General Classification
Maybe the best ever result for the local riders in the history of the Bathurst Cycling Classic with Emily Watts winning the Womens Division 1 and another former Bathurst rider Vanessa Benett also in the Top10. Three locals in the top 10 in the Mens Divisions, Bathurst Resident Tom Bolton riding a great race to finish runner-up overall to top international rider Ben Hill and both Will Hodges and Junior Luke Tuckwell again showing plenty of potential finishing in the top 10 overall in Division 1. Craig Hutton also riding well in the top grade after focusing on his Mountain Biking this year.
Locals also performing well in the other Divisions - Jeremy Ryan (7th) and 29th Stuart Renshaw (29th) in Division 2 while David Reece (13th) Bruce Hutton (24th) in Division 3.
Bathurst riders also on the podium in the RIDE Category included - Nicholas Barrett (2nd) and Jack Cannon (3rd) in the 100km B2B; and Tour De France star taking a bit of time from his other commitments to win the Renshaw Pedal Project Hill Climb with Mark Windsor 2nd.
Others locals to finish in the Top 50 of the 100km B2B Ride included - Illana Jones 49th overall in the Womens Ride Category - then John Roberts (14th) Steven Scott (18th) Ian Glen (43rd) Tony Barlow (44th) James Byrne (40th) Bruce Goddard (50th) in the Mens 100km Ride.
Just behind then included- 96th Mick Foran 144th Neville Krahe 159 Bryce Stacker 161 Alan Cattermole 185 James Tayler 186 Sam Forbutt 195 Tin Huynh 214 David Taylor 284 Bruce Weal 312 Greg Ryan 357 Christopher Jones.. super efforts by all in the conditions and all other finishers
Then of Course we have the unluck ones including Josh Ryan Shane Smiles and Andrew McGrath who slipped in the wet on Mt Panorama and had to withdraw, Andrew has always rode very well in the B2B and disappointing that he had to withdraw when we where all expecting a good time.
Overall RESULTS -
Division 1 Men - 1st Ben Hill 128 2nd Tom Bolton 123 3rd Daniel Luke 117 4th Samuel Hill 116 5th Luke Cridland 104 6th Tom Chester 97 7th Benjamin Dyball 71 8th Will Hodges 70 9th Tom Lynch 63 10th Luke Tuckwell 54
Division 1 Women - 1st Emily Watts 140 2nd Gina Ricardo 133 3rd Eline Smit 102 4th Chloe Heffernan 97 5th Paula Schulz 95 6th Haylee Fuller 89 7th Jennifer Darmody 88 8th Katie Banerjee 88 9th Lucie Fityus 78 10th Vanessa Benett 75
Other Divisions & local results-
Division2 Men - 1st Brayden BLOCH (Others - 7th Jeremy RYAN 29th Stuart RENSHAW)
Division 3 Men - 1st Adam HARTARD (Others - 13th David REECE 24th Bruce HUTTON)
Division2 Women - 1st Erin CHAMBERLEN
Division3 Women – 1st Jasmine LAMONT
Overall RIDE Category 100km B2B:
MALE - 1 Andrew Hellmich 2:43:37.56 2 Nicholas Barrett 2:43:45.76 3 Jack Cannon 2:43:46.20
FEMALE - 1 Megan Scott 2:58:38.40 2 Eloise Warren 2:59:27.29 3 Shaneen Marshall 2:59:55.28
Others locals included - Illana Jones, John Roberts, Steven Scott, Ian Glen, Tony Barlow, James Byrne, Bruce Goddard, Mick Foran Neville Krahe, Bryce Stacker, Alan Cattermole, James Tayler, Sam Forbutt, Tin Huynh, David Taylor, Bruce Weal, Greg Ryan, Christopher Jones
Overall RIDE Category Renshaw Pedal Project Hill Climb:[/b]
MALE - 1st Mark Renshaw Bathurst 8:34 2nd Mark Windsor 3rd Michael Troup
FEMALE - 1st Anna Murray 10:51.75 2nd Jemima Paxton 3rd Helen Springer