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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