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Tattersall's Cup Tour of the Murray River - NE
Australia, August 29-September 3, 2006
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Stage 2 - August 29: Echuca To Rochester, 103.4 km
McLachlan goes one better
By Rod Morris
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Barcelona Olympian Robert McLachlan continued his morning, in fact he bettered it in the afternoon's 103 km road stage from Echuca to Rochester, the birth town of Australian cycling legend Sir Hubert Opperman.
McLachlan was part of a 12 man breakaway that skipped clear of the peloton about 30 km from the finish line and were never headed.
In a frenetic sprint to the line at Rochester, McLachlan outgunned tour leader David Kemp and improving young Randwick rider Joshua Marden.
Despite missing the stage win, Kemp ended day one of the tour in yellow, holding an eight second lead over Marden, who is considered somewhat of a surprise packet on the leaderboard, while McLachlan is looming dangerously in third place, 11 seconds behind Kemp.
The break seemed to start rather innocuously when the field was gliding through Rochester for the first time before back through Burnewang.
"I'm not sure how the break came into being, I was just rolling along at the front and then we had a group of about a dozen riders and there was a bit of time there," McLachlan said.
"I should pay credit to Adam Murchie too, as he gave me a perfect lead out into the final sprint."
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"A tour like this you are going to need a bit of luck and I think I had a fair bit today."
McLachlan is the reigning champion in the Tattersall's Cup series, but missed the recent ACPG and enters this week's tour, 84 points behind the leader, Wesley Sulzberger of Tasmania.
Sulzberger won the Tour of Gippsland earlier this month and impressed with a fourth placing overall in the ACPG.
But he didn't feature prominently yesterday and will start Stage 3, 1.58 minutes behind Kemp in 24th place.
No need to panic yet, but Sulzberger will be looking to maintain touch with the laders before making a concerted charge when the tour gets nearer to Mildura for Sunday's finish.
The tour continues on Wednesday with a morning criterium in Kerang and a 75 km road stage from Kerang to Cohuna in the afternoon.
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- The second stage of the tour began from the Beechworth Bakery in Echuca
- The field had a 103.4km journey from Echuca to Rochester
- Riders were putting their heads together to try and form a breakaway group
- Kym Howard from South Australia on the front of the peloton early into stage two
- Victorian David Pell goes on the attack…again
- Stephen Cunningham (L) from South Australia joins Pell on the front
- Riders were beneath blue skies and mild weather near Echuca for stage two
- Stage one winner Brett Aitken in his Telstra Country-Wide Criterium Championship leader's jersey
- William Murray from Victoria riding in the riding during stage 2
- Chris Jongewaard from South Australia missed the winning break on stage two
- Coke, adding life to stage two of the Tour of the Murray River
- Time for a bite to eat…
- Robert McLachlan was part of a twelve man break that opened up with around thirty kilometres to go
- Matthew Wood from Queensland was part of the leading group which held off the chasing peloton
- Adam Murchie from Victoria was a willing worker in the lead group
- 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medalist, Sean Finning out of the saddle in the leading group
- The leaders with a forty-five second gap to the chasing peloton in the background
- Brad Edmunds from Victoria out of the saddle on a small climb near Rochester
- Joshua Marden from New South Wales rode strongly to make the podium on stage two
- Brendan Brooks from New South Wales grabs a snack in the leading group
- Back to the chasing peloton some fifty seconds behind the leaders with twenty kilometres remaining
- The chasing group (in the background) had the leaders in sight after a tight right-hand bend
- Joshua Marden (L) and Peter Ladd (green) drive the leaders towards the finish
- Robert McLachlan (L) takes out stage two ahead of David Kemp in Rochester
- The peloton sprint for thirteenth place one and a half minutes behind Robert McLachlan
- Robert McLachlan from Canberra in third place overall, eleven seconds behind the tour leader David Kemp
- Tour leader David Kemp from Rockhampton in Queensland is enjoying the Victorian sun and holds an eight second lead after two stages
- Joshua Marden, rode well in the leading group and finds himself in second place overall after the first two stages
- The stage two podium (L-R): David Kemp (2nd), Robert McLachlan (1st), and Joshua Marden (3rd)
- David Kemp, leader of the Subaru Tour of the Murray River and wearer of the yellow jersey
- Victorian Tourism King of Mountains leader Casey Munro receives some encouragement from young locals after stage two
- You can't afford to lose your head whilst on the Subaru Tour of the Murray River
Results
1 Robert McLachlan 2.20.43 (44.09 Km/Hr) 2 David Kemp 3 Joshua Marden 4 Stephen Cunningham 5 Casey Munro 6 Brendan Brooks 7 Kym Howard 0.03 8 Sean Finning 9 Peter Ladd 10 Matthew Wood 0.05 11 Brad Edmunds 0.08 12 Adam Murchie 0.10 13 Gary Mueller 1.33 14 Leigh Egan 15 Darren Harry 16 Zakkari Dempster 17 Fabio Calabria 18 Daniel Furmston 19 David Hiley 20 Jacob Sutherland 21 Robert Cater 22 Matthew Davis 23 Joe McDonnell 24 Hamish Mackirdy 25 Chris Steffanoni 26 Will Wettenhall 27 Damon De Angelis 28 Brendan Rowbotham 29 Luke Pledger 30 Peter Smith 31 Ricky Peoples 32 Tremain Permewan 33 Matthew Delahunty 34 Samuel Rix 35 Grant Webster 36 David Tozer 37 Christopher Wilding 38 Matthew Sherwin 39 Malcolm Hart 40 Benjamin Juzwin 41 Adrian Hanson 42 Cameron Peterson 43 Matthew Jensen 44 Nicholas Sanderson 45 Richie Porte 46 Jeremy Bates 47 James Fitzgerald 48 Wesley Sulzberger 49 Jarrod Harman 50 Damien Turner 51 Glen Peterson 52 Gilbert Gutowski 53 Brendan Hill 54 Craig Mackie 55 Chris Jongewaard 56 Phillip Stokes 57 Marcus Wettenhall 58 Nick Culvenor 59 Nicholas Walker 60 Thomas Baxter 61 Cameron Irwin 62 Mark O'Brien 63 James Robinson 64 Brett Aitken 65 James Hannam 66 Simon Pearson 67 Matthew Kennett 68 Peter McDonald 69 Steven Pilson 70 Timothy Decker 71 Brett Franklin 72 Jamie Kelly 73 Peter Barnett 74 James Kelly 75 Andrew Ward 76 Daniel Burtt 77 Jack Anderson 78 Will Dickeson 79 Kyle Marwood 80 William Murray 81 Joshua Gundry 82 Johnnie Walker 83 Tim Hucker 84 Bradley Clark 85 Jai Crawford 86 Jason Hegert 87 Michael Ford 88 Craig McCartney 89 Tom Middleton 90 Patrick Shaw 91 Daniel Newnham 92 Scott Peoples 93 Peter Milostic 94 Nigel Sullivan 95 Stuart Shaw 96 David Pell 97 Simon Van Der Aa 13.17 98 Peter Herzig 19.38 Sprints Mocha 33 - Kotta Memorial Hall 1 Samuel Rix 3 pts 2 David Pell 2 3 David Hiley 1 Mocha 45 - Lockington Hotel 1 Joshua Marden 3 pts 2 Gary Mueller 2 3 David Kemp 1 Mocha 60 - Ballendalla Primary School 1 Johnnie Walker 3 pts 2 Joshua Marden 2 3 Brad Edmunds 1 Mocha 71 - Rochester Primary School 1 Scott Peoples 3 pts 2 Peter Barnett 2 3 Kyle Marwood 1 Mocha 107 - Aysons Reserve - Burnewang 1 Joshua Marden 3 pts 2 David Kemp 2 3 Brad Edmunds 1 Hill Climbs Cat.4 Cross Bonn School Road 1 Casey Munro 3 pts 2 Brad Edmunds 2 3 Brendan Brooks 1 Cat.4 T-Intersection Right to Bendigo 1 Casey Munro 3 pts 2 Brad Edmunds 2 3 Matthew Wood 1 General classification after stage 2 1 David Kemp 3.02.04 2 Joshua Marden 0.08 3 Robert McLachlan 0.11 4 Casey Munro 0.16 5 Brad Edmunds 0.22 6 Stephen Cunningham 0.25 7 Brendan Brooks 0.27 8 Peter Ladd 0.32 9 Kym Howard 10 Sean Finning 11 Matthew Wood 0.33 12 Adam Murchie 0.39 13 Chris Jongewaard 1.51 14 Brett Aitken 1.52 15 Scott Peoples 1.55 16 Leigh Egan 1.56 17 Joe McDonnell 18 Peter McDonald 1.57 19 Peter Barnett 1.58 20 Johnnie Walker 21 Craig McCartney 22 Patrick Shaw 23 Zakkari Dempster 24 Wesley Sulzberger 25 Samuel Rix 1.59 26 Gary Mueller 27 Jeremy Bates 28 David Pell 2.00 29 David Hiley 2.01 30 Kyle Marwood 31 Nicholas Walker 32 Stuart Shaw 33 Robert Cater 34 Steven Pilson 2.02 35 Adrian Hanson 36 Christopher Wilding 37 Marcus Wettenhall 38 Grant Webster 39 Andrew Ward 40 Jason Hegert 41 David Tozer 42 Nigel Sullivan 43 Chris Steffanoni 44 Peter Smith 45 Matthew Sherwin 46 Brendan Rowbotham 47 Ricky Peoples 48 Daniel Newnham 49 Tom Middleton 50 Craig Mackie 51 Matthew Jensen 52 Tim Hucker 53 Brendan Hill 54 Jarrod Harman 55 Gilbert Gutowski 56 Joshua Gundry 57 Daniel Furmston 58 Matthew Delahunty 59 Matthew Davis 60 Nick Culvenor 61 Bradley Clark 62 Daniel Burtt 63 Jack Anderson 64 Cameron Peterson 65 Damien Turner 66 Timothy Decker 67 James Hannam 68 Richie Porte 69 Nicholas Sanderson 70 Jai Crawford 71 Jacob Sutherland 72 Fabio Calabria 73 Will Dickeson 74 Michael Ford 75 Mark O'Brien 76 Peter Milostic 77 Phillip Stokes 3.12 78 Luke Pledger 79 Glen Peterson 80 Matthew Kennett 81 Jamie Kelly 82 Darren Harry 83 Brett Franklin 84 Thomas Baxter 85 Simon Pearson 86 Will Wettenhall 4.22 87 James Robinson 88 Tremain Permewan 89 Cameron Irwin 90 Damon De Angelis 91 William Murray 5.32 92 Hamish Mackirdy 93 James Kelly 94 Benjamin Juzwin 95 Malcolm Hart 96 James Fitzgerald 97 Peter Herzig 20.07 98 Simon Van Der Aa 20.46 Aggressive Rider Awards 1 Brad Edmunds 2 pts 2 Peter Barnett 2 Sprint classification 1 David Kemp 17 pts 2 Joshua Marden 14 3 Brad Edmunds 11 4 Chris Jongewaard 11 5 Scott Peoples 7 6 Joe McDonnell 6 7 Peter McDonald 5 8 Casey Munro 5 9 Johnnie Walker 4 10 Zakkari Dempster 4 11 Craig McCartney 4 12 Patrick Shaw 4 13 Peter Barnett 4 14 Jeremy Bates 3 15 Samuel Rix 3 16 Gary Mueller 3 17 Wesley Sulzberger 2 18 David Pell 2 19 Stuart Shaw 1 20 Robert Cater 1 21 Nicholas Walker 1 22 Kyle Marwood 1 23 David Hiley 1 Mountains classification 1 Casey Munro 6 pts 2 Brad Edmunds 4 3 Matthew Wood 1 4 Brendan Brooks 1 Criterium classification 1 Brett Aitken 10 pts 2 Robert McLachlan 9 3 Leigh Egan 8 4 David Kemp 7 5 Wesley Sulzberger 6 6 Joshua Marden 5 7 Robert Cater 4 8 Jeremy Bates 3 9 Nicholas Sanderson 2 10 Brad Edmunds 1
