Tour of Latrobe Valley - Tattersall's Cup #4 - NE

Victoria, Australia, August 21, 2002

Results

Phillip Thuaux wins race four

Egan still series leader

By Matthew Conn

Bernard Sulzberger looks like the man to watch in next Wednesday's Tour of the Tamar. The 18 year old Tasmanian Institute of Sport cyclist finished second to NSW Institute rider, Phil Thuaux in yesterday's fourth round of the Tattersall's Cup.

Thuaux may well be Sulzberger's main rival when he comes to Tasmanian to defend his title in the closing round of the $25,000 series. Thuaux again showed just how tough a bike rider he is by attacking just 10km into the 130km Tour of the Latrobe Valley. Together with BJ McIntosh, the two riders built up what looked like a race winning lead, until they were joined at 7km to go by a select group including Sulzberger and newly crowned Tasmanian Road Champion, Karl Menzies.

On the final climb of the race, Thuaux attacked the breakaway and only Sulzberger was able to follow. The young Tasmanian pushed the tempo in the breakaway and was forced to lead out the sprint by the experienced Thuaux, who sprinted past for his second win, following victory in the first round of this year's series. Menzies led home the remnants of the breakaway group to edge out McIntosh for third place.

Victorian Leigh Egan managed to hold onto his series lead after winning the bunch sprint to claim a place in the top ten. While Sulzberger, now in second overall, is almost certain to claim the Sid Patterson Rider of the Future award, a top five placing in Tasmania next week could see him claim the series win.

Results - 130 km

                                                   Points
1 Phillip Thuaux                                   23
2 Bernard Sulzberger                               21
3 Karl Menzies                                     20
4 Bruce Mcintosh                                   19
5 James Hannam                                     18
6 Leigh Egan                                       17
7 Jonathan Davis                                   16
8 Simon Walker                                     15
9 Eddie Salas                                      14
10 James Taylor                                    13
11 Nathan Russell                                  12
12 Matthew Goold                                   11
13 Andrew Torney                                   10
14 Gareth Atkins                                    9
15 Shayne Kirby                                     8
16 Joel Pearson                                     3
17 Ashley Hutchinson                                3
18 Trevor Innes                                     3
19 Dane Cheers                                      3
20 Glenn Stojanow                                   3
21 Garry Parsons                                    3
22 Jonathan Cantwell                                3
23 Steve Aitken                                     3
24 Nicholas Wood                                    3
25 Jai Crawford                                     3
26 Aaron Dalton                                     3
27 Peter Cottam                                     3
28 Christopher Carr                                 3
29 Peter Trigar                                     3
30 Brent Skippen                                    3
31 Rodney Mcgee                                     3
32 William Walker                                   3
33 Joel Sutherland                                  3
34 Ashley Baines                                    3
35 Nathan Jones                                     3
36 Tim Decker                                       3
37 Peter Milostic                                   3
38 Lee Godfrey                                      3
39 Brendan Cato                                     3
40 Andrew Graham                                    3
41 Jamie Nicholson                                  3
42 Rodney Mason                                     3
43 Christopher D'Amelio                             3
44 Bradley Bullock                                  3
45 Stephen Wooldridge                               3
46 Robert Young                                     3
47 Craig Mccartney                                  3
48 Steven Lymburn                                   3
49 Adam Pyke                                        3
50 Warren Nelson                                    3
51 Ashley Hayat                                     3
52 Samuel Rix                                       3
53 Sean Richardson                                  3
54 Rob Licciardo                                    3
55 Michael Johnson                                  3
56 Ian Chandler                                     3
57 Paul Kenny                                       3
58 Benjamin Jackson                                 3
59 Stephen Hickey                                   3
DNF Anthony Di Battista                             1
DNF Christopher Newman                              1
DNF Daniel Nelms                                    1
DNF Heath Jackson                                   1
DNF Heath Riley                                     1
DNF Michael Kennedy                                 1
DNF Anthony Predebon                                1