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National Boulevard XMAS Mini Carnival Saturday 16th December, 2006, Campbellfield, by Paul Logan Consisting of a 1.7km individual prologue, a criterium and followed up by a 5 lap handicap was the order of the day, and thankfully after last weekend's hot weather and furious northerly winds Melbourne served up a beautiful sunny 20 deg for the event.In A grade the prologue was taken out by Shane Miller (Haw) with a sensational time of 1min 54.9s assisted by a tailwind averaging over 53km/h. Shane smashed his fellow A/B graders by over 12 sec. This effort was incredible considering the short distance. Aaron Christensen continued his great Bright form coming in second with 2 min 8s. Coming in third was Phil Smith. Alex Marcheese took out C grade with a time of 2 min 17.9s. And in D grade Gary Whalley as starting first riderroad a sensational time of 2min 14s to take out D grade and finish in 5th out of the entire field. The riders were then given a brief rest before a criterium. In A/B grade, Miller made the first big attack which had many of the riders really struggling to hang onto the furious pace. However, Christensen refused to let Miller use his time trial skills to get away and was doing some massive turns into the head wind to peg him back each time. Once Miller was caught then Phil Smith (Cob) would have a go however none of these efforts were successful. However, as the pace lulled again Pete Knight (St Kilda) put in a big effort and managed to get a good gap on the field. Once again it was up to Miller and Christensen to chase with Tom McDonough managing to go with them. Towards the end it was down to 4 with Christensen managing to turn the tables on Miller in the charge to the line. Knight picked up 3rd with McDonough 4th. C Grade would all manage to stick together for the entire 45min with no one being allowed to escape and was taken out by Sunbury's Eric Thomson. With the minor places going to Thomson's club mate Chris Hitchen and the rapidly improving and bound for B grade Mark Ukotic (Macedon) D Grade was a race of attrition and was taken out narrowly by Coburg's Kon Papkonstantou over Whalley and first time racer John Murazak (Footscray). Lorraine Meinke (Brunswick) rode strongly to finish with the bunch and claim first woman. Another 15min rest was the order before a 5 lap (8.8km) handicap. Caitlin Chancellor and Anthony Farrugia were given a start of 2min 20 over scratch and were off first followed by Meinke and Murazak At 2min. From there small bunches of 3 - 5 were sent off at 1min 40, 50sec, 30sec, 15sec and lastly thanks to his time trial effort Shane Miller was off scratch on his own. Early on limit and 2nd limit combined and were working very well and looked very likely to hold off the field, however it was not long before scratch, 2nd and 3rd scratch combined and with Miller doing some massive turns on the front had all the outmarkers in sight. With 1 lap to go the outmarkers were still holding off scratch but only just and it looked like the catch was inevitable but with only 800m to go. In the sprint to the line Steve Carlton, one of the middle markers managed to grab scratch's wheel however Christensen got the jump with only 200m remaining, however Miller would not lay down and in a desperate lunge for the line got the win by a whisker. Steve Carlton held on for third, ahead of Coburg's Ian McGinley in his first C Grade race. 
Miller nudges out ChristiansenThe format proved a great hit with the riders and as a result Coburg may organise similar events starting early February. Stay tuned and check the website regularly. A big thank you should go to Wayne Gebert, Jamie Hanson, Simon Perry, Gary Jennings and Marcus Speed for official duties on the day. |
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RESULTS 1. Time Trial - 1.7km 1st Shane Miller (Haw) 1:54.9 2nd Aaron Christiansen (Haw) 13.0 sec 3rd Phil Smith (Coburg) 16.4 sec 4th Pete Knight (St Kilda) 18.5 sec 5th Gary Whalley(Coburg) 19.3 sec 6th Andrew Gannon (Bwck) 20.5 sec 7th Alex Marchese (Coburg) 23.0 sec 8th Kon Papkonstantou (Coburg) 23.1 sec 9th Mark Ukotic (Macedon) 23.2 sec 10th Steve Carlton (Brunswick) 24.3 sec 11th Greg Gillard (Coburg) 24.5 sec 12th Chris Hitchen (Sun) 24.8 sec 13th John Marcan (Sun) 25.0 sec 14th Eric Thomson (Sun) 25.3 sec 15th Richard Phillips (Coburg) 25.6 sec 16th John Murazak (Footscray) 25.7 sec 17th Lorraine Meinke (Brunswick) 31.3 sec 18th Ian McGinley (Coburg) 31.9 sec 19th Caitlin Chancellor (St Kilda) 36.8 sec 20th Andres Rojas (Coburg) 37.6 sec 21st Anthony Farrugia (Sun) 41.7 sec 22nd Russell Bradley (Coburg) 50.4 sec 2. Criterium A/B Grade 1st Aaron Christiansen (Haw) 2nd Shane Miller (Haw) 3rd Tom McDonough (Coburg) 4th Pete Knight (St Kilda) C Grade 1st Eric Thomson (Sun) 2nd Chris Hitchen (Sun) 3rd Mark Ukotic (Macedon) 4th Steve Carlton (Brunswick) D Grade 1st Kon Papkonstantou(Coburg) 2nd Gary Whalley(Coburg) 3rd John Murazak (Footscray) 1st Female Lorraine Meinke (Brunswick) OVERALL - Final GC A/B Grade 1st Shane Miller (Haw) 2nd Aaron Christiansen (Haw) 3rd Phil Smith (Coburg) 4th Pete Knight (St Kilda) C Grade 1st Mark Ukotic (Macedon) 2nd Alex Marcheese (Coburg) 3rd Eric Thomson (Sunbury) 4th Chris Hitchen (Sunbury) D Grade 1st Gary Whalley (Coburg) 2nd Kon Papkonstantou (Coburg) 3rd Richard Phillips (Coburg) 1st Female Lorraine Meinke (Brunswick) RESULTS - 5 Lap Handicp 1st Shane Miller (Haw) SCR 2nd Aaron Christiansen (Haw) 10 sec 3rd Steve Carlton (Brunswick) 50 sec
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