The Max McKenzie Memorial

The Mount Gambier Cycling & Triathlon Club hosted the Max McKenzie memorial on Saturday July 24th 2010.
The event a 61 km in distance was once again held under ideal conditions, with little or no wind at the start and a slight tail wind advantage on the finishing straight.
The handicapper divided the field of 43 into 6 bunches with one lone limit rider Robin Herrewyn getting a 43 minute start on scratch.
At the halfway mark it looked as though Herrewyn may just hold out for the win & the 8.30 bunch & the 11.30 bunch came together as well, at this point the event looked to be between the middle markers and the lone limit rider.
About 6 km from the finish the well organised middle markers picked up the 16 minute bunch making a bunch of around 21 riders, at this point Robin Herrewyn was only around 1km off the front, once she was picked up there was no easing off of pace at all ensuring no back markers would catch.
Erich Gstrien from Camperdown took a well deserved win, getting caught on the front of the pack about 600meters from the line, then waiting for an inevitable jump which came at around 500 m, Erich grabbed the passing wheel of a rider who carried him closer to the line for a much shorter sprint for 1st.
Fastest time went to Tim Koopman from Mount Gambier
Final placing’s,
1st Erich Gstrien CPD, 2nd Steve King MTG., 3rd Darren Earl MTG, 4th Robert Logan PTF, 5th Craig Dunn MTG, 6th Steve McArthur MTG, 7th Mark Hermon HAM, 8th Dean McLaren HAM, 9th Steve Kennedy MTG, 10th Paul Bast HAM.
By coming 8th Dean McLaren from Hamilton now has the leader’s jersey in the Banks Thargo South West Series; Cathy Angus is now the leading female.

The next event is the Gorae West Classic, on Sunday 8th of August