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PowerNet Tour of Southland - 2.2New Zealand, November 6-11, 2006Main Page Results Overall standings Stage Details Previous Stage Next Stage Stage 6 - November 9: Balfour - Crown Range, 133.9 km
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Gordon McCauley won the 133km stage from Lumsden to the Crown Range near Queenstown but the stage also saw Hayden Roulston return to yellow.
"The break went and I covered it," said McCauley. "I got a free ride. I was just there to look after Aaron's lead so the stage win was a bonus." McCauley, who has ridden the Tour 13 times and has always gone home with one of the category jerseys, was happy though with the stage win, and said, "I'd sooner have a stage win anytime than eighth place overall."
Roulston was relieved and happy to be back in yellow. "It was hard to get everybody motivated to work; they were all scared of the hill. I did think at one point that the race was done and I think I was lucky to get as close as I did," said Roulston.
Snow fell on Southland for the stage start and some of the overseas visitors believed (or hoped) that the stage would be cancelled but that did not happen. The action came early in the stage when 11 riders went away after 28km, including McCauley, Karl Murray, Brendan Jones, Anthony Chapman, Joe Chapman, Mike Northey, Joe Cocker, Sergio Hernandez, Adam Bergman, Reon Park and Eric Drower. The 11 really received some fire power when they were joined later by Peter Latham, Rob MacLachlan, Kristian House, Geoff Burndred, Justin Kerr, Fraser McMaster and Mark Langlands.
At one point the break went out to 4'30", making Reon Park (Cycling Surgery) the race leader on the road but at the 85km mark the gap dropped back to 3'15", then at 96km to 2'50".
McCauley had had an easy ride as a passenger in the break being a team mate of Tour leader Aaron Strong but at the 100km mark he got the message from team director Ron Cheatley to go for the stage win. He jumped clear from the tiring bunch and was quickly joined by Englishman Kristian House. As the pair began the tortuous climb up the Crown Range, McCauley went clear and at the finish was half a minute ahead of House with Hayden Roulston, who had left the main chasing peloton, finishing third at 1'19" behind the winner.
Tour leader Aaron Strong missed the initial break but his team director and NZ cycling guru Ron Cheatley was surprised that he didn't go with the second break. "I can't believe that really, but he wasn't there and it's over now," Cheatley told Cyclingnews. He said that he rated Roulston as a whole level above anybody else in the field.
Tomorrow the riders face the gruelling 163km stage from Winton to the Tourist resort Te Anau.
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1 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Café 2.23.51 2 Kristian House (GBr) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 0.32 3 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cycle Surgery 1.19 4 Paul Crake (Aus) Daikin C H Faul 1.32 5 Reon Park (NZl) Cycle Surgery 1.47 6 Fraser MacMaster (NZl) Subway 1.57 7 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Rabobank 2.04 8 Rob MacLachlan (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 2.06 9 Sergio Hernandez (USA) No Opportunity Wasted 2.16 10 Clinton Avery (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 2.30 11 Joe Cooper (NZl) Subway 12 Peter Latham (NZl) The Southland Times 2.32 13 Scott Lyttle (NZl) The Southland Times 2.36 14 Aaron Strong (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Café 2.41 15 Eddy Hilger (USA) Rabobank 2.46 16 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 2.57 17 Mark Langlands (NZl) Colour Plus 3.01 18 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 3.12 19 Matt Gilbert (NZl) Share The Road 3.21 20 Logan Hunn (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 3.35 21 Thurlow Rojers (USA) Hilo Decorating 3.37 22 David Pell (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 3.47 23 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 24 Adam Bergman (USA) Hilo Decorating 25 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Rabobank 3.57 26 Justin Kerr (NZl) Rabobank 4.10 27 Stephen Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating 4.56 28 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Share The Road 29 Brendan Jones (Aus) Sycamore Print 5.00 30 Ashley Whitehead (NZl) Creation Signs 5.12 31 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 6.16 32 Luke Watkins (NZl) Cycleworkz 6.24 33 Miles Watson (NZl) Cycleworkz 6.32 34 Adam Coker (NZl) Share The Road 35 Josh Page (NZl) Jackson & Wills 6.52 36 Andrew Ward (Aus) Sycamore Print 37 Glen McSkimming (NZl) Riverside Rentals 38 Eric Drower (NZl) Fulton Hogan 7.16 39 John Alabaster (NZl) Placemakers 7.25 40 Marcus Roy (NZl) Fulton Hogan 7.32 41 Alistair Crossling (NZl) Race Sponsors Team 7.49 42 Chris Macic (NZl) Colour Plus 7.51 43 Dylan Cooper (Aus) Daikin C H Faul 7.56 44 Stephen Elden (NZl) Cycling Southland 7.57 45 Matt King (NZl) Creation Signs 8.02 46 Aaron Wheeler (NZl) Race Sponsors Team 8.05 47 Gaine Petterson (NZl) Cycling Southland 8.10 48 Thomas Hanover (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 8.12 49 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Subway 8.13 50 Jesse Sargeant (NZl) Colour Plus 8.14 51 Scott Rainsford (NZl) Placemakers 8.22 52 Stephen Popenhagen (NZl) Placemakers 53 Brad Carter (NZl) Colour Plus 8.28 54 Marc Ryan (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Café 8.29 55 Mathew Gorter (NZl) Cycling Southland 56 Tim Walker (Aus) Sycamore Print 8.35 57 Matt Sillars (NZl) Race Sponsors Team 8.51 58 John Ebeling (Aus) Daikin C H Faul 8.59 59 Paul Bishop (NZl) Cycling Southland 60 Jarrod Harman (Aus) Race Sponsors Team 61 Scott Hodges (NZl) SouthRoads 62 Michael Kingan (NZl) Jackson & Wills 9.03 63 Travis Kane (NZl) South West Helicopters 9.15 64 Chuck Coyle (USA) McIntyre Dick & Partners 65 Garrett Peltonen (USA) McIntyre Dick & Partners 66 Mike Sayers (USA) McIntyre Dick & Partners 67 Darren Shea (NZl) Subway 9.23 68 Ed Barrett (NZl) Benchmark Homes Winton's Middle Pub 9.29 69 Ben Powell (NZl) Fulton Hogan 9.36 70 Justin Ralph (NZl) Jackson & Wills 9.40 71 Westley Gough (NZl) Colour Plus 9.44 72 Alex Mennhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 9.52 73 Eliot Crowther (NZl) Team Ultimo 9.55 74 Greg Henderson (NZl) McIntyre Dick & Partners 10.00 75 Brian Fowler (NZl) Benchmark Homes Winton's Middle Pub 76 Tim Bennett (NZl) Team Ultimo 10.07 77 Dan Waluszewski (NZl) Subway 10.10 78 Michael White (NZl) SouthRoads 10.17 79 Stuart Shaw (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Café 80 Stephen Blair (Aus) Daikin C H Faul 81 Sam Bewley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Café 10.33 82 Garry Smith (NZl) SouthRoads 10.35 83 Paul Winterbourne (NZl) South West Helicopters 10.44 84 Adam Curry (NZl) Share The Road 10.50 85 Scott Peoples (Aus) The Southland Times 16.49 86 Matt Haydock (NZl) The Southland Times 87 Ian Paulin (NZl) Riverside Rentals 17.47 88 Simon Croom (NZl) South West Helicopters 18.00 89 Grant Lyon (NZl) Placemakers 18.18 90 Andrew Williams (NZl) Benchmark Homes Winton's Middle Pub 18.56 91 Jason Somerville (Aus) Sycamore Print 19.32 92 Steven Hands (NZl) Cycleworkz 20.21 93 Mark Crowther (NZl) Fulton Hogan 21.44 94 Ryan Cull (NZl) Cycle Surgery 22.24 95 Mike Northey (NZl) The Southland Times 24.27 96 Paul Odlin (NZl) Jackson & Wills 97 Chris Walker (USA) Hilo Decorating 31.48 98 Wayne Hildred (NZl) Riverside Rentals 31.55 99 Brian Biggs (NZl) Cycling Southland 31.58 100 Lachlan Shannon (NZl) Fulton Hogan 32.49 101 Ollie Pearce (NZl) Benchmark Homes Winton's Middle Pub 102 Tim Hargrave (NZl) Race Sponsors Team 33.15 103 Scott Wilder (NZl) Benchmark Homes Winton's Middle Pub 33.45 104 Daniel Carruthers (Aus) Sycamore Print 34.44 105 Glen Thomson (NZl) Cycle Surgery 36.45 106 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) South West Helicopters 37.09 107 Nick Emery (NZl) Jackson & Wills 38.33 108 James Fairweather (NZl) Cycleworkz 38.47 109 Matt Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 39.43 110 Robert Coble (USA) Hilo Decorating 40.03 111 Andrew Widdup (NZl) Creation Signs 40.28 112 Eric Losak (USA) No Opportunity Wasted 40.30 113 Paul Gough (NZl) Cycle Surgery 41.33 114 Dave Beadle (NZl) South West Helicopters 49.21 115 Ben Olesen (NZl) Team Ultimo 57.01 116 Andrew Lock (NZl) SouthRoads 58.31 DNF Alistair Adam (NZl) SouthRoads DNF Ricky Simonsen (NZl) Riverside Rentals DNF Tony Hogg (NZl) Riverside Rentals DNS Eric Barlevav (USA) No Opportunity Wasted General classification after stage 6 1 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cycle Surgery 13.01.51 2 Reon Park (NZl) Cycle Surgery 0.28 3 Aaron Strong (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Café 0.43 4 Scott Lyttle (NZl) The Southland Times 0.56 5 Rob MacLachlan (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 1.18 6 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 1.20 7 Kristian House (GBr) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 1.42 8 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Café 1.46 9 Paul Crake (Aus) Daikin C H Faul 2.26 10 Clinton Avery (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 2.43 11 Fraser MacMaster (NZl) Subway 2.50 12 Matt Gilbert (NZl) Share The Road 3.03 13 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Rabobank 3.34 13 Joe Cooper (NZl) Subway 15 Peter Latham (NZl) The Southland Times 3.38 16 Logan Hunn (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 3.39 17 Sergio Hernandez (USA) No Opportunity Wasted 4.54 18 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 5.03 19 Justin Kerr (NZl) Rabobank 5.04 20 Eddy Hilger (USA) Rabobank 5.22 21 Ashley Whitehead (NZl) Creation Signs 5.23 22 David Pell (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 5.44 23 Thurlow Rojers (USA) Hilo Decorating 5.54 24 Stephen Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating 6.03 25 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Rabobank 6.37 26 Lex Nederlof (Ned) Share The Road 7.45 27 Luke Watkins (NZl) Cycleworkz 8.38 28 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Subway 8.41 29 Garrett Peltonen (USA) McIntyre Dick & Partners 8.53 30 Miles Watson (NZl) Cycleworkz 8.56 31 Mike Sayers (USA) McIntyre Dick & Partners 9.44 32 Mark Langlands (NZl) Colour Plus 9.58 33 Stuart Shaw (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Café 10.16 34 Chris Macic (NZl) Colour Plus 10.22 35 Scott Hodges (NZl) SouthRoads 12.05 36 Chuck Coyle (USA) McIntyre Dick & Partners 12.13 37 Eliot Crowther (NZl) Team Ultimo 12.23 38 Eric Drower (NZl) Fulton Hogan 13.05 39 Greg Henderson (NZl) McIntyre Dick & Partners 13.11 40 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 13.42 41 Paul Winterbourne (NZl) South West Helicopters 13.43 42 Garry Smith (NZl) SouthRoads 14.27 43 Marcus Roy (NZl) Fulton Hogan 14.31 44 Adam Coker (NZl) Share The Road 15.18 45 Dan Waluszewski (NZl) Subway 15.43 46 Gaine Petterson (NZl) Cycling Southland 15.47 47 Adam Bergman (USA) Hilo Decorating 16.00 48 Scott Peoples (Aus) The Southland Times 16.24 49 Jarrod Harman (Aus) Race Sponsors Team 16.44 50 Marc Ryan (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Café 17.01 51 Dylan Cooper (Aus) Daikin C H Faul 17.39 52 Matt King (NZl) Creation Signs 18.14 53 Paul Bishop (NZl) Cycling Southland 18.48 54 Matt Sillars (NZl) Race Sponsors Team 18.58 55 Glen McSkimming (NZl) Riverside Rentals 19.17 56 Stephen Elden (NZl) Cycling Southland 19.46 57 Alistair Crossling (NZl) Race Sponsors Team 20.21 58 Scott Rainsford (NZl) Placemakers 20.37 59 Mathew Gorter (NZl) Cycling Southland 20.58 60 Aaron Wheeler (NZl) Race Sponsors Team 21.11 61 Michael Kingan (NZl) Jackson & Wills 21.33 62 John Alabaster (NZl) Placemakers 21.53 62 Brian Fowler (NZl) Benchmark Homes Winton's Middle Pub 64 Ed Barrett (NZl) Benchmark Homes Winton's Middle Pub 21.58 65 Brad Carter (NZl) Colour Plus 22.05 66 Thomas Hanover (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 22.14 67 Tim Walker (Aus) Sycamore Print 22.21 68 Stephen Popenhagen (NZl) Placemakers 22.26 69 Grant Lyon (NZl) Placemakers 22.39 70 John Ebeling (Aus) Daikin C H Faul 22.46 71 Josh Page (NZl) Jackson & Wills 22.56 72 Westley Gough (NZl) Colour Plus 23.20 73 Travis Kane (NZl) South West Helicopters 23.36 74 Darren Shea (NZl) Subway 23.40 75 Justin Ralph (NZl) Jackson & Wills 23.46 76 Sam Bewley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Café 23.48 77 Alex Mennhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 23.49 78 Tim Bennett (NZl) Team Ultimo 23.54 79 Matt Haydock (NZl) The Southland Times 24.08 80 Adam Curry (NZl) Share The Road 25.28 81 Stephen Blair (Aus) Daikin C H Faul 25.56 82 Michael White (NZl) SouthRoads 26.07 83 Andrew Ward (Aus) Sycamore Print 26.12 84 Ben Powell (NZl) Fulton Hogan 26.16 85 Brendan Jones (Aus) Sycamore Print 26.47 86 Mike Northey (NZl) The Southland Times 31.46 87 Andrew Williams (NZl) Benchmark Homes Winton's Middle Pub 33.24 88 Paul Odlin (NZl) Jackson & Wills 33.34 89 Steven Hands (NZl) Cycleworkz 34.40 90 Jason Somerville (Aus) Sycamore Print 35.13 91 Mark Crowther (NZl) Fulton Hogan 35.46 92 Ian Paulin (NZl) Riverside Rentals 36.45 93 Jesse Sargeant (NZl) Colour Plus 39.06 94 Chris Walker (USA) Hilo Decorating 41.04 95 Ollie Pearce (NZl) Benchmark Homes Winton's Middle Pub 43.50 96 Brian Biggs (NZl) Cycling Southland 44.10 97 Lachlan Shannon (NZl) Fulton Hogan 45.17 98 Wayne Hildred (NZl) Riverside Rentals 47.37 99 Scott Wilder (NZl) Benchmark Homes Winton's Middle Pub 47.54 100 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 48.08 101 Ryan Cull (NZl) Cycle Surgery 49.38 102 James Fairweather (NZl) Cycleworkz 54.51 103 Eric Losak (USA) No Opportunity Wasted 57.25 104 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) South West Helicopters 1.06.47 105 Matt Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 1.07.47 106 Daniel Carruthers (Aus) Sycamore Print 1.08.06 107 Robert Coble (USA) Hilo Decorating 1.22.46 108 Tim Hargrave (NZl) Race Sponsors Team 1.24.06 109 Glen Thomson (NZl) Cycle Surgery 1.24.17 110 Ben Olesen (NZl) Team Ultimo 1.29.31 111 Andrew Widdup (NZl) Creation Signs 1.35.27 112 Paul Gough (NZl) Cycle Surgery 1.40.04 113 Simon Croom (NZl) South West Helicopters 1.45.17 114 Nick Emery (NZl) Jackson & Wills 1.52.53 115 Dave Beadle (NZl) South West Helicopters 2.08.49 116 Andrew Lock (NZl) SouthRoads 2.55.57 DNF Alistair Adam (NZl) SouthRoads DNF Ricky Simonsen (NZl) Riverside Rentals DNF Tony Hogg (NZl) Riverside Rentals DNS Eric Barlevav (USA) No Opportunity Wasted Sprint results 1 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 113 2 Curtis Gunn (USA) No Opportunity Wasted 34 3 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Café 25 4 Brendan Jones (Aus) Sycamore Print 25 5 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 12 6 Greg Henderson (NZl) McIntyre Dick & Partners 10 7 Adam Curry (NZl) Share The Road 10 8 David Pell (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 10 9 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 9 10 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Subway 9 11 Paul Odlin (NZl) Jackson & Wills 8 12 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 7 13 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Rabobank 6 14 John Ebeling (Aus) Daikin C H Faul 6 15 Tim Bennett (NZl) Team Ultimo 6 16 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cycle Surgery 5 17 Fraser MacMaster (NZl) Subway 4 18 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Rabobank 4 19 Eddy Hilger (USA) Rabobank 4 20 Rob MacLachlan (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 4 21 Paul Bishop (NZl) Cycling Southland 4 22 Ollie Pearce (NZl) Benchmark Homes Winton's Middle Pub 4 23 Kristian House (GBr) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 3 24 Reon Park (NZl) Cycle Surgery 3 25 Joe Cooper (NZl) Subway 3 26 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Share The Road 3 27 Andrew Williams (NZl) Benchmark Homes Winton's Middle Pub 3 28 Clinton Avery (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 3 29 Ryan Cull (NZl) Cycle Surgery 3 30 Justin Kerr (NZl) Rabobank 2 31 Scott Peoples (Aus) The Southland Times 2 32 Garrett Peltonen (USA) McIntyre Dick & Partners 2 33 Matt Gilbert (NZl) Share The Road 2 34 Logan Hunn (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 2 35 Ashley Whitehead (NZl) Creation Signs 2 36 Aaron Strong (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Café 2 37 Marc Ryan (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Café 2 38 John Alabaster (NZl) Placemakers 2 39 Mark Langlands (NZl) Colour Plus 1 40 Tim Walker (Aus) Sycamore Print 1 41 Eliot Crowther (NZl) Team Ultimo 1 42 Will Alexander (NZl) Cycleworkz 1 43 Scott Lyttle (NZl) The Southland Times 1 44 Chris Macic (NZl) Colour Plus 1 45 Darren Shea (NZl) Subway 1 46 Mike Sayers (USA) McIntyre Dick & Partners 1 47 Matt Haydock (NZl) The Southland Times 1 48 Adam Coker (NZl) Share The Road 1 49 Alex Mennhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 1 50 Dan Waluszewski (NZl) Subway 1 51 Stephen Blair (Aus) Daikin C H Faul 1 King of the Mountains results 1 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 24 2 Ashley Whitehead (NZl) Creation Signs 24 3 Eddy Hilger (USA) Rabobank 22 4 Clinton Avery (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 22 5 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Café 10 6 Kristian House (GBr) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 10 7 Justin Kerr (NZl) Rabobank 8 8 Scott Peoples (Aus) The Southland Times 8 9 Aaron Strong (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Café 8 10 Stephen Elden (NZl) Cycling Southland 8 11 Greg Henderson (NZl) McIntyre Dick & Partners 6 12 Matt Gilbert (NZl) Share The Road 6 13 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cycle Surgery 4 14 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 4 15 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Share The Road 4 16 Luisalejandro Zamudio (USA) No Opportunity Wasted 4 17 John Alabaster (NZl) Placemakers 4 18 Stephen Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating 2 19 David Pell (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 2 Team results 1 Calder Stewart 39.09.38 2 Rabobank 6.52 3 Trek/Zookeepers Cafe 7.04 4 Subway 10.59 5 Share the Road 15.17 6 The Southland Times 16.42 7 Hilo Decorating 20.45 8 Creation Signs 22.26 9 Ascot Park Hotel 24.26 10 McIntyre Dick & Partners 25.15 11 Daikin CH Faul 36.47 12 ColorPlus 37.49 13 Cycle Surgery 43.55 14 Cycleworkz 45.14 15 Fulton Hogan 45.24 16 Cycling Southland 45.55 17 Southroads 48.08 18 Placemakers 49.18 19 Race Sponsors Team 49.53 20 Jackson..Wills 51.50 21 Sycamore Print 57.36 22 Benchmark Homes/Middle Pub 1.08.15 23 Southwest Helicopters 1.13.01 24 Riverside Rentals 1.32.21 25 Team Ultimo 1.58.59
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