Cycling at Flinders
27.06.09
 Local
cyclists travelled to Stirling North on Saturday for the start of
their handicap races through Pichi Richi Pass. The seniors and
one junior raced to Quorn and return while the novices started 10km
from Stirling North. Some of the seniors found the different
terrain of their 63.6km race challenging while the novices were in
awe of their speed down the hill towards the finish.
None of the novices, who were sent off individually, caught the
rider in front of them although the gaps were closed considerably by
the time they reached Stirling North and unfortunately Connor
Margaritis was forced to retire with a puncture.
Chris Margaritis (0 min) put in a strong effort with Heather Cutting
managing to close the two minute gap by only 20 seconds over the
10km distance while Corey Gibbons (7 min) pace halved Heather's lead
on him.
Scratch rider Justin Burke (12 min 30 sec), set a steady pace as he
began the task of reeling in the rest of the field and was closing
fast on Jacob Hughes (11 min) in the final stages, but Jacob held
him off to finish fourth with Justin finishing with the fastest
time.
Sam Campbell was the only junior rider and started his race as
Hayden Gill and Bob Monaghan (0 min) came into view 20kms into the
senior race. Nicole Goldring, off nine mins, broke away from
Paul Waring and Peter Werner as they started, set a steady rhythm
and slowly reeled in Gary Carpenter, Darryl Fulton and Keith Gibbons
who were off four minutes and had separated on the first few hills.
Goldring then set her sights on the front markers and picked up
Monaghan, Gill and Campbell with Gill losing contact with the group
just before the turn around at Quorn. Monaghan and Campbell
couldn't maintain her pace on the return and she broke away in her
quest to reach the finish first.
The hills split most of the groups with Ryan Ware (24 min) taking
the opportunity to break away from Darren Anderson while Tim Fulton
(27 min) dropped Wil Symons, Steve Brown, Adrian Wilson and Neil
Paterson. Scratch rider Rhyse Carpenter, who was recovering
from a cold, couldn't match the pace set by Malcolm Clasohm leaving
Clasohm to reel in the rest of the field on his own. Ware
suffered at set back in the form of a flat tyre, but luckily had a
spare and was soon on his way again but had been passed by the back
markers. G. Carpenter retired before Quorn and D. Fulton
joined him a few kilometres after he had turned and headed for
Stirling North. Paterson, Clasohm, Wilson, Brown, Anderson and
T. Fulton reached speeds of over 60kms/hr on the return as they
reeled in the riders in front.
Goldring's lead was enough to see her take out the event while
Monaghan worked hard to keep second place 3kms from the finish with
the group behind closing quickly. When he was caught within
the final kilometre, he jumped on the back as they passed.
Brown was first to make the move in the sprint, but Clasohm was
stronger and led this group across the line to claim the fastest
time. Clasohm finished in second place ahead of Paterson,
Anderson, Wilson, Brown, T. Fulton and Monaghan.
FULL RACE RESULTS
HERE
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