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Timbercorp Cup Tour of the Murray River - NE

Australia, August 26-September 2, 2007

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Stage 3 - August 27: Kerang criterium, 33 km

Irwin gets another Caribou-style win

By Rod Morris in Kerang

Queensland based Grant Irwin won his third race in Caribou-promoted history, claiming the morning's 33-kilometre criterium in Kerang. Irwin won the Merbein to Wentworth stage of the 2005 Tour of the Murray River and in this year's Timbercorp Cup series, closed off the Tour of Gippsland with victory in the Bairnsdale Criterium.

The tall 22 year-old unleashed a powerful closing sprint to edge out Gary Meuller of Melbourne and tour veteran Robbie McLachlan from Canberra. It was an all-up bunch sprint after riders had completed the 33 kilometres in just 46'33" minutes, equating to an average speed of 42.53 km/h! "The pace was definitely on, right from the start," Irwin said. "Not everything went to plan, but in the end we got the right result."

We – in Irwin terms – means the newly formed Ord Minnett team, which is very quickly establishing some very good results on the domestic Australian cycling scene. After running second to Brett Aitken in the opening stage criterium in Echuca, Irwin was awarded the leader's jersey, but then slipped to fourth place, some 29 seconds behind the new leader Peter McDonald in the Moama to Barham road stage. Another strong result in a lightning-quick criterium, kept Irwin well and truly in reach of the lead, dragging back 8 seconds on McDonald. "There is still a long way to go in this bike race, so getting into yellow this early is not exactly our team's goal," Irwin said. McDonald expressed similar feelings, but was quick to add "Its nice to be the leader, but with it comes plenty of extra attention from the rest of the field."

"You can't make a move without one team or another ready to attack you and then throw in another attack." "You have to be on your guard throughout every moment of the race, otherwise you could lose so much time that your tour would be almost over." The strong cross winds that riders endured on Sunday took its effect on a large portion of the field and realistically there are only a dozen riders left with a genuine chance of overall victory. Twelfth placed Jack Bobridge (South Australia) is 48 seconds down on McDonald, but then it's a huge jump to the 13th placed Miles Watson (NZ), who is more than 9 minutes in arrears. News from Sunday's crash that New Zealander' Josh Page had suffered severe facial injuries was also confirmed in the early part of Day 2.

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Results

1 Grant Irwin                                                         46.33 (42.535 km/h)
2 Gary Mueller                                                             
3 Robert McLachlan                                                         
4 Leigh Howard                                                             
5 Douglas Repacholi                                                        
6 Robert Cater                                                             
7 Nicholas Sanderson                                                       
8 Brett Aitken                                                             
9 John Ebeling                                                             
10 Matthew Sherwin                                                         
11 Miles Watson                                                            
12 Patrick Shaw                                                            
13 Michael Stallard                                                        
14 Jacob Lea                                                               
15 Jack Bobridge                                                           
16 Peter McDonald                                                          
17 Ben Mather                                                              
18 Steven Robb                                                             
19 Peter Dawson                                                            
20 Benjamin King                                                           
21 Jarrod Harman                                                           
22 Russell Gill                                                            
23 David Pell                                                              
24 Brendan Schultz                                                         
25 Darcy Rosenlund                                                         
26 Brad Edmunds                                                            
27 Tony Mann                                                               
28 Gilbert Gutowski                                                        
29 Cameron Hughes                                                          
30 Daniel Braunsteins                                                      
31 Travis Frisby                                                           
32 Samuel Rix                                                              
33 Tom Middleton                                                           
34 Nathan Wise                                                             
35 Daniel McCulloch                                                        
36 Hayden Josefski                                                         
37 Grant Webster                                                           
38 David Kemp                                                              
39 David Tozer                                                             
40 Jeremy Hills                                                            
41 Chris Jory                                                              
42 Glen Peterson                                                           
43 Jamie Crass                                                             
44 Craig Robertson                                                         
45 Gavin Nicholls                                                          
46 Chris Steffanoni                                                        
47 Matt King                                                               
48 Evan Corry                                                              
49 Matt Sillars                                                            
50 Peter Smith                                                             
51 Will Dickeson                                                           
52 Stephen Price                                                           
53 Timothy Decker                                                          
54 Nigel Sullivan                                                          
55 Jason Hegert                                                            
56 Will Wettenhall                                                         
57 Luke Aggett                                                             
58 Mark Jamieson                                                           
59 Peter Milostic                                                          
60 Thomas Baxter                                                           
61 Jonathan Coulter                                                        
62 Sean Finning                                                            
63 Shaun Higgerson                                                         
64 Miles Olman                                                             
65 Brendan Jones                                                       0.31
66 Lachlan Stewart                                                         
67 Malcolm Rudolph                                                         
68 Vaughan Bowman                                                      0.47
69 Re Meneaud-Young                                                    0.48
70 Simon Brown                                                         0.51
71 Daniel Furmston                                                     1.21
72 Brendon Sharratt                                                        
 
Sprints
 
Lap 6
1 Peter Dawson                                                            3 pts
2 Miles Watson                                                            2
3 John Ebeling                                                            1
 
Lap 8
1 Robert Cater                                                            3 pts
2 Patrick Shaw                                                            2
3 David Pell                                                              1
 
Lap 10
1 Tony Mann                                                               3 pts
2 Jack Bobridge                                                           2
3 Darcy Rosenlund                                                         1
 
Lap 12
1 Miles Watson                                                            3 pts
2 Vaughan Bowman                                                          2
3 Sean Finning                                                            1
 
Lap 14
1 Sean Finning                                                            3 pts
2 Miles Watson                                                            2
3 Gilbert Gutowski                                                        1
 
Lap 16
1 Brendon Sharratt                                                        3 pts
2 Sean Finning                                                            2
3 Brendan Jones                                                           1
 
Lap 18
1 Brendon Sharratt                                                        3 pts
2 Sean Finning                                                            2
3 Michael Stallard                                                        1
 
Lap 20
1 Sean Finning                                                            3 pts
2 Brendon Sharratt                                                        2
3 Gavin Nicholls                                                          1
 
Lap 22
1 Michael Stallard                                                        3 pts
2 David Pell                                                              2
3 Mark Jamieson                                                           1
 
Lap 24
1 David Pell                                                              3 pts
2 Peter McDonald                                                          2
3 Miles Olman                                                             1
 
Lap 26
1 Miles Watson                                                            3 pts
2 Patrick Shaw                                                            2
3 David Kemp                                                              1

Criterium championships
 
1 Grant Irwin                                                            10 pts
2 Gary Mueller                                                            9
3 Robert McLachlan                                                        8
4 Leigh Howard                                                            7
5 Douglas Repacholi                                                       6
6 Robert Cater                                                            5
7 Nicholas Sanderson                                                      4
8 Brett Aitken                                                            3
9 John Ebeling                                                            2
10 Matthew Sherwin                                                        1
 
Most aggressive rider
 
1 Sean Finning                                                            2 pts
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Peter McDonald                                                    4.15.51
2 David Pell                                                           0.08
3 Grant Irwin                                                          0.21
4 Patrick Shaw                                                         0.23
5 Robert McLachlan                                                     0.33
6 Leigh Howard                                                         0.34
7 John Ebeling                                                         0.44
8 Tom Middleton                                                        0.45
9 Benjamin King                                                        0.47
10 David Kemp                                                              
11 Jack Bobridge                                                       0.48
12 Cameron Hughes                                                      0.49
13 Miles Watson                                                        9.09
14 Brad Edmunds                                                        9.22
15 Tony Mann                                                           9.34
16 Darcy Rosenlund                                                     9.40
17 Peter Dawson                                                        9.55
18 Nicholas Sanderson                                                 10.02
19 Mark Jamieson                                                      10.12
20 Jarrod Harman                                                      10.13
21 Brett Aitken                                                       10.27
22 Gavin Nicholls                                                     11.15
23 Re Meneaud-Young                                                   11.16
24 Sean Finning                                                       15.43
25 Robert Cater                                                       15.48
26 Gary Mueller                                                       15.49
27 Russell Gill                                                       15.50
28 Will Dickeson                                                      15.54
29 Michael Stallard                                                   15.55
30 Gilbert Gutowski                                                        
31 Ben Mather                                                         15.57
32 Douglas Repacholi                                                       
33 Steven Robb                                                        15.58
34 Travis Frisby                                                      15.59
35 Jacob Lea                                                               
36 Brendan Schultz                                                         
37 Daniel McCulloch                                                        
38 Hayden Josefski                                                         
39 Chris Steffanoni                                                        
40 David Tozer                                                             
41 Craig Robertson                                                         
42 Timothy Decker                                                          
43 Evan Corry                                                              
44 Chris Jory                                                              
45 Matt King                                                               
46 Peter Milostic                                                          
47 Matt Sillars                                                            
48 Shaun Higgerson                                                    16.16
49 Lachlan Stewart                                                    16.30
50 Jamie Crass                                                        16.35
51 Miles Olman                                                        16.55
52 Brendan Jones                                                      16.59
53 Daniel Furmston                                                    17.20
54 Will Wettenhall                                                    19.24
55 Glen Peterson                                                      21.44
56 Luke Aggett                                                             
57 Samuel Rix                                                         24.17
58 Matthew Sherwin                                                    29.51
59 Daniel Braunsteins                                                 29.56
60 Jason Hegert                                                       30.50
61 Nigel Sullivan                                                     31.01
62 Jonathan Coulter                                                        
63 Vaughan Bowman                                                     31.35
64 Peter Smith                                                        31.40
65 Nathan Wise                                                        32.07
66 Malcolm Rudolph                                                    33.49
67 Simon Brown                                                        34.05
68 Brendon Sharratt                                                   34.45
69 Thomas Baxter                                                      35.41
70 Grant Webster                                                      36.39
71 Stephen Price                                                      40.26
72 Jeremy Hills                                                       42.46

Sprints classification
 
1 Miles Watson                                                           30 pts
2 David Pell                                                             19
3 Patrick Shaw                                                           17
4 Sean Finning                                                           16
5 Peter McDonald                                                         15
6 Peter Dawson                                                           13
7 Brad Edmunds                                                           10
8 Brendon Sharratt                                                        8
9 Grant Irwin                                                             6
10 Darcy Rosenlund                                                        6
11 Robert Cater                                                           5
12 Michael Stallard                                                       4
13 Leigh Howard                                                           4
14 Gilbert Gutowski                                                       4
15 David Kemp                                                             3
16 Tony Mann                                                              3
17 Jack Bobridge                                                          2
18 Vaughan Bowman                                                         2
19 Mark Jamieson                                                          1
20 Miles Olman                                                            1
21 Cameron Hughes                                                         1
22 John Ebeling                                                           1
23 Brendan Jones                                                          1
24 Gavin Nicholls                                                         1
25 Benjamin King                                                          1
 
Criterium championships classification
 
1 Grant Irwin                                                            19 pts
2 Brett Aitken                                                           13
3 Robert McLachlan                                                       13
4 Nicholas Sanderson                                                     12
5 Gary Mueller                                                            9
6 Russell Gill                                                            7
7 Leigh Howard                                                            7
8 Douglas Repacholi                                                       6
9 Patrick Shaw                                                            6
10 Robert Cater                                                           5
11 Darcy Rosenlund                                                        4
12 Peter Dawson                                                           3
13 John Ebeling                                                           2
14 Tom Middleton                                                          2
15 Will Dickeson                                                          1
16 Matthew Sherwin                                                        1
 
Most aggressive rider classification
 
1 David Pell                                                              2 pts
2 Sean Finning                                                            2
3 Robert McLachlan                                                        2