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PowerNet Tour of Southland - 2.2

New Zealand, November 5-10, 2007

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Stage 9 - November 10: Winton - Te Anau, 64.4 km

Roulston breaks 17 year drought

By Nathan Burdon, The Southland Times, in Te Anau

Roulston celebrates as he crosses the line to win back to back titles.
Photo ©: Barry Harcourt
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Ashburton's Hayden Roulston successfully defended his Tour of Southland title today to become the first rider in 17 years to win the race back-to-back. The Trek Zookeepers rider finished back in the pack during the final stage from Winton to Te Anau this afternoon, happy in the knowledge he could not be pushed out of the yellow jersey.

United States rider Thomas Zirbel gained his second stage win of the Tour, and the fourth overall for Glen Mitchell's Bissell Pro Cycling team, when he sprinted across the finish line in Gala St. Southland Times' Aaron Strong was second in the stage, with Joe Chapman (Creation Signs) third. Strong was left ruing an error in judgment when he wrongly assumed he was on the last lap around Queens Park, only to find out as he crossed the line that there was still a lap to go. Most the attention, however, was on the strong performance from Roulston. His winning gap was 1min 30sec over Marc Ryan, with Logan Hutchings third at 2min 49sec.

Only eight other riders have won multiple Southland tours in the race's 51 year history, among them Roulston's Trek Zookeepers team-mate Gordon McCauley. Only three had previously gone back-to-back - Stephen Cox 1981/82, Jack Swart 1983/84 and Brian Fowler 1985 to 1992. Roulston, a former Discovery Channel rider, is now eyeing a return to professional action in Europe, although he could not say with which team.

Karl Murray tried his utmost to unseat Miles Watson in the sprint ace classification, but in the end Watson was able to do enough to retain the green jersey. In the other classifications, Jeremy Yates (Subway) held onto the King of the Mountains jersey while Clinton Avery was the tour's leading junior. Colour Plus had some consolation for losing the yellow jersey to Roulston midway through the tour when it won the team's classification with four riders in the top 10.

Photography

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Results

1 Thomas Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team        1.29.54
2 Aaron Strong (NZl) The Southland Times                 0.06
3 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs                       0.09
4 Charles Howlett (Aus) Sycamore Print                   0.10
5 Clinton Avery (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel                       
6 Steve Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating                        
7 Mike Northey (NZl) The Southland Times                     
8 Brian Jenson (USA) Hilo Decorating                         
9 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Colour Plus                      0.11
10 Roman Van Uden (NZl) Sycamore Print                       
11 Miles Watson (NZl) Share The Road                         
12 Shane Archbold (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts        0.12
13 Westley Gough (NZl) Colour Plus                           
14 Mark Langlands (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts            
15 Mathew Gorter (NZl) Powernet                              
16 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team             
17 Chris Macic (NZl) The Southland Times                 0.13
18 James Williamson (NZl) Subway                             
19 Jason Barlow (NZl) Placemakers                            
20 Jack Bauer (NZl) Fulton Hogan                             
21 Adam Semple (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts               
22 Michael Grabinger (USA) Hilo Decorating                   
23 Justin Kerr (NZl) RaboPlus                                
24 Michael Fitzgerald (Aus) Creation Signs                   
25 Reon Park (NZl) Colour Plus                           0.14
26 Shem Rodger (NZl) RaboPlus                                
27 Samuel Eadie (NZl) Preston Russell Law                    
28 James Fairweather (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts         
29 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans               
30 Brad Carter (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles                0.16
31 Silas Cullen (NZl) Preston Russell Law                    
32 Jeremy Smart (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub                    
33 Scott Lyttle (NZl) The Southland Times                0.17
34 Eric Drower (NZl) Fulton Hogan                            
35 Blair Martin (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles                   
36 Paul Odlin (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe                 0.18
37 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe                
38 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe                
39 Justin Ralph (NZl) Powernet                               
40 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Colour Plus                             
41 Nick Atkinson (NZl) Placemakers                           
42 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team               0.19
43 Scott Hodges (NZl) Placemakers                            
44 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team            
45 Curtis Gunn (USA) Hilo Decorating                         
46 Marc Ryan (NZl) Colour Plus                           0.20
47 Karl Murray (NZl) RaboPlus                                
48 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Subway                                 
49 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Subway                            1.31
50 Tom Hanover (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel                        
51 Jonathan Stockwell (NZl) Cycling Southland            2.49
52 Christopher Klem (Aus) Sycamore Print                     
53 Nathan Jones (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans              2.52
54 Brett Tivers (NZl) The Southland Times                    
55 David Ayre (NZl) Cycling Southland                    3.20
56 Jonathan Atkinson (NZl) Riverside Rentals             3.21
57 Michael Van Eerd (Ned) NOW MS Society                 3.28
58 Jason Somerville (Aus) Sycamore Print                     
59 Brock Curry (USA) NOW MS Society                          
60 Eric Losak (USA) NOW MS Society                       3.30
61 Joshua England (NZl) Subway                               
62 Lachlan Shannon (NZl) South West Helicopters          4.17
63 Travis Kane (NZl) South West Helicopters                  
64 James Gibson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub                4.18
65 Ed Barrett (NZl) Benchmark Homes                          
66 David Weston (NZl) Riverside Rentals                      
67 Steven Elden (NZl) Benchmark Homes                    4.19
68 Joshua Barley (NZl) Benchmark Homes                       
69 Nick King (NZl) Creation Signs                            
70 Darrin Strahan (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles             4.21
71 Michael Torckler (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe               
72 Chris Nicholson (NZl) Fulton Hogan                    4.22
73 Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel                     
74 Glen Rewi (NZl) Creation Signs                        4.23
75 Eliot Crowther (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles             4.24
76 Will Dickeson (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans                 
77 Sam Bewley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe                     
78 Scott Ardern (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team               
79 Graeme Stone (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans                  
80 Joel Lewis (Aus) Sycamore Print                           
81 Leon Hextall (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub                    
82 Brian Biggs (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub                     
83 Joe Crooks (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub                      
84 Scott Wilder (NZl) Benchmark Homes                        
85 Rodney Weinberg (NZl) Fulton Hogan                        
86 Andrew Jamieson (NZl) Placemakers                         
87 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) South West Helicopters               
88 Aaron Lawson (NZl) Riverside Rentals                      
89 Glen Frost (NZl) Riverside Rentals                        
90 Royce Newell (NZl) Cycling Southland                      
 
Final General classification
 
1 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe         22.00.30
2 Marc Ryan (NZl) Colour Plus                            1.30
3 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Colour Plus                      2.49
4 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe             3.13
5 Reon Park (NZl) Colour Plus                            3.52
6 Clinton Avery (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel                   4.23
7 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team          7.32
8 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Colour Plus                          8.23
9 Brian Jenson (USA) Hilo Decorating                     9.54
10 Miles Watson (NZl) Share The Road                    10.00
11 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team              12.20
12 Aaron Strong (NZl) The Southland Times               12.55
13 Mark Langlands (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts       13.08
14 Thomas Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team         15.00
15 Steve Tilford (USA) Hilo Decorating                  15.02
16 Blair Martin (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles              15.41
17 Adam Semple (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts          16.07
18 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team       16.46
19 Silas Cullen (NZl) Preston Russell Law               17.48
20 Michael Grabinger (USA) Hilo Decorating              18.41
21 Shem Rodger (NZl) RaboPlus                           18.47
22 James Williamson (NZl) Subway                        19.23
23 Roman Van Uden (NZl) Sycamore Print                  19.25
24 Brad Carter (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles               19.35
25 Shane Archbold (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts       19.45
26 Westley Gough (NZl) Colour Plus                      21.12
27 Paul Odlin (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe                21.52
28 Karl Murray (NZl) RaboPlus                           22.32
29 Eric Drower (NZl) Fulton Hogan                       24.02
30 Joe Chapman (NZl) Creation Signs                     24.03
31 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Subway                            25.29
32 Charles Howlett (Aus) Sycamore Print                 25.54
33 Curtis Gunn (USA) Hilo Decorating                    26.39
34 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Subway                           27.38
35 Chris Macic (NZl) The Southland Times                28.14
36 Scott Lyttle (NZl) The Southland Times               29.24
37 Mike Northey (NZl) The Southland Times               29.44
38 Brett Tivers (NZl) The Southland Times               31.59
39 Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel                32.32
40 Nicholas Walker (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans          33.40
41 Michael Torckler (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe          34.29
42 Jason Barlow (NZl) Placemakers                       34.30
43 Tom Hanover (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel                   34.32
44 Jack Bauer (NZl) Fulton Hogan                        34.43
45 Scott Hodges (NZl) Placemakers                       34.44
46 Chris Nicholson (NZl) Fulton Hogan                   35.10
47 Justin Kerr (NZl) RaboPlus                           35.54
48 Michael Fitzgerald (Aus) Creation Signs              36.29
49 Steven Elden (NZl) Benchmark Homes                   37.59
50 Mathew Gorter (NZl) Powernet                         41.42
51 Justin Ralph (NZl) Powernet                          43.09
52 Samuel Eadie (NZl) Preston Russell Law               48.37
53 James Fairweather (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts    48.45
54 Joshua England (NZl) Subway                          48.57
55 Jonathan Atkinson (NZl) Riverside Rentals            51.38
56 Nick Atkinson (NZl) Placemakers                      51.56
57 Nathan Jones (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans             54.44
58 James Gibson (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub               54.47
59 Eliot Crowther (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles            57.01
60 Jeremy Smart (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub               57.24
61 Will Dickeson (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans          1.03.23
62 Christopher Klem (Aus) Sycamore Print              1.04.42
63 Jason Somerville (Aus) Sycamore Print              1.13.51
64 Ed Barrett (NZl) Benchmark Homes                   1.18.45
65 Lachlan Shannon (NZl) South West Helicopters       1.23.44
66 Darrin Strahan (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles          1.26.13
67 Glen Rewi (NZl) Creation Signs                     1.28.09
68 Travis Kane (NZl) South West Helicopters           1.34.32
69 Joshua Barley (NZl) Benchmark Homes                1.44.08
70 Nick King (NZl) Creation Signs                     1.44.09
71 Michael Van Eerd (Ned) NOW MS Society              1.44.10
72 Jonathan Stockwell (NZl) Cycling Southland         1.47.00
73 Brock Curry (USA) NOW MS Society                   1.49.05
74 David Weston (NZl) Riverside Rentals               1.59.32
75 David Ayre (NZl) Cycling Southland                 2.02.45
76 Eric Losak (USA) NOW MS Society                    2.04.01
77 Sam Bewley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe                     
78 Scott Ardern (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team               
79 Graeme Stone (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans                  
80 Joel Lewis (Aus) Sycamore Print                           
81 Leon Hextall (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub                    
82 Brian Biggs (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub                     
83 Joe Crooks (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub                      
84 Scott Wilder (NZl) Benchmark Homes                        
85 Rodney Weinberg (NZl) Fulton Hogan                        
86 Andrew Jamieson (NZl) Placemakers                         
87 Daryl Cleghorn (NZl) South West Helicopters               
88 Aaron Lawson (NZl) Riverside Rentals                      
89 Glen Frost (NZl) Riverside Rentals                        
90 Royce Newell (NZl) Cycling Southland                      
 
Points
 
1 Miles Watson (NZl) Share The Road                        72 pts
2 Karl Murray (NZl) RaboPlus                               65
3 Jonathan Atkinson (NZl) Riverside Rentals                27
4 Marc Ryan (NZl) Colour Plus                              26
5 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team           25
6 Michael Grabinger (USA) Hilo Decorating                  23
7 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Colour Plus                        20
8 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team            20
9 Eliot Crowther (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles                18
10 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Subway                              15
11 Justin Kerr (NZl) RaboPlus                              15
12 Curtis Gunn (USA) Hilo Decorating                       14
13 Thomas Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team            13
14 Aaron Anderson (NZl) Share The Road                     12
15 Aaron Strong (NZl) The Southland Times                  11
16 Brian Jenson (USA) Hilo Decorating                      11
17 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Subway                               10
18 Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel                   10
19 Mark Langlands (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts           8
20 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe               8
21 Joshua England (NZl) Subway                              7
22 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team                  6
23 Clinton Avery (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel                     6
24 Gordon Mccauley (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe               6
25 Michael Fitzgerald (Aus) Creation Signs                  5
26 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Colour Plus                            5
27 Mike Northey (NZl) The Southland Times                   5
28 Scott Wilder (NZl) Benchmark Homes                       5
29 Steven Elden (NZl) Benchmark Homes                       5
30 Charles Howlett (Aus) Sycamore Print                     5
31 Glen Rewi (NZl) Creation Signs                           5
32 Will Dickeson (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans                4
33 Michael Torckler (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe              3
34 Reon Park (NZl) Colour Plus                              3
35 Jason Barlow (NZl) Placemakers                           3
36 Westley Gough (NZl) Colour Plus                          3
37 Shane Archbold (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts           3
38 Graeme Stone (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans                 2
39 Chris Macic (NZl) The Southland Times                    2
40 Nathan Jones (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans                 2
41 Adam Semple (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts              2
42 Dan Waluszewski (NZl) Creation Signs                     2
43 James Williamson (NZl) Subway                            1
44 Nick King (NZl) Creation Signs                           1
45 Scott Hodges (NZl) Placemakers                           1
46 Stephen Robb (Aus) Gen-i/Savings & Loans                 1
 
Mountains
 
1 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Subway                                34 pts
2 Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team                  24
3 Will Dickeson (NZl) Gen-i/Savings & Loans                22
4 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Zookeepers Cafe               20
5 Scott Zwizanski (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling Team           18
6 Reon Park (NZl) Colour Plus                              16
7 Miles Watson (NZl) Share The Road                        16
8 Michael Grabinger (USA) Hilo Decorating                  12
9 Eliot Crowther (NZl) PFP - Calibre Cycles                12
10 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling Team            8
11 Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel                    8
12 Marc Ryan (NZl) Colour Plus                              6
13 Jonathan Atkinson (NZl) Riverside Rentals                6
14 Aaron Strong (NZl) The Southland Times                   6
15 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Colour Plus                        6
16 James Williamson (NZl) Subway                            4
17 Adam Semple (Aus) Calder Stewart Pink Batts              4
18 Justin Kerr (NZl) RaboPlus                               4
19 Brian Jenson (USA) Hilo Decorating                       4
20 Scott Wilder (NZl) Benchmark Homes                       2
21 Ryan Wills (NZl) Calder Stewart Pink Batts               2
22 Steven Elden (NZl) Benchmark Homes                       2
23 Charles Howlett (Aus) Sycamore Print                     2
24 Tim Gudsell (NZl) Colour Plus                            2
 
Teams
 
1 Colour Plus                                        66.09.14
2 Trek Zookeepers Cafe                                   7.39
3 Bissell Pro Cycling Team                              12.56
4 The Southland Times                                   35.13
5 Hilo Decorating                                       35.26
6 Calder Stewart Pink Batts                             40.06
7 RaboPlus                                              56.19
8 Subway                                                56.45
9 Ascot Park Hotel                                    1.03.09
10 PFP - Calibre Cycles                               1.17.33
11 Fulton Hogan                                       1.26.08
12 Gen-i/Savings & Loans                              1.33.55
13 Sycamore Print                                     1.39.55
14 Placemakers                                        1.44.15
15 Creation Signs                                     2.06.59
16 Benchmark Homes                                    2.50.19
17 NOW MS Society                                     3.25.25

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