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November 7/08 9:17 am - PowerNet Tour of Southland

Posted by Editor on 11/7/08

PowerNet Tour of Southland - New Zealand

We have been remiss in coverage of this event, which has two Canadians participating - Dom Rollin (Delmaine R&R) and Charles Dionne (Hilo Decorating Ltd). The race began on November 3rd with an 8.4 km Team Time Trial. Rollin's team finished sixth, 15 seconds behind winners Colourplus, while Dionne's squad was eighth, a further two seconds back. The nine stage event concludes tomorrow. Currently, after seven stages, Rollin is fifth, 3:07 behind leader Gordon McCauley (Cycle Surgery), but only 13 seconds out of third place. Charles Dionne is 39th on GC, 33:16 down. Rollin holds a commanding lead in the Sprint competition.

Results

Stage 1 - Invercargill TTT 8.4 km
1 Colourplus	10:05
2 Subway-Avanti	at 0:02
3 Cycle Surgery	0:06
4 The Southland Times-Trek	0:09
5 Kia Motors	0:13
6 Delmaine R&R	0:15

8 Hilo Decorating Ltd	0:17

Stage 2 - Queens Park to Bluff Hill 82 km
1 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Subway-Avanti	2:06:09
2 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Raboplus	at 0:08
3 Aaron Strong (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel	0:16
4 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Colourplus	0:21
5 Hayden Roulston (NZl) The Southland Times-Trek	0:31

8 Dominique Rollin (Can) Delmaine R&R	0:43
53 Charles Dionne (Can) Hilo Decorating Ltd	2:57

Stage 3 - Invercargill to Gore 165 km
1 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Cycle Surgery	3:49:39
2 Paul Odlin (NZl) The Southland Times-Trek	s.t.
3 Will Dickeson (Aus) Kia Motors	at 0:04
4 Justin Kerr (NZl) Raboplus	0:56
5 Charles Dionne (Can) Hilo Decorating Ltd	s.t.

19 Dominique Rollin (Can) Delmaine R&R	2:38

Stage 4 - Invercargill to Tuatapere 88 km
1 Hayden Roulston (NZl) The Southland Times-Trek	2:11:22
2 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Colourplus	s.t.
3 James Williamson (NZl) Subway-Avanti	at 0:42
4 Paul Odlin (NZl) The Southland Times-Trek
5 Aaron Strong (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel

6 Dominique Rollin (Can) Delmaine R&R	all s.t.
82 Charles Dionne (Can) Hilo Decorating Ltd	20:37

Stage 5 - Tuatapere to Winton 65 km
1 Hayden Roulston (NZl) The Southland Times-Trek	1:18:44
2 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Cycle Surgery	s.t.
3 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Raboplus	at 0:41
4 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Subway-Avanti	1:34
5 Dominique Rollin (Can) Delmaine R&R	s.t.

48 Charles Dionne (Can) Hilo Decorating Ltd	6:38

Stage 6 - Lumsden to Crown Range 134 km
1 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Subway-Avanti	3:19:38
2 Michael Torckler (NZl) The Southland Times-Trek	at 1:20
3 Blair Martin (NZl) Creation Signs	1:37
4 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Subway-Avanti	1:40
5 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Colourplus	1:48

13 Dominique Rollin (Can) Delmaine R&R	2:42
34 Charles Dionne (Can) Hilo Decorating Ltd	4:21

Stage 7 - Winton to Te Anau 164 km
1 Justin Kerr (NZl) Raboplus	4:03:23
2 Peter Latham (NZl) Raboplus	at 0:02
3 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Subway-Avanti	s.t.
4 Elliot Crowther (NZl) Ascot Park Hotel	0:05
5 Blair Martin (NZl) Creation Signs	0:07

6 Dominique Rollin (Can) Delmaine R&R	0:33
36 Charles Dionne (Can) Hilo Decorating Ltd	3:20

GC
1 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Cycle Surgery	17:04:50
2 Hayden Roulston (NZl) The Southland Times-Trek	0:17
3 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Colourplus	2:54
4 Joseph Cooper (NZl) Subway-Avanti	3:06
5 Dominique Rollin (Can) Delmaine R&R	3:07

39 Charles Dionne (Can) Hilo Decorating Ltd	33:16

Sprint Classification
1 Dominique Rollin (Can) Delmaine R&R	52 points
2 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Cycle Surgery	41
3 Joel Pearson (Aus) Powernet	33

31 Charles Dionne (Can) Hilo Decorating Ltd	2

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