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Timbercorp Cup Series Tour of Gippsland - NE
Australia, August 1-5, 2007
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Stage 7 - August 4: Paynesville - Dargo, 108.9km
Dempster one stage closer to victory
By Rod Morris in Dargo
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The Southaustralia.com team continued its dominance of the Timbercorp Tour of Gippsland on the penultimate day, winning both stages and extending the overall lead of Castlemaine's Zak Dempster. Seven stages down and one to go, Dempster will carry a 14-second lead into the final stage, a 40km criterium in Bairnsdale.
The afternoon road race was one of the tougher stages of this tour, but Nick Sanderson and NSW's Peter McDonald definitely deserved their one-two placings. Sanderson, McDonald and small group of riders were away from the peloton almost all afternoon, chopping up the intermediate sprints and hill climb points.
But their performance did not detract from Zak Dempster's overall tour lead. Protected by his national teammates, Dempster in fact increased his overnight lead and barring any unforeseen mishaps will be declared Tour of Gippsland champion in Bairnsdale on Sunday afternoon.
How it unfolded
Climbers were looking forward to the afternoon stage, a 108 km trek from Paynseville to Dargo, including no less than seven intermediate hill climbs.
Tasmanian mountain specialist Sid Taberlay was one of the main chances, but with plenty of points in the Tourism Victoria King of the Mountains Championship and with his closest challenger out of the picture, he didn't make his expected challenge.
Instead the early stage attacks came from Darcy Rosenlund, Cameron Meyer, Chris Pryor and Brad Edmunds. Eventually things began to settle down and a quality group of five riders, including Nick Sanderson, Peter McDonald, Rosenlund, Tony Mann and Miles Watson established a pack of five attackers and were able to get up the road by over four minutes.
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McDonald was the highest ranked General Classification rider of the quintet and there was plenty of work and attention to detail to come from Sanderson. "I was happy to keep it at around four minutes, that wasn't going to do too much damage back to Dempster and the rest of the team," Sanderson said.
A dual Bendigo Madison winner, Sanderson hasn't yet established much of a road riding record. "In fact I can't remember winning anything of note on the road," he said. "A lot of credit should go to Peter (McDonald) as well, he worked very hard over the mountains."
Whilst obviously disappointed, McDonald accepted his second placing, the third time he has scored a minor podium spot this week. "I'm not renowned for my sprinting, but I'll take what I can," he said.
Miles Watson was one of the surprise packets of the seventh stage. He stayed with Sanderson and McDonald for almost 80 km before eventually being reeled back to the bunch and coming home in 23rd place, 1.41 minutes behind the leaders. Leading the chase group home for third place was NSW rider Robbie Cater, 49 seconds adrift.
With Taberlay ensuring victory in the King of the Mountain Championship, the
Victoria The Place to Be Sprint King title will go down to the wire. Cameron
Meyer (WA) holds an 11-point lead over Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) with a maximum
of 48 points still up for grabs. Meyer also leads in the East Gippsland Shire
Council Criterium Championship, but is only 2-points clear of Peter McDonald
and a further point to Grant Irwin (Qld). The Timbercorp National series has
Dempster and Irwin locked together on 34 points, with stage, tour and finishing
points all to be determined in Bairnsdale.
Photography
For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Does anyone know where Eagle Point is?
- The peloton are all over the road in cross-winds on stage seven.
- A breakaway gets the gap on the rest beneath the trees near Paynesville.
- 1985 Launceston Wheelrace winner Geoff Fletcher (Danny Clark was off scratch) awaits the Tour in his job as scout/moto-pilot.
- Peter McDonald (NSWIS/FRF) was in the leading group that formed after some twenty-five kilometres.
- Yes! I'm on the front and in a photo on Cyclingnews.
- Tony Mann (R) and Nic Sanderson are happy to be in the lead group.
- Mountain bike rider Miles Watson put in a great ride on stage seven.
- The leading trio of Watson, McDonald and Sanderson opened up a sizeable gap on the peloton.
- The boys from Praties in the peloton (L-R):Ben Mather, Jarrod Harman and Daniel Furmston.
- The boys from SouthAustralia.com-AIS on the front of the peloton some four minutes behind the leading trio.
- Tour leader Zak Dempster (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) is only one stage away from victory.
- Chris Jory (NSWIS/FRF) at peace in the peloton and currently second overall on the general classification.
- Craig McCartney shares a funny moment in the peloton with Daniel Furmston.
- Sid Taberlay (TIS/Cyclingnews.com) will win the Tourism Victoria King of the Mountains competition.
- Mark Jamieson (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) a former World Junior Pursuit Champion on the Tour of Gippsland.
- Hey! Isn't this a cycling race? Riders take caution on a bridge Lindenow.
- Mark O'Brien (Drapac Porsche) went in search of the leaders on a climb with 40 kilometres remaining.
- The peloton are closing the gap to the leaders in the final 30 kilometres.
- Peter McDonald (R) and Nic Sanderson dropped Miles Watson some 25 kilometres from the finish in Dargo.
- The yellow jersey of Zak Dempster is tucked away in the peloton on a bridge a Waterford.
- Nic Sanderson (South Australia.com-AIS) is wrapped to take the stage into Dargo ahead of breakaway partner Peter McDonald (NSWIS/FRF).
- Robert Cater (NSWIS/FRF) comes home in third place after the peloton closed the gap on the descent into Dargo.
- The boys from NSWIS/FRF in Dargo after the finish to stage seven of the 2007 Timbercorp Tour of Gippsland.
- The stage seven podium spray (L-R): Robert Cater (3rd, NSWIS/FRF), Nic Sanderson (1st, South Australia.com) and Peter McDonald (2nd, NSWIS/FRF).
Results
1 Nicholas Sanderson (Vic) 3.05.24 2 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 3 Robbie Cater (NSW) 0.49 4 Grant Irwin (Qld) 5 Nicholas Walker (Vic) 6 Patrick Shaw (Vic) 7 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 8 Chris Jory (NSW) 9 Zakkari Dempster (Vic) 10 Ben Mather (Tas) 11 Steven Robb (Vic) 12 Brendan Schultz (Vic) 13 Daniel Braunsteins (Vic) 14 Cameron Hughes (Qld) 15 Peter Herzig (NSW) 16 Craig Mccartney (Vic) 17 Peter Milostic (NSW) 18 Cameron Meyer (WA) 19 Jarrod Harman (Tas) 20 Damien Turner (Vic) 1.18 21 Simon Pearson (SA) 22 Tom Middleton (SA) 23 Miles Watson (Vic) 1.41 24 Brad Edmunds (Vic) 25 Peter Smith (Vic) 2.24 26 Mark O'brien (Vic) 27 William Ford (Vic) 28 Luke Cridland (NSW) 29 Danny Kah (Vic) 30 Nathan Wise (Vic) 31 Alexander Machin (Vic) 32 Hayden Josefski (Qld) 3.47 33 Chris Pryor (Qld) 5.14 34 Joe Mcdonnell (NSW) 6.05 35 Scott Kilmartin (Qld) 36 Will Dickeson (SA) 37 Daniel Furmston (Tas) 38 Sean Finning (Vic) 39 Vaughan Bowman (Vic) 13.22 40 Mark Jamieson (Tas) 24.30 41 Tony Mann (Qld) 42 Marcus Wettenhall (Vic) 43 Glen Peterson (Vic) 44 Grant Webster (Vic) 33.50 45 Brendan Jones (NSW) 38.30 46 Bradley Clark (NSW) 47 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 48 Christopher D'Amelio (Vic) 49 Samuel Rix (Vic) 50 Andrew Ward (Vic) 51 Jack Hudson (Qld) 52 Mathew Camilleri (NSW) DNS James Henry (Vic) DNS Gary Mueller (Vic) Sprints Mocka 17 Paynesvil 1 Chris Pryor (Qld) 3 pts 2 Cameron Meyer (WA) 2 3 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 1 Mocka 32 Bairnsdal 1 Cameron Meyer (WA) 3 pts 2 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 2 3 Brad Edmunds (Vic) 1 Mocka 43 Hillside C 1 Grant Irwin (Qld) 3 pts 2 Cameron Meyer (WA) 2 3 Brad Edmunds (Vic) 1 Mocka 55 Lindenow 1 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 3 pts 2 Tony Mann (Qld) 2 3 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 1 Mountains 1 (Cat 4) 1 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 2 Nicholas Sanderson (Vic) 3 Miles Watson (Vic) 2 (Cat 4) 1 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 2 Miles Watson (Vic) 3 Nicholas Sanderson (Vic) 3 (Cat 2) 1 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 2 Miles Watson (Vic) 3 Nicholas Sanderson (Vic) 4 (Cat 3) 1 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 2 Nicholas Sanderson (Vic) 3 Miles Watson (Vic) 5 (Cat 4) 1 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 2 Nicholas Sanderson (Vic) 3 Miles Watson (Vic) 6 (Cat 4) 1 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 2 Nicholas Sanderson (Vic) 3 Miles Watson (Vic) 7 (Cat 4) 1 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) Nicholas Sanderson (Vic) Peter Herzig (NSW) Most Aggressive rider 1 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 2 pts General Classification - Stage 7 1 Zakkari Dempster (Vic) 14.50.54 2 Chris Jory (NSW) 0.14 3 Ben Mather (Tas) 0.54 4 Peter Herzig (NSW) 2.11 5 Patrick Shaw (Vic) 2.58 6 Grant Irwin (Qld) 3.45 7 Cameron Meyer (WA) 4.16 8 Steven Robb (Vic) 4.30 9 Cameron Hughes (Qld) 4.34 10 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 5.54 11 Chris Pryor (Qld) 7.43 12 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 9.21 13 Peter Milostic (NSW) 10.07 14 Daniel Braunsteins (Vic) 10.34 15 William Ford (Vic) 12.13 16 Mark O'brien (Vic) 12.30 17 Simon Pearson (SA) 12.45 18 Nicholas Sanderson (Vic) 14.11 19 Jarrod Harman (Tas) 25.41 20 Damien Turner (Vic) 28.01 21 Tom Middleton (SA) 31.34 22 Brendan Schultz (Vic) 34.34 23 Danny Kah (Vic) 34.39 24 Robbie Cater (NSW) 34.54 25 Nicholas Walker (Vic) 35.05 26 Craig Mccartney (Vic) 35.20 27 Miles Watson (Vic) 35.23 28 Joe Mcdonnell (NSW) 43.28 29 Brad Edmunds (Vic) 43.39 30 Daniel Furmston (Tas) 44.11 31 Hayden Josefski (Qld) 45.47 32 Sean Finning (Vic) 46.13 33 Peter Smith (Vic) 49.03 34 Nathan Wise (Vic) 52.14 35 Scott Kilmartin (Qld) 54.41 36 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 55.34 37 Vaughan Bowman (Vic) 56.14 38 Alexander Machin (Vic) 56.59 39 Will Dickeson (SA) 1.01.27 40 Christopher D'Amelio (Vic) 1.05.13 41 Luke Cridland (NSW) 1.07.26 42 Tony Mann (Qld) 1.08.00 43 Mark Jamieson (Tas) 1.09.01 44 Brendan Jones (NSW) 1.14.42 45 Andrew Ward (Vic) 1.17.03 46 Glen Peterson (Vic) 1.20.33 47 Jack Hudson (Qld) 1.37.11 48 Bradley Clark (NSW) 1.40.23 49 Marcus Wettenhall (Vic) 2.15.32 50 Samuel Rix (Vic) 2.20.01 51 Mathew Camilleri (NSW) 2.54.57 52 Grant Webster (Vic) 3.18.51 Sprint classification 1 Cameron Meyer (WA) 57 pts 2 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 46 3 Chris Pryor (Qld) 23 4 Brad Edmunds (Vic) 21 5 Patrick Shaw (Vic) 20 6 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 18 7 Grant Irwin (Qld) 18 8 Zakkari Dempster (Vic) 16 9 Sean Finning (Vic) 14 10 Joe Mcdonnell (NSW) 10 11 Peter Herzig (NSW) 7 12 Robbie Cater (NSW) 6 13 Nicholas Sanderson (Vic) 6 14 Miles Watson (Vic) 5 15 Hayden Josefski (Qld) 5 16 Nicholas Walker (Vic) 5 17 Marcus Wettenhall (Vic) 4 18 Tony Mann (Qld) 4 19 Mark Jamieson (Tas) 3 20 Craig Mccartney (Vic) 3 21 Chris Jory (NSW) 2 22 Tom Middleton (SA) 2 23 Daniel Furmston (Tas) 2 24 Cameron Hughes (Qld) 1 25 Brendan Schultz (Vic) 1 26 Nathan Wise (Vic) 1 27 Brendan Jones (NSW) 1 28 Vaughan Bowman (Vic) 1 Mountains classification 1 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 48 pts 2 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 36 3 Chris Jory (NSW) 23 4 Peter Herzig (NSW) 18 5 Nicholas Sanderson (Vic) 15 6 Miles Watson (Vic) 12 7 Cameron Meyer (WA) 8 8 Zakkari Dempster (Vic) 7 9 Daniel Furmston (Tas) 6 10 Simon Pearson (SA) 6 11 Chris Pryor (Qld) 5 12 Alexander Machin (Vic) 4 13 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 4 14 Steven Robb (Vic) 3 15 Joe Mcdonnell (NSW) 3 16 William Ford (Vic) 3 17 Will Dickeson (SA) 2 18 Brad Edmunds (Vic) 2 19 Brendan Jones (NSW) 1 Criterium classification 1 Cameron Meyer (WA) 19 pts 2 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 17 3 Grant Irwin (Qld) 16 4 Sean Finning (Vic) 13 5 Robbie Cater (NSW) 12 6 Nicholas Sanderson (Vic) 10 7 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 10 8 Patrick Shaw (Vic) 10 9 Nathan Wise (Vic) 9 10 Tom Middleton (SA) 8 11 Joe Mcdonnell (NSW) 7 12 Chris Pryor (Qld) 7 13 Brad Edmunds (Vic) 6 14 Hayden Josefski (Qld) 5 15 Zakkari Dempster (Vic) 5 16 Nicholas Walker (Vic) 4 17 Marcus Wettenhall (Vic) 3 18 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 2 19 Daniel Braunsteins (Vic) 2 Most Aggressive rider classification 1 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 4 pts 2 Cameron Meyer (WA) 4 3 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 2 4 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 2 5 Sean Finning (Vic) 2
