Gippsland gets 70 percent bigger
Record field for Australian race
The fifth Lakes Oil Tour of Gippsland has attracted a record field of 143 cyclists from all Australian states and New Zealand. Tour director John Craven said he was thrilled by the field size, up 70 percent on last year.
“It’s not only the numbers, it’s the quality which will make this tour a great spectacle,” Craven said.
World omnium champion Leigh Howard, Beijing Olympian Jack Bobridge, Melbourne Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sean Finning, Victorian road champion David Pell and top New Zealanders Jeremy Yates and Brett Tivers head the entries.
Geelong’s Leigh Howard, 19, last year went on to triumph in the Scody Cup after winning the Paynesville criterium in the Gippsland tour. He is among the favourites to win the 2009 event.
“I think people sometimes underestimate how hard these events are,” Howard said. “They come back from overseas expecting to dominate and get a lesson. The intensity of the racing is quite incredible and it will be a very tough challenge to win the Tour of Gippsland.”
The five-day tour will start on Wednesday, July 29, with a testing 51km stage from Traralgon to Boolarra.
1 | Leigh Howard (VIC) Team Jacyo Ais |
2 | Jack Bobridge (SA) Team Jacyo Ais |
3 | Rohan Dennis (SA) Team Jacyo Ais |
4 | Luke Davison (NSW) Team Jacyo Ais |
5 | Glenn O’Shea (VIC) Team Jacyo Ais |
6 | Michael Matthews (ACT) Team Jacyo Ais |
7 | Adam Semple (WA) Team Jacyo Ais |
8 | Sean Finning (VIC) Jayco/Vis |
9 | James Langedyk (VIC) Jayco/Vis |
10 | Johnathan Lovelock (VIC) Jayco/Vis |
11 | Michael Gallagher (VIC) Jayco/Vis |
12 | Eric Sheppard (VIC) Jayco/Vis |
13 | Alexander Smyth (VIC) Jayco/Vis |
14 | Trevor Griffiths (VIC) Jayco/Vis |
15 | Jeremy Yates (NZ) Oex - Team Enterprise |
16 | Eliot Crowther (NZ) Oex - Team Enterprise |
17 | Al Dempsey (NZ) Oex - Team Enterprise |
18 | Thomas Hanover (NZ) Oex - Team Enterprise |
19 | Brett Tivers (NZ) Oex - Team Enterprise |
20 | Andrew Ward (NZ) Oex - Team Enterprise |
21 | David Pell (VIC) Savings And Loans |
22 | Joel Pearson (NSW) Savings And Loans |
23 | Timothy Roe (SA) Savings And Loans |
24 | Steven Robb (VIC) Savings And Loans |
25 | Michael Stallard (SA) Savings And Loans |
26 | Jai Crawford (TAS) Savings And Loans |
27 | William Dickeson (SA) Savings And Loans |
28 | Hayden Brooks (QLD) Fly V Australia |
29 | Scott Davis (QLD) Fly V Australia |
30 | David Kemp (QLD) Fly V Australia |
31 | Chris Pryor (QLD) Fly V Australia |
32 | Darren Rolfe (QLD) Fly V Australia |
33 | Chris Stack (SA) Team Skins |
34 | Russell Gill (SA) Team Skins |
35 | Tristan Jones (SA) Team Skins |
36 | Lucien Keene (SA) Team Skins |
37 | Matthew Benson (SA) Team Skins |
38 | Andrew Roe (SA) Team Skins |
39 | Nathan Earle (TAS) Praties |
40 | Joshua Chugg (TAS) Praties |
41 | Jeremy Hills (TAS) Praties |
42 | Kyle Marwood (VIC) Praties |
43 | Jason Rigg (WA) Praties |
44 | William Clarke (TAS) Praties |
45 | Ben Mather (TAS) Praties |
46 | Brendan Brooks (NSW) Shortis Cycle & Tri-Avanti Plus |
47 | Mitchell Pearson (NSW) Shortis Cycle & Tri-Avanti Plus |
48 | Daniel Barry (NZ) Shortis Cycle & Tri-Avanti Plus |
49 | Mathew Marshall (NZ) Shortis Cycle & Tri-Avanti Plus |
50 | Hamish Presbury (NZ) Shortis Cycle & Tri-Avanti Plus |
51 | Brendan Schultz (VIC) Titans - Race |
52 | Miles Watson (NZ) Titans - Race |
53 | James Ibrahim (VIC) Titans - Race |
54 | Samuel Witmitz (VIC) Titans - Race |
55 | Richard Lang (VIC) Titans - Race |
56 | Nathan Elliott (VIC) Titans - Race |
57 | Charles Howlett (VIC) Cycle City |
58 | Rhys Gillett (VIC) Cycle City |
59 | James Mowatt (VIC) Cycle City |
60 | Jay Bourke (VIC) Cycle City |
61 | Matthew Clarke (VIC) Cycle City |
62 | Michael England (NSW) Team Budget Forklifts |
63 | Cameron Hughes (QLD) Team Budget Forklifts |
64 | Cameron Jennings (QLD) Team Budget Forklifts |
65 | Craig McCartney (VIC) Team Budget Forklifts |
66 | Peter Ladd (VIC) Team Budget Forklifts |
67 | Cody Stevenson (NSW) Team Budget Forklifts |
68 | Malcolm Rudolph (QLD) Team Budget Forklifts |
69 | Stephen Rossendell (TAS) Champion Systems/Cannondale |
70 | Bradley Norton (VIC) Champion Systems/Cannondale |
71 | Ben Grieve-Johnson (TAS) Champion Systems/Cannondale |
72 | Timothy Walker (TAS) Champion Systems/Cannondale |
73 | Luke Ockerby (TAS) Champion Systems/Cannondale |
74 | Nick Morgan (TAS) Champion Systems/Cannondale |
75 | Danny Pulbrook (TAS) Champion Systems/Cannondale |
76 | Nick Aitken (VIC) Team 2Xu - Arc |
77 | Silas Fisher (VIC) Team 2Xu - Arc |
78 | Kane Walker (VIC) Team 2Xu - Arc |
79 | Peter Smith (VIC) Team 2Xu - Arc |
80 | Jacob Sutherland (VIC) Total Rush |
81 | (TBA) () Total Rush |
82 | Damien Turner (VIC) Total Rush |
83 | Gary Mueller (VIC) Total Rush |
84 | Glen Peterson (VIC) Total Rush |
85 | Michael Knoff (VIC) Total Rush |
86 | Timothy White (VIC) Total Rush |
87 | Christopher Klem (QLD) Dm Drafting |
88 | Joel Lewis (QLD) Dm Drafting |
89 | Joshua Hislop (QLD) Dm Drafting |
90 | Sean Turner (QLD) Dm Drafting |
91 | Steven Rankine (QLD) Dm Drafting |
92 | Matthew Wood (QLD) Dm Drafting |
93 | Evan Corry (QLD) Dixon Homes |
94 | Tobias Boylan (QLD) Dixon Homes |
95 | Peter Aquilina (QLD) Dixon Homes |
96 | Ian Johnston (QLD) Dixon Homes |
97 | Harry Rassie (QLD) Dixon Homes |
98 | Damian Harris (VIC) Dixon Homes |
99 | John Cornish (VIC) Prime Estate Buyers Agents |
100 | Reece Stephens (VIC) Prime Estate Buyers Agents |
101 | Rob Doyle (VIC) Prime Estate Buyers Agents |
102 | Deon Locke (QLD) Prime Estate Buyers Agents |
103 | Peter Braunsteins (VIC) Apollo Bicycles |
104 | Samuel Beveridge (VIC) Apollo Bicycles |
105 | James Henry (VIC) Apollo Bicycles |
106 | James Herd (VIC) Apollo Bicycles |
107 | Trent Williams (VIC) Apollo Bicycles |
108 | Thomas Donald (VIC) Search2Retain |
109 | Hugh Forrest (VIC) Search2Retain |
110 | Hugh Singleton (VIC) Search2Retain |
111 | Edward Bissaker (ACT) Suzuki-Canberra |
112 | Sam Genge (ACT) Suzuki-Canberra |
113 | Alastair Loutit (ACT) Suzuki-Canberra |
114 | Mitchell Fay-Lovelock (ACT) Suzuki-Canberra |
115 | Adam Phelan (ACT) Suzuki-Canberra |
116 | Marc Williams (ACT) Suzuki-Canberra |
117 | David Cripps (TAS) Lawson Homes |
118 | Matt McDonagh (TAS) Lawson Homes |
119 | Tom Robinson (TAS) Lawson Homes |
120 | Will Robinson (TAS) Lawson Homes |
121 | Joel Stearnes (TAS) Lawson Homes |
122 | Michael Smith (TAS) Lawson Homes |
123 | Stuart Payne (VIC) Loy Yang Power |
124 | Stuart Grimsey (VIC) Loy Yang Power |
125 | Paul Richards (VIC) Loy Yang Power |
126 | Neil Van Der Ploeg (VIC) Loy Yang Power |
127 | Scott Liston (VIC) Loy Yang Power |
128 | Luke Fetch (VIC) Loy Yang Power |
129 | Ben Dyball (VIC) Lakes Oil |
130 | Daniel Seagar (NZ) Lakes Oil |
131 | Kris Johnston (ACT) Lakes Oil |
132 | David Melville (QLD) Lakes Oil |
133 | Ben Fleming (QLD) Lakes Oil |
134 | Andy McNab (NZ) Work Ways |
135 | Samuel Rix (VIC) Work Ways |
136 | Peter Johnstone (VIC) Work Ways |
137 | Tom Benham (TAS) Work Ways |
138 | Brodie Talbot (NSW) Work Ways |
139 | Angus Harding (TAS) Work Ways |
140 | Daniel Braunsteins (VIC) Drapac Porsche |
141 | Angus Morton (NSW) Drapac Porsche |
142 | Tom Palmer (ACT) Drapac Porsche |
143 | Robbie Williams (NSW) Drapac Porsche |
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