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Canberra Tour 2010

Date range:
April 30 - May 2, 2010

May 2, Stage 3: Stromlo Criterium Circuit 130km

Clarke wins stage in bunch sprint

By:
Greg Johnson
Published:
May 2, 2010, 06:17,
Updated:
May 2, 2010, 13:11

Dyball holds on for overall victory

Will Clarke (Genesys Wealth Advisers) repeats his 2009 Canberra Tour stage 3 victory.

Will Clarke (Genesys Wealth Advisers) repeats his 2009 Canberra Tour stage 3 victory.

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Defending Canberra Tour champion Will Clarke (Genesys Wealth Advisers) claimed the race’s final stage victory in a small bunch sprint. The victory offered both Clarke and his Tasmanian team some consolation after working hard throughout the event to live up to its pre-race favourites status, but failing to catch the Virgin Blue-RBS Morgans squad.

The Genesys Wealth Advisers team gave its all to close the gap between overnight leader Ben Dyball (Virgin Blue-RBS Morgans) and Clarke. The stage victory and its accompanying bonus seconds was everything Clarke could hope to achieve on the stage, however Dyball managed to stay with the lead group and maintain a 34 second lead.

Clarke held off round one winner Luke Durbridge (Jayco-Skins) and Adam Phelan (McDonagh Blake-Witness) in the sprint to the line. Dyball finished the stage in eighth place.

Originally 11 riders until shedding Harry Rassie (Race-Fenton Green & Co) in the final kilometres, the breakaway group put one minute into the chase group by race’s end. The pace was high enough to shatter the peloton, with nearly half the peloton finishing at least 15 minutes behind on the 130 kilometre stage.

Genesys Wealth Advisers also picked up the tour’s mountains classification victory, with Nathan Earle sealing his lead in the standings by increasing his tally to 26 points today. Clarke assisted with securing the jersey by accumulating 16 points on today’s stage, preventing a threat from Virgin Blue-RBS Morgans rider Cameron Peterson from materialising.

Virgin Blue-RBS Morgans sport director Pat Jonker was delighted with the work of his riders in Canberra. “I am very impressed by the team work displayed and the mateship of the guys,” said Jonker. “I couldn’t fault their performance all weekend. They did exactly as we planned and executed our plan perfectly each day.

“There were a number of times that things were in the balance and the guys not only absorbed significant pressure but did it with a steady hand and maturity beyond their years,” he added.

Dyball’s victory is the first overall win for Virgin Blue-RBS Morgans in a Cycling Australia National Road Series round. The squad made its debut at the season opening Mersey Valley Tour, having been formed by Pegasus Racing to replace the Fly V Australia team which is focusing its efforts abroad this year.

Macpherson, Hogan primed for victory

The Prime Estate squad had plenty to celebrate after the Canberra Tour’s final stage. Not only did Jenny Macpherson win the two-up sprint for the final stage, but overnight leader Joanne Hogan’s fifth place was enough to secure her the National Road Series round victory.

Macpherson was one of three riders to lead the race as it headed out of the Cotter valley on the way back to Stromlo. Macpherson was joined at the race’s head by Samantha Hemsley (ACTAS-NTID) and Jessie Maclean (Canberra Cycling Club) towards the end of the 85 kilometre stage.

Maclean was unable to stay with Hemsley and Macpherson on the return to Stromlo’s cycling park. The local rider dropped 54 seconds on the lead pair, while Macpherson only dropped Hemsley over the final metres during an uphill sprint for the finish line into a headwind.

While her team-mate was racing for the stage victory up the road, Hogan was marking her main overall rival Lisa Jacobs. The first stage winner crossed the line in fourth place, 1:27 minutes down on the leaders, with Hogan by her side.

Hogan, who is in her last race with the Prime Estate squad, also collected the mountains classification victory thanks to her unassailable lead in the category. Her round victory in Canberra adds to her second place at the Mersey Valley Tour to give Hogan the women’s NRS lead.

Results

Elite men
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Will Clarke (Genesys Wealth Advisers) 3:37:58  
2 Luke Durbridge (Team Jayco - Skins)    
3 Adam Phelan (McDonagh Blake-Witness)    
4 Michael Fitzgerald (Plan B Racing Team)    
5 Jason Spencer    
6 Alastair Loutit (McDonagh Blake-Witness)    
7 Brett Tivers (Plan B Racing Team)    
8 Ben Dyball (Virgin Blue - RBS Morgans)    
9 Nathan Earle (Genesys Wealth Advisers)    
10 Cameron Peterson (Virgin Blue - RBS Morgans)    
11 Harry Rassie (RACE - Fenton Green & Co) 0:00:09  
12 Rene Kolbach 0:01:00  
13 Tom Robinson (Genesys Wealth Advisers)    
14 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Genesys Wealth Advisers)    
15 Sam Rutherford    
16 Philip Grenfell (Bike Bug North Sydney)    
17 Michael Smith (Lawson Homes Cycling Team)    
18 John Freiberg (GuitarGym-Orbea) 0:01:04  
19 Michael Freiberg (Virgin Blue - RBS Morgans)    
20 Aidan Mckenzie (GuitarGym-Orbea)    
21 Andrew Arundel    
22 Rowan Dever 0:01:07  
23 Sam Davis (Plan B Racing Team)    
24 Dylan Newell (Genesys Wealth Advisers) 0:01:52  
25 Michael Hepburn (Team Jayco - Skins) 0:02:40  
26 Ben Grenda (Genesys Wealth Advisers) 0:02:42  
27 Benjamin Harvey    
28 Pat Shaw (Virgin Blue - RBS Morgans) 0:02:44  
29 Brent Miller (Suzuki-ACTAS) 0:03:36  
30 James Ibrahim (RACE - Fenton Green & Co)    
31 Anthony Giacoppo (Plan B Racing Team) 0:06:40  
32 Michael Davis (GuitarGym-Orbea) 0:12:54  
33 Andrew Crawley (McDonagh Blake-Witness) 0:16:31  
34 Kris Koke (Bike Bug North Sydney)    
35 James Mcdulling    
36 Ben Hill    
37 Stephen Bomball (Suzuki-ACTAS)    
38 David Deery    
39 David Hanson (GuitarGym-Orbea)    
40 Craig Hutton (Bike Bug North Sydney)    
41 Tim Elmer (Lawson Homes Cycling Team)    
42 Joel Stewart (Suzuki-ACTAS)    
43 Alex Malone (Bike Bug North Sydney)    
44 Joel Stearnes (Lawson Homes Cycling Team)    
45 Alex Wong (Bike Bug North Sydney)    
46 Luis Trueba    
47 Ben Manson (GuitarGym-Orbea)    
48 Mitch Pearson (Virgin Blue - RBS Morgans)    
49 Jason Rigg (Genesys Wealth Advisers)    
50 Kane Walker    
51 Andy Mcnab (search2retain-myteam2)    
52 Brodie Talbot (search2retain-myteam2)    
53 Sam Moorhouse (McDonagh Blake-Witness) 0:21:50  
54 Charles Howlett (search2retain-myteam2)    
55 Rhys Gillett (Virgin Blue - RBS Morgans)    
56 Chris Beeck (Plan B Racing Team)    
57 Daniel O'keefe    
58 Thomas Donald (search2retain-myteam2) 0:41:08  
59 Steve Degallo (RACE - Fenton Green & Co) 1:24:07  
DSQ Ruan Benson    
Mountains
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Will Clarke (Genesys Wealth Advisers) 16  pts
2 Cameron Peterson (Virgin Blue - RBS Morgans) 12  
3 Nathan Earle (Genesys Wealth Advisers) 6  
4 Michael Fitzgerald (Plan B Racing Team) 4  
5 Brett Tivers (Plan B Racing Team) 3  
6 Luke Durbridge (Team Jayco - Skins) 3  
Elite women
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Jenny Macpherson (Prime Estate) 2:41:52  
2 Samantha Hemsley (ACTAS-NTID)    
3 Jessie Maclean 0:00:54  
4 Lisa Jacobs 0:01:27  
5 Joanne Hogan (Prime Estate)    
6 Bron Ryan (ACTAS-NTID) 0:01:46  
7 Myra Moller (Lawson Homes Cycling Team)    
8 Kendelle Hodges (RACE - Fenton Green & Co) 0:02:13  
9 Sue Forsyth    
10 Rebecca Halliday    
11 Gracie Elvin    
12 Imogen Vize    
13 Laura Luxford    
14 Zoe Watters (MB Cycles)    
15 Simon Grounds (Bundaberg Sugar Sweet As) 0:02:16  
16 Rebecca Werner 0:03:12  
17 Rebecca Domange (RACE - Fenton Green & Co)    
18 Alex Carle (ACTAS-NTID)    
19 Nikolina Orlic (Bundaberg Sugar Sweet As) 0:04:31  
20 India Mclean    
21 Jane Gordon    
22 Laura Meadley (ACTAS-NTID)    
23 Sally Robbins (Bundaberg Sugar Sweet As) 0:06:10  
24 Amy Bradley (Degani) 0:06:16  
25 Lisa Antill    
26 Libby Adamson 0:06:18  
27 Yvette Amaral 0:06:20  
28 Caitlin Turner 0:06:24  
29 Davina Summers 0:06:38  
30 Nicole Whitburn (Prime Estate) 0:08:17  
31 Brielle Carlton (Bundaberg Sugar Sweet As) 0:09:52  
32 Ingrid Trotter (Degani) 0:14:12  
33 Justyna Lubkowski 0:17:16  
34 Anna Kauffmann 0:30:31  
Mountains
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Jenny Macpherson (Prime Estate) 13  pts
2 Samantha Hemsley (ACTAS-NTID) 11  
3 Jessie Maclean 6  
4 Lisa Jacobs 1  
5 Joanne Hogan (Prime Estate) 1  
6 Kendelle Hodges (RACE - Fenton Green & Co) 1  
Final Classification
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
Elite men
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Ben Dyball (Virgin Blue - RBS Morgans) 8:27:42  
2 Will Clarke (Genesys Wealth Advisers) 0:00:34  
3 Michael Fitzgerald (Plan B Racing Team) 0:00:50  
4 Alastair Loutit (McDonagh Blake-Witness) 0:01:02  
5 Cameron Peterson (Virgin Blue - RBS Morgans) 0:01:04  
6 Luke Durbridge (Team Jayco - Skins) 0:01:08  
7 Brett Tivers (Plan B Racing Team) 0:01:47  
8 Nathan Earle (Genesys Wealth Advisers) 0:02:21  
9 Harry Rassie (RACE - Fenton Green & Co) 0:02:58  
10 Adam Phelan (McDonagh Blake-Witness) 0:03:11  
11 Jason Spencer 0:03:21  
12 Andrew Arundel 0:03:31  
13 Ben Grieve-Johnson (Genesys Wealth Advisers) 0:03:49  
14 Sam Davis (Plan B Racing Team) 0:03:55  
15 Sam Rutherford 0:04:38  
16 Michael Smith (Lawson Homes Cycling Team) 0:04:39  
17 Philip Grenfell (Bike Bug North Sydney) 0:04:45  
18 Ben Grenda (Genesys Wealth Advisers) 0:05:31  
19 Rene Kolbach 0:05:33  
20 John Freiberg (GuitarGym-Orbea) 0:05:55  
21 Rowan Dever 0:06:11  
22 Aidan Mckenzie (GuitarGym-Orbea) 0:06:58  
23 James Ibrahim (RACE - Fenton Green & Co) 0:07:25  
24 Michael Freiberg (Virgin Blue - RBS Morgans) 0:07:50  
25 Michael Hepburn (Team Jayco - Skins) 0:08:17  
26 Benjamin Harvey 0:08:42  
27 Anthony Giacoppo (Plan B Racing Team) 0:09:14  
28 Brent Miller (Suzuki-ACTAS) 0:09:36  
29 Pat Shaw (Virgin Blue - RBS Morgans) 0:09:46  
30 Tom Robinson (Genesys Wealth Advisers) 0:13:36  
31 Brodie Talbot (search2retain-myteam2) 0:17:37  
32 Dylan Newell (Genesys Wealth Advisers) 0:20:08  
33 Ben Hill 0:21:02  
34 Joel Stearnes (Lawson Homes Cycling Team) 0:21:35  
35 Kris Koke (Bike Bug North Sydney) 0:22:25  
36 Craig Hutton (Bike Bug North Sydney)    
37 Kane Walker 0:22:29  
38 Stephen Bomball (Suzuki-ACTAS) 0:23:08  
39 James Mcdulling 0:23:11  
40 Jason Rigg (Genesys Wealth Advisers)    
41 Alex Malone (Bike Bug North Sydney) 0:24:51  
42 Andy Mcnab (search2retain-myteam2) 0:25:19  
43 Charles Howlett (search2retain-myteam2) 0:27:20  
44 Sam Moorhouse (McDonagh Blake-Witness) 0:28:38  
45 Ben Manson (GuitarGym-Orbea) 0:28:57  
46 Luis Trueba 0:29:10  
47 Tim Elmer (Lawson Homes Cycling Team)    
48 Alex Wong (Bike Bug North Sydney) 0:29:51  
49 David Deery 0:30:43  
50 Andrew Crawley (McDonagh Blake-Witness) 0:32:27  
51 Michael Davis (GuitarGym-Orbea) 0:33:42  
52 Rhys Gillett (Virgin Blue - RBS Morgans) 0:33:51  
53 Chris Beeck (Plan B Racing Team) 0:35:45  
54 David Hanson (GuitarGym-Orbea) 0:48:23  
55 Mitch Pearson (Virgin Blue - RBS Morgans) 0:50:42  
56 Daniel O'keefe 0:53:12  
57 Thomas Donald (search2retain-myteam2) 0:55:20  
58 Joel Stewart (Suzuki-ACTAS) 1:06:02  
59 Steve Degallo (RACE - Fenton Green & Co) 2:10:26  
Mountain classification
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Nathan Earle (Genesys Wealth Advisers) 26  pts
2 Will Clarke (Genesys Wealth Advisers) 19  
3 Cameron Peterson (Virgin Blue - RBS Morgans) 17  
4 Adam Phelan (McDonagh Blake-Witness) 8  
5 Michael Fitzgerald (Plan B Racing Team) 6  
6 Ben Dyball (Virgin Blue - RBS Morgans) 5  
7 Andrew Crawley (McDonagh Blake-Witness) 5  
8 Luke Durbridge (Team Jayco - Skins) 5  
= Alastair Loutit (McDonagh Blake-Witness) 5  
10 Brett Tivers (Plan B Racing Team) 3  
11 Sam Davis (Plan B Racing Team) 3  
12 Dylan Newell (Genesys Wealth Advisers) 3  
13 Alex Malone (Bike Bug North Sydney) 3  
14 Michael Hepburn (Team Jayco - Skins) 1  
15 Rhys Gillett (Virgin Blue - RBS Morgans) 1  
Elite women
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Joanne Hogan (Prime Estate) 7:15:37  
2 Lisa Jacobs 0:00:55  
3 Bron Ryan (ACTAS-NTID) 0:01:50  
4 Jenny Macpherson (Prime Estate) 0:02:57  
5 Samantha Hemsley (ACTAS-NTID) 0:04:16  
6 Myra Moller (Lawson Homes Cycling Team) 0:04:25  
7 Kendelle Hodges (RACE - Fenton Green & Co) 0:05:09  
8 Simon Grounds (Bundaberg Sugar Sweet As) 0:05:23  
9 Sue Forsyth 0:05:38  
10 Imogen Vize 0:05:41  
11 Zoe Watters (MB Cycles) 0:06:10  
12 Laura Luxford 0:06:38  
13 Alex Carle (ACTAS-NTID) 0:06:43  
14 Rebecca Halliday 0:07:09  
15 Rebecca Domange (RACE - Fenton Green & Co) 0:07:45  
16 Gracie Elvin 0:08:04  
17 Jessie Maclean 0:08:07  
18 India Mclean 0:08:14  
19 Rebecca Werner 0:08:28  
20 Nikolina Orlic (Bundaberg Sugar Sweet As) 0:09:03  
21 Caitlin Turner 0:10:29  
22 Davina Summers 0:10:36  
23 Amy Bradley (Degani) 0:10:49  
24 Jane Gordon 0:12:41  
25 Nicole Whitburn (Prime Estate) 0:15:41  
26 Laura Meadley (ACTAS-NTID) 0:16:09  
27 Sally Robbins (Bundaberg Sugar Sweet As) 0:16:13  
28 Libby Adamson 0:18:36  
29 Yvette Amaral 0:19:19  
30 Brielle Carlton (Bundaberg Sugar Sweet As) 0:20:13  
31 Lisa Antill 0:23:14  
32 Justyna Lubkowski 0:41:53  
33 Anna Kauffmann 0:55:53  
Mountains
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Joanne Hogan (Prime Estate) 22  pts
2 Jenny Macpherson (Prime Estate) 14  
3 Simon Grounds (Bundaberg Sugar Sweet As) 13  
4 Samantha Hemsley (ACTAS-NTID) 11  
5 Lisa Jacobs 8  
6 Jessie Maclean 7  
7 Bron Ryan (ACTAS-NTID) 7  
8 Myra Moller (Lawson Homes Cycling Team) 4  
9 Kendelle Hodges (RACE - Fenton Green & Co) 1  
10 Alex Carle (ACTAS-NTID) 1