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19th Trust House Classic (Tour of Wellington) - 2.2
New Zealand, January 25-29, 2006
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Stage 3 - January 26: Masterton Criterium, 40 km
Roulston enjoys a win
By Nick Warren in Masterton
A super-fast circuit and near perfect conditions, that were in total contrast to the previous night’s racing in Lower Hutt, saw Hayden Roulston (Subway) claim his first stage of the tour ahead of Scotland’s Evan Oliphant and race leader Tim Gudsell (Samsung NZ National Team).
Masterton played host to the evening criterium, where wide roads allowed riders maintain high speed despite numerous cornering. Early attacks were closely guarded by Gudsell’s Samsung NZ team and the pace was furious, taking its toll on the peloton.
Riders were being dropped left, right and centre as the field fully strung itself out, sometimes stretching the entire length of a straight.
A break of three were allowed some freedom after the first sprint, which were taking place every 10mins. Wesley Sulzberger (SouthAustralia.com-AIS), Jeremy Vennell (Subway) and Dean Winsor (Mercedes Benz-Wellington Star) held a 10 second lead for 20 minutes, but the field was merely playing with them.
After the 30 minute sprint, their lead disappeared as some of the big guns went on the attack. Subway, Scotland and SouthAustralia.com-AIS consistently tried to get away from Gudsell and his Samsung team.
Two riders finally put clear road between them and the bunch. Evan Oliphant and Miles Olman (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) held a five second gap over the bunch with 15 minutes remaining.
A crash by James McCallum (Scotland) five minutes later caused the bunch to shred and five riders bridge the gap to the leaders. McCallum had rolled his tyre and may have injured his collarbone.
The seven-strong group contained among others, Roulston, Oliphant, Gudsell, Rob McLachlan (Trust House). With so many top contenders representing the big teams the bunch eased off, letting the break gain a near one-minute lead by the finish.
McLachlan tried his luck heading into the final lap, opening a small gap which he held until Roulston unleashed his sprint with 200m to go. Oliphant pipped Gudsell to the finish with Logan Hutchings (Samsung NZ National Team) in fourth.
"I didn’t enjoy last night’s race at all," said Roulston. "But once we established the break I felt really good."
Of his Aussie rivals, Roulston highly rates SouthAustralia.com-AIS, saying "they are the number one team pursuit team probably in the world, you can’t underestimate them."
Results
1 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team Subway 1.07.22 2 Evan Oliphant (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 3 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 4 Peter Dawson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 5 Rob MacLachlan (Aus) Trust House Team 6 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 7 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 0.21 8 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Trust House Team 1.15 8 Michael Cupitt (Aus) Trust House Team 8 Dylan Cooper (Aus) Trust House Team 8 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Trust House Team 8 Darren Lapthorn (Aus) Trust House Team 8 Stephen Stannard (NZl) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 8 Michael Torkler (NZl) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 8 Dean Windsor (Aus) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 8 Alex Coutts (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 8 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 8 Peter Latham (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 8 Graeme Stone (NZl) R+R 8 Sean Finning (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 8 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 8 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 8 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 8 Aaron Wheeler (NZl) Cytosport 8 Will Alexander (NZl) Pravda 8 Darrin Strahan (NZl) Pravda 8 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Pravda 8 Paul Odlin (NZl) Handy Rentals 8 Justin Ralph (NZl) Penny Cycles 8 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Penny Cycles 8 Justin Kerr (NZl) Penny Cycles 8 Dan Warren (NZl) BP NZ 8 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Subway 8 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Team Subway 8 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Team Subway 8 Michael Northey (NZl) Team Subway 8 Edwin Crossling (NZl) Tait Communications 8 Adam Coker (NZl) Tait Communications 8 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Infinity Solutions 8 Josh Wilson (Aus) Infinity Solutions 8 Matthew Gilbert (NZl) EMC2 Bikes 8 Laurent Beuret (Swi) EMC2 Bikes 8 Mitch Chapman (Aus) EMC2 Bikes 44 Sam Bewley (NZl) Team Subway 1.59 45 Cameron Holt (NZl) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 2.42 45 Michael Frankovich (NZl) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 45 Don Oakley (NZl) Handy Rentals 45 Matthew Gorter (NZl) Penny Cycles 45 Chris Van Houtte (NZl) Penny Cycles 45 Saul Webb (NZl) BP NZ 45 Scott Wilder (NZl) BP NZ 45 Julian Dean (NZl) Tait Communications 45 Matt Sillars (NZl) Infinity Solutions 45 Dan Waluszews (NZl) Infinity Solutions 55 Ben Oleson (NZl) Handy Rentals 2.56 56 Marc Ryan (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 3.04 57 James Mccallum (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 3.13 58 Gareth Montgomer (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 3.22 59 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 3.33 59 Patrick Frutschi (Swi) EMC2 Bikes 59 Ross Steward (NZl) EMC2 Bikes 62 Josh Brannigan (NZl) BP NZ 3.45 63 Jason Allen (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 3.58 64 Brady Gibbons (NZl) R+R 5.37 64 Courtney Black (NZl) Handy Rentals 66 Paul Sumich (NZl) Cytosport 6.08 66 Scott Strong (NZl) Cytosport 66 Dion Neems (NZl) Cytosport 66 Blair Brydon (NZl) Cytosport 66 Blair Sutherland (NZl) Cytosport 66 Joseph Crooks (NZl) Pravda 66 Ross Mackintosh (NZl) Handy Rentals 66 Sam Horn (NZl) Tait Communications 66 Benjamin Mackinnon (NZl) Infinity Solutions 66 Andrew Thompson (NZl) EMC2 Bikes General classification after stage 3 1 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 4.56.49 2 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team Subway 0.33 3 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 0.39 3 Peter Dawson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 5 Evan Oliphant (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 1.39 6 Rob MacLachlan (Aus) Trust House Team 1.43 7 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Subway 1.50 8 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 2.04 9 Sam Bewley (NZl) Team Subway 2.05 10 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Trust House Team 2.07 11 Darren Lapthorn (Aus) Trust House Team 2.11 12 Michael Cupitt (Aus) Trust House Team 2.58 12 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Trust House Team 12 Stephen Stannard (NZl) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 12 Michael Torkler (NZl) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 12 Dean Windsor (Aus) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 12 Alex Coutts (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 12 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 12 Peter Latham (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 12 Stephen Wooldridge (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 12 Ashley Hutchinson (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 12 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 12 Will Alexander (NZl) Pravda 12 Darrin Strahan (NZl) Pravda 12 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Penny Cycles 12 Justin Kerr (NZl) Penny Cycles 12 Dan Warren (NZl) BP NZ 12 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Team Subway 12 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Team Subway 12 Edwin Crossling (NZl) Tait Communications 12 Josh Wilson (Aus) Infinity Solutions 12 Mitch Chapman (Aus) EMC2 Bikes 33 Michael Northey (NZl) Team Subway 3.08 33 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Infinity Solutions 35 Graeme Stone (NZl) R+R 3.36 35 Adam Coker (NZl) Tait Communications 37 Aaron Wheeler (NZl) Cytosport 3.40 38 Dylan Cooper (Aus) Trust House Team 4.02 38 Sean Finning (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 38 Justin Ralph (NZl) Penny Cycles 41 Matthew Gilbert (NZl) EMC2 Bikes 4.09 41 Laurent Beuret (Swi) EMC2 Bikes 43 Cameron Holt (NZl) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 4.25 44 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 4.27 45 Ben Oleson (NZl) Handy Rentals 4.39 46 Paul Odlin (NZl) Handy Rentals 4.43 47 Marc Ryan (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 5.04 48 Michael Frankovich (NZl) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 5.36 48 Don Oakley (NZl) Handy Rentals 48 Matthew Gorter (NZl) Penny Cycles 48 Scott Wilder (NZl) BP NZ 48 Dan Waluszews (NZl) Infinity Solutions 53 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Pravda 5.53 54 Jason Allen (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 5.58 55 James Mccallum (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 6.00 56 Saul Webb (NZl) BP NZ 6.10 56 Matt Sillars (NZl) Infinity Solutions 58 Ross Steward (NZl) EMC2 Bikes 6.27 59 Josh Brannigan (NZl) BP NZ 6.32 60 Gareth Montgomer (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 6.50 61 Patrick Frutschi (Swi) EMC2 Bikes 7.01 62 Julian Dean (NZl) Tait Communications 7.50 63 Brady Gibbons (NZl) R+R 7.58 64 Dion Neems (NZl) Cytosport 9.36 64 Blair Brydon (NZl) Cytosport 64 Blair Sutherland (NZl) Cytosport 67 Courtney Black (NZl) Handy Rentals 9.42 68 Paul Sumich (NZl) Cytosport 11.16 68 Scott Strong (NZl) Cytosport 68 Joseph Crooks (NZl) Pravda 68 Ross Mackintosh (NZl) Handy Rentals 68 Sam Horn (NZl) Tait Communications 68 Benjamin Mackinnon (NZl) Infinity Solutions 74 Chris Van Houtte (NZl) Penny Cycles 11.47 75 Andrew Thompson (NZl) EMC2 Bikes 11.59 Mountains classification 1 Duncan Urquhart (Scottish National Team) 6 pts 2 Stuart Shaw (Trust House) 4 3 Darren Lapthorne (Trust House) 2 Sprints classification 1 Sam Bewley (NZl) Team Subway 12 pts 2 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 11 3 Dean Windsor (Aus) Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 10 4 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 9 5 Miles Olman (Aus) SouthAustralia.com - AIS 3 6 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Team Subway 3 7 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Trust House Team 3 8 Marc Ryan (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 3 9 Evan Oliphant (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 2 10 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team Subway 2 11 Darren Lapthorn (Aus) Trust House Team 2 12 Peter Latham (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 2 13 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 1 14 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 1 15 Jason Allen (NZl) Samsung New Zealand Team 1 16 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Subway 1 Teams classification 1 Samsung New Zealand Team 14.54.16 2 Team Subway 0.11 3 SouthAustralia.com - AIS 1.52 4 Trust House Team 2.20 5 UKNZjobs.com Scotland National Team 5.03 6 Mercedes Benz - Wellington Star 5.05 7 Penny Cycles 6.09 8 EMC2 Bikes 7.27 9 Infinity Solutions 7.53 10 Pravda 8.00 11 BP NZ 10.14 12 Tait Communications 10.35 13 Handy Rentals 11.09 14 Cytosport 19.03
