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Jayco Tour of Tasmania - NE

Australia, August 17-21, 2005

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Stage 7 - August 20: George Town criterium

McLachlan the strongman

By Rod Morris in George Town

Robert McLachlan
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The day started with a criterium in George Town, won by the incomparable Rob McLachlan - his second win this week and sixth in the Tattersall's Cup series - and closed with Sulzberger's road stage win.

The tour lead remain unchanged, with NSW rider Shaun Higgerson maintaining a 33 second advantage over Victorian Simon Clarke and a 1.02 minute break over Tour of Gippsland winner, Gordon McCauley of New Zealand. Barring injury or accident, Higgerson should claim overall honours when the tour finishes with a 34km criterium around the streets of Launceston.

McLachlan has been the absolute star of the Tattersall's Cup series with six stage wins and snatching the lead in that championship, which will carry a healthy financial bonus, as well as an automatic start, plus air fares and accommodation to the Tour of Queensland, held in late October. The Tattersall's Cup series will finish in a fortnight when the Tour of the Murray River is raced.

The leaders get the bell
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Today's racing in the West and East Tamar region offered plenty of exciting entertainment for fans who turned out to see 1992 Barcelona Olympian Robert McLachlan win the morning criterium after being part of a four man breakaway, which put pressure on the chasing peloton. McLachlan, South Australian mountain biker Chris Jongewaard and fellow "Croweater" Mathew Rex and Tasmanian youngster Wesley Sulzberger formed a solid group early in the 30 lap race and between them, featured in 11 intermediate sprints. At one stage the leading quartet had opened up a game of almost a minute, and even heading into the final laps maintained their tempo, eventually cruising to a 25 second advantage.

McLachlan was widely tipped as the best sprinter in the lead four and proved so by outgunning Jongewaard, who had won the Sheffield Kermesse in Stage 6, with Rex taking third.

David McKenzie working hard
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Tasmanian Matthew Rice, Victorian Patrick Shaw and kiwi rider Matthew "Fatty" Gilbert formed a trio of chasers but couldn't reel in the leaders, while the bunch was led home by Matthew Goss, 36 seconds adrift of McLachlan. McLachlan - no stranger to the podium in this series - made special mention of his breakaway teammates: "It was a pleasure to be involved in a group of riders, who really wanted to work hard and give 100 per cent." he said. "Basically my team started the day trying to defend the leader's jersey, but like the day before, an opportunity to win the stage presented itself."

Tour leader Higgerson rode a sensible race, watching every move of Simon Clarke, highlighted by their finish positions, Clarke, 15th and Higgerson, 16th.

Photography

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Results

1 Robert McLachlan                  51.58
2 Chris Jongewaard                       
3 Mathew Rex                             
4 Wesley Sulzberger                      
5 Matthew Rice                       0.25
6 Patrick Shaw                           
7 Matthew Gilbert                        
8 Matthew Goss                       0.36
9 Joshua Collingwood                     
10 Scott Peoples                         
11 Stuart Shaw                           
12 Cameron Wise                          
13 Bernard Sulzberger                    
14 Nash Kent                             
15 Simon Clarke                          
16 Shaun Higgerson                       
17 Joshua Wall                           
18 Gordon McCauley                       
19 Phil Gough                            
20 Joshua Marden                         
21 Peter McDonald                        
22 Jason Hegert                          
23 David McKenzie                        
24 Aaron Salisbury                       
25 Johhny Walker                         
26 David Hiley                           
27 James Maebus                          
28 Richard Moffatt                       
29 Luke Bettany                          
30 Darren Lapthorne                      
31 Steven Robb                           
32 David Kemp                            
33 Peter Milostic                        
34 Casey Munro                       0.45
35 Andrew Naylor                         
36 Peter Dawson                      0.50
37 Caleb Manion                      1.00
38 Sean Finning                      1.06
39 Russell Gill                      1.44
40 Steven Pilson                         
41 Jarrod Harman                         
42 Michael Ford                          
43 Peter Herzig                      8.40
44 Matt Haydock                          
45 Sid Taberlay                          
46 Michael Hardy                         
47 Heath Keenan                          
48 John Rayner                           
49 William Robinson                      
50 Robert Hodgson                        
51 Kirk Eddy                             
52 Corey Roberts                         
53 Brendan Washington                    
54 Samuel Rix                            
55 Robert Cater                          
56 Daniel Burtt                          
57 Trent Stevenson                       
58 Luke Dale                             
59 David Oliver                          
60 Jason Johnson                         
61 Andrew Cochrane                       
62 Simon Van Der Aa                      
63 Andrew Ward                           
64 William Murray                        
65 Andrew Hanigan                        
66 Matthew Sydes                         
67 Glenn Myler                           
68 Peter Ladd                            
 
Sprints
 
Lap 6
 
1 Mathew Rex                            3 pts
2 Robert McLachlan                      2
3 Chris Jongewaard                      1
 
Lap 8
 
1 Mathew Rex                            3 pts
2 Wesley Sulzberger                     2
3 Chris Jongewaard                      1
 
Lap 10
 
1 Robert McLachlan                      3 pts
2 Wesley Sulzberger                     2
3 Mathew Rex                            1
 
Lap 12
 
1 Mathew Rex                            3 pts
2 Robert McLachlan                      2
3 Chris Jongewaard                      1
 
Lap 14
 
1 Robert McLachlan                      3 pts
2 Mathew Rex                            2
3 Wesley Sulzberger                     1
 
Lap 16
 
1 Mathew Rex                            3 pts
2 Chris Jongewaard                      2
3 Wesley Sulzberger                     1
 
Lap 18
 
1 Wesley Sulzberger                     3 pts
2 Robert McLachlan                      2
3 Mathew Rex                            1
 
Lap 20
 
1 Robert McLachlan                      3 pts
2 Mathew Rex                            2
3 Chris Jongewaard                      1
 
Lap 22
 
1 Robert McLachlan                      3 pts
2 Mathew Rex                            2
3 Wesley Sulzberger                     1
 
Lap 24
 
1 Wesley Sulzberger                     3 pts
2 Chris Jongewaard                      2
3 Mathew Rex                            1
 
Lap 26
 
1 Chris Jongewaard                      3 pts
2 Robert McLachlan                      2
3 Wesley Sulzberger                     1
 
General Classification after stage 7
 
1 Shaun Higgerson                 8.23.34
2 Simon Clarke                       0.33
3 Gordon McCauley                    1.02
4 Richard Moffatt                    1.26
5 Matthew Goss                       2.04
6 Robert McLachlan                   2.06
7 David McKenzie                     2.10
8 Stuart Shaw                        2.37
9 Peter McDonald                     3.17
10 Patrick Shaw                      4.48
11 Matthew Rice                      4.56
12 Wesley Sulzberger                 5.09
13 Darren Lapthorne                  5.33
14 Chris Jongewaard                  5.42
15 Joshua Collingwood                5.55
16 Peter Milostic                        
17 Bernard Sulzberger                5.57
18 Johhny Walker                     6.48
19 Andrew Naylor                     7.59
20 David Kemp                        8.35
21 Jason Hegert                      8.57
22 Mathew Rex                        9.41
23 Jarrod Harman                     9.52
24 Joshua Marden                    11.23
25 Casey Munro                      12.35
26 Nash Kent                        12.42
27 Peter Herzig                     12.54
28 David Hiley                      13.00
29 Michael Ford                     13.04
30 Peter Dawson                     13.07
31 Luke Bettany                     15.02
32 Sean Finning                     15.22
33 Aaron Salisbury                  17.02
34 Matthew Gilbert                  17.09
35 James Maebus                     17.36
36 Joshua Wall                      18.33
37 Phil Gough                       18.38
38 Caleb Manion                     21.45
39 Steven Pilson                    22.20
40 Matt Haydock                     23.37
41 Daniel Burtt                     24.22
42 Robert Hodgson                   25.40
43 Luke Dale                        25.46
44 Andrew Hanigan                   26.29
45 Peter Ladd                       28.09
46 Sid Taberlay                     30.36
47 Cameron Wise                     31.15
48 Trent Stevenson                  31.40
49 Heath Keenan                     32.47
50 Russell Gill                     33.26
51 Robert Cater                     34.45
52 William Robinson                 34.57
53 Matthew Sydes                    38.10
54 Corey Roberts                    38.53
55 Andrew Ward                      42.36
56 Samuel Rix                       43.19
57 Simon Van Der Aa                 46.17
58 Steven Robb                      49.59
59 John Rayner                      50.11
60 Michael Hardy                    57.10
61 Brendan Washington               58.04
62 David Oliver                     58.25
63 William Murray                   59.00
64 Kirk Eddy                      1.03.22
65 Scott Peoples                  1.11.10
66 Jason Johnson                  1.18.11
67 Glenn Myler                    1.20.04
68 Andrew Cochrane                1.39.59
 
Most Aggressive Rider
 
1 Peter McDonald                        3 pts
2 Gordon McCauley                       2
3 David McKenzie                        2
4 Peter Herzig                          2
5 Chris Jongewaard                      2
6 Sid Taberlay                          2
7 Johhny Walker                         2
 
Sprint Classification
 
1 Peter McDonald                       46 pts
2 Robert McLachlan                     24
3 Chris Jongewaard                     23
4 Mathew Rex                           21
5 Johhny Walker                        20
6 Wesley Sulzberger                    17
7 Peter Herzig                         16
8 David Kemp                           10
9 Patrick Shaw                          8
10 David McKenzie                       7
11 Darren Lapthorne                     7
12 Gordon McCauley                      7
13 Simon Clarke                         6
14 Peter Milostic                       4
15 Heath Keenan                         3
16 James Maebus                         3
17 Richard Moffatt                      3
18 Joshua Collingwood                   3
19 Sid Taberlay                         3
20 Shaun Higgerson                      3
21 Bernard Sulzberger                   2
22 Robert Cater                         2
23 Joshua Marden                        2
24 Andrew Naylor                        2
25 Matthew Rice                         1
26 Matthew Goss                         1
27 Jarrod Harman                        1
28 Jason Hegert                         1
29 Samuel Rix                           1
30 Michael Ford                         1
 
Mountains Classification
 
1 Sid Taberlay                         25 pts
2 Robert McLachlan                     20
3 Peter McDonald                       18
4 Gordon McCauley                      14
5 Matthew Goss                          8
6 Shaun Higgerson                       8
7 Peter Herzig                          7
8 David Kemp                            4
9 Darren Lapthorne                      3
10 Stuart Shaw                          3
11 Luke Dale                            2
12 Joshua Collingwood                   2
13 Richard Moffatt                      1
14 Bernard Sulzberger                   1