The morning TT was held in fine very cool conditions with outstanding ride Sean Joyce 2nd B Grade would have placed him 10th in the A Grade (All U19 NZ Squad asked to ride B Grade) In under 17 boys Fraser Gough 5th and the ride of the day Laura Harris 3rd D Grade.
The day rapidly deteriorated with the rain setting in just before the stage 2 road race. Sean Joyce again showed his form winning the B Grade bunch kick. Mayhem in the finishes with 1 finish of 105 riders after the A grade caught the C Grade and the leading group of U17 boys. Fraser had to bridge a 1:40 gap to get to this group and this was decisive as the A graders came from a different road and the other U17 chasers missed out. Fraser is 4th on GC 58 secs from Alex McCory Bowick (Auckland)who has been having a great season.
A grade Jeremy Yates, Dan Warren, Dylan Stewart and Andrew Barlow all had good rides and finished in the bunch.
B Grade Jeremy Stephens and Serena Sheridan rode well to finish with the main bunch.
C Grade Su Daniel finished well in the bunch and is only 2 mins off lead.
D Laura Harris finished with bunch and is in 2nd on GC
U17 Boys Fraser Gough 4th GC, Lance Welch had a strong ride got stranded 10kms out
U17 Girls Megan Watson had a tough day dropped early but managed to hold on to D grade and finished down about 12 minutes.
Full Results here
Megan Watson thinking that she should stick to cross country
Logan Bean managing a wry smile while having a tough day in Waipukurau type weather.
Su Daniel revelling in the cold with Ashleigh Neave not having quite so much fun at the back.
Dylan Stewart taking some sprint points in Kaponga Town
Heres hoping we can stop winging about the weather over the next two difficult days with all grades exceeding 100km over 2 stages tomorrow and a leg sapping 90km on Monday.
Thanks to Andrew Barlow's partner Gabby (the new offical ramblers tour photographer) for the shots
Watch this space !!
