Sunday, April 19, 2009

AXA Insurance Camperdown Classic

Results from the very successful 2nd annual "Axa Camperdown Classic" cycle road race over 58kms held on Saturday afternoon the 18th of April 2009.

A field of 61 riders from as far as Mount Gambier and Horsham joined the other 8 regional clubs for the running of the AXA INSURANCE Camperdown Classic road Race.
There was only one scratching from the programme on a cloudy day that saw drizzly showers threaten the start of the race. Luck had it that the roads dried up and racing was held in near perfect and dry weather conditions, with no falls or crashes, but a few withdrawls by some riders that found the hills and the pace a bit too much to handle. The 58kms course consisted of 3 laps of the fast and hilly lake Bullen Merri to Cobden circuit, with the start & finish beeing at Camperdown.
Nine bunches faced the starter at 2.00pm, with the small limit bunch off a 30 minute handicap. Bunches quickly grouped up and by midway 3 main bunches were speeding along. An intermediate sprint was held at the completion of the first lap of two and was won by young Monica Kelly from Horsham, who just pipped her club team-mate Matthew Opdecoul. In the mean time the backmarkers were quickly closing in on the leaders, and had them down to a gap of about 5 mins with one lap to go. A big crowd on the outskirts of town formed & soon the lead car was seen with the orange light flashing and decending down the hill to the finish.
One rider was away with a small bunch chasing him down into Camperdown.
It was David Tozer (pt fairy) from the scratch bunch, who had broken away from the feild and took the solo win well clear of the chasers of Simon Walsh off 5 mins, & Paul Nolte off the 12 minute mark. Fourth was Mark Hyland and fith, local favoutite Paul Kent both also from the 12 minute bunch.

Presentations were held at the Hampden Hotel followed by a slide presentation from TOPBIKE TOURS operators Emma & Dave Ollie. Who conduct cycle tour packages to all major European road races. This added a European race touch to the night which included wonderfull meals and beverages well into the night.

Results
1st David tozer Port Fairy
2nd Simon Walsh Port Fairy
3rd Paul Nolte Portland
4th Mark Hyland Warrnambool
5th Paul Kent Camperdown

Fastest time David Tozer Port Fairy
Intermediate sprint Monica Kelly
First Veteran David Tozer
1st Camperdown Rider Paul Kent
1st Female rider Jo Coombe

report compiled by E. Gstrien camperdown

For South West Series leader board click on comments below for the full table.
Next South West series Race will be Soldiers Memorial Mount Gambier on Anzac day, $1200 in Prize money for full race details check out Mount Gambier Cycling & Triathlon Club website.
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  1. Banks Thargo South West SeriesApril 19, 2009 at 10:10 PM

    NAMES CLUB

    Heath Riley Ham 66
    Garry Polack Ham 64
    Andy Graham P.F. 58
    Matthew Gstrein Cp 51
    Brendan Schultz Ham 45
    David Tozer P.F. 45
    Xavier Gstrein Cp 44
    Paul Bosch Ham 44
    Stuart Robinson Ham 44
    Glen Schouler Warr 42
    Stephen Mutch Mt.G 39
    Barry Warren Warr 37
    Paul Nolte PL 33
    Neil O'Donnell P.F. 32
    Mark Hyland Warr 32
    Chris Eichler PL 31
    Clive Coomber Warr 31
    Paul Kent Cp 31
    Kane Fraser Ham 30
    Robert Boydel Cp 30
    Simon Walsh P.F. 29
    Tony Prytz Clc 28
    Peter Radcliffe P.F. 28
    Richie Belleville P.F. 25
    Mark Hermon Ham 25
    Lawrie Peake Mt.G 25
    John Anderson PL 23
    Jeremy Kelly Hor 22
    Frank McCarthy Warr 21
    Matthew Opperman Mt.G 20
    Eric Gstrein Cp 20
    Stephen Pickles Cp 20
    Ray Bilney Mt. G 20
    Scott Noonan Mt.G 15
    Irene Whennen PL 15
    Brian McNamara Warr 15
    Alistair Tune Cp 15
    Dylan Hately Cp 15
    Dallas Jones Warr 15
    Damien McDowell P.F. 15
    Eddy Ziedaitis Cp 15
    Wayne Hately Cp 15
    Mark Molan Cp 15
    Arno Vandershans Cp 15
    Wayne Collins Warr 15
    Jon Kidman Mt. G 10
    Keiren Bannon Mt.G 10
    Tim Donehue Mt.G 10
    Matthew Bartlett Mt.G 10
    David Herrewyn Mt.G 10
    Richard Schilling Mt.G 10
    Melissa McKinlay Mt.G 10
    Stuart McKinlay Mt.G 10
    Stephen Jolley Mt. G 10
    Tim Angus Mt.G 10
    Mike Bakker Mt. G 10
    Darren Earl Mt. G 10
    Chris O'Donnell Mt. G 10
    Glen Ahearn Mt. G 10
    Tony Bolton Mt. G 10
    Stuart Pratt Mt. G 10
    AJ Batten Mt.G 10
    Tom Dermody Mt. G 10
    Nicole Everett Cp 10
    Rohan Creed Warr 10
    Chris Jehu Clc 10
    Andrew Brough PL 10
    Peter Lemke Clc 10
    Joe Gleeson Cp 10
    Brian Cunningham Cp 10
    Peter Murphy Warr 10
    Jim Dart PL 10
    Peter Coombe Cp 10
    Davina Pickles Cp 10
    Steven Carlin Cp 10
    Jahd Anderson Cp 10
    Blake Hocking Warr 10
    Robbie Helmore Cp 10
    Steve Kelly Hor 10
    Jo Coombe Cp 10
    Monica Kelly Hor 10
    Matthew Opdecoul Hor 10
    Clare Gibson Cp 10
    Kieran Glennon Cp 10
    Daniel Opdecoul Hor 10
    Darren Pearce Warr 5
    Wayne Holman Warr 5
    Robert Mann Mt.G 5
    Craig taylor P.F. 5
    Jason Winnen P.F. 5
    Simon Crispe Warr 5
    Neil Duncan P.F. 5
    Roland Evans PL 5
    Nick Lee P.F. 5
    Daryl Lawlor Cp 5
    Cameron Hart Warr 5
    Lawrie Boltodge 5
    Peter Hol P.F. 5
    Tim Alpin P.F. 5
    Danny Bourke Warr 5
    Anthony Brown Cp 5
    Chris West Mt.G 5
    Robert Helmore Cp 5
    Maddy Prior Cp 5
    Robert Bright 5
    Paul Brooker Mt.G 5
    Clive Carlyle Mt.G 5
    Cameron Shaw Clc 5
    Lachlan Nolte PL 5

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