Firenze-Pistoia, time trial over 33 km. Sergei Matveyev, 29 year old Ukranian riding for Ceramiche-Panaria Margres, won this classic Italian end of season time trial today, beating World Champion, Michael Rogers, into second spot. Sosenka was third, Cancellara fourth and Italian Champion at the discipline, Dario David Cioni fifth. (Source: la Gazzetta dello Sport)la Gazzetta (Italian)
Amsterdam Six Day: Final Night Six
Posted Sat Oct 23 20:59:24 2004 (EDT in North America)
Standings after Final Night Six
1. Robert Slippens / Danny Stam 397 points
2. Bruno Risi / Kurt Betschart 302 points
Down One Lap
3. Scott McGrory / Franco Marvulli 379 points
Down Two Laps
4. Matthew Gilmore / Franz Stocher 180 points
Down Four Laps
5. Marco Villa / Giovanni Lombardi 218 points
Down Five Laps
6. Aart Vierhouten / Andreas Beikirch 188 points
Down Six Laps
7. Matthé Pronk / Jos Pronk 202 points
Down Fourteen Laps
8. Max van Heeswijk / Jimmi Madsen 160 points
Down Sixteen Laps
9. Peter Schep / Steven Deneef 135 points
Down Eighteen Laps
10. Iljo Keisse / Wouter van Mechelen 222 points
Down Nineteen Laps
11. Francis de Jager / Jens Mouris 225 points
Down Twentythree Laps
12. Gerd Dörich / Christian Grassmann 41 points
Retired:
Frank Vandenbroucke and Stefan van Dijk; Gilmore continued with Franz Stocher
Night Six Derny Competition
1. Matthew Gilmore 5 points
2. Jimmi Madsen 4 points
3. Danny Stam 3 points
4. Giovanni Lombardi 2 points
5. Peter Schep 1 points
6. Wouter van Mechelen 0 points
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(Source: Amsterdam Official Site)
Amsterdam Official Site (Dutch)
Malaysia Airlines Herald Sun Tour
Posted Sat Oct 23 05:25:20 2004 (EDT in North America)
Swede takes contol
From: AAP
23oct04 (Australian Time)
NINE months ago cyclist Matthew Lloyd had never competed in an open road race - today he claimed victory in
the toughest stage of the Herald Sun Tour.
The 21-year-old from Melbourne won the arduous Warragul to Mt Baw Baw stage of some 87.7 km but almost half
of the route is uphill.
In a dramatic penultimate stage of the tour, Swede Jonas Ljungblad seized the overall lead from Victorian
favourite David McKenzie.
After turning a 43-second deficit into a 1 minute 33 second lead, he is now poised to claim victory after
the final stage at Traralgon tomorrow.
Ljungblad, who has won three stages - two this week and one in 2002 - only has to stay upright in the 81.6km
kermesse around the streets of Traralgon to win the biggest race of his life.
"I felt very nervous before the start of today's race and I am glad to have finished so high up in the stage
and of course, take the yellow leader's jersey," Ljungblad said.
"I rode up Mt Baw Baw in 2002 and finished seventh, so I knew what to expect, I knew where the flat spots were
and when the climbs got a bit more difficult."
"That experience really helped me today.
"Two years ago I rode on a 23 chain ring, today I switched it to a 25 and it made a big difference," he said.
The 93s difference will be too much for McKenzie to regain - unless Ljungblad himself strikes a problem. While
Ljungblad finished the Mt Baw Baw stage in fifth place, McKenzie limped home in 14th place, a clear two
minutes behind the Swede and almost four minutes behind surprise packet Lloyd.
Early tour leader Karl Menzies was dumped from second to ninth after finishing Mt Baw Baw in 25th position.
At the start of the day, South Australia's gold medal Olympian Luke Roberts would have given himself a chance
of taking the honours, but a puncture just eight kilometres from the finish effectively ended his hopes.
Lloyd, who trains in the Dandenongs, is in his first season as a professional rider after brief flirtations
with rowing and triathlons.
"This is awesome, I didn't expect to win, I just thought I would be chasing backsides all day," Lloyd said.
"Without doubt this is the biggest thing I've ever won."
Stage 12 - Warragul-Mt Baw Baw - 87.7 km
Place Rider UCI ID Sponsor Time
1 Matthew Lloyd AUS19830524 MITCHELL BUILDING SUPPLIES 2:44:53
2 Benoit Poilvet FRA19760827 PROVINCIAL VICTORIA 2:45:29
3 Chrisophe Le Mevel FRA19800911 PROVINCIAL VICTORIA 2:45:44
4 Phillip Thuaux AUS19790709 JAYCO 2:46:08
5 Jonas Ljungblad SWE19790115 EUROPCAR - PELACO 2:46:37
6 Daniel McConnell AUS19850809 VICTORIAN STATE HOME LOANS 2:46:57
7 Ben Brooks AUS19790321 McGEE - NSW INSTITUTE OF SPORT 2:47:01
8 Simon Gerrans AUS19800516 JAYCO 2:47:11
9 Ruber Marin COL19680607 SUBARU 2:47:22
10 Timo Scholz GER19720630 MALAYSIA AIRLINES 2:47:22
11 William Walker AUS19851031 JAYCO 2:48:04
12 Nick Kiraly AUS19791008 VICTORIAN STATE HOME LOANS 2:48:04
13 Jamie Burrow GBR19770125 EUROPCAR - PELACO 2:48:22
14 David McKenzie AUS19740806 BICYCLE SUPERSTORE 2:48:38
15 Glen Mitchell NZL19721019 ACTIVE FOR LIFE 2:48:52
16 Rob Sharman GBR19791208 SUNGOLD MILK - WARRNAMBOOL 2:48:58
17 Scott Guyton NZL19760611 BICYCLE SUPERSTORE 2:49:02
18 Chris Bradford AUS19740626 CGU INSURANCE 2:49:13
19 Kristian House GBR19791006 BENDIGO 2:49:46
20 Tomas Buchacek CZE19780307 LATROBE CITY 2:49:46
21 David Tanner AUS19840930 McGEE - NSW INSTITUTE OF SPORT 2:50:23
22 Corey Sweet AUS19761125 LATROBE CITY 2:51:01
23 Thomas Liese GER19680810 MALAYSIA AIRLINES 2:51:01
24 Luke Roberts AUS19770125 LATROBE CITY 2:51:01
25 Karl Menzies AUS19770617 BICYCLE SUPERSTORE 2:51:09
26 Eric Wohlberg CAN19650108 ACTIVE FOR LIFE 2:51:12
Overall after Stage 12
Place Rider Sponsor Time Deficit
1 Jonas Ljungblad EUROPCAR - PELACO 25:22:25 0:00:00
2 David McKenzie BICYCLE SUPERSTORE 25:23:58 0:01:33
3 Ben Brooks McGEE - NSW INSTITUTE OF SPORT 25:24:10 0:01:45
4 Benoit Poilvet PROVINCIAL VICTORIA 25:25:29 0:03:04
5 Glen Mitchell ACTIVE FOR LIFE 25:26:03 0:03:38
6 Timo Scholz MALAYSIA AIRLINES 25:26:06 0:03:41
7 Simon Gerrans JAYCO 25:26:44 0:04:19
8 Matthew Lloyd MITCHELL BUILDING SUPPLIES 25:26:52 0:04:27
9 Karl Menzies BICYCLE SUPERSTORE 25:27:00 0:04:35
10 Luke Roberts LATROBE CITY 25:27:10 0:04:45
11 Scott Guyton BICYCLE SUPERSTORE 25:27:33 0:05:08
12 Rob Sharman SUNGOLD MILK - WARRNAMBOOL 25:27:56 0:05:31
13 Kristian House BENDIGO 25:28:30 0:06:05
14 David Tanner McGEE - NSW INSTITUTE OF SPORT 25:28:48 0:06:23
15 Phillip Thuaux JAYCO 25:29:18 0:06:53
16 Kieran Page BENDIGO 25:29:29 0:07:04
17 Dominique Perras ACTIVE FOR LIFE 25:29:49 0:07:24
18 Jamie Burrow EUROPCAR - PELACO 25:30:49 0:08:24
19 William Walker JAYCO 25:31:06 0:08:41
20 Tomas Buchacek LATROBE CITY 25:32:08 0:09:43
21 Domenic Gatto VICTORIAN STATE HOME LOANS 25:32:27 0:10:02
22 Chris Bradford CGU INSURANCE 25:32:54 0:10:29
23 Corey Sweet LATROBE CITY 25:32:59 0:10:34
24 Eric Wohlberg ACTIVE FOR LIFE 25:33:01 0:10:36
25 Peter Milostic ARGON 18 BIKES - CARAVELLO 25:35:06 0:12:41
The Stages:
Thu 14 Oct - Stage 1 - Melbourne Criterium- 33.0 km (30 laps x 1.1 km)
Fri 15 Oct - Stage 2 - Werribee Criterium - 36.0 km (30 laps x 1.2 km)
Fri 15 Oct - Stage 3 - Werribee-You Yangs - 77.7 km
Sat 16 Oct - Stage 4 - Portarlington Circuit - 117.0 km (10 x 11.7 km)
Sun 17 Oct - Stage 5 - Geelong Kermesse - 77.0 km (35 x 2.2 km)
Mon 18 Oct - Stage 6 - Colac Tour of the Otways - 178.7 km
Tue 19 Oct - Stage 7 - Creswick-Daylesford- 154.8 km
Wed 20 Oct - Stage 8 - Bendigo Kermesse - 69.0 km (30 x 2.3 km)
Thu 21 Oct - Stage 9 - Nagambie-Mansfield - 151.8 km
Fri 22 Oct - Stage 10 - Mansfield Criterium- 33.0 km (30 x 1.1 km)
Fri 22 Oct - Stage 11 - Mansfield-Jamieson - 38.0 km
Sat 23 Oct - Stage 12 - Warragul-Mt Baw Baw- 87.7 km
Sun 24 Oct - Stage 13 - Traralgon Kermesse - 57.0 km (20 x 2.85 km)
(Source: Herald Sun)
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SixDay Site going BLOG
Posted Sat Oct 23 03:11:05 2004 (EDT in North America)
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Happy Birthday - Men
Posted Sat Oct 23 02:00:33 2004 (EDT in North America)
Charles Crupelandt (1886) France - Died February 18, 1955. 1st. 1912 Paris-Roubaix (2nd. Gustave Garrigou; 3rd. Maurice Leturgie, both French) 1st. 1914 Paris-Roubaix (2nd. Louis Luguet, France; 3rd. Louis Mottiat, Belgium) 1st 1913 Paris-Tours 3rd. 1913 Paris-Roubaix (1st. Francois Faber, Luxembourg; 2nd. Charles Deruyter, Belgium) Beat Breu (1957) Switzerland 1st. 1981 Championship of Zurich. (Source: Six Day staff)
Men Only
Posted Sat Oct 23 01:43:51 2004 (EDT in North America)
Here's Oz Speed Merchant Robbie Mc Ewen (Source: Six Day staff; Photo Courtesy: Cyclinfo Site (French))
Ladies Only
Posted Sat Oct 23 01:34:52 2004 (EDT in North America)
Here's Kristy Scrymgeour (Source: Six Day staff; Photo Courtesy: Cyclinfo Site (French))
Happy Birthday - Women
Posted Sat Oct 23 01:33:19 2004 (EDT in North America)
None Today. Sorry (Source: Six Day staff)
Today's Menu
Posted Sat Oct 23 01:20:52 2004 (EDT in North America)
Saturday, October 23 Main Events:
MEN:
Stage Races:
Stage 12 - Malaysia Airlines Herald Sun Tour - Australia - Cat. 2.3
Single Day races: None
Six Day Races:
Night 6 (Final) - Amsterdam
WOMEN:
Stage Races:None
Single Day races: None
(Source: UCI)
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