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| tsmoha |
Posted on 09-09-2013 19:54
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It's still one race remaining in the NRS - one of the most prestigious (Grafton to Inverell) - but the most important questions have been answered in the recently held Shipwreck Coast Classic:
Neil Van der Ploeg claimed the Individual's NRS-title thanks to his 4th place in the Shipwreck! With 749 points in total, he obviously had an outstanding season and one may wonder, if he rounds up this year with a win in Inverell maybe?!
The battle for the podium is still open though: both Earle and Haig (Huon) have the chance to make the Top-3 - if one of them grabs the win in Inverell! Defending NRS-champion Davison (Drapac) will hope for them not winning, of course.
Budget Forklifts delivered in the recently held classics and finally sealed the deal! Huon won't stand a chance to close the gap, so Budget will claim the Team's NRS-title in 2013! So unless a Huon-rider wins the season-concluding classic, it will be a rather disappointing year for the team.
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS/
| Rk | Name | Team | Pts | | 1 | Neil Van der Ploeg | search2retain p/b health.com.au | 749 | | 2 | Mark O'Brien | Budget Forklifts | 553 | | 3 | Luke Davison | Drapac Cycling | 544 | | 4 | Nathan Earle | Huon Salmon-Genesys | 392 | | 5 | Jack Haig | Huon Salmon-Genesys | 367 | | 6 | Adam Semple | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | 357 | | 7 | Bradley Hall | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | 354 | | 8 | Scott Law | GPM Data#3 | 337 | | 9 | Ben Grenda | Oz Cycling Development Team | 282 | | 10 | Aaron Donnelly | Huon Salmon-Genesys | 270 | | 11 | Jack Beckinsale | Huon Salmon-Genesys | 247 | | 12 | Matthew Clark | Charter Mason / Drapac | 239 | | 13 | Cameron Bayly | search2retain p/b health.com.au | 217 | | 14 | Karl Evans | Budget Forklifts | 213 | | Michael Cupitt | Budget Forklifts | 213 |
Spoiler | 16 | Jack Anderson | Budget Forklifts | 180 | | 17 | Paul Van der Ploeg | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | 172 | | 18 | Caleb Jones | GPM Data#3 | 132 | | 19 | Darren Lapthorne | Drapac Cycling | 122 | | 20 | Brendan Johnston | Suzuki Bontrager | 115 | | 21 | Sam Rutherford | GPM Data#3 | 114 | | 22 | Rhys Gillett | African Wildlife Safaris | 109 | | 23 | Harry Carpenter | Euride Racing | 101 | | 24 | Marc Williams | Budget Forklifts | 95 | | Alex Wohler | Budget Forklifts | 95 | | 26 | Jai Crawford | Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team | 92 | | 27 | Eric Sheppard | search2retain p/b health.com.au | 77 | | 28 | Chris Jory | GPM Data#3 | 71 | | 29 | Tom Palmer | Drapac Cycling | 70 | | 30 | Robert-Jon McCarthy | Euride Racing | 68 | | 31 | James Szollosi | Pro Team Downunder | 62 | | 32 | Lachlan Norris | Jayco/Apollo VIS Men’s Road Team | 56 | | 33 | Brodie Talbot | Racing Kangaroos Cycling Development Program | 55 | | 34 | Floris Goesinnen | Drapac Cycling | 48 | | 35 | Mark Jamieson | Jayco/Apollo VIS Men’s Road Team | 47 | | 36 | Bernard Sulzberger | Drapac Cycling | 46 | | 37 | David Melville | GPM Data#3 | 45 | | Mitchell Lovelock-Fay | Oz Cycling Development Team | 45 | | Alex Clements | Huon Salmon-Genesys | 45 | | 40 | Jesse Kerrison | Budget Forklifts | 43 | | 41 | Ben Carman | Downer EDI Mining National Cycling Team | 40 | | Matthew Marshall | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | 40 | | 43 | William Heath | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | 36 | | 44 | Gordon McCauley | Drapac Cycling | 35 | | Malcom Rudolph | Drapac Cycling | 35 | | 46 | Ben Dyball | Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team | 33 | | 47 | Vaughan Bowman | Target Trek Racing Team | 32 | | 48 | Josh Taylor | GPM Data#3 | 28 | | 49 | Darcy Ellerm-Norton | Pro Team Downunder | 27 | | 50 | James Hepburn | GPM Data#3 | 26 | | Nathan Elliott | Target Trek Racing Team | 26 | | 52 | Samuel Davis | Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team | 25 | | Nicholas Wood | Pro Team Downunder | 25 | | Jordan Payne | Racing Kangaroos Cycling Development Program | 25 | | 55 | Thimothy Roe | Euride Racing | 23 | | 56 | Alexander Smyth | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | 21 | | 57 | Jonathon Clarke | search2retain p/b health.com.au | 20 | | 58 | Dean Windsor | Suzuki Bontrager | 17 | | 59 | Jordan Kerby | Jayco/Apollo VIS Men’s Road Team | 15 | | Cameron Karwowski | Oz Cycling Development Team | 15 | | Michael Freiberg | Bianchi Lotto Arbitrage | 15 | | Jake Sutherland | Bianchi Lotto Arbitrage | 15 | | 63 | Conor Murtagh | Charter Mason / Drapac Development Team | 13 | | Samwel Ekiru | Kenya | 13 | | 65 | David Fumpson | Veneziano Blefari Cycling Team | 12 | | Edward Bissaker | Bianchi Lotto Arbitrage | 12 | | 67 | John Walker | Drapac Cycling | 10 | | Trent Carman | Downer EDI Mining National Cycling Team | 10 | | Joseph Lewis | GPM Data#3 | 10 | | 70 | James Rendall | African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team | 8 | | 71 | Jason Spencer | Charter Mason / Drapac Development Team | 7 | | Nicholas Costello | Racing Kangaroos Cycling Development Program | 7 | | Jeremy Cameron | African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team | 7 | | 74 | Ayden Toovey | Racing Kangaroos Cycling Development Program | 5 | | Rico Rogers | search2retain p/b health.com.au | 5 | | 76 | Rhys Pollock | Drapac Cycling | 4 | | 77 | Miles Scotson | Euride Racing | 3 | | Riley Maule | Data#3 Cisco Racing Team | 3 | | Stephen Vicelich | Oz Cycling Development Team | 3 | | Cal Britten | search2retain p/b health.com.au | 3 | | 81 | Stuart Smith | search2retain p/b health.com.au | 2 | | Henry Morley | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | 2 |
TEAMS RANKINGS/
| Rk | Team | Pts | | 1 | Budget Forklifts | 1830 | | 2 | Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team | 1551 | | 3 | Drapac Cycling | 1441 | | 4 | search2retain p/b health.com.au | 1412 | | 5 | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | 1207 | | 6 | GPM Data#3 | 1172 | | 7 | Charter Mason / Drapac Development Team | 550 | | 8 | Euride Racing | 531 | | 9 | Jayco/Apollo VIS Men’s Road Team | 519 | | 10 | African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team | 396 | | 11 | Oz Cycling Development Team | 380 | | 12 | Pro Team Downunder | 263 | | 13 | Bianchi Lotto Arbitrage | 245 | | 14 | Suzuki Bontrager | 228 | | 15 | Target Trek Racing Team | 170 | | 16 | SUVelo Racing | 150 | | 17 | Racing Kangaroos Cycling Development Program | 141 | | 18 | Veneziano Blefari Cycling Team | 95 | | 19 | Data#3 Cisco Racing Team | 70 | | 20 | Downer EDI Mining National Cycling Team | 50 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 09-09-2013 23:58
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Great team win for Budget  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 10-09-2013 09:12
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Hope Earle sneaks into that top 3 still!!! |
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| baia |
Posted on 10-09-2013 12:01
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Oohh... i thought Huon would gain enought points to avoid that... my bad. 
Earle might do it, but i think there will be no changes in top3..
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 10-09-2013 12:40
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@baia: Budget managed to win at least 3 of the last races' team-classifications, so no chance for Huon in the end 
@Ian: Would be cool, honestly. It would be great answer to Budget's success in the recent classics, too!
@sutty: Their dominance paid off, well deserved win, imo!
 Grafton to Inverell (Category 1)
The Grafton to Inverell Cycle Classic is a 228km road race conducted on a point to point course between the towns of Grafton and Inverell in northern New South Wales. The 2013 event is the 53rd edition of a race that has enjoyed a long and successful history.
The course has remained the same over the years with the exception of the last two events which have added a deviation off the Gwydir Highway through the township of Elsmore to include one more final climb before the finish in Inverell.
This has proved very successful and consolidated the reputation of the Grafton to Inverell as the toughest one day cycling event in Australia.
| Honour roll/ | | 2012 | Peter Herzig (Budget) | 6.13.31 | | 2011 | Mark Jamieson (TAS) | 6.00.21 | | 2010 | Nathan Earle (TAS) | 6.44.34 | | 
2009 | Malcolm Rudolph (QLD) | 6.26.49 | | 2008 | D Pell (VIC) | 6.30.03 | | 2007 | C Hughes (QLD) | 6.51 hours
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2006 | R McLachlan (ACT) | 6.06 hours
 | | 2005 | G Henderson (NZ) | 7.19 hours
 | | 2004 | P McDonald (NSW) | 6.41 hours | | 2003 | H Morales (Uraguay) | 7.03 hours
 | | 2002 | L Godfrey (VIC) | 6.44 hours
 | | 2001 | D McKenzie (VIS) | 6.22 hours
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The famous Gibraltar Range will feature the toughest climb..
The finishing stretch in Inverell..
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 11-09-2013 11:56
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Grafton to Inverell (hilly classic, 228km)
The final and maybe most challenging event in the NRS 2013 is ready to kick off: the famous Grafton to Inverell Cycling Classic!
Next NRS-champion Van der Ploeg has no pressure here, but the battle for NRS's podium is still open: Nathan Earle (Huon) still have chances to grab either 2nd (if O'Brien fails to score today) or 3rd in the rankings, while teammate Jack Haig could also sneak into Top-3. Both need to win today's tough race though.
So it ain't surprising to see both Huon-Genesys and Budget Forklifts leading the chase! Two riders - McPhee (Euride) and Van Hout (Lightsview) - escaped with 160km to go, but the gap decreases halfway through the race.
30km remaining and the first favorites launch an attack!
O'Brien (Budget) and
Clark (Charter Mason)
attack the peloton! O'Brien looks to secure his 2nd in the NRS-rankings, obviously. But this is just the first of more moves..
The two struggled to establish a bigger gap and with 16km to go, Earle (Huon) makes HIS move!
He quickly overtakes O'Brien/Clark just at the bottom of today's final climb!
No easy action for Earle, though! 5 more favorites followed his attack and also teammate Haig kicks to take the leading position!
The two early escapees are pulled back and look to exhausted to stay with the following 6 favorites:
Haig (Huon)
Cupitt (Budget, last year's 2nd here)
Semple (Satalyst)
Earle (Huon)
O'Brien (Budget)
Clark (Charter)
The attacking goes on, as 5 more riders try to hang on with group Haig/Earle/O'Brien:
Donnelly (Huon)
Sulzberger (Drapac)
Neil Van der Ploeg (search2)
Norris (Jayco)
Elliott (Target)
face a 20"-gap on the new leading group, where Clark couldn't follow!
It's less than 10km from the top of the climb to the finish and we see yet another Huon-rider on the attack:
Haig jumps out of the leading group and tries to solo away for the well needed race honours! He quickly establishes a 25"-gap!
And the young gun looks strong, really! With less than 6km remaining, Haig leads by 39" on the new chasing group:
Haig
Cupitt
Semple
O'Brien at 0.39
Elliott at 0.52
Earle
Sulzberger
Van der Ploeg
Norris
Donnelly
Clark at 1.15
So, as Earle seems to suffer from his earlier attack, it's Haig, who looks like he could achieve the win his team is seeking for!
He takes it! Jack Haig succesfully held off the chasing group and wins the prestigious Grafton to Inverell! With NRS's 3rd Davison having no chance to score any points today, Haig will jump into the Top-3 in the final rankings!
48" later, Semple crosses the line as 2nd! A great result for the former NRS-leader.
Budget's Cupitt completes today's podium, losing 57" on Haig eventually.
Van der Ploeg even manages to sprint for yet another Top-5-finish as 4th today! Like said before: a well deserved new champion he is!
O'Brien 5th ahead of Sulzberger, Norris and Elliott, while Earle totally collapsed in the final 10km to finish as 9th with 4 minutes in arrears. Still a good day for his team Huon, of course!
Final Results/
| 1 | Jack Haig | Huon Salmon-Genesys | 5h47'38 | | 2 | Adam Semple | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | + 48 | | 3 | Michael Cupitt | Budget Forklifts | + 57 | | 4 | Neil Van der Ploeg | search2retain p/b health.com.au | + 1'35 | | 5 | Mark O'Brien | Budget Forklifts | + 1'42 | | 6 | Bernard Sulzberger | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 7 | Lachlan Norris | Jayco/Apollo VIS | s.t. | | 8 | Nathan Elliott | Target Trek Racing Team | s.t. | | 9 | Nathan Earle | Huon Salmon-Genesys | + 4'00 | | 10 | Aaron Donnelly | Huon Salmon-Genesys | s.t. |
Spoiler | 11 | Matthew Clark | Charter Mason / Drapac Development Team | s.t. | | 12 | Scott McPhee | Euride Racing | + 4'17 | | 13 | Russell Van Hout | Lightsview Cycling Team | s.t. | | 14 | Bradley Hall | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | + 9'55 | | 15 | Mark Jamieson | Jayco/Apollo VIS Men’s Road Team | + 10'00 | | 16 | Paul Van der Ploeg | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | s.t. | | 17 | Peter Hatton | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | s.t. | | 18 | Jack Anderson | Budget Forklifts | s.t. | | 19 | Sam Rutherford | GPM Data#3 | s.t. | | 20 | Matthew Marshall | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | s.t. | | 21 | Rhys Pollock | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 22 | Shaun McCarthy | Budget Forklifts | s.t. | | 23 | Thomas Hamilton | Jayco/Apollo VIS Men’s Road Team | s.t. | | 24 | Alexander Smyth | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | s.t. | | 25 | Harry Carpenter | Euride Racing | s.t. | | 26 | Patrick Shaw | Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 27 | Darren Lapthorne | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 28 | David Melville | GPM Data#3 | s.t. | | 29 | Nicholas Wood | Pro Team Downunder | s.t. | | 30 | Will Clarke | Euride Racing | s.t. | | 31 | Rhys Gillett | African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team | s.t. | | 32 | Michael Freiberg | Bianchi Lotto Arbitrage | s.t. | | 33 | Cal Britten | search2retain p/b health.com.au | s.t. | | 34 | Brad Hannaford | SUVelo Racing | s.t. | | 35 | Stuart Smith | search2retain p/b health.com.au | s.t. | | 36 | Connor Hughes | SUVelo Racing | s.t. | | 37 | Oliver Kent-Spark | Target Trek Racing Team | s.t. | | 38 | Alex Clements | Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 39 | Eric Sheppard | search2retain p/b health.com.au | s.t. | | 40 | Malcom Rudolph | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 41 | Rico Rogers | search2retain p/b health.com.au | s.t. | | 42 | Cameron Bayly | search2retain p/b health.com.au | s.t. | | 43 | Zachary Shaw | Jayco/Apollo VIS Men’s Road Team | s.t. | | 44 | Rowan Dever | Target Trek Racing Team | s.t. | | 45 | Marc Williams | Budget Forklifts | s.t. | | 46 | Brodie Talbot | Racing Kangaroos Cycling Development Program | s.t. | | 47 | Karl Evans | Budget Forklifts | s.t. | | 48 | Floris Goesinnen | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 49 | Conor Murtagh | Charter Mason / Drapac Development Team | s.t. | | 50 | John Walker | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 51 | Jason Spencer | Charter Mason / Drapac Development Team | + 10'14 | | 52 | Daniel Nelson | African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team | s.t. | | 53 | Peter Herzig | Budget Forklifts | s.t. | | 54 | Jai Crawford | Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 55 | Ben Carman | Downer EDI Mining National Cycling Team | s.t. | | 56 | George Tansley | Euride Racing | s.t. | | 57 | Josh Taylor | GPM Data#3 | s.t. | | 58 | Jake Sutherland | Bianchi Lotto Arbitrage | s.t. | | 59 | James Rendall | African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team | s.t. | | 60 | Jeremy Cameron | African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team | s.t. | | 61 | Campbell Flakemore | Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team | + 10'23 | | 62 | Blair Windsor | Budget Forklifts | s.t. | | 63 | Peter English | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | s.t. | | 64 | Ben Dyball | Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team | + 10'29 | | 65 | James Szollosi | Pro Team Downunder | + 10'32 | | 66 | Shaun O'Callaghan | Lightsview Cycling Team | + 10'35 | | 67 | Joseph Lewis | GPM Data#3 | s.t. | | 68 | Chris Jory | GPM Data#3 | s.t. | | 69 | Lachlan Ambrose | Veneziano Blefari Cycling Team | + 10'42 | | 70 | Trent Carman | Downer EDI Mining National Cycling Team | s.t. | | 71 | Brendan Johnston | Suzuki Bontrager | s.t. | | 72 | Cameron Karwowski | Oz Cycling Development Team | s.t. | | 73 | Thimothy Roe | Euride Racing | s.t. | | 74 | Darcy Ellerm-Norton | Pro Team Downunder | s.t. | | 75 | Robert-Jon McCarthy | Euride Racing | s.t. | | 76 | Tristan Jones | Lightsview Cycling Team | s.t. | | 77 | Matthew Gassner | Veneziano Blefari Cycling Team | s.t. | | 78 | Saxon Irvine | Downer EDI Mining National Cycling Team | s.t. | | 79 | David Edwards | Oz Cycling Development Team | s.t. | | 80 | Nicholas Costello | Racing Kangaroos Cycling Development Program | s.t. | | 81 | Jacob Restall | Pro Team Downunder | s.t. | | 82 | Tristan Bauer | SUVelo Racing | s.t. | | 83 | Craig Symonds | Bianchi Lotto Arbitrage | s.t. | | 84 | Scott Law | GPM Data#3 | s.t. | | 85 | Steven Waite | African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team | s.t. | | 86 | Jayden Copp | Pro Team Downunder | s.t. | | 87 | Trevor Spencer | Charter Mason / Drapac Development Team | s.t. | | 88 | Josh Lind | Suzuki Bontrager | s.t. | | 89 | Ronald Visser | SUVelo Racing | s.t. | | 90 | Trent Derecourt | Bianchi Lotto Arbitrage | s.t. | | 91 | Raf Vainikka | Downer EDI Mining National Cycling Team | s.t. | | 92 | Vaughan Bowman | Target Trek Racing Team | s.t. | | 93 | Stephen Hall | Bianchi Lotto Arbitrage | s.t. | | 94 | James Butler | Target Trek Racing Team | + 11'04 | | 95 | Jason Christie | Oz Cycling Development Team | s.t. | | 96 | Luke Davison | Drapac Cycling | s.t. | | 97 | Craig Evers | Racing Kangaroos Cycling Development Program | s.t. | | 98 | David Fumpson | Veneziano Blefari Cycling Team | s.t. | | 99 | Leslie Masters | Pro Team Downunder | s.t. | | 100 | Cameron Spears | Lightsview Cycling Team | s.t. | | 101 | James Hepburn | GPM Data#3 | s.t. | | 102 | Ayden Toovey | Racing Kangaroos Cycling Development Program | s.t. | | 103 | Frank Smith | Veneziano Blefari Cycling Team | s.t. | | 104 | Chris Tune | SUVelo Racing | s.t. | | 105 | Dylan Newberry | Downer EDI Mining National Cycling Team | s.t. | | 106 | Sam Spokes | Jayco/Apollo VIS Men’s Road Team | s.t. | | 107 | Shannon Johnson | Charter Mason / Drapac Development Team | s.t. | | 108 | Ben Grenda | Oz Cycling Development Team | s.t. | | 109 | Chris Harper | Veneziano Blefari Cycling Team | + 11'17 | | 110 | Stuart Shaw | Suzuki Bontrager | s.t. | | 111 | Myron Simpson | Oz Cycling Development Team | s.t. | | 112 | Jordan Payne | Racing Kangaroos Cycling Development Program | s.t. | | 113 | Stephen Kavanagh | Lightsview Cycling Team | s.t. | | 114 | Mitchell Flynn | Suzuki Bontrager | + 11'26 | | 115 | Nathan Bonarius | SUVelo Racing | s.t. | | 116 | Dean Windsor | Suzuki Bontrager | s.t. | | 117 | Gordon McCauley | Drapac Cycling | + 14'32 |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 11-09-2013 12:37
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That looked a tough day in the saddle for the riders, but it didn't seem to bother Jack Haig |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 11-09-2013 12:39
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Great win for Haig. And tsmoha, what's going to happen since now the season is now over? |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 11-09-2013 17:28
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@sutty: He gave a sh** about his pain and just brought home this great victory
@Mig: Well, that's the big question.. How to continue?
1) There will be still some action at the end of the season! The Tour of Bright, official final of the Victorian Road Series, but always attracting NRS-favorites as well, will be one of those. I decided to cancel some other events though, but we will see!
2) I do have some ideas about continuing the story! But tbh, i would like to attract more readers. You guys (Miguel, sutty, Ian, baia and miggi) have been true followers and i'm really thankful for that! But a few more would motivate me to keep the level of effort i'm putting into. This.
3) I will start kind of poll right after the very last events and summaries of the season, of which idea you would prefer. For example, i think i will give up on the ManGame-connection. Simply because the MG-season ain't over yet and in the near future!
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| baia |
Posted on 11-09-2013 18:21
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Those screens( with the clouds) from race preview are amazing, really great ones..
At least Earle tried but his legs were paying all the effort from this long competition... Well done by Haig, really strong finish and jumping to 3rd on Overall Ranks... good.
Thanks for your kind words about following your story but mate... it´s a privileg to be able to follow your story and i will always follow any story of yours..
Would be great to see this continue but i´m sure you will come out with something great .. and indeed this story deserves more comments/readers, so common people, give some support.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 11-09-2013 21:36
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@baia: Now a special thank YOU for your kind words  don't know what to write more rightnow, just thanks for both the nice words and the "common people"
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 11-09-2013 21:38
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I have read everything, but for some reason i rarely post... not sure why not...
Really amazing story. The amount of work put into the stages, graphics etc really make it that much better. And of course the close racing helps out.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 12-09-2013 08:52
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@Manx: Thanks, Manx! Glad you enjoyed following the story, leaving a few more comments here and there would help though  Nah, I know it ain't easy to post in every story! I may come up with an idea to get the readers more involved, or closer connected to this.
The National Road Series 2013 is over! And first of all, congratulations to both Neil Van der Ploeg (search2) and Budget Forklifts for taking the titles this year. We've seen a lot of close and interesting races, so that's one more reason to say, that VdP did extremely well to finish the season with 830 points!
Mark O'Brien (Budget) and Jack Haig (Huon) complete the Individual's podium. A huge effort by Haig in the final Grafton to Inverell Classic made him claim the 3rd spot by only 3 points over defending NRS-champion Davison!
Budget Forklifts really dominated the Team's rankings in the end, thanks to their winning streak in 3 of the final 4 events! Defending champion Huon 2nd ahead of a really strong search2retain-squad, which re-claimed the 3rd place in the final event! Drapac will hope for more in 2014, especially in the Individual's rankings!
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS/
| Rk | Name | Team | Pts | | 1 | Neil Van der Ploeg | search2retain p/b health.com.au | 830 | | 2 | Mark O'Brien | Budget Forklifts | 625 | | 3 | Jack Haig | Huon Salmon-Genesys | 547 | | 4 | Luke Davison | Drapac Cycling | 544 | | 5 | Adam Semple | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | 467 | | 6 | Nathan Earle | Huon Salmon-Genesys | 428 | | 7 | Bradley Hall | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | 354 | | 8 | Scott Law | GPM Data#3 | 337 | | 9 | Michael Cupitt | Budget Forklifts | 303 | | 10 | Aaron Donnelly | Huon Salmon-Genesys | 297 | | 11 | Ben Grenda | Oz Cycling Development Team | 282 | | 12 | Jack Beckinsale | Huon Salmon-Genesys | 247 | | 13 | Matthew Clark | Charter Mason / Drapac | 239 | | 14 | Cameron Bayly | search2retain p/b health.com.au | 217 | | 15 | Karl Evans | Budget Forklifts | 213 |
Spoiler | 16 | Jack Anderson | Budget Forklifts | 180 | | 17 | Paul Van der Ploeg | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | 172 | | 18 | Caleb Jones | GPM Data#3 | 132 | | 19 | Darren Lapthorne | Drapac Cycling | 122 | | 20 | Brendan Johnston | Suzuki Bontrager | 115 | | 21 | Sam Rutherford | GPM Data#3 | 114 | | 22 | Lachlan Norris | Jayco/Apollo VIS Men’s Road Team | 110 | | 23 | Bernard Sulzberger | Drapac Cycling | 109 | | Rhys Gillett | African Wildlife Safaris | 109 | | 25 | Harry Carpenter | Euride Racing | 101 | | 26 | Marc Williams | Budget Forklifts | 95 | | Alex Wohler | Budget Forklifts | 95 | | 28 | Jai Crawford | Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team | 92 | | 29 | Eric Sheppard | search2retain p/b health.com.au | 77 | | 30 | Chris Jory | GPM Data#3 | 71 | | Nathan Elliott | Target Trek Racing Team | 71 | | 32 | Tom Palmer | Drapac Cycling | 70 | | 33 | Robert-Jon McCarthy | Euride Racing | 68 | | 34 | James Szollosi | Pro Team Downunder | 62 | | 35 | Brodie Talbot | Racing Kangaroos Cycling Development Program | 55 | | 36 | Floris Goesinnen | Drapac Cycling | 48 | | 37 | Mark Jamieson | Jayco/Apollo VIS Men’s Road Team | 47 | | 38 | David Melville | GPM Data#3 | 45 | | Mitchell Lovelock-Fay | Oz Cycling Development Team | 45 | | Alex Clements | Huon Salmon-Genesys | 45 | | 41 | Jesse Kerrison | Budget Forklifts | 43 | | 42 | Ben Carman | Downer EDI Mining National Cycling Team | 40 | | Matthew Marshall | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | 40 | | 44 | William Heath | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | 36 | | 45 | Gordon McCauley | Drapac Cycling | 35 | | Malcom Rudolph | Drapac Cycling | 35 | | 47 | Ben Dyball | Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team | 33 | | 48 | Vaughan Bowman | Target Trek Racing Team | 32 | | 49 | Josh Taylor | GPM Data#3 | 28 | | 50 | Darcy Ellerm-Norton | Pro Team Downunder | 27 | | 51 | James Hepburn | GPM Data#3 | 26 | | 52 | Samuel Davis | Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team | 25 | | Nicholas Wood | Pro Team Downunder | 25 | | Jordan Payne | Racing Kangaroos Cycling Development Program | 25 | | 55 | Thimothy Roe | Euride Racing | 23 | | 56 | Alexander Smyth | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | 21 | | 57 | Jonathon Clarke | search2retain p/b health.com.au | 20 | | 58 | Dean Windsor | Suzuki Bontrager | 17 | | 59 | Jordan Kerby | Jayco/Apollo VIS Men’s Road Team | 15 | | Cameron Karwowski | Oz Cycling Development Team | 15 | | Michael Freiberg | Bianchi Lotto Arbitrage | 15 | | Jake Sutherland | Bianchi Lotto Arbitrage | 15 | | 63 | Conor Murtagh | Charter Mason / Drapac Development Team | 13 | | Samwel Ekiru | Kenya | 13 | | 65 | David Fumpson | Veneziano Blefari Cycling Team | 12 | | Edward Bissaker | Bianchi Lotto Arbitrage | 12 | | 67 | John Walker | Drapac Cycling | 10 | | Trent Carman | Downer EDI Mining National Cycling Team | 10 | | Joseph Lewis | GPM Data#3 | 10 | | 70 | James Rendall | African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team | 8 | | 71 | Jason Spencer | Charter Mason / Drapac Development Team | 7 | | Nicholas Costello | Racing Kangaroos Cycling Development Program | 7 | | Jeremy Cameron | African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team | 7 | | 74 | Ayden Toovey | Racing Kangaroos Cycling Development Program | 5 | | Rico Rogers | search2retain p/b health.com.au | 5 | | 76 | Rhys Pollock | Drapac Cycling | 4 | | 77 | Miles Scotson | Euride Racing | 3 | | Riley Maule | Data#3 Cisco Racing Team | 3 | | Stephen Vicelich | Oz Cycling Development Team | 3 | | Cal Britten | search2retain p/b health.com.au | 3 | | 81 | Stuart Smith | search2retain p/b health.com.au | 2 | | Henry Morley | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | 2 |
TEAMS RANKINGS/
| Rk | Team | Pts | | 1 | Budget Forklifts | 2010 | | 2 | Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers Pro Cycling Team | 1771 | | 3 | search2retain p/b health.com.au | 1552 | | 4 | Drapac Cycling | 1541 | | 5 | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | 1367 | | 6 | GPM Data#3 | 1182 | | 7 | Jayco/Apollo VIS Men’s Road Team | 639 | | 8 | Charter Mason / Drapac Development Team | 610 | | 9 | Euride Racing | 571 | | 10 | African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team | 406 | | 11 | Oz Cycling Development Team | 390 | | 12 | Pro Team Downunder | 273 | | 13 | Bianchi Lotto Arbitrage | 255 | | 14 | Target Trek Racing Team | 250 | | 15 | Suzuki Bontrager | 238 | | 16 | SUVelo Racing | 160 | | 17 | Racing Kangaroos Cycling Development Program | 151 | | 18 | Veneziano Blefari Cycling Team | 105 | | 19 | Data#3 Cisco Racing Team | 70 | | 20 | Downer EDI Mining National Cycling Team | 60 |
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| baia |
Posted on 12-09-2013 09:22
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Well, in the end the strongest were the winners , so congrats to them..
Wouldn´t be that bad if we could watch another season just to see if VDP would be so strong again .. but as i said before, i´m sure you will have something great to present next...
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Posted on 12-09-2013 12:22
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Nice to see Budget Forklifts come out on top of the rankings |
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Posted on 12-09-2013 19:00
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I agree with what TMM said - I don't follow many stories page-by-page so to speak, but I really like this and do follow it, and the amount of work you must have put in for the stages especially is amazing! Sorry I don't really comment regularly, I just often don't have the time
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Posted on 12-09-2013 19:48
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@baia: Guess it's almost certain, that we will see another season! If there will be some new ideas/changes, yes, hoping for some positive feedback then
@sutty: That's what you was waiting for, right?! I like it, too!
@Stromeon: Thank you for those words! It's always nice to read something like that and don't worry about less comments. I know it ain't easy to leave comments everywhere Thanks for following, glad to have on board!
@all: So here some highlights of the late season races/classics, which didn't make the reports. I will be on a short trip to the Netherlands on weekend, so no more updates before monday/tuesday! Enjoy your weekends, as well
Chasing group of favorites in Tour of Tasmania..
James Szollosi (ProTeam DU) celebrating his stage-win in Tasmania!
Following the peloton in Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic..
Jack Anderson (Budget) soloing away for the victory in Warrnambool!
Alex Wohler celebrates another solo-win for Budget in the Shipwreck!
A breakaway following the Great Ocean Road..
O'Brien (Budget) and Clark (Charter) trying to escape from the bunch..
Jack Haig (Huon) on his way to solo-winning Grafton to Inverell..
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Posted on 12-09-2013 23:14
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Great screens mate, love that one behind peloton and the one with the flowers most... Wohler winning is nice too.. have fun mate..
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Posted on 12-09-2013 23:38
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Some nice pictures yet again |
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Posted on 16-09-2013 20:51
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@sutty and baia: Thanks, mates! Like the flowers-screen and also Wohler most, as well
@all: So I'm back for more! It's been a while since the last Victorian Road Series-event has been held, but there's still the final event ahead. The Tour of Bright! One of the last races in 2013..
 Tour of Bright (Victorian Road Series' final event)
2013 will mark the 20th edition of the Tour of Bright, and what a year it will be! The Alpine Cycling Club will be going to extra lengths to commemorate the occasion.
Stage 1/The finish line is located at the top of Tawonga Gap. This stage has created a great atmosphere at the finish line, as everyone watches people arriving.
Stage 2/ The Individual Time Trial is where the rider tests themselves against the clock on an out and back course to Porepunkah.
Stage 3/ The route to Mt.Hotham is one of the most picturesque and challenging for any cyclist. A total of 55kms, the final 30 kms are all uphill, on an ascent to rival those seen in the French Alps.
The "Grand Finale" of the VRS and also one of the last events in Australia's cycling scene 2013! VRS-leader Cameron Wurf will fight hard to defend his lead, while our blogger Rhys Gillett (African Wildlife) will try to score big time.. but we can expect some big names of the NRS as well: Jack Haig (last year's 4th here), Matt Clark (defending champion) and more!
| Results 2012/ | | 1 Matthew Clark | Charter Mason | 5h37'36" | | 2 Jason Spencer | Charter Mason | + 1'17" | | 3 Stuart Smith | - | + 1'52" | | 4 Jack Haig | Genesys Wealth | + 1'57" | | 5 Cal Britten | search2retain | + 2'37" | | 6 Mark O'Brien | Budget Forklifts | + 3'04" |
Tawonga Gap - a great view for stage one's summit!
Hotham Heights' Alpine Resort and stage three's finish!
Blogging rider(s)/
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