Results and Reports for February 28Classica do SeixalSeixal, Portugal, February 27, 2000 Courtesy of Carlos Flórido Results - 160.4 km 1 Marco Madrucci (Ita) Benfica 3.44.43 (42.827 km/h) 2 Manuel Liberato (Por) Barbot-Torrié 3 Jorge Carvalho (Por) Rota dos Móveis-VIP 4 Angel Edo (Spa) Maia-MSS 5 Paulo Martins (Por) Gresco-Tavira 6 Ivan Herrero (Spa) Porta da Ravessa 7 Luís Silva (Por) Cantanhede-Marquês Marialva 8 Paulo Costa (Por) Rota dos Móveis-VIP 9 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Benfica 10 Giuseppe Di Fresco (Ita) Benfica Teams: 1. Benfica Classica do CartaxoCartaxo, Portugal, February 26, 2000 Courtesy of Manuel Azevedo Results - 177.4 km 1. Pedro Cardoso (Por) Maia-MSS 4.16.58, 2. Angel Edo (Spa) Maia-MSS 3. Manuel Liberato (Por) MBarbot-Torrié-Gondomar 4. Sergei Smetanine (Rus) Benfica 5. Marco Maducci (Ita) Benfica 6. Pedro Soeiro (Por) Boavista 7. Ivan Herrero (Spa) Porta da Ravessa 8. José De Sousa (Por) Gresco-Tavira 9. Nuno Marta (Por) Maia-MSS 10. Stefano Venturini (Por) LA-Pecol-Calbrita Omloop van de Houtse LiniesNetherlands, February 27, 2000 Results 1 Daniël van Elven (Ned) MGI Fietsen 2 Wilfried Bastiaanse (Ned) MGI Fietsen 3 Peep Mikli (Est) Piels Gazelle Canberra - Cooma classicCanberra, Australia, February 26-27, 2000 Courtesy of James Victor & Bill Inabinet Women
Australian rider Tracey Gaudry took out the international A Grade Women's event at the inaugural Civic Fiducian Canberra - Cooma Cycle Classic over the weekend. Tracey was riding for the first time with her new professional team Timex, who arrived in Australia only last Friday. It was a great start to her Olympic preparation for the rider who had been involved in a crash earlier this year when a car ploughed into her and several other women whilst on the way home from a race. "The team were really working for me on my home ground", Tracey said. "Still jet lagged they put in a great effort and this result augurs well for the important UCI category races coming up in the Canberra/Cooma region over the next few weeks." After a winning the road race on Saturday, Gaudry followed up with another strong result in the criterium on Sunday, finishing fourth. Her teammate, Sanna Lehtimaki (Finland) was part of a group of 3 riders that lapped the field, with Dutch sprinter van Melis jumping clear to take the win from Kristy Scrymgeour and Lehtimaki. The only overall changes from yesterday saw Timex rider Odessa Gunn move up to 3rd overall, with a higher placing in the final criterium, to push Dutch rider Arenda Grimberg back to 4th. As well as the winning the overall race, Tracey was first over the top of both Queen of the Mountain climbs and claimed a solo stage one victory in Saturday's road race to Cooma. A very good result against 40 riders from both home and overseas. AIS rider Sara Carrigan was second and Odessa Gunn (Can) from team Timex was third. Men A field of over 50 riders also contested the men's A Grade race. The winner overall was Nic Brown from Parramatta, second was Ashley Humbert, Wagga and third Peter Milostic, Penrith. Canberra rider Denis Mungovern rode a strong race for fourth, and took home the green Sprint jersey. The two day race attracted some 220 riders across the six grades, with good fields in all. The yellow jerseys were won by Matt Smithson, Parramatta in Mens B grade, Fiona Dwyer, Bankstown in Women's B, Phillip Thuaux, Central Coast in Men's C and Adrian Estreich, Penrith in Men's D grade. The success of the Canberra-Cooma Cycle Classic in its first year has encouraged the organisers who look forward to welcoming more riders next year to a race with points on the national and UCI calendar. Results Women - A grade Cooma criterium 1. M. van Melis (Ned) Dutch National team 2. Kristy Scrymgeour (Aus) NSWIS 3. Sanna Lehtimaki (Fin) Timex 4. Tracey Gaudry (Aus) Timex 5, Miriam Melchers (Ned) Dutch national team Overall results 1 Tracey Gaudry (Aus) Timex 2.49.14 2 Sara Carrigan (AUS) AIS 0.30 3 Odessa Gunn (Can) Timex 2.49 4 Arenda Grimbera (Ned) Dutch national team 5 Naomi Williams (Aus) TIS TAS 3.00 6 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) NSWIS 6.20 7 Kristy Scrymgeour (Aus) AIS NSW 8 Erin Mirabella Veenstra (USA) Timex 9 Priska Doppman (Ita) Master Team Carpe Diem 10 Zingela Hillengzsi (Ned) Dutch national team 11 Juanita Feldham (AUS) AIS Qld 12 ?? 13 Mari Holden (USA) Timex 14 Katia Longhin (Ita) Master Team Carpe Diem 15 Kym Shirley (Aus) AIS Qld 16 Natalie Bates (Aus) NSWIS 17 Jodie Brewer (Aus) Canberra/Catalyst 18 Sigrid Corneo (Ita) Master Team Carpe Diem 19 Geraldine Denham (Aus) VIS 20 Marcia Eicher (Ita) Master Team Carpe Diem 21 Bridget Evans (USA) Master Team Carpe Diem 22 Honne Geysen (Aus) ACTAS 23 Susan Hefler (Aus) 24 Emma James (Aus) Turramurra/Bicisport 25 Fjelda Lee (Aus) Parramatta 26 Sanna Lehtimaki (Fin) Timex 27 Kerry Mellmuth (USA) Master Team Carpe Diem 28 Bianca Netzler (Sam) Samoa 29 Belinda Probert (Aus) North Sydney 30 Hayley Rutherford (Aus) WAIS 31 Kim Smith (USA) Timex 32 Avril Swan (Aus) Turamurra - Bicisport 33 Allison Wright Aus (ACT) Combined points: 1 Tracey Gaudry (Aus) Timex 31 2 Sara Carrigan (Qld) AIS 21 3 Odessa Gunn (Can) Timex 17 4 Arenda Grimbera (Ned) Dutch national team 17 5 Naomi Williams (Aus) TIS TAS 11 6 Margaret Hemsley (NSW) NSWIS 9 7 Kristy Scrymgeour (Aus) AIS NSW 6 8 Erin Mirabella (Aus) Timex 4 9 Juanita Feldham (Qld) AIS 4 10 Mari Holden (USA) Timex 4 11 Katia Longhin (Ita) Master Team Carpe Diem 3 12 Kym Shirley (Qld) AIS 3 13 Natalie Bates (NSW) NSWIS 2 14 Priska Doppman (Ita) Master Team Carpe Diem 2 15 Zingela Hillengzsi (Ned) Dutch national team 1 Women B grade Overall results 1 Fiona Dwyer (NSW) Bankstown 3.10.59 2 Kellie Robinson FIT 0.08 3 Terry Moore (ACT) Tuggeranong Vikings 4 Jenny Eccles (ACT) Canberra/Bike Shed 5 Jennifer Manefield (NSW) (NSW) Parramatta 6 Jeanette Schwarz (NSW) Dubbo 2.12 7 Katie Brown (NSW) St George 2:50 8 Susie Boer (NSW) CCC 9 Lorraine Haslem (ACT) Canberra 10 Gail Johnston (NSW) Eurobodalla 11.11 11 19.01 12 Cilla Ballard (ACT) Canberra 13 Sally Clark (ACT) Canberra 14 Kerrie Crisp (NSW) (NSW) Parramatta 15 Elizabeth Hickey (ACT) Canberra 16 Christina Hobbs (ACT) Canberra 17 Steph Maxwell (ACT) Canberra 18 Bethany Mccarthy (NSW) Illawarra 19 Fia Norton (ACT) Canberra 20 Jess O'Brien (ACT) Canberra 21 Marnie Rose (NSW) CCC 22 Jodie Vassen (NSW) Sutherland 23 Bronwyn Wiseman (ACT) Canberra * Men's results to follow Qantas Cup, round 2Adelaide, Australia, February 26, 2000 Courtesy of Graham Fowler Results Women 200m time trial 1 L. Higginson (Vic) 11.594 2 M. Ferris(All) 11.637 3 R. Demarte(Vic) 11.917 4 R. Hubbard (SA) 12.115 Men 200m Time Trial 1 D. Hill(WA) 10.470 2 K. Selin (SA) 10.621 3 G. Neiwand (All) 10.665 4 D. Day (Qld) 10.700 Men Derby 1 B. Kersten (NSW) 2 S. Wooldridge (NSW) 3 A. Kemps (Qld) 4 S. Suckling (WA) Women 500 Time Trial 1 L. Higginson (Vic) 36.15 2 M. Ferris (All) 36.57 3 R. Demarte(Vic) 36.73 4 K. Meares(Qld) 38.87 Women Derby 1 S. Smith (WA) 2 K. Bates (NSW) 3 C. Jack (Qld) 4 C. Bayley (WA) Men Elimination 1 B. McCaig (Vic) 2 G. Bates (SA) 3 B. Kersten (NSW) 4 T. Wilksch (Vic) Women Points Race 1 R. Gilmore (NSW) 2 L. Higginson (Vic) 3 A. Burns (SA) 4 S. Smith (WA) Women Sprint 1 M. Ferris (All) 2 L. Higginson (Vic) 3 R. Hubbard (Qld) 4 R. Demarte (Vic) Men Sprint Final 1 D. Hill (WA) 2 R. Bayley (WA) 3 K. Selin (SA) 4 D. Day (Qld) Women Elimination 1 R. Gilmore (NSW) 2 S. Smith (SA) 3 K. Bates (NSW) 4 A. Burns (SA) Men Points Race 1 S. Suckling (WA) 2 A. Kemps (Qld) 3 S. Wooldridge (NSW) 4 G. Bates (SA) Men Keiren 1 K. Selin (SA) 2 D. Hill (WA) 3 B. Kersten (NSW) 4 K. Stewart ACT Women Scratch 1 R. Gilmore (NSW) 2 K. Meares (Qld) 3 R. Hubbard (SA) 4 A. Burns (SA) Men Scratch 1 B. Kersten (NSW) 2 G. Bates (SA) 3 T. Wilksch (Vic) 4 S. Fitzpatrick (All) Qantas Cup round 3Perth, Australia, February 27, 2000 Results Women 200m time trial 1 L. Higginson (Vic) 11.73 2 R. Gilmore (NSW) 12.32 3 R. Hubbard (SA) 12.32 4 L. Hall (All) 12.37 Men 200m Time Trial 1 D. Hill (WA) 10.33 2 R. Bayley (All) 10.45 3 K. Selin (SA) 10.60 4 D. Day (Qld) 10.71 Men Derby 1 S. Suckling (WA) 2 R. McCaig (Vic) 3 T. Wilksch (Vic) 4 B. Cullen (All) Women Derby 1 R. Demarte (Vic) 2 S. Smith (WA) 3 C. Zucker (SA) 4 C. Jack (Qld) Men Elimination 1 B. McCaig (Vic) 2 S. Suckling (WA) 3 P. Dawson (WA) 4 T. Wilksch (Vic) Women Points Race 1 L. Higginson VIC 2 R. Gilmore (NSW) 3 R. Demarte (Vic) 4 S. Smith (WA) Women Sprint 1 L. Higginson (Vic) 2 R. Hubbard (Qld) 3 C. Jack (Qld) 4 R. Gilmore (NSW) Men Sprint Final 1 D. Hill (WA) 2 K. Selin (SA) 3 D. Day (Qld) 4 R. Bayley (All) Women Elimination 1 R. Gilmore (NSW) 2 S. Smith (SA) 3 C. Zucker (SA) 4 K. Bates (NSW) Men Points Race 1 P. Dawson (WA) 2 S. Wooldridge (NSW) 3 S. Suckling (WA) 4 P. Dobson (All) Men Keirin 1 D. Hill (WA) 2 K. Selin (SA) 3 B. Kersten (NSW) 4 D. Day (Qld) Women Scratch 1 L. Higginson (Vic) 2 R. Demarte (Vic) 3 R. Gilmore (NSW) 4 C. Zucker (SA) Men Scratch 1 S. Wooldridge (NSW) 2 B. Kersten (NSW) 3 B. McCaig (Vic) 4 T. Wilksch (Vic) Kathy Watt 3000m Pursuit 3.44.10 (Unofficially 1km 1.15.5, 2km 2.29.50) Overall position after final round - Qantas Cup States 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Overall 1 VIC 42 29 44 115 2 NSW 39 39 28 106 3 WA 30 30 39 99 4 SA 17 25 19 61 5 QUEENSLAND 16 13 7 36 6 ALL STARS 10 17 7 34 7 ACT 0 1 0 1 Riders of Series : Lyndelle Higginson (Vic) Darryn Hill (WA) Carnegie-Caulfield CriteriumMulgrave, Australia, February 27, 2000 Courtesy of Mark Chadwick An enormous field of 190 riders met at Glenvale Crescent in Mulgrave today. The conditions were perfect, cool with a slight breeze and plenty of sunshine. The A grade field was studded with local and international stars including the Great Britain World Teams Pursuit team consisting of Colin Sturgess (31, a gypsy), Bradley Wiggins (19 of London), Matt Illingworth (31, Essex), Bryan Steele (31, Peterborough), Chris Ball (25, Swindon) and Paul Manning (25, Manchester). Team manager Simon Jones told me that the team had spent two weeks in Perth, WA putting in plenty of K’s and racing local crits. They are in Melbourne until the 10th, including the Melbourne Madison where Wiggins and Steele will be looking to capitalize on their having raced four "sixes" in Europe this season. They then head for Sydney for three days on the Olympic Velodrome. The team had wanted to ride the track Nationals as last year but received late advice that this was not possible, as the Nationals are an Olympic selection event. From 10-20 March the team will be staying in Camden, an outer suburb of Sydney. During that time they will be eager to get in as much racing as possible and are eager to hear from clubs able to provide good competition. Starting with 57 riders including the Brits, South Africa’s U23 champ, Americans, Dutchmen and a few others of doubtful heritage this race had the appearance of a Euro semi-classic! After a quick start with plenty of attacks, including one from the diminutive Anna Wilson (Saturn) who jumped away to try a solo, the race saw a strong break of six form at the 35-minute mark: Colin Sturgess (GB), BJ McIntosh (VIS), Dan Moore (Amore et Vita), Stephen Pate (Fitzroy Cycles), Michael Yarski (Giramondo) and Jerone Walters. Bridging up a lap or two later was Robert Tighello (Ashburton Cycles) and Bryan Steele (GB) and the lead group held an 8-second advantage. Hilton Clarke jnr (Look) rode across with Matt Illingworth (GB) in his wheel at the 50-minute mark with Simon Gerrans (VIS) stuck 5 seconds adrift. A move from the collapsing remnants of the field saw Anna Wilson get across with Sth African Jeremy Martens (Giramondo) and three others. With 14 riders in the lead group, the decision seemed to be that there were too many present and the zip went out of the break. Shortly after the few who had persisted behind rejoined and the sprint was on the minds of many. At what should have been five minutes remaining, Matt Illingworth slipped of the front taking an attentive Stephen Pate with him as the remaining GB riders took it easy through the corners allowing the twosome to escape. The chase went a bit longer than expected due to the presence of the B grade field between the break and pursuing aces, in fact the race went ten minutes over and Pate was not pleased! In the end Pate took the win from Illingworth who said he "didn’t have the legs left after pulling my guts out" staying with an in-form Pate. Troy Clarke, also at the top of his form for the Madison, was led out by younger brother Hilton to take the field sprint ahead of Robert Tighello. Illingworth commented "that was every bit as hard as a Premier League event" Just wait ‘till Tuesday night at Waverley Park boys! The 47 riders of B grade rode hard throughout and kept pace with the storming A grade bunch for the later part of the race. A couple of breaks went in the early part of the race containing the usual suspects, but they weren’t given the opportunity to steal the race again as the bunch worked hard to keep it all together. The finale saw veteran Chris Boone win from Lincoln Brown, A Pike and Kevin Wigham. The rising sprinter Johnny Clarke, youngest of the clan at 14, won C grade. His sprinting style, elbows out, saw him flash through ahead of "Fast" Eddie Perez, Andy Clarke (no relation) and Paul Kennedy. With 57 starters the group got three to go as D grade got the bell, near disaster as D grade caught them in the back straight, went past only to be met head-on by a mortuary van of all things! Luck was with us however and the van was not required. D grade started with 29 and had a good race after the ten minute neutral, despite the mortuary van incident! The sprint saw Frank Cipriano slip around track out-marker Justin Dovaston to win by the barest margin. Third was Steve DiFullio with youngster Aaron Moody delighted at registering his first placing in D grade. Results A GRADE 57 Starters 70 minutes + 3 laps 1 Stephen Pate (Fitzroy Cycles) 2 Matt Illingworth (Great Britain) 3 Troy Clarke (VIS) 4 Robert Tighello (Ashburton) B GRADE 47 Starters 65 minutes + 3 laps 1 Chris Boone 2 Lincoln Brown 3 A Pike 4 Kevin Wigham C GRADE 57 Starters 40 minutes + 3 laps 1 Johnny Clarke 2 Eddie Perez 3 Andy Clarke 4 Paul Kennedy D GRADE 29 Starters 35 minutes + 3 laps 1 Frank Cipriano 2 Justin Dovaston 3 Steve DiFullio 4 Aaron Moody |
