Sean Lake wins Grafton to Inverell
Kent-Spark and Juel round out podium
Battling some of the most testing conditions in the race's history, African Wildlife Safaris rider Sean Lake has ridden to victory in the 54th Grafton to Inverell Cycle Classic sponsored by McDonalds.
Lake seized an opportunity in the final few kilometres to ride away from four other riders who elected not to chase and crossed the line in 6 hours 40 minutes and 26 seconds, an average of 34.2 kph.
"It's absolutely amazing, if you had of asked me before the race if I thought this was going to happen I would have told you pretty much no chance," said Lake.
"I've had a couple of good results in my rowing career but this is definitely the biggest thing, it’s crazy, it's only my second NRS race."
Oliver Kent-Spark of Search2Retain was second and Kristian Juel of Budget Forklifts crossed in third place.
The race became a war of attrition for the last 110 kilometres as the heat on the Tablelands took effect and hot, blustery winds met them head-on.
Budget Forklifts took the teams classification, Juel was crowned King of the Mountain and Edward White of GPS Sultz was Sprint King.
The final race of the Subaru National Road Series did not impact on the overall standings with Joseph Cooper (33rd) protecting his title for Avanti, and Avanti winning the NRS teams title.
Skybridge Financial B-Grade was a triumph for Liam Kelly of Caravello who outlasted Tom Gollins of Lifecycle in 7 hours 11 minutes 31 seconds, and Lewis Garland of Hunter District was third.
A three-up sprint in Inverell RSM Club C-grade saw Jacob Patterson of Northern Sydney prevail over Inverell's Brett Newton and Simon Anderson of Eastern Suburbs.
The new finish line in Vivian street proved a winner with a good crowd enjoying pre-race entertainment and the shaded areas before welcoming the cyclists.
Joe Cooper (Avanti) was crowned the 2014 Subaru National Road Series having finished safely in the bunch.
"This is one of the biggest highlights of my cycling career," said the 2013 New Zealand time trial champion. "I'm just so glad we got it done today.
"I'm so happy, it means a lot to me. I've put a whole year of hard work into this and to cap it off today and actually survive the race myself is pretty good," Cooper added.
Cooper finished the season on 68 points, three ahead of Tim Roe (Budget Forklifts) and 12 ahead of teammate Brenton Jones.
Avanti finished the season as the best ranked team on 222 points with Team Budget Forklifts second on 145 points, followed by health.com.au-search2retain in third place on 122 points.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Sean Lake (African Wildlife Safaris) | 6:40:26 |
2 | Oliver Kent-Spark (health.com.au-search2retain) | 0:00:31 |
3 | Kristian Juel (Team Budget Forklifts) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Neil Van Der Ploeg (Avanti Racing Team) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Jordan Davies | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Edward White (GPM Stulz) | 0:01:59 |
7 | Hamish Schreurs (Subaru Albion NRS Development Team) | 0:04:31 |
8 | Benjamin Hill (CharterMason Giant Racing) | 0:04:33 |
9 | Chris Jory (GPM Stulz) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Samuel Horgan (Team Budget Forklifts) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Ben Dyball (Avanti Racing Team) | 0:04:38 |
12 | Darcy Ellerm-Norton (Subaru Albion NRS Development Team) | 0:08:23 |
13 | Jay Dutton | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Ryan Thomas (GPM Stulz) | 0:14:56 |
15 | David Edwards | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Josh Aldridge (Subaru Albion NRS Development Team) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Nicholas Woods (Data#3 Symantec Racing Team) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Cameron Bayly (health.com.au-search2retain) | 0:15:04 |
19 | James Rendall (African Wildlife Safaris) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Scott Bowden | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Timothy Roe (Team Budget Forklifts) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Mark O'Brien (Avanti Racing Team) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Andrew Macfarlane | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Joshua Prete (Team Budget Forklifts) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Sam Crome (CharterMason Giant Racing) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Michael Jaeger (Peloton Sports/Turramurra Cyclery Racing) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | David Melville (Data#3 Symantec Racing Team) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Rowan Dever (CharterMason Giant Racing) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Josh Berry (Cellarbrations Racing Team) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Michael Vink (Team Budget Forklifts) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Nathan Elliott (African Wildlife Safaris) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Mitchell Lovelock-Fay (Avanti Racing Team) | 0:15:07 |
33 | Joseph Cooper (Avanti Racing Team) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Benjamin Albany | 0:27:12 |
35 | Tom Paton | 0:27:13 |
36 | Leslie Masters (Team Scody Downunder) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Tim Guy (health.com.au-search2retain) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Jay Callaghan | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Craig Evers (Phoenix Cycling Collective) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Tyson Chambers (African Wildlife Safaris) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Mark Crawford (GPM Stulz) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Tommy Nankervis (Team Budget Forklifts) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Thomas Coates | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Matthew Slee (Cellarbrations Racing Team) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Stuart Smith (health.com.au-search2retain) | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | James Szollosi (Data#3 Symantec Racing Team) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | James Hepburn (health.com.au-search2retain) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Keegan Aitchison (Subaru Albion NRS Development Team) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Aaron Watts (Cellarbrations Racing Team) | 0:48:05 |
50 | Dylan Newbery (Data#3 Symantec Racing Team) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Ashley Dafrican Wildlife SafarisON | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Todd Buschkuehl (Team Scody Downunder) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Mark Jamesion | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | John Peppard (Subaru Albion NRS Development Team) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Anthony Collins | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | William Andersson | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Kelsey Boreham (Phoenix Cycling Collective) | 1:09:19 |
58 | Hayden Campbell (Phoenix Cycling Collective) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Greg Burgett (Cellarbrations Racing Team) | 1:25:19 |
60 | Andrew McCosker (Phoenix Cycling Collective) | 1:48:18 |
61 | Andrew Pickering (Phoenix Cycling Collective) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
DSQ | Saxon Irvine (Subaru Albion NRS Development Team) | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Brenton Jones (Avanti Racing Team) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tom Robinson (Avanti Racing Team) | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Aaron Donnelly (Avanti Racing Team) | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alex Wohler (Team Budget Forklifts) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Angus Tobin (health.com.au-search2retain) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Conor Murtagh (CharterMason Giant Racing) | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jake Magee (CharterMason Giant Racing) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tyler Spurrell (African Wildlife Safaris) | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniel Bonello (GPM Stulz) | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Caleb Jones (GPM Stulz) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michael Troy (GPM Stulz) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Joel Walsh (Cellarbrations Racing Team) | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kris Johnston (Cellarbrations Racing Team) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniel Molyneux (Subaru Albion NRS Development Team) | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Luke Davison (Subaru Albion NRS Development Team) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Simon Dwyer (Phoenix Cycling Collective) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Samuel Moorby (Phoenix Cycling Collective) | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nathan Booth (Phoenix Cycling Collective) | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Cameron Peterson (Peloton Sports/Turramurra Cyclery Racing) | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kane Macri (Peloton Sports/Turramurra Cyclery Racing) | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mark Rowling (Peloton Sports/Turramurra Cyclery Racing) | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jayden Copp | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alex Quirk | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marcus Culey | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Shaun Baxter | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Reuben Donati | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mitchell Mulhern (Team Scody Downunder) | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Aden De Jager (Team Scody Downunder) | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kristian Juel (Team Budget Forklifts) | 12 | pts |
2 | Sean Lake (African Wildlife Safaris) | 4 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Neil Van Der Ploeg (Avanti Racing Team) | 3 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Jordan Davies | 3 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Darcy Ellerm-Norton (Subaru Albion NRS Development Team) | 2 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Matthew Slee (Cellarbrations Racing Team) | 2 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Oliver Kent-Spark (health.com.au-search2retain) | 1 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | David Melville (Data#3 Symantec Racing Team) | 1 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Edward White (GPM Stulz) | 8 | pts |
2 | Jordan Davies | 5 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Kristian Juel (Team Budget Forklifts) | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Team Budget Forklifts | 20:21:26 |
2 | Avanti Racing Team | 0:00:05 |
3 | GPM Stulz Stulz | 0:01:20 |
4 | Subaru Albion NRS Development Team | 0:07:42 |
5 | African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team | 0:10:00 |
6 | CharterMason Giant Racing | 0:14:33 |
7 | health.com.au-search2retain Cycling Team | 0:22:40 |
8 | Data#3 Symantec Racing Team | 0:37:05 |
9 | Cellarbrations Racing Team | 1:10:14 |
10 | Phoenix Cycling Collective | 2:25:43 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Avanti Racing Team | 222 | pts |
2 | Team Budget Forklifts | 145 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | health.com.au-search2retain Cycling Team | 122 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | CharterMason Giant Racing | 112 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Satalyst Giant Racing Team | 87 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team | 78 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Drapac Professional Cycling | 53 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Wormall Civil CCS | 51 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | GPM Stulz Sultz | 22 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Jayco/John West/VIS | 20 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Data#3 Symantec Racing Team | 17 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Team Scody Downunder | 17 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | SASI Cycling Team | 17 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Cellarbrations Racing Team | 16 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Subaru NSWIS Development Team | 13 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Subaru Albion NRS Development Team | 12 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | SUVelo Racing | 11 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Swiss Wellness Cycling Team | 10 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Pat's Veg-Thereabouts Racing Team | 10 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Bianchi DCM Arbitrage | 9 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | St. George Merida | 9 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Team Polygon Australia | 8 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Team Seight | 6 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Paradice Investment Cycling Team | 5 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Anchor Point South Coast Cycling Team | 4 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Phoenix Cycling Collective | 4 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Peloton Sports/Turramurra Cyclery Racing | 3 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Croydon Cycleworks/Pick-a-Part | 3 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | DH Racing | 2 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Team Direct Asia | 1 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Racing Kangaroos | 1 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | GDT Racing | 1 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
32 | Hall Cycle Training | 1 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
32 | Team NeilPryde-Mens Club in Japan | 1 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
32 | Total Sports NeilPryde Team | 1 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Joseph Cooper (Avanti Racing Team) | 68 | pts |
2 | Timothy Roe (Team Budget Forklifts) | 65 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Brenton Jones (Avanti Racing Team) | 56 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Jesse Kerrison (Team Budget Forklifts) | 49 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Patrick Bevin (health.com.au-search2retain) | 41 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Raphael Freinstein (CharterMason Giant Racing) | 41 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Jack Haig (Avanti Racing Team) | 34 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Ben Dyball (Avanti Racing Team) | 33 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Mitchell Lovelock-Fay (Avanti Racing Team) | 26 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Mark O'Brien (Avanti Racing Team) | 24 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Wesley Sulzberger (Drapac Professional Cycling) | 23 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Keagan Girdlestone (CharterMason Giant Racing) | 21 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Neil Van Der Ploeg (Avanti Racing Team) | 20 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Brodie Talbot (Team Budget Forklifts) | 18 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Cameron Bayly (health.com.au-search2retain) | 17 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
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