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PowerNet Tour of Southland - 2.2
New Zealand, November 5-10, 2007
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Stage 3 - November 6: Invercargill - Gore, 165 km
Rewi takes controversial win
By Nathan Burdon, The Southland Times
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Timaru's Reon Park (Colour Plus) has retained a 22 second lead over defending champion Hayden Roulston (Trek Zookeepers) after stage three of the Tour of Southland today. Park and Roulston were content to sit in the main peloton during the 165 kilometre stage - the tour's longest from Invercargill through Eastern Southland to the finish in Gore.
How it unfolded
A breakaway of seven riders was allowed to roam free with the biggest threat coming from Bissell Pro Cycling lead rider Jeremy Vennell who started the day more than nine minutes down on Park. The stage finish went to Christchurch's Glen Rewi (Creation Signs), who narrowly headed under 23 rider Alex Meenhorst (Ascot Park Hotel), with Vennell having to settle for third.
Rewi's jubilation at winning was shortlived. He had agreed with Vennell not to sprint for the finish, but admitted later that he had been overwhelmed by the sight of the line and had decided to go for victory instead.
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Vennell gave the Cantabrian a stern lecture in race etiquette after the race
finish. "We had an agreement," Vennell said. "He was suffering on the hill climbs
and we let him sit in there as long as he didn't contest the finish. He's the
one who brought the guys across to me when I attacked in the last two kilometres
and he won the stage so I wasn't very happy with him at all. I appreciate a
man who keeps his word,
but he didn't so I wasn't very happy with him at all."
Vennell's effort lifted him from 24th to 12th, still 5min 24sec behind Park. Subway's Jeremy Yates, another pre-race favourite, is nearly 20mins down in 59th place and there was more bad news for Subway when Hayden Godfrey had to pull out of the race today.
The biggest threat to Park's position undoubtedly lies with Roulston. While Park has three team-mates in the top six placings, Roulston and his Trek Zookeepers team-mate Gordon McCauley are in second and fourth place respectively.
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The weather was an improvement on the hail and rain of the opening two stages, but another six riders withdrew during today's stage. Ten percent of the starters have now withdrawn in the opening two days (13 riders), including Gen-i/Savings and Loan's Australian rider Stephen Robb who was injured during a crash which involved at least a dozen riders early in the stage.
Tomorrow's racing features two shorter stages, from Invercargill down the exposed southern coastline through Riverton to Tuatapere in the morning (101km), then from Tuatapere across the plains of Western Southland to Winton (88km).
Photography
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Images by Barry Harcourt/www.southlandtimes.co.nz
- Australia's Henk Vogels rides in his RaboPlus gear on the way to ninth place.
- Gordon Mccauley (Trek Zookeepers Cafe) and the main bunch allowed a small break to go up the road on Stage 3.
- Glen Rewi (Creation Signs) sprints to victory ahead of Alex Meenhorst (Ascot Park Hotel) and Jeremy Vennell (Bissell Pro Cycling Team).
Results
1 Glen Rewi (NZl) Creation Signs 4.00.00 (41.250 km/h) 2 Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 3 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 4 Miles Watson (NZl) Share The Road 5 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 0.08 6 Clinton Avery (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 4.22 7 James Williamson (NZl) Subway 8 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 9 Henk Vogels (Aus) RaboPlus 10 Steve Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating 11 Chris Macic (NZl) The Southland Times 12 Reon Park (NZl) Colour Plus 13 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 14 Roman Van Uden (NZl) Sycamore Print 15 Aaron Strong (NZl) The Southland Times 16 Graeme Stone (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 17 Michael Fitzgerald (Aus) Creation Signs 18 Chris D'amelio (Aus) Prime Estate Buyers Agents 19 James Fairweather (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 20 Charles Howlett (Aus) Sycamore Print 21 Mathew Gorter (NZl) Powernet 22 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Subway 23 Adam Semple (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 24 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 25 Michael Grabinger (USA) Hilo Decorating 26 Brian Jenson (USA) Hilo Decorating 27 Eric Drower (NZl) Fulton Hogan 28 Will Alexander (NZl) RaboPlus 29 Thomas Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 30 Brett Tivers (NZl) The Southland Times 31 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Colour Plus 32 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Colour Plus 33 Silas Cullen (NZl) Preston Russell Law 34 Mark Langlands (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 35 Shem Rodger (NZl) RaboPlus 36 Blair Martin (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 37 Aaron Lawson (NZl) Riverside Rentals 38 Scott Lyttle (NZl) The Southland Times 39 Steven Elden (NZl) Benchmark Homes 40 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 41 Justin Kerr (NZl) RaboPlus 42 Westley Gough (NZl) Colour Plus 43 Paul Odlin (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 44 Brad Carter (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 45 Chris Nicholson (NZl) Fulton Hogan 46 Curtis Gunn (USA) Hilo Decorating 47 Ryan Wills (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 48 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 49 Shane Archbold (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 50 Justin Ralph (NZl) Powernet 51 Karl Murray (NZl) RaboPlus 52 Paul Winterbourne (NZl) South West Helicopters 53 Marc Ryan (NZl) Colour Plus 54 Nathan Jones (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 55 Jason Barlow (NZl) Placemakers 56 Scott Hodges (NZl) Placemakers 57 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Subway 9.55 58 Mike Northey (NZl) The Southland Times 59 Joshua England (NZl) Subway 60 Peter Rennie (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 61 Aaron Anderson (NZl) Share The Road 62 Samuel Eadie (NZl) Preston Russell Law 63 Michael Torckler (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 64 Tom Hanover (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 65 James Gibson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 11.29 66 Christopher Klem (Aus) Sycamore Print 67 Joshua Barley (NZl) Benchmark Homes 11.38 68 Jack Bauer (NZl) Fulton Hogan 13.11 69 Lachlan Shannon (NZl) South West Helicopters 70 Sam Silver (USA) NOW MS Society 71 Scott Wilder (NZl) Benchmark Homes 72 Brock Curry (USA) NOW MS Society 73 Justin Davis (Aus) Prime Estate Buyers Agents 74 Brian Biggs (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 75 Michael Anderson (NZl) Fulton Hogan 76 Michael Van Eerd (Ned) NOW MS Society 77 Jason Somerville (Aus) Sycamore Print 78 Andrew Jamieson (NZl) Placemakers 79 Jonathan Coates (NZl) Placemakers 80 Bradley Payne (Aus) Share The Road 81 Darrin Strahan (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 82 Matt Sillars (NZl) Preston Russell Law 83 William Elliston (USA) Hilo Decorating 84 Travis Kane (NZl) South West Helicopters 85 Jeremy Smart (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 86 Ed Barrett (NZl) Benchmark Homes 87 Joel Lewis (Aus) Sycamore Print 88 Will Dickeson (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 89 Scott Ardern (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 90 Nick Atkinson (NZl) Placemakers 91 Jonathan Atkinson (NZl) Riverside Rentals 92 Eric Losak (USA) NOW MS Society 93 Eric Barlevav (USA) NOW MS Society 94 Eliot Crowther (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 95 Joe Crooks (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 19.58 96 Leon Hextall (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 97 Royce Newell (NZl) Cycling Southland 98 Jonathan Stockwell (NZl) Cycling Southland 99 Glen Frost (NZl) Riverside Rentals 100 David Ayre (NZl) Cycling Southland 101 David Weston (NZl) Riverside Rentals 102 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) South West Helicopters 103 Matt Taylor (NZl) Riverside Rentals 104 Mathew Camilleri (Aus) Powernet 105 Shaun Morris (Aus) Share The Road 106 Timothy Hargrave (NZl) Cycling Southland 107 Alistair Crossling (NZl) Preston Russell Law 20.20 108 Nick King (NZl) Creation Signs 109 Sam Bewley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 110 Rodney Weinberg (NZl) Fulton Hogan 111 Owen Belton (Aus) Powernet 112 Edwin Crossling (NZl) Preston Russell Law 113 Brett Perez (Aus) Prime Estate Buyers Agents DNF Hayden Godfrey (NZl) Subway DNF Stephen Robb (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans DNF Dan Waluszewski (NZl) Creation Signs DNF Robert Croft (NZl) Prime Estate Buyers Agents DNF Joshua Brown (NZl) Powernet DNF Josh Page (NZl) Cycling Southland General Classification after Stage 3 1 Reon Park (NZl) Colour Plus 6.22.28 2 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 0.22 3 Marc Ryan (NZl) Colour Plus 0.59 4 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 1.43 5 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Colour Plus 1.57 6 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Colour Plus 2.15 7 Clinton Avery (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 3.14 8 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 3.19 9 Mark Langlands (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 4.27 10 Miles Watson (NZl) Share The Road 4.38 11 Westley Gough (NZl) Colour Plus 5.11 12 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 5.24 13 Brian Jenson (USA) Hilo Decorating 8.09 14 Shem Rodger (NZl) RaboPlus 8.43 15 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 8.48 16 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 8.56 17 Scott Lyttle (NZl) The Southland Times 8.57 18 James Williamson (NZl) Subway 9.08 19 Brett Tivers (NZl) The Southland Times 9.11 20 Eric Drower (NZl) Fulton Hogan 9.15 21 Glen Rewi (NZl) Creation Signs 9.21 22 Steve Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating 9.29 23 Chris D'amelio (Aus) Prime Estate Buyers Agents 9.38 24 Michael Torckler (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 9.44 25 Brad Carter (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 9.47 26 Michael Fitzgerald (Aus) Creation Signs 9.54 27 Chris Nicholson (NZl) Fulton Hogan 10.01 28 Roman Van Uden (NZl) Sycamore Print 10.04 29 Silas Cullen (NZl) Preston Russell Law 30 Shane Archbold (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 10.05 31 Justin Kerr (NZl) RaboPlus 10.10 32 Paul Odlin (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 10.12 33 Graeme Stone (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 10.13 34 Chris Macic (NZl) The Southland Times 10.19 35 Thomas Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 36 Aaron Strong (NZl) The Southland Times 10.32 37 Will Alexander (NZl) RaboPlus 38 Adam Semple (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 11.06 39 Paul Winterbourne (NZl) South West Helicopters 11.59 40 Karl Murray (NZl) RaboPlus 12.01 41 James Fairweather (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 12.10 42 Scott Hodges (NZl) Placemakers 12.26 43 Steven Elden (NZl) Benchmark Homes 12.57 44 Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 13.07 45 Ryan Wills (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 13.23 46 Blair Martin (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 14.01 47 Charles Howlett (Aus) Sycamore Print 14.32 48 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Subway 14.42 49 Michael Grabinger (USA) Hilo Decorating 15.47 50 Peter Rennie (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 15.50 51 Justin Ralph (NZl) Powernet 16.14 52 Mathew Gorter (NZl) Powernet 16.25 53 Tom Hanover (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 16.38 54 Curtis Gunn (USA) Hilo Decorating 17.00 55 Samuel Eadie (NZl) Preston Russell Law 17.22 56 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs 17.26 57 Eliot Crowther (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 19.05 58 Jack Bauer (NZl) Fulton Hogan 19.26 59 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Subway 19.44 60 Jason Barlow (NZl) Placemakers 19.50 61 Eric Barlevav (USA) NOW MS Society 20.05 62 Andrew Jamieson (NZl) Placemakers 20.10 63 Joshua England (NZl) Subway 20.29 64 Nathan Jones (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 20.55 65 Brock Curry (USA) NOW MS Society 21.04 66 Mike Northey (NZl) The Southland Times 21.13 67 Aaron Anderson (NZl) Share The Road 21.20 68 Nick Atkinson (NZl) Placemakers 21.28 69 Will Dickeson (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 23.14 70 James Gibson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 23.37 71 Jonathan Atkinson (NZl) Riverside Rentals 23.58 72 Aaron Lawson (NZl) Riverside Rentals 24.42 73 Henk Vogels (Aus) RaboPlus 25.10 74 Matt Sillars (NZl) Preston Russell Law 25.39 75 Sam Bewley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 26.49 76 Christopher Klem (Aus) Sycamore Print 28.02 77 Jeremy Smart (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 28.06 78 Darrin Strahan (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles 28.12 79 Jason Somerville (Aus) Sycamore Print 28.52 80 Scott Wilder (NZl) Benchmark Homes 29.46 81 Lachlan Shannon (NZl) South West Helicopters 30.08 82 Travis Kane (NZl) South West Helicopters 30.16 83 Joel Lewis (Aus) Sycamore Print 30.28 84 Edwin Crossling (NZl) Preston Russell Law 31.45 85 Justin Davis (Aus) Prime Estate Buyers Agents 32.26 86 Scott Ardern (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 32.27 87 Nick King (NZl) Creation Signs 33.03 88 Jonathan Stockwell (NZl) Cycling Southland 33.16 89 Owen Belton (Aus) Powernet 33.29 90 Ed Barrett (NZl) Benchmark Homes 35.08 91 David Ayre (NZl) Cycling Southland 35.31 92 Leon Hextall (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 35.49 93 Brian Biggs (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 37.38 94 Jonathan Coates (NZl) Placemakers 37.42 95 Brett Perez (Aus) Prime Estate Buyers Agents 37.58 96 Alistair Crossling (NZl) Preston Russell Law 38.04 97 Matt Taylor (NZl) Riverside Rentals 38.12 98 Timothy Hargrave (NZl) Cycling Southland 38.25 99 Bradley Payne (Aus) Share The Road 38.39 100 Rodney Weinberg (NZl) Fulton Hogan 39.09 101 Eric Losak (USA) NOW MS Society 42.03 102 Michael Anderson (NZl) Fulton Hogan 44.37 103 David Weston (NZl) Riverside Rentals 46.41 104 Joe Crooks (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub 46.50 105 Mathew Camilleri (Aus) Powernet 46.59 106 Sam Silver (USA) NOW MS Society 47.52 107 Joshua Barley (NZl) Benchmark Homes 48.34 108 Shaun Morris (Aus) Share The Road 50.29 109 William Elliston (USA) Hilo Decorating 50.40 110 Royce Newell (NZl) Cycling Southland 54.46 111 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) South West Helicopters 55.10 112 Michael Van Eerd (Ned) NOW MS Society 55.40 113 Glen Frost (NZl) Riverside Rentals 58.02 Sprint Classification 1 Miles Watson (NZl) Share The Road 30 pts 2 Marc Ryan (NZl) Colour Plus 21 3 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 14 4 Karl Murray (NZl) RaboPlus 13 5 Aaron Anderson (NZl) Share The Road 11 6 Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 10 7 Thomas Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 9 8 Curtis Gunn (USA) Hilo Decorating 8 9 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 7 10 Mark Langlands (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts 7 11 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 6 12 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 5 13 Aaron Strong (NZl) The Southland Times 5 14 Glen Rewi (NZl) Creation Signs 5 15 Clinton Avery (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 5 16 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 4 17 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Colour Plus 4 18 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Colour Plus 4 19 Michael Torckler (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 2 20 Mike Northey (NZl) The Southland Times 2 21 Will Dickeson (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 2 22 Brian Jenson (USA) Hilo Decorating 2 23 Reon Park (NZl) Colour Plus 1 Mountains Classification 1 Miles Watson (NZl) Share The Road 16 pts 2 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 12 3 Reon Park (NZl) Colour Plus 12 4 Will Dickeson (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans 10 5 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe 8 6 Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel 8 7 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team 2 8 Marc Ryan (NZl) Colour Plus 2 9 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Colour Plus 2 Teams Classification 1 Colour Plus 19.09.49 2 Trek Zookeepers Cafe 3.26 3 Bissell Pro Cycling Team 12.27 4 Calder Stewart Pink Batts 22.19 5 The Southland Times 25.44 6 Gen-i/Savings & Loans 26.50 7 RaboPlus 27.00 8 Ascot Park Hotel 29.53 9 Hilo Decorating 30.30 10 PFP - Calibre Cycles 33.28 11 Creation Signs 33.31 12 Fulton Hogan 36.14 13 Subway 36.16 14 Placemakers 42.08 15 Preston Russell Law 48.54 16 Sycamore Print 49.14 17 Share The Road 1.01.28 18 Powernet 1.02.51 19 Prime Estate Buyers Agents 1.06.15 20 South West Helicopters 1.09.20 21 Benchmark Homes 1.13.43 22 Winton's Middle Pub 1.17.59 23 NOW MS Society 1.20.37 24 Riverside Rentals 1.24.08 25 Cycling Southland 1.44.47
