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Jayco Tour of Tasmania - NE
Australia, August 17-21, 2005
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Stage 4 - August 18: Scottsdale - Lilydale, 41.2 km
Taberlay tears it apart
By Rod Morris
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Tasmanian mountainbike champion Sid Taberlay carried the flag for his home state in stage four of the Tattersall's Cup Jayco Tour of Tasmania, with a stunning victory. Taberlay won the Scottsdale to Lilydale stage, which included four hill climbs, and it was over that terrain that the Hobart based rider strutted his stuff. Preparing for next month's World Mountain Bike Championships in Italy and the next round of the World Cup in Scotland, Taberlay is using the Tour of Tasmania as a training campaign and snaring a stage win wasn't really in his plans.
There were four hill climbs, including three Category 3s and Taberlay showed his prowess by winning three of them and clinching second behind Peter Herzig (Qld) in the other. Those placings ensured Taberlay overtook McCauley in the King of the Mountain title and with four hill climbs remaining, including a tough Category 1 over Heartbreak Hill in today's fifth stage, that battle within the tour will be engrossing. Taberlay crossed the Stage 4 finish line six seconds ahead of Robert McLachlan and a further three seconds to Victorian Darren Lapthorne.
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Higgerson controlled the leader's jersey by finishing in the top 10 (eighth),
with his main challengers, McCauley and Clarke losing valuable time. David McKenzie
crossed the line alongside Higgerson at 34 seconds behind Taberlay and he remains
fourth overall, but 1.18 minutes adrift.
Tasmanian star Matthew Goss also lost a little bit of time in Stage 4, but is
still the best placed local rider. Goss is seventh at 2.12 minutes behind.
The tour continues tomorrow with the fifth and sixth stages. Stage 5 will see the riders tackle Heartbreak Hill in the Deloraine to Sheffield race and then in the afternoon, will contest a 32 km kermesse around the streets of Sheffied. On Saturday, George Town will host a morning criterium and an afternoon George Town to Beauty Point stage before Sunday's closing criterium around the Launceston Brickfields Reserve.
Photography
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- Tour organisers are grateful to the Tasmanian police for their work during the event
- The Cyclingnews wagon on tour as a spares vehicle
- Caleb Manion needs assistance from a spares wagon early into stage four
- Matt Goss ahead of the field not far from Scottsdale
- The tour heads towards Lilydale on the 41.2km stage four from Scottsdale
- The peloton climbing between Scottsdale and Lilydale in Tasmania's North East
- Robert McLachlan on the front of the field during stage four
- Robert Tighello setting the pace with McLachlan and Rice in tow
- A group of riders looking to get a break on the pack behind
- David Oliver from Launceston strikes trouble on a climb
- Robert Tighello (R) and Wes Sulzberger - Please be my guest
- Sid Taberlay gets off the front heading for Lilydale
- The bunch heads towards a rail-crossing near Lebrina
- Bernard Sulzberger sets out after leader Sid Taberlay
- Stuart Shaw leads Robert Tighello over a railway crossing at Lebrina
- Tassie mountain bike star Sid Taberlay on his way to a stage victory
- Sid Taberlay from Hobart takes out stage four into Lilydale
- The remnants of the bunch make their way across the line in Lilydale
- Robert McLachlan , second on stage four
- The podium after stage four (L-R): Robert McLachlan (2nd) Sid Taberlay (1st) and Darren Lapthorne (3rd)
- The Tamar Valley King of the Mountains leader after stage four, Gordon McCauley of New Zealand
- No standing except when on a podium!
- Launceston Mayor Janie Dickenson (L) with tour leader Shaun Higgerson from New South Wales
- Hey Sid any chance I can share the champers with ya?
Results
1 Sid Taberlay 1.00.31 2 Robert McLachlan 0.06 3 Darren Lapthorne 0.09 4 Peter Herzig 5 Richard Moffatt 0.27 6 Joshua Collingwood 0.31 7 Bernard Sulzberger 0.34 8 Shaun Higgerson 9 David McKenzie 10 Luke Weir 11 Robert Tighello 0.40 12 Chris Jongewaard 13 Daniel Furmston 14 Gordon McCauley 15 Matthew Rice 16 Peter McDonald 17 Wesley Sulzberger 18 Peter Milostic 19 Johhny Walker 0.50 20 Simon Clarke 21 Matthew Goss 22 Robert Hodgson 23 Patrick Shaw 0.58 24 Joshua Marden 25 Mathew Rex 26 Peter Ladd 27 Cameron Wise 28 Stuart Shaw 29 Joshua Wall 1.01 30 Andrew Ward 1.14 31 Robert Cater 32 Matt Haydock 1.32 33 Nash Kent 34 Michael Ford 35 Jason Hegert 36 Steven Pilson 37 Trent Stevenson 38 Jarrod Harman 39 Timothy Walker 40 John Rayner 1.57 41 David Kemp 42 Sean Finning 43 Andrew Hanigan 44 Peter Dawson 45 Andrew Naylor 46 Aaron Salisbury 47 Casey Munro 48 David Hiley 2.33 49 Steven Robb 50 Daniel Burtt 51 Luke Dale 2.38 52 Nathan Wise 2.47 53 James Maebus 2.55 54 Simon Van Der Aa 55 Matthew Sydes 3.18 56 William Robinson 3.41 57 Corey Roberts 58 Luke Bettany 59 Brendan Washington 60 Scott Peoples 61 Michael Hardy 5.09 62 Heath Keenan 63 Phil Gough 5.13 64 Russell Gill 65 Kirk Eddy 6.30 66 Jason Johnson 7.00 67 William Murray 7.17 68 Matthew Gilbert 7.22 69 David Oliver 8.02 70 Samuel Rix 12.15 71 Caleb Manion 13.57 72 Glenn Myler 16.00 73 Andrew Cochrane 19.25 Sprints Mocka No. 23 - Golconda Town Sign 1 Patrick Shaw 3 pts 2 Chris Jongewaard 2 3 Robert Tighello 1 Mocka No. 30 - Lebrina Post Office 1 Peter Herzig 3 pts 2 Sid Taberlay 2 3 Peter McDonald 1 Hill Climbs Cat.4 Mocka No. 14 1 Sid Taberlay 3 pts 2 Luke Dale 2 3 Robert Tighello 1 Cat.3 Mocka No. 24 1 Sid Taberlay 5 pts 2 Robert Tighello 3 3 Peter Herzig 2 Cat.3 Mocka No. 27 1 Peter Herzig 5 pts 2 Sid Taberlay 3 3 Gordon McCauley 2 Cat.3 Mocka No. 34 1 Sid Taberlay 5 pts 2 Darren Lapthorne 3 3 Robert McLachlan 2 General classification after stage 4 1 Shaun Higgerson 5.22.14 2 Gordon McCauley 0.12 3 Simon Clarke 0.36 4 David McKenzie 1.18 5 Richard Moffatt 1.24 6 Stuart Shaw 1.45 7 Matthew Goss 2.12 8 Patrick Shaw 3.11 9 Robert McLachlan 4.09 10 Peter McDonald 4.12 11 Matthew Rice 4.18 12 David Kemp 4.59 13 Peter Milostic 5.03 14 Bernard Sulzberger 5.07 15 Peter Herzig 5.35 16 Johhny Walker 5.56 17 Joshua Collingwood 18 Wesley Sulzberger 6.09 19 Darren Lapthorne 6.16 20 Andrew Naylor 6.38 21 Mathew Rex 7.08 22 Joshua Marden 7.12 23 Joshua Wall 7.13 24 Sean Finning 7.15 25 Chris Jongewaard 7.33 26 Jarrod Harman 7.53 27 Jason Hegert 8.06 28 Matt Haydock 8.12 29 Nash Kent 8.21 30 Michael Ford 31 Peter Dawson 8.40 32 David Hiley 8.49 33 Casey Munro 8.50 34 Daniel Burtt 8.57 35 Aaron Salisbury 9.41 36 Luke Bettany 10.51 37 Phil Gough 11.17 38 Daniel Furmston 13.42 39 James Maebus 14.03 40 Matthew Gilbert 14.06 41 Timothy Walker 14.59 42 Robert Hodgson 15.01 43 Andrew Hanigan 15.31 44 Peter Ladd 15.54 45 Trent Stevenson 16.15 46 Luke Dale 16.40 47 Steven Pilson 16.52 48 Heath Keenan 17.22 49 Matthew Sydes 18.43 50 William Robinson 19.06 51 Luke Weir 19.19 52 Robert Cater 19.22 53 Corey Roberts 19.26 54 Russell Gill 20.58 55 Caleb Manion 21.01 56 Sid Taberlay 22.04 57 Nathan Wise 22.26 58 Robert Tighello 22.57 59 Cameron Wise 23.54 60 Simon Van Der Aa 26.50 61 Samuel Rix 27.54 62 Andrew Ward 31.38 63 John Rayner 37.56 64 Brendan Washington 38.39 65 Kirk Eddy 39.24 66 Michael Hardy 41.19 67 David Oliver 43.00 68 William Murray 43.09 69 Steven Robb 45.46 70 Glenn Myler 56.06 71 Jason Johnson 58.44 72 Scott Peoples 1.08.26 73 Andrew Cochrane 1.24.12 Sprint classification 1 Peter McDonald 34 pts 2 Johhny Walker 20 3 David Kemp 10 4 Patrick Shaw 8 5 David McKenzie 7 6 Simon Clarke 6 7 Gordon McCauley 5 8 Peter Milostic 4 9 Peter Herzig 3 10 Heath Keenan 3 11 Richard Moffatt 3 12 Shaun Higgerson 3 13 Chris Jongewaard 2 14 Andrew Naylor 2 15 Joshua Collingwood 2 16 Bernard Sulzberger 2 17 Sid Taberlay 2 18 Matthew Goss 1 19 Samuel Rix 1 20 Wesley Sulzberger 1 21 Robert Tighello 1 King of the Mountain classification 1 Sid Taberlay 18 pts 2 Gordon McCauley 14 3 Matthew Goss 8 4 Shaun Higgerson 8 5 Peter Herzig 7 6 David Kemp 4 7 Robert Tighello 4 8 Darren Lapthorne 3 9 Stuart Shaw 3 10 Luke Dale 2 11 Robert McLachlan 2 12 Nathan Wise 1 13 Richard Moffatt 1 14 Bernard Sulzberger 1 Criterium championship 1 Peter McDonald 10 pts 2 Johhny Walker 9 3 Chris Jongewaard 8 4 Simon Clarke 7 5 Robert McLachlan 6 6 Matthew Gilbert 5 7 Stuart Shaw 4 8 Matthew Goss 3 9 Mathew Rex 2 10 Patrick Shaw 1 Most aggressive rider 1 Gordon McCauley 2 pts 2 David McKenzie 2 3 Sid Taberlay 2 4 Peter McDonald 2 5 Johhny Walker 2
