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Australia, March 8-10, 2003

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Stage 6 - March 10: Poatina, 39.0km

Amsterdam Bound With Victory In Hand For Menzies

From Rod Morris in Longford

Yesterday (March 10), the former triathlete, added another impressive string to his bow, by winning the prestigious Cascade Launceston 3-Day Tour.

After declaring his hand in the opening two stages, Menzies spent the final 200 km of the tour, defending his hold on the leader's jersey.

"I enjoyed the opening stages, but then it became hard work countering every attack from other riders," Menzies said.

On April 4, Menzies heads to Europe where he will base himself in Amsterdam and an all-out assault on the lucrative road tour in the Northern hemisphere.

Six stages over three days and more than 300 km of tough terrain around the Longford, Cressy and Poatina district, saw Menzies eventually win the tour by the relatively comfortable margin of 23-points.

"I can tell you it was anything but comfortable," Menzies said.

"That was hard work out there, particularly the fifth stage - the race director must have had in for us.

The fifth stage was an arduous climb from Longford to Poatina and while the distance may have only been 40 km, the gradient tested all concerned.

Race director - Paul Turner, slyly admitted "My name is probably mud after this stage."

Menzies confirmed his status in this stage, even if he could only manage fifth place.

"I'm probably carrying about 30 kg more than any of these riders, so I'm just glad to finish," he said.

Stage 5 was won by Victorian David Salton, just ahead of his Warragul based teammate Joel Pearson, who ultimately finished second to Menzies in GC honours.

Completing the mainland Australian trifecta for the stage was South Aussie, Dane Cheers.

Non-Tasmanian stage finishes continued in the afternoon when Jono Clarke claimed his first win of the weekend.

Salton also claimed King of the Mountain honours while Menzies was crowned the Sprint King.

Rising Tasmanian star Matt Goss won Category 2 ahead of the luckless Kharne Hammersley, while veteran campaigner Laurie Venn scored third after a consistent weekend of riding.

Category 3 was a tight affair all weekend with former Austral Wheel winner Matthew Atkins eventually scoring an emotional victory over Josh Wilson and Wes Sulzberger.

In Cat. 4, former football boundary umpire Kaidan Homan won from Tasmanian female stars Belinda Goss and Louise Yaxley, while in Cat. 5, Paul Wilson scored a comfortable win over Darren Cook and Paul Guest.

In junior racing, the age group winners were John Rayner (J1), Tom Robinson (J2) and David Lyons (J3).

The Tasmanian road racing calendar continues next weekend with the annual Lilydale Business Classic on March 15.

Photos

Images by Shane Goss/licoricegallery.com/

• Riders keep the pace up
• I wonder who these guys are?
• I shouldn't have had that vindaloo last night
• Rolling hills, and no time to look at them
• The TIS/Cyclingnews.com team car

Results

Overall
 
1 Jono Clark
2 Dale Woolston
3 James Hannam
4 Karl Menzies
5 Jai Crawford
 
Category 2
 
1 Dale Woolston
2 Matt Goss
3 Laurie Venn
4 Kharne Hammersley
 
Category 3
 
1 Josh Wilson
2 Matthew Atkins
3 Michael Wilson
4 Wes Sulzberger
 
Category 4
 
1 Louise Yaxley
2 Kaidan Homan
3 Belinda Goss
4 Mark Wilkie
 
Category 5
 
1 Darren Cook
2 Paul Guest
3 Paul Wilson
4 Neville Veale
 
General Classification
 
Overall
 
1 Karl Menzies            92 pts
2 Joel Pearson            69
3 Jono Clark              34
4 David Salton            30
5 Ryan Sullivan           25
6 Jai Crawford            22
7 Dane Cheers             15
7 James Hannam            15
9 Dale Woolston           13
10 Kharne Hammersley       9
11 David Klyne             8
12 Richard Moffatt         6
13 Matt Conn               5
14 Laurie Venn             4
15 David Tanner            3
15 Michael Grenda          3
17 Jason Bellchambers      1
17 Matt Goss               1
 
Sprint Champion: Karl Menzies
King of the Mountain: David Salton
 
Category 2
 
1 Matt Goss               69 pts
2 Kharne Hammersley       55
3 Laurie Venn             44
5 Matt Conn               29
5 Dale Woolston           29
7 Mark Bowden             20
7 Jason Andersch          20
9 Jason Bellchambers      13
10 Michael Grenda          3
 
Category 3
 
1 Matthew Atkins          76 pts
2 Josh Wilson             73
3 Wes Sulzberger          59
4 Lou Cobler              50
5 Michael Wilson          37
6 Andrew Hanigan          21
7 Mark Rathmell            8
8 Ryan Johnson             4
9 Nick Clark               1
10 Nick Reid               1
 
Category 4
 
1 Kaidan Homan            75 pts
2 Belinda Goss            52
3 Louise Yaxley           50
4 Mark Wilkie             48
5 Tim Walker              36
6 Nathan Hingston         18
 
Category 5
 
1 Paul Wilson            100 pts
2 Darren Cook             76
3 Paul Guest              48
4 Neville Veale           12
 
Combined Cat 3, 4 & 5 Sprint Champion
 
Matthew Atkins
 
Combined Cat 3, 4 & 5 King of the Mountain Champion
 
Josh Wilson
 
Junior 1 (U17)
 
1 John Rayner             92 pts
2 Josh Myers              87
3 Jarrod Harman           81
4 Will Robinson           78
5 Sean Oliver             71
6 Aaron Jones             66
7 Grace Sulzberger        59
8 Alex Lyons              52
9 Tiffany Manion          45
 
Junior 2 (U15)
 
1 Tom Robinson            93 pts
2 Clay Mufrett            84
4 Samantha Hellyer        77
3 Alex Holden             82
5 Carrie Price            68
6 Ben Grenda              64
7 Hugh Williams           57
8 Chris Cunningham        50
9 Daniel Jamieson         41
10 Sarah Eaves            38
10 Brenden Sutton         38
12 Andrew Dolan           32
13 Kailee Goodwin         27
 
Junior 3 (U13)
 
1 David Lyons             94 pts
2 Ed Robinson             91
3 Jason Bounday           78
4 Stephen Heppel          77
5 Josh Berrell            70