Division 1Christian Godyn went form the base of Blood to win the Prime. This was a better tactic then his 2018 prime winning move from km zero.
First major break of the day was brought back promptly. The second break of Neppl, Sinteur and Chris Schofield was given a bit of space. At the end of the second lap they had 1min 15 seconds. The gap extended slightly in the last 26km's. At the base of Blood Neppl opened a 5 second lead on Sinteur which he held to the finish 3km latter
The bunch sprint for 3rd was a very close sprint between DHUEZ's Jordon Ross and St George's Luke Cridland. The Photo gave it to Jordon. However both riders received a warning form the Commissaire for 2 infringements. Ross, for moving off his line with the intention of forcing a rider into the outside lane. Cridland for entering the outside lane.
Millington did more than enough to defend the yellow jersey.
1st Ben NEPPL …… Hunter District CC …. 1:35:06
2nd Craig SINTEUR …… North Westerrn Sydney …. +0:08
3rd Jordan ROSS …… Illawarra CC …. +1:44
4th Luke CRIDLAND …… St George CC ….
5th Johnathan MILLINGTON …… Hunter District CC ….
6th Christopher BALL …… Manly Warringah CC ….
7th Scott BUTLER …… illawarra ….
8th Charl VAN WYK …… Sydney Uni Velo Club ….
9th Craig STEVENS …… Northern Sydney CC ….
10th Ben WARE …… Peloton Sports ….
11th Mick CURRAN …… Central Coast CC ….
12th Daniel CRANFIELD …… Central Coast CC ….
13th Nathan BONARIUS …… Sydney Uni Velo Club ….
14th Tim CURRY …… sydney uni velo ….
15th Luc MCCANN …… Manning Valley CC …. +1:49
16th Chris SCHOFIELD …… Sydney CC ….
17th Daniel SULLIVAN …… Hunter District CC ….
18th Peter WAKEFIELD …… Penrith CC …. +1:53
19th Geoff RICKARDS …… Sydney cc …. +1:55
20th Grant HARMER …… Central Coast CC …. +2:04
21st Mathieu BREMAUD …… Randwick Botany CC …. +2:37
22nd Christian GODYN …… Hunter …. +2:54
23rd Allan SMITH …… Randwick Botany CC …. +6:20
Div 1 Blood Hill Prime 1 Christian GODYN
Division 2 Kevin Berkeley's defence of the Yellow Jersey was more attack then defence, as he repeatedly tried to get a move going. I am guessing that the bunch came to the base of Blood on the final lap all together when Ben Exerly and Matt Hazard forged a lead. Exley's determination over the top of the climb gapped the Park Life rider and he stayed away for a solid victory.
I believed that Berkleys 3rd place in the bunch sprint was enough to retain the lead however on points calculations he now sits 1 point behind new leader Exerly.
1st Ben EXLEY …… Central Coast CC …. 1:40:25
2nd Matt HAZARD …… Parklife CC …. +0:05
3rd Andrew BALLAS …… Camden CC …. +0:18
4th Nick JOHNS …… Nowra Velo Club ….
5th Kevin BERKELEY …… Parramatta CC ….
6th Andrew HELLMICH …… CentralCoast ….
7th David BUTT …… Sydney cc ….
8th Matthew COY …… Bicisport ….
9th Brendan BUHAGIAR …… Central Coast CC ….
10th Geoff BAXTER …… Randwick Botany CC …. +0:23
10th Will MCLAREN …… Manly Warringah CC ….
11th Matt WALKER …… Hunter District CC …. +0:34
12th Stephen BORG …… North Western Sydney CC ….
13th David EMERY …… Central Coast CC ….
14th Tom CLAYTON …… Waratah Masters CC ….
15th James VAN GELDER …… lidcombe auburn …. +0:36
16th Russell DARRIN …… Syd Velo …. +0:52
17th Nicholas MARTIN …… Sydney Uni Velo Club ….
18th Jack YUEN …… Waratah Masters CC ….
19th Matthew HOOKER …… Marconi CC …. +3:11
Div 2 Blood Hill Prime
1 Matt HAZARD
Division 3 On the first assent of Blodd hill Sam Leach surged ahead. He took this as a good omen for the second lap. Sam broke the field over the top of the final climb. At this stage Campbell Fuller was in the second group. Despite their best intentions, the leaders were unable to maintain a gap and the peloton was all together for a bunch gallop. Campbell was not going to waste his good fortune came to the front with 150m to go. A photo had to decide 2nd place
Fuller was all smiles on the podium with the realisation he would be in Yellow for the final Round.
1st Campbell FULLER …… randwick botany …. 1:28:21
2nd David GERRISH …… Dubbo CC ….
3rd Keith HARRIS …… hunter ….
4th Matthew GREEN …… Hunter District CC ….
5th Sam LEACH …… Sydney CC ….
6th Rodney LATHAM …… Illawarra CC ….
7th Patrick GRANT …… Hunter District CC ….
8th Peter SELKRIG …… Randwick Botany CC ….
9th Benjamin BECKERS …… Sydney CC ….
10th Simone HEPPELL …… CentralCoast ….
11th Dean MARCINKOWSKI …… Illawarra CC ….
12th Peter ROBERTSON …… Harlequin …. +0:03
13th Ross BOWLES …… Harlequin ….
14th Nosh MISTRY …… St George CC ….
15th Russell FOX …… Parklife CC ….
16th Richard MEASURES …… Manly Warringah CC ….
17th Alan CHAPMAN …… Newcastle CC …. +0:06
18th Ben PATTERSON …… Central Coast CC ….
19th Rhys ASHPOLE …… hunter …. +0:09
20th Darrin TUCKER …… Randwick Botany CC …. +0:23
21st Bree PLAYEL …… Manly Warringah CC …. +0:39
22nd Andrew ROBERTSON …… Lidcombe Auburn CC …. +1:01
23rd Ivor THOMAS …… Manning Valley CC …. +2:53
24th Katie BANERJEE …… Harlequin …. +3:21
25th Antonio SIMONELLI …… Rapha CC …. +7:24
26th Chris KNOX …… Northern Sydney CC …. +8:01
27th Brett PONNUSAMY …… Parramatta CC …. +16:16
Div 3 Blood Hill Prime 1 Sam LEACH
Division 4 Take the Div 3 report and cut and paste. Now simply replace the name Sam Leach with Eric Dole and Campbell Fuller with David Browne. Report Done!
1st David BROWNE …… Bicisport …. 1:33:27
2nd John MASON …… Dulwich Hill BC ….
3rd Blake CALLEN …… Central Coast CC ….
4th Bryan ATKINS …… Hunter Valley Masters CC ….
5th Daniel KING …… Newcastle CC ….
6th Justin WOOLLARD …… Manning Valley CC ….
7th Eric DOLE …… Bicisport ….
8th Brett STEWART …… Central Coast CC ….
9th Robert DAVEY …… Penrith CC ….
10th Michael KELLY …… Sydney CC ….
11th Ross MURDOCH …… Newcastle CC ….
12th Ben WEINERT …… CentralCoast ….
13th Arthur SNOW …… Hunter ….
14th Micahel BOWEN …… Newcastle CC ….
15th Derek CRAIG …… Central Coast CC ….
16th Keith DRINKWATER …… Hunter ….
17th Dayna DAVIDSON …… southern cross ….
18th Peter MCKAY …… Manning Valley CC …. +0:04
19th Andrew JACKSON …… Camden CC ….
20th Peter SHARMAN …… Randwick Botany CC ….
21st Steve CASSIDY …… Waratah Masters CC …. +0:54
Div 4 Blood Hill Prime
1 Eric DOLE
Division 5 across the line
Apparently the 12.5km Neutral zone was a little fast for the div 5 group although you would not have known it when you saw them start. They smashed the first 10km and a large number of riders were dropped early.
Ian Granger jumped away on Blood to take the prime and this forced even more speed out of the group. Thus reducing the size even more. By the finish only 11 riders made it to contest the sprint.
Thomas Muckle was very eager to do well after his good showing at Hez and well he did. The 71 year old the young riders butts.
On Age adjusted Thomas won that by an even bigger margin. I have had a lot of positive feedback about the age adjusted format of Div 5, there has been some negative feedback as well. The concept of the Div 5 is an added grade to ensure there is a race for all masters but the balance of trying to keep this divisions intensity less. Not an easy task.
I have noted an interesting Pattern in the ages of the top 7 riders on Points
71, 69, 61, 71, 61, 71, 71
(7
to 1 +71)
1st Thomas MUCKLE …… Hunter District CC …. 1:09:10
2nd Guy PAGE …… Central Coast CC ….
3rd David REGATTIERI …… Central Coast CC ….
4th Harry ROURKE …… Waratah Masters CC ….
5th Andrew TRAPPITT …… Central Coast CC ….
6th Ian GRAINGER …… Bicisport ….
7th Brian SMITH …… Central Coast CC ….
8th Jess BURVILL …… Sydney cc ….
9th John MUSICH …… Central Coast CC ….
10th Colin BROOS …… Manning Valley CC ….
11th Robert SCOTT …… Central Coast CC …. +0:05
12th Greg FISHER …… Waratah Masters CC …. +2:52
13th Hugh JONES …… Hunter Valley Masters CC …. +6:18
14th Vaso STOJACKOVIC …… Harlequin …. +8:34
15th Mark CRAIG …… nortern suburbs …. +9:06
16th Simone CHAMPION …… CentralCoast …. +11:03
17th Penelope ROWBOTHAM …… Peloton Sports …. +14:04
18th Colin KNEALE …… Sutherland Shire CC …. +14:05
19th Russell GARSTANG …… CentralCoast …. +16:30
Div 5 Blood Hill Prime 1 Ian GRAINGER
Division 5 Age adjusted RESULT
1 MUCKLE Thomas 70
2 PAGE Guy 67
3 ROURKE Harry 67
4 GRAINGER Ian 65
5 SMITH Brian 64
6 ROWBOTHAM Penelope 63
7 REGATTIERI David 58
8 JONES Hugh 57
9 TRAPPITT Andrew 56
10 BURVILL Jess 55
11 MUSICH John 54
12 KNEALE Colin 54
13 BROOS Colin 51
14 FISHER Greg 50
15 CHAMPION Simone 49
16 SCOTT Robert 46
17 GARDNER Julie 41
18 STOJACKOVIC Vaso 37
20 CRAIG Mark 37
19 GARSTANG Riussell 30