Grafton-Inverell 2008 Print
Wednesday, 24 September 2008 04:10

HPRW were well represented at the 2008 Grafton-Inverell Classic with some great results in Division 3. Hopefully we'll be able to get some race reports from the guys. There are also some great photos on Kevin Coppalotti's website.

 

Here's Andy Patten's version of the day:

Woke up Saturday to see fog over Grafton. A nice day awaited all the riders. 

I made an early morning decision to ride singles. Enough time this year to warm up on the rollers for 15 mins. Decided to rack my bike on the line and roll out on the front this year. Will do this again, as the roads narrow and I had trouble getting around the bunch to try and get to the front last year. 
Stayed in the first 10 riders pulling turns until the first climb up Cattle Creek. A rider went away and I followed behind, watching my heart rate and staying at a certain percentage. I let him ride off until another rider bridged after the crest. Then I thought- give it a go. We worked together, then another rider bridged to make a group of four. I won the Mann River Sprint and we headed to the climb.
We started together, but after 25% of climb completed, I was climbing alone- until a Murwillumbah rider rocketed past me. Keep a constant gap, but I forced to ride at a very high HR. Chipped away, narrowing the gap until a final sprint and a KOM win. The Murwillumbah rider wanted to sit up from the summit, but I decided to ride on and see what would happen. 
At Mann River we were told we had a three minute gap. At the first feed we had a two minute gap. Over the top I had over 4 minutes. So I just rode tempo until the second feed, crossing Softwood KOM first. Looked behind to see the bunch at the end of the road and sat up.
Then the ride over the plateau- hot and windy. As per usual- a group of twenty with 5-6 doing the work to maintain the gap. 
Waterloo Range took the bunch to ten. 
Wire Gully was not decisive. Knew it was just going to be a sprint finish. Wasn't sure weather to try and bust the group as everyone was strong and I had been off the front for too long at the beginning of the race.
Got forth wheel into Inverell at the last roundabout and looked up to see the finish line had been brought down the road to the halfway point. Last year it was further down the road. Sprinted for forth and being caught out by this. Clinton passed me just before the line for third.
All in all a good day out for HPRW.

 

Results from Division 3:

 
 
1 Michael Hoynes (Inverell Cycle N Tri. Inc.)        7.38.08
2 Roberto Padilha (Victor Broncos)                          
3 Clinton Amble (Hamilton Pine River Wheelers)              
4 Andrew Patten (Hamilton Pine River Wheelers)              
5 Peter Cooper (Illawarra CC)                           0.01
6 Terry McDonald (Inverell Cycle 'n' Tri)                   
7 Craig Briant (C.R.A.B.S Cycling Club Inc)                 
8 Darren Halliday (Inverell Cycle 'N' Tri Inc.)             
9 Richard Sewell (Manning Valley CC Inc.)                   
10 Nicolas Booth (Murwillumbah Cycle Club)                  
11 Sam Freeman (Victor Broncos)                         8.21
12 Glenn Myler (Northern Districts CC)                  9.38
13 Michael Jorgensen (Inverell Cycle 'N' Tri Inc.)          
14 Stephen Murray (Gunnedah CTC)                            
15 Nikolai Wyman (Eastern Suburbs CC)                       
16 James Shapcott (Balmoral Cycle Club)                     
17 Matthew Hoy (Coffs Harbour CC)                       9.39
18 Matthew Vagg (Coffs Harbour CC)                          
19 Martin Lewis (Australian Defense Force CC)               
20 Nigel Blake (Grafton CC)                             9.40
21 Hayden Stewart (Hamilton Pine River Wheelers)            
22 David Wighton (SUNSHINE COAST CC)                        
23 David Hanson (Uni Cycle Club)                        9.41
24 Stephen Alexander (Hamilton Pine River Wheelers)     9.42
25 Stephen Ikin (Ffast Cycle Club)                      9.44
26 Jeffrey Gray (Illawarra CC)                         10.08
27 Jon Guy (Murwillumbah Cycle Club)                   20.22
28 Eugen Schilter (Dulwich Hill BC)                    23.38
29 Paul Kean (Sutherland Shire CC)                     23.55
30 Stephen Dowdell (Hunter District CC)                23.56
31 Michael McCall (Murwillumbah Cycle Club)            23.59
32 Jeff Brown (Southern Tasmanian Veterans CC)         30.25
33 Tony Clarke (Northern Rivers Cycling Club)          34.10
34 Edward McLane (Inverell Cycle N Tri. Inc.)          37.30
35 Matthew Brown (Central Coast CC)                    37.31
36 Ryan Lee (Uni Cycle Club)                           37.33
37 Tony Zanchetta (Townsville Cycle Club)              39.28
38 Kristian Hollins (Uni Cycle Club)                   39.46
39 John Kelley (Logan City Cycling Club)               40.31
40 Ian Porteous (Macksville CC)                        40.41
41 Alex Marshall (Balmoral Cycle Club)                 41.57
42 Michael Navybox (Goulburn CC)                       43.00
43 Glenn Chapman (Coffs Harbour CC)                    43.43
44 Thomas Brouard (Uni Cycle Club)                     47.50
45 Richard Watson (Toowoomba Cycling Club Inc.)        48.55
46 Derek Hazell (Inverell Cycle 'n' Tri)                    
47 Julian Townsend (Randwick Botany CC)                51.13
48 Peter Baz (Inverell Cycle 'N' Tri Inc.)             54.51
49 Tony Mills (Rockhampton Cycle Club)                 58.01
50 Bryan Ferris (Hamilton Pine River Wheelers)       1.03.08
51 Peter McMahon (Murwillumbah Cycle Club)           1.03.09
52 David Palmer (Kooragang Open CC)                  1.07.18
53 Rikki Corcoran (Grafton CC)                       1.08.46
54 Morris Treolor (Ipswich C C)                             
55 Gregory Walmsley (Manning Valley CC Inc.)         1.08.48
56 Marc Goodall (Dubbo CC)                           1.08.49
57 Adam Sleigh (Wynnum Redlands Cycling Club)        1.08.58
58 David Fraenkel (Ffast Cycle Club)                 1.10.32
59 Neil Thorburn (Sutherland Shire CC)               1.17.21
60 Dieter Berens (Bundaberg Cycle Club)              1.18.16
61 Grant McMillan (Kooragang Open CC)                1.21.53
62 Ben Woodman (Victor Broncos)                      1.28.53
63 Garry Reardon (Grafton CC)                        1.29.43
64 Paul Hooper (SUNSHINE COAST CC)                   1.29.45
65 Peter Jansen (Ffast Cycle Club)                   1.31.11
66 Peter Kent (C.R.A.B.S Cycling Club Inc)                  
67 Kalon Playford (Uni Cycle Club)                   1.35.00
68 John Williams (Inverell Cycle N Tri. Inc.)        1.38.59
69 Michael Dalton (Rockhampton Cycle Club)           1.39.00
70 Creighton Dolbel (Inverell Cycle 'N' Tri Inc.)    1.40.34
71 Christopher Colling (Hunter Valley Vets CC)       1.41.47
72 Cesare Verna (Ffast Cycle Club)                   1.45.09
73 Chris Carson                                      1.51.52
DNF Steven Jennings (Dubbo CC)                              

DNF David Gerrish (Dubbo CC)                     

 

 
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