Defending Champ in Jayco Tassie Tour

The Tour of Tasmania will be held from October 2 - 7 and, as Tour director John Craven put it, "The rivalry will be fierce, but the competition healthy."

Englishman Kristian House, decisive winner of the 2006 Jacyo Tour of Tasmania road cycling classic, will defend his title next month in pressure-cooker circumstances. House, 28, a member of Britain's Olympic track endurance squad, will captain the Devonport team in the 600-kilometre race. He usually rides for the Navigators team and has won four races recently. House's team-mates in the Devonport contingent will be Queensland sprint star Jonathan Cantwell, the talented Latrobe rider Nathan Clarke and fellow Tasmanians Daniel Cutting and Tim Elmer. The team will be managed by Latrobe's Rick Martin, who has previously mentored champion Australians Robbie McEwen, Henk Vogels and Peter Besanko in Herald Sun Tour squads.

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