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Johnstone wins Leeston Classsic

Wednesday 19 February 2014, 1:35PM

By enthuse

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Lee Johnstone from the Warmup Cycling team had an impressive return from injury winning the Leeston Classic cycling road race on Saturday.
Lee Johnstone from the Warmup Cycling team had an impressive return from injury winning the Leeston Classic cycling road race on Saturday. Credit: Chris Innes Photography

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Lee Johnstone from the Warmup Cycling team had an impressive return from injury winning the Leeston Classic cycling road race on Saturday.

Well over one hundred riders started in 12 handicap groups. By the end of the second lap most of the field had joined together to form a large peloton that narrowly held off the scratch and break groups.

In his first race for over two months Johnstone won the large bunch sprint from Jaron Stephens and Darrell Kircher.

The first woman home was Sharlotte Lucas who also finished 9th overall.Michael Vink finished with the fastest net time of one hour and two minutes recording an impressive average speed of over 46 kilometres per hour. Rita Trottman was the fastest women home in a net time of One hour and eight minutes.

Results

1              Lee Johnstone                  watch time, 2:02:08         6 min mark,        net time 1:08:08
2              Jaron Stephens                 WT 2:02:09          7                                              nt 1:09:09
3              Darell Kircher                     wt 2:02:09           6                                              nt 1:08:09
4              Andrew Villazon               wt  2:02:09          6                                              same time
5              Brent Marryatt                  wt 2:02:09           6                                              same time
6              Andre Chappell                 wt 2:02:09           7                                              1:09:09
7=           Craig Lange                         wt 2:02:10           7                                              1:09:10
7=           Phil Scott                             wt 2:02:10           7                                              same time
9              Sharlotte Lucas                 wt 2:02:10           7                                              same time
10           Lee Farrell                           wt 2:02:10           8                                              1:10:10

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