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Tour of Southland - 2.5

New Zealand, November 3-8, 2003

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Stage 6 - November 6: Balfour - Riversdale Time Trial, 15.0 km

An oldie steals the show in Tour of Southland

By Alan Messenger

Julian Dean (Zookeepers)
Photo ©: Barry Harcourt

A 48 year old veteran stole the show in the individual time trial stage of the PowerNet Tour of Southland this morning. John Alabaster only took up cycling as a sport twelve years ago and today was his proudest moment. "I wish I'd known about cycling when I was 25," he told Cyclingnews.

While the tour's big names regarded the day as a rest day before the longest day tomorrow with an expected showdown between the top teams, Alabaster, a fitness fanatic, scorched over the 15 km course to beat New Zealand Track Squad rider Peter Latham by three seconds with New Zealand Time trial Champion Gordon McCauley third.

Photography

Images by Barry Harcourt

Results

1 John Alabaster (NZl) Share The Road               15.46
2 Peter Latham (NZl) Wensleys Avanti                 0.03
3 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Zookeepers Café              0.15
4 Scott Guyton (NZl) The Southland Times             0.16
5 Robin Reid (NZl) Meadow Fresh                      0.17
6 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Cycle Surgery                    
7 Greg Henderson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub           0.18
8 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café                 0.20
9 Matthew Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel             0.29
10 Glen Mitchell (NZl) The Southland Times           0.31
11 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Meadow Fresh                0.32
12 Tim Gudsell (NZl) The Southland Times             0.41
13 Aaron Strong (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland            0.43
14 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Zookeepers Café            0.44
15 Ben Brears (NZl) Allied SouthRoads                0.45
16 Michael Tolhurst (Aus) Sycamore Print             0.49
17 Troy Klink (NZl) Wensleys Avanti                  0.51
17 Matt King (NZl) Wensleys Avanti                       
19 Stephen Collins (NZl) Rabobank                    0.52
20 Marc MacKay (NZl) The Southland Times             0.54
21 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart               0.56
22 Kirk Obee (USA) The Southland Times               1.00
23 Phillip Schneider (Swi) Meadow Fresh              1.01
24 Adam Curry (NZl) Wensleys Avanti                  1.02
24 Andrew Small (NZl) Calder Stewart                     
26 Ryan Yee (USA) Hilo Decorating                    1.08
27 Matt Gilbert (NZl) Calder Stewart                 1.14
27 Craig Pitt (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland                  
29 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Cycle Surgery                  1.19
29 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub              
31 Brian Fowler (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub            1.21
32 Nicholas Kiralay (Aus) Rabobank                   1.22
33 Jack Swart (NZl) Share The Road                   1.23
34 Josh Horowitz (USA) Hilo Decorating               1.24
35 Brendan Higgins (Aus) Rabobank                    1.28
35 Joseph Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs                   
37 Danny Hillary (NZl) Cycle Surgery                 1.30
38 Kris Gemmell (NZl) Meadow Fresh                   1.35
39 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart                  1.37
39 Ross Machejefski (NZl) Rabobank                       
41 Justin Kerr (NZl) Share The Road                  1.42
42 Adam Tully (Aus) Sycamore Print                   1.44
43 Ryan Hoogenberg (NZl) Sycamore Print              1.48
43 Robert Young (Aus) Team MGZT                          
45 Simon Morcom (Aus) Team MGZT                      1.50
46 Stephen Elden (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland           1.51
46 Graham Stone (NZl) Southland Television               
48 Daniel Blain (NZl) Creation Signs                 1.53
49 Jordan Wood (NZl) Allied SouthRoads               1.56
50 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Winton's Middle Pub          1.59
50 Joel Pearson (Aus) Team MGZT                          
52 Scott Allen (NZl) Wensleys Avanti                 2.01
53 Paul Davies (NZl) Team Embassy PNP                2.10
53 Michael Crowther (NZl) Southland Television           
53 Jonny Rondash (USA) Hilo Decorating                   
56 Corey Winder (NZl) Share The Road                 2.18
57 Lee Chapman (NZl) Share The Road                  2.19
58 Steven Hands (NZl) Southland Television           2.22
59 Jamie Thynne (NZl) Team Embassy PNP               2.25
60 Garth Gregory (NZl) Team Embassy PNP              2.28
61 Travis Kane (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel                2.30
62 Craig Thomson (NZl) Cycle Surgery                 2.31
63 Stephen Wallis (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel             2.36
64 Nicholas Atkinson (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel          2.37
65 Paul Gough (NZl) Cycle Surgery                    2.43
66 Julian Dean (NZl) Zookeepers Café                 2.59
67 Eddie Monnier (USA) Hilo Decorating               3.02
68 Robert Coble (USA) Hilo Decorating                3.04
69 Dave Beadle (NZl) Allied SouthRoads               3.10
70 Mikkeli Godfree (Aus) Team MGZT                   3.16
71 Paul Whitley (NZl) Allied SouthRoads              3.23
72 Gerard O 'Flynn (NZl) Team Embassy PNP            3.39
73 Hayden Lawrence (NZl) Southland Television        3.40
74 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) Southland Television         3.44
75 Aaron Rushden (NZl) Calder Stewart                4.10
76 Matthew Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café               5.29
77 Ben Robson (NZl) Creation Signs                   6.46
 
General classification after stage 6
 
1 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café             11.03.50
2 Scott Guyton (NZl) The Southland Times             0.52
3 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Meadow Fresh                 3.00
4 Marc MacKay (NZl) The Southland Times              3.24
5 Greg Henderson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub           4.35
6 Tim Gudsell (NZl) The Southland Times              6.35
7 Phillip Schneider (Swi) Meadow Fresh               6.45
8 Matthew Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel             7.21
9 Robin Reid (NZl) Meadow Fresh                      9.13
10 Glen Mitchell (NZl) The Southland Times           9.14
11 Kirk Obee (USA) The Southland Times               9.39
12 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Zookeepers Café           11.04
13 Peter Latham (NZl) Wensleys Avanti               12.08
14 Nicholas Kiralay (Aus) Rabobank                  13.05
15 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart                 13.20
16 Matt Gilbert (NZl) Calder Stewart                14.41
17 Aaron Strong (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland           15.34
18 Troy Klink (NZl) Wensleys Avanti                 15.47
19 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Zookeepers Café            17.33
20 Stephen Collins (NZl) Rabobank                   19.08
21 Brian Fowler (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub           20.07
22 Craig Pitt (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland             20.54
23 Cameron Hughes (Aus) Winton's Middle Pub         22.23
24 Lee Chapman (NZl) Share The Road                 22.51
25 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart              24.00
26 Ross Machejefski (NZl) Rabobank                  24.06
27 Scott Lyttle (NZl) Cycle Surgery                 24.07
28 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Cycle Surgery              24.55
29 Justin Kerr (NZl) Share The Road                 25.41
30 Matt King (NZl) Wensleys Avanti                  27.13
31 Danny Hillary (NZl) Cycle Surgery                29.51
32 Kris Gemmell (NZl) Meadow Fresh                  31.45
33 Joel Pearson (Aus) Team MGZT                     33.15
34 Craig Thomson (NZl) Cycle Surgery                33.22
35 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub         34.31
36 Stephen Elden (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland          36.16
37 Michael Tolhurst (Aus) Sycamore Print            36.28
38 Paul Whitley (NZl) Allied SouthRoads             37.18
39 Julian Dean (NZl) Zookeepers Café                39.49
39 John Alabaster (NZl) Share The Road                   
41 Josh Horowitz (USA) Hilo Decorating              40.08
42 Ben Brears (NZl) Allied SouthRoads               41.07
43 Adam Curry (NZl) Wensleys Avanti                 43.04
44 Simon Morcom (Aus) Team MGZT                     43.32
45 Ryan Yee (USA) Hilo Decorating                   44.10
46 Andrew Small (NZl) Calder Stewart                46.45
47 Brendan Higgins (Aus) Rabobank                   49.15
48 Dave Beadle (NZl) Allied SouthRoads              51.58
49 Ryan Hoogenberg (NZl) Sycamore Print             52.17
50 Ben Robson (NZl) Creation Signs                  52.20
51 Adam Tully (Aus) Sycamore Print                  54.00
52 Jamie Thynne (NZl) Team Embassy PNP              54.58
53 Robert Young (Aus) Team MGZT                     55.31
54 Graham Stone (NZl) Southland Television          55.40
55 Mikkeli Godfree (Aus) Team MGZT                  56.12
56 Nicholas Atkinson (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel         58.26
57 Aaron Rushden (NZl) Calder Stewart             1.04.02
58 Paul Davies (NZl) Team Embassy PNP             1.04.28
59 Scott Allen (NZl) Wensleys Avanti              1.04.42
60 Corey Winder (NZl) Share The Road              1.04.43
61 Jack Swart (NZl) Share The Road                1.05.36
62 Michael Crowther (NZl) Southland Television    1.06.33
63 Steven Hands (NZl) Southland Television        1.06.44
64 Travis Kane (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel             1.07.49
65 Jonny Rondash (USA) Hilo Decorating            1.10.14
66 Stephen Wallis (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel          1.12.08
67 Paul Gough (NZl) Cycle Surgery                 1.13.33
68 Hayden Lawrence (NZl) Southland Television     1.18.23
69 Daniel Blain (NZl) Creation Signs              1.20.06
70 Robert Coble (USA) Hilo Decorating             1.23.40
71 Matthew Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café            1.23.53
72 Joseph Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs            1.24.07
73 Garth Gregory (NZl) Team Embassy PNP           1.31.09
74 Jordan Wood (NZl) Allied SouthRoads            1.32.48
75 Eddie Monnier (USA) Hilo Decorating            1.37.53
76 Gerard O 'Flynn (NZl) Team Embassy PNP         1.43.44
77 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) Southland Television      1.52.07
 
Teams classification
 
1 The Southland Times                            33.20.37
2 Meadow Fresh                                       9.57
3 Zookeepers Cafe                                   19.54
4 Winton's Middle Pub                               31.27
5 Calder Stewart                                    42.25
6 Hot Cycles                                        42.41
7 Wensleys Avanti                                   43.58
8 Rabobank                                          44.25
9 Cycle Surgery                                   1.03.02
10 Share The Road                                 1.17.03
11 Ascot Park Hotel                               1.43.26
12 Team MGZT                                      1.57.09
13 Allied SouthRoads                              1.59.49
14 Sycamore Print                                 2.13.38
15 Hilo Decorating                                2.22.36
16 Creation Signs                                 2.30.27
17 Southland Television                           2.49.37
18 Team Embassy - PNP                             2.56.32
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Joel Pearson (Aus) Team MGZT                         57 pts
2 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart                     41
3 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Zookeepers Café                19
4 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub             16
5 Aaron Rushden (NZl) Calder Stewart                   15
6 Greg Henderson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub             15
7 Matthew Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel               13
8 Marc MacKay (NZl) The Southland Times                10
9 Robin Reid (NZl) Meadow Fresh                        10
10 Scott Guyton (NZl) The Southland Times              10
11 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart                  9
12 Glen Mitchell (NZl) The Southland Times              8
13 Tim Gudsell (NZl) The Southland Times                7
14 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub            6
15 Adam Curry (NZl) Wensleys Avanti                     6
16 Ross Machejefski (NZl) Rabobank                      5
17 John Alabaster (NZl) Share The Road                  5
18 Matthew Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café                  5
19 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Meadow Fresh                   5
20 Joseph Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs                  4
21 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café                   4
22 Geoff Burndred (NZl) Rabobank                        3
23 Matt Gilbert (NZl) Calder Stewart                    3
24 Robert Young (Aus) Team MGZT                         3
25 Anthony Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs                 3
26 Jamie Thynne (NZl) Team Embassy PNP                  3
27 Stephen Elden (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland              2
28 Kirk Obee (USA) The Southland Times                  2
29 Mikkeli Godfree (Aus) Team MGZT                      1
30 Andrew Graham (Aus) Team MGZT                        1
31 Aaron Strong (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland               1
32 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Zookeepers Café               1
33 Paul Bishop (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland                1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Zookeepers Café                48 pts
2 Matthew Randall (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel               18
3 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Zookeepers Café                   18
4 Scott Guyton (NZl) The Southland Times               16
5 Glen Mitchell (NZl) The Southland Times              16
6 Robin Reid (NZl) Meadow Fresh                        12
7 Karl Murray (NZl) Calder Stewart                     10
8 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Zookeepers Café                6
9 Kris Gemmell (NZl) Meadow Fresh                       6
10 Marc MacKay (NZl) The Southland Times                6
11 Joel Pearson (Aus) Team MGZT                         4
12 Aaron Strong (NZl) Hot Cycles Auckland               2
13 Tim Gudsell (NZl) The Southland Times                2
14 Phillip Schneider (Swi) Meadow Fresh                 2
15 Fraser McMaster (NZl) Meadow Fresh                   2
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