Tour of the Southern Grampians - Tattersall's Cup #3 - NE

Victoria, Australia, August 14, 2002

Results

Simon Walker wins third round

Egan overall series leader

By Matthew Conn

Former speed skater Simon Walker, won the 130km Tour of the Southern Grampians today. The race, held around Morwell in Victoria was the third leg of the five round, Tattersall's Cup Cycling Series.

After placing in the top 20 in the opening round at Ballarat, Walker made up for a disappointing showing last week, by taking out the sprint in front of nearly 60 riders. An effort that is even more commendable when you consider that he has only been racing on a bike for 14 months.

Walker finished the 130km race in 3:10.21, beating Victorian Drew Torney by 10cm, with Leigh Egan in third.

Run in near perfect conditions, organisers were surprised that such a large group was together at the end of the race. Held over an undulating course, the route also included a second category climb that was expected to break up the field.

Egan now leads the series on 57 points from NSW evergreen, Eddie Salas who is seven points behind. Currently in third place overall is 18 year old Tasmanian Institute of Sport rider, Bernard Sulzberger.

Sulzberger placed 5th in the Grampians event to go with his sixth place in last weeks race. With the tough final round on his home turf in Launceston, the former Australian junior representative is in the front running for the Sid Patterson Rider of the future trophy, awarded to the best under 23 rider of the Tattersall's series.

Results - 130 km

1 Simon Walker                   3.10.21
2 Andrew Torney
3 Leigh Egan
4 Andrew Graham
5 Matthew Goold
6 Eddie Salas
7 Nathan Russell
8 James Taylor
9 Bernard Sulzberger
10 Gareth Atkins
11 Peter Trigar
12 Brendan Cato
13 Jonathan Davis
14 Jonathan Cantwell
15 Warren Doyle
16 Graham Rootes
17 Peter Milostic
18 James Hannam
19 Christopher Tymms
20 Bradley Simpson
21 Ashley Baines
22 Anthony Challinor
23 Daniel Nelms
24 Aaron Kemps
25 Garry Parsons
26 Shayne Kirby
27 Peter Cottam
28 Nicholas Wood
29 Joel Pearson
30 Christopher Carr
31 Karl Menzies
32 Aaron Dalton
33 Phillip Thuaux
34 Dane Cheers
35 Glenn Stojanow
36 Christopher Fry
37 Rodney Mason
38 Rodney McGee
39 Lee Godfrey
40 Craig McCartney
41 Nathan Jones
42 Tim Decker
43 Kristjan Snorrason
44 Bruce McIntosh
45 Brendan Shipp
46 Fernando Duran                   0.25
47 Steve Aitken                     0.26
48 Andy Stewart                     5.19
49 Trent Stevenson
50 Ben Vanderkamp
51 Brent Skippen
52 Tim Buchanan
53 Glen Matulich
54 Herbert Donovan
55 Domenic Gatto
56 Nick Kiraly
57 Richard England
58 Jai Crawford                    10.12
59 Michael Johnson
60 Anthony Di Battista
61 Ashley Hayat                    11.54
62 Todd Wilksch
63 Ashley Hutchinson               13.55
64 Garry Polack                    24.31
65 Heath Riley
66 Bradley Bullock
67 Heath Jackson
68 Christopher Newman
69 Banjamin Jackson
70 William Murray
71 Warren Nelson
72 Aaron Bigham                    32.02
73 Samuel Rix
74 Ian Chandler
DNF Julian Blackwell
DNF Bradley Edmunds
DNF Michael Kennedy
DNF Paul Kenny
DNF Mathew Miller
DNF Robert Young
  
Standings after three races
 
1 Leigh Egan                  57 pts
2 Eddie Salas                 50
3 Christopher Carr            44
4 Bernard Sulzberger          43
5 Nathan Russell              43
6 Matthew Goold               43
7 Andrew Graham               43
8 Andrew Torney               41
9 Phillip Thuaux              38
10 Gareth Atkins              35
11 Christopher Tymms          34
12 Jonathan Davis             33
13 Simon Walker               29
14 Ashley Baines              27
15 Glenn Stojanow             26
16 Jonathan Cantwell          25
17 Peter Milostic             20
18 James Taylor               19
19 Peter Trigar               18
20 Karl Menzies               17
21 James Hannam               16
22 Tim Decker                 16
23 Garry Parsons              15
24 Brendan Cato               14
25 Warren Doyle               11