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Jayco Tour of Tasmania - NE
Australia, August 17-21, 2005
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Stage 8 - August 20: George Town - Beauty Point, 47.5 km
Local boys deliver the goods
By Rod Morris in Beauty Point
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Local knowledge was used to perfection by Tasmanian riders Bernard Sulzberger and Caleb Manion in the penultimate stage of the Tattersall's Cup Jayco Tour of Tasmania.
Sulzberger and Manion are both from the region and have used their backyard as a rigorous training venue for many years. On the second last day of the week-long tour, Sulzberger gave the local Tasmanian crowd something to cheer about when he outsprinted Manion and fellow breakaway riders for a stunning victory. "It feels great to get a win in a tour in your home state and even better when its so close to your home town," Sulzberger said.
It was a similar scene to the morning's stage, with Tour leader Shaun Higgerson protecting his lead by sticking like glue to Clarke's wheel. "I'm this close to winning the overall tour that I can almost taste it," Higgerson said. "I'm not going to do anything silly from here."
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The afternoon stage saw riders greeted to a tailwind from George Town, although as soon as they crossed the Batman Bridge and headed North to Beauty Point, the wind was in their faces. The Tasmanians, Bernard Sulzberger and Caleb Manion were joined in small break group by Scott Peoples, Johnny Walker and Sprint Championship leader Peter McDonald at around the halfway mark and quickly established a handy lead.
The margin blew out to 55 seconds, and with Sulzberger and Manion having such an intimate knowledge of the terrain, it soon became obvious they were not going to be caught.
Into the Beauty Point township and the tempo of the leaders increased, with Sulzberger and Manion kicking away from their fellow breakaways. Riders were greeted with a picturesque downhill sprint of 500 m to the finish line and the Tasmanians boxed on like two prizefighters. "This is one of the best wins, I've ever had, but its made even more special because its so close to home town," Sulzberger said.
The tour continues tomorrow with the final stage, a 40 lap (34 km) criterium, with Higgerson probably given plenty of time to prepare his victory speech.
Photography
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- Jason Johnson from Tasmania awaits the start to stage eight from Georgetown to Beauty Point
- The boys from FRF Couriers looking to deliver the goods on stage eight!
- The peloton leave Georgetown headed for Beauty Point some 47.5km away
- Joshua Collingwood attempted a brave solo break not far from the stage start
- The field climbing their way along the East Tamar Highway
- The Tour of Tasmania powering along during the penultimate stage
- Mathew Rex from South Australia heads towards the Batman Bridge
- The main field on the Batman Bridge before the major climb of the stage
- The winning break of Bernard Sulzberger (left) and Johnny Walker get across to a small group that stayed away, to fight out the stage
- The peloton under the A' frame of the Batman Bridge on the Tamar River
- A leading group formed just past the Batman Bridge
- Bernard Sulzberger was riding on familiar roads during stage eight
- Peter Macdonald drives the lead group near Sidmouth
- The gap is opening riding through Sidmouth
- The leaders are rolling along approaching Beaconsfield
- The Tour of Tasmania leaves the Tamar Valley
- Scott Peoples from Victoria drives the leading group of five riders
- Johnny Walker from Victoria in the lead group
- Victorian rider Scott Peoples has recovered after struggling on stage two of the tour
- The main field give chase to the leaders just past Beaconsfield
- The peloton descends nearing the finish in Beauty Point
- Bernard Sulzberger from up the road takes out the stage into Beauty Point
- The descent into the finish in the streets of Beauty Point
- The rest of the peloton cross the line into Beauty Point
- Riders head for the water after the finish in Beauty Point
- Bernard Sulzberger on the podium after his victory
- Scott Peoples on the podium after riding into third place
- The podium after stage eight (l-r): Caleb Manion (2nd) Bernard Sulzberger (1st) and Scott Peoples (3rd)
- Would you like fries with your burgers? The Sulzbergers (L-R) Michael "Moose" , Linda, Wes and Bernard; a strong cycling family in Tasmania
Results
1 Bernard Sulzberger 1.07.06 2 Caleb Manion 3 Scott Peoples 4 Johhny Walker 5 Peter McDonald 0.06 6 David McKenzie 0.31 7 Joshua Collingwood 8 Matthew Goss 9 Peter Herzig 0.36 10 Simon Clarke 11 Gordon McCauley 12 David Hiley 13 Patrick Shaw 14 Shaun Higgerson 15 Steven Pilson 16 Wesley Sulzberger 17 Richard Moffatt 18 Russell Gill 19 Stuart Shaw 20 Chris Jongewaard 21 Matthew Rice 22 Mathew Rex 23 Robert McLachlan 0.41 24 Heath Keenan 25 Matt Haydock 26 Luke Bettany 27 Peter Dawson 28 Aaron Salisbury 29 Matthew Gilbert 30 Andrew Naylor 31 Jarrod Harman 32 David Kemp 33 Joshua Wall 34 Steven Robb 35 Nash Kent 36 Michael Ford 37 Phil Gough 38 Darren Lapthorne 39 Jason Johnson 40 Trent Stevenson 41 Cameron Wise 42 Jason Hegert 43 James Maebus 44 Kirk Eddy 45 Samuel Rix 46 Casey Munro 47 Joshua Marden 48 Andrew Cochrane 49 Andrew Ward 50 William Robinson 51 Daniel Burtt 52 Robert Hodgson 53 Matthew Sydes 54 Sid Taberlay 55 Robert Cater 56 Simon Van Der Aa 57 Luke Dale 58 Peter Milostic 59 David Oliver 60 Brendan Washington 61 Andrew Hanigan 0.55 62 Sean Finning 0.58 63 John Rayner 64 Corey Roberts 1.03 65 William Murray 1.06 66 Michael Hardy 1.17 67 Peter Ladd 6.24 68 Glenn Myler 6.30 Sprints George Town Golf Club 1 Joshua Collingwood 3 pts 2 Peter Dawson 2 3 Trent Stevenson 1 Sidmouth General Store 1 Peter McDonald 3 pts 2 Caleb Manion 2 3 Scott Peoples 1 Beaconsfield Tattersall's 1 Peter McDonald 3 pts 2 Caleb Manion 2 3 Scott Peoples 1 Mountains Climb 1 1 Caleb Manion 5 pts 2 Peter McDonald 3 3 Scott Peoples 2 General Classification after stage 8 1 Shaun Higgerson 9.31.16 2 Simon Clarke 0.33 3 Gordon McCauley 1.02 4 Richard Moffatt 1.26 5 Matthew Goss 1.59 6 David McKenzie 2.04 7 Robert McLachlan 2.11 8 Peter McDonald 2.36 9 Stuart Shaw 2.37 10 Patrick Shaw 4.48 11 Matthew Rice 4.56 12 Wesley Sulzberger 5.09 13 Bernard Sulzberger 5.11 14 Darren Lapthorne 5.38 15 Chris Jongewaard 5.42 16 Joshua Collingwood 5.47 17 Peter Milostic 6.00 18 Johhny Walker 6.08 19 Andrew Naylor 8.04 20 David Kemp 8.40 21 Jason Hegert 9.02 22 Mathew Rex 9.41 23 Jarrod Harman 9.57 24 Joshua Marden 11.28 25 Casey Munro 12.40 26 Nash Kent 12.47 27 Peter Herzig 12.54 28 David Hiley 13.00 29 Michael Ford 13.09 30 Peter Dawson 13.10 31 Luke Bettany 15.07 32 Sean Finning 15.44 33 Aaron Salisbury 17.07 34 Matthew Gilbert 17.14 35 James Maebus 17.41 36 Joshua Wall 18.38 37 Phil Gough 18.43 38 Caleb Manion 20.52 39 Steven Pilson 22.20 40 Matt Haydock 23.42 41 Daniel Burtt 24.27 42 Robert Hodgson 25.45 43 Luke Dale 25.51 44 Andrew Hanigan 26.48 45 Sid Taberlay 30.41 46 Cameron Wise 31.20 47 Trent Stevenson 31.44 48 Heath Keenan 32.52 49 Russell Gill 33.26 50 Peter Ladd 33.57 51 Robert Cater 34.50 52 William Robinson 35.02 53 Matthew Sydes 38.15 54 Corey Roberts 39.20 55 Andrew Ward 42.41 56 Samuel Rix 43.24 57 Simon Van Der Aa 46.22 58 Steven Robb 50.04 59 John Rayner 50.33 60 Michael Hardy 57.51 61 Brendan Washington 58.09 62 David Oliver 58.30 63 William Murray 59.30 64 Kirk Eddy 1.03.27 65 Scott Peoples 1.10.24 66 Jason Johnson 1.18.16 67 Glenn Myler 1.25.58 68 Andrew Cochrane 1.40.04 Most Aggressive Rider 1 Peter McDonald 3 pts 2 Gordon McCauley 2 3 David McKenzie 2 4 Joshua Collingwood 2 5 Peter Herzig 2 6 Chris Jongewaard 2 7 Sid Taberlay 2 8 Johhny Walker 2 Sprint Classification 1 Peter McDonald 52 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 24 3 Chris Jongewaard 23 4 Mathew Rex 21 5 Johhny Walker 20 6 Wesley Sulzberger 17 7 Peter Herzig 16 8 David Kemp 10 9 Patrick Shaw 8 10 David McKenzie 7 11 Darren Lapthorne 7 12 Gordon McCauley 7 13 Joshua Collingwood 6 14 Simon Clarke 6 15 Caleb Manion 4 16 Peter Milostic 4 17 James Maebus 3 18 Heath Keenan 3 19 Richard Moffatt 3 20 Shaun Higgerson 3 21 Sid Taberlay 3 22 Bernard Sulzberger 2 23 Peter Dawson 2 24 Robert Cater 2 25 Joshua Marden 2 26 Andrew Naylor 2 27 Scott Peoples 2 28 Matthew Rice 1 29 Matthew Goss 1 30 Michael Ford 1 31 Jarrod Harman 1 32 Jason Hegert 1 33 Samuel Rix 1 34 Trent Stevenson 1 Mountains Classification 1 Sid Taberlay 25 pts 2 Peter McDonald 21 3 Robert McLachlan 20 4 Gordon McCauley 14 5 Shaun Higgerson 8 6 Matthew Goss 8 7 Peter Herzig 7 8 Caleb Manion 5 9 David Kemp 4 10 Stuart Shaw 3 11 Darren Lapthorne 3 12 Luke Dale 2 13 Joshua Collingwood 2 14 Scott Peoples 2 15 Bernard Sulzberger 1 16 Richard Moffatt 1
