… much to McLachlan's surprise
- Darren Lapthorne leads his Drapac Porsche teammates round the streets of Traralgon
- The peloton heads under the banner of the Tattersall's Cup Cycling Series
- The main field in pursuit of the leaders
- Scott Peoples leads Wes Sulzberger through after Robert McLachlan and Miles Olman lost contact
- Riders at the back of the field; The field had to cover 30 laps of a 1.5km circuit
- Wes Sulzberger (R) edges out Scott Peoples in a thriller
- Cody Stevenson (R) brings the bunch home in stage seven at Traralgon
- Stage winner Wes Sulzberger is congratulated by South Australia.com team-mates Michael Ford (20) and Daniel McConnell (18)
- The stage seven podium (L-R): Scott Peoples (2nd), Wes Sulzberger (1st), and Darren Lapthorne (3rd)
- Darren Lapthorne (Drapac Porsche) has a 'Champers Shower' on the podium
- Wes Sulzberger (SA.com) takes a well deserved drink after his victory in stage seven
- Scott Peoples (20) from Shepparton was the winner of the Subaru Most Aggressive rider's jersey
- Wes Sulzberger wrapped up the East Gippsland Criterium Championship with his win in Traralgon
- Tour leader Dean Windsor drinks to the Latrobe Valley region for their support of the Tour of Gippsland
Results
1 Wesley Sulzberger 1.07.19 (40.11 km/h) 2 Scott Peoples 3 Darren Lapthorne 0.08 4 Mark O'Brien 0.33 5 Brendan Brooks 6 Richie Porte 0.36 7 Cody Stevenson 0.38 8 Robert McLachlan 9 Dean Windsor 10 Jason Hegert 11 Robert Cater 12 Jacob Sutherland 13 Chris Jongewaard 14 Tim Hucker 15 Julian Dutton 16 Nick Both 17 Tim Buchanan 18 Jack Alexander 19 Fabio Calabria 20 David Pell 21 Cameron Peterson 22 Peter Milostic 23 Matthew Delahunty 24 Andrew Ward 25 Michael Tolhurst 26 Aaron Wheeler 27 Tom Middleton 28 Miles Olman 29 Michael Ford 30 Edwin Crossling 31 Stephen Isbel 32 Mitchell Docker 33 Chris Jory 34 Lachlan Norris 35 Tony Mann 36 George Bunt 37 Stephen Wooldridge 38 Bradley Clarke 39 Daniel McConnell 40 Stuart Shaw 41 Patrick Shaw 42 Benjamin Juzwin 43 Alistair Crossling 1.42 44 Damien Turner 45 Chris Steffanoni 46 Stephen Cunningham 47 Brad Edmunds 48 Peter Smith 49 Vaughan Bowman 2.15 50 Peter Ladd 51 Timothy Walker 52 Daniel Furmston 53 Casey Munro 54 Allan Sieper 55 Mitchell Vervaart 56 Brett Franklin 57 Christopher Fry 58 William Zammit 4.30 59 Grant Webster 60 Simon Pearson 61 Kym Howard 62 Matthew Jensen 63 Trent Stevenson 64 Will Dickeson 65 David Hiley 66 Jarrod Harman 67 Heath Keenan 6.45 68 James Henry 69 Phillip Stokes 70 Mitch Chapman 71 Samuel Rix 72 Jack Hudson 73 Damon De Angelis 74 Glen Peterson 75 Michael Gallagher 9.00 76 Stephen Price 77 Will Wettenhall 78 Steven Pilson 79 Simon Van Der Aa 80 Kyle Marwood 81 William Murray 82 Steven Robb 13.30 83 Malcolm Hart 84 Andrew Hanigan DNF Daniel Newnham Sprints Sprint 1 - end of lap 6 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Robert Cater 2 3 David Pell 1 Sprint 2 - end of lap 8 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Patrick Shaw 2 3 Robert Cater 1 Sprint 3 - end of lap 10 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Scott Peoples 2 3 Robert Cater 1 Sprint 4 - end of lap 12 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Scott Peoples 2 3 Robert McLachlan 1 Sprint 5 - end of lap 14 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Scott Peoples 2 3 Robert McLachlan 1 Sprint 6 - end of lap 16 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Scott Peoples 2 3 Robert McLachlan 1 Sprint 7 - end of lap 18 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 2 3 Scott Peoples 1 Sprint 8 - end of lap 20 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 2 3 Scott Peoples 1 Sprint 9 - end of lap 22 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Scott Peoples 2 3 Miles Olman 1 Sprint 10 - end of lap 24 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Scott Peoples 2 3 Mitchell Docker 1 Sprint 11 - end of lap 26 1 Wesley Sulzberger 3 pts 2 Scott Peoples 2 3 Patrick Shaw 1 General classification after stage 7 1 Dean Windsor 10.28.30 2 Wesley Sulzberger 0.54 3 Cody Stevenson 1.08 4 Chris Jongewaard 1.32 5 Tony Mann 2.01 6 Miles Olman 2.09 7 Fabio Calabria 2.29 8 Darren Lapthorne 2.46 9 Mitchell Docker 3.48 10 Patrick Shaw 4.25 11 David Pell 4.28 12 Robert McLachlan 4.29 13 Peter Milostic 4.38 14 Tim Buchanan 4.40 15 Daniel McConnell 4.49 16 Robert Cater 5.00 17 Brendan Brooks 5.10 18 Mark O'Brien 5.17 19 Jacob Sutherland 5.20 20 Lachlan Norris 21 Stuart Shaw 5.28 22 Edwin Crossling 5.30 23 Michael Tolhurst 5.33 24 Tim Hucker 5.46 25 Scott Peoples 6.23 26 Casey Munro 7.03 27 Jason Hegert 7.22 28 Michael Ford 7.28 29 Nick Both 7.44 30 Chris Steffanoni 8.46 31 Mitch Chapman 12.01 32 Bradley Clarke 12.35 33 Stephen Isbel 12.48 34 Vaughan Bowman 14.42 35 Benjamin Juzwin 15.35 36 Richie Porte 20.45 37 Cameron Peterson 20.49 38 Jack Alexander 21.39 39 Tom Middleton 22.05 40 Matthew Delahunty 22.08 41 Will Dickeson 22.34 42 Julian Dutton 22.47 43 Allan Sieper 23.22 44 Andrew Ward 23.45 45 Chris Jory 46 Aaron Wheeler 47 George Bunt 24.34 48 Peter Smith 24.44 49 Brad Edmunds 24.49 50 Timothy Walker 25.52 51 Daniel Furmston 26.29 52 Peter Ladd 27.16 53 Jarrod Harman 27.32 54 Alistair Crossling 28.01 55 Trent Stevenson 28.25 56 Stephen Cunningham 29.13 57 Stephen Wooldridge 30.05 58 Brett Franklin 30.07 59 Kym Howard 32.22 60 Christopher Fry 33.37 61 Simon Pearson 33.54 62 Matthew Jensen 33.58 63 Grant Webster 34.43 64 Damien Turner 34.51 65 David Hiley 35.27 66 Steven Robb 35.50 67 Jack Hudson 40.10 68 Andrew Hanigan 42.08 69 Phillip Stokes 47.38 70 Glen Peterson 48.21 71 William Zammit 48.30 72 Heath Keenan 49.18 73 Steven Pilson 55.35 74 Samuel Rix 1.01.51 75 Michael Gallagher 1.01.53 76 Will Wettenhall 1.05.25 77 Damon De Angelis 1.16.29 78 Malcolm Hart 1.16.33 79 Kyle Marwood 1.17.35 80 William Murray 1.22.44 81 Mitchell Vervaart 1.27.52 82 James Henry 1.33.05 83 Stephen Price 1.43.11 84 Simon Van Der Aa 1.57.44 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 McConnell 2 16 Chris Jongewaard 2 17 Stuart Shaw 1 Sprints classification 1 Wesley Sulzberger 84 pts 2 Dean Windsor 48 3 Patrick Shaw 27 4 Mitchell Docker 25 5 Chris Jongewaard 20 6 Scott Peoples 17 7 Julian Dutton 15 8 Robert McLachlan 11 9 Michael Tolhurst 8 10 Mark O'Brien 8 11 David Pell 8 12 Tony Mann 8 13 Cody Stevenson 7 14 Will Dickeson 7 15 Darren Lapthorne 6 16 Robert Cater 6 17 Vaughan Bowman 4 18 Brendan Brooks 4 19 Peter Ladd 4 20 Tim Buchanan 3 21 Cameron Peterson 3 22 Nick Both 2 23 Richie Porte 2 24 Steven Robb 2 25 Simon Pearson 1 26 Michael Ford 1 27 Jason Hegert 1 28 Stuart Shaw 1 29 Miles Olman 1 30 Trent Stevenson 1 Criterium Championship 1 Wesley Sulzberger 35 pts 2 Dean Windsor 27 3 Cody Stevenson 20 4 Scott Peoples 13 5 Darren Lapthorne 13 6 Patrick Shaw 10 7 Mitchell Docker 10 8 Robert McLachlan 10 9 Miles Olman 9 10 Mark O'Brien 7 11 Chris Jongewaard 7 12 Tim Buchanan 7 13 Peter Milostic 6 14 Brendan Brooks 6 15 David Pell 5 16 Cameron Peterson 5 17 Richie Porte 5 18 Will Dickeson 4 19 Stuart Shaw 3 20 Tom Middleton 3 21 Robert Cater 2 22 Michael Ford 1 23 Jason Hegert 1 24 Stephen Wooldridge 1 Most aggressive rider classification 1 Wesley Sulzberger 6 pts 2 Sean Finning 2 3 Tony Mann 2 4 Mitchell Docker 2 5 Scott Peoples 2 6 Mark O'Brien 2 7 Darren Lapthorne 2
