Tour of the Tropics A Grade Stage 1: Road Race

Race Overview

		General Classification:
		Sprint Classification:
		Hill Climb Classification:
		Leading Team:
	8	Ben LAWES (Townsville Cycle Club)
	8	Ben LAWES (Townsville Cycle Club)
	5	Pete ARNOTT (Darwin)
	Townsville Cycle Club

Stage 1 Result

				Time/Gap	Bonus
1.	8	Ben LAWES (Townsville Cycle Club)		1h51:55	7
2.	11	Jack MCKINSTRY (University of Queensland CC)		+2	3
3.	2	Werner VAN DER MERWE (Brisbane Cycle Club)		+2	3
4.	6	James OGILVIE (Hunter District CC)		+4
5.	5	Pete ARNOTT (Darwin)		+3:39	3
6.	9	Zac RYAN (Townsville Cycle Club)		+8:14
7.	1	Matthew KOLESARIC (Balmoral)		+8:17	2
8.	10	Marvin BAUMEISTER SCHOENIAN (Townsville Cycle Club)		+14:19
9.	7	Bevan MASON (Rockwheelrs)		+14:43
10.	4	Matthew DRIVER (Cairns Cycling Club)		+19:50
11.	3	Damian KUKULIES (Cairns Cycling Club)		+22:32
12.	13	Joe MICHAEL (Cairns Cycling Club)		+23:07
13.	12	Lawson WOTLEY (Rockhampton Cycling Club)		+53:07
14.	15	Duncan ALLEN (Bundaberg Cycling Club)		+53:07
15.	130	Peter BRIDGEWATER (Cairns Cycling Club)		+53:07

• Average speed of the winner: 35.38 km/h
• Number of starters: 15

General Classification

After Stage 1

					Time/Gap
1.	8	Ben LAWES (Townsville Cycle Club)			1h51:48
2.	11	Jack MCKINSTRY (University of Queensland CC)			+6
3.	2	Werner VAN DER MERWE (Brisbane Cycle Club)			+6
4.	6	James OGILVIE (Hunter District CC)			+11
5.	5	Pete ARNOTT (Darwin)			+3:43
6.	9	Zac RYAN (Townsville Cycle Club)			+8:21
7.	1	Matthew KOLESARIC (Balmoral)			+8:22
8.	10	Marvin BAUMEISTER SCHOENIAN (Townsville Cycle Club)			+14:26
9.	7	Bevan MASON (Rockwheelrs)			+14:50
10.	4	Matthew DRIVER (Cairns Cycling Club)			+19:57
11.	3	Damian KUKULIES (Cairns Cycling Club)			+22:39
12.	13	Joe MICHAEL (Cairns Cycling Club)			+23:14
13.	12	Lawson WOTLEY (Rockhampton Cycling Club)			+53:14
14.	15	Duncan ALLEN (Bundaberg Cycling Club)			+53:14
15.	130	Peter BRIDGEWATER (Cairns Cycling Club)			+53:14

Sprint Classification

After Stage 1

1.	8	Ben LAWES (Townsville Cycle Club)			6	pt
2.	11	Jack MCKINSTRY (University of Queensland CC)			3
3.	1	Matthew KOLESARIC (Balmoral)			2
4.	2	Werner VAN DER MERWE (Brisbane Cycle Club)			1

Intermediate Sprints

Sprint 1

1.	8	Ben LAWES (Townsville Cycle Club)			3	pt
2.	1	Matthew KOLESARIC (Balmoral)			2
3.	11	Jack MCKINSTRY (University of Queensland CC)			1

Sprint 2

1.	8	Ben LAWES (Townsville Cycle Club)			3	pt
2.	11	Jack MCKINSTRY (University of Queensland CC)			2
3.	2	Werner VAN DER MERWE (Brisbane Cycle Club)			1

Mountain Classification

After Stage 1

1.	5	Pete ARNOTT (Darwin)			3	pt
2.	2	Werner VAN DER MERWE (Brisbane Cycle Club)			2
3.	8	Ben LAWES (Townsville Cycle Club)			1

Hill Climbs

Climb 1

1.	5	Pete ARNOTT (Darwin)			3	pt
2.	2	Werner VAN DER MERWE (Brisbane Cycle Club)			2
3.	8	Ben LAWES (Townsville Cycle Club)			1

Stage 2 Convoy

1	Townsville Cycle Club
2	University of Queensland CC
3	Brisbane Cycle Club
4	Hunter District CC
5	Darwin
6	Balmoral
7	Rockwheelrs
8	Cairns Cycling Club
9	Rockhampton Cycling Club
10	Bundaberg Cycling Club