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Saturday, June 2, 2012
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Saturday Racing, 2nd June 2012
Circuit: Apley Circuit
A-E 2 laps
F 1 lap
G 1 lap (handicapped start)
Venue: Puketapu School
Race Briefing: 1:45pm
Race start time: 2pm
Race Starter: Helen Mackenzie
Emergency Phone: 027 426 6895
A-E 2 laps
F 1 lap
G 1 lap (handicapped start)
Venue: Puketapu School
Race Briefing: 1:45pm
Race start time: 2pm
Race Starter: Helen Mackenzie
Emergency Phone: 027 426 6895
Race Protocol
Please note that we will be having race briefings 5 minutes earlier at 1:45pm. Please ensure you are there, even if you have ‘heard it all before’. It is vital for compliance issues that all riders are briefed prior to every race we hold.
Due to ongoing issues with dropped riders, it is now required that dropped riders do NOT join other grades – even to just ‘sit on the back’. If you have been dropped, you may not join other grades. Instead, you must ride back to the venue on your own, or with other dropped riders.
Do NOT cross the white line – just to scoot around someone, just to “see”, just because... You are jeopardising everyone elses’s chance at being able to continue using the roads in the way we currently do.
Due to ongoing issues with dropped riders, it is now required that dropped riders do NOT join other grades – even to just ‘sit on the back’. If you have been dropped, you may not join other grades. Instead, you must ride back to the venue on your own, or with other dropped riders.
Do NOT cross the white line – just to scoot around someone, just to “see”, just because... You are jeopardising everyone elses’s chance at being able to continue using the roads in the way we currently do.
Ramblers Riders in a Bad Way
Last weekend was a tragic weekend for two Ramblers families.
On Saturday, Dave Joyce and Sirpa Lajunan, were hit from behind by a vehicle on Poihipi Road near Taupo. Both received significant injuries, and Sirpa has five damaged vertabrae which will need surgery. Dave and Sirpa used to own Revolution Bikes, and their son, Sean, rode through our ranks as a junior. Our warmest thoughts are with Dave and Sirpa as they face this life-altering challenge, and with Sean as he supports his parents.
On Sunday, the Taradale Clock Tower bunch were out for their usual training ride when two bicylces connected. Sadly, this resulted in up and coming junior, Holly Atkins, being air-lifted to Hastings Memorial Hospital with head and pelvis injuries. Holly has been in tremendous form this year, and our love and thoughts are with her as she faces this huge set-back. We are also thinking of her family, sister Lisa and parents Carolynne and Philip, as they support her through her recovery.
On Saturday, Dave Joyce and Sirpa Lajunan, were hit from behind by a vehicle on Poihipi Road near Taupo. Both received significant injuries, and Sirpa has five damaged vertabrae which will need surgery. Dave and Sirpa used to own Revolution Bikes, and their son, Sean, rode through our ranks as a junior. Our warmest thoughts are with Dave and Sirpa as they face this life-altering challenge, and with Sean as he supports his parents.
On Sunday, the Taradale Clock Tower bunch were out for their usual training ride when two bicylces connected. Sadly, this resulted in up and coming junior, Holly Atkins, being air-lifted to Hastings Memorial Hospital with head and pelvis injuries. Holly has been in tremendous form this year, and our love and thoughts are with her as she faces this huge set-back. We are also thinking of her family, sister Lisa and parents Carolynne and Philip, as they support her through her recovery.
Cyclocross Training
Sunday 3 June, 9am Eit Carpark
Last training session before the first cyclocross race of the year to be held at Blackbarn Sunday, June 17.
Sessions will run for approx 2hrs including skills sessions, remount/dismount practice, race pace efforts, carrying methods etc.
Last training session before the first cyclocross race of the year to be held at Blackbarn Sunday, June 17.
Sessions will run for approx 2hrs including skills sessions, remount/dismount practice, race pace efforts, carrying methods etc.
Carl Paton wants Guinea-Pigs
“I am looking for A-C grade riders (must be able to complete a 25km road TT in under 40minutes) who are willing to commit to 4 lab training sessions over a 4-5 week period. Sessions require the rider to complete a laboratory based computer simulated hilly 20km Time trial lasting between 35-40 minutes (depending on fitness of course). Each testing session takes around 90 minutes including preparation and warm up. You will receive feedback on performance and muscle balance and pedalling technique.”
Anyone interested should contact Carl Paton at EIT or cpaton@eit.ac.nz
Anyone interested should contact Carl Paton at EIT or cpaton@eit.ac.nz
Reminder: NZ Secondary Schools Championships
These dates for this event are 30th June for the time trial and 1st July for the road races. If you are interested in participating, please contact your school or the Event Organiser, Sandra Carter 021 477 686 or mscarter@xtra.co.nz
Entries close Monday 18th June 2012.
Entries close Monday 18th June 2012.
RCC Club Winter Dinner
When: Saturday 21st July, 2012
Where: War Memorial Hall, Marine Parade, Napier
Time: from 6pm for drinks (buy your own at the bar) - 7pm buffet dinner ($40 per head)
Guest Speaker: Gordon MacAuley
Contact mark.pauline@vodafone.co.nz to confirm your booking and arrange payment.
Where: War Memorial Hall, Marine Parade, Napier
Time: from 6pm for drinks (buy your own at the bar) - 7pm buffet dinner ($40 per head)
Guest Speaker: Gordon MacAuley
Contact mark.pauline@vodafone.co.nz to confirm your booking and arrange payment.
Upcoming Events
17th June: CX, Blackbarn, Havelock North
30th June: NZ Secondary Schools Indiviual Time Trials, Cambridge
1st July: NZ Secondary Schools Road Races, Cambridge
6th July: Ramblers Club Criterium, Marine Parade, Napier
6th – 8th July: Ride of Your Life Cycling Festival, Napier
8th July: Cyclocross National Championships, Napier
22nd July: CX, Roy’s Hill, Hastings
12th August: CX, Blackbarn, Havelock North
August: Reiker 2 Day Tour, Timaru
16th Septemeber: GIANT R4 Cycle Ride
22nd – 23rd September: R & R Sport Tour, Otago
2nd September: Clearview Winery, Napier
16th September: CX, Chesterhope, Hastings
30th September: Novice Tour of Manawatu
5th – 7th October: Yunca Junior Tour, Invercargill
14th October: Tour of the Bay, Hastings
4th November: Ibis Bike The Lake
30th June: NZ Secondary Schools Indiviual Time Trials, Cambridge
1st July: NZ Secondary Schools Road Races, Cambridge
6th July: Ramblers Club Criterium, Marine Parade, Napier
6th – 8th July: Ride of Your Life Cycling Festival, Napier
8th July: Cyclocross National Championships, Napier
22nd July: CX, Roy’s Hill, Hastings
12th August: CX, Blackbarn, Havelock North
August: Reiker 2 Day Tour, Timaru
16th Septemeber: GIANT R4 Cycle Ride
22nd – 23rd September: R & R Sport Tour, Otago
2nd September: Clearview Winery, Napier
16th September: CX, Chesterhope, Hastings
30th September: Novice Tour of Manawatu
5th – 7th October: Yunca Junior Tour, Invercargill
14th October: Tour of the Bay, Hastings
4th November: Ibis Bike The Lake
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
THE CHESTERHOPE MAGPIE RETURNS
Readers may recall that in the last issue of Ramblin On, I wrote an article about the ‘Chesterhope Magpie’ aka Ramblers Chairman Gavin Bush. Unknown to me, at least until I received my copy of the magazine (which is about to go electronic), Roy Van Panhuys had also written an article about the Chesterhope Magpie just before his untimely death.
That was rather ironic, but as soon as I read Roy’s story, I knew his creation needed to live on, and indeed he does.You see the Chesterhope Magpie (‘Chepie’ for short) has been at it again. He can’t help himself. He sees something and he picks it up and he runs off with it, or on this occasion, walks off with it.
As you will see from the accompanying photo, the object that drew his attention this time was a large red cone. It is not clear what he does with them, or how many he has stored away, but during the recent National Club Championships hosted by Ramblers, Chepie could be seen carting off red cones every day.
Acting like an investigative reporter, I tailed Chepie for the four days of the Nationals. I took several hundred photos, which are on the Ramblers website, as a decoy. If Chepie thought I was taking photos, supposedly for Ramblers and Bike NZ, he would not suspect I was spying, I mean, checking on him. And so it came to pass. The photos were taken and downloaded by Steve Watson for all to enjoy, using something he calls Picasso, or whatever. Some of the ITT photos are upside down, just for artistic flare. Actually I have no explanation for this other than the fact investigative reporting can sometimes turn your world upside down.
But let’s get back to the main story. It has now been confirmed that Chepie engaged the help of Chepie 2 (real name Ken McKenzie) and Chepie 3 (real name Brett Hooker). Chepie 2 and Chepie 3 were also seen gathering red cones and other objects as well, such as microphones, clipboards, walkie talkies and so on during the Nationals.
Not everyone will appreciate Chepies, but in fact the club owes these three Chepies, and several helpers they swooped on during the Nationals, for organizing and running an event that can only be described as a resounding success and something special. These Chepies have brought a lot of credit to Ramblers, which Bike NZ has publicly recognized. The photos of the Nationals are testimony to the magnitude of the event these guys were in charge of, and so the finding of my undercover investigation is that they are deservedly the first recipients of the Roy Van Panhuys Chesterhope Magpie trophy, awarded to those who pick something up and run with it successfully. So congratulations Gavin, Ken and Brett, for a job well done. I am sure Roy would have been one of the first to say so.Now if only I could remember where I put that trophy…..
That was rather ironic, but as soon as I read Roy’s story, I knew his creation needed to live on, and indeed he does.You see the Chesterhope Magpie (‘Chepie’ for short) has been at it again. He can’t help himself. He sees something and he picks it up and he runs off with it, or on this occasion, walks off with it.
As you will see from the accompanying photo, the object that drew his attention this time was a large red cone. It is not clear what he does with them, or how many he has stored away, but during the recent National Club Championships hosted by Ramblers, Chepie could be seen carting off red cones every day.
Acting like an investigative reporter, I tailed Chepie for the four days of the Nationals. I took several hundred photos, which are on the Ramblers website, as a decoy. If Chepie thought I was taking photos, supposedly for Ramblers and Bike NZ, he would not suspect I was spying, I mean, checking on him. And so it came to pass. The photos were taken and downloaded by Steve Watson for all to enjoy, using something he calls Picasso, or whatever. Some of the ITT photos are upside down, just for artistic flare. Actually I have no explanation for this other than the fact investigative reporting can sometimes turn your world upside down.
But let’s get back to the main story. It has now been confirmed that Chepie engaged the help of Chepie 2 (real name Ken McKenzie) and Chepie 3 (real name Brett Hooker). Chepie 2 and Chepie 3 were also seen gathering red cones and other objects as well, such as microphones, clipboards, walkie talkies and so on during the Nationals.
Not everyone will appreciate Chepies, but in fact the club owes these three Chepies, and several helpers they swooped on during the Nationals, for organizing and running an event that can only be described as a resounding success and something special. These Chepies have brought a lot of credit to Ramblers, which Bike NZ has publicly recognized. The photos of the Nationals are testimony to the magnitude of the event these guys were in charge of, and so the finding of my undercover investigation is that they are deservedly the first recipients of the Roy Van Panhuys Chesterhope Magpie trophy, awarded to those who pick something up and run with it successfully. So congratulations Gavin, Ken and Brett, for a job well done. I am sure Roy would have been one of the first to say so.Now if only I could remember where I put that trophy…..
Monday, May 28, 2012
Best wishes for speedy recovery Holly
Our thoughts are with Holly Atkins and Family as Holly recovers from bad crash at Whana Whana on Sunday ride.
Ashleigh and Hannah's adventures continue:
The invention of the house, sun shiney days and Rockstars.
First off we would like to send our love and prayers to Holly Atkins and her family. We hope you heal well, and quickly! We are thinking of you, let us know if any Euro goodies can help. xxx
So another week has passed us by, how time flies when you’re having fun!
Monday certainly provided its fair amount of fun, after a bit of a lazy morning we hit up some 30/30s. We found a new way to play this game where one rider goes and the other waits, and then as they finish their effort the second rider jumps. It’s a pretty neat game of Cat and Mouse, or sometimes Leap Frog. (Depending on who has the legs). We pick the mouse through the very fair method of paper scissors rock. Of course. J We then had a lazy evening lying in the garden, stretching and gossiping away, as per usual. We took ourselves on an adventure on Tuesday, using the number system to find a new training loop around the lake of Amstelmeer. It’s such a nice circuit, and actual takes us away from the traffic lights and confused tourists for a while. Believe it or not! Why has no body shown us this before?? The highlight of the day was a very philosophical Hannah talking about how everything has been invented by someone “you know, it’s crazy how at some point everything has been invented, even, like, houses”. Ahh, han, you don’t think that maybe people started in caves, and then add to them and they made mud huts with sticks and things and eventually there were houses? It really was a golden moment.
We let loose our inner rockstars on Wednesday, riding to a town just outside of Amsterdam for a crit. We went via Harleem so to avoid having to actually navigate through A’dam itself, and clocked up a nice 85km pre race. The race itself was awesome, a fairly long round at 2.2km, with 80 or so riders of mixed age, ability and gender. It was all on from the gun and Ashleigh managed to slip herself into the first move, lasting about 4 laps before they were shut down. After that it was all about staying up the front of the race, and with one or two laps excluded, we were very successful. At one point a break went and Ashleigh jumped across to a wheel in no mans land, on seeing this, the real nice guy swung across the road and left her in the gutter, jumping across on his own. Well! When Ashleigh also finally made it across on her own, guess who lost his spot in the echelon! Ha! Yea, that’s right, don’t mess with us. Hannah practised her leg speed, having cable issues restrict her gears. Because of this and, some miscommunication the lead out failed at the end of the race; but at least Ashleigh got to have the result instead. We won just enough to top our funds up for a train ticket home. sweet! A brief shower and some muchies and we were whizzing our way home in cheerful, if somewhat sleepy, spirits.
We had to part ways on Thursday. L Such trauma called for a Vodafone top up so we could send each other many txts while we were apart. Ashleigh was off for the ParkHotel Valkenburg Hill Classic, in Limburg. She got to drive the team bus, a very sweaty experience! Stress levels were maxed! And spend the night in our team sponsor hotel, very flashy indeed, 5 course meal included. Hannah had her bicycle fixed and had a wee wander around the shops. Going for some intervals in the evening.
Friday was race day! Yahooo! I was warned about Dutch girls not being able to climb, that they would stop on the steep hills because they were scared. Righto. Be. Up. The. Front. I managed to be there for the first 20k or so; we had a 35km loop followed by four 12 km loops. The first loop covered about 5 “big” climbs, big by Dutch standards and the little loop took us up two bergs, meaning “mountains”. They were only about 1/1.5 km long but at 22% in parts they certainly took their toll on the bunch. Any way long story short, I let myself slip too far down the bunch between two of the climbs on the big loop, trying to get past 160 riders on a road as wide as a driveway is pretty difficult, and I once again found myself in a bunch too far from the front, and pulled out on the 2nd little loop. Rats. Things are improving though, particularly confidence in the bunch, so I’m generally pretty happy. Besides, how far up the bunch can you hope to be when you are on the start line next to Emma Poole and Mariana Vos? Haha. One day I’ll be there. Hannah got to enjoy the sunshine at her own pace, going for a ride with a friend back in the north.
Saturday we got up and got on the bikes, getting home from training around 9, to be fair it was a pretty easy, very short recovery ride. One of those guilt free effortless days.. ahhh. Bliss. We then donned summer dresses, because we could, and went for a walk in the direction of the beach. A browse through the shops saw us purchase a kite for 2 euro, which we then attempted to fly in the Dutch wind. Quite a challenge that one. Eventually we managed to get Bert into the air, very brief as it may have been. He soon plummet with great speed towards the ground. Bert now needs fixing. Sunday was very much a repeat of Saturday, except instead of flying a kite up to the highest heights we lazed on the beach getting a head start on those tan lines, and even went swimming in the sea.
Race day again today, although we don’t start until 2.30 and so don’t leave until 12.30.
Dooi!
Ashleigh and Hannah
First off we would like to send our love and prayers to Holly Atkins and her family. We hope you heal well, and quickly! We are thinking of you, let us know if any Euro goodies can help. xxx
So another week has passed us by, how time flies when you’re having fun!
Monday certainly provided its fair amount of fun, after a bit of a lazy morning we hit up some 30/30s. We found a new way to play this game where one rider goes and the other waits, and then as they finish their effort the second rider jumps. It’s a pretty neat game of Cat and Mouse, or sometimes Leap Frog. (Depending on who has the legs). We pick the mouse through the very fair method of paper scissors rock. Of course. J We then had a lazy evening lying in the garden, stretching and gossiping away, as per usual. We took ourselves on an adventure on Tuesday, using the number system to find a new training loop around the lake of Amstelmeer. It’s such a nice circuit, and actual takes us away from the traffic lights and confused tourists for a while. Believe it or not! Why has no body shown us this before?? The highlight of the day was a very philosophical Hannah talking about how everything has been invented by someone “you know, it’s crazy how at some point everything has been invented, even, like, houses”. Ahh, han, you don’t think that maybe people started in caves, and then add to them and they made mud huts with sticks and things and eventually there were houses? It really was a golden moment.
We let loose our inner rockstars on Wednesday, riding to a town just outside of Amsterdam for a crit. We went via Harleem so to avoid having to actually navigate through A’dam itself, and clocked up a nice 85km pre race. The race itself was awesome, a fairly long round at 2.2km, with 80 or so riders of mixed age, ability and gender. It was all on from the gun and Ashleigh managed to slip herself into the first move, lasting about 4 laps before they were shut down. After that it was all about staying up the front of the race, and with one or two laps excluded, we were very successful. At one point a break went and Ashleigh jumped across to a wheel in no mans land, on seeing this, the real nice guy swung across the road and left her in the gutter, jumping across on his own. Well! When Ashleigh also finally made it across on her own, guess who lost his spot in the echelon! Ha! Yea, that’s right, don’t mess with us. Hannah practised her leg speed, having cable issues restrict her gears. Because of this and, some miscommunication the lead out failed at the end of the race; but at least Ashleigh got to have the result instead. We won just enough to top our funds up for a train ticket home. sweet! A brief shower and some muchies and we were whizzing our way home in cheerful, if somewhat sleepy, spirits.
We had to part ways on Thursday. L Such trauma called for a Vodafone top up so we could send each other many txts while we were apart. Ashleigh was off for the ParkHotel Valkenburg Hill Classic, in Limburg. She got to drive the team bus, a very sweaty experience! Stress levels were maxed! And spend the night in our team sponsor hotel, very flashy indeed, 5 course meal included. Hannah had her bicycle fixed and had a wee wander around the shops. Going for some intervals in the evening.
Friday was race day! Yahooo! I was warned about Dutch girls not being able to climb, that they would stop on the steep hills because they were scared. Righto. Be. Up. The. Front. I managed to be there for the first 20k or so; we had a 35km loop followed by four 12 km loops. The first loop covered about 5 “big” climbs, big by Dutch standards and the little loop took us up two bergs, meaning “mountains”. They were only about 1/1.5 km long but at 22% in parts they certainly took their toll on the bunch. Any way long story short, I let myself slip too far down the bunch between two of the climbs on the big loop, trying to get past 160 riders on a road as wide as a driveway is pretty difficult, and I once again found myself in a bunch too far from the front, and pulled out on the 2nd little loop. Rats. Things are improving though, particularly confidence in the bunch, so I’m generally pretty happy. Besides, how far up the bunch can you hope to be when you are on the start line next to Emma Poole and Mariana Vos? Haha. One day I’ll be there. Hannah got to enjoy the sunshine at her own pace, going for a ride with a friend back in the north.
Saturday we got up and got on the bikes, getting home from training around 9, to be fair it was a pretty easy, very short recovery ride. One of those guilt free effortless days.. ahhh. Bliss. We then donned summer dresses, because we could, and went for a walk in the direction of the beach. A browse through the shops saw us purchase a kite for 2 euro, which we then attempted to fly in the Dutch wind. Quite a challenge that one. Eventually we managed to get Bert into the air, very brief as it may have been. He soon plummet with great speed towards the ground. Bert now needs fixing. Sunday was very much a repeat of Saturday, except instead of flying a kite up to the highest heights we lazed on the beach getting a head start on those tan lines, and even went swimming in the sea.
Race day again today, although we don’t start until 2.30 and so don’t leave until 12.30.
Dooi!
Ashleigh and Hannah
Winter Race Programme Now Posted
Check out the winter Programme starting with Apley circuit this weekend
http://www.ramblers.co.nz/BlogFiles/Winterraceprogramme2012.pdf
http://www.ramblers.co.nz/BlogFiles/Winterraceprogramme2012.pdf
Napier Sunday Ride Winter Progamme
New Sunday Ride programme for Napier leaving from Taradale Clock Tower has been posted
Click Here for details : http://www.ramblers.co.nz/programme-sunday.asp
Click Here for Programme http://www.ramblers.co.nz/BlogFiles/NapierWinter.pdf
Click Here for details : http://www.ramblers.co.nz/programme-sunday.asp
Click Here for Programme http://www.ramblers.co.nz/BlogFiles/NapierWinter.pdf
An Post Ras Tour of Ireland – Final Wrap
Southland cyclist Pieter Bulling finished on the podium for the under-23 category when the An Post Ras Tour of Ireland finished at Skerries, north of Dublin today.
Bulling, part of the BikeNZ-Pure Black Racing Under-23 team, finished third overall in the under-23 class after the eighth and final stage over 139kms of lumpy terrain to Skerries.
He finished in the peloton with a large bunch of 70 riders fighting out a sprint finish, won by last year’s overall champion Gediminas Bagdonas (An Post Sean Kelly). Frenchman Nicholas Baldo (Atlas Jakroo) finished in the bunch to become the winner of the 60th edition of the famous race.
Bulling got some excellent help from teammate Taylor Gunman who went with a chasing group to reel in the break by Irishman Sean Downey (An Post Sean Kelly) who was a potential threat to the under-23 hierarchy.
The lead stretched to two minutes over the first two climbs but as Gunman and the others dropped off, the peloton reeled them all in on the closing two laps of the 14km circuit at Skerries to ensure a sprint finish.
The best of the kiwis was Cameron Karwowski who featured in the sprint in 12th place with Bulling 22nd and Scott Creighton 50th but all with the same time as the winner, while Gunman finished 2m11sec down after his exertions.
There was little time to relax for the BikeNZ-PBR Under-23 endurance team, who packed to fly out to USA today where they will be based in Trexlertown in Pennsylvania for some further road and track racing and training.
Results, An Post Ras tour of Ireland, stage 8, 140km: Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU, An Post Sean Kelly) 3:15.56, 1; Sam Bennett (IRL, An Post Sean Kelly) same time, 2; Marcin Bialoblocki (POL, Britain Giordana Racing) same time, 3. Also New Zealanders: Cameron Karwowski same time, 12, Piet Bulling same time, 22; Scott Creighton same time, 50; Taylor Gunman at 2:11, 82.
Overall: Nicolas Baldo (FRA, Atlas Jakroo) 26:55.57, 1; Thomas Rostollan (FRA, Aix En Provence) at 13sec, 2; Martin Hunal (CZE, AC Sparta) at 17sec, 3. Also New Zealanders: Bulling at5:23, 25; Gunman at 12:07, 38; Creighton at 21:37, 50; Karwowski at 21:45, 51.
Under-23: Richard Handley (GBR, Rapha Condor Sharp) 26:56.15, 1; Lasse Hansen (DEN, Blue Water) at 4:18, 2; Bulling at 5:08, 3.
Credit: Sportsfile.
For further information contact:
IAN HEPENSTALL
Media Liaison, BikeNZ High Performance
Sports Media NZ Ltd
Bulling, part of the BikeNZ-Pure Black Racing Under-23 team, finished third overall in the under-23 class after the eighth and final stage over 139kms of lumpy terrain to Skerries.
He finished in the peloton with a large bunch of 70 riders fighting out a sprint finish, won by last year’s overall champion Gediminas Bagdonas (An Post Sean Kelly). Frenchman Nicholas Baldo (Atlas Jakroo) finished in the bunch to become the winner of the 60th edition of the famous race.
CAPTION: Auckland’s Taylor Gunman (second from right), part of the BikeNZ-Pure Black Racing Under-23 team, away in the break in the final stage of the An Post Ras Tour of Ireland that finished at Skerries today.
Bulling got some excellent help from teammate Taylor Gunman who went with a chasing group to reel in the break by Irishman Sean Downey (An Post Sean Kelly) who was a potential threat to the under-23 hierarchy.
The lead stretched to two minutes over the first two climbs but as Gunman and the others dropped off, the peloton reeled them all in on the closing two laps of the 14km circuit at Skerries to ensure a sprint finish.
The best of the kiwis was Cameron Karwowski who featured in the sprint in 12th place with Bulling 22nd and Scott Creighton 50th but all with the same time as the winner, while Gunman finished 2m11sec down after his exertions.
There was little time to relax for the BikeNZ-PBR Under-23 endurance team, who packed to fly out to USA today where they will be based in Trexlertown in Pennsylvania for some further road and track racing and training.
Results, An Post Ras tour of Ireland, stage 8, 140km: Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU, An Post Sean Kelly) 3:15.56, 1; Sam Bennett (IRL, An Post Sean Kelly) same time, 2; Marcin Bialoblocki (POL, Britain Giordana Racing) same time, 3. Also New Zealanders: Cameron Karwowski same time, 12, Piet Bulling same time, 22; Scott Creighton same time, 50; Taylor Gunman at 2:11, 82.
Overall: Nicolas Baldo (FRA, Atlas Jakroo) 26:55.57, 1; Thomas Rostollan (FRA, Aix En Provence) at 13sec, 2; Martin Hunal (CZE, AC Sparta) at 17sec, 3. Also New Zealanders: Bulling at5:23, 25; Gunman at 12:07, 38; Creighton at 21:37, 50; Karwowski at 21:45, 51.
Under-23: Richard Handley (GBR, Rapha Condor Sharp) 26:56.15, 1; Lasse Hansen (DEN, Blue Water) at 4:18, 2; Bulling at 5:08, 3.
Credit: Sportsfile.
For further information contact:
IAN HEPENSTALL
Media Liaison, BikeNZ High Performance
Sports Media NZ Ltd
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