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2005 Hell of
the West
Saturday 28 May, 2005, Glenmore - 70km Handicap
by Luke McDonough
Daniel Doherty (Brunswick) took out the 2005 Hell of the West at
Glenmore on Saturday 28 May, 2005. Riding off the 13 minute mark the
16 year old held a 1 minute gap at the base of the climb with Ernie
Arriagada (St Kilda). This gap on the closing 9 minute bunch was
enough to see Doherty claim the trophy. Doherty’ s climb time from
bridge to summit was 8 minutes 35 seconds.
The annual classic has a flat parcours but finishes with the brutal
ascent of Glenmore Hill. This climb is only 1.2km but has an average
gradient of 13.7%, with it reaching 15.9% at its most difficult
point.
Pete Knight from the 9 minute bunch did enough to cross in second
place 8 seconds behind with Arriagada fading to finish 9th. Michael
Sparke beat William Zammitt (both Brunswick) for the minor placing
on the podium. Ian Jenkins (Melton) squeezed past a tired Andrew
Gannon (Brunswick) for fifth to round out the podium.
Chris Bradford (Carnegie) took out fastest time honours just short
of two minutes behind the winner.
Eighty riders took to the start in windy conditions. The scratch
markers giving a 17 advantage to the out markers. After 30 km this
gap was closed to 6 minutes, but the out markers at this point
enjoyed a tail wind for the next 25 kilometers. Doherty and
Arriagada had a 300m lead for the last 10 kilometers and were
working well together. The nine minute bunch did not work properly
perhaps savings themselves for the climb. Scratch had caught second
scratch shortly after Balliang, but did close the gap to the
leaders.
Next week sees the running of the Preston Open at Broadford, with
combine racing given a weeks break prior to the 47th edition of the
Eric Hall Queens birthday three day tour. Entries close this Friday
5pm. Coburg riders please email
luke@coburgcycling.com if you require an entry form.
Place Name Club Time
1st Daniel Doherty Brunswick 00:00
2nd Pete Knight St Kilda 00:08
3rd Michael Sparke Brunswick 00:23
4th William Zammitt Brunswick 00:33
5h Ian Jenkins Melton 00:52
6th Andrew Gannon Brunswick
7th John Marcan Sunbury 01:20
8th Scott Arnold St Kilda 01:50
9th Ernie Arriagada St Kilda 01:51
10th Chris Bradford Carnegie 01:59 Fastest Time
11th Ben Edwards St Kilda 02:21
12th Nick Walker Brunswick 02:30
13th Jake Sutherland Brunswick 02:34
14th John Walker Brunswick 02:41
15th Peter O’Callohan Brunswick
16th Gordon Shaw Sunbury
17th Ross Mueller Brunswick 03:00
18th Craig Johnson St Kilda
19th Geoff Robertson Geelong 03:10
20th Chris Tymms Carnegie 03:21
21st Dylan Boone Carnegie 03:26
22nd no.244 03:40
23rd Paul Davine Coburg 03:50
24th Daniel Nelms Italo 04:00
25th
26th
27th Ewin Williams Brunswick 04:05
28th Andrew Robinson St Kilda 04:10
29th no.133 04:22
30th Daryl Davis Melton 04:31
31st no.16 05:16
32nd Tom Probert Sunbury 05:27
33rd Lenny Bruinse Melton 05:51
34th Helen Lawson Coburg 06:00
35th no.117 Hawthorn
36th Chris Hitchen Sunbury 06:39
37th Adrian Vizzari Coburg 06:52
38th no.120 07:06
39th Hayden Vigor Brunswick 07:25
40th no29 St Kilda 07:31
41st John Lehner Sunbury 07:40
42nd Steve Peterson CSV 07:48
43rd John McDonald Hawthorn 08:04
44th Dom Briscombe Italo 08:14
45th no.248 Preston 08:43
46th no.229 09:08
47th Jarrod Clarke Brunswick 09:20
48th no.205 10:02
49th no.104 Hawthorn 10:25
50th no 309 11:00
51st Michael Hartman Preston 11:08
52nd Steve Gilbert Preston 11:20
53rd no. 19 13:07
54th no. 115 13:30
55th Chris Mitrovski Melton 14:52
56th Wayne Gebert Coburg 14:59
Over 15 minutes behind
57th no. 302
58th no. 127
59th Rod Steffanoni Sunbury
60th George Starke Sunbury
61st Paul Lajbcygier St Kilda
62nd Darren Peat Coburg
Unclassified
Zeth Romanis – St Kilda
Christine Foster - St Kilda
James Drohan - Hawthorn
Grant Summers - Preston
Stan Emosa - Preston
Robert Bernardi - Preston
Alf Szuba - Preston
John Wilson - Northcote
Christine Ervin - Coburg
Domenic Briscomb - Italo Australia
Cameron Wall - St Kilda
Phil Indovino - Italo Australia
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