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A cold start to a perfect day with only a slight breeze in the afternoon was enjoyed by the riders for the 2007 Goulburn to Citi Classic. 

The peloton started with teams from South Australia.com, FRF-NSWIS, Drapac Porsche, Ord Minnett, Praties Cycle Team, and several NSW teams fighting for the generous teams prize money on offer. With an abundance of interstate teams on a downhill course without wind the race destined to be a team tactic determined race however the race didn’t panned out as expected…

The second break of the day grew to include 1 member from FRF- NSWIS, Drapac Porsche and Ord Minnett in Peter Herzig, Angus Morton and Darcy Rosenlund and 2 members from Praties with Ben Mather and Ritche Porte. With a member from each it was left to South Australia.com to jump across or chase the break down as the bunch allowed the bunch to build a gap of up to 4.05.

After 130km a second break decided to give chase to the leaders and a strong bunch of 9 riders including William Ford, Gilbert Gutowinski, Mitchell Pearson, Nash Kent, Joshua Wilson, Shaun Higgerson, Robbie Williams and Mitchell Pearson quickly pursued the leaders and made the junction at the base of the first climb of Raxorback, 30km from the finish.

The group rolled down Razorback without damage although the   only minutes later the pressure was applied as the riders puling hard turns on the front with turns by Williams and Higgerson finding some of the riders lacking. But it was an attack by Mitchell Pearson half way up the hill that blew the bunch apart.

By the top of the hill Higgerson and Wilson had pulled Pearson back but Willaims was 500m off the back and it looked like he’d run his race and was going to fall back to the other riders who couldn’t stay with the lead 3 on the 2^nd pass of Razorback.

However Williams dug deep sitting only 100m from the back of the leaders for 2 km but after 14km of his solo chase he managed to close the gap on Cowpasture Bridge with 5km to the finish.

The 4 riders continued to roll though knowing they had a  respectable gap to the chasers but with the 2km sign in sight Williams attacked and the other 3 and showed them the class of young Drapac Rider winning by 200m with Shaun Higgerson and Michel Pearson sprinting for 2^nd and 3^rd.

Overall is was a brilliant day of racing with perfect weather and fantastic racing of a caliber rarely seen in NSW.

Written by Brian Crawford/www.nsw.cycling.org.au

Photos

All photos copyright	Brad Hooker	cyclingimagesonline.com

Results

1 Robert Williams (Drapac Porsche) 4.13.20
2 Shaun Higgerson (South Australia.com-AIS) 0.18
3 Mitchell Pearson
4 Joshua Wilson (Praties Cycling Team) 0.19
5 Stuart Shaw (Drapac Porsche) 2.11
6 Nash Kent (Equity IT)
7 Cameron Hughes (Ord Minnett Racing Team) 2.12
8 Ben Mather (Praties Cycling Team)
9 Brendan Brooks (FRF - NSWIS) 2.14
10 Steven Robb 2.15
11 William Ford (South Australia.com-AIS) 2.17
12 Peter Mcdonald (FRF - NSWIS)
13 Blair Martin 2.18
14 Robert Hodgson * 2.19
15 Angus Morton (Drapac Porsche) 2.26
16 Gilbert Gutowski (Ord Minnett Racing Team) 2.54
17 Grant Irwin (Ord Minnett Racing Team) 3.12
18 Nicholas Sanderson (South Australia.com-AIS) 3.13
19 Dean Windsor (Drapac Porsche)
20 Dale Scarfe (Team FSA)
21 Ben Isaksen (Lidcombe Auburn CC)*
22 Russell Gill
23 Jason Hegert (FRF - NSWIS)
24 Chris Jory (FRF - NSWIS 2)
25 Adam Socha *
26 Joe Mcdonnell (FRF - NSWIS 2)
27 Robert Cater (FRF - NSWIS) 3.14
28 Mathew Camilleri (Two Wheel Industries)*
29 Alex Malone * 3.15
30 Stephen Isbel 3.17
31 Andrew Ward
32 Simon Thompson
33 Phillip Chapman *
34 Daniel Furmston (Praties Cycling Team) 3.18
35 Gavin Nicholls (Ord Minnett Racing Team) 3.22
36 Darcy Rosenlund (Ord Minnett Racing Team) 4.37
37 Jarrett Wood (Two Wheel Industries)* 4.38
38 Andrew Riordan * 4.39
39 Kris Koke 4.41
40 Wayne Anderson
41 Sean O’neill *
42 Kor Sietsma * 4.42
43 Anthony Challinor (Equity IT)
44 Daniel Abotomey (Ben Mikic Foundation)*
45 Matthew Johns (Two Wheel Industries)*
46 Jim Moore *
47 Kiernan Smithson (Lidcombe Auburn CC)* 4.43
48 Gerard Walsh (Ben Mikic Foundation)*
49 Peter Herzig (FRF - NSWIS)
50 Sam Moorhouse * 4.44
51 Shaun Lewis (Ben Mikic Foundation)
52 Richard Vollebregt (Ben Mikic Foundation) 4.47
53 Andrew Crawley * 4.49
54 Timothy Walker (Praties Cycling Team)
55 Matt King (South Australia.com-AIS)
56 Aiden Lyons * 5.04
57 Craig Paull * 5.10
58 Lloyd Newell * 5.43
59 Matthew Lucas * 5.44
60 Stuart Morgan 5.47
61 Troy Glennan (FRF - NSWIS 2) 5.48
62 Conor Kiernan (Hillbrick/Macarthur Collegians CC)* 5.49
63 Stephen Walton *
64 Scott Wines (Two Wheel Industries)* 5.51
65 Owen Belton * 7.11
66 Ryan Buchanan (Lidcombe Auburn CC)* 7.29
67 Brett Fenton (Lidcombe Auburn CC)*
68 Peter Cooper *
69 Beau Harper * 7.30
70 Raynold Smith (Equity IT)*
71 Mark Wall 7.31
72 Jeremy Gilchrist (Goulburn CC)* 7.32
73 Bruce Williams *
74 Damian Mason *
75 Ritchie Collins * 9.15
76 Nathan Rollason 10.07
77 Liam Poole * 10.22
78 Brad Scarfe (Team FSA)*
79 Lewis Garland (Two Wheel Industries)* 13.35
80 Christopher Green * 13.37
81 Brendan Jones (FRF - NSWIS 2) 14.15
82 Jeffrey Gray * 15.50
83 Stephen Wooldridge (South Australia.com-AIS) 17.26
84 Rowan Mcmurray * 18.14
85 Jules Galli *
86 Marek Jankowski * 18.17
87 Con Toparis (Goulburn CC)*
88 Michael Cain * 18.18
89 Guy Elsom *
90 Nathan Germaine (Equity IT)* 18.19
91 Tim Norris *
92 Richard Lang 19.08
93 Owen Macphillamy (Team FSA)* 23.40
94 Richie Porte (Praties Cycling Team)
95 Michael Rand *
DNF Jason Roberts *
DNF Daniel Schwartz *
DNF Warren Bennett *
DNF Brendan Den (Ben Mikic Foundation)*
DNF Garry Chapman (Equity IT)*
DNF Michael Navybox (Goulburn CC)*
DNF Jason Pattison (Goulburn CC)*
DNF Michael Redman (Goulburn CC)*
DNF Ian Adams (Hillbrick/Macarthur Collegians CC)*
DNF Lee Smith (Hillbrick/Macarthur Collegians CC)*
DNF Michael Frost (Team FSA)*
DNF Andrew O’bryan (Team FSA)*
DNF Nicholas Chevalley *
DNF Lilian Kuusk *
DNF Martin Mullin *
DNS Robert Mclachlan (Drapac Porsche)
DNS Anthony Bennett (FRF - NSWIS 2)
DNS Peter Milostic
DNS Matthew Werrell *
DNS Justin Young (Hillbrick/Macarthur Collegians CC)*
DNS Matthew Bazzano *
* Division 2
Past winners
2006 Chris Jongewaard (Savings and Loans)
2005 David McKenzie (VIS)