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PowerNet Tour of Southland - 2.2

New Zealand, November 5-10, 2007

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Stage 7 - November 9: Winton - Te Anau, 163.6 km

Bissell bags another win

By Nathan Burdon, The Southland Times, in Te Anau

A quiet stage on the penultimate day of the Tour of Southland has left tour leader Hayden Roulston (Trek Zookeepers Cafe) in an ideal position to defend the title he won for the first time last year. The Trek Zookeepers rider extended his lead slightly over Colour Plus' Marc Ryan to 1.31 minutes with only two stages left tomorrow.

Ryan's team-mate Logan Hutchings is third, just over three minutes down on the leader, while previous leader Reon Park, also from Colour Plus, is now four minutes down on Roulston.

How it unfolded

The 163 kilometre stage from Winton to Te Anau has been the scene of some dramatic events in recent years, from riders suffering from hypothermia to senior members of the peloton staging a go slow as a protest against race officials. The stage is also well known for punishing cross winds and the tortuous climb over the Blackmount Hill. There was little of that today as the peloton enjoyed the sun on its collective back and a tail wind for much of the stage.

An early break 14 km into the stage developed into a split with three riders - Scott Zwizanski (Bissell Pro Cycling), Michael Grabinger (Hilo Decorating) and Jonathan Atkinson (Riverside Rentals) - being allowed to ride away untroubled. The trio remained unchallenged until the Blackmount climb with 50 km to go when Atkinson was dropped.

A chasing duo of Mike Northey (The Southland Times) and Joseph Cooper (Subway) caught the front two riders with about 20 km to go. From there United States rider Zwizanski, 30, decided to leap away rather than test his sprinting skills.

He took the stage comfortably to give Bissell Pro Cycling its third consecutive stage win on this PowerNet-sponsored tour, while Mike Northey outsprinted Cooper for the other podium places.

The stage was dedicated to young Victorian rider Scott Peoples who was killed during a training ride in Australia a month after last year's tour. Peoples won two stages on last year's Southland tour, including the one from Winton to Te Anau, and was a team-mate of Northey's. A minute's silence was held before the start of the stage, while the Southland Times team rode with black armbands on.

Meanwhile, only two short stages now stand between Roulston and the title. The first is a 79 km stage from Te Anau to Lumsden, with the final 64 km stage from Winton to Invercargill.

With only one significant hill climb on the final day, during the morning stage at the Gorge Hill, the peloton will have few opportunities to attack the tour leader. He has a confident and strong team around him, is in good form himself and there seems to be a lack of will in the peloton to even mount a major challenge against the big South Cantabrian.

No rider has won the race in consecutive years since Brian Fowler took out the sixth of his record eight titles in 1990.

Photography

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Images by Barry Harcourt/www.southlandtimes.co.nz

Results

1 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team                    4.12.09 (38.786 km/h)
2 Mike Northey (NZl) The Southland Times                               0.49
3 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Subway                                           0.50
4 Michael Grabinger (USA) Hilo Decorating                              0.53
5 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs                                     2.57
6 Steve Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating                                      
7 Chris Macic (NZl) The Southland Times                                    
8 Roman Van Uden (NZl) Sycamore Print                                      
9 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe                               
10 Jason Barlow (NZl) Placemakers                                          
11 Graeme Stone (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans                                
12 Brian Jenson (USA) Hilo Decorating                                      
13 Jack Bauer (NZl) Fulton Hogan                                           
14 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team                           
15 Justin Kerr (NZl) RaboPlus                                              
16 Mark Langlands (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts                          
17 Shem Rodger (NZl) RaboPlus                                              
18 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Subway                                               
19 Chris Nicholson (NZl) Fulton Hogan                                      
20 Aaron Strong (NZl) The Southland Times                                  
21 Marc Ryan (NZl) Colour Plus                                             
22 James Williamson (NZl) Subway                                           
23 Clinton Avery (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel                                    
24 Adam Semple (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts                             
25 Steven Elden (NZl) Benchmark Homes                                      
26 Curtis Gunn (USA) Hilo Decorating                                       
27 Brett Tivers (NZl) The Southland Times                                  
28 Leon Hextall (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub                                  
29 James Gibson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub                                  
30 Miles Watson (NZl) Share The Road                                       
31 Reon Park (NZl) Colour Plus                                             
32 Eric Drower (NZl) Fulton Hogan                                          
33 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Colour Plus                                       
34 Charles Howlett (Aus) Sycamore Print                                    
35 Scott Lyttle (NZl) The Southland Times                                  
36 Joshua England (NZl) Subway                                             
37 Michael Fitzgerald (Aus) Creation Signs                                 
38 Silas Cullen (NZl) Preston Russell Law                                  
39 Westley Gough (NZl) Colour Plus                                         
40 Sam Bewley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe                                   
41 Brad Carter (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles                                  
42 Jeremy Smart (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub                                  
43 Blair Martin (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles                                 
44 Shane Archbold (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts                          
45 Ed Barrett (NZl) Benchmark Homes                                        
46 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe                              
47 Michael Torckler (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe                             
48 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team                                 
49 Thomas Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team                            
50 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Colour Plus                                           
51 Justin Ralph (NZl) Powernet                                             
52 Scott Hodges (NZl) Placemakers                                          
53 Paul Odlin (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe                                   
54 Karl Murray (NZl) RaboPlus                                              
55 Eliot Crowther (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles                           3.34
56 Tom Hanover (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel                                  5.36
57 Aaron Lawson (NZl) Riverside Rentals                                    
58 Joshua Barley (NZl) Benchmark Homes                                     
59 David Weston (NZl) Riverside Rentals                                    
60 Justin Davis (Aus) Prime Estate Buyers Agents                           
61 Travis Kane (NZl) South West Helicopters                                
62 Sam Silver (USA) NOW MS Society                                         
63 Samuel Eadie (NZl) Preston Russell Law                                  
64 Lachlan Shannon (NZl) South West Helicopters                            
65 Michael Van Eerd (Ned) NOW MS Society                                   
66 Christopher Klem (Aus) Sycamore Print                                   
67 Scott Ardern (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team                             
68 Nick Atkinson (NZl) Placemakers                                         
69 Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel                                   
70 Joel Lewis (Aus) Sycamore Print                                         
71 Will Dickeson (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans                               
72 Brian Biggs (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub                                   
73 Mathew Gorter (NZl) Powernet                                            
74 Nathan Jones (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans                                
75 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans                             
76 Jonathan Atkinson (NZl) Riverside Rentals                               
77 Glen Frost (NZl) Riverside Rentals                                  5.51
78 James Fairweather (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts                  13.49
79 Jonathan Stockwell (NZl) Cycling Southland                              
80 Jason Somerville (Aus) Sycamore Print                                   
81 Eric Losak (USA) NOW MS Society                                    23.12
82 Brock Curry (USA) NOW MS Society                                        
83 Darrin Strahan (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles                               
84 Royce Newell (NZl) Cycling Southland                               27.14
85 Rodney Weinberg (NZl) Fulton Hogan                                      
86 Andrew Jamieson (NZl) Placemakers                                       
87 Joe Crooks (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub                                    
88 Glen Rewi (NZl) Creation Signs                                          
89 Scott Wilder (NZl) Benchmark Homes                                      
90 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) South West Helicopters                             
91 David Ayre (NZl) Cycling Southland                                      
92 Nick King (NZl) Creation Signs                                          
DQ Eric Barlevav (USA) NOW MS Society                                      
DNF Ryan Wills (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts                             
DNF Chris D'amelio (Aus) Prime Estate Buyers Agents                        
DNF Matt Sillars (NZl) Preston Russell Law                                 
DNF Aaron Anderson (NZl) Share The Road                                    
 
General Classification after Stage 7
 
1 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe                       18.42.10
2 Marc Ryan (NZl) Colour Plus                                          1.28
3 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Colour Plus                                    2.56
4 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe                           3.13
5 Reon Park (NZl) Colour Plus                                          3.56
6 Clinton Avery (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel                                 4.33
7 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team                        7.38
8 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Colour Plus                                        8.24
9 Brian Jenson (USA) Hilo Decorating                                  10.02
10 Miles Watson (NZl) Share The Road                                  10.09
11 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team                            12.19
12 Aaron Strong (NZl) The Southland Times                             13.11
13 Mark Langlands (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts                     13.14
14 Steve Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating                                15.10
15 Thomas Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team                       15.25
16 Blair Martin (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles                            15.42
17 Adam Semple (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts                        16.12
18 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team                     16.45
19 Silas Cullen (NZl) Preston Russell Law                             17.50
20 Michael Grabinger (USA) Hilo Decorating                            18.46
21 Shem Rodger (NZl) RaboPlus                                         18.51
22 James Williamson (NZl) Subway                                      19.28
23 Roman Van Uden (NZl) Sycamore Print                                19.32
24 Brad Carter (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles                             19.37
25 Shane Archbold (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts                     19.51
26 Graeme Stone (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans                           20.06
27 Westley Gough (NZl) Colour Plus                                    21.18
28 Paul Odlin (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe                              21.52
29 Karl Murray (NZl) RaboPlus                                         22.41
30 Eric Drower (NZl) Fulton Hogan                                     24.03
31 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs                                   24.18
32 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Subway                                          25.27
33 Charles Howlett (Aus) Sycamore Print                               26.02
34 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Subway                                         26.25
35 Curtis Gunn (USA) Hilo Decorating                                  26.41
36 Chris Macic (NZl) The Southland Times                              28.19
37 Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel                              28.28
38 Brett Tivers (NZl) The Southland Times                             29.25
39 Scott Lyttle (NZl) The Southland Times                                  
40 Mike Northey (NZl) The Southland Times                             29.52
41 Michael Torckler (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe                        29.56
42 Chris Nicholson (NZl) Fulton Hogan                                 31.06
43 Tom Hanover (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel                                 33.19
44 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans                        33.44
45 Steven Elden (NZl) Benchmark Homes                                 33.58
46 Jason Barlow (NZl) Placemakers                                     34.35
47 Scott Hodges (NZl) Placemakers                                     34.43
48 Jack Bauer (NZl) Fulton Hogan                                      34.48
49 Justin Kerr (NZl) RaboPlus                                         35.59
50 Michael Fitzgerald (Aus) Creation Signs                            36.34
51 Sam Bewley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe                              37.10
52 James Fairweather (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts                  39.27
53 Mathew Gorter (NZl) Powernet                                       41.48
54 Justin Ralph (NZl) Powernet                                        43.09
55 Joshua England (NZl) Subway                                        45.45
56 Jonathan Atkinson (NZl) Riverside Rentals                          48.35
57 Samuel Eadie (NZl) Preston Russell Law                             48.41
58 James Gibson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub                             50.47
59 Nick Atkinson (NZl) Placemakers                                    51.56
60 Nathan Jones (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans                           52.10
61 Eliot Crowther (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles                          52.55
62 Aaron Lawson (NZl) Riverside Rentals                               54.00
63 Jeremy Smart (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub                             57.26
64 Will Dickeson (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans                          59.17
65 Leon Hextall (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub                           1.01.51
66 Christopher Klem (Aus) Sycamore Print                            1.02.11
67 Scott Ardern (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team                      1.09.02
68 Lachlan Shannon (NZl) South West Helicopters                     1.10.23
69 Jason Somerville (Aus) Sycamore Print                            1.10.41
70 Glen Rewi (NZl) Creation Signs                                   1.14.42
71 Ed Barrett (NZl) Benchmark Homes                                 1.14.45
72 Darrin Strahan (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles                        1.22.10
73 Andrew Jamieson (NZl) Placemakers                                1.22.53
74 Sam Silver (USA) NOW MS Society                                  1.23.12
75 Joel Lewis (Aus) Sycamore Print                                  1.24.43
76 Travis Kane (NZl) South West Helicopters                         1.30.33
77 Scott Wilder (NZl) Benchmark Homes                               1.30.46
78 Nick King (NZl) Creation Signs                                          
79 Justin Davis (Aus) Prime Estate Buyers Agents                    1.31.26
80 Jonathan Stockwell (NZl) Cycling Southland                       1.35.07
81 Joshua Barley (NZl) Benchmark Homes                              1.40.07
82 Michael Van Eerd (Ned) NOW MS Society                            1.41.00
83 Brian Biggs (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub                            1.41.25
84 Brock Curry (USA) NOW MS Society                                 1.45.55
85 David Ayre (NZl) Cycling Southland                               1.50.21
86 David Weston (NZl) Riverside Rentals                             1.55.32
87 Joe Crooks (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub                             1.58.45
88 Eric Losak (USA) NOW MS Society                                  2.00.49
89 Glen Frost (NZl) Riverside Rentals                               2.06.18
90 Rodney Weinberg (NZl) Fulton Hogan                               2.18.08
91 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) South West Helicopters                      2.33.10
92 Royce Newell (NZl) Cycling Southland                             2.37.15
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Miles Watson (NZl) Share The Road                                      59 pts
2 Karl Murray (NZl) RaboPlus                                             34
3 Jonathan Atkinson (NZl) Riverside Rentals                              27
4 Marc Ryan (NZl) Colour Plus                                            26
5 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team                         24
6 Michael Grabinger (USA) Hilo Decorating                                23
7 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team                          20
8 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Colour Plus                                      18
9 Eliot Crowther (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles                              17
10 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Subway                                            15
11 Justin Kerr (NZl) RaboPlus                                            15
12 Brian Jenson (USA) Hilo Decorating                                    11
13 Thomas Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team                          10
14 Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel                                 10
15 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe                             8
16 Curtis Gunn (USA) Hilo Decorating                                      8
17 Joshua England (NZl) Subway                                            7
18 Mark Langlands (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts                         7
19 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe                             6
20 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Subway                                              6
21 Clinton Avery (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel                                   6
22 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team                                5
23 Aaron Strong (NZl) The Southland Times                                 5
24 Mike Northey (NZl) The Southland Times                                 5
25 Glen Rewi (NZl) Creation Signs                                         5
26 Charles Howlett (Aus) Sycamore Print                                   5
27 Scott Wilder (NZl) Benchmark Homes                                     5
28 Steven Elden (NZl) Benchmark Homes                                     5
29 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Colour Plus                                          4
30 Michael Torckler (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe                            3
31 Reon Park (NZl) Colour Plus                                            3
32 Westley Gough (NZl) Colour Plus                                        3
33 Shane Archbold (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts                         3
34 Jason Barlow (NZl) Placemakers                                         3
35 Chris Macic (NZl) The Southland Times                                  2
36 Adam Semple (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts                            2
37 Graeme Stone (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans                               2
38 Will Dickeson (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans                              2
39 Nathan Jones (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans                               2
40 Michael Fitzgerald (Aus) Creation Signs                                1
41 Scott Hodges (NZl) Placemakers                                         1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Subway                                              28 pts
2 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team                                22
3 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe                             18
4 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team                         18
5 Reon Park (NZl) Colour Plus                                            16
6 Will Dickeson (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans                              16
7 Miles Watson (NZl) Share The Road                                      16
8 Eliot Crowther (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles                              12
9 Michael Grabinger (USA) Hilo Decorating                                12
10 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team                          8
11 Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel                                  8
12 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Colour Plus                                      6
13 Aaron Strong (NZl) The Southland Times                                 6
14 Jonathan Atkinson (NZl) Riverside Rentals                              6
15 Justin Kerr (NZl) RaboPlus                                             4
16 Adam Semple (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts                            4
17 Brian Jenson (USA) Hilo Decorating                                     4
18 Marc Ryan (NZl) Colour Plus                                            2
19 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Colour Plus                                          2
20 Charles Howlett (Aus) Sycamore Print                                   2
21 Scott Wilder (NZl) Benchmark Homes                                     2
22 Steven Elden (NZl) Benchmark Homes                                     2
 
Teams classification
 
1 Colour Plus                                                      56.14.31
2 Trek Zookeepers Cafe                                                 7.22
3 Bissell Pro Cycling Team                                            13.02
4 The Southland Times                                                 35.21
5 Hilo Decorating                                                     35.30
6 Calder Stewart Pink Batts                                           40.06
7 Subway                                                              55.18
8 RaboPlus                                                            56.09
9 Ascot Park Hotel                                                    57.43
10 PFP - Calibre Cycles                                             1.13.16
11 Fulton Hogan                                                     1.21.53
12 Gen-i/Savings & Loans                                            1.27.02
13 Sycamore Print                                                   1.37.22
14 Placemakers                                                      1.44.02
15 Creation Signs                                                   1.53.33
16 Winton's Middle Pub                                              2.28.13
17 Benchmark Homes                                                  2.38.00
18 Riverside Rentals                                                3.05.33
19 NOW MS Society                                                   3.15.36
20 South West Helicopters                                           4.22.16
21 Cycling Southland                                                5.38.21

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