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Scody Cup Cycling Series Tour of Gippsland - NE
Australia, July 30-August 3, 2008
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Stage 2 - July 30: Mallacoota Dahlsens road race, 93.4km
Persistence pays off for gutsy Dickeson
By Rod Morris
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A fall in the opening 20 minutes of racing didn't stop Adelaide based cyclist Will Dickeson from claiming the lead on the first day of the Lakes Oil Tour of Gippsland.
Dickeson, riding for the strong Savings & Loans team, fell in the morning criterium at Mallacoota and although he later required medical attention to cuts and bruises on both elbows and his lower left leg, he recovered to finish eighth behind Tasmanian duo Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) and Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team). In the afternoon's Mallacoota road race over 93.4 km, Dickeson was able to slot into a seven-man breakaway group that did some serious damage to the peloton.
Malcolm Rudolph's lead was shortlived when he missed the afternoon break.
Dickeson featured strongly in both the intermediate sprints and king of the mountain sprints in the afternoon stage and was able to claim the prized yellow leader's jersey off Rudolph and will head the tour when the caravan hits Orbost on Thursday.
This year's Tour of Gippsland heralds a new era for Caribou Publications, the promoter's of the Scody Cup. A teams championship has been added to the tour and in a boost for the sport, 14 teams have taken up the challenge in the Gippsland region.
Rudolph showed he meant business for the sprint championship when he won eight of the 11 intermediates and jumped to a 16-point lead over his nearest challenger – Will Dickeson.
But the strain of contesting so many intermediate sprints, meant Rudolph had little left for the final burst to the line to claim the stage.
A nine-man group had kicked clear of the main group and although the cavalry was coming at them towards the finish, they had enough time and distance to hold them at bay.
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The afternoon stage took its toll on many riders with particular emphasis on the category 3 hill climb, which the field had to contend eight times. West Australian Ben King and Dickeson were the two best credentialed riders that were able to join the breakaway. But both were upstaged by Queenslander Chris Pryor, riding for the GD Triple Play outfit. Pryor, who's previous best race in the national series was a fourth – ironically in the same Mallacoota road race last year, said he was pleasantly surprised with the result.
"I suppose knowing the course fairly well helped me, but I'd like to pay credit to everyone in the breakaway group." "They all worked well together and I was just in the right spot at the right time at the finish of the race," he added.
And although Dickeson couldn't finish in the sprint finish, his aims were a little higher – take the tour lead.
"I was aware of how many seconds I had up my sleeve as I was in constant contact with team management, so I'm not too concerned about not winning the stage, getting the leader's jersey was my goal," he said.
Dickeson turned his morning deficit of 22 seconds into a lead of the same time, pushing Rudolph into second, while stocky Tasmanian Daniel Furmston, is third at 23 seconds.
The five day – eight race – tour is the first of four events in the Scody Cup, which has replaced the national series previously known as the Tattersall's Cup and more recently the Timbercorp Cup.
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- A breakaway formed on the climb out of Mallacoota on stage two
- The chasing peloton in search of a leading group during the 93.4 kilometre stage two
- The Tour leader, Malcolm Rudolph (GO Investments) was tucked away back in the peloton
- Benjamin King (South Australia.com/AIS) takes the lead group around the roads of Mallacoota
- Benjamin King (South Australia.com/AIS) takes out an intermediate sprint ahead of Savings and Loans Will Dickeson
- David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) leans into a bend during the eight laps of an eleven kilometre circuit on stage two
- Cameron Hughes (GO Investments) was working hard back in the peloton but had a teammate in the lead group
- Chris Pryor (GO Investments) gets the gap on the up-hill sprint to the finish
- Stage winner Chris Pryor explains to his GO Investments teammate Malcolm Rudolph how he got the break to win the stage
- Queenslander Chris Pryor (GO Investments) wasn't feeling the cold in Victoria after he won stage two of the Tour of Gippsland
- The podium spray (L-R): Charles Howlett (2nd, Gold 1242), Chris Pryor (1st, GO Investments) and Daniel Furmston (3rd, Praties)
- Time for a swig: Charles Howlett (left) of Gold 1242 samples the champers on the podium after stage two
- Stage winner Chris Pryor (GO Investments) felt like a he-man on the podium in his Bairnsdale Dealership Most Aggressive rider's jersey
- From yellow to green: Malcolm Rudolph (GO Investments) tries on his Credit Collect Sprint Points leader's jersey
- Tasmanian Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling) is the Tourism Victoria King of the Mountains leader after the second stage
- Congratulations son, you’re the new Tour leader: Will Dickeson (Savings and Loans) from South Australia is the new Tour leader after the second stage
Results
1 Chris Pryor (GD Investments) 2.19.27 (40.19 km/h) 2 Charles Howlett (Gold 1242) 3 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling Team) 4 Darren Rolfe (Virgin Blue Cycling) 5 Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 0.03 6 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 0.05 7 Jay Bourke (Budget Forklifts) 8 Casey Munro (Drapac-Porsche) 0.33 9 William Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 0.36 10 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 11 Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) 12 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 13 Peter Smith (Credit Collect) 14 Michael England (GD Investments) 15 Jonathon Lovelock (Jayco/VIS) 16 Shaun Mccarthy (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 17 Cameron Hughes (GD Investments) 18 Craig McCartney (Savings & Loans) 19 Stuart Payne (Credit Collect) 20 Adrian Hanson (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 21 Nathan Wise (Credit Collect) 22 Damien Turner (Budget Forklifts) 23 Pip Grinter (Drapac-Porsche) 24 Russell Gill (Savings & Loans) 25 Grieve-Johnson (Praties Cycling Team) 26 Jason Rigg (Praties Cycling Team) 27 Christopher Luxton (Savings & Loans) 28 Brad Edmunds (Savings & Loans) 29 Dylan Newell (Praties Cycling Team) 30 Chris Jory (South Australia/AIS) 31 Brett Tivers (Drapac-Porsche) 32 Scott Kilmartin (GD Investments) 33 Henry Morley (Drapac-Porsche) 34 Timothy Roe (Savings & Loans) 35 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 36 Brock Roberts (Budget Forklifts) 37 Graeme Allbon (Gold 1242) 38 Peter Milostic (GD Investments) 39 Elliott Wells (Drapac-Porsche) 40 Tim Guy (South Australia/AIS) 41 David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) 42 Harry Rassie (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 43 Reece Stephens (Credit Collect) 44 Timothy Walker (Praties Cycling Team) 45 Travis Meyer (South Australia/AIS) 46 Patrick Lane (Jayco/VIS) 3.20 47 Bradley Clark (Cycle City) 4.28 48 Mark Isaacs (Cycle City) 8.36 49 Joel Fahy (Drapac-Porsche) 50 Stefan Kirsch (Hart-Ridewiser) 51 Abram Manion (Budget Forklifts) 52 Sam Moorhouse (Budget Forklifts) 53 Jay Callaghan (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 54 Peter Herzig (Virgin Blue Cycling) 55 Samuel Rix (Credit Collect) 56 Anthony Chandler (Hart-Ridewiser) 57 Gregory Campbell (Virgin Blue Cycling) 58 Guy Green (Hart-Ridewiser) 59 James Henry (Gold 1242) 60 Thomas Richards (Budget Forklifts) 61 Luis Trueba (Drapac-Porsche) 62 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 63 Joseph Lewis (South Australia/AIS) 64 Kyle Bateson (GD Investments) 8.44 65 Kyle Marwood (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 66 James Langedyk (Jayco/VIS) 67 Ashley Baines (Cycle City) 68 Blair Windsor (Budget Forklifts) 8.57 69 Steven Pilson (Gold 1242) 0.36 70 David Shanahan (Gold 1242) 17.26 71 Craig Gibbs (Cycle City) 72 Ian Coker (Gold 1242) 73 William Alexander (Virgin Blue Cycling) 52.18 74 Damian Harris (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 75 Jamie Kelly (Hart-Ridewiser) 76 Malcolm Hart (Hart-Ridewiser) 77 Robert Crowe (Hart-Ridewiser) 78 Peter Shanahan (Gold 1242) 1.09.44 DNS James Ibrahim (Credit Collect) Sprints End of Lap 2 End of Lap Luke Davison (Virgin Blue Cycling) 3 pts End of Lap Bradley Clark (Cycle City) 2 End of Lap Jason Rigg (Praties Cycling Team) 1 End of Lap 3 End of Lap Kyle Marwood (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 3 pts End of Lap Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 2 End of Lap Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) 1 End of Lap 4 End of Lap Darren Rolfe (Virgin Blue Cycling) 3 pts End of Lap Jay Bourke (Budget Forklifts) 2 End of Lap Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 1 End of Lap 5 End of Lap Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 3 pts End of Lap Charles Howlett (Gold 1242) 2 End of Lap Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 1 End of Lap 6 End of Lap Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 3 pts End of Lap Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 2 End of Lap Chris Pryor (GD Investments) 1 End of Lap 7 End of Lap Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 3 pts End of Lap Charles Howlett (Gold 1242) 2 End of Lap Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 1 End of Lap 8 End of Lap Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 3 pts End of Lap Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 2 End of Lap Charles Howlett (Gold 1242) 1 Mountains KOM 1, Karbeethong, cat 3 1 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling Team) 5 pts 2 Peter Herzig (Virgin Blue Cycling) 3 3 Joseph Lewis (South Australia/AIS) 2 KOM 2, Karbeethong, cat 3 1 Chris Pryor (GD Investments) 5 pts 2 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 3 3 Peter Herzig (Virgin Blue Cycling) 2 KOM 3, Karbeethong, cat 3 1 Tim Guy (South Australia/AIS) 5 pts 2 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 3 3 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling Team) 2 KOM 4, Karbeethong, cat 3 1 Darren Rolfe (Virgin Blue Cycling) 5 pts 2 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling Team) 3 3 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 2 KOM 5, Karbeethong, cat 3 1 Darren Rolfe (Virgin Blue Cycling) 5 pts 2 Charles Howlett (Gold 1242) 3 3 Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 2 KOM 6, Karbeethong, cat 3 1 Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 5 pts 2 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling Team) 3 3 Darren Rolfe (Virgin Blue Cycling) 2 KOM 7, Karbeethong, cat 3 1 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling Team) 5 pts 2 Darren Rolfe (Virgin Blue Cycling) 3 3 Charles Howlett (Gold 1242) 2 KOM 8, Karbeethong, cat 3 1 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling Team) 5 pts 2 Darren Rolfe (Virgin Blue Cycling) 3 3 Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 2 General classification after stage 2 1 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 3.19.42 2 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 0.22 3 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling Team) 0.23 4 Darren Rolfe (Virgin Blue Cycling) 0.30 5 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 0.31 6 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 0.32 7 Charles Howlett (Gold 1242) 0.37 8 Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 9 Chris Pryor (GD Investments) 0.39 10 Pip Grinter (Drapac-Porsche) 0.42 11 Cameron Hughes (GD Investments) 0.47 12 Jay Bourke (Budget Forklifts) 1.10 13 Casey Munro (Drapac-Porsche) 1.26 14 Tim Guy (South Australia/AIS) 15 Shaun Mccarthy (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 1.28 16 Timothy Walker (Praties Cycling Team) 1.29 17 Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) 1.30 18 Jason Rigg (Praties Cycling Team) 19 William Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 1.31 20 Jonathon Lovelock (Jayco/VIS) 21 Michael England (GD Investments) 22 Peter Smith (Credit Collect) 23 Damien Turner (Budget Forklifts) 24 Dylan Newell (Praties Cycling Team) 25 Brett Tivers (Drapac-Porsche) 26 Nathan Wise (Credit Collect) 27 David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) 28 Russell Gill (Savings & Loans) 29 Grieve-Johnson (Praties Cycling Team) 30 Christopher Luxton (Savings & Loans) 31 Chris Jory (South Australia/AIS) 32 Craig McCartney (Savings & Loans) 33 Graeme Allbon (Gold 1242) 34 Timothy Roe (Savings & Loans) 35 Adrian Hanson (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 36 Travis Meyer (South Australia/AIS) 37 Scott Kilmartin (GD Investments) 38 Peter Milostic (GD Investments) 39 Reece Stephens (Credit Collect) 40 Harry Rassie (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 41 Stuart Payne (Credit Collect) 1.43 42 Brock Roberts (Budget Forklifts) 43 Steven Pilson (Gold 1242) 44 Brad Edmunds (Savings & Loans) 2.49 45 Henry Morley (Drapac-Porsche) 46 Patrick Lane (Jayco/VIS) 4.27 47 Elliott Wells (Drapac-Porsche) 4.50 48 Bradley Clark (Cycle City) 6.39 49 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 8.44 50 James Langedyk (Jayco/VIS) 8.46 51 Peter Herzig (Virgin Blue Cycling) 9.23 52 Luis Trueba (Drapac-Porsche) 9.30 53 Joel Fahy (Drapac-Porsche) 9.31 54 Gregory Campbell (Virgin Blue Cycling) 55 Guy Green (Hart-Ridewiser) 56 Samuel Rix (Credit Collect) 57 Kyle Marwood (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 9.36 58 Ashley Baines (Cycle City) 9.39 59 Kyle Bateson (GD Investments) 60 Stefan Kirsch (Hart-Ridewiser) 9.43 61 Sam Moorhouse (Budget Forklifts) 62 Thomas Richards (Budget Forklifts) 63 James Henry (Gold 1242) 64 Blair Windsor (Budget Forklifts) 9.52 65 Joseph Lewis (South Australia/AIS) 10.29 66 Mark Isaacs (Cycle City) 10.49 67 Abram Manion (Budget Forklifts) 68 Anthony Chandler (Hart-Ridewiser) 69 Jay Callaghan (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 12.50 70 Craig Gibbs (Cycle City) 19.39 71 David Shanahan (Gold 1242) 21.40 72 Ian Coker (Gold 1242) 73 William Alexander (Virgin Blue Cycling) 53.13 74 Robert Crowe (Hart-Ridewiser) 54.31 75 Jamie Kelly (Hart-Ridewiser) 76 Malcolm Hart (Hart-Ridewiser) 58.33 77 Damian Harris (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 1.00.34 78 Peter Shanahan (Gold 1242) 1.18.00 Sprints classification 1 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 24 pts 2 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 17 3 Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 10 4 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 8 5 Pip Grinter (Drapac-Porsche) 5 6 Charles Howlett (Gold 1242) 5 7 James Langedyk (Jayco/VIS) 4 8 Cameron Hughes (GD Investments) 4 9 Darren Rolfe (Virgin Blue Cycling) 3 10 Kyle Marwood (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 3 11 Shaun Mccarthy (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 3 12 Peter Herzig (Virgin Blue Cycling) 3 13 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling Team) 3 14 Casey Munro (Drapac-Porsche) 2 15 Timothy Walker (Praties Cycling Team) 2 16 Bradley Clark (Cycle City) 2 17 Jay Bourke (Budget Forklifts) 2 18 Jason Rigg (Praties Cycling Team) 1 19 Chris Pryor (GD Investments) 1 20 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 1 21 Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) 1 22 Luis Trueba (Drapac-Porsche) 1 Mountains classification 1 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling Team) 23 pts 2 Darren Rolfe (Virgin Blue Cycling) 18 3 Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 9 4 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 6 5 Charles Howlett (Gold 1242) 5 6 Chris Pryor (GD Investments) 5 7 Tim Guy (South Australia/AIS) 5 8 Peter Herzig (Virgin Blue Cycling) 5 9 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 2 10 Joseph Lewis (South Australia/AIS) 2 Criterium Championship classification 1 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 10 pts 2 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 9 3 James Langedyk (Jayco/VIS) 8 4 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 7 5 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 6 6 Pip Grinter (Drapac-Porsche) 5 7 Cameron Hughes (GD Investments) 4 8 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 3 9 Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) 2 10 Kyle Marwood (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 1 Teams classification 1 Praties Cycling Team 6.59.33 2 GD Investments 3 Virgin Blue Cycling 4 South Australia/AIS 0.03 5 Savings & Loans 0.05 6 Budget Forklifts 7 Drapac-Porsche 0.33 8 Credit Collect 0.36 9 Lakes Oil Cycling Team 10 Jayco/VIS 3.20 11 Gold 8.00 12 Cycle City 20.36 13 Hart-Ridewiser 24.36
