Launceston to New Norfolk 2010

Launceston to New Norfolk Photos

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  Shaw thing: Patrick Shaw (Virgin Blue/RBS Morgans) takes out the 2010 Launceston to New Norfolk race in Tasmania.

• Some of the New Zealand contingent on the podium in New Norfolk after accepting medals for top-ten finishes.
• Darren Rolfe and Andrew Roe at the front of the peloton around six minutes behind the leading quartet approaching the town of Gretna.
• Eliot Crowther, Chris Jory, Shem Rodger and Patrick Shaw (partially obscured) maintained their gap of more than five mintues over any challenger in the concluding stages of the race.
• Number one: Virgin Blue/RBS Morgans Patrick Shaw from Victoria was always the one to beat once he had placed himself in the leading group early into the race.
• Race winner Patrick Shaw (left) is congratulated by runner-up Chris Jory as Tasmanian Tim Elmer looks on in New Norfolk.
• Podium celebrations (l-r): Chris Jory, Patrick Shaw and Eliot Crowther struggle with the champers on the podium in New Norfolk.
• Mind if I use your top: Race winner Patrick Shaw wipes the champagne from his eyes on Chris Jory's jersey after the podium celebrations in New Norfolk.
• Race podium (l-r): Chris Jory (2nd), Patrick Shaw (1st), and Eliot Crowther (3rd)
• The race had split up well before the climb at Poatina and by the time it hit Bothwell riders were content just to go the distance.
• Patrick Shaw, Shem Rodger, Chris Jory and Eliot Crowther had the race to themselves as the entered the final fifty kilometres.
• The peloton make their way towards the climb up Poatina around fifty kilometres into the 2010 Launceston to New Norfolk One-Day Classic.
• Virgin Blue/RBS Morgans riders were on the front of the peloton whilst their teammate Patrick Shaw was up the road in the leading group of five.
• Riders head up the climb at Poatina during the 208-kilometre Launceston to New Norfolk One-Day Classic.
• Race podium (l-r): Chris Jory (2nd), Patrick Shaw (1st), and Eliot Crowther (3rd) on the podium in New Norfolk.

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