Johnstone wins Leeston Classsic
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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