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Results and Reports for June 22-29, 2002
Australia
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Illawarra Cycle Club - Club Championship Time Trial
Dapto, NSW, June 22, 2002
Race of truth
The race of truth more commonly known as a time trial is always hard but when you add very strong gusting south westerly winds and the Club Championships up for grabs, it becomes even more difficult.
Apparently Adam Rourke, riding in the Masters 1 division, thought that the conditions weren’t difficult enough so he included getting off his bike and putting the chain back onto the chainring. This wasn’t that much of a hurdle for Rourke as he still recorded the fastest time on the day in a blistering time for the conditions of 42.44.
With a time only 11 seconds slower than Rourke, Peter Jones recorded the second fastest time on the day of 42.55 in winning the under 23 division.
There were many other notable rides on the day including Frank Tortorici’s winning time in Masters 3 of 45.01, third fastest overall on the day. Dave Morris rode an excellent time of 47.59 to take out Masters 6.
Eric Doughty’s time of 56.42 might not look too flash but when you consider the adverse conditions and the fact that he will be 82 this year it was in fact a phenomenal time from one of the best Masters riders over the years in Australia and the World. Only several years ago he won his division in the World road championships in Austria.
Results
Men 1 Adam Crowther 2 Tony Pulo 3 Bobby Krstevski Men U23 1 Peter Jones Junior U17 1 Stuart Binns Women 1 Bethany McCarthy 2 Emma Ringer Junior U19 Women 1 Rebecca Borgo Master 1 1 Adam Rourke 2 Dylan Forbes 3 Andrew Stewart 4 Neil Midgley 5 Jeff Gray 6 Scott Turnbull Master 2 1 Phil Jones Master 3 1 Frank Tortorici 2 Garry Doughty 3 Jose Periera 4 Patrick Delahunty Master 4 1 Rob Calladine Master 5 1 Terry Welsh 2 Jackko Laajokki Master 6 1 Dave Morris 2 Lionel Covington 3 Vince O'Dwyer Master 8 1 Eric Doughty
