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Tour of Southland - 2.5
New Zealand, November 3-8, 2003
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Stage 8 - November 7: Winton - Te Anau, 180.0 km
Yates set for glory
By Alan Messenger
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With just one day remaining in the PowerNet Tour of Southland, race leader Jeremy Yates still has his luxurious lead of fifty seconds intact.
The 180km Stage from Winton to Te Anau in the South Island's Lake district was predicted to be where the showdown between Yates and the powerful Southland Times team would eventually happen, giving Scott Guyton the chance to wear the yellow Jersey into Invercargill tomorrow.
The challenge came on the final hill climb 30km from the finish but the move backfired and the group of five riders that went clear on the climb included Yates and his support man, New Zealand road Champion Heath Blackgrove, while Guyton also in the group had no support.
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The five stayed together until the finish where Guyton took the win by a bike length from Yates. Yates had planned to give the win to Phillip Schnyder who had worked hard to establish the break. "I said to Scott with about 10km to go that Schnyder should win as a token of good faith for working so hard but he wasn't keen on that. I think that Phillip moved up a few places at the expense of the Southland Times boys," Yates said.
Julian Dean, a major force behind the success of the Zookeepers team withdrew from the race today. With no racing for six weeks before the Tour he found the going too hard. "It's not the kind of race you can cruise through," he said.
John Alabaster, the 48 year old hero of yesterdays stages was again in an early break today but the effort told and he finished just inside the time cut off. Along with two previous Tour winners, Brian Fowler and Jack Swart he was given UCI dispensation to ride the Tour.
The Tour finishes at Invercargill tomorrow.
Photography
Images by Barry Harcourt
- The Tour of Southland peloton heads towards the majestic Takitimu mountains on stage 8 from Winton to Invercargill. The warm spring-like conditions gave little indication of the shocking weather the riders met after passing Blackmount.
- Zookeepers Gordon McCaulay keeps the pace high for teamate, and tour leader Jeremy Yates during stage 8 of the Tour of Southland.
- Julian Dean (Zookeepers) about to abandon the Tour of Southland in stage 8 between Winton and Te Anau.
- Mark McKay (Southland Times) leads team mates Glen Mitchell and Scott Guyton, with Tour leader Jeremy Yates watching every move early in stage 8 of the Tour of Southland.
- Scott Guyton (Southland Times) forces the pace on the Blackmount hillclimb on stage 8 of the Tour of Southland, with Tour leader Jeremy Yates sticking like glue to his wheel.
- Swiss cyclist Phillip Schnyder (Meadow Fresh) leads the five man breakaway on stage 8 of the Tour of Southland.
- Scott Guyton (Southland Times) outsprints tour leader Jeremy Yates to win a rain soaked stage 8 of the Tour of Southland into Te Anau.
Results
1 Scott Guyton (NZl) The Southland Times 5.11.45 2 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 3 Phillip Schneider (Swi) Meadow Fresh 4 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Zookeepers Café 5 Aaron Strong (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 6 Matthew Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 1.20 7 Greg Henderson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 8 Robin Reid (NZl) Meadow Fresh 9 Marc MacKay (NZl) The Southland Times 10 Ben Robson (NZl) Creation Signs 11 Matt Gilbert (NZl) Calder Stewart 12 Glen Mitchell (NZl) The Southland Times 13 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Meadow Fresh 14 Tim Gudsell (NZl) The Southland Times 5.26 14 Kirk Obee (USA) The Southland Times 14 Peter Latham (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 14 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart 14 Troy Klink (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 14 Nicholas Kiralay (Aus) Rabobank 14 Brian Fowler (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 14 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Zookeepers Café 14 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Winton's Middle Pub 14 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart 14 Ross Machejefski (NZl) Rabobank 14 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Cycle Surgery 14 Justin Kerr (NZl) Share The Road 14 Matt King (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 14 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Cycle Surgery 14 Joel Pearson (Aus) Team MGZT 14 Kris Gemmell (NZl) Meadow Fresh 14 Stephen Elden (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 14 Michael Tolhurst (Aus) Sycamore Print 14 John Alabaster (NZl) Share The Road 14 Josh Horowitz (USA) Hilo Decorating 14 Adam Curry (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 14 Simon Morcom (Aus) Team MGZT 14 Ryan Yee (USA) Hilo Decorating 14 Ben Brears (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 14 Adam Tully (Aus) Sycamore Print 14 Jamie Thynne (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 14 Graham Stone (NZl) Southland Television 14 Robert Young (Aus) Team MGZT 14 Jack Swart (NZl) Share The Road 44 Lee Chapman (NZl) Share The Road 7.38 45 Paul Davies (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 9.36 46 Paul Whitley (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 18.59 46 Ryan Hoogenberg (NZl) Sycamore Print 46 Brendan Higgins (Aus) Rabobank 49 Craig Pitt (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 25.42 49 Danny Hillary (NZl) Cycle Surgery 49 Craig Thomson (NZl) Cycle Surgery 49 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 53 Mikkeli Godfree (Aus) Team MGZT 27.45 54 Nicholas Atkinson (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 40.45 55 Dave Beadle (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 44.00 55 Joseph Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 55 Robert Coble (USA) Hilo Decorating 58 Andrew Small (NZl) Calder Stewart 48.14 58 Aaron Rushden (NZl) Calder Stewart 58 Scott Allen (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 58 Steven Hands (NZl) Southland Television 58 Stephen Wallis (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 58 Matthew Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 64 Corey Winder (NZl) Share The Road 1.02.44 64 Daniel Blain (NZl) Creation Signs 64 Garth Gregory (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 64 Gerard O 'Flynn (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 64 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) Southland Television 69 Travis Kane (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 1.06.26 70 Jonny Rondash (USA) Hilo Decorating 1.10.16 70 Paul Gough (NZl) Cycle Surgery 70 Jordan Wood (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 70 Eddie Monnier (USA) Hilo Decorating DNF Julian Dean (NZl) Zookeepers Café DNF Stephen Collins (NZl) Rabobank DNF Paul Bishop (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland DNF Hayden Lawrence (NZl) Southland Television DNF Michael Crowther (NZl) Southland Television General classification after stage 8 1 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 19.13.51 2 Scott Guyton (NZl) The Southland Times 0.50 3 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Meadow Fresh 4.28 4 Marc MacKay (NZl) The Southland Times 4.52 5 Greg Henderson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 5.57 6 Phillip Schneider (Swi) Meadow Fresh 6.46 7 Matthew Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 8.49 8 Robin Reid (NZl) Meadow Fresh 10.41 9 Glen Mitchell (NZl) The Southland Times 10.42 10 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Zookeepers Café 11.11 11 Tim Gudsell (NZl) The Southland Times 12.09 12 Kirk Obee (USA) The Southland Times 15.13 13 Aaron Strong (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 15.40 14 Matt Gilbert (NZl) Calder Stewart 16.09 15 Peter Latham (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 17.38 16 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart 19.05 17 Troy Klink (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 21.21 18 Nicholas Kiralay (Aus) Rabobank 22.11 19 Brian Fowler (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 25.53 20 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Zookeepers Café 26.39 21 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Winton's Middle Pub 27.57 22 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart 29.34 23 Ross Machejefski (NZl) Rabobank 29.40 24 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Cycle Surgery 29.41 25 Lee Chapman (NZl) Share The Road 30.37 26 Justin Kerr (NZl) Share The Road 31.15 27 Matt King (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 32.47 28 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Cycle Surgery 34.01 29 Joel Pearson (Aus) Team MGZT 38.46 30 Kris Gemmell (NZl) Meadow Fresh 40.51 31 Stephen Elden (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 41.50 32 Michael Tolhurst (Aus) Sycamore Print 42.02 33 John Alabaster (NZl) Share The Road 45.37 34 Josh Horowitz (USA) Hilo Decorating 45.42 35 Adam Curry (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 48.38 36 Simon Morcom (Aus) Team MGZT 49.06 37 Ryan Yee (USA) Hilo Decorating 49.44 38 Ben Brears (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 50.13 39 Craig Pitt (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 50.16 40 Ben Robson (NZl) Creation Signs 53.48 41 Paul Whitley (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 56.25 42 Danny Hillary (NZl) Cycle Surgery 56.31 43 Craig Thomson (NZl) Cycle Surgery 59.12 44 Adam Tully (Aus) Sycamore Print 59.34 45 Jamie Thynne (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 1.00.32 46 Graham Stone (NZl) Southland Television 1.01.14 47 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 1.03.53 48 Robert Young (Aus) Team MGZT 1.04.37 49 Jack Swart (NZl) Share The Road 1.11.10 50 Ryan Hoogenberg (NZl) Sycamore Print 1.11.24 51 Brendan Higgins (Aus) Rabobank 1.11.54 52 Paul Davies (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 1.17.44 53 Mikkeli Godfree (Aus) Team MGZT 1.24.04 54 Andrew Small (NZl) Calder Stewart 1.35.07 55 Dave Beadle (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 1.38.29 56 Nicholas Atkinson (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 1.39.19 57 Aaron Rushden (NZl) Calder Stewart 1.52.24 58 Scott Allen (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 1.53.04 59 Steven Hands (NZl) Southland Television 1.58.38 60 Stephen Wallis (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 2.04.02 61 Corey Winder (NZl) Share The Road 2.07.35 62 Joseph Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 2.08.29 63 Robert Coble (USA) Hilo Decorating 2.11.20 64 Matthew Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 2.12.29 65 Travis Kane (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 2.14.23 66 Jonny Rondash (USA) Hilo Decorating 2.23.04 67 Daniel Blain (NZl) Creation Signs 2.26.30 68 Paul Gough (NZl) Cycle Surgery 2.27.29 69 Garth Gregory (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 2.42.01 70 Gerard O 'Flynn (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 2.50.08 71 Jordan Wood (NZl) Allied SouthRoads 2.56.15 72 Eddie Monnier (USA) Hilo Decorating 3.04.37 73 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) Southland Television 3.08.02 Team classification 1 The Southland Times 57.53.44 2 Meadow Fresh 9.57 3 Zookeepers Cafe 22.55 4 Winton's Middle Pub 41.11 5 Calder Stewart 51.57 6 Wensleys Avanti 57.36 7 Hot Cycles 1.14.41 8 Rabobank 1.15.08 9 Share The Road 1.30.41 10 Cycle Surgery 1.37.49 11 Team MGZT 2.10.47 12 Sycamore Print 2.40.49 13 Ascot Park Hotel 3.11.05 14 Allied SouthRoads 3.11.29 15 Hilo Decorating 3.17.14 16 Team Embassy - PNP 4.18.42 17 Creation Signs 4.19.37 18 Southland Television 4.46.53 Sprint classification 1 Joel Pearson (Aus) Team MGZT 73 pts 2 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart 55 3 John Alabaster (NZl) Share The Road 49 4 Danny Hillary (NZl) Cycle Surgery 34 5 Aaron Rushden (NZl) Calder Stewart 24 6 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 22 7 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Zookeepers Café 19 8 Mikkeli Godfree (Aus) Team MGZT 15 9 Greg Henderson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 15 10 Matthew Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 13 11 Scott Guyton (NZl) The Southland Times 11 12 Marc MacKay (NZl) The Southland Times 11 13 Robin Reid (NZl) Meadow Fresh 10 14 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart 9 15 Glen Mitchell (NZl) The Southland Times 8 16 Phillip Schneider (Swi) Meadow Fresh 7 17 Tim Gudsell (NZl) The Southland Times 7 18 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Zookeepers Café 6 19 Aaron Strong (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 6 20 Robert Young (Aus) Team MGZT 6 21 Matthew Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 6 22 Ross Machejefski (NZl) Rabobank 6 23 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 6 24 Adam Curry (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 6 25 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Meadow Fresh 5 26 Joseph Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 4 27 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 4 28 Brian Fowler (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 3 29 Kirk Obee (USA) The Southland Times 3 30 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Rabobank 3 31 Matt Gilbert (NZl) Calder Stewart 3 32 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 3 33 Jamie Thynne (NZl) Team Embassy PNP 3 34 Lee Chapman (NZl) Share The Road 2 35 Stephen Elden (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 2 36 Jack Swart (NZl) Share The Road 1 37 Andrew Graham (Aus) Team MGZT 1 38 Paul Bishop (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 1 Mountains classification 1 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Zookeepers Café 48 pts 2 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart 24 3 Scott Guyton (NZl) The Southland Times 22 4 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café 22 5 Matthew Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 18 6 Glen Mitchell (NZl) The Southland Times 16 7 Brian Fowler (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 12 8 Robin Reid (NZl) Meadow Fresh 12 9 Danny Hillary (NZl) Cycle Surgery 10 10 John Alabaster (NZl) Share The Road 10 11 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Zookeepers Café 6 12 Joel Pearson (Aus) Team MGZT 6 13 Marc MacKay (NZl) The Southland Times 6 14 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 6 15 Lee Chapman (NZl) Share The Road 4 16 Tim Gudsell (NZl) The Southland Times 4 17 Kris Gemmell (NZl) Meadow Fresh 4 18 Peter Latham (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 2 19 Matt King (NZl) Wensleys Avanti 2 20 Aaron Strong (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland 2 21 Phillip Schneider (Swi) Meadow Fresh 2 22 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Meadow Fresh 2
