Stage 1 Live Text Commentary
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Stage Date: 2 Nov 2009 8.3 km |
Start at 09:00 | Finish 12:00 (approx) |
| Teams Time Trial (2 circuits of Queens Park) |
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Stage 1 Sponsor: Massage Therapy Centre
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11:35:30
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2 Marc RYAN [CLP] is in the PowerNet Tour leader in the Yellow jersey.
1 Hayden ROULSTON [CLP] is wearing the Green jersey of the Harcourts Sprint Ace.
3 Jesse SERGENT [CLP] is the Under 23 leader with the PSIS Pink jersey.
7 Hayden GODFREY [SWA] is the leader in the Red and White Polka Dot jersey of the Hydraulink King of the Mountains (KOM).
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11:27:03
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UNOFFICIAL
Colour Plus post a time of 10:10 to win stage 1 of the 2009 PowerNet Tour of Southland.
Marc Ryan will wear the yellow jersey this afternoon for stage 2 from Invercargill to Bluff
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11:22:17
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As the winds drop and the sun reappears, the one lap split for Colour Plus was 5:11, compared with 5:12 for Subway Avanti.
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11:17:06
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The update leaderboard with one team to go is
10:22 SWA - Subway Avanti
10:25 BPC - Bissell Pro Cycling Team
10:27 ZCS - Zookeepers Cycle Surgery
10:44 KMS - KIA Motors
10:46 STR - Share The Road
10:50 CST - Calder Stewart
10:50 TPT - Praties Cycling
10:51 BMH - Benchmark Homes
10:52 APH - Ascot Park Hotel
10:55 BCV - Bici Vida
10:55 CBS - cyclingnzshop.com-Bio Sport
11:00 STT - The Southland Times
11:01 CRS - Creation Signs
11:01 JPM - Jackson Plumbing
11:02 PNT - PowerNet
11:02 PMK - Placemakers
11:10 TEP - Team Enterprise
11:14 EGS - Energy Smart
11:15 SIT - SIT ZERO FEES
11:18 NMS - NOW MS Society
11:18 TTT - Team Titans
11:22 WMP - Wintons Middle Pub
11:27 SMP - Sycamore Print
11:34 SWH - South West Helicopters
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11:15:59
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Latest times provided were
10:50 CST - Calder Stewart
10:25 BPC - Bissell Pro Cycling Team
10:22 SWA - Subway Avanti
Subway Avanti go into the lead with only Colour Plus to go. Hayden Godfrey was first over the line, so he will wear the PowerNet Yellow Jersey this afternoon.
Bissell Pro Cycling Team moved into second 3 seconds adrift from Subway Avanti.
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11:09:47
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SWA - Subway Avanti just clocked a 5:12 for the first lap. Zookeepers Cycle Surgery had posted a 5:14 when they did their 10:27.
Bissell Pro Cycling posted a 5:19 fo their first lap.
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11:01:43
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The final four teams are
CST - Calder Stewart
16 Mark LANGLANDS [CST] 17 Ben KING [CST] 18 Brad HALL [CST] 19 Paul ODLIN [CST] 20 Douglas REPACHOLI [CST]
BPC - Bissell Pro Cycling Team
11 Jeremy VENNELL [BPC] 12 Peter LATHAM [BPC] 13 Ben JACQUES-MAYNES [BPC] 14 Omer KEM [BPC] 15 Cody O''REILLY [BPC]
SWA - Subway Avanti
6 Gordon McCAULEY [SWA] 7 Hayden GODFREY [SWA] 8 Eric DROWER [SWA] 9 Joseph COOPER [SWA] 10 Joshua ENGLAND [SWA]
CLP - Colour Plus
1 Hayden ROULSTON [CLP] 2 Marc RYAN [CLP] 3 Jesse SERGENT [CLP] 4 Logan HUTCHINGS [CLP] 5 Reon PARK [CLP
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11:00:16
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Updated Provisional Leaderboard
10:27 ZCS - Zookeepers Cycle Surgery
10:44 KMS - KIA Motors
10:46 STR - Share The Road
10:50 TPT - Praties Cycling
10:51 BMH - Benchmark Homes
10:52 APH - Ascot Park Hotel
10:55 BCV - Bici Vida
10:55 CBS - cyclingnzshop.com-Bio Sport
11:00 STT - The Southland Times
11:01 CRS - Creation Signs
11:01 JPM - Jackson Plumbing
11:02 PNT - PowerNet
11:02 PMK - Placemakers
11:10 TEP - Team Enterprise
11:14 EGS - Energy Smart
11:15 SIT - SIT ZERO FEES
11:18 NMS - NOW MS Society
11:18 TTT - Team Titans
11:22 WMP - Wintons Middle Pub
11:27 SMP - Sycamore Print
11:34 SWH - South West Helicopters
Four more teams to go.
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10:59:03
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10:44 KMS - KIA Motors
10:27 ZCS - Zookeepers Cycle Surgery
10:55 CBS - cyclingnzshop.com-Bio Sport
Zookeepers Cycle Surgery take the lead with a time of 10:27, with KIA Motors currently in 2nd place.
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10:53:27
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ZCS - Zookeepers Cycle Surgery just powered through with a time of 5:14 for the first lap, some 9 seconds faster than Share The Road.
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10:50:12
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The update PROVISIONAL Leaderboard is now
10:46 STR - Share The Road
10:50 TPT - Praties Cycling
10:51 BMH - Benchmark Homes
10:52 APH - Ascot Park Hotel
10:55 BCV - Bici Vida
11:00 STT - The Southland Times
11:01 CRS - Creation Signs
11:01 JPM - Jackson Plumbing
11:02 PNT - PowerNet
11:02 PMK - Placemakers
11:10 TEP - Team Enterprise
11:14 EGS - Energy Smart
11:15 SIT - SIT ZERO FEES
11:18 NMS - NOW MS Society
11:18 TTT - Team Titans
11:22 WMP - Wintons Middle Pub
11:27 SMP - Sycamore Print
11:34 SWH - South West Helicopters
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10:49:12
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The next three teams are
KMS - KIA Motors
31 Robin REID [KMS] 32 Justin KERR [KMS] 33 Karl MOORE [KMS] 34 Shem ROGER [KMS] 35 George BENNETT [KMS]
ZCS - Zookeepers Cycle Surgery
26 Heath BLACKGROVE [ZCS] 27 Sam BEWLEY [ZCS] 28 Westley GOUGH [ZCS] 29 Glen CHADWICK [ZCS] 30 Hamish BOND [ZCS]
CBS - cyclingnzshop.com-Bio Sport
21 Floyd LANDIS [CBS] 22 Nico de JONG [CBS] 23 Nick LOVEGROVE [CBS] 24 Jeremy MEECH [CBS] 25 Jamie WHYTE [CBS]
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10:49:07
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These are the latest set of times
11:18 TTT - Team Titans
10:50 TPT - Praties Cycling
11:18 NMS - NOW MS Society
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10:30:17
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The latest PROVISIONAL Leaderboard is as follows:
10:46 STR - Share The Road
10:51 BMH - Benchmark Homes
10:52 APH - Ascot Park Hotel
10:55 BCV - Bici Vida
11:00 STT - The Southland Times
11:01 CRS - Creation Signs
11:01 JPM - Jackson Plumbing
11:02 PNT - PowerNet
11:02 PMK - Placemakers
11:10 TEP - Team Enterprise
11:14 EGS - Energy Smart
11:15 SIT - SIT ZERO FEES
11:22 WMP - Wintons Middle Pub
11:27 SMP - Sycamore Print
11:34 SWH - South West Helicopters
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10:26:39
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Next out we have
TTT - Team Titans
46 Samuel WHITMITZ [TTT] 47 James IBRAHIM [TTT] 48 Latham CROFT [TTT] 49 Oliver HARDING-SHEATH [TTT] 50 Brent DAWBER [TTT]
TPT - Praties Cycling
41 Kyle MARWOOD [TPT] 42 Jason RIGG [TPT] 43 Dylan NEWELL [TPT] 44 Joshua CHUGG [TPT] 45 Nathan EARL [TPT]
NMS - NOW MS Society
36 Tyler LOCKE [NMS] 37 Eric BENNETT [NMS] 38 Sergio HERNANDEZ [NMS] 39 Nicholas MARTINEZ [NMS] 40 Corey FARRELL [NMS]
It has just started to rain (horizontally) so the last few teams will find the going much tougher.
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10:23:50
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The next teams out are
TEP - Team Enterprise
61 Jeremy YATES [TEP] 62 Michael TORCKLER [TEP] 63 William ALEXANDER [TEP] 64 Alasdair DEMPSEY [TEP] 65 Josh BROWN [TEP]
CRS - Creation Signs
56 Blair MARTIN [CRS] 57 David EVANS [CRS] 58 Alex MALONE [CRS] 59 David TREACEY [CRS] 60 Hayden KEGG [CRS]
BMH - Benchmark Homes
51 Daniel BARRY [BMH] 52 James EARLY [BMH] 53 James McCOY [BMH] 54 Leon HEXTALL [BMH] 55 Matt SILLARS [BMH]
The winds has really picked up and it will be particularly tough for the riders on the road down to Bluff this afternoon if it stays like this.
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10:20:09
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The last three provisional times provided were:
11:02 PNT - PowerNet
10:52 APH - Ascot Park Hotel
10:46 STR - Share The Road
Share The Road post the fastest time to date, 6 seconds in front of Ascot Park Hotel.
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10:07:05
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On the course now are :
STR - Share The Road
76 Karl MURRAY [STR] 77 Matt GILBERT [STR] 78 Ryan WILLS [STR] 79 Romain FONDARD [STR] 80 Jack BAUER [STR]
APH - Ascot Park Hotel
71 Aaron STRONG [APH] 72 Wade MANGHAM [APH] 73 Mike NORTHEY [APH] 74 Brad CARTER [APH] 75 Patrick BEVIN [APH]
PNT - PowerNet
66 Michael STALLARD [PNT] 67 Russell GILL [PNT] 68 Mathew GORTER [PNT] 69 Richard ROLLINSON [PNT] 70 Chris MACIC [PNT]
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10:03:34
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After 9 teams having completed the course, the latest PROVISIONAL Leaderboard is as follows.
10:55 BCV - Bici Vida
11:00 STT - The Southland Times
11:01 JPM - Jackson Plumbing
11:02 PMK - Placemakers
11:14 EGS - Energy Smart
11:15 SIT - SIT ZERO FEES
11:22 WMP - Wintons Middle Pub
11:27 SMP - Sycamore Print
11:34 SWH - South West Helicopters
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10:00:16
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The following provisional time have just been provided.
11:01 JPM - Jackson Plumbing
11:27 SMP - Sycamore Print
11:02 PMK - Placemakers
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09:58:44
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Jacksons Plumbing are competing in the PowerNet Tour of Southland for the first time. 91 Michael OLHEISER [JPM] 92 Kevin NICOL [JPM] 93 Greg KRAUSE [JPM] 94 Seth RUBIN [JPM] 95 Stefan ROTHE [JPM]
The Sycamore Print team is 86 Kevin O''''DONNELL [SMP] 87 Kieran HAMBROOK [SMP] 88 Alex McGREGOR [SMP] 89 Rod WEINBERG [SMP] 90 Sheldon GORTER [SMP]
The Placemakers team is 81 Brent ALLNUT [PMK] 82 Logan MORT [PMK] 83 Daniel WARREN [PMK] 84 Jason BARLOW [PMK] 85 Logan CALDER [PMK]
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09:58:36
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The next three UNOFFICIAL TIMES are as follows.
10:55 BCV - Bici Vida
06 Scott WILDER [BCV] 107 Taylor GUNMAN [BCV] 108 Carl WILLIAMS [BCV] 109 Alex RAY [BCV] 110 Tom FINDLAY [BCV]
11:00 STT - The Southland Times
101 Matt MARSHALL [STT] 102 Hamish PRESBURY [STT] 103 Cameron KARWOWSKI [STT] 104 Michael VINK [STT] 105 Sam STEELE [STT]
11:22 WMP - Wintons Middle Pub
96 James GIBSON [WMP] 97 Alan WILLIAMS [WMP] 98 Thomas HUBBARD [WMP] 99 Cory HODGSON [WMP] 100 David AYRE [WMP]
The first three times were
11:14 EGS - Energy Smart
11:34 SWH - South West Helicopters
11:15 SIT - SIT ZERO FEES
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09:57:07
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Welcome to a windy but sunny Invercargill for stage 1 of the 2009 PowerNet Tour of Southland.
This stage is sponsored by Massage Therapy Centre
Stage 1 is 8.3km. The route is as follows: Teams Time Trial (2 circuits of Queens Park)
The first three teams are on the course
EGS - Energy Smart
121 Jonathon ATKINSON [EGS] 122 Lee EVANS [EGS] 123 Andy HAGAN [EGS] 124 Chris KENDALL [EGS] 125 Johno GEE [EGS]
SWH - South West Helicopters
116 Logan EDGAR [SWH] 117 Travis KANE [SWH] 118 Andrew BALLANTYNE [SWH] 119 Lachlan SHANNON [SWH] 120 Simon CROOM [SWH]
SIT - SIT ZERO FEES
111 Mike HENTON [SIT] 112 Dylan STEWART [SIT] 113 Matt HINTON [SIT] 114 Dion NEEMS [SIT] 115 Simon BROWN [SIT]
SIT were the quickest by six seconds after their first lap.
Three of the EGS - Energy Smart team just finished to post a time of 11:15.
The other two teams were a bit slower with SWH - South West Helicopters posting 11:35 and SIT - SIT ZERO FEES a second behind with 11:16.
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11:00:00
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Welcome to the LIVE TEXT Commentary for stage 1 in the 53rd PowerNet Tour of Southland.
Commentary provided by Tony Corkill (PowerNet) & Rachael Neutze (BikeNZ)
Stage 1 is a Team Time Trial sponsored by Southern Paints PPG Industrial Coatings
Stage 1 is 8.3km, 2 circuits of Queens Park. The riders start at the Feldwick Gates and go along Gala Street, turn left onto Queens Drive, turn left onto Herbert Street, turn left onto Kelvin Street and the another left back onto Gala Street. The Teams will then complete a second circuit.
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This TEXT COMMENTARY is made possible by the support of following organisations |
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TEXT COMMENTARY provided by
A W (Tony) Corkill from PowerNet & Rachael Neutze from
BikeNZ. Tony & Rachael will travelling with Peter Martinez from NZPA in a vehicle
provided by Graeme Atkinson from G J Atkinson Building Maintenance. |
Look out for the More FM Southland 89.2 Vehicle with Julian Ineson (Tour Commentator).
Listen out for Julian's Tour bulletins on More FM Southland 89.2 throughout the Tour.
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Grant Bulling is driving a vehicle provided by Ivan Bulling designers! furniture + interior. This van will be used at the finish line for photo finish and judging duties. |
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