Great- day thanks to all involved
Prize giving and full results to follow shortly
note correction on U23 results
Elites
Julian Dean 1st
Heath Blackgrove (MS CANTERBURY) 2nd
Scott Lyttle (WELLINGTON)3rd
Jeremy Yates (ECNI)4th
Logan Hutchings (Waikato/BOP) 5th
Jeremy Vennell (ECNI)6th
Confimed on photo finish Auckland clean sweeps under 23 with
Tom Hanover 1st (Auckland)
Alex Meenhorst 2nd (Auckland)
Chris Macic 3rd (Auckland)
Ryan Wills 4th (Waikato/BOP)
Brad Carter 5th (Waikato/BOP)
Gordon McCauley finishes after big day out front.
Looks Like Tom Hanover beat Chris Macic on the line very close good sprint with Alex Meenhorst 3rd to close to call safely at this point in Under 23 men
Under 23's still to come
Jeremy Yates 4th , Logan Hutchings 5th and Jeremy Vennell 6th
Unoffical Julian Dean from Heath Blackgrove by 50 meters and another 50 to Scott Lyttle
At last hill
Logan Hutchings, Vennell , Yates 20 seconds behind and race only minutes to go
Julian Dean, Heath Blackgrove and Scott Lyttle 20 seconds from rest
Thanks to Lion Foundation, Subway, Eurocity, Hastings District Council, Team Talk, Times7 for helping with this event
Excitement building on finish line
Julian Dean and Heath Blackgrove attacking downhill with Yates and crew struggling to hang on down the staircase only 10 - 15 minutes to go
Julian Dean, Logan Hutchings, Heath Blackgrove, Jeremy Vennell, Scott Lyttle, Jeremy Yates 23 seconds in front of Justin Kerr,Glen Chadwick and Gudsell
Yates attacking up top of hill
Kerr is still off front of Chadwick, Dean, Hutchings, Blackgrove, Vennell, Gudsell, Lyttle, Yates
Look for race to be televised on Sky on 26th at 18:00, 27th at 9:30, 28th at 18:30 and 29th at 15:00
Westly Gough out of Race
Front group now Chadwick, Dean, Vennell, Gudsell, Kerr, Yates and a couple of others then a second group to be confirmed then rest of peleton. Aaron Strong has pulled out
Waiting on splits from Times7 for times and riders and too fast and spread to tell. Clinton Avery has withdrawn
