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Tour of Sunraysia - NEVictoria, Australia, September 5-8, 2002Main Page Results Previous Stage Next Stage Stage 2 - September 5: Merbein - Irymple, 82.3 kmSulzberger Takes StageBy Matthew Conn Tasmanian cyclist, Bernard Sulzberger broke through for a much deserved win in the second stage of the Tour of Sunraysia. The four day, 500km tour is being held around Mildura in Victoria and features more than 100 of Australia's top domestic riders. Sulzberger was part of a four man break that moved clear of the 20 strong front group in the closing section of the 83km stage from Merbein to Irymple. After being beaten in the penultimate round of the Tattersall's Cup, The 18 year old TIS scholarship holder made sure of himself in the sprint, beating Tour of the Tamar winner Peter Milostic. Both Sulzberger and Milostic were lucky to avoid a number of crashes in the morning criterium, which saw Tattersall's Series winner Leigh Egan taken to hospital. A number of other riders, including Nathan Russell, Phil Thuaux and Leon Vogels, lost skin in crashes on the high speed circuit, with Thuaux retiring from the afternoon stage after 10km. The criterium was won in a breakaway by Jaarod Poad of Western Australia, who only entered the race at the last minute. The racing continues on Friday with a criterium and 120km road stage in Ouyen.
Results1 Bernard Sulzberger (Tas) 1.49.39 (45.03 km/h) 2 Peter Milostic (NSW) 3 Christopher Carr (Vic) 4 James Taylor (Vic) 5 Jonathan Cantwell (QLD) 0.08 6 Ashley Hutchinson (QLD) 7 Paul Redenbach (Vic) 8 Eddie Salas (NSW) 9 Andrew Graham (Vic) 10 Andrew Torney (Vic) 11 Rhys Pollock (NSW) 12 Russell Van Hout (SA) 13 Hilton Clarke (Vic) 14 Wayne Anderson (NSW) 15 David Betts (QLD) 16 Stehen Cunningham (SA) 0.32 17 Peter Cottam (Vic) 18 Mathew Miller (SA) 19 Bruce McIntosh (Vic) 20 Aaron Kemps (QLD) 21 Cody Stevenson (NSW) 22 Simon Walker (Vic) 23 Graham Rootes (SA) 24 Troy Glennan (NSW) 25 Andrew Curro (NSW) 26 Nathan Russell (NSW) 27 Garry Parsons (Vic) 28 Gonzalo Tagliabue (NSW) 29 Nash Kent (NSW) 30 Timothy Wilson (Vic) 31 Leigh Palmer (QLD) 32 Nathan Jones (WA) 33 Gareth Atkins (Tas) 34 Adam Cox (NSW) 35 Timothy Decker (Vic) 36 Robert Young (NSW) 37 Lee Godfrey (Vic) 38 Duncan Kidd (NSW) 39 Colin Thornton (Vic) 40 Nicholas Underwood (SA) 41 Nigel Dunstone (NSW) 42 Leon Vogels (WA) 43 Glenn Stojanow (NSW) 44 Michael Johnson (Tas) 45 Klayten Smith (NSW) 46 Scott Dixon (NSW) 47 Trevor Innes (Tas) 48 Joel Pearson (Vic) 49 Dane Cheers (SA) 50 Jai Crawford (Tas) 1.06 51 Ian Chandler (Vic) 1.30 52 Todd Sinclair (NSW) 3.16 53 Aaron Dalton (NSW) 4.01 54 Matthew Chessum (Vic) 4.46 55 Daniel Nelms (Vic) 11.43 56 Christopher Green (NSW) 57 Brendan Howard (NSW) 58 Glenn Matulich (SA) 59 Kharne Hammersley (Tas) 60 David Hennessy (Vic) 61 Luke Gowty (NSW) 62 David Hiley (NSW) 63 Christopher Baudry (Vic) 64 Daniel Maggiaccomo (Canada) 65 Ashley Baines (Vic) 66 Jonathan Davis (NSW) 67 Brendan Shipp (NSW) 68 Cain Pasque (Vic) 69 Trent Perry (NSW) 70 Rodney Mason (Vic) 71 Campbell Kerr (NSW) 72 Steven Rossendell (Tas) 73 Fernando Duran (NSW) 74 Heath Riley (Vic) 75 Jade Lean (SA) 76 Benjamin Jackson (Vic) 77 Rhys Sherborne (WA) 78 Jaarod Poad (WA) 79 James Hannam (SA) 80 Warren Doyle (NSW) 81 Simon Hurren (Vic) 29.25 82 John Madden (Vic) 33.08 83 Patrick Varas (Vic) 84 Aaron Bigham (Vic) 33.26 85 Lucien Keene (SA) 86 Warren Nelson (Vic) 46.23 87 Julian Blackwell (SA) DNF Phillip Thuaux (NSW) DNF Shayne Kirby (Vic) Sprints Sprint 1 - Sunraysia Rural Water Authority 1 Ashley Hutchinson (QLD) 3 pts 2 Jonathan Davis (NSW) 2 3 Jonathan Cantwell (QLD) 1 Sprint 2 - Koorlong Primary School 1 Leon Vogels (WA) 3 pts 2 Jonathan Davis (NSW) 2 3 Lee Godfrey (Vic) 1 Sprint 3 - The Lake Primary School 1 Eddie Salas (NSW) 3 pts 2 Jonathan Cantwell (QLD) 2 3 James Taylor (Vic) 1 Aggressive Rider Awards Christopher Carr (Vic) 2 pts Paul Redenbach (Vic) 2 General classification after stage 2 1 David Betts (QLD) 2.03.05 2 Paul Redenbach (Vic) 0.01 3 Bernard Sulzberger (Tas) 0.21 4 Peter Milostic (NSW) 0.23 5 Christopher Carr (Vic) 0.24 6 James Taylor (Vic) 0.26 7 Eddie Salas (NSW) 0.31 8 Ashley Hutchinson (QLD) 9 Jonathan Cantwell (QLD) 0.33 10 Hilton Clarke (Vic) 0.36 11 Wayne Anderson (NSW) 0.37 12 Andrew Torney (Vic) 0.39 13 Russell Van Hout (SA) 14 Andrew Graham (Vic) 15 Rhys Pollock (NSW) 16 Lee Godfrey (Vic) 0.59 17 Leon Vogels (WA) 1.00 18 Nathan Russell (NSW) 1.01 19 Cody Stevenson (NSW) 20 Graham Rootes (SA) 1.02 21 Stehen Cunningham (SA) 1.03 22 Klayten Smith (NSW) 23 Garry Parsons (Vic) 24 Timothy Decker (Vic) 25 Nathan Jones (WA) 26 Bruce McIntosh (Vic) 27 Gareth Atkins (Tas) 28 Dane Cheers (SA) 29 Peter Cottam (Vic) 30 Adam Cox (NSW) 31 Andrew Curro (NSW) 32 Scott Dixon (NSW) 33 Nigel Dunstone (NSW) 34 Troy Glennan (NSW) 35 Trevor Innes (Tas) 36 Aaron Kemps (QLD) 37 Nash Kent (NSW) 38 Duncan Kidd (NSW) 39 Mathew Miller (SA) 40 Leigh Palmer (QLD) 41 Joel Pearson (Vic) 42 Glenn Stojanow (NSW) 43 Gonzalo Tagliabue (NSW) 44 Colin Thornton (Vic) 45 Nicholas Underwood (SA) 46 Simon Walker (Vic) 47 Timothy Wilson (Vic) 48 Robert Young (NSW) 49 Michael Johnson (Tas) 50 Jai Crawford (Tas) 1.37 51 Ian Chandler (Vic) 2.01 52 Todd Sinclair (NSW) 3.47 53 Aaron Dalton (NSW) 4.32 54 Matthew Chessum (Vic) 5.17 55 Jaarod Poad (WA) 11.31 56 Jonathan Davis (NSW) 12.10 57 Brendan Howard (NSW) 12.13 58 James Hannam (SA) 12.14 59 Ashley Baines (Vic) 60 Christopher Baudry (Vic) 61 Warren Doyle (NSW) 62 Fernando Duran (NSW) 63 Luke Gowty (NSW) 64 Christopher Green (NSW) 65 Kharne Hammersley (Tas) 66 David Hennessy (Vic) 67 David Hiley (NSW) 68 Benjamin Jackson (Vic) 69 Campbell Kerr (NSW) 70 Jade Lean (SA) 71 Daniel Maggiaccomo (Canada) 72 Rodney Mason (Vic) 73 Glenn Matulich (SA) 74 Daniel Nelms (Vic) 75 Cain Pasque (Vic) 76 Trent Perry (NSW) 77 Heath Riley (Vic) 78 Steven Rossendell (Tas) 79 Rhys Sherborne (WA) 80 Brendan Shipp (NSW) 81 Simon Hurren (Vic) 29.56 82 John Madden (Vic) 33.39 83 Lucien Keene (SA) 33.57 84 Aaron Bigham (Vic) 34.50 85 Patrick Varas (Vic) 36.17 86 Julian Blackwell (SA) 46.54 87 Warren Nelson (Vic) Sprint championship 1 Jaarod Poad (WA) 17 pts 2 Paul Redenbach (Vic) 16 3 David Betts (QLD) 15 4 Eddie Salas (NSW) 6 5 Lee Godfrey (Vic) 4 6 Jonathan Cantwell (QLD) 4 7 Jonathan Davis (NSW) 4 8 Leon Vogels (WA) 3 9 Ashley Hutchinson (QLD) 3 10 Hilton Clarke (Vic) 3 11 Nathan Russell (NSW) 2 12 Cody Stevenson (NSW) 2 13 Wayne Anderson (NSW) 2 14 James Taylor (Vic) 1 15 Brendan Howard (NSW) 1 16 Christopher Carr (Vic) 1 Sunraysia Based Rider Award 1 Christopher Baudry (Vic) 2.04.00 Courtesy of Chris Oldaker |
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