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Timbercorp Cup Tour of the Murray River - NE

Australia, August 26-September 2, 2007

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Stage 6 - August 29: Merbein criterium, 33 km

Irwin continues crit domination

By Rod Morris in Merbein

The sprint to the finish of stage six
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Queensland's in-form sprint sensation Grant Irwin continued his dominance of criteriums in this year's tour, winning his third race for the week and fifth in the history of the Timbercorp Cup series.

Irwin won both Stages 3 and 4 on Monday earlier this week and his previous successes on tour include the 2005 Merbein to Wentworth stage in the Tour of the Murray River and the Bairnsdale Criterium, which was the last stage of this year's Tour of Gippsland, which was the opening leg of the Timbercorp Cup.

The Merbein win draws Irwin to within three points of McDonald in the Timbercorp, but there is still a lot of racing to be completed before the title will be decided in the Tour of Tasmania from October 2-7. For the large part of the Merbein Criterium, it looked as though the powerful southaustralian.com – National U23 - team would take yet another stage victory.

Mark Jamieson, Peter Dawson, Shaun Higgerson, Sean Finning and Miles Olman were controlling the front of the race, looking to take Nicholas Sanderson to the ultimate. The lead-out looked perfect and 50 metres from home Sanderson had hit the lead, but the cavalry was coming. The powerful Irwin came down the outside and pinched the win from under Sanderson's nose.

Peter McDonald (NSWIS/FRF)
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Scoring a gutsy third was Victorian Gary Mueller, who earlier this week finished second to Irwin in the Kerang Criterium. Jamieson was rewarded for his performance with the Most Aggressive rider jersey. Tour leader Peter McDonald did no harm to his overall position, finishing 13th in the criterium and picking up some handy intermediates along the way.

Darcy Rosenlund's chances of winning the RoadSafe Mildura Sprint Championship took a little dent – as did his body and bike – as the field was readying for the final intermediate sprint. Rosenlund had drawn to within one point of leader Miles Watson (Vic/NZ) and was in the middle of the bunch when the field heard the whistle to signal the last sprint. But a mid-field crash saw he and Tasmanian Daniel Furmston both come crashing to terra firma. Neither rider was badly hurt, although Rosenlund did have to replace his front wheel.

The delay also cost him any chance of winning the sprint and when Watson finished second the margin stretched back out to three points. Defending Tour of the Murray River champion Robert McLachlan was forced to withdraw over night after a heavy dose of the ‘flu won out. McLachlan had been battling on gamely, but succumbed after the Euston Criterium.

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Results

1 Grant Irwin                                        42.20 (46.772 km/h)
2 Nicholas Sanderson                                      
3 Gary Mueller                                            
4 Leigh Howard                                            
5 Douglas Repacholi                                       
6 Russell Gill                                            
7 Patrick Shaw                                            
8 Miles Olman                                             
9 John Ebeling                                            
10 Robert Cater                                           
11 Brett Aitken                                           
12 Matthew Sherwin                                        
13 Peter McDonald                                         
14 David Pell                                             
15 Benjamin King                                          
16 Jack Bobridge                                          
17 Miles Watson                                           
18 Steven Robb                                            
19 Michael Stallard                                       
20 Jamie Crass                                            
21 Daniel Braunsteins                                     
22 Tom Middleton                                          
23 Peter Smith                                            
24 Stephen Price                                          
25 Brendan Schultz                                        
26 Gilbert Gutowski                                       
27 Cameron Hughes                                         
28 Daniel McCulloch                                       
29 Chris Jory                                             
30 Jarrod Harman                                          
31 Timothy Decker                                         
32 Will Dickeson                                          
33 Jeremy Hills                                           
34 David Tozer                                            
35 David Kemp                                             
36 Chris Steffanoni                                       
37 Hayden Josefski                                        
38 Samuel Rix                                             
39 Gavin Nicholls                                         
40 Thomas Baxter                                          
41 Jason Hegert                                           
42 Brad Edmunds                                           
43 Tony Mann                                              
44 Craig Robertson                                        
45 Will Wettenhall                                        
46 Glen Peterson                                          
47 Darcy Rosenlund                                        
48 Luke Aggett                                        0.11
49 Nigel Sullivan                                     0.12
50 Travis Frisby                                          
51 Grant Webster                                          
52 Jacob Lea                                              
53 Evan Corry                                             
54 Matt Sillars                                           
55 Nathan Wise                                            
56 Lachlan Stewart                                        
57 Simon Brown                                            
58 Peter Dawson                                           
59 Malcolm Rudolph                                        
60 Brendan Jones                                          
61 Vaughan Bowman                                         
62 Sean Finning                                           
63 Mark Jamieson                                      0.18
64 Matt King                                          0.22
65 Ben Mather                                             
66 Peter Milostic                                     0.27
67 Brendon Sharratt                                   0.47
68 Shaun Higgerson                                    1.28
69 Daniel Furmston                                    1.30
70 Re Meneaud-Young                                       
DNS Robert McLachlan                                      
 
Sprints

Lap 6
1 Miles Watson                                           3 pts
2 John Ebeling                                           2
3 Gilbert Gutowski                                       1

Lap 8
1 Leigh Howard                                           3 pts
2 Miles Watson                                           2
3 Grant Irwin                                            1

Lap 10
1 Robert Cater                                           3 pts
2 Matthew Sherwin                                        2
3 Darcy Rosenlund                                        1

Lap 12
1 Malcolm Rudolph                                        3 pts
2 Peter McDonald                                         2
3 Matt Sillars                                           1

Lap 14
1 Nathan Wise                                            3 pts
2 Sean Finning                                           2
3 Miles Watson                                           1

Lap 16
1 Darcy Rosenlund                                        3 pts
2 Lachlan Stewart                                        2
3 Peter Dawson                                           1

Lap 18
1 Mark Jamieson                                          3 pts
2 Grant Irwin                                            2
3 Peter McDonald                                         1

Lap 20
1 David Pell                                             3 pts
2 Mark Jamieson                                          2
3 Peter McDonald                                         1

Lap 22
1 Darcy Rosenlund                                        3 pts
2 John Ebeling                                           2
3 Will Dickeson                                          1

Lap 24
1 David Pell                                             3 pts
2 Peter McDonald                                         2
3 Miles Watson                                           1

Lap 26
1 Nathan Wise                                            3 pts
2 Miles Watson                                           2
3 David Tozer                                            1
 
Criterium championships
 
1 Grant Irwin                                           10 pts
2 Nicholas Sanderson                                     9
3 Gary Mueller                                           8
4 Leigh Howard                                           7
5 Douglas Repacholi                                      6
6 Russell Gill                                           5
7 Patrick Shaw                                           4
8 Miles Olman                                            3
9 John Ebeling                                           2
10 Robert Cater                                          1
 
Most aggressive rider
8 Mark Jamieson                                          2 pts
 
General classification after stage 6
 
1 Peter McDonald                                   7.47.41
2 Grant Irwin                                         0.06
3 David Pell                                              
4 Patrick Shaw                                        0.10
5 Benjamin King                                       0.26
6 Leigh Howard                                        0.32
7 Tom Middleton                                       0.51
8 Jack Bobridge                                           
9 John Ebeling                                        0.52
10 Cameron Hughes                                     1.01
11 David Kemp                                         1.07
12 Miles Watson                                       8.59
13 Darcy Rosenlund                                    9.01
14 Brad Edmunds                                       9.34
15 Nicholas Sanderson                                10.07
16 Peter Dawson                                      10.26
17 Mark Jamieson                                     11.06
18 Tony Mann                                         11.16
19 Gavin Nicholls                                    11.59
20 Robert Cater                                      15.30
21 Michael Stallard                                  16.15
22 Timothy Decker                                    16.19
23 Steven Robb                                       16.30
24 Gilbert Gutowski                                  16.36
25 Hayden Josefski                                   16.40
26 Daniel McCulloch                                  17.00
27 Miles Olman                                       17.28
28 Jarrod Harman                                     19.48
29 Russell Gill                                      25.47
30 Douglas Repacholi                                 25.53
31 Re Meneaud-Young                                  26.01
32 Chris Steffanoni                                  26.05
33 Chris Jory                                             
34 Ben Mather                                        26.09
35 Travis Frisby                                     26.17
36 Jacob Lea                                              
37 Evan Corry                                             
38 Will Dickeson                                     26.18
39 Jamie Crass                                       26.21
40 Brendan Schultz                                   26.33
41 Matt King                                         26.35
42 Peter Milostic                                    26.54
43 Lachlan Stewart                                   27.01
44 Daniel Furmston                                   29.00
45 David Tozer                                       29.28
46 Matt Sillars                                      29.40
47 Shaun Higgerson                                   31.29
48 Brett Aitken                                      31.51
49 Craig Robertson                                   32.38
50 Samuel Rix                                        37.45
51 Glen Peterson                                     38.23
52 Luke Aggett                                       38.46
53 Daniel Braunsteins                                40.02
54 Jason Hegert                                      41.21
55 Nathan Wise                                       42.23
56 Matthew Sherwin                                   42.59
57 Gary Mueller                                      43.06
58 Sean Finning                                      44.41
59 Peter Smith                                       44.45
60 Nigel Sullivan                                    44.47
61 Brendon Sharratt                                  45.06
62 Thomas Baxter                                     49.11
63 Will Wettenhall                                   49.39
64 Stephen Price                                     50.32
65 Malcolm Rudolph                                   50.37
66 Simon Brown                                       56.40
67 Brendan Jones                                   1.00.49
68 Vaughan Bowman                                  1.02.02
69 Grant Webster                                   1.03.44
70 Jeremy Hills                                    1.06.57
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Miles Watson                                          47 pts
2 Darcy Rosenlund                                       44
3 Patrick Shaw                                          33
4 David Pell                                            32
5 Benjamin King                                         29
6 Peter McDonald                                        21
7 Sean Finning                                          18
8 Peter Dawson                                          17
9 Robert Cater                                          16
10 Brendon Sharratt                                     15
11 Grant Irwin                                          12
12 Brad Edmunds                                         10
13 Jack Bobridge                                         8
14 Leigh Howard                                          7
15 Mark Jamieson                                         6
16 Nathan Wise                                           6
17 John Ebeling                                          5
18 Gilbert Gutowski                                      5
19 Michael Stallard                                      4
20 Tony Mann                                             4
21 David Kemp                                            3
22 Malcolm Rudolph                                       3
23 Gavin Nicholls                                        2
24 Lachlan Stewart                                       2
25 Vaughan Bowman                                        2
26 Matthew Sherwin                                       2
27 Will Dickeson                                         1
28 Cameron Hughes                                        1
29 Tom Middleton                                         1
30 Miles Olman                                           1
31 David Tozer                                           1
32 Brendan Jones                                         1
33 Matt Sillars                                          1
 
Criterium championships classification
 
1 Grant Irwin                                           29 pts
2 Nicholas Sanderson                                    21
3 Gary Mueller                                          17
4 Patrick Shaw                                          16
5 Robert Cater                                          15
6 Leigh Howard                                          14
7 Peter Dawson                                          13
8 Brett Aitken                                          13
9 Russell Gill                                          12
10 Douglas Repacholi                                    12
11 Darcy Rosenlund                                      12
12 Jarrod Harman                                         7
13 Peter McDonald                                        5
14 Peter Smith                                           4
15 John Ebeling                                          4
16 Miles Olman                                           3
17 Tom Middleton                                         3
18 Brendon Sharratt                                      3
19 Miles Watson                                          2
20 Will Dickeson                                         1
21 Matthew Sherwin                                       1
 
Most aggressive rider classification
 
1 David Pell                                             2 pts
2 Peter Smith                                            2
3 Mark Jamieson                                          2
4 Sean Finning                                           2
5 Peter McDonald                                         2
6 Robert McLachlan                                       2