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PowerNet Tour of Southland - 2.2
New Zealand, November 5-10, 2007
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Stage 1 - November 5: Queens Park ITT, 4.2 km
Zirbel takes ITT honours
By Greg Johnson
America's Thomas Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) landed the first punch in New Zealand's Tour of Southland by setting the fastest time in this morning's 4.2 kilometre Individual Time Trial. Zirbel, who will now wear the first yellow jersey on this afternoon's 81.8 kilometre Stage 2, covered the Queens Park course at a blistering 48.461 kilometres/hour, posting a time some nine seconds quicker than his nearest rival.
Behind the American rider both the Colour Plus and Trek Zookeepers Café squads outlined their intensions for the event - with each outfit landing three of their five riders inside the top 10. New Zealand's Marc Ryan was the second quickest across the course, with his Colour Plus team-mates Tim Gudsell and Westley Gough taking third and fourth respectively with identical times, some 12 seconds behind Zirbel.
New Zealand's Sam Bewley led the way for the Trek Zookeepers Café squad, taking fifth place some 16 seconds down. Bewley was closely followed by team-mate and 2005 Tour of Southland winner Gordon Mccauley, a further four seconds back in sixth, while Michael Torckler took the team's third top 10 placing with the eighth quickest time.
Defending champion Hayden Roulston (Trek Zookeepers Café) struggled on the opening Time Trial, posting the 49th quickest time some 47 seconds adrift. Despite besting the pre-race favourite Jeremy Yates (Subway) by some three seconds, Roulston's time is some 52 seconds down on that which he posted to win the opening stage at last year's event.
Results
1 Thomas Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 5.12 (48.461 km/h) 2 Marc Ryan (NZl) Colour Plus 0.09 3 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Colour Plus 0.12 4 Westley Gough (NZl) Colour Plus 5 Sam Bewley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 0.16 6 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 0.20 7 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Subway 0.21 8 Michael Torckler (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 0.22 9 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Share The Road 0.23 10 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Subway 0.24 11 Shem Roger (NZl) RaboPlus 12 Mark Langlands (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 0.25 13 Jason Allen (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 0.26 14 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 15 Peter Rennie (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 0.27 16 Curtis Gunn (USA) Hilo Decorating 17 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Colour Plus 18 Joshua England (NZl) Subway 0.28 19 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 20 Clinton Avery (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 21 Paul Odlin (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 0.29 22 James Williamson (NZl) Subway 23 Ryan Wills (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 24 James Fairweather (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 0.30 25 Ryan Cull (NZl) South West Helicopters 0.31 26 Brock Curry (USA) NOW MS Society 27 Will Dickeson (Aus) Gen-i / Savings & Loans 28 Aaron Strong (NZl) The Southland Times 0.33 29 Eliot Crowther (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 30 Glen Rewi (NZl) Creation Signs 31 Dan Waluszewski (NZl) Creation Signs 0.35 32 Mike Northey (NZl) The Southland Times 0.37 33 Brett Tivers (NZl) The Southland Times 0.39 34 Reon Park (NZl) Colour Plus 35 Leon Hextall (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 0.40 36 Jason Barlow (NZl) Placemakers 37 Nick King (NZl) Creation Signs 38 Matt Sillars (NZl) Preston Russell Law 0.41 39 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 40 Scott Lyttle (NZl) The Southland Times 0.42 41 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Gen-i / Savings & Loans 0.43 42 Brian Jenson (USA) Hilo Decorating 0.44 43 Brad Carter (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 44 Scott Wilder (NZl) Benchmark Homes 0.45 45 Jonathan Stockwell (NZl) Cycling Southland 0.46 46 Chris Macic (NZl) The Southland Times 47 Justin Kerr (NZl) RaboPlus 48 Miles Watson (Aus) Share The Road 0.47 49 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 50 Micheal Grabinger (USA) Hilo Decorating 0.49 51 Will Alexander (NZl) RaboPlus 52 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Subway 0.50 53 Brett Perez (Aus) Prime Estate Buyers Agents 54 Chris D'amelio (Aus) Prime Estate Buyers Agents 55 Blair Martin (Aus) PFP - Calibre Cycles 56 Paul Winterbourne (NZl) South West Helicopters 0.51 57 Glen Frost (NZl) Riverside Rentals 58 Scott Hodges (NZl) Placemakers 0.54 59 Lachlan Shannon (NZl) South West Helicopters 60 Jack Bauer (NZl) Fulton Hogan 61 Tom Hanover (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 62 Edwin Crossling (NZl) Preston Russell Law 0.55 63 Shane Archbold (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 64 Karl Murray (NZl) RaboPlus 65 Brendon Sharratt (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 66 David Ayre (NZl) Cycling Southland 67 Jonathan Atkinson (NZl) Riverside Rentals 0.56 68 Eric Drower (NZl) Fulton Hogan 69 Justin Davis (Aus) Prime Estate Buyers Agents 70 Aaron Lawson (NZl) Riverside Rentals 71 Steve Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating 0.57 72 Michael Anderson (NZl) Fulton Hogan 73 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 74 Michael Ael Van Eerd (Ned) NOW MS Society 0.58 75 Adam Semple (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 76 Jason Somerville (Aus) Sycamore Print 0.59 77 Graeme Stone (NZl) Gen-i / Savings & Loans 78 Henk Vogels (Aus) RaboPlus 79 Timothy Hargrave (NZl) Cycling Southland 1.00 80 Chris Nicholson (NZl) Fulton Hogan 81 Michael Fitzgerald (Aus) Creation Signs 1.01 82 Eric Losak (USA) NOW MS Society 83 Aaron Anderson (NZl) Share The Road 84 James Gibson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 85 Andrew Jamieson (NZl) Placemakers 1.02 86 Joe Crooks (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 87 Stephen Robb (Aus) Gen-i / Savings & Loans 88 Mathew Camilleri (Aus) PowerNet 1.03 89 Charles Howlett (Aus) Sycamore Print 90 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) South West Helicopters 1.04 91 Christopher Klem (Aus) Sycamore Print 92 Sam Silver (USA) NOW MS Society 1.05 93 Owen Belton (Aus) PowerNet 94 Steven Elden (NZl) Benchmark Homes 1.06 95 Josh Page (NZl) Cycling Southland 1.07 96 Alistair Crossling (NZl) Preston Russell Law 97 Justin Ralph (NZl) PowerNet 1.08 98 Eric Barlevav (USA) NOW MS Society 99 Jonathan Coates (NZl) Placemakers 1.09 100 Robert Croft (Aus) Prime Estate Buyers Agents 101 Travis Kane (NZl) South West Helicopters 102 Joel Lewis (Aus) Sycamore Print 1.10 103 Matt Taylor (NZl) Riverside Rentals 104 Brian Biggs (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 105 Silas Cullen (NZl) Preston Russell Law 1.11 106 Roman Van Uden (NZl) Sycamore Print 107 Nick Atkinson (NZl) Placemakers 1.12 108 Ed Barrett (NZl) Benchmark Homes 1.13 109 Bradley Payne (Aus) Share The Road 110 Shaun Morris (Aus) Share The Road 111 Nathan Jones (Aus) Gen-i / Savings & Loans 112 Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 1.15 113 William Elliston (USA) Hilo Decorating 1.16 114 Joshua Barley (NZl) Benchmark Homes 1.17 115 Royce Newell (NZl) Cycling Southland 1.20 116 Christopher Teakle (Aus) Prime Estate Buyers Agents 117 Samuel Eadie (NZl) Preston Russell Law 118 Nathan Hood (NZl) Benchmark Homes 1.21 119 Jeremy Smart (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 1.23 120 Joshua Brown (NZl) PowerNet 1.25 121 Rodney Weinberg (NZl) Fulton Hogan 1.29 122 Darrin Strahan (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 123 Scott Ardern (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 1.31 124 Mathew Gorter (NZl) PowerNet 1.33 125 David Weston (NZl) Riverside Rentals 1.38 Teams 1 Colour Plus 0.16.09 2 Bissell Pro Cycling Team 0.00.21 3 Trek Zookeepers Cafe 0.00.25 4 Subway 0.00.40 5 Calder Stewart Pink Batts 0.00.51 6 PFP - Calibre Cycles 0.01.11 7 Ascot Park Hotel 0.01.15 8 Creation Signs 9 The Southland Times 0.01.16 10 RaboPlus 0.01.26 11 Hilo Decorating 0.01.27 12 Share The Road 0.01.38 13 Gen-i/Savings & Loans 0.01.40 14 South West Helicopters 0.01.43 15 NOW MS Society 0.01.57 16 Placemakers 0.02.03 17 Prime Estate Buyers Agents 18 Cycling Southland 0.02.08 19 Preston Russell Law 0.02.10 20 Riverside Rentals 21 Winton's Middle Pub 22 Fulton Hogan 0.02.14 23 Benchmark Homes 0.02.31 24 Sycamore Print 0.02.33 25 Powernet 0.02.43 General Classification after Stage 1 1 Thomas Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 5.12 2 Marc Ryan (NZl) Colour Plus 0.09 3 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Colour Plus 0.12 4 Westley Gough (NZl) Colour Plus 5 Sam Bewley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 0.16 6 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 0.20 7 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Subway 0.21 8 Michael Torckler (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 0.22 9 Aaron Tuckerman (NZl) Share The Road 0.23 10 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Subway 0.24 11 Shem Roger (NZl) RaboPlus 12 Mark Langlands (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 0.25 13 Jason Allen (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 0.26 14 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 15 Peter Rennie (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 0.27 16 Curtis Gunn (USA) Hilo Decorating 17 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Colour Plus 18 Joshua England (NZl) Subway 0.28 19 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 20 Clinton Avery (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 21 Paul Odlin (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 0.29 22 James Williamson (NZl) Subway 23 Ryan Wills (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 24 James Fairweather (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 0.30 25 Ryan Cull (NZl) South West Helicopters 0.31 26 Brock Curry (USA) NOW MS Society 27 Will Dickeson (Aus) Gen-i / Savings & Loans 28 Aaron Strong (NZl) The Southland Times 0.33 29 Eliot Crowther (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 30 Glen Rewi (NZl) Creation Signs 31 Dan Waluszewski (NZl) Creation Signs 0.35 32 Mike Northey (NZl) The Southland Times 0.37 33 Brett Tivers (NZl) The Southland Times 0.39 34 Reon Park (NZl) Colour Plus 35 Leon Hextall (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 0.40 36 Jason Barlow (NZl) Placemakers 37 Nick King (NZl) Creation Signs 38 Matt Sillars (NZl) Preston Russell Law 0.41 39 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 40 Scott Lyttle (NZl) The Southland Times 0.42 41 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Gen-i / Savings & Loans 0.43 42 Brian Jenson (USA) Hilo Decorating 0.44 43 Brad Carter (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 44 Scott Wilder (NZl) Benchmark Homes 0.45 45 Jonathan Stockwell (NZl) Cycling Southland 0.46 46 Chris Macic (NZl) The Southland Times 47 Justin Kerr (NZl) RaboPlus 48 Miles Watson (Aus) Share The Road 0.47 49 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 50 Micheal Grabinger (USA) Hilo Decorating 0.49 51 Will Alexander (NZl) RaboPlus 52 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Subway 0.50 53 Brett Perez (Aus) Prime Estate Buyers Agents 54 Chris D'amelio (Aus) Prime Estate Buyers Agents 55 Blair Martin (Aus) PFP - Calibre Cycles 56 Paul Winterbourne (NZl) South West Helicopters 0.51 57 Glen Frost (NZl) Riverside Rentals 58 Scott Hodges (NZl) Placemakers 0.54 59 Lachlan Shannon (NZl) South West Helicopters 60 Jack Bauer (NZl) Fulton Hogan 61 Tom Hanover (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 62 Edwin Crossling (NZl) Preston Russell Law 0.55 63 Shane Archbold (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 64 Karl Murray (NZl) RaboPlus 65 Brendon Sharratt (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 66 David Ayre (NZl) Cycling Southland 67 Jonathan Atkinson (NZl) Riverside Rentals 0.56 68 Eric Drower (NZl) Fulton Hogan 69 Justin Davis (Aus) Prime Estate Buyers Agents 70 Aaron Lawson (NZl) Riverside Rentals 71 Steve Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating 0.57 72 Michael Anderson (NZl) Fulton Hogan 73 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 74 Michael Ael Van Eerd (Ned) NOW MS Society 0.58 75 Adam Semple (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 76 Jason Somerville (Aus) Sycamore Print 0.59 77 Graeme Stone (NZl) Gen-i / Savings & Loans 78 Henk Vogels (Aus) RaboPlus 79 Timothy Hargrave (NZl) Cycling Southland 1.00 80 Chris Nicholson (NZl) Fulton Hogan 81 Michael Fitzgerald (Aus) Creation Signs 1.01 82 Eric Losak (USA) NOW MS Society 83 Aaron Anderson (NZl) Share The Road 84 James Gibson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 85 Andrew Jamieson (NZl) Placemakers 1.02 86 Joe Crooks (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 87 Stephen Robb (Aus) Gen-i / Savings & Loans 88 Mathew Camilleri (Aus) PowerNet 1.03 89 Charles Howlett (Aus) Sycamore Print 90 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) South West Helicopters 1.04 91 Christopher Klem (Aus) Sycamore Print 92 Sam Silver (USA) NOW MS Society 1.05 93 Owen Belton (Aus) PowerNet 94 Steven Elden (NZl) Benchmark Homes 1.06 95 Josh Page (NZl) Cycling Southland 1.07 96 Alistair Crossling (NZl) Preston Russell Law 97 Justin Ralph (NZl) PowerNet 1.08 98 Eric Barlevav (USA) NOW MS Society 99 Jonathan Coates (NZl) Placemakers 1.09 100 Robert Croft (Aus) Prime Estate Buyers Agents 101 Travis Kane (NZl) South West Helicopters 102 Joel Lewis (Aus) Sycamore Print 1.10 103 Matt Taylor (NZl) Riverside Rentals 104 Brian Biggs (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 105 Silas Cullen (NZl) Preston Russell Law 1.11 106 Roman Van Uden (NZl) Sycamore Print 107 Nick Atkinson (NZl) Placemakers 1.12 108 Ed Barrett (NZl) Benchmark Homes 1.13 109 Bradley Payne (Aus) Share The Road 110 Shaun Morris (Aus) Share The Road 111 Nathan Jones (Aus) Gen-i / Savings & Loans 112 Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 1.15 113 William Elliston (USA) Hilo Decorating 1.16 114 Joshua Barley (NZl) Benchmark Homes 1.17 115 Royce Newell (NZl) Cycling Southland 1.20 116 Christopher Teakle (Aus) Prime Estate Buyers Agents 117 Samuel Eadie (NZl) Preston Russell Law 118 Nathan Hood (NZl) Benchmark Homes 1.21 119 Jeremy Smart (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 1.23 120 Joshua Brown (NZl) PowerNet 1.25 121 Rodney Weinberg (NZl) Fulton Hogan 1.29 122 Darrin Strahan (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 123 Scott Ardern (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 1.31 124 Mathew Gorter (NZl) PowerNet 1.33 125 David Weston (NZl) Riverside Rentals 1.38 Teams 1 Colour Plus 0.16.09 2 Bissell Pro Cycling Team 0.00.21 3 Trek Zookeepers Cafe 0.00.25 4 Subway 0.00.40 5 Calder Stewart Pink Batts 0.00.51 6 PFP - Calibre Cycles 0.01.11 7 Ascot Park Hotel 0.01.15 8 Creation Signs 9 The Southland Times 0.01.16 10 RaboPlus 0.01.26 11 Hilo Decorating 0.01.27 12 Share The Road 0.01.38 13 Gen-i/Savings & Loans 0.01.40 14 South West Helicopters 0.01.43 15 NOW MS Society 0.01.57 16 Placemakers 0.02.03 17 Prime Estate Buyers Agents 18 Cycling Southland 0.02.08 19 Preston Russell Law 0.02.10 20 Riverside Rentals 21 Winton's Middle Pub 22 Fulton Hogan 0.02.14 23 Benchmark Homes 0.02.31 24 Sycamore Print 0.02.33 25 Powernet 0.02.43
