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Scody Cup Cycling Series Tour of Gippsland - NE
Australia, July 30-August 3, 2008
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Stage 1 - July 30: Mallacoota Dahlsens crit, 42km
Sulzberger does it again
By Rod Morris
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Bernard Sulzberger and NathanClarke fought out a thrilling finish and judges had to revert to the camera before declaring the former, the stage 1 winner. Third home in the criterium stage behind Sulzberger and Clarke was popular Victorian James Langedyk, riding for the Jayco VIS team..
This was Sulzberger's third victory in the history of the series, having previously claimed the George Town to Beauty Point road race in the 2005 Tour of Tasmania and the Swan Hill to Manangatang race in the 2005 Tour of the Murray River. His younger brother Wesley, won the Tattersall's Cup series in 2006 and both Bernard and Wesley are previous winners of the Sid Patterson Memorial Young Rider of the Future award.
Queenslander Malcolm Rudolph snatched the early tour lead, courtesy of dominating the intermediate sprints in the criterium.
A fall in the opening 20 minutes of racing didn't stop Adelaide based cyclist Will Dickeson. Dickeson, riding for the strong Savings & Loans team, fell in the criterium at Mallacoota and although he later required medical attention to cuts and bruises on both elbows and his lower left leg, he was able to continue the race.
Photography
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Images by Shane Goss/www.licoricegallery.com
- James Ibrahim (Credit Collect) out of the saddle on stage one of the Tour of Gippsland in Mallacoota
- Joel Fahy (Drapac Porsche) from Victoria corners on the 1.4 kilometre circuit in Mallacoota
- The peloton on the waterfront circuit in Mallacoota
- Pip Grinter (Drapac Porsche) in the chasing peloton during the 42 kilometre opening criterium
- Spectators take in the shade as the peloton speed by
- A break forms and the eventual winner Bernard Sulzberger (12) of the Virgin Blue Cycling team looks to bridge the gap
- The peloton descend down the back-straight during stage one in Mallacoota
- C.Gull has a birds-eye view of stage one of the Tour of Gippsland
- One of the early Tour fancies, Travis Meyer (South Australia.com/AIS), in action during stage one
- The leading group were cruising towards the finish
- Riders from the Praties Cycling team were on the front of the peloton with their teammate Nathan Clarke in the lead group
- Bernard Sulzberger (left) of the Virgin Blue Cycling team edges out Pratie's Nathan Clarke (centre) and James Langedyk (Jayco/VIS) to win stage one
- The podium spray (L-R): Nathan Clarke (2nd,Praties), Bernard Sulzberger (1st, Virgin Blue) and James Langedyk (3rd, Jayco/VIS)
- Will Dickeson (Savings and Loans) tries on his Bairnsdale Dealer Group Most Aggressive Rider's jersey from stage one
- Malcolm Rudolph (GO Investments) does his best Karate Kid impersonation on the podium with his Credit Collect Sprint Points jersey
- Queenslander Malcolm Rudolph (GO Investments) is number one on the Tour and in yellow after the first stage in Mallacoota
Results
1 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 1.00.27 (41.69 km/h) 2 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 3 James Langedyk (Jayco/VIS) 4 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 5 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 6 Pip Grinter (Drapac-Porsche) 7 Cameron Hughes (GD Investments) 0.03 8 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 9 Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) 0.43 10 Kyle Marwood (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 11 David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) 12 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling Team) 13 William Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 14 Jonathon Lovelock (Jayco/VIS) 15 Brett Tivers (Drapac-Porsche) 16 Michael England (GD Investments) 17 Dylan Newell (Praties Cycling Team) 18 Peter Smith (Credit Collect) 19 Charles Howlett (Gold 1242) 20 Damien Turner (Budget Forklifts) 21 Gregory Campbell (Virgin Blue Cycling) 22 Joel Fahy (Drapac-Porsche) 23 Ashley Baines (Cycle City) 24 Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 25 Casey Munro (Drapac-Porsche) 26 Peter Herzig (Virgin Blue Cycling) 27 Luis Trueba (Drapac-Porsche) 28 William Alexander (Virgin Blue Cycling) 29 Travis Meyer (South Australia/AIS) 30 Russell Gill (Savings & Loans) 31 Nathan Wise (Credit Collect) 32 Jason Rigg (Praties Cycling Team) 33 Guy Green (Hart-Ridewiser) 34 Graeme Allbon (Gold 1242) 35 Chris Jory (South Australia/AIS) 36 Grieve-Johnson (Praties Cycling Team) 37 Christopher Luxton (Savings & Loans) 38 Timothy Roe (Savings & Loans) 39 Reece Stephens (Credit Collect) 40 Timothy Walker (Praties Cycling Team) 41 Shaun Mccarthy (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 42 Scott Kilmartin (GD Investments) 43 Peter Milostic (GD Investments) 44 Chris Pryor (GD Investments) 45 Samuel Rix (Credit Collect) 46 Harry Rassie (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 47 Tim Guy (South Australia/AIS) 48 Kyle Bateson (GD Investments) 49 Darren Rolfe (Virgin Blue Cycling) 50 Craig McCartney (Savings & Loans) 51 Joseph Lewis (South Australia/AIS) 52 Blair Windsor (Budget Forklifts) 53 Adrian Hanson (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 54 Steven Pilson (Gold 1242) 0.55 55 Thomas Richards (Budget Forklifts) 56 Stuart Payne (Credit Collect) 57 Jay Bourke (Budget Forklifts) 58 Stefan Kirsch (Hart-Ridewiser) 59 Sam Moorhouse (Budget Forklifts) 60 Brock Roberts (Budget Forklifts) 61 James Henry (Gold 1242) 62 Patrick Lane (Jayco/VIS) 63 Abram Manion (Budget Forklifts) 2.01 64 Bradley Clark (Cycle City) 65 Mark Isaacs (Cycle City) 66 Henry Morley (Drapac-Porsche) 67 Brad Edmunds (Savings & Loans) 68 Craig Gibbs (Cycle City) 69 Robert Crowe (Hart-Ridewiser) 70 Anthony Chandler (Hart-Ridewiser) 71 Jamie Kelly (Hart-Ridewiser) 72 James Ibrahim (Credit Collect) 73 Ian Coker (Gold 1242) 4.02 74 Jay Callaghan (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 75 David Shanahan (Gold 1242) 76 Elliott Wells (Drapac-Porsche) 77 Malcolm Hart (Hart-Ridewiser) 6.03 78 Damian Harris (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 8.04 79 Peter Shanahan (Gold 1242) DNS William Ford (South Australia/AIS) DNS Glenn O'Shea (Jayco/VIS) DNS Luke Davison (Virgin Blue Cycling) DNS Brendan O'Connell ( Credit Collect) DNS Benjamin Johnson (FRF Couriers/NSWIS) DNS Jason Hegert (FRF Couriers/NSWIS) DNS Lachlan Stewart (Cycle City) Sprints End of Lap 6 1 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 3 pts 2 Casey Munro (Drapac-Porsche) 2 3 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 1 End of Lap 8 1 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 3 pts 2 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling Team) 2 3 Peter Herzig (Virgin Blue Cycling) 1 End of Lap 10 1 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 3 pts 2 Peter Herzig (Virgin Blue Cycling) 2 3 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling Team) 1 End of Lap 12 1 Shaun Mccarthy (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 3 pts 2 Timothy Walker (Praties Cycling Team) 2 3 Luis Trueba (Drapac-Porsche) 1 End of Lap 14 1 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 3 pts 2 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 2 3 Cameron Hughes (GD Investments) 1 End of Lap 16 1 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 3 pts 2 Cameron Hughes (GD Investments) 2 3 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 1 End of Lap 18 1 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 3 pts 2 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 2 3 Pip Grinter (Drapac-Porsche) 1 End of Lap 20 1 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 3 pts 2 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 2 3 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 1 End of Lap 22 1 James Langedyk (Jayco/VIS) 3 pts 2 Pip Grinter (Drapac-Porsche) 2 3 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 1 End of Lap 24 1 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 3 pts 2 Pip Grinter (Drapac-Porsche) 2 3 James Langedyk (Jayco/VIS) 1 End of Lap 26 1 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 3 pts 2 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 2 3 Cameron Hughes (GD Investments) 1 Criterium Championship 1 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 10 pts 2 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 9 3 James Langedyk (Jayco/VIS) 8 4 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 7 5 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 6 6 Pip Grinter (Drapac-Porsche) 5 7 Cameron Hughes (GD Investments) 4 8 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 3 9 Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) 2 10 Kyle Marwood (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 1 Most aggressive rider 1 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 2 pts General classification after stage 1 1 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 1.00.01 2 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 0.12 3 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 0.15 4 James Langedyk (Jayco/VIS) 0.16 5 Pip Grinter (Drapac-Porsche) 0.20 6 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 0.21 7 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 0.22 8 Cameron Hughes (GD Investments) 0.25 9 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling Team) 1.06 10 Peter Herzig (Virgin Blue Cycling) 11 Shaun Mccarthy (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 12 Casey Munro (Drapac-Porsche) 1.07 13 Timothy Walker (Praties Cycling Team) 14 Luis Trueba (Drapac-Porsche) 1.08 15 Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) 1.09 16 Kyle Marwood (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 17 David Kemp (Virgin Blue Cycling) 18 William Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 19 Jonathon Lovelock (Jayco/VIS) 20 Brett Tivers (Drapac-Porsche) 21 Michael England (GD Investments) 22 Dylan Newell (Praties Cycling Team) 23 Peter Smith (Credit Collect) 24 Charles Howlett (Gold 1242) 25 Damien Turner (Budget Forklifts) 26 Gregory Campbell (Virgin Blue Cycling) 27 Joel Fahy (Drapac-Porsche) 28 Ashley Baines (Cycle City) 29 Benjamin King (South Australia/AIS) 30 William Alexander (Virgin Blue Cycling) 31 Travis Meyer (South Australia/AIS) 32 Russell Gill (Savings & Loans) 33 Nathan Wise (Credit Collect) 34 Jason Rigg (Praties Cycling Team) 35 Guy Green (Hart-Ridewiser) 36 Graeme Allbon (Gold 1242) 37 Chris Jory (South Australia/AIS) 38 Grieve-Johnson (Praties Cycling Team) 39 Christopher Luxton (Savings & Loans) 40 Timothy Roe (Savings & Loans) 41 Reece Stephens (Credit Collect) 42 Scott Kilmartin (GD Investments) 43 Peter Milostic (GD Investments) 44 Chris Pryor (GD Investments) 45 Samuel Rix (Credit Collect) 46 Harry Rassie (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 47 Tim Guy (South Australia/AIS) 48 Kyle Bateson (GD Investments) 49 Darren Rolfe (Virgin Blue Cycling) 50 Craig McCartney (Savings & Loans) 51 Joseph Lewis (South Australia/AIS) 52 Blair Windsor (Budget Forklifts) 53 Adrian Hanson (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 54 Steven Pilson (Gold 1242) 1.21 55 Thomas Richards (Budget Forklifts) 56 Stuart Payne (Credit Collect) 57 Jay Bourke (Budget Forklifts) 58 Stefan Kirsch (Hart-Ridewiser) 59 Sam Moorhouse (Budget Forklifts) 60 Brock Roberts (Budget Forklifts) 61 James Henry (Gold 1242) 62 Patrick Lane (Jayco/VIS) 63 Abram Manion (Budget Forklifts) 2.27 64 Bradley Clark (Cycle City) 65 Mark Isaacs (Cycle City) 66 Henry Morley (Drapac-Porsche) 67 Brad Edmunds (Savings & Loans) 68 Craig Gibbs (Cycle City) 69 Robert Crowe (Hart-Ridewiser) 70 Anthony Chandler (Hart-Ridewiser) 71 Jamie Kelly (Hart-Ridewiser) 72 James Ibrahim (Credit Collect) 73 Ian Coker (Gold 1242) 4.28 74 Jay Callaghan (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 75 David Shanahan (Gold 1242) 76 Elliott Wells (Drapac-Porsche) 77 Malcolm Hart (Hart-Ridewiser) 6.29 78 Damian Harris (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 8.30 79 Peter Shanahan (Gold 1242) Sprints classification 1 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 24 pts 2 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 8 3 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 6 4 Pip Grinter (Drapac-Porsche) 5 5 Cameron Hughes (GD Investments) 4 6 James Langedyk (Jayco/VIS) 4 7 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling Team) 3 8 Peter Herzig (Virgin Blue Cycling) 3 9 Shaun Mccarthy (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 3 10 Timothy Walker (Praties Cycling Team) 2 11 Casey Munro (Drapac-Porsche) 2 12 Luis Trueba (Drapac-Porsche) 1 13 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 1 Criterium Championship classification 1 Bernard Sulzberger (Virgin Blue Cycling) 10 pts 2 Nathan Clarke (Praties Cycling Team) 9 3 James Langedyk (Jayco/VIS) 8 4 Joel Pearson (Savings & Loans) 7 5 Malcolm Rudolph (GD Investments) 6 6 Pip Grinter (Drapac-Porsche) 5 7 Cameron Hughes (GD Investments) 4 8 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 3 9 Leigh Howard (Jayco/VIS) 2 10 Kyle Marwood (Lakes Oil Cycling Team) 1 Most Aggressive rider classification 1 Will Dickeson (Savings & Loans) 2 pts Teams classification 1 GD Investments 3.02.07 2 Savings & Loans 3 Jayco/VIS 0.40 4 Praties Cycling Team 5 Virgin Blue Cycling 6 Drapac-Porsche 7 South Australia/AIS 1.23 8 Credit Collect 9 Lakes Oil Cycling Team 10 Gold 1.35 11 Budget Forklifts 12 Hart-Ridewiser 2.53 13 Cycle City 3.59
