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Tour of the Southern Grampians - NE

Australia, April 9-10, 2005

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Stage 2 - April 9: Coleraine, 82km

Backing up Saturday afternoon was a true test of will. The temperature had remained around 35 and the northerly had stiffened. Riders were searching for somewhere to hide from the debilitating conditions prior to the start, knowing that stage two was the 'King Stage' of the tour. Two ascents of Zig Zag and a trip up Douglas Road for good measure, this stage would surely test even the contenders.

An early break was given a fair degree of latitude from the peleton, the conditions and difficulty of the parcours suggested that a two man escape was unlikely to succeed even though one of the escapees was Patrick Shaw.

The rest of the peloton decided to take a steady approach to the first climb of Zig Zag. The 2.5km climb was relatively gradual except for a couple of sharp sections which almost demanded riders jump out of their saddles to keep the pedals turning. The break had worked bravely over the climb and had a 50 second gap at the bottom of the fast descent, yet the peleton continued to work in a cautious manner.

Second time up Zig Zag was a slightly different scenario. Pollock was the first to test the waters with a measured burst half way up the climb. All of the GC riders managed to tack on but a number of other riders said their last goodbyes to the peloton due to the change of pace.

Over the top of the second K.O.M. the peleton had dwindled to around 20 riders but the intensity had lifted as the breakaway duo, Shaw and John Mackenzie (Lloyd Morgan) continued to defy the odds. As was the case in stage 1, a smaller group separated off the front of the main pack. Pollock, O'Brien, Bradford and Mitchell Docker (Drapac) set out to real in Mackenzie and Shaw. They managed to capture the break and scale the final climb up Douglas Road. At 1.5 kilometres the climb was short but looked like a wall as the riders turn left and started pedalling skyward!

The finish of stage 2 was similar to the first stage in that the placings were decided by strength rather than a bunch kick. Bradford proved too strong to take the stage win by seven seconds from Shaw in second, and Docker took third around 16 seconds behind Bradford. 17 DNF's indicated the gruesome nature of the days racing. That number would grow to 23 by the start of the following days stage. This now represented nearly 50% of the field abandoning.

Results

A Grade
 
1 Chris Bradford                  2.20.41
2 Patrick Shaw                       0.07
3 Mitchell Docker                    0.09
4 Mark O'Brien                       0.14
5 Rhys Pollock                       0.19
6 John Mackenzie                     2.23
7 Casey Munro                        3.45
8 Andy Graham                        4.48
9 Jason Hegert                           
10 Johnny Walker                         
11 Craig McCartney                       
12 Tim Decker                            
13 Leigh Egan                            
14 Peter Ladd                            
15 James Pugh                            
16 Gerard Murphy                         
17 Steven Robb                           
18 Mario Giramondo                       
19 Adam Murchie                          
20 Daniel Nelms                          
21 Russell Gill                          
22 Ashley Hayat                      6.46
23 Trent Stevenson                   8.14
24 Zak Dempster                      8.18
25 David Tozer                           
26 Josh Akarsu                           
27 Geordan Murray                        
28 Bradley Norton                        
29 Brian McNamara                        
30 Scott Peoples                    20.08
31 Travis Hull                      24.19
 
Did not Finish
 
 Michael Ford                            
 Daniel Thorsen                          
 Ben Edwards                             
 Dylan Newell                            
 Jade Frankel                            
 Andrew Ward                             
 Heath Keenan                            
 Nathan Wise                             
 Ross Bate                               
 Jake Sutherland                         
 Chris D'Amelio                          
 Sam Bach                                
 Craig Johnson                           
 Yvor Bucek                              
 
B Grade
 
1 James Timmer-Arends             2.39.17
2 Adrian Hanson                      1.27
3 Alexander Smyth                    1.29
4 Nick Culvenor                      1.32
5 Nathan Masters                     1.34
6 Nick Walker                            
7 Pete Knight                            
8 Ryan Bilszta                       1.36
9 Kym Howard                         1.39
10 Noel Tanner                       2.43
11 Scott Brown                       3.17
12 Reece Van Beek                    4.16
13 Cameron Winton                    4.35
14 Brenton Logan                     5.47
15 Aaron Christensen                12.27
16 Matthew Kane                          
17 Ryan Mannix                      15.11
18 Gordon Shaw                      18.41
19 Robert Gaggini                   20.24
20 Adrian Wilson                         
21 Grant Jamieson                   21.27
22 Ed Knowles                            
23 Adam Mulford                     37.25
 
Did not Finish
 
 Wayne Collins                           
 Andrew Cochrane                         
 Richard Cormick                         
 Daryl Burns                             
 Paul Kelly                              
 Dean Griffin                            
 Glenn Taylor                            
 Matthew Oppermann                       
 Lincoln Brown                           
 Michael Forbes                          
 Joshua Morrison                         
 Daniel Smidts                           
 Michael Hartman                         
 
C Grade
 
1 Michael Gallagher               1.55.50
2 Cameron Wall                       0.13
3 Steve Pilson                       0.14
4 Doug Reynolds                      1.06
5 Wayne Evans                        3.48
6 Garry Polack                       3.50
7 Craig Van Der Valk                 5.47
8 Scott Jensen                       6.20
9 Michael Burke                      6.36
10 Fraser Short                          
11 Christine Foster                  7.58
12 Rick Reynolds                         
13 John Marcan                       8.29
14 Anthony Regis                    10.10
15 Kurt Jensen                      10.19
16 Stewart Denmead                  10.34
17 Jonathan King                    12.26
18 Tom McDonough                    14.48
19 Sean Hurley                      26.36
 
Did not Finish
 
 Darren Shelden                          
 Peter Bice                              
 Giancarlo Modulon                       
 Andrew Dorman                           
 Geoff Pyman                             
 Joel Watson                             
 Luke Hanley                             
 John Groves                             
 Matthew Sherwin                         
 Jonathan Claydon                        
 Steve Peterson                          
 
D Grade
 
1 Paul Nolte                      1.54.32
2 Roland Evans                       0.12
3 Peter McDonough                    3.22
4 Karen Sawyer                       3.38
5 Peter Doody                        4.14
6 Orazio Lo Castro                   6.52
7 Alex Brewer                        7.14
8 Gerard O'Brien                     7.48
9 Peter Ladd                        13.11
10 Andrew Cullen                         
11 Michael Osborne                  19.45
12 John Lokan                       20.04
13 John Lehner                      20.38
14 David Herrewyn                        
15 Tahlia Clayton                   20.48
16 Liana Potter                     21.03
17 Greg Gillard                     24.54
18 Tom Probert                      27.19
19 Peter Barker                          
20 Trudy Bell                       36.06
 
Did not Finish
 
 Wayne Gebert                            
 Chris Hitchen                           
 Tim White                               
 Stephen Mutch                           
 Malcolm Clayton                         
 Andres Rojas                            
 Paul Lajbcygier                         
 Colin Angus                             
 Howard Bartlett                         
 Kym Peterson                            
 
General Classification after Stage 2
 
A Grade
 
1 Rhys Pollock                    4.11.58
2 Mark O'Brien                       0.01
3 Chris Bradford                     0.02
4 Patrick Shaw                       0.24
5 Mitchell Docker                    1.40
6 Casey Munro                        5.16
7 Andy Graham                        6.19
8 Jason Hegert                           
9 Johnny Walker                          
10 Craig McCartney                       
11 Tim Decker                            
12 Leigh Egan                            
13 John Mackenzie                    6.57
14 Zak Dempster                      8.35
15 Peter Ladd                        9.22
16 Trent Stevenson                   9.38
17 James Pugh                       12.29
18 Gerard Murphy                         
19 David Tozer                      13.05
20 Steven Robb                      13.11
21 Mario Giramondo                  14.48
22 Adam Murchie                          
23 Daniel Nelms                     15.21
24 Josh Akarsu                      15.59
25 Ashley Hayat                     16.46
26 Geordan Murray                   18.18
27 Bradley Norton                        
28 Brian McNamara                        
29 Scott Peoples                    20.28
30 Russell Gill                     23.36
31 Travis Hull                      43.07
 
B Grade
 
1 James Timmer-Arends             4.46.58
2 Nathan Masters                     1.15
3 Nick Culvenor                      1.31
4 Adrian Hanson                      1.34
5 Alexander Smyth                    1.36
6 Nick Walker                        1.41
7 Pete Knight                            
8 Kym Howard                         1.46
9 Noel Tanner                        2.50
10 Ryan Bilszta                      3.10
11 Scott Brown                       3.17
12 Reece Van Beek                    3.57
13 Cameron Winton                    4.42
14 Brenton Logan                     5.54
15 Aaron Christensen                13.13
16 Matthew Kane                     13.27
17 Ryan Mannix                      16.45
18 Gordon Shaw                      19.41
19 Grant Jamieson                   24.56
20 Ed Knowles                       28.47
21 Robert Gaggini                   33.31
22 Adrian Wilson                    36.36
23 Adam Mulford                     44.41
 
C Grade
 
1 Michael Gallagher               4.04.57
2 Cameron Wall                       0.08
3 Steve Pilson                       0.24
4 Doug Reynolds                      1.05
5 Garry Polack                       3.55
6 Michael Burke                     12.46
7 Fraser Short                      14.03
8 John Marcan                       14.39
9 Wayne Evans                       15.16
10 Scott Jensen                     16.14
11 Kurt Jensen                      16.29
12 Tom McDonough                    20.58
13 Jonathan King                    22.20
14 Craig Van Der Valk               22.55
15 Anthony Regis                    23.18
16 Stewart Denmead                  24.04
17 Christine Foster                 31.15
18 Rick Reynolds                    32.46
19 Sean Hurley                      39.44
 
 
D Grade
 
1 Paul Nolte                      2.58.02
2 Roland Evans                       1.36
3 Peter McDonough                    3.27
4 Peter Doody                        5.00
5 Orazio Lo Castro                   7.38
6 Alex Brewer                        8.00
7 Gerard O'Brien                     8.34
8 Karen Sawyer                       8.47
9 Peter Ladd                        13.19
10 Andrew Cullen                    18.20
11 John Lehner                      21.24
12 John Lokan                       24.12
13 David Herrewyn                   25.36
14 Liana Potter                     26.12
15 Greg Gillard                     27.51
16 Michael Osborne                  30.31
17 Tom Probert                      32.17
18 Tahlia Clayton                   34.03
19 Peter Barker                     40.34
20 Trudy Bell                       43.43