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Tour of the Murray River 2010

Date range:
August 29 - September 5, 2010

August 31, Stage 5: Lake Boga 39km

Scott lays down the Law

By:
Cycling News
Published:
September 1, 2010, 01:16,
Updated:
September 1, 2010, 01:36

Virgin Blue boy gets in on the act

Scott Law (Virgin Blue/RBS Morgans) from New South Wales wins another stage of the 2010 Scody Cup National Road Series; Law won a stage of the Tour of...

Scott Law (Virgin Blue/RBS Morgans) from New South Wales wins another stage of the 2010 Scody Cup National Road Series; Law won a stage of the Tour of Gippsland.

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A determined New Zealander James Williamson clung to a slender lead at the Tour of the Murray River today after surviving intense pressure in a fiercely-contested criterium. Williamson holds an eight second advantage over Joel Pearson, with fellow New Zealander Gordon McCauley a further six seconds away in third place.

Going into this afternoon’s 39km Lake Boga criterium, Williamson’s margin was down to 15secs and he struggled into 15th place behind the speedy New South Welshman Scott Law (Virgin Blue RBS Morgans), who won the stage from New Zealander Rico Rogers (Swan Hill Rural City Council) and Victorian Nicholas Walker (Jayco/VIS).

“I’m stoked to be still in front because it was a really hard day,” Williamson said. “The opposition threw everything at our team but we finished up at the end of the day with four category jerseys – a real triumph.

“Each stage is tough because there are so many intermediate sprints and hill climbs in the Murray Tour and there’s no way you can go out there and think about relaxing,” he added. “Every stage is a fight. I don’t think they’ll be letting me break away again like I did on Monday.”

Williamson is also leading the Fonterra Under 21 category while team-mate McCauley, the five-times New Zealand road champion, is leading the sprint championship and the most aggressive rider award.

Results

# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Scott Law (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans 0:52:19  
2 Rico Rogers (NZl) Swan Hill Rural City Council    
3 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS    
4 Dale Scarfe (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness    
5 Kane Walker (Aus) Apollo Bicycles    
6 Joel Pearson (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers    
7 Akmal Amrum (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council    
8 Alexander Ray (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush    
9 Harrif Saleh (Mas) Malaysian National Team    
10 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans    
11 Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) Plan B Racing Team    
12 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS    
13 Amir Rusli (Mas) Malaysian National Team    
14 James Williamson (NZl) Hyster - Total Rush    
15 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling    
16 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers    
17 Rene Kolbach (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carroll & O'Dea    
18 Richard Lang (Aus) Jayco Skins    
19 Ben Grenda (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers    
20 Cameron Peterson (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans    
21 Jacob Sutherland (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush    
22 Thomas Robinson (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers    
23 Sam Rutherford (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carroll & O'Dea    
24 Russell Gill (Aus) Swan Hill Rural City Council    
25 Adam Phelan (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness    
26 Sean Joyce (Aus) Blackpeloton    
27 David Pell (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling    
28 Mitchell Pearson (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans    
29 Shahrul Amin (Mas) Malaysian National Team    
30 Alexander Malone (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carroll & O'Dea    
31 James Mowatt (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans    
32 Timothy Walker (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers    
33 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Hyster - Total Rush    
34 Benjamin Hill (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport    
35 Damien Howson (Aus) Team SASI Cycling    
36 Charles Howlett (Aus) search2retain-myteam2    
37 John Cornish (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers 0:00:08  
38 Luis Trueba (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council    
39 Sam Davis (Aus) Plan B Racing Team    
40 George Tansley (Aus) Team SASI Cycling    
41 Will Tehan (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush    
42 Aaron Donnelly (Aus) Jayco Skins    
43 Andy McNab (Aus) search2retain-myteam2    
44 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Plan B Racing Team    
45 Alex Carver (Aus) Jayco Skins    
46 Patrick Lane (Aus) Jayco Skins    
47 Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysian National Team    
48 Eric Sheppard (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS    
49 Geoff Straub (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness    
50 David Melville (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team    
51 Brendan Brooks (Aus) Shortis.com.au Cycling Team    
52 Matthew Marshall (Aus) Shortis.com.au Cycling Team    
53 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling    
54 Clayton Fettell (Aus) GE Plumbing    
55 James Hepburn (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans    
56 Yusrizal Usoff (Mas) Malaysian National Team    
57 Christoper Williams (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team 0:00:15  
58 Brad Tilby (Aus) Blackpeloton    
59 Jason Allen (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush    
60 Mitchell Mulhern (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team    
61 Patrick Drapac (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling    
62 Elliott Wells (Aus) Plan B Racing Team 0:00:18  
63 Matthe Wheatcroft (Aus) Blackpeloton    
64 Jared Triggs (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport    
65 Andrew Roe (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans    
66 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Malaysian National Team    
67 Scott Mcphee (Aus) Team SASI Cycling 0:00:20  
68 Neil Van Der Ploeg (Aus) search2retain-myteam2    
69 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Jayco Skins    
70 Timothy Dalgliesh (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team    
71 Harry Rassie (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green    
72 Scott Cronly-Dillon (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness    
73 Matthew Benson (Aus) Team SASI Cycling    
74 David Tozer (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green    
75 Matthew Werrell (Aus) Shortis.com.au Cycling Team    
76 Christopher D'amelio (Aus) Apollo Bicycles    
77 Michael Cupitt (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team 0:00:28  
78 Chris Beeck (Aus) Plan B Racing Team 0:00:39  
79 Ben Cutajar (Aus) Shortis.com.au Cycling Team 0:00:46  
80 Courtney Black (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carroll & O'Dea    
81 Rick Sanders (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS 0:01:06  
82 Tristan Jones (Aus) Swan Hill Rural City Council 0:01:21  
83 Sean Evangelista (Aus) GE Plumbing 0:01:45  
84 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Team SASI Cycling    
85 Jack Beckinsale (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport    
86 Edward Bissaker (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport    
87 Ethan Kimmince (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport    
88 David Treacy (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carroll & O'Dea    
89 Michael Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling    
90 James Mcdulling (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green    
91 Stuart Smith (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS    
92 Gilbert Gutowski (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team    
93 James Northey (Aus) Blackpeloton    
94 Fakhrullah Alias (Mas) Malaysian National Team    
95 Thomas Palmer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:03:30  
96 Logan Mort (Aus) Blackpeloton    
97 Jeremey Stephens (Aus) Blackpeloton    
98 Fraser Northey (Aus) Team SASI Cycling    
99 Jackson Law (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport    
100 Daniel Hopper (Aus) Swan Hill Rural City Council    
101 Angus Gale (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carroll & O'Dea    
102 Peter Spencer (Aus) GE Plumbing 0:05:15  
103 Liam Dove (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council    
104 Jason Rigg (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council    
105 Kyle Marwood (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers 0:07:00  
106 Andrew Barlow (Aus) Blackpeloton    
107 Timothy Decker (Aus) Team SASI Cycling    
108 Damian Harris (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green    
109 Oliver Kent-Spark (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green    
110 Trent Williams (Aus) Apollo Bicycles    
111 Trevor Griffiths (Aus) Apollo Bicycles    
112 James Henry (Aus) Apollo Bicycles    
113 James Herd (Aus) Apollo Bicycles    
114 Mark Isaacs (Aus) search2retain-myteam2    
115 Chris Steffanoni (Aus) search2retain-myteam2    
116 Stephen Bomball (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport    
117 Louis Evangelista (Aus) GE Plumbing    
118 Clive Silcock (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council    
119 Fergus Maclachlan (Aus) Swan Hill Rural City Council    
120 Jared Rowney (Aus) GE Plumbing    
121 Ghazali Hamid (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council 0:08:45  
General classification
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 James Williamson (NZl) Hyster - Total Rush 8:16:35  
2 Joel Pearson (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers 0:00:08  
3 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Hyster - Total Rush 0:00:14  
4 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:00:19  
5 Richard Lang (Aus) Jayco Skins 0:00:20  
6 Scott Law (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans 0:00:23  
7 Thomas Robinson (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers 0:00:24  
8 Rico Rogers (NZl) Swan Hill Rural City Council 0:00:29  
9 Harrif Saleh (Mas) Malaysian National Team 0:00:32  
10 Cameron Peterson (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans    
11 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans 0:00:33  
12 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS    
13 David Pell (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:00:34  
14 Adam Phelan (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness 0:00:37  
15 Eric Sheppard (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS 0:00:38  
16 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers 0:00:39  
17 Ben Grenda (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers    
18 Alex Carver (Aus) Jayco Skins 0:00:40  
19 Timothy Walker (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers 0:00:42  
20 Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) Plan B Racing Team 0:00:47  
21 James Mowatt (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans 0:00:48  
22 Amir Rusli (Mas) Malaysian National Team 0:00:49  
23 Alexander Malone (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carroll & O'Dea    
24 Sam Rutherford (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carroll & O'Dea 0:00:50  
25 Benjamin Hill (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport Sport    
26 Charles Howlett (Aus) search2retain-myteam2    
27 Rene Kolbach (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carroll & O'Dea 0:00:51  
28 Russell Gill (Aus) Swan Hill Rural City Council    
29 Mitchell Pearson (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans    
30 Patrick Lane (Aus) Jayco Skins 0:00:57  
31 Sam Davis (Aus) Plan B Racing Team 0:00:58  
32 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Plan B Racing Team    
33 Matthew Marshall (Aus) Shortis.com.au Cycling Team    
34 Luis Trueba (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council 0:00:59  
35 Will Tehan (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush    
36 Aaron Donnelly (Aus) Jayco Skins    
37 Clayton Fettell (Aus) GE Plumbing    
38 Geoff Straub (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness    
39 Brendan Brooks (Aus) Shortis.com.au Cycling Team    
40 David Melville (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team    
41 Christoper Williams (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team 0:01:03  
42 Jason Allen (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush 0:01:06  
43 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Jayco Skins    
44 Scott Cronly-Dillon (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness 0:01:11  
45 Michael Cupitt (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team 0:01:19  
46 Brad Tilby (Aus) Blackpeloton 0:01:26  
47 Christopher D'amelio (Aus) Apollo Bicycles 0:02:25  
48 Stuart Smith (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS 0:02:36  
49 Alexander Ray (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush 0:02:40  
50 Fallanie Ali (Mas) Malaysian National Team 0:02:41  
51 Kane Walker (Aus) Apollo Bicycles 0:02:48  
52 Akmal Amrum (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council 0:02:50  
53 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS    
54 Zamri Saleh (Mas) Malaysian National Team 0:02:51  
55 James Hepburn (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans 0:02:57  
56 John Cornish (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers    
57 Andrew Roe (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans 0:03:08  
58 Damien Howson (Aus) Team SASI Cycling 0:03:09  
59 Neil Van Der Ploeg (Aus) search2retain-myteam2 0:03:10  
60 Alexand Edmondson (Aus) Team SASI Cycling 0:04:32  
61 Chris Beeck (Aus) Plan B Racing Team 0:04:38  
62 Shahrul Amin (Mas) Malaysian National Team 0:04:52  
63 Sean Joyce (Aus) Blackpeloton    
64 Jacob Sutherland (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush    
65 Andy McNab (Aus) search2retain-myteam2 0:05:00  
66 Yusrizal Usoff (Mas) Malaysian National Team    
67 Mitchell Mulhern (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team 0:05:07  
68 Matthew Werrell (Aus) Shortis.com.au Cycling Team 0:05:09  
69 Harry Rassie (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green 0:05:12  
70 Courtney Black (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carroll & O'Dea 0:05:38  
71 Matthew Benson (Aus) Team SASI Cycling 0:06:21  
72 Michael Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:06:27  
73 Jack Beckinsale (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport Sport 0:06:37  
74 Gilbert Gutowski (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team    
75 George Tansley (Aus) Team SASI Cycling 0:07:02  
76 Matthe Wheatcroft (Aus) Blackpeloton 0:07:12  
77 David Tozer (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green 0:07:31  
78 Fakhrullah Alias (Aus) Malaysian National Team 0:07:44  
79 David Treacy (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carroll & O'Dea 0:07:46  
80 Jeremey Stephens (Aus) Blackpeloton 0:08:22  
81 Scott Mcphee (Aus) Team SASI Cycling 0:08:23  
82 Sean Evangelista (Aus) GE Plumbing 0:08:39  
83 Tristan Jones (Aus) Swan Hill Rural City Council 0:08:43  
84 Jared Triggs (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport Sport 0:08:58  
85 Elliott Wells (Aus) Plan B Racing Team 0:09:14  
86 Rick Sanders (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS 0:09:25  
87 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling    
88 Ethan Kimmince (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport Sport 0:10:04  
89 Peter Spencer (Aus) GE Plumbing 0:10:07  
90 Daniel Hopper (Aus) Swan Hill Rural City Council 0:10:24  
91 Edward Bissaker (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport Sport 0:10:41  
92 James Mcdulling (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green    
93 Jared Rowney (Aus) GE Plumbing 0:11:52  
94 Jason Rigg (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council 0:12:09  
95 Oliver Kent-Spark (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green 0:12:27  
96 Thomas Palmer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:12:43  
97 Timothy Dalgliesh (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team 0:12:54  
98 Timothy Decker (Aus) Team SASI Cycling 0:13:01  
99 Dale Scarfe (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness 0:14:21  
100 Patrick Drapac (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 0:14:40  
101 Fraser Northey (Aus) Team SASI Cycling 0:14:44  
102 Chris Steffanoni (Aus) search2retain-myteam2 0:15:17  
103 James Herd (Aus) Apollo Bicycles 0:15:56  
104 Ben Cutajar (Aus) Shortis.com.au Cycling Team 0:16:36  
105 Angus Gale (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carroll & O'Dea 0:17:02  
106 Mark Isaacs (Aus) search2retain-myteam2 0:17:03  
107 Andrew Barlow (Aus) Blackpeloton 0:17:21  
108 Logan Mort (Aus) Blackpeloton 0:17:51  
109 Liam Dove (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council 0:19:03  
110 Ghazali Hamid (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council 0:19:06  
111 Jackson Law (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport Sport 0:19:57  
112 James Henry (Aus) Apollo Bicycles 0:20:32  
113 James Northey (Aus) Blackpeloton 0:20:47  
114 Stephen Bomball (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport Sport 0:20:59  
115 Louis Evangelista (Aus) GE Plumbing 0:23:07  
116 Trent Williams (Aus) Apollo Bicycles 0:23:56  
117 Trevor Griffiths (Aus) Apollo Bicycles 0:24:01  
118 Fergus Maclachlan (Aus) Swan Hill Rural City Council 0:25:12  
119 Kyle Marwood (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers 0:25:38  
120 Clive Silcock (Aus) Mildura Rural City Council 0:29:13  
121 Damian Harris (Aus) RACE - Fenton Green 0:37:54  
Sprint classification
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Hyster - Total Rush 30  pts
2 Richard Lang (Aus) Jayco Skins 27  
3 Joel Pearson (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers 22  
4 Eric Sheppard (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS 19  
5 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 18  
6 David Pell (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 17  
7 James Williamson (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush 17  
8 Patrick Shaw (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans 13  
9 Ben Grenda (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers 10  
10 Timothy Walker (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers 9  
11 Timothy Dalgliesh (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team 9  
12 Cameron Peterson (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans 8  
13 Adam Phelan (Aus) McDonagh Blake - Witness 8  
14 Thomas Robinson (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers 7  
15 Scott Law (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans 7  
16 Alexander Ray (Aus) Hyster - Total Rush 7  
17 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers 7  
18 Alex Carver (Aus) Jayco Skins 6  
19 Kyle Marwood (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers 5  
20 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Jayco/VIS/QAS 5  
21 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Jayco Skins 5  
22 Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) Plan B Racing Team 4  
23 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 3  
24 Christoper Williams (Aus) Merida Australia Road Team 3  
25 Michael Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 3  
26 Rico Rogers (NZl) Swan Hill Rural City Council 3  
27 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Team SASI Cycling 3  
28 Patrick Lane (Aus) Jayco Skins 2  
29 Fakhrullah Alias (Mas) Malaysian National Team 2  
30 Amir Rusli (Mas) Malaysian National Team 2  
31 Mark Isaacs (Aus) search2retain-myteam2 2  
32 Chris Steffanoni (Aus) search2retain-myteam2 2  
33 Alexander Malone (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carroll & O'Dea O'Dea 2  
34 John Cornish (Aus) Genesys Wealth Advisers 1  
35 Daniel Furmston (Aus) Plan B Racing Team 1  
36 Matthew Marshall (Aus) Shortis.com.au Cycling Team 1  
37 Benjamin Hill (Aus) New South Wales Institute of Sport Sportort 1  
38 James Hepburn (Aus) Virgin Blue RBS Morgans 1  
39 Sam Rutherford (Aus) Bike Bug North Sydney/Carroll & O'Dea O'Dea 1  
40 Thomas Palmer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 1