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PowerNet Tour of Southland - 2.2
New Zealand, November 5-10, 2007
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Stage 9 - November 10: Winton - Te Anau, 64.4 km
Roulston breaks 17 year drought
By Nathan Burdon, The Southland Times, in Te Anau
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Ashburton's Hayden Roulston successfully defended his Tour of Southland title today to become the first rider in 17 years to win the race back-to-back. The Trek Zookeepers rider finished back in the pack during the final stage from Winton to Te Anau this afternoon, happy in the knowledge he could not be pushed out of the yellow jersey.
United States rider Thomas Zirbel gained his second stage win of the Tour, and the fourth overall for Glen Mitchell's Bissell Pro Cycling team, when he sprinted across the finish line in Gala St. Southland Times' Aaron Strong was second in the stage, with Joe Chapman (Creation Signs) third. Strong was left ruing an error in judgment when he wrongly assumed he was on the last lap around Queens Park, only to find out as he crossed the line that there was still a lap to go. Most the attention, however, was on the strong performance from Roulston. His winning gap was 1min 30sec over Marc Ryan, with Logan Hutchings third at 2min 49sec.
Only eight other riders have won multiple Southland tours in the race's 51 year history, among them Roulston's Trek Zookeepers team-mate Gordon McCauley. Only three had previously gone back-to-back - Stephen Cox 1981/82, Jack Swart 1983/84 and Brian Fowler 1985 to 1992. Roulston, a former Discovery Channel rider, is now eyeing a return to professional action in Europe, although he could not say with which team.
Karl Murray tried his utmost to unseat Miles Watson in the sprint ace classification, but in the end Watson was able to do enough to retain the green jersey. In the other classifications, Jeremy Yates (Subway) held onto the King of the Mountains jersey while Clinton Avery was the tour's leading junior. Colour Plus had some consolation for losing the yellow jersey to Roulston midway through the tour when it won the team's classification with four riders in the top 10.
Photography
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Images by Barry Harcourt/www.southlandtimes.co.nz
- Roulston celebrates as he crosses the line to wn back to back titles.
- Zirbel takes the last stage , his second on the Tour.
- The Zoo Keepers, protecting their leader during the final stage.
Results
1 Thomas Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 1.29.54 2 Aaron Strong (NZl) The Southland Times 0.06 3 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 0.09 4 Charles Howlett (Aus) Sycamore Print 0.10 5 Clinton Avery (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 6 Steve Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating 7 Mike Northey (NZl) The Southland Times 8 Brian Jenson (USA) Hilo Decorating 9 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Colour Plus 0.11 10 Roman Van Uden (NZl) Sycamore Print 11 Miles Watson (NZl) Share The Road 12 Shane Archbold (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 0.12 13 Westley Gough (NZl) Colour Plus 14 Mark Langlands (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 15 Mathew Gorter (NZl) Powernet 16 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 17 Chris Macic (NZl) The Southland Times 0.13 18 James Williamson (NZl) Subway 19 Jason Barlow (NZl) Placemakers 20 Jack Bauer (NZl) Fulton Hogan 21 Adam Semple (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 22 Michael Grabinger (USA) Hilo Decorating 23 Justin Kerr (NZl) RaboPlus 24 Michael Fitzgerald (Aus) Creation Signs 25 Reon Park (NZl) Colour Plus 0.14 26 Shem Rodger (NZl) RaboPlus 27 Samuel Eadie (NZl) Preston Russell Law 28 James Fairweather (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 29 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 30 Brad Carter (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 0.16 31 Silas Cullen (NZl) Preston Russell Law 32 Jeremy Smart (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 33 Scott Lyttle (NZl) The Southland Times 0.17 34 Eric Drower (NZl) Fulton Hogan 35 Blair Martin (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 36 Paul Odlin (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 0.18 37 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 38 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 39 Justin Ralph (NZl) Powernet 40 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Colour Plus 41 Nick Atkinson (NZl) Placemakers 42 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 0.19 43 Scott Hodges (NZl) Placemakers 44 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 45 Curtis Gunn (USA) Hilo Decorating 46 Marc Ryan (NZl) Colour Plus 0.20 47 Karl Murray (NZl) RaboPlus 48 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Subway 49 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Subway 1.31 50 Tom Hanover (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 51 Jonathan Stockwell (NZl) Cycling Southland 2.49 52 Christopher Klem (Aus) Sycamore Print 53 Nathan Jones (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 2.52 54 Brett Tivers (NZl) The Southland Times 55 David Ayre (NZl) Cycling Southland 3.20 56 Jonathan Atkinson (NZl) Riverside Rentals 3.21 57 Michael Van Eerd (Ned) NOW MS Society 3.28 58 Jason Somerville (Aus) Sycamore Print 59 Brock Curry (USA) NOW MS Society 60 Eric Losak (USA) NOW MS Society 3.30 61 Joshua England (NZl) Subway 62 Lachlan Shannon (NZl) South West Helicopters 4.17 63 Travis Kane (NZl) South West Helicopters 64 James Gibson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 4.18 65 Ed Barrett (NZl) Benchmark Homes 66 David Weston (NZl) Riverside Rentals 67 Steven Elden (NZl) Benchmark Homes 4.19 68 Joshua Barley (NZl) Benchmark Homes 69 Nick King (NZl) Creation Signs 70 Darrin Strahan (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 4.21 71 Michael Torckler (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 72 Chris Nicholson (NZl) Fulton Hogan 4.22 73 Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 74 Glen Rewi (NZl) Creation Signs 4.23 75 Eliot Crowther (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 4.24 76 Will Dickeson (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 77 Sam Bewley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 78 Scott Ardern (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 79 Graeme Stone (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 80 Joel Lewis (Aus) Sycamore Print 81 Leon Hextall (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 82 Brian Biggs (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 83 Joe Crooks (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 84 Scott Wilder (NZl) Benchmark Homes 85 Rodney Weinberg (NZl) Fulton Hogan 86 Andrew Jamieson (NZl) Placemakers 87 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) South West Helicopters 88 Aaron Lawson (NZl) Riverside Rentals 89 Glen Frost (NZl) Riverside Rentals 90 Royce Newell (NZl) Cycling Southland Final General classification 1 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 22.00.30 2 Marc Ryan (NZl) Colour Plus 1.30 3 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Colour Plus 2.49 4 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 3.13 5 Reon Park (NZl) Colour Plus 3.52 6 Clinton Avery (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 4.23 7 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 7.32 8 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Colour Plus 8.23 9 Brian Jenson (USA) Hilo Decorating 9.54 10 Miles Watson (NZl) Share The Road 10.00 11 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 12.20 12 Aaron Strong (NZl) The Southland Times 12.55 13 Mark Langlands (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 13.08 14 Thomas Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 15.00 15 Steve Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating 15.02 16 Blair Martin (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 15.41 17 Adam Semple (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 16.07 18 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 16.46 19 Silas Cullen (NZl) Preston Russell Law 17.48 20 Michael Grabinger (USA) Hilo Decorating 18.41 21 Shem Rodger (NZl) RaboPlus 18.47 22 James Williamson (NZl) Subway 19.23 23 Roman Van Uden (NZl) Sycamore Print 19.25 24 Brad Carter (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 19.35 25 Shane Archbold (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 19.45 26 Westley Gough (NZl) Colour Plus 21.12 27 Paul Odlin (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 21.52 28 Karl Murray (NZl) RaboPlus 22.32 29 Eric Drower (NZl) Fulton Hogan 24.02 30 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 24.03 31 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Subway 25.29 32 Charles Howlett (Aus) Sycamore Print 25.54 33 Curtis Gunn (USA) Hilo Decorating 26.39 34 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Subway 27.38 35 Chris Macic (NZl) The Southland Times 28.14 36 Scott Lyttle (NZl) The Southland Times 29.24 37 Mike Northey (NZl) The Southland Times 29.44 38 Brett Tivers (NZl) The Southland Times 31.59 39 Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 32.32 40 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 33.40 41 Michael Torckler (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 34.29 42 Jason Barlow (NZl) Placemakers 34.30 43 Tom Hanover (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 34.32 44 Jack Bauer (NZl) Fulton Hogan 34.43 45 Scott Hodges (NZl) Placemakers 34.44 46 Chris Nicholson (NZl) Fulton Hogan 35.10 47 Justin Kerr (NZl) RaboPlus 35.54 48 Michael Fitzgerald (Aus) Creation Signs 36.29 49 Steven Elden (NZl) Benchmark Homes 37.59 50 Mathew Gorter (NZl) Powernet 41.42 51 Justin Ralph (NZl) Powernet 43.09 52 Samuel Eadie (NZl) Preston Russell Law 48.37 53 James Fairweather (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 48.45 54 Joshua England (NZl) Subway 48.57 55 Jonathan Atkinson (NZl) Riverside Rentals 51.38 56 Nick Atkinson (NZl) Placemakers 51.56 57 Nathan Jones (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 54.44 58 James Gibson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 54.47 59 Eliot Crowther (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 57.01 60 Jeremy Smart (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 57.24 61 Will Dickeson (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 1.03.23 62 Christopher Klem (Aus) Sycamore Print 1.04.42 63 Jason Somerville (Aus) Sycamore Print 1.13.51 64 Ed Barrett (NZl) Benchmark Homes 1.18.45 65 Lachlan Shannon (NZl) South West Helicopters 1.23.44 66 Darrin Strahan (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 1.26.13 67 Glen Rewi (NZl) Creation Signs 1.28.09 68 Travis Kane (NZl) South West Helicopters 1.34.32 69 Joshua Barley (NZl) Benchmark Homes 1.44.08 70 Nick King (NZl) Creation Signs 1.44.09 71 Michael Van Eerd (Ned) NOW MS Society 1.44.10 72 Jonathan Stockwell (NZl) Cycling Southland 1.47.00 73 Brock Curry (USA) NOW MS Society 1.49.05 74 David Weston (NZl) Riverside Rentals 1.59.32 75 David Ayre (NZl) Cycling Southland 2.02.45 76 Eric Losak (USA) NOW MS Society 2.04.01 77 Sam Bewley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 78 Scott Ardern (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 79 Graeme Stone (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 80 Joel Lewis (Aus) Sycamore Print 81 Leon Hextall (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 82 Brian Biggs (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 83 Joe Crooks (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 84 Scott Wilder (NZl) Benchmark Homes 85 Rodney Weinberg (NZl) Fulton Hogan 86 Andrew Jamieson (NZl) Placemakers 87 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) South West Helicopters 88 Aaron Lawson (NZl) Riverside Rentals 89 Glen Frost (NZl) Riverside Rentals 90 Royce Newell (NZl) Cycling Southland Points 1 Miles Watson (NZl) Share The Road 72 pts 2 Karl Murray (NZl) RaboPlus 65 3 Jonathan Atkinson (NZl) Riverside Rentals 27 4 Marc Ryan (NZl) Colour Plus 26 5 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 25 6 Michael Grabinger (USA) Hilo Decorating 23 7 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Colour Plus 20 8 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 20 9 Eliot Crowther (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 18 10 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Subway 15 11 Justin Kerr (NZl) RaboPlus 15 12 Curtis Gunn (USA) Hilo Decorating 14 13 Thomas Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 13 14 Aaron Anderson (NZl) Share The Road 12 15 Aaron Strong (NZl) The Southland Times 11 16 Brian Jenson (USA) Hilo Decorating 11 17 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Subway 10 18 Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 10 19 Mark Langlands (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 8 20 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 8 21 Joshua England (NZl) Subway 7 22 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 6 23 Clinton Avery (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 6 24 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 6 25 Michael Fitzgerald (Aus) Creation Signs 5 26 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Colour Plus 5 27 Mike Northey (NZl) The Southland Times 5 28 Scott Wilder (NZl) Benchmark Homes 5 29 Steven Elden (NZl) Benchmark Homes 5 30 Charles Howlett (Aus) Sycamore Print 5 31 Glen Rewi (NZl) Creation Signs 5 32 Will Dickeson (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 4 33 Michael Torckler (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 3 34 Reon Park (NZl) Colour Plus 3 35 Jason Barlow (NZl) Placemakers 3 36 Westley Gough (NZl) Colour Plus 3 37 Shane Archbold (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 3 38 Graeme Stone (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 2 39 Chris Macic (NZl) The Southland Times 2 40 Nathan Jones (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 2 41 Adam Semple (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 2 42 Dan Waluszewski (NZl) Creation Signs 2 43 James Williamson (NZl) Subway 1 44 Nick King (NZl) Creation Signs 1 45 Scott Hodges (NZl) Placemakers 1 46 Stephen Robb (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 1 Mountains 1 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Subway 34 pts 2 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 24 3 Will Dickeson (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 22 4 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 20 5 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 18 6 Reon Park (NZl) Colour Plus 16 7 Miles Watson (NZl) Share The Road 16 8 Michael Grabinger (USA) Hilo Decorating 12 9 Eliot Crowther (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 12 10 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 8 11 Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 8 12 Marc Ryan (NZl) Colour Plus 6 13 Jonathan Atkinson (NZl) Riverside Rentals 6 14 Aaron Strong (NZl) The Southland Times 6 15 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Colour Plus 6 16 James Williamson (NZl) Subway 4 17 Adam Semple (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 4 18 Justin Kerr (NZl) RaboPlus 4 19 Brian Jenson (USA) Hilo Decorating 4 20 Scott Wilder (NZl) Benchmark Homes 2 21 Ryan Wills (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 2 22 Steven Elden (NZl) Benchmark Homes 2 23 Charles Howlett (Aus) Sycamore Print 2 24 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Colour Plus 2 Teams 1 Colour Plus 66.09.14 2 Trek Zookeepers Cafe 7.39 3 Bissell Pro Cycling Team 12.56 4 The Southland Times 35.13 5 Hilo Decorating 35.26 6 Calder Stewart Pink Batts 40.06 7 RaboPlus 56.19 8 Subway 56.45 9 Ascot Park Hotel 1.03.09 10 PFP - Calibre Cycles 1.17.33 11 Fulton Hogan 1.26.08 12 Gen-i/Savings & Loans 1.33.55 13 Sycamore Print 1.39.55 14 Placemakers 1.44.15 15 Creation Signs 2.06.59 16 Benchmark Homes 2.50.19 17 NOW MS Society 3.25.25
