jau! robbie scheint schon bereit für die tdu zu sein! und matt white zeigt mal wieder, dass er was kann.

sogar der once-davis noch vor cooke und mc gee! hut ab!

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Brisbane, December 8, 2002 White Knight strikes again; McEwen takes overall honours By Sharon Payne A Grade Criterium US Postal rider, Matt White secured his second win in as many months today, taking out the South Bank International Criterium in Brisbane. A breakaway with 25 year old Western Australian Road Champion, Jaaron Poad, proved beneficial for White who was too strong for Poad in the final straight. The win was not enough to secure the Overall Points Series, with Tour De France maillot vert, Robbie McEwen, taking out the honours. Grid positions for the start were determined from straight line sprints held on Saturday afternoon. The strong field of fifty-five cyclists also included Brad McGee, stage winner of the Tour De France and Commonwealth Games gold medalist, Tour De France rider Baden Cooke, Allan Davis from ONCE and several U23 champions. The first break came early in the race as White escaped with Poad and Brisbane's Leigh Palmer to put time and distance into the main pack. Robbie McEwen made several valiant attempts to bring back the break but failed until the final stages. The relentless pace of the leaders grew too much for Palmer and left White and Poad continue the race alone. Almost immediately, a strong group of five emerged containing Robbie McEwen, Allan Davis, Ben Litchfield (one of Brisbane's strongest A Graders), Mark Rowland (who had placed second to McEwen in Surfers Paradise one week earlier) and Craig Cahill. Cycling superstars from the Tour, McGee and Cooke were not on the pace today, but managed to finish with the main bunch. The main bunch was forced to sprint early according to criterium rules for 8th, 9th and 10th placings. White waited until the finishing straight to kick well clear of Poad, giving the crowd his victory salute as he crossed the line. Interest mounted to see who would take on McEwen in the sprint for third. Young Gold Coast rider, Craig Cahill upset the Tour de France sprinter for not cooperating during the chase and outsprinting him to the line. McEwen finished ahead of Davis followed by Litchfield and Rowlands seventh. McEwen has had a heavy week of training already, clocking up nearly 800km this week after just a few weeks back in training. "Tomorrow I'll have an easy day," commented McEwen who still has many races in Australia before heading back to Belgium at the end of January. Jaaron Poad was a surprise last minute entry after training 100km earlier in the day, deciding to enter just half an hour before race start. After four weeks off the bike and five days of training, Poad said he would have been happy just to finish. "I thought the break might have been successful though," said Poad. "There're a lot of fit guys and a lot of unfit guys at this time of year, and it would have been hard to bring back a break in this heat." After moving to Queensland in July, Poad has been trying to turn professional. He is hoping that his second in the points series and his placing today may encourage a team like Giant Asia to have a second look at him. Matt White said a change in attitude over the last couple of months has helped him. "I ride for the best team in the world and it's not usually my role to win races. You can get a bit complacent because you're in the number one team with the best rider but I've got a new attitude and I've got to do some stuff for myself as well." He will race another two races before heading overseas, and is hoping for a ride in the TdF in 2003. A Grade 1 Matt White (US Postal) 2 Jaaron Poad (Glen Parker Cycles) 3 Craig Cahill (Lite Bar/Burke's Bikes) 4 Robbie McEwen (Lotto Adecco) 5 Allan Davis (ONCE) 6 Ben Litchfield (Planet Cycles) 7 Mark Rowlands (Team Down Under) 8 Brendan Hill (Lifecycle) 9 Adrian Booth (Ffast) 10 Darren Nightingale (Lifecycle) Overall Series Point Score 1 Robbie McEwen (Lotto Adecco) 17 2 Matt White (US Postal) 16 3 Mark Rowlands (Team Down Under) 13

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Radsport ist Scheiße - und nichts wird besser!

... und das nächste australische rennen ohne uci-wertung. sieht man sich die teilnehmer an und hat genug mit der zunge geschnalzt wundert man sich warum!

jetzt wissen wir auch wo sich evans vorbereitet, der strampelt schonmal nicht durch den feuchten schwarzwald oder sie schweizer alpen!

für alle, die es noch nicht mitbekommen haben - merkt euch den namen hilton clarke!!! (wenigstens hat er seinen sieg gegen mc ewen und o'grady nicht im sprint erreicht - das wäre dann doch "too much" gewesen!)

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1st Doherty Hotel's Launceston Classic - NE Launceston, Tasmania, December 27, 2002 Clarke edges out McEwen in exciting battle By Rod Morris in Launceston In cycling circles, Hilton Clarke jnr is known as the "Monster" and in the inaugural Doherty Hotels Launceston $20,000 Classic, he turned in a monster of a performance. Held on the second day of the Telstra Country Wide Tasmanian Christmas Carnivals Series, the 72 km criterium attracted one of the best ever fields assembled in an Australian one day race. Even Clarke would be the first to admit, he would not rate among the high profile riders in the event, but his end performance was first class. Consider this blue riband field: Robbie McEwen, Stuart O'Grady, Baden Cooke, Brad McGee, Matthew Gilmore, Brett Aitken, Jame Carney, Cadel Evans, Danny Clark, Henk Vogels, Mark Renshaw, Stephen Wooldridge, Luke Roberts...and the list goes on. They were just some of the riders Clarke had to contend with. The race tempo was a cracker, with laps of the 2.4 km street circuit averaging around 3.10 minutes. Riders showed they were fair dinkum from the very outset and the original starting field of 75 soon broke up. Victorian Nic Sanderson and Clarke were the early breakaways before Lee De Luca and Matt Hayman bridged the gap and formed a solid group of four. It wasn't long however before they were reeled in and the attacks started again. This time Clarke - who was gaining sound support from his regular teammates David Tanner and controversial Victorian rider Robert Tighello - had help from big Tasmanian Karl Menzies and Hayman. The first of the intermediate sprints went to Tour de France star Robbie McEwen, but his early attack was also curtailed by a suspicious peloton. As the race progressed, Wooldridge, Hayman, Tighello, Clarke and Menzies made the most of the lucrative intermediate lap prizes, including a special prime of $500 at 2-laps to go won by Hayman. A group of 12 breakaways had autographed their signature on the race, leaving the main bunch to fight out the minor placings. In a desperate finish, Clarke held on to win from ace sprinter McEwen and O'Grady. The first Tasmanian home was Sean Sullivan, who edged out the luckless Menzies, who was by far the biggest surprise packet of the front group. With the race being privately funded by Launceston based sporting medico Dr Stan Seijka, co-sponsors, Doherty Hotels, were so impressed with the organisation of the event, the superb quality of the field and the response from the Tasmanian sporting public, that a commitment for the next two years was made before this race had even finished. Results - 72 km 1 Hilton Clarke (Victoria) 1.38.07 2 Robbie McEwen (Queensland) 3 Stuart O'Grady (South Australia)

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gehts es mit dem australischen "karneval"!!

diesmal der

Launceston Cycling Carnival auf der piste:

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A Grade Scratch Race 1 Matthew Gilmore 3.26.51 2 Graeme Brown 3 Brett Aitken Invitation Motorpace 1 Mark Renshaw 5.48.41 2 Matthew Gilmore 3 Stephen Wooldridge Lightning Handicap 1000m 1 Graeme Brown 1.11.02 2 Jeff Hopkins 3 Brett Aitken Keirin final 1 Sean Eadie 2.35.65 2 Graeme Brown 3 Jeff Hopkins Invitation derby 1 Sean Eadie 12.61 2 Brett Aitken 3 J Leonard 200 lap Madison 1 Brett Aitken /Mathew Gilmore 44 pts 1 lap behind 2 Graeme Brown /Jame Carney 56 3 Mark Renshaw /Stephen Wooldridge 32 4 Markos Kammerman/Robert Wilson 20 5 Nathan Clarke /Garath Atkins 18 6 Mark Jamieson/Nick Sanderson 9 7 Brett Dawson/Ben Brooks 7 8 Tim Dekker/Todd Wilksch 6 9 Daniel Cutting/Caleb Manion 2

heute mal als besonderer tipper-service - spannende namen sind fett gedruckt!




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informationen für die intereesierten am tdu-tippspiel!

heute stand das zweite rennen der kriteriums-serie an:

(und merkt euch mark renshaw - nicht dass es nachher wieder heißt: "den namen habe ich noch nie gehört!!!"

... übrigens habe ich mich bei den gestrigen ergebnissen schon gewundert ob nicht vielleicht dieser "graham browne" graeme browne sein könnte?!? scheint so!

allgemein muss ich sagen: hut ab! der australische radsport brummt!!

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Race 2 - January 3: Victoria Park (Albany Highway), 7.30pm-8.30pm NSW Champion Mark Renshaw tonight went two better in the second race of the Be Active Cycle Instead Criterium Series while the field of local and international talent stepped up the pace for what was to be a thrilling finish to the Victoria Park Classic. In the final lap Renshaw led the sprint to power home ahead of Graeme Brown and Olympic Champion Brett Aitken. The sprint finish followed a commanding race by three riders who set the pace early and managed to hold the peloton for the majority of the race. The three-man break came in the form of 2001 Perth Criterium Champion Hilton Clarke, with local riders Daniel Mackey and Ryan Suckling powering ahead of the field, maintaining a 12 second lead which lasted for more than 20 minutes ahead of Nic Brown, Graeme Brown and Henk Vogels, who led the chasing bunch. The lead in the chasers changed with every lap but a consolidated effort by Graeme Brown and Hilton McMurdo saw solo breaks try to catch the three leaders. This stretched the field out over the circuit, but the race was characterised by determined attacks with riders mindful of the close points situation ahead of tomorrow night's final in the 2003 Be Active Cycle Instead Criterium Series. In the final stages of the race, Mackey, Suckling and Clarke all fought hard to maintain their position but with the pace increasing and riders all vying for the points, they were swallowed back into the bunch in the final turns of the circuit. With three laps to go, last night's winner Steve Williams led the chase to the breakaway three, but the lead again changed with Jason Rigg, Andrew Sime and Phil Reimann picking up the pace to chase the champ. As the final laps unfolded, small attacks occurred, first by local rider Nic Brown who was followed by Daniel Mackey. However Henk Vogels led the bunch and progressively closed the attacks, inciting the final sprint where Renshaw gained the upper hand on the corner and Graeme Brown and Brett Aitken were unable to overpower him. "It was a hard race with a lot of riders consistently attacking," Mark Renshaw said. "The pace was much faster and I was lucky to break through when I did." The Be Active Cycle Instead Criterium Series continues tomorrow in Subiaco from 7.30pm with Graeme Brown riding in the Sprint King green jersey and Mark Renshaw wearing the Overall Champion yellow jersey. The Be Active Cycle Instead Criterium Series is a "Best on Earth in Perth" event. For more information on riders, races and courses please visit www.perthcriterium.com.au. Results 1 Mark Renshaw (NSW) FRF Couriers 2 Graeme Brown (NSW) Bike Force Australia 3 Brett Aitken (SA) Be Active - Cycle Instead 4 Peter Dawson (WA) WAIS 5 Jason Rigg (WA) Kirke Securities 6 Nic Brown (WA) Apex Rentals 7 Nathan Russell (NSW) Caravello Joinery 8 Jarran Poad (NZ) Visionary & National Estate Builders 9 Daniel Mackey (WA) WAIS 10 Andrew Sime (WA) Perth Criterium Series 11 Henk Vogels (WA) WA Sports Centre Trust 12 Hilton Clarke (Vic) Perth Criterium Series 13 Steve Williams (NSW) Caravello Joinery 14 Wayne van Moorsel (WA) Kirke Securities 15 Hilton McMurdo (WA) 96FM Sprints Sprint No.1 1 Graeme Brown (NSW) Bike Force Australia 2 Peter Dawson (WA) WAIS 3 Hilton Clarke (Vic) Perth Criterium Series Sprint No.2 1 Hilton Clarke (Vic) Perth Criterium Series 2 Daniel Mackey (WA) WAIS 3 Ryan Suckling (WA) Kirke Securities Sprint No.3 1 Hilton Clarke (Vic) Perth Criterium Series 2 Daniel Mackey (WA) WAIS 3 Ryan Suckling (WA) Kirke Securities Sprint No.4 1 Hilton Clarke (Vic) Perth Criterium Series 2 Ryan Suckling (WA) Kirke Securities 3 Daniel Mackey (WA) WAIS Final Sprint 1 Mark Renshaw (NSW) FRF Couriers 2 Graeme Brown (NSW) Bike Force Australia 3 Brett Aitken (SA) Be Active - Cycle Instead Progressive Individual Standings "Be Active - Cycle Instead" Criterium Series classification 1 Mark Renshaw (NSW) FRF Couriers 28 pts 2 Brett Aitken (SA) Be Active - Cycle Instead 27 3 Jason Rigg (WA) Kirke Securities 22 4 Nic Brown (WA) Apex Rentals 20 5 Daniel Mackey (WA) WAIS 19 6 Steve Williams (NSW) Caravello Joinery 18 7 Henk Vogels (WA) WA Sports Centre Trust 14 8 Jarran Poad (NZ) Visionary & National Estate Buil 14 9 Graeme Brown (NSW) Bike Force Australia 14 10 Peter Dawson (WA) WAIS 12 11 Nathan Russell (NSW) Caravello Joinery 9 12 Peter Dawson (WA) WAIS 8 13 Tony Mann (Qld) Visionary & National Estate Buil 7 14 Andrew Sime (WA) Perth Criterium Series 6 15 Damien Cranage (SA) Apex Rentals 5 16 Phil Riemann (WA) Kirke Securities 4 17 Hilton Clarke (Vic) Perth Criterium Series 4 18 Ryan Suckling (WA) Kirke Securities 3 19 Wayne van Moorsel (WA) Kirke Securities 3 20 Jonathon Davis (NSW) FRF Couriers 2 Fondriest & Live Clothing Sprint King classification 1 Graeme Brown (NSW) Bike Force Australia 12 pts 2 Hilton Clarke (Vic) Perth Criterium Series 10 3 Henk Vogels (WA) WA Sports Centre Trust 9 4 Daniel Mackey (WA) WAIS 6 5 Steve Williams (NSW) Caravello Joinery 5 6 Mark Renshaw (NSW) FRF Couriers 4 7 Ryan Suckling (WA) Kirke Securities 4 8 Nic Brown (WA) Apex Rentals 3 9 Brett Aitken (SA) Be Active - Cycle Instead 3 10 Peter Dawson (WA) WAIS 2 11 Jonathon Davis (NSW) FRF Couriers 1 12 Nathan Jones (WA) Visionary & National Estate Bu 1 Teams classification 1 WAIS 39 pts 2 Kirke Securities 32 3 FRF Couriers 30 4 Caravello Joinery 27 5 Be Active - Cycle Instead 27 6 Apex Rentals 25 7 Visionary & National Estate Builders 21 8 WA Sports Centre Trust 14 9 Bike Force Australia 14 10 Perth Criterium Series 10 11 96FM 1

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