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National Boulevard Criterium Saturday 2nd December, 2006, Campbellfield, by Luke McDonoughChris Horner (Sunbury) won Saturday's criterium at National Boulevarde, with some great tactical riding. C and B grades were combined and visiting Hamilton rider Gary Pollack was insisting on making it a hard race for all with an early attack after five minutes. The bunch was content to give him a 100m lead for two laps, with the whole bunch rolling through before reeling him in. Pollack put in a few more attacks, later in the race, with the bunch not giving him more than a one hundred meter gap. With five laps to go the Sunbury duo of Eric Thompson and Chris Horner opened up a 400 metre gap. The bunch hesitated leaving Mel Humphries-Grey (Northcote) having to decide to go with the Sunbury duo or sit up and wait for the bunch. The Northcote rider made the decision to wait and with Pollack the two riders did the majority of the chasing. Two laps to go and the Sunbury riders still had a commanding lead, with Pollack doing the majority of the work. With one to go though the bunch was all together. The race pace slackened to under 30km/h as riders jockeyed for position with all eyes on Pollack. Horner and Grey had a 10m gap coming into the last corner, with the bunch still marking Pollack. Horner and Grey jumped with the gap and Pollack lead the chase but dropped his chain, McDonough made a late charge but the gap was too big to close. Kon Papakonstantinou (Coburg) won his first criterium of the season, beating Mark Johnson (Melton) and Lorraine Meinke (Brunswick). Thanks to Simon Perry and former member Darren Collier for helping out on the day. Darren saw the photo spread in the Moreland paper and has decided to come out of a 5 year retirement!! RESULTS B/C Grade 1st C Horner Sunbury 2nd MH Grey Northcote 3rd L McDonough Coburg D Grade 1st K Papakonstantinou Coburg 2nd M Johnson Melton 3rd L Meinke Brunswick 1st Female: L Meinke
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