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Mersey Valley Tour - NE
Tasmania, Australia, April 11-13, 2009
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Stage 3 - April 13: Road race, 88.9 km/115.9 km
Praties pick-up a victory
By David Priestley
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Praties has started the 2009 National Road Series the way it left off last year, by winning the opening race, the Mersey Valley Tour. The Tasmania-based team left no stone unturned on the final day's stage, sending the whole team to the front of the Elite Men's field to chase down any attempted breakaways.
Team Manager Steve Price paid tribute to his riders following Dylan Newell's overall win, which gave the team its third win in four years at the event.
"This tour is a great start to the NRS, it's a fantastic course, primarily a climber's course," he said. "It's a real rider's course, we're primarily a climbing team, so we do well here and we also like the Canberra Tour."
Newell had finished second last year and came back to this year's event determined to go one better, he paid tribute to his teammates and the volunteers and club officials. "The race is a great start to the NRS and I'm looking forward to the next race in the Series, the Canberra tour," he said.
In the U19 Men's race Western Australia's Luke Durbridge answered all attacks as he had done since donning the yellow jersey after the opening time trial. He didn't worry too much about a breakaway group that contained several riders, who were all well down on general classification, so it was Michael Hepburn soloing across the line for victory on the downhill run into Railton ahead of teammate Adam Blake.
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Following her fall in the rain on the second stage, Kathy Watt didn't start the Elite women's race on stage three after reportedly receiving 11 stitches to her leg wounds. Bronwyn Ryan retained her overall lead in the women's category after the third stage.
The women's race was marred by a crash involving eight or so riders only a few kilometres from the start in Railton. The most seriously injured was Queensland's Nikolina Orlic, who was taken to hospital with a broken collarbone and fears of possible spinal injuries. Tasmanian Emma Smith was taken to hospital with facial cuts and concerns about a broken jaw, while other riders were treated for various cuts and abrasions.
Under 19 women's rider Amy Cure continued her blitz on debut at the event by winning her third stage and taking the overall prize, and Queen of the Mountains prize. Second place overall went to Victorian Kendelle Hodges with WA's Melissa Hoskins third.
Photography
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Images by David Priestley
- Dylan Newell, Nathan Earle and Tim Roe on their way to taking the first three places in the final stage finish into Railton.
- Michael Hepburn salutes as he wins the third stage's Under 19 category race.
- Winners are grinners! Amy Cure in a happy mood following the third stage.
- The crash scene only four kilometres from today's third stage start in Railton.
Results
Elite/U23 men 1 Timothy Roe 2.53.54 3 Nathan Earle 5 Dylan Newell 2 John Anderson 0.20 4 Will Clarke 6 Alastair Loutit 7 Jai Crawford 8 Daniel Braunsteins 10 Ben Grieve-Johnson 9 Ben Dyball 0.55 12 Michael England 1.34 13 Cameron Jennings 11 Cameron Hughes 2.39 14 Steven Robb 16 Craig Mccartney 15 Ben Grenda 4.21 17 Tom Robinson 18 Peter Ladd 20 Joshua Chugg 9.09 19 Kane Walker 9.19 21 David Cripps 12.46 22 Kyle Marwood 23 Stuart Grimsey 24 Ben Mather 25 Benjamin Hill 26 Cody Stevenson 27 Brodie Talbot 28 James Ibrahim 29 Samuel Layzell 30 Peter Smith 31 Silas Fisher 32 Danny Pulbrook 33 Doug Hagger 34 Clay Murfet 35 Jeremy Hills 36 Jim Avens 37 Michael Smith 38 David Abraham 39 Matthew Mcdonagh 40 Bradley Norton 41 Jonathon White Under 19 men 1 Michael Hepburn 3.04.14 2 Thomas Richards 2.32 3 Jordan Kerby 3.24 4 Dale Parker 5 Jay Mccarthy 6 Stuart Smith 7 Luke Durbridge 8 Patrick Lane 9 Aaron Donnelly 10 Lachlan Morton 11 Matthew Benson 12 Michael Phelan 13 Sam Genge 14 Eric Sheppard 15 Joshua Prete 16 Andrew Smith 17 Mitchell Mulhern 18 Adam Phelan 19 Ethan Kimmince 20 Jonathan Dunlop 21 Sam Davis 5.41 22 Bradley Robson 5.59 23 Luke Ockerby 24 Mitchell Lovelock-Fay 9.14 25 Damien Howson 26 Samuel Spokes 27 Joshua Taylor 9.20 28 Scott Mcphee 10.46 29 Thomas Pritchard 30 Alex Carver 31 Matt Fortunato 32 Joel Stearnes 33 Edward Bissaker 34 Oliver Kent-Spark 35 Jordan Van Der Togt 36 Kyle Hughes 37 Samuel Wood 38 Adam Blake 39 Jordan Sozzi 40 Sam Brett 41 Peter Loft 42 Patrick Drapac 43 Matt Connelly 44 Kevin Hawes 45 Brandon Stewart 46 Trent Morey 47 Callan Walker DNF Gerald Mcdonagh DNF Jackson Mccallum Elite women 1 Ginger Kidd 2.39.12 2 Bronwyn Ryan 3 Simone Grounds 4 Jenny Macpherson 2.14 5 Laura Luxford 2.42 6 Sarah-Jeanne Fraser 5.48 7 Chloe Mcconville 8 Joanne Hogan 9 Susie Boer 10 Kate De Paeoli 11 Laura Meadley 12 Delphine Astier 13 Felicity Wilson 14 Susan Casey 15 Bethany Coleman 7.48 DNF Rebecca Domange DNF Nikolina Orlic DNS Kathryn Watt DNS Tanya Saad Under 19 women 1 Kendelle Hodges 2.41.26 2 Melissa Hoskins 0.28 3 Amy Cure 4 Alexandra Carle 5 Jasmin Hurikino 3.34 6 Jacqui Carle 7 Sarah Cure 8 Isabella King 9 Jessica Yeaton 10 Shanice Nitis 11 Harriett Kossman 5.34 DNF Kerianne Parfitt DNF Grace Meisel-Dennis DNF Emma Smith DNF Elizabeth Nicholls Final classification Elite/U23 men classification 1 Dylan Newell 6.20.58 2 John Anderson 0.22 3 Timothy Roe 0.27 4 Will Clarke 0.51 5 Nathan Earle 1.28 6 Alastair Loutit 1.30 7 Jai Crawford 1.39 8 Daniel Braunsteins 2.18 9 Ben Dyball 3.33 10 Ben Grieve-Johnson 11 Cameron Hughes 4.27 12 Michael England 4.30 13 Cameron Jennings 5.07 14 Steven Robb 6.09 15 Ben Grenda 6.20 16 Craig Mccartney 6.37 17 Tom Robinson 8.30 18 Peter Ladd 9.00 19 Kane Walker 13.01 20 Joshua Chugg 13.12 21 David Cripps 15.47 22 Kyle Marwood 16.05 23 Stuart Grimsey 16.19 24 Ben Mather 16.29 25 Benjamin Hill 16.42 26 Cody Stevenson 16.43 27 Brodie Talbot 17.01 28 James Ibrahim 17.08 29 Samuel Layzell 17.14 30 Peter Smith 17.24 31 Silas Fisher 17.44 32 Danny Pulbrook 18.18 33 Doug Hagger 19.27 34 Clay Murfet 20.01 35 Jeremy Hills 20.27 36 Jim Avens 25.06 37 Michael Smith 27.24 38 David Abraham 27.29 39 Matthew Mcdonagh 27.53 40 Bradley Norton 28.06 41 Jonathon White 30.16 Under 19 men classification 1 Luke Durbridge 6.40.16 2 Dale Parker 0.46 3 Aaron Donnelly 1.03 4 Jay Mccarthy 1.47 5 Lachlan Morton 2.56 6 Stuart Smith 3.21 7 Michael Phelan 5.27 8 Matthew Benson 5.36 9 Patrick Lane 6.42 10 Eric Sheppard 7.52 11 Edward Bissaker 15.16 12 Bradley Robson 10.41 13 Sam Genge 8.26 14 Alex Carver 16.00 15 Luke Ockerby 11.17 16 Mitchell Lovelock-Fay 14.41 17 Scott Mcphee 16.16 18 Sam Davis 11.20 19 Thomas Pritchard 16.27 20 Andrew Smith 9.28 21 Joshua Prete 9.49 22 Joel Stearnes 18.22 23 Joshua Taylor 17.04 24 Matt Fortunato 19.01 25 Jordan Van Der Togt 31.53 26 Thomas Richards 26.18 27 Michael Hepburn 24.30 28 Jordan Kerby 28.11 29 Adam Phelan 28.17 30 Mitchell Mulhern 28.52 31 Damien Howson 34.48 32 Oliver Kent-Spark 36.22 33 Kyle Hughes 38.59 34 Samuel Wood 39.18 35 Ethan Kimmince 32.28 36 Peter Loft 40.08 37 Matt Connelly 40.14 38 Jonathan Dunlop 32.57 39 Sam Brett 40.32 40 Trent Morey 41.39 41 Kevin Hawes 42.15 42 Jordan Sozzi 42.16 43 Samuel Spokes 40.55 44 Brandon Stewart 42.47 45 Callan Walker 43.14 46 Adam Blake 43.24 47 Patrick Drapac 43.45 Elite women classification 1 Bronwyn Ryan 5.24.12 2 Ginger Kidd 1.59 3 Jenny Macpherson 4.02 4 Laura Luxford 4.36 5 Simone Grounds 5.31 6 Sarah-Jeanne Fraser 7.46 7 Chloe Mcconville 8.22 8 Joanne Hogan 8.32 9 Susie Boer 9.03 10 Kate De Paeoli 12.28 11 Laura Meadley 16.07 12 Delphine Astier 20.12 13 Felicity Wilson 25.19 14 Susan Casey 41.18 15 Bethany Coleman 44.59 Under 19 women classification 1 Amy Cure 5.26.40 2 Kendelle Hodges 1.58 3 Melissa Hoskins 2.25 4 Jasmin Hurikino 5.26 5 Jacqui Carle 5.39 6 Alexandra Carle 8.07 7 Sarah Cure 8.57 8 Isabella King 11.36 9 Jessica Yeaton 20.28 10 Shanice Nitis 26.14 11 Harriett Kossman 29.35
