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Jayco Tour of Tasmania - NE
Australia, October 24-29, 2006
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Stage 11 - October 29: Launceston, 34 km
Safe as houses - Brit wins Tour of Tasmania
Sulzberger king of the crits & Tatt's Cup champion
By Rod Morris in Launceston
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Englishman Kristian House safely defended his overnight lead to win the $40,000 Jayco Tour of Tasmania in Launceston yesterday.
House (27) took a 27 second lead into the last stage, a 32 km criterium and followed his nearest challenger, Kjell Carlstrom (Finland) like glue to a blanket for the entire race.
"I had a good day on Saturday and knew if I could stay upright and out of trouble in the final stage, then the tour would be mine," House said.
The Tattersall's Cup, which has included the Tour of Gippsland, Australian Cycling Grand Prix and Tour of the Murray River and this week's Tasmanian tour, was won by Tasmanian Wesley Sulzberger, who was able to extend his overall margin to 38-points to Canberra's Robert McLachlan, who won the series in 2003 and again last year.
Queensland's David Kemp finished third in the series, 63 points behind Sulzberger. Sulzberger also won the tour's criterium and leading Tasmanian rider championship. But one trophy that came as a welcome surprise to him was the Sid Patterson Memorial Young Rider-of-the-Future.
Named in honour of the former four-time world track champion, Sulzberger's elder brother Bernard also won the award some years ago.
"It will be nice to have two of these prestigious awards on the wall at home," Sulzberger said. "This has been a great series and I am really pleased to have ridden so well and so consistently and of course pleased to have won."
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Sulzberger will now have a month's rest and will resume training via the Toohey's Tasmanian Criterium Championship in late November.
"It's been a long season and I'm looking forward to a rest," he said.
Carlstrom was not disappointed to have finished second to House in the tour, but admitted he blew a couple of chances.
"Saturday was a bad day for me, but Kristian was the most consistent rider for the week and deserves his win," he said.
Shepparton 19-year-old Scott Peoples was one of the big surprises of the week, finishing third in general classification, 1.18 minutes behind House and Carlstrom, but also elevating himself into fourth place in the Tattersall's Cup series.
How it unfolded
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With so many possible scenarios and mini-battles in the tour and championship categories, the 32 km final stage criterium in Launceston was always going to be entertaining.
Tour organizers were also blessed with glorious weather unlike the 2005 version when rain ruined the event as a spectacle.
Englishman Kristian House started the stage defending a 27 second lead over Finland's Kjell Carlstrom as his only genuine threat.
And everywhere that Carlstrom went, House was sure to follow.
House was glued to Carlstrom's back wheel for almost the entire 32 km and he was content to allow the Fin to feature in some of the intermediate sprints, because as the next rider over the line he was only conceding a second at a time.
Carlstrom was able to win 15 seconds in time bonuses from the sprints, but House did no damage in picking up 8 seconds himself, which effectively left Carlstrom 20 seconds in arrears on General Classification honours.
Young Bendigo (Victoria) rider Patrick Shaw was having his own battle, defending his lead in the Sprint Championship.
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Starting with a 17-point advantage over Peter Herzig and 18-points to Tasmanian Daniel Furmston, Shaw, instead of defending, attacked. Shaw was second in the first sprint, won the next and was then able to count the sprints down till there wasn't enough left for anyone to overhaul him.
The pace was a lightning fast with the peloton averaging 1.06 minutes for the first 39 laps and then coming home in 59 seconds for the final 850 metres.
Tasmanian based Southaustralia.com rider Wesley Sulzberger made his move in the last 400 m but had Robert McLachlan attacking him closely.
In the home straight, Sulzberger was absolutely flying and was able to hold McLachlan at bay, with Victorian youngster Johnnie Walker just getting past David Kemp (Queensland) with a final lunge at line.
Photography
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- Tour leader Kristian House (Recycling.Co.UK) signs on prior to the final stage in Launceston.
- Kjell Carlstrom (Liquigas) with experienced bike-mechanic Tony Crino in Launceston.
- Some of the Caribou Publications crew that put together the Tour (L-R) Mick Weller, Diana Nardi, Leanne Freeman, Michael Gilligan and Tony Crino.
- A beautiful day for the final stage of the Tour in Launceston a 34km criterium around the Brickfields.
- Riders speed past spectators seated in-front of some period housing in Launceston.
- The yellow jersey of Tour leader Kristian House corners into the home straight.
- The peloton make their way down the home straight in the Brickfields, Launceston.
- Riders corner into the home straight on the final day of the Tour.
- Powerhouse Robert McLachlan (Drapac Porsche) leads the field into a bend.
- Local rider Will Robinson (centre) will be a rider to watch at this year's Tasmanian Christmas Carnival track series.
- A section of the great crowd that turned out for the final day in Launceston line the streets.
- Riders corner out of the home straight on the 850m circuit.
- The field leave the home straight on a short and fast circuit where a break was difficult to achieve.
- Nathan Clarke (Derrico Cycles) corners in the peloton in Launceston.
- Hayden Josefski of Queensland leads Sprint Points winner, Patrick Shaw of Victoria into a bend.
- The peloton go under the banner with two laps remaining.
- Wes Sulzberger (South Australia.com) takes out the final stage of the Tour in Launceston.
- Sulzberger can count on more racing overseas after his best season on the bike.
- Wes Sulzberger (South Australia.com) get's a taste of the local beer after his win.
- This guy is one of Australia's brightest talents; Robert McLachlan (L) and Wes Sulzberger on the podium.
- The final stage podium spray - (L-R) Robert McLachlan (2nd), Wes Sulzberger (1st), and Johnnie Walker (3rd).
- Patrick Shaw (Jayco/VIS), the Events Tasmania Sprint Points Champion of the Tour.
- Wes Sulzberger (South Australia.com) leaves the podium in his Country Club Criterium Champion's jersey.
- The final Tour GC podium - (L-R) Kjell Carlstom (Liquigas, 2nd), Kristian House (Recycling.Co.UK, 1st), and Scott Peoples (Leigh Egan Cycles,3rd).
- Finland's Kjell Carlstrom (Liquigas) took out the Tamar Valley King of the Mountains title.
- Peter Herzig (FRF Couriers/Carroll & O'Dea) was awarded the Tattersall's Most Aggressive rider's jersey for the Tour.
- Wes Sulzberger (South Australia.com) in his Cycling Tasmania best placed local rider's jersey.
- By George boy you've done it! Wes Sulzberger (South Australia.com) is the winner of the 2006 Tattersall's Cup Cycling Series.
- Now it's time to celebrate... and McLachlan (L) will kick the spray off as Sulzberger and Kemp wrestle with the champers.
- The final Tattersall's Cup Cycling Series podium - (L-R) Robert McLachlan (Drapac Porsche,2nd), Wes Sulzberger (South Australia.com,1st), and David Kemp (Jayco/VIS, 3rd).
- Wes Sulzberger (South Australia.com) with the Sid Patterson award for the rider of the future.
- The sky's the limit for Tasmanian Wes Sulzberger (South Australia.com) after being crowned the 2006 Tattersall's Cup Cycling Series Champion.
Results
1 Wesley Sulzberger 44.19 (46.03 km/h) 2 Robert McLachlan 3 Johnnie Walker 4 David Kemp 5 Nathan Clarke 6 Ricky Peoples 7 Craig McCartney 8 William Robinson 9 Daniel Furmston 10 Scott Peoples 11 Stephen Wooldridge 12 Reuben Young 13 Kristian House 0.04 14 Patrick Shaw 15 Mark O'Brien 16 Nathan Earle 17 Kjell Carlstrom 18 Jarrod Harman 19 Chris Jory 20 Cameron Wurf 21 Hayden Josefski 22 Joshua Wilson 0.07 23 Cameron Hughes 24 Daniel Braunsteins 25 Ryan Sullivan 26 William Ford 0.13 27 Jack Anderson 28 Tim Buchanan 0.15 29 Timothy Walker 30 Darcy Rosenlund 31 Peter Herzig 0.29 32 Matthew McDonagh 1.07 33 Jack Alexander 34 Jason Johnson 2.14 35 Michael Fitzgerald 36 Christos Winter 37 Paul Logan 38 Tim Guy 39 Joshua Chugg 40 Andrew Hanigan 41 Simon Pearson 3.21 42 Simon Brown 43 Eugen Schilter Sprints Sprint #1 - End of Lap 6 1 Craig McCartney 3 pts 2 Patrick Shaw 2 3 David Kemp 1 Sprint #2 - End of Lap 8 1 Patrick Shaw 3 pts 2 Craig McCartney 2 3 David Kemp 1 Sprint #3 - End of Lap 10 1 Ricky Peoples 3 pts 2 David Kemp 2 3 Kjell Carlstrom 1 Sprint #4 - End of Lap 12 1 Craig McCartney 3 pts 2 David Kemp 2 3 Scott Peoples 1 Sprint #5 - End of Lap 14 1 Joshua Wilson 3 pts 2 Wesley Sulzberger 2 3 Robert McLachlan 1 Sprint #6 - End of Lap 16 1 Kjell Carlstrom 3 pts 2 Kristian House 2 3 Ryan Sullivan 1 Sprint #7 - End of Lap 18 1 Ryan Sullivan 3 pts 2 Johnnie Walker 2 3 David Kemp 1 Sprint #8 - End of Lap 20 1 Ryan Sullivan 3 pts 2 Johnnie Walker 2 3 Craig McCartney 1 Sprint #9 - End of Lap 22 1 Scott Peoples 3 pts 2 David Kemp 2 3 Kristian House 1 Sprint #10 - End of Lap 24 1 Kjell Carlstrom 3 pts 2 Mark O'Brien 2 3 Hayden Josefski 1 Sprint #11 - End of Lap 26 1 Hayden Josefski 3 pts 2 Patrick Shaw 2 3 Kristian House 1 Sprint #12 - End of Lap 28 1 Ricky Peoples 3 pts 2 Kjell Carlstrom 2 3 Kristian House 1 Sprint #13 - End of Lap 30 1 Mark O'Brien 3 pts 2 Kjell Carlstrom 2 3 Kristian House 1 Sprint #14 - End of Lap 32 1 Reuben Young 3 pts 2 Kjell Carlstrom 2 2 Kristian House 2 Sprint #15 - End of Lap 34 1 David Kemp 3 pts 2 Kjell Carlstrom 2 3 Kristian House 1 Final general classification 1 Kristian House 14.54.07 2 Kjell Carlstrom 0.20 3 Scott Peoples 1.18 4 David Kemp 1.37 5 Wesley Sulzberger 1.55 6 Mark O'Brien 2.37 7 Robert McLachlan 3.12 8 Joshua Wilson 3.56 9 Craig McCartney 3.59 10 Johnnie Walker 4.46 11 Ryan Sullivan 5.04 12 William Ford 5.11 13 Hayden Josefski 7.18 14 Reuben Young 7.41 15 Daniel Braunsteins 10.00 16 Ricky Peoples 10.54 17 Matthew McDonagh 11.14 18 Cameron Hughes 12.52 19 Jack Anderson 17.01 20 Chris Jory 19.25 21 Nathan Clarke 28.42 22 Cameron Wurf 30.07 23 Simon Pearson 32.30 24 Daniel Furmston 32.48 25 Timothy Walker 33.02 26 Patrick Shaw 34.52 27 Tim Buchanan 37.07 28 Peter Herzig 37.59 29 Jack Alexander 40.03 30 William Robinson 45.00 31 Darcy Rosenlund 53.06 32 Michael Fitzgerald 53.18 33 Stephen Wooldridge 54.25 34 Joshua Chugg 55.35 35 Paul Logan 57.07 36 Eugen Schilter 1.03.55 37 Tim Guy 1.04.32 38 Jarrod Harman 1.14.43 39 Nathan Earle 1.20.00 40 Christos Winter 1.26.00 41 Andrew Hanigan 1.30.40 42 Jason Johnson 1.44.08 43 Simon Brown 1.50.11 Most aggressive rider classification 1 Sean Finning 2 Peter Herzig 3 Kjell Carlstrom 4 Kristian House 5 Robert McLachlan 6 David Kemp 7 Patrick Shaw 8 Scott Peoples 9 Daniel Furmston 10 Chris Jory 11 Reuben Young Sprints classification 1 Patrick Shaw 76 pts 2 Peter Herzig 52 3 Daniel Furmston 51 4 Kristian House 47 5 David Kemp 33 6 Kjell Carlstrom 29 7 Scott Peoples 22 8 Ryan Sullivan 13 9 Chris Jory 13 10 Craig McCartney 12 11 Tim Guy 11 12 Mark O'Brien 10 13 Ricky Peoples 10 14 Reuben Young 10 15 Darcy Rosenlund 10 16 Cameron Hughes 9 17 Wesley Sulzberger 9 18 Jason Johnson 8 19 Johnnie Walker 8 20 Joshua Wilson 5 21 Jack Anderson 5 22 Daniel Braunsteins 5 23 Robert McLachlan 5 24 Hayden Josefski 4 25 Stephen Wooldridge 4 26 William Robinson 4 27 Timothy Walker 2 28 Tim Buchanan 1 29 Matthew McDonagh 1 30 Cameron Wurf 1 31 William Ford 1 Mountains classification 1 Kjell Carlstrom 30 pts 2 Chris Jory 23 3 Joshua Wilson 18 4 Scott Peoples 17 5 Daniel Furmston 15 6 Cameron Hughes 14 7 David Kemp 11 8 Kristian House 10 9 William Ford 10 10 Reuben Young 9 11 Timothy Walker 7 12 Peter Herzig 6 13 Patrick Shaw 6 14 Mark O'Brien 4 15 Ryan Sullivan 3 16 Robert McLachlan 3 17 Tim Guy 2 Criterium classification 1 Wesley Sulzberger 39 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 29 3 David Kemp 25 4 Ricky Peoples 21 5 Scott Peoples 19 6 Kjell Carlstrom 15 7 Kristian House 13 8 Nathan Clarke 12 9 Craig McCartney 10 10 Peter Herzig 10 11 Johnnie Walker 8 12 Daniel Furmston 8 13 Chris Jory 8 14 Daniel Braunsteins 7 15 Patrick Shaw 7 16 Joshua Wilson 6 17 Tim Guy 5 18 Jarrod Harman 4 19 Stephen Wooldridge 4 20 William Robinson 3 21 Mark O'Brien 3 22 Cameron Hughes 3 23 Ryan Sullivan 1
