Results and Reports for April 7-8, 2001AustraliaPromoters wishing to submit results should send them to cyclingnews Canberra to Goulburn Canberra to GoulburnSunday April 8, 2001 121km Canberra-Sutton-Gundaroo-Gunning-Goulburn By Mark Carter (Canberra CC)Canberra and Goulburn turned on a great day for bike racing, with high cloud covering the riders on a mild 25 degree day. The perfectly calm morning gave way to steadily increasing winds. The wind kicked in about the same time the riders starting at 9.30am. A big congratulations to the Goulburn Cycling Club who host this event every year, with a small club base of only 42 members. The Club puts the race on each year without the assistance of any sponsors and attracts a large invoice from the NSW Police for their services, escorting five races over 121km. This year the race attracted around 350 riders, one of the larger fields ever assembled for this race and it is a credit that such a small club can organise an event of such grand proportions. Again hats off to Freda Bush, Adam Lambert and the rest of the Goulburn crew. Men's A Grade The men's A grade race fielded around 50 starters and was aggressive from the outset. Canberra brothers John and Paul Forrest attacked on Majura Road with less than 10km covered, they were joined by Denis Mungoven, also of Canberra. By the top of Majura Road, a group of about 15 had formed with the initial three protaganists. This group included Pell, Stojanow, Sieper, Hennessy, Lindsay, Burke and Brook. The chasing peloton got to within 100m at the Sutton shops at the 20km mark, but the margin blew out again shortly after. The two groups safely negotiated the Roubaix style 1.5km dirt sector just beyond Sutton, whilst the gap yo-yoed continuously. The entire field was stopped and given three minutes respite at Gunning, due to the main field continually disobeying commissaries, riding on the right side of the road (due to the left to right cross wind). The breakaway group was allowed to restart with its 30 second advantage. The groups stayed together over the tough feed station climb, before David Pell from Bendigo and Glenn Stojanow of Parramatta attacked on the final long climb up over the railway line and rode away from the front group, whose numbers were starting to dwindle. The pair worked well together holding the chasers at bay. With 4km remaining, shortly before the short sharp hill leading to the exit of the Hume Highway, 10 chasers from the main field bridged across to the other second group of eight or nine. This caused a massive reaction on the power climb, obliterating the group. The finish had changed this year, with a tight right hander, then a short downhill of 220m before the ball-tearing left hander, which was quite wide, but difficult to work with after generating so much speed on the descent. In the two up sprint David Pell again showed his supreme strength for the day by beating Stojanow, while Phil Thuaux stormed home to take the bunch sprint from Mark Renshaw and Kristjan Snorrasen. The main field came in over one minute down. ResultsMen's A Grade (approx 50 starters) 1 David Pell (Bendigo Vic) 2.59.27 (40.45km/h) 2 Glenn Stojanow (Parramatta) 3 Phill Thuaux (Caravello) 4 Mark Renshaw (Bathurst) 5 Kristjan Snorrason (Carnegie Vic) 6 Tom Brook (Parramatta) 7 Wayne Anderson (Caravelloi) 8 Brian Appleyard 9 Jonathon Davis (St George) 10 Allan Sieper (Canberra) Men's B Grade (approx 60 starters) 1 Brendan Shipp (St George) 3.04.19 (39.39 km/h) 2 Daniel Doyle (Hunter) 3 Lachlan Seegers 4 Greg Burns (Hunter) 5 Tim Buchanan (Canberra) 6 Brent Miller (Canberra) 7 Richard Vollebregt (Sth Highlands) 8 Tim Morris (Illawarra) 9 Scott Provest (Manning Valley) 10 James Meadley (Canberra) Men's C Grade (approx 90 starters) 1 Luis Trueba (Marconi) 3.05.53 (39.06 km/h) 2 Paul Richards (Warregal) 3 Joe Pearson (Warregal) 4 Nathan Keane (Tolland) 5 John Ebeling (Hunter) 6 George Bunt (Canberra) 7 Richard Moffat (Wagga) 8 Marcus Hayman (Canberra) Men's D Grade (approx 120 starters) 1 Alan Dillon (Hunter) 3.15.55 (37.05km/h) 2 Brett Hadley (Hunter) 3 Ben McComb (Hunter) 4 Stan Genaris (Sydney) 5 Mark Fozzard (Lidcombe) Women's A Grade A field of about twenty riders lined up for the combined women's A & B grades. The race started at a fairly cruisy tempo up Majura Road, before Alison Wright launched the first attack of the day, as the bunch exited the Federal Highway, bound for Sutton. The race sustained many short attacks on the undulating hills from Sutton to Gunning. The main protaganists being Alison Wright and Emma James. None of the attacks were sticking, however it was causing some grief for some of the weaker riders who were getting dropped, then chasing back on during the lull. From Gunning, the Parramatta girls swung into action, with Natalie Bates and Jennifer Manefield displaying aggression, particularly on the final long climb of the day, after the feed zone. Natalie Bates, Alison Wright and Rochelle Gilmore crested this climb off the front, with Olivia Gollan, Jeanette Schwartz, Kate Bates and Jennifer Manefield chasing back on shortly after the crest. On the run into Goulburn, Parramatta was looking good with Jennifer Manefield off the front with about 10km to go, while the Bates sisters could sit in play the role of the Policemen. After some disharmony amongst the ranks, Manefield was eventually caught about 5km from the finish, setting up a final sprint for the front bunch. Kate Bates led the fast downhill sprint, with Wright kicking round in the final straight. Gilmore came past Wright with only metres to spare, relegating Wright to second, with Bates in third. Women's A Grade (combined A&B approx 20 starters) 1 Rochelle Gilmore (Bankstown) 3.27.37 (34.97km/h) 2 Alison Wright (Canberra) 3 Kate Bates (Parramatta) 4 Jeanette Schwartz (Dubbo) 5 Jennifer Mansfield (Parramatta) Women's B Grade 1 Lesley Farthing (Hunter) 3.27.40 (34.96km/h) 2 Terry Moore (Canberra) 3 Bronwyn Wiseman (Canberra) 2001 Queensland Criterium ChampionshipChandler, Qld, April 8 ResultsSenior Men (19 - 34) 1 Ben Day (St Kilda) 2 Ben Litchfield (University CC) 3 Leigh Palmer (Velo CC) Senior Women 1 Anna Perrin (University CC) 2 Kym Shirley (University CC / QAS) 3 Liz Young (University CC) Masters 1 1 Dale McMenamin (Hamilton Pine Rivers CC) 2 David Costanzo (Murwillumbah CC) 3 Vince McLachlan (Kangaroo Point CC) Masters 2 1 Tim Bartlett (Victor CC) 2 Kevin Menz (Victor CC) 3 Richard Walker (Ffast) Masters 3 1 Paul Wild (Gold Coast CATS) 2 Laurence Mann (Sunshine Coast CC) 3 Alan Mumford (Gold Coast CATS) Masters 4 1 Terry Peters (ASTRA) 2 Peter Kidd (Gold Coast CATS) 3 Chris Neal (Logan City CC) Masters 5 1 Chas Matters (Logan City CC) 2 Mike Griffen (Gold Coast CATS) 3 Keith McCormack (Gold Coast CATS) Masters 7 1 Ron Truman (Gold Coast CATS) 2 Clive Bongers (Ipswich Amateur Cycling Club) 3 Martin Davis (Gold Coast CATS) Gold Coast CATS CC CriteriumNerang Qld, April 8, 2001 The heavens opened early on Sunday morning, but that didn't deter a hardy group of riders who showed up at Nerang, ready to race. Because of the depleted numbers A & B Grades rode a handicap, and C & D Grades raced their normal crits. A Grade gave away 2 minutes to B Grade, but such was the slow pace of B Grade that they were caught within 15 minutes, with the exception of Ian Walker who had blasted off the front and was able to hold off A Grade for another 10 minutes. When the two groups finally came together the speed dropped considerably, and it was left until late in the race for first John Kane and then Ben Groth to have a go at getting away. Neither was successful, and as the bunch approached the hill for the last time Crackles Cahill launched off the front and was never headed, crossing the line well clear of Greg Pooley and John Kane. Under 17 rider Ben Mockridge was fourth across the line and first B Grader, a terrific effort considering he is spinning 42x14 against the senior riders' 53x11's in the downhill sprint. C Grade was won in a mass sprint by the effervescent Master's champ Freddy Mason, 70 years young and still climbing and sprinting with the best, from John Mildenhall and David Sheppard, with Corey Turnbull nudging out Rob Payne in D Grade. ResultsA & B Grade - 60 minutes Combined Handicap 1 Crackles Cahill 2 Greg Pooley 3 John Kane 4 Ben Groth 1st B Grade (4th overall): Ben Mockridge C Grade - 40 minutes + 3 laps 1 Freddy Mason 2 John Mildenhall 3 David Sheppard 4 Luke Anderson D Grade - 30 minutes + 3 laps 1 Corey Turnbull 2 Rob Payne 3 Greg Aroney 4 Frank Betschart Courtesy of Geoff Frost Parramatta CC RacingOakville 7 April, 2001 A-B Grades - 36km 1 Brett Warden 2 Hayden Kegg 3 Tony Womsley C Grade - 29km 1 Todd Greenland 2 Peter Greenland 3 John Beatty D Grade - 21km 1 Craig Leckie 2 M Logan 3 Frank Coyle Junior TT - 3.2km 1 Chris Ubergang 5.40 2 James Smale 5.51 3 Tristan Zoulkowski 5.54 Junior Scratch Race - 6.4km 1 Chris Ubergang 2 James Smale 3 Raph Muller Courtesy Parramatta CC
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