Tour of Tasmania - NE

Australia, October 2-7, 2007

Photography

Stage 11 - October 7: Launceston criterium, 34km

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• The Jayco/VIS team have been prominent all week with five stage victories out of 10 (stage 6 abandoned)
• Grant Irwin (Ord Minnett/Triple Play) was the hot tip around to take the final stage win in Launceston
• Bagpipes on the start line in Launceston for the final day of the Tour
• You can't beat the Tour of Tasmania… Well you can if you've got a drum to beat I guess
• Launceston marching and pipe bands lead the Tour onto the start line in Launceston for the final stage
• Tour competition winners (L-R): Kristian House (Sprints), Leigh Howard (Criteriums), Cameron Meyer (Tour winner overall), Tom Southam (King of the Mountains), and Peter McDonald (Timbercorp National Road Series winner overall)
• Peter McDonald (NSWIS/FRF) will take home the Timbercorp Cup National Road Series but Grant Irwin (Ord Minnett/Triple Play) made him work right to the very end
• The final stage of the 2007 Tour of Tasmania gets under way in fine conditions in Launceston, something the Tour hadn't seen a lot of
• The peloton speed beneath the Timbercorp Cup banner during their 34km final stage criterium
• At the back end of the peloton heading into the home straight
• Tour leader Cameron Meyer (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) from Western Australia leans into a bend on the streets of Launceston
• Kristian House (L) and Bernard Sulzberger accelerate into the home straight
• A good crowd had turned out for the final stage of the Tour held around the 'Brickfields' in Launceston
• Riders on the home straight and on smooth roads which made for a fast criterium to end the Tour
• The Jayco/VIS team were on the front and looking to propel multiple stage winner Leigh Howard into the action for the sprint finish
• The mail was good and Grant Irwin (Ord Minnett/Triple Play) duly saluted to win the final stage of the 2007 Jayco Tour of Tasmania
• Peter McDonald (NSWIS/FRF) was all smiles after winning the 2007 Timbercorp Cup National Road Series
• Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) fills Tom Southam (Drapac Porsche) in on the sprint to the line in Launceston
• The final stage podium spray (L-R): Brett Aitken 2nd (Savings and Loans), Grant Irwin 1st (Ord Minnett/Triple Play), and Leigh Howard 3rd (Jayco/VIS)
• Awe come on Cameron, let me spray it now… Travis holds the Champagne while brother Cameron trys on his Tour winner's yellow jersey
• Yeah! Cameron Meyer (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) wins the 2007 Jayco Tour of Tasmania ahead of brother Travis (Drapac Porsche) and Bernard Sulzberger (Launceston Municipal Challenge Team)
• The final Tour GC podium spray (L-R): Travis Meyer 2nd (Drapac Porsche), Cameron Meyer 1st (SouthAustralia.com), and Bernard Sulzberger 3rd (Launceston Municipal Challenge Team)
• Kristian House (Devonport Municipal Challenge Team) accepts his Timbercorp Sprint Points winner's jersey from Launceston Mayor Ivan Dean
• Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) wins the Country Club Resort Criterium Championship jersey: Howard won three stages of the Tour
• Englishman Tom Southam (Drapac Porsche) took out the Georgetown Most Aggressive rider of the Tour award
• Bernard Sulzberger was awarded the Gunns Ltd leading Tasmanian rider's jersey
• Peter McDonald (NSWIS/FRF) - The 2007 Timbercorp Cup National Road Series Champion
• The final Timbercorp Cup Series podium (L-R): Grant Irwin 2nd (Ord Minnett/Triple Play), Peter McDonald 1st (NSWIS/FRF), and Leigh Howard 3rd (Jayco/VIS)
• Nineteen year old Western Australian, Cameron Meyer (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) , wins his first multiple stage race - The 2007 Jayco Tour of Tasmania

Stage 10 - October 6: Grindelwald to George town, 69.1km

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• The peloton leave Grindewald bound for Georgetown with the Eastern suburbs of Launceston in the distance
• MANN you're cool Tony! Tony Mann (right) of the Ballarat City Cycles team on the front of the tour
• An early break make their way beside the Tamar River in Northern Tasmania
• The lead group head off the highway onto the narrow roads of Mt. Direction
• Nathan Wise from Victoria in the leading group on the penultimate day of the tour
• Richard England (Jayco/VIS) was in a relaxed mood here but things would hot up for him at the finish
• Craig McCartney (Savings and Loans) drives the leading group towards Georgetown
• A determined Tom Middleton (Savings and Loans) looks for a break on the leading group
• Tom Middleton, Peter Herzig, Tony Mann and Darcy Rosenlund (r-l) open up a gap on their breakaway partners from the original lead group
• It's Peter Herzig's turn on the front of the leading quartet
• And now it's Ballarat City Cycle's Tony Mann's turn on the front
• Stage nine winner Evan Oliphant (Craig Price Cyclery) back in the peloton on stage ten
• Miles Olman (l) of the SouthAustralia.com/AIS team and Jayco/VIS's Richard England battle for stage ten honours in Georgetown
• The peloton roll into Georgetown to finish stage ten of the Tour
• Richard England (Jayco/VIS) on the podium after claiming his second stage victory of the Tour
• Queenslander Jonathan Cantwell has been riding for the Devonport team in the Municipal Cup Challenge
• The stage ten podium (l-r): Miles Olman 2nd (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) Richard England 1st (Jayco/VIS) and Jonathan Cantwell 3rd (Devonport Municipal Cup Challenge team)
• Englishman Kristian House (Devonport Municipal Cup Challenge team) remains in the lead of the Timbercorp sprint points competition
• Tour leader Cameron Meyer (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) has only to wait one more stage before popping the corks and celebrating his tour win

Stage 9 - October 6: Launceston to Grindelwald, 49.9km

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• Patrick Shaw (Jayco/VIS) was in 20th place overall on the Tour and third in the Timbercorp National Road Series going into the ninth stage in Launceston.
• Brett Aitken (Savings and Loans) - An Olympic Gold Medallist warming up in front of the Country Club Resort in Launceston where stage nine of the Tour began.
• Ord Minnett/Triple Play teammates (L-R) Hayden Josefski, Gilbert Gutowski and Cameron Hughes browse over the General Classification results prior to stage nine
• Peter McDonald (NSWIS/FRF) gets his coffee fix inside Launceston's Country Club Resort before racing on stage nine.
• The Tour heads over the South Esk River just after leaving Launceston on the 49.9km journey to the Swiss Village of Grindelwald.
• Joel Pearson (Ballarat City Cycles) made an attempt to sneak away from the peloton early into the stage.
• Nicholas Walker (L) of the Jayco/VIS team and Joel Pearson (Ballarat City Cycles) go in search of a winning break on the short stage to Grindelwald.
• Snow was on the mountains in the distance and the weather hasn't been too kind to the Tour in 2007.
• Gilbert Gutowski (Ord Minnett/Triple Play) and Brad Edmunds (Ballarat City Cycles) were the next pair to force the pace near Rosevale.
• Brad Edmunds (Ballarat City Cycles) was in 62nd place heading into the ninth stage, over an hour behind Tour leader Cameron Meyer (SouthAustralia.com/AIS)
• Jason Hegert (NSWIS/FRF) went into the ninth stage in 78th place on the GC and got himself into a three-man breakaway after 18 kilometres.
• The peloton would reel in the leading trio in the final 15 kilometres of the stage.
• Current Scottish Road Champion, Evan Oliphant, takes out stage nine of the Tour into Grindelwald
• Oh man! He's already beaten me at back-yard cricket and chess, now he's going to beat me in the Tour of Tasmania: Brothers Travis (right) and Cameron Meyer, one-two in the Tour so far
• The stage nine podium (L-R): Josh Wilson second (Praties), Evan Oliphant first (Craig Price Cyclery), and Travis Meyer third (Drapac Porsche)
• Happy Birthday Winston: Timbercorp Sprint Points leader, Kristian House (Devonport Municipal Challenge Team)
• Tom Southam (Drapac Porsche) will win the Central Coast Council King of the Mountains Competition
• Cameron Meyer (SouthAustralia.com/ AIS) remains the Jayco Tour of Tasmania leader after nine stages.

Stage 8 - October 5: Westbury to Westbury, 78.7km

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• The peloton on stage eight with the Great Western Tiers in the background
• Malcolm Rudolph (QAS) in the leading trio that broke clear early into stage eight
• Trent Stevenson (L) of Bendigo and Andrew Ward (Ballarat City Cycles) share a lighter moment in the leading break on stage eight
• Timbercorp Sprint Points leader, Kristian House (Devonport Municipal Challenge Team) punctured early into the 78.7km stage eight
• Matt King (L) of the Northern Territory and Hayden Josefski (Ord Minnett/Triple Play) on the front of the peloton approaching Cressy
• Kristian House (Devonport Municipal Challenge Team) was glad to be back in the peloton after puncturing near Bracknell
• The leading trio of Andrew Ward (Ballarat City Cycles), Malcolm Rudolph (QAS), and Trent Stevenson (Decked Out Bendigo) maintaining their break on the chasing peloton nearing Armstrong's Lane
• 2006 Launceston to Hobart One Day Classic winner, Trent Stevenson (Decked Out Bendigo) will be defending his title on October the 13th in Tassie
• Tour leader Cameron Meyer (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) was safely in the peloton all the way during stage eight
• The break was caught and a large group formed with around 15 kilometres to the finish
• English pair Kristian House (Devonport Municipal Challenge Team) and Tom Southam (Drapac Porsche) head the lead group up another climb approaching the finish
• David Pell (Savings and Loans) looks around to see where team sprinter Brett Aitken is in the leading group
• A large bunch of riders had formed within the final kilometres to the finish in Westbury
• Brett Aitken (Savings and Loans) raises his arm in triumph to take stage eight ahead of Grant Irwin (Ord Minnett/Triple Play) and Joel Pearson (Ballarat City Cycles)

Stage 7 - October 5: Westbury criterium, 39km

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• Mmm, what's going on there? Casey Munro (Drapac Porsche)
• The boys from the SouthAustralia.com/AIS team proudly showing their arm-bands for the Ben Mikic Foundation
• The weather has been pretty bad here in Tassie, no Cyclones though, only in the peloton:Tim Roe (89) and Joe Lewis (78)
• Tour leader Cameron Meyer (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) on the startline in Westbury
• Joel Pearson (Ballarat City Cycles) on the startline in his Country Club Resort Criterium Championship leader's jersey
• Kristian House riding for the Devonport Municipal Challenge team awaits the start in his Timbercorp Sprint Points Championship leader's jersey
• The peloton make their way along the streets of Westbury during the 42km stage seven criterium
• Grant Irwin (Ord Minnett/Triple Play) drives the peloton during stage seven in Westbury Northern Tasmania
• A couple of Australian cycling greats, Matt Gilmore (L) and Scott McGrory watch the early break corner in Westbury
• Recent World Under 23 Road Race Silver Medallist, Wes Sulzberger, chats with (L-R) Ron Bryan, Paul Brosnan and Rod McGee in Westbury
• Miles Watson (Burnie Municipal Challenge Team) out of the saddle on stage seven
• Brendan Brooks (NSWIS/FRF) speeds out of corner into the back straight in Westbury
• Leigh Howard (L) of the Jayco/VIS team takes out a thrilling stage win in Westbury, his third for the Tour
• The peloton roll over the finishline away from the hectic sprint to finish stage seven in Westbury
• The stage seven podium (L-R): Joel Pearson 2nd (Ballarat City Cycles), Leigh Howard 1st (Jayco/VIS), and Jonathan Cantwell 3rd (Devonport Municipal Challenge Team)
• Kristian House (Devonport Municipal Challenge Team) remains in the Timbercorp Sprint Championship leader's jersey after the seventh stage
• Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) from Victoria zips up his Country Club Resort Championship leader's jersey
• Western Australian Cameron Meyer (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) remains in the Tour lead with three stages to go

Stage 6 - October 4: Burnie criterium, 24km

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• Conditions were treacherous for two wheels of any kind in Burnie for stage six of the Tour
• Steve Ockerby, Tasmanian Police Solo, gives the thumbs up to the Tour; Any road race in the world gratefully acknowledges the support of local police
• Steve McWilliam carries Tour sound equipment after stage six was abandoned due to Tassie's beautiful…er I mean inclement weather
• Awe come on Cameron, don't look so glum, the Tour will be on again tomorrow: Tour leader Cameron Meyer (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) shows his disappointment at racing being abandoned
• The weather may not have been great for cycling but local surfers took advantage of the swell in Burnie
• Welcome to Burnie… Beautiful one day, swell the next! It was the first time in 19 years that Caribou Publications (Tour organisers) had been forced to abandon a stage

Stage 5 - October 4: Burnie to Sulphur Creek, 71.4km

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• Sid Taberlay (TIS/Cyclingnews.com) warms up prior to stage five in front of the grandstand at West Park in Burnie.
• Peter McDonald (NSWIS/FRF) currently leads the 2007 Timbercorp Cup National Cycling Series.
• SouthAustralia.com/AIS are supporting the foundation of Ben Mikic, a teenage cyclist who was tragically killed in a road incident in New South Wales recently.
• The Tour climb out of Burnie under the Chief Commissaire's guidance during the neutral zone.
• Patrick Shaw (Jayco/VIS) was thirteenth overall on the GC heading into the fifth stage.
• Tom Middleton (right) of the Savings and Loans team was in 45th place overall, 26.13 minutes behind the Tour leader heading into the fifth stage.
• Tim Roe (Savings and Loans) riding well in seventh place on the GC 2.58 minutes behind the Tour leader.
• Miles Olman (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) leads the peloton near Ridgely in pouring rain - again!
• Finger on the brakes descending on the Tour of Tasmania.
• Casey Munro (L) of the Drapac Porsche team keeps check with Pratie's Ben Mather in an attempt to breakaway from the lead group.
• Shaun Higgerson (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) drives the lead group over another climb in the Tour of Tasmania.
• Breakaway (L-R): Joel Pearson, Bernard Sulzberger and Benjamin King open up a gap on their rivals 15 kilometres from the finish.
• Joel Pearson (Ballarat City Cycles) looks for support in the break from Bernard Sulzberger (DFL/Cyclingnews).
• The leading trio of Pearson, Sulzberger and King try to maintain their break approaching the finish to stage five.
• Tour leader Cameron Meyer (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) caught the break, fell four kilometres from home, Sulzberger and King waited for him, and then he went onto win stage five.
• Cameron Meyer (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) sports a bloodied elbow from his tumble as stage runner-up, Bernard Sulzberger (DFL/Cyclingnews), contemplates a lost opportunity.
• The stage five podium (L-R): Bernard Sulzberger 2nd (DFL/Cyclingnews) Cameron Meyer 1st (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) and Benjamin King 3rd (Launceston Municipal Team).

Stage 4 - October 3: Ulverstone to Penguin, 78.5kms

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• The Tour climbs it's way out of Ulverstone on the 78.5km stage four to Penguin.
• David Pell (Savings and Loans) gets a break on the rest in teaming rain on the road out of Ulverstone.
• Ben Mather (right) of the Praties team does his best Jerry Lewis impersonation in the rain on stage four.
• Riders struck trouble with strong winds and torrential rain leaving Ulverstone where some were swept off the road and chains came off.
• SouthAustralia.com/AIS riders drop back to help out a teammate near Sprent on stage four.
• Riders encounter a treacherous corner in the greasy conditions near Gunns Plains.
• Gasping for air on the "Stage from Hell", as one rider described it, near Gunns Plains .
• SouthAustralia.com/AIS teammates Shaun Higgerson (L) and Tour leader Cameron Meyer on the front of the leading group approaching the category one climb at Gunns Plains.
• The leading group begin their ascent up the category one climb at Gunns Plains.
• Timbercorp Cup National Road Series current leader, Peter McDonald (NSWIS/FRF), tows the leaders up the category one climb.
• Riders who used a 25 gearing system found it easier on the legs than a 23 or 24 up the category one climb at Gunns Plains.
• Stuart Shaw (Drapac Porsche) found the going tough on the climb - but he wasn't Robinson Crusoe.
• Trent Stevenson from Victoria has the climb all to himself and settles back into a comfortable rhythm.
• Reaching the top and riding off into the distance: Mark Jamieson (L) and Peter Milostic atop the category one climb at Gunns Plains.
• Simon Price of New South Wales contemplates the zig-zag on the brute of a climb at Gunns Plains.
• Cameron Meyer (SouthAustalia.com/AIS) tried to pinch a break and extend his lead in the Tour with a stage win into Penguin.
• The talented Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) from Geelong in Victoria takes out another stage victory, this time the 78.5km race into Penguin.
• Tour officials brave the elements as they struggle with the timing gear when stormy weather hit the coastal township of Penguin.
• Awe come one then lads, the weather ain't that bad here in Tasmania: Englishmen Tom Southam (L) and Kristian House.
• The groovy Tour leader, Cameron Meyer (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) in a groovy town called Penguin on Tasmania's North-West Coast.

Stage 3 - October 3: Ulverstone criterium, 36km

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• Riders corner during the 36km stage three criterium in Ulverstone.
• The peloton on the back roads of Ulverstone during stage three of the Tour.
• Eventual stage winner Richard England (Jayco/VIS) manoeuvres his Pinarello through the field .
• Nic Sanderson (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) leads the peloton into a corner in Ulverstone.
• The Meyer brothers on the front: Cameron (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) followed by Travis (Drapac Porsche).
• Ben Grenda (Launceston) keeps an eye on Leigh Howard's (Jayco/VIS) wheel during stage three - and why wouldn't you!
• (L-R): Miles Watson (Burnie), Travis Meyer (Drapac Porsche), Cameron Meyer (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) and Kristian House (Devonport) in action on stage three.
• Jason Hegert (NSWIS/FRF) leans into a bend in Ulverstone .
• The peloton were making sure there were no breaks in the stage three criterium.
• Craig McCartney (Savings and Loans) leads a thirsty Nic Sanderson (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) into a bend .
• Ben Grenda (centre), son of 1984 Olympic Gold Medallist Michael Grenda, is riding for the Launceston team in the Municipal Cup Challenge on the Tour.
• David Pell (Savings and Loans) leads the peloton into a corner on the concluding laps of stage three.
• Jayco Tour leader, Cameron Meyer (SouthAustralia.com/AIS), was making sure he was at the front of the race in final laps.
• Threatening skies in the background as the peloton charges into the final lap.
• Richard England (Jayco/VIS) edges out Brett Aitken (right) of the Savings and Loans team to take stage three of the Tour in Ulverstone.
• The stage three podium minus one : runner-up Brett Aitken (L) of the Savings and Loans team and stage winner Richard England from the Jayco/VIS outfit; Absent, Joel Pearson (3rd) of Ballarat City Cycles.
• Joel Pearson (Ballarat City Cycles) from New South Wales is the Country Club Resort Criterium Championship leader after three stages.

Stage 2 - October 2: Devonport to Sheffield, 90.1km

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• The Tour rolls by the Spirit of Tasmania just after the start of stage two from Devonport to Sheffield
• The peloton had a 90 kilometre stage with two category three; a category four and category two hill climbs on the way to Sheffield
• Bernard Sulzberger (L) is back on the roads of his home state (including tractors) after competing strongly in Europe recently
• Riders make their way beside farming fields and the rich soil of the North West Coast of Tasmania
• Riders struggle up the steep climb at Paloona Dam during the difficult second stage of the Tour
• The peloton on another rise in the countryside near Sheffield during stage two
• Two Englishmen in Tasmania, and an old Volkswagon: Kristian House (L) and Tom Southam nearing Sheffield
• The chasing peloton on the rise into Sheffield the first time with 45 kilometres to the finish
• Modes of transport have certainly changed around these parts of late: One of the many murals in Sheffield
• Travis Meyer (Drapac Porsche) from Western Australia gets the break on the rest with 30 kilometres remaining
• The peloton on the roads near Railton in search of the leading Meyer brothers
• The peloton were never far away from the Meyer brothers in the run home to Sheffield
• Hey! Is that my brother trying to bridge the gap? Travis Meyer looks around to see brother Cameron closing in
• Travis Meyer (Drapac Porsche) grimaces as he holds onto a slender lead from his brother
• Okay bro, now you've caught me, is it my turn to win or yours?
• Obviously it was Cameron's: Cameron Meyer (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) wins stage two into Sheffield
• The peloton struggle into the finish after a difficult two and a half hours in the saddle
• Cameron Meyer is congratulated by his SouthAustralia.com/AIS teammate Shaun Higgerson in Sheffield
• The stage two podium (L-R): Travis Meyer 2nd (Drapac Porsche) Cameron Meyer 1st (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) and Shaun Higgerson 3rd (SouthAustralia.com/AIS)
• Kristian House from England leads the Timbercorp Sprint Points Competition after two stages
• Cameron Meyer (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) is the Central Coast Council King of the Mountains leader after the second stage
• Cameron Meyer (SouthAustralia.com/AIS) is presented with his Jayco Tour leader's jersey after two stages

Stage 1 - October 2: Devonport criterium, 21km

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• The team from Devonport who will be competing in the Municipal Cup Challenge pose for a photo in their hometown.
• The bar is open but the boys from the Queensland Ord Minnett team will have to wait till the Tour is over before sampling some local brew.
• The Burnie team in the Municipal Cup Challenge outside a local Chinese Restaurant prior to stage one in Devonport.
• Hobart based Praties team are giving Tasmanian riders great opportunities to progress in the sport.
• They're off in the 2007 Tour of Tasmania on stage one in Devonport on Tasmania's North Coast.
• Riders corner during the 700 metre stage one criterium in Devonport.
• The peloton head along Formby Road beneath the cement works in Devonport.
• Bikes, trains and ships… Stage one of the Tour of Tasmania in Devonport.
• A total of 101 riders took to the streets of Devonport for stage one of the Tour.
• Michael Smith (L) of Tasmania is about to bite the bitumen on stage one.
• And picking up the pieces ready to soldier on.
• Evan Oliphant from Scotland tries to escape the peloton's clutches and go in search of the leading duo.
• The leading pair: Leigh Howard drives Kristian House towards the finish to stage one.
• Leigh Howard from Victoria salutes the judges to win stage one from Englishman Kristian House.
• Well done mate: Kristian House (L) congratulates stage winner and breakaway partner Leigh Howard.
• Joel Pearson from New South Wales brings home the peloton for third place on the opening stage of the Tour .
• The stage one podium (L-R): Kristian House (2nd), Leigh Howard (1st), and Joel Pearson (3rd).
• 2006 Tour winner, Kristian House, in the yellow jersey after the opening stage of the Tour in Devonport.
• Stage one winner, Leigh Howard, shows his support for recent AFL football Premiers Geelong where Howard hails from.