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Scody Cup Cycling Series Tour of Gippsland - NE
Australia, July 30-August 3, 2008
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Stage 6 - August 1: Bairnsdale crit, 33km
Tasmania keeps in yellow – just a different one!
By Rod Morris
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The battle for overall honours in the Lakes Oil Tour of Gippsland cycling race is destined to go to the wire after top Tasmanian rider Bernard Sulzberger moved into the lead.
Sulzberger put his sprinting prowess into overdrive in the Bairnsdale criterium sixth stage, scoring enough time bonuses and a podium placing to reel in Praties Cycling Team riders Daniel Furmston and Dylan Newell, who he trailed by 13 and 10 seconds respectively.
Riding for the Blue Virgin Cycling Team, Sulzberger, 24, is aiming to emulate the 2006 performance of his younger brother Wesley, who won the Tour of Gippsland. Sulzberger finished third in the afternoon stage behind ace Victorian Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) and Kyle Marwood (Lakes Oil Cycling Team). The extra bonus for third place gave Sulzberger a seven-second lead to Newell and Furmston.
How it unfolded
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The unseasonably good weather the tour had experienced for the first five stages waved goodbye as strong winds buffeted riders, officials and spectators alike in the Bairnsdale criterium. While the race was only 33 kilometres long, riders were restricted to an average speed of 40 kph – a lot slower than what was expected.
Talented West Australian Travis Meyer, riding for the Australian Institute of Sport team, set the early pattern for the race – breaking away and snaring a number of time bonuses and sprint championship points before reeled in by the chasing bunch. From there on, the face of the tour changed somewhat with Bernard Sulzberger challenging for the bonuses and clawing his way back up the leaderboard.
Sulzberger won four of the intermediate sprints and was second in another to peg back 14 seconds and with a third placing across the line, edged his way into yellow.
Leigh Howard produced a sizzling finish to come over the top of other sprinters to claim his first win of the 2008 series and his fourth in the 13-year history of the series.
The tour continues over the weekend with a tough Metung to Omeo stage on Saturday and a criterium in Paynesville on Sunday.
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- They're off on stage six, a thirty-three kilometre criterium around the streets of Bairnsdale
- Casey Munro (Drapac Porsche) leans into a bend during stage six of the Tour
- Charles Howlett (Gold 1242) leans his Orbea into a bend in Bairnsdale
- Tasmanian Abram Manion (Budget Forklifts) in action during stage stage six of the Tour in Bairnsdale
- Stefan Kirsch (Hart-Ridewiser) in the peloton during stage six; 30 laps of a 1.1 kilometre circuit
- Robert Crowe (Hart-Ridewiser) has been doing it hard on the roads of East Gippsland
- Pip Grinter (Drapac Porsche) corners on the streets of Bairnsdale
- Joel Pearson (Savings and Loans) is back on the bike after sustaining injuries in an accident which kept him out of the sport for awhile
- Will Dickeson (Savings and Loans) was an early Tour leader here in Gippsland
- The attacking nature of South Australia.com/AIS's Travis Meyer was on show again during stage six in Bairnsdale
- David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) is looking further ahead in the series to a possible tour victory
- Virgin Blue are as fast on the roads as they are better known as in the air
- A Budget Forklifts rider keeps his eyes on the wheel of the rider in-front as he corners in Bairnsdale
- Tim Walker (Praties Cycling Team) is focused on keeping his teammate Daniel Furmston in the Tour leader's yellow jersey
- No school today so it's full steam ahead for the yellow jersey of Tasmanian Daniel Furmston
- Reece Stephens (Creditcollect) gets out of the saddle as the field battles a head-wind down the back straight
- Tim Guy powers down the back straight in pursuit of a break on the peloton
- William Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) strives for more speed into the wind on the back straight
- Pip Grinter (Drapac Porsche) from Victoria in action during stage six of the Tour
- Henry Morley (Drapac Porsche) from Western Australia is a long way from home on the Tour of Gippsland but giving his all
- Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) is the East Gippsland Criterium Championship leader after six stages
- Creditcollect Sprint Points leader in the green jersey, Malcolm Rudolph (GD.Triple Play) was in fine form down the back straight on stage six
- A watchful Adrian Hansen (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) in the home straight in Bairnsdale
- Savings and Loans on the front as the race enters it's final laps
- Tourism Victoria King of the Mountains leader Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) prepares himself for the final onslaught
- Chris Jory from New South Wales tries to steal the stage with two laps to go
- The bell lap and its an all-up field for stage six in Bairnsdale
- Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) takes out the stage six criterium in Bairnsdale from Kyle Marwood (right) and Bernard Sulzberger (left)
- The stage six podium (L-R): Kyle Marwood (2nd, Lakes Oil Cycling), Leigh Howard (1st, Jayco/VIS) and Bernard Sulzberger (3rd, Virgin Blue Cycling)
- Another Tasmanian in yellow: Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) is the new leader of the 2008 Lakes Oil Tour of Gippsland
Results
1 Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) 49.30 (40.00 km/h) 2 Kyle Marwood (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 3 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 4 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 5 Casey Munro (Drapac-Porsche) 6 Travis Meyer (South Australia/AIS) 7 Abram Manion (Budget Forklifts) 8 Russell Gill (Savings & Loans) 9 Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 10 Joseph Lewis (South Australia/AIS) 11 Luis Trueba (Drapac-Porsche) 12 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling Team) 0.03 13 Chris Jory (South Australia/AIS) 14 Dylan Newell (Praties Cycling Team) 15 Jonathon Lovelock (Jayco/VIS) 16 Peter Milostic (GD Investments) 0.09 17 Timothy Roe (Savings & Loans) 18 Pip Grinter (Drapac-Porsche) 19 Cameron Hughes (GD Investments) 20 Michael England (GD Investments) 21 Brett Tivers (Drapac-Porsche) 0.12 22 Charles Howlett (Gold 1242) 23 Damien Turner (Budget Forklifts) 24 Guy Green (Hart-Ridewiser) 25 Peter Smith (Credit Collect) 26 Tim Guy (South Australia/AIS) 27 Christopher Luxton (Savings & Loans) 28 William Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 29 Brad Edmunds (Savings & Loans) 0.17 30 Craig McCartney (Savings & Loans) 31 Reece Stephens (Credit Collect) 0.19 32 Chris Pryor (GD Investments) 33 Robert Crowe (Hart-Ridewiser) 34 Grieve-Johnson (Praties Cycling Team) 35 Patrick Lane (Jayco/VIS) 36 Scott Kilmartin (GD Investments) 37 Jason Rigg (Praties Cycling Team) 0.22 38 Blair Windsor (Budget Forklifts) 39 Stuart Payne (Credit Collect) 40 Adrian Hanson (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 41 Henry Morley (Drapac-Porsche) 42 Kyle Bateson (GD Investments) 43 Shaun Mccarthy (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 44 Steven Pilson (Gold 1242) 45 Nathan Wise (Credit Collect) 46 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 47 James Langedyk (Jayco/VIS) 0.27 48 David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) 0.32 49 Brock Roberts (Budget Forklifts) 0.34 50 Samuel Rix (Credit Collect) 0.41 51 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 1.11 52 Timothy Walker (Praties Cycling Team) 1.32 53 Peter Herzig (Virgin Blue Cycling) 0.22 54 Gregory Campbell (Virgin Blue Cycling) 1.39 55 Darren Rolfe (Virgin Blue Cycling) 56 Harry Rassie (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 3.18 57 Craig Gibbs (Cycle City) 58 William Alexander (Virgin Blue Cycling) 4.57 59 Stefan Kirsch (Hart-Ridewiser) 60 Mark Isaacs (Cycle City) 61 Elliott Wells (Drapac-Porsche) 62 Jay Bourke (Budget Forklifts) 63 Joel Fahy (Drapac-Porsche) 64 James Henry (Gold 1242) 65 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 66 Ian Coker (Gold 1242) 67 Sam Moorhouse (Budget Forklifts) 68 Jay Callaghan (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 69 Graeme Allbon (Gold 1242) 70 Damian Harris (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 9.54 71 Anthony Chandler (Hart-Ridewiser) 72 Peter Shanahan (Gold 1242) 73 David Shanahan (Gold 1242) Sprints End of Lap 6 1 Travis Meyer (South Australia/AIS) 3 pts 2 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 2 3 Jason Rigg (Praties Cycling Team) 1 End of Lap 8 1 Travis Meyer (South Australia/AIS) 3 pts 2 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 2 3 Peter Herzig (Virgin Blue Cycling) 1 End of Lap 10 1 Travis Meyer (South Australia/AIS) 3 pts 2 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 2 3 Brad Edmunds (Savings & Loans) 1 End of Lap 12 1 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 3 pts 2 Blair Windsor (Budget Forklifts) 2 3 Jason Rigg (Praties Cycling Team) 1 End of Lap 14 1 Blair Windsor (Budget Forklifts) 3 pts 2 Tim Guy (South Australia/AIS) 2 3 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 1 End of Lap 16 1 Travis Meyer (South Australia/AIS) 3 pts 2 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 2 3 Timothy Roe (Savings & Loans) 1 End of Lap 18 1 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 3 pts 2 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 2 3 Dylan Newell (Praties Cycling Team) 1 End of Lap 20 1 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 3 pts 2 David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) 2 3 Timothy Roe (Savings & Loans) 1 End of Lap 22 1 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 3 pts 2 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 2 3 Dylan Newell (Praties Cycling Team) 1 End of Lap 24 1 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 3 pts 2 David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) 2 3 Dylan Newell (Praties Cycling Team) 1 End of Lap 26 1 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 3 pts 2 Kyle Bateson (GD Investments) 2 3 David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) 1 Criterium championship 1 Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) 10 pts 2 Kyle Marwood (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 9 3 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 8 4 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 7 5 Casey Munro (Drapac-Porsche) 6 6 Travis Meyer (South Australia/AIS) 5 7 Abram Manion (Budget Forklifts) 4 8 Russell Gill (Savings & Loans) 3 9 Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 2 10 Joseph Lewis (South Australia/AIS) 1 Teams 1 South Australia/AIS 2.28.30 2 Praties Cycling Team 0.06 3 Drapac-Porsche 0.09 4 Savings & Loans 0.21 5 Jayco/VIS 0.22 6 GD Investments 0.27 7 Budget Forklifts 0.34 8 Lakes Oil Cycling Team 0.44 9 Credit Collect 0.53 10 Virgin Blue Cycling 0.54 11 Hart-Ridewiser 5.28 12 Gold 1242 5.31 General classification after stage 6 1 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 9.57.11 2 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling Team) 0.10 3 Dylan Newell (Praties Cycling Team) 4 Timothy Roe (Savings & Loans) 0.30 5 Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 0.31 6 Cameron Hughes (GD Investments) 0.38 7 Pip Grinter (Drapac-Porsche) 0.53 8 Chris Pryor (GD Investments) 1.13 9 Travis Meyer (South Australia/AIS) 1.19 10 Peter Milostic (GD Investments) 1.20 11 Jonathon Lovelock (Jayco/VIS) 1.36 12 Chris Jory (South Australia/AIS) 1.37 13 Christopher Luxton (Savings & Loans) 1.39 14 Michael England (GD Investments) 7.20 15 Brett Tivers (Drapac-Porsche) 8.54 16 Craig McCartney (Savings & Loans) 9.38 17 Shaun Mccarthy (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 9.56 18 Reece Stephens (Credit Collect) 11.57 19 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 12.19 20 Charles Howlett (Gold 1242) 12.56 21 Casey Munro (Drapac-Porsche) 13.24 22 Tim Guy (South Australia/AIS) 13.43 23 William Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 13.50 24 Damien Turner (Budget Forklifts) 25 Grieve-Johnson (Praties Cycling Team) 13.57 26 Scott Kilmartin (GD Investments) 27 Darren Rolfe (Virgin Blue Cycling) 14.42 28 Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) 15.31 29 Patrick Lane (Jayco/VIS) 16.53 30 Joseph Lewis (South Australia/AIS) 17.29 31 Henry Morley (Drapac-Porsche) 18.31 32 Jay Bourke (Budget Forklifts) 18.37 33 Kyle Marwood (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 21.12 34 Luis Trueba (Drapac-Porsche) 21.25 35 Peter Herzig (Virgin Blue Cycling) 21.38 36 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 21.47 37 Jason Rigg (Praties Cycling Team) 23.38 38 Harry Rassie (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 26.31 39 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 27.27 40 Graeme Allbon (Gold 1242) 27.38 41 David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) 28.09 42 Nathan Wise (Credit Collect) 28.47 43 Stuart Payne (Credit Collect) 32.41 44 Brock Roberts (Budget Forklifts) 33.21 45 Peter Smith (Credit Collect) 34.42 46 Elliott Wells (Drapac-Porsche) 36.41 47 Russell Gill (Savings & Loans) 38.01 48 Kyle Bateson (GD Investments) 41.05 49 Joel Fahy (Drapac-Porsche) 42.05 50 Adrian Hanson (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 42.35 51 Brad Edmunds (Savings & Loans) 43.50 52 Stefan Kirsch (Hart-Ridewiser) 45.31 53 Steven Pilson (Gold 1242) 48.18 54 Timothy Walker (Praties Cycling Team) 49.10 55 James Langedyk (Jayco/VIS) 50.35 56 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 52.33 57 James Henry (Gold 1242) 55.08 58 Guy Green (Hart-Ridewiser) 59.49 59 Samuel Rix (Credit Collect) 1.00.18 60 Sam Moorhouse (Budget Forklifts) 1.00.25 61 Abram Manion (Budget Forklifts) 1.01.07 62 Anthony Chandler (Hart-Ridewiser) 63 Gregory Campbell (Virgin Blue Cycling) 1.01.20 64 Jay Callaghan (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 1.02.30 65 Mark Isaacs (Cycle City) 1.05.32 66 Ian Coker (Gold 1242) 1.16.25 67 Craig Gibbs (Cycle City) 1.16.46 68 David Shanahan (Gold 1242) 1.21.09 69 Blair Windsor (Budget Forklifts) 1.28.19 70 William Alexander (Virgin Blue Cycling) 1.30.44 71 Robert Crowe (Hart-Ridewiser) 1.50.46 72 Damian Harris (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 2.35.41 73 Peter Shanahan (Gold 1242) 3.05.54 Sprints classification 1 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 52 pts 2 David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) 25 3 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 21 4 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 17 5 Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 15 6 Travis Meyer (South Australia/AIS) 12 7 Kyle Marwood (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 12 8 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 11 9 Dylan Newell (Praties Cycling Team) 9 10 Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) 7 11 Blair Windsor (Budget Forklifts) 7 12 Pip Grinter (Drapac-Porsche) 6 13 Peter Herzig (Virgin Blue Cycling) 6 14 Charles Howlett (Gold 1242) 5 15 James Langedyk (Jayco/VIS) 4 16 Craig McCartney (Savings & Loans) 4 17 Cameron Hughes (GD Investments) 4 18 Shaun Mccarthy (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 3 19 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling Team) 3 20 Timothy Walker (Praties Cycling Team) 3 21 Abram Manion (Budget Forklifts) 3 22 Christopher Luxton (Savings & Loans) 3 23 Darren Rolfe (Virgin Blue Cycling) 3 24 Jason Rigg (Praties Cycling Team) 3 25 Jay Bourke (Budget Forklifts) 2 26 Michael England (GD Investments) 2 27 Casey Munro (Drapac-Porsche) 2 28 Tim Guy (South Australia/AIS) 2 29 Timothy Roe (Savings & Loans) 2 30 Brad Edmunds (Savings & Loans) 2 31 Kyle Bateson (GD Investments) 2 32 Luis Trueba (Drapac-Porsche) 1 33 Peter Milostic (GD Investments) 1 34 Chris Pryor (GD Investments) 1 35 Russell Gill (Savings & Loans) 1 Mountains classification 1 Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) 32 pts 2 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling Team) 25 3 Peter Herzig (Virgin Blue Cycling) 21 4 Michael England (GD Investments) 19 5 Darren Rolfe (Virgin Blue Cycling) 18 6 Kyle Marwood (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 14 7 Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 12 8 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 12 9 Tim Guy (South Australia/AIS) 5 10 Charles Howlett (Gold 1242) 5 11 Dylan Newell (Praties Cycling Team) 5 12 Chris Pryor (GD Investments) 5 13 Travis Meyer (South Australia/AIS) 3 14 Harry Rassie (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 2 15 Joseph Lewis (South Australia/AIS) 2 16 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 2 17 Peter Smith (Credit Collect) 2 18 Shaun Mccarthy (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 2 19 Jonathon Lovelock (Jayco/VIS) 1 Criterium championship classification 1 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 24 pts 2 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 24 3 Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) 21 4 Travis Meyer (South Australia/AIS) 12 5 Casey Munro (Drapac-Porsche) 10 6 David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) 10 7 Kyle Marwood (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 10 8 James Langedyk (Jayco/VIS) 8 9 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 7 10 Abram Manion (Budget Forklifts) 7 11 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 6 12 Peter Milostic (GD Investments) 5 13 Pip Grinter (Drapac-Porsche) 5 14 Cameron Hughes (GD Investments) 4 15 Russell Gill (Savings & Loans) 3 16 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 3 17 Luis Trueba (Drapac-Porsche) 2 18 Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 2 19 Adrian Hanson (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 1 20 Joseph Lewis (South Australia/AIS) 1 Teams classification 1 GD Investments 29.54.29 2 South Australia/AIS 1.18 3 Praties Cycling Team 6.11 4 Savings & Loans 7.01 5 Drapac-Porsche 20.08 6 Virgin Blue Cycling 25.38 7 Jayco/VIS 31.07 8 Lakes Oil Cycling Team 44.16 9 Budget Forklifts 57.20 10 Credit Collect 1.00.41 11 Gold 1242 1.24.54 12 Hart-Ridewiser 2.31.51
