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Thursday 21 January 2010, 11:53AM

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Final start list for next week Trust House Cycle Classic announced
Final start list for next week Trust House Cycle Classic announced Credit: Trust House Cycle Classic

WELLINGTON

New Zealand riders will be pressing hard to break Australia’s recent dominance in next week’s Trust House Cycle Classic in the Wairarapa and Wellington.

Australians Travis Meyer and Peter McDonald have won the last two tours, and with seven strong professional teams entered from across the Tasman riders from that country will have a powerful presence. Within the New Zealand squads though there a number of riders with the credentials to be potential winners, none more so that new national road champion Jack Bauer of Nelson. His victory in Christchurch earlier this month on a demanding circuit could hardly have been more impressive when pitted against Tour de France riders, and former winners of the Trust House classic, Hayden Roulston and Julian Dean. However, for Bauer to be successful will require the support of his Trust House team-mates, three of them Australian and the other from Belgium, and for him to be able to climb as well as the better Australians with the tour likely to be decided on the hills. This will be Bauer’s first appearance in the event after finishing second in the Tour of Southland in November.

Other New Zealanders who will command respect include last year’s Tour of Southland winner, Heath Blackgrove, whose Team Solway colleagues are a former world junior road champion Jeremy Yates, and Olympic Games team pursuit bronze medallist in Beijing, Wesley Gough, plus the well-performed Logan Hutchings and Scott Lyttle. Team Bici Vida has national under-23 road champion Tom Findlay, who was in the four-man winning break of the senior event, alongside Bauer, Roulston and Dean, and Subway Avanti’s squad is headed by the wily Gordon McCauley, a multi-national champion on the road, and brilliant teenager Michael Vink, who caught the eye in staying away, largely on his own, for most of the 186km of the senior national race in Christchurch. Outstanding track rider Peter Latham is in the Benchmark Homes squad, and another who could feature is George Bennet (Cardno).

Last year’s winner, McDonald (Drapac Porsche), Jai Crawford (Fly V Australia), and Joel Pearson (Genesys Wealth Advisers), are three Australians among the 35 entered in a field of 110 from seven countries who might be of most bother to the New Zealanders. McDonald’s preparation is being completed by this week competing in the opening event on the Pro Tour circuit, the Tour Down Under in Australia, where his opposition included a seven-time winner of the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong. Crawford is a hill-climb specialist, ideally suited for this tour. He won the stage up Admiral Hill last year, but his chances of being overall tour victor were hampered in the stage one time trial when he lost valuable time after suffering mechanical failure. Pearson is an accomplished all-rounder, whose results include winning the Melbourne to Warrnambool classic last year.

Tour director Jorge Sandoval is delighted with the quality of the field with so many of the best riders from New Zealand and Australia involved.

“For the first time in the 23 years of the tour we have seven overseas pro teams, in addition to the 15 from within New Zealand” he said. “The tour is gathering increased recognition on the UCI calendar, and I’m keen for that to be further enhanced. This year’s event is a tough one with so much emphasis on the hill climbs, starting with the return of the stage from Upper Hutt to Masterton, which will promote excellent racing, and ideal opportunities for the spectators to observe the riders up close.”

On the tour’s first day, January 27, the Rimutaka road will be closed to all traffic from 9.30am to 11am, and it is the eighth time the class 2.2 UCI event has had major support from the Trust House Charitable Trust. After most of the first four days of the tour are in the Wairarapa, the final stage, a criterium, will be on a circuit on lower Lambton Quay, Wellington, on the afternoon of January 31. 

 

START LIST TRUST HOUSE CYCLE CLASSIC 2010

All NZ unless stated


DRAPAC PORSCHE - AUSTRALIA

Team Manager; Agostino Giramondo

1 McDonald Peter

2 Lachlan Norris

3 Michael Phelan

4 Joseph Lewis

5 Tom Palmer
CARDNO TEAM

Team Manager: John Lee

6 Clinton Avery

7 Aaron Strong

8 Michael Torckler

9 George Bennet

10 Wade Mangham


FLY V AUSTRALIA

Team Manager: Henk Vogels

11 Jay Thompson - South Africa

12 Allessandro Bazzanna - Italy

13 Charles Dionne - Canada

14 Jai Crawford - Australia

15 Phil Zajicek - USA
TEAM McDONAGH BLAKE-WITNESS - AUSTRALIA

Team Manager; Trent Wilson

16 Dale Scarfe
17 Geoff Straub
18 Brendan Jones
19 Adam Phelan
20 Alistair Louttit

TRUST HOUSE TEAM

Team Manager: Graeme Stone

21 Jack Bauer

22 Jeroen van Schelven – Belgium

23 Daniel Furmston – Australia

24 Benjamin Fleming – Australia

25 Josh Chugg - Australia



SHORTIS CYCLE– AUSTRALIA

Manager: Brett Blundell

26 Brendan Brooks

27 Chris Jory

28 Mathew Werrell

29 Mark Frendo

30 Matthew Marshall






APOLLO CYCLES – AUSTRALIA

Team Manager: Murray Fenwick

31 Peter Braunstiens

32 James Henry

33 Trent Williams

34 John Grove

35 Chris Deamelio
GENESYS WEALTH ADVISERS – AUSTRALIA

Manager; Andrew Christie-Johnston

36 Joel Pearson

37 Clarke William

38 Nathan Haas

39 Nathan Earle

40 Dylan Newell
JAYCO SKINS Team - Australia

Team Manager; Brian Stephens
Soigneur; Greg Nunn,
Mechanic; Tony Kemp

41 Michael Matthews
42 Nick Aitken
43 Aaron Donnelly
44 Patrick Lane
45 Malcolm Rudolph

TEAM BP

Team Manager: Tristan Thomas

46 Chris Kendall

47 Andrew Hagan

48 Mike Naylor

49 Daniel Coombes

50 Jonathan Dunne



TEAM BICI VIDA

Team Manager; Carl Williams

51 Roman Van Uden (U23)

52 Mike Northey (U23)

53 Tom Findlay (U23)

54 Alex Ray (U23)

55 Taylor Gunman (U23)
BENCHMARK HOMES TEAM

Team Manager: Tony Laplanche

56 Hextall Leon

57 Daniel Barry

58 McCoy James

59 Peter Latham

60 Alexander Smyth -Australia



TEAM SOLWAY

Team Manager; Steve Lyttle

61 Jeremy Yates

62 Heat Blackgrove

63 Logan Hutchings

64 Scott Lyttle

65 Wesley Gough
MERCEDES BENZ

Team Manager: Denise Brown

66 Luke McCarthy

67 Josh Brown

68 Tobias Larsson - Sweden

69 Peter Aquilina - Australia

70 Matt Shallcrass
TAIT COMMUNICATIONS TEAM

Team Manager:

71 Brett Slater

72 Gregory Marfell

73 Matt Robinson

74 Richard Rollinson

75 Patrick Williamson

PENNY’S CYCLING TEAM

Team Manager:

76 Giuseppe Cirella - Italy

77 Kevin Strongman

78 Jeremy Stephens

79 Craig Hoskin

80 Ben Powell


LITESPEED TEAM

Team Manager: Ken Bewley

81 Fred Ouellec-lacroix – Canada

82 Ruaraid Mcleod

83 Oliver Harding-Sheath

84 Jullian Fillion – Canada

85 Michael Poole

SANZ TEAM

Team Manager:

86 Saul Webb

87 Trent Williams - Australia

88 Sam King Turner

89 Winston Briggs

90 Logan Edgar







BLACK PELOTON / PLACEMAKERS

Team Manager: Andrew Barlow

91 Scott Mullally

92 Fraser Bermingham

93 Sean Joyce

94 Matt Sillars

95 John Cornish - Australia

HANDY RENTALS

Team Manager: John Enton

Gayle West

96 Mike Henton

97 Louis Crosby

98 Sam Horn

99 Sam Lindsay

100 Brad Tilby


Subway Avanti Pro Team

Team Manager: Greg Hume

101 Gordon McCauley

102 James Williamson

103 Ryan Wills

104 Eric Drower

105 Michael Vink



R+R Team

Team manager: Stephen Elden

106 Langlands Mark

107Rodger Shem

108 Finucane Simon

109 Carter Brad

110 Christie Jason