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Timbercorp Cup Series Tour of Gippsland - NE
Australia, August 1-5, 2007
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Stage 1 - August 1: Mallacoota, 42km
Exciting start to Series
The Tour of Gippsland, the first round of the Timbercorp Cup series got underway in glorious sunshine with a criterium in Mallacoota, won by Brisbane 18-year-old Darcy Rosenlund, riding for the newly formed Ord Minnett cycling team.
Rosenlund and triple world junior track champion Cameron Meyer set the pace for the majority of the criterium before being joined by Sydney's Peter McDonald for the last 10 laps.
With a lead of 25 seconds, Rosenlund, Meyer and McDonald began to play cat and mouse in the deciding stages of the race, with McDonald a self-confessed "plodder" when it comes to sprinting attacking first to try and get away from his companions, but was quickly pounced upon by the others in the break away.
Meyer had spent a lot of his bickies chasing intermediate sprint points through out the race which Rosenlund, a former triathlete in his first full season on the road, took full advantage of in the last kilometre to take the win.
Rosenlund's aim is to ride well enough to be noticed for a place in the Australian under 23 squad, and this win should certainly make them stand up and take notice.
Despite winning the stage, Rosenlund would not take the first leaders jersey, as the bonus seconds that Meyer picked up along the way were enough for him to take the lead.
Photography
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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- Rider accommodation on the Tour of Gippsland??
- Mark O'Brien of Drapac Porsche poners the view in Mallacoota for stage one of the Tour of Gippsland
- Riders warm-up beside the water's edge in Mallacoota
- Mark Jamieson (South Australia.com) welcomes us to the Timbercorp Cup National Cycling Series
- Tom Southam (Drapac Porsche) from England on the startline for the Timbercorp Cup in Mallacoota
- Well, I hope no arms or legs drop off during racing on the Tour of Gippsland!
- Riders on Panoramic Drive in Mallacoota as the seagull flies
- The peloton in action during the 42km stage one criterium in Mallacoota
- Cameron Meyer (L) of the South Australia.com team and Darcy Rosenlund (Ord Minnett/Triple Play) got a break on the peloton
- The peloton give chase to the leaders
- Herbie the dog get's a sniff of the peloton in Mallacoota
- Riders in the main group in search of the leading trio
- The main group head along Panoramic Drive in Mallacoota
- The leading trio of Meyer, Rosenlund and Peter McDonald were tapping into a nice break over the peloton
- Darcy Rosenlund (Ord Minnett/Triple Play) takes out stage one in Mallacoota
- The podium spray (L-R): Cameron Meyer (2nd, South Australia.com), Darcy Rosenlund (1st, Ord Minnett/Triple Play), and Peter McDonald (3rd, NSWIS/FRF)
- Peter McDonald (NSWIS/FRF) has trouble opening the champers on the podium
- Cameron Meyer (South Australia.com) one of Australia's brightest young cycling talents
- Cameron Meyer (South Australia.com) is number one in yellow after the first stage of the Tour of Gippsland
Results
1 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 1.00.07 2 Cameron Meyer (WA) 3 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 4 Grant Irwin (Qld) 0.05 5 Nicholas Sanderson (Vic) 6 Zakkari Dempster (Vic) 7 Robbie Cater (NSW) 8 Patrick Shaw (Vic) 9 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 10 Marcus Wettenhall (Vic) 11 Joe Mcdonnell (NSW) 12 Tom Southam (GBr) 13 Chris Jory (NSW) 14 Scott Kilmartin (Qld) 15 Tony Mann (Qld) 16 Brendan Jones (NSW) 17 Peter Herzig (NSW) 18 Tom Middleton (SA) 19 Cameron Hughes (Qld) 20 Damien Turner (Vic) 21 Nicholas Walker (Vic) 22 Hayden Josefski (Qld) 23 Peter Milostic (NSW) 24 Jack Anderson (Qld) 25 Tim Buchanan (ACT) 26 Luke Cridland (NSW) 27 Daniel Furmston (Tas) 28 Ben Mather (Tas) 29 Simon Pearson (SA) 30 Peter Smith (Vic) 31 Craig Mccartney (Vic) 32 Gavin Nicholls (Qld) 33 Jarrod Harman (Tas) 34 Daniel Braunsteins (Vic) 35 Gilbert Gutowski (Qld) 36 Nathan Wise (Vic) 37 Will Dickeson (SA) 38 Christopher D’Amelio (Vic) 39 Samuel Rix (Vic) 40 Cameron Carlyle (Vic) 41 William Ford (Vic) 42 Steven Robb (Vic) 43 Brendan Schultz (Vic) 44 Danny Kah (Vic) 45 Sean Finning (Vic) 46 Mark O'brien (Vic) 47 Glen Peterson (Vic) 48 Chris Pryor (Qld) 49 Vaughan Bowman (Vic) 50 Matt King (NT) 51 Brad Edmunds (Vic) 52 Andrew Ward (Vic) 53 Mark Jamieson (Tas) 54 Mathew Camilleri (NSW) 55 Alexander Machin (Vic) 56 Jack Hudson (Qld) 57 Gary Mueller (Vic) 0.32 58 Miles Watson (Vic) 2.01 59 James Henry (Vic) 4.02 60 Bradley Clark (NSW) 61 Grant Webster (Vic) 8.04 DNF Chris Murrell (Vic) DNS Nathan Earle (Tas) DNS Chris Steffanoni (Vic) DNS William Zammit (Vic) Points Sprint 1 1 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 3 pts 2 Nicholas Walker (Vic) 2 3 Robbie Cater (NSW) 1 Sprint 2 1 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 3 pts 2 Cameron Meyer (WA) 2 3 Brad Edmunds (Vic) 1 Sprint 3 1 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 3 pts 2 Cameron Meyer (WA) 2 3 Brad Edmunds (Vic) 1 Sprint 4 1 Cameron Meyer (WA) 3 pts 2 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 2 3 Brad Edmunds (Vic) 1 Sprint 5 1 Cameron Meyer (WA) 3 pts 2 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 2 3 Brad Edmunds (Vic) 1 Sprint 6 1 Cameron Meyer (WA) 3 pts 2 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 2 3 Peter Herzig (NSW) 1 Sprint 7 1 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 3 pts 2 Cameron Meyer (WA) 2 3 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 1 Sprint 8 1 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 3 pts 2 Cameron Meyer (WA) 2 3 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 1 Sprint 9 1 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 3 pts 2 Cameron Meyer (WA) 2 3 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 1 Sprint 10 1 Cameron Meyer (WA) 3 pts 2 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 2 3 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 1 Sprint 11 1 Cameron Meyer (WA) 3 pts 2 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 2 3 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 1 Criterium champion 1 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 10 pts 2 Cameron Meyer (WA) 9 3 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 8 4 Grant Irwin (Qld) 7 5 Nicholas Sanderson (Vic) 6 6 Zakkari Dempster (Vic) 5 7 Robbie Cater (NSW) 4 8 Patrick Shaw (Vic) 3 9 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 2 10 Marcus Wettenhall (Vic) 1 General classification after stage 1 1 Cameron Meyer (WA) 59.34 2 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 0.03 3 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 0.14 4 Grant Irwin (Qld) 0.34 5 Brad Edmunds (Vic) 6 Nicholas Sanderson (Vic) 0.36 7 Nicholas Walker (Vic) 8 Zakkari Dempster (Vic) 0.37 9 Robbie Cater (NSW) 10 Peter Herzig (NSW) 11 Patrick Shaw (Vic) 0.38 12 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 13 Marcus Wettenhall (Vic) 14 Joe Mcdonnell (NSW) 15 Tom Southam (GBr) 16 Chris Jory (NSW) 17 Scott Kilmartin (Qld) 18 Tony Mann (Qld) 19 Brendan Jones (NSW) 20 Tom Middleton (SA) 21 Cameron Hughes (Qld) 22 Damien Turner (Vic) 23 Hayden Josefski (Qld) 24 Peter Milostic (NSW) 25 Jack Anderson (Qld) 26 Tim Buchanan (ACT) 27 Luke Cridland (NSW) 28 Daniel Furmston (Tas) 29 Ben Mather (Tas) 30 Simon Pearson (SA) 31 Peter Smith (Vic) 32 Craig Mccartney (Vic) 33 Gavin Nicholls (Qld) 34 Jarrod Harman (Tas) 35 Daniel Braunsteins (Vic) 36 Gilbert Gutowski (Qld) 37 Nathan Wise (Vic) 38 Will Dickeson (SA) 39 Christopher D’Amelio (Vic) 40 Samuel Rix (Vic) 41 Cameron Carlyle (Vic) 42 William Ford (Vic) 43 Steven Robb (Vic) 44 Brendan Schultz (Vic) 45 Danny Kah (Vic) 46 Sean Finning (Vic) 47 Mark O'brien (Vic) 48 Glen Peterson (Vic) 49 Chris Pryor (Qld) 50 Vaughan Bowman (Vic) 51 Matt King (NT) 52 Andrew Ward (Vic) 53 Mark Jamieson (Tas) 54 Mathew Camilleri (NSW) 55 Alexander Machin (Vic) 56 Jack Hudson (Qld) 57 Gary Mueller (Vic) 1.05 58 Miles Watson (Vic) 2.34 59 James Henry (Vic) 4.35 60 Bradley Clark (NSW) 61 Grant Webster (Vic) 8.37 Points 1 Cameron Meyer (WA) 25 pts 2 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 20 3 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 13 4 Brad Edmunds (Vic) 4 5 Nicholas Walker (Vic) 2 6 Robbie Cater (NSW) 1 7 Peter Herzig (NSW) 1 Criterium classification 1 Darcy Rosenlund (Qld) 10 pts 2 Cameron Meyer (WA) 9 3 Peter Mcdonald (NSW) 8 4 Grant Irwin (Qld) 7 5 Nicholas Sanderson (Vic) 6 6 Zakkari Dempster (Vic) 5 7 Robbie Cater (NSW) 4 8 Patrick Shaw (Vic) 3 9 Sid Taberlay (Tas) 2 10 Marcus Wettenhall (Vic) 1
