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Home 2009 Stage 1 Live Text Commentary Tour Teams Stage Date: 2 Nov 2009 8.3 km | Start at 09:00 | Finish 12:00 (approx) | | Teams Time Trial (2 circuits of Queens Park) | Tour Riders Please note: The content and frequency of updates on this LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY service is dependent on the information provided on the race radio channel, the quality of the Cellular Coverage and the atmospheric conditions. As we are passing through many rural areas in a time of the Tour Updates year when the weather can be changeable, there may be long periods of time when it is not possible to update the web site. In bad weather or on a stage with a lot of activity, radio priority is give to the safety of the riders and sometimes updates on the race are not possible. Course Information Stage 1 Sponsor: Massage Therapy Centre Race Manual and Booklet 11:35:30 2 [CLP] is in the PowerNet Tour leader in the Yellow jersey. Classification Info Commentary and Results Refresh 1 [CLP] is wearing the Green jersey of the Harcourts Sprint Ace.

Entry Form 3 [CLP] is the Under 23 leader with the PSIS Pink jersey. Tour Gallery 7 [SWA] is the leader in the Red and White Polka Dot jersey of the Tales on Tour Hydraulink King of the Mountains (KOM). 11:27:03 UNOFFICIAL Tour Media

Officials Refresh Colour Plus post a time of 10:10 to win stage 1 of the 2009 PowerNet .

Schools Marc Ryan will wear the yellow jersey this afternoon for stage 2 from Invercargill to Bluff Sponsors 11:22:17 As the winds drop and the sun reappears, the one lap split for Colour Plus was 5:11, compared with 5:12 for Subway . Tour Links Refresh Past Tours 11:17:06 The update leaderboard with one team to go is

History Refresh 10:22 SWA - Subway Avanti Contacts 10:25 BPC - Pro Cycling Team 10:27 ZCS - Zookeepers Cycle Surgery Sitemap 10:44 KMS - KIA Motors 10:46 STR - Share The Road 10:50 CST - Calder Stewart 10:50 TPT - Praties Cycling 10:51 BMH - Benchmark Homes 10:52 APH - Ascot Park Hotel 10:55 BCV - Bici Vida 10:55 CBS - cyclingnzshop.com-Bio Sport 11:00 STT - The Southland Times 11:01 CRS - Creation Signs 11:01 JPM - Jackson Plumbing 11:02 PNT - PowerNet 11:02 PMK - Placemakers 11:10 TEP - Team Enterprise 11:14 EGS - Energy Smart 11:15 SIT - SIT ZERO FEES 11:18 NMS - NOW MS Society 11:18 TTT - Team Titans 11:22 WMP - Wintons Middle Pub 11:27 SMP - Sycamore Print 11:34 SWH - South West Helicopters 11:15:59 Latest times provided were

10:50 CST - Calder Stewart Refresh 10:25 BPC - Bissell Pro Cycling Team 10:22 SWA - Subway Avanti

Subway Avanti go into the lead with only Colour Plus to go. Hayden Godfrey was first over the line, so he will wear the PowerNet Yellow Jersey this afternoon.

Bissell Pro Cycling Team moved into second 3 seconds adrift from Subway Avanti. 11:09:47 SWA - Subway Avanti just clocked a 5:12 for the first lap. Zookeepers Cycle Surgery had posted a 5:14 when they did their 10:27. Refresh Bissell Pro Cycling posted a 5:19 fo their first lap. 11:01:43 The final four teams are

Refresh CST - Calder Stewart 16 Mark LANGLANDS [CST] 17 Ben KING [CST] 18 Brad HALL [CST] 19 [CST] 20 Douglas REPACHOLI [CST]

BPC - Bissell Pro Cycling Team 11 [BPC] 12 [BPC] 13 Ben JACQUES-MAYNES [BPC] 14 Omer KEM [BPC] 15 Cody O''REILLY [BPC]

SWA - Subway Avanti 6 Gordon McCAULEY [SWA] 7 Hayden GODFREY [SWA] 8 Eric DROWER [SWA] 9 [SWA] 10 Joshua ENGLAND [SWA]

CLP - Colour Plus 1 Hayden ROULSTON [CLP] 2 Marc RYAN [CLP] 3 Jesse SERGENT [CLP] 4 [CLP] 5 Reon PARK [CLP 11:00:16 Updated Provisional Leaderboard

Refresh 10:27 ZCS - Zookeepers Cycle Surgery 10:44 KMS - KIA Motors 10:46 STR - Share The Road 10:50 TPT - Praties Cycling 10:51 BMH - Benchmark Homes 10:52 APH - Ascot Park Hotel 10:55 BCV - Bici Vida 10:55 CBS - cyclingnzshop.com-Bio Sport 11:00 STT - The Southland Times 11:01 CRS - Creation Signs 11:01 JPM - Jackson Plumbing 11:02 PNT - PowerNet 11:02 PMK - Placemakers 11:10 TEP - Team Enterprise 11:14 EGS - Energy Smart 11:15 SIT - SIT ZERO FEES 11:18 NMS - NOW MS Society 11:18 TTT - Team Titans 11:22 WMP - Wintons Middle Pub 11:27 SMP - Sycamore Print 11:34 SWH - South West Helicopters

Four more teams to go. 10:59:03 10:44 KMS - KIA Motors 10:27 ZCS - Zookeepers Cycle Surgery Refresh 10:55 CBS - cyclingnzshop.com-Bio Sport

Zookeepers Cycle Surgery take the lead with a time of 10:27, with KIA Motors currently in 2nd place. 10:53:27 ZCS - Zookeepers Cycle Surgery just powered through with a time of 5:14 for the first lap, some 9 seconds faster than Share The Road. Refresh 10:50:12 The update PROVISIONAL Leaderboard is now

Refresh 10:46 STR - Share The Road 10:50 TPT - Praties Cycling 10:51 BMH - Benchmark Homes 10:52 APH - Ascot Park Hotel 10:55 BCV - Bici Vida 11:00 STT - The Southland Times 11:01 CRS - Creation Signs 11:01 JPM - Jackson Plumbing 11:02 PNT - PowerNet 11:02 PMK - Placemakers 11:10 TEP - Team Enterprise 11:14 EGS - Energy Smart 11:15 SIT - SIT ZERO FEES 11:18 NMS - NOW MS Society 11:18 TTT - Team Titans Web Design by Flatout © 2009 11:22 WMP - Wintons Middle Pub Tour of 11:27 SMP - Sycamore Print Southland. 11:34 SWH - South West Helicopters 10:49:12 The next three teams are KMS - KIA Motors Refresh 31 [KMS] 32 Justin KERR [KMS] 33 Karl MOORE [KMS] 34 Shem ROGER [KMS] 35 [KMS]

ZCS - Zookeepers Cycle Surgery 26 [ZCS] 27 [ZCS] 28 [ZCS] 29 [ZCS] 30 [ZCS]

CBS - cyclingnzshop.com-Bio Sport 21 Floyd LANDIS [CBS] 22 Nico de JONG [CBS] 23 Nick LOVEGROVE [CBS] 24 Jeremy MEECH [CBS] 25 Jamie WHYTE [CBS] 10:49:07 These are the latest set of times 11:18 TTT - Team Titans Refresh 10:50 TPT - Praties Cycling 11:18 NMS - NOW MS Society 10:30:17 The latest PROVISIONAL Leaderboard is as follows:

Refresh 10:46 STR - Share The Road 10:51 BMH - Benchmark Homes 10:52 APH - Ascot Park Hotel 10:55 BCV - Bici Vida 11:00 STT - The Southland Times 11:01 CRS - Creation Signs 11:01 JPM - Jackson Plumbing 11:02 PNT - PowerNet 11:02 PMK - Placemakers 11:10 TEP - Team Enterprise 11:14 EGS - Energy Smart 11:15 SIT - SIT ZERO FEES 11:22 WMP - Wintons Middle Pub 11:27 SMP - Sycamore Print 11:34 SWH - South West Helicopters 10:26:39 Next out we have TTT - Team Titans Refresh 46 Samuel WHITMITZ [TTT] 47 James IBRAHIM [TTT] 48 Latham CROFT [TTT] 49 Oliver HARDING- SHEATH [TTT] 50 Brent DAWBER [TTT]

TPT - Praties Cycling 41 Kyle MARWOOD [TPT] 42 Jason RIGG [TPT] 43 Dylan NEWELL [TPT] 44 Joshua CHUGG [TPT] 45 Nathan EARL [TPT]

NMS - NOW MS Society 36 Tyler LOCKE [NMS] 37 Eric BENNETT [NMS] 38 Sergio HERNANDEZ [NMS] 39 Nicholas MARTINEZ [NMS] 40 Corey FARRELL [NMS]

It has just started to rain (horizontally) so the last few teams will find the going much tougher. 10:23:50 The next teams out are TEP - Team Enterprise Refresh 61 [TEP] 62 Michael TORCKLER [TEP] 63 William ALEXANDER [TEP] 64 Alasdair DEMPSEY [TEP] 65 Josh BROWN [TEP]

CRS - Creation Signs 56 Blair MARTIN [CRS] 57 David EVANS [CRS] 58 Alex MALONE [CRS] 59 David TREACEY [CRS] 60 Hayden KEGG [CRS]

BMH - Benchmark Homes 51 Daniel BARRY [BMH] 52 James EARLY [BMH] 53 James McCOY [BMH] 54 Leon HEXTALL [BMH] 55 Matt SILLARS [BMH]

The winds has really picked up and it will be particularly tough for the riders on the road down to Bluff this afternoon if it stays like this. 10:20:09 The last three provisional times provided were:

Refresh 11:02 PNT - PowerNet 10:52 APH - Ascot Park Hotel 10:46 STR - Share The Road

Share The Road post the fastest time to date, 6 seconds in front of Ascot Park Hotel. 10:07:05 On the course now are :

Refresh STR - Share The Road 76 Karl MURRAY [STR] 77 Matt GILBERT [STR] 78 Ryan WILLS [STR] 79 Romain FONDARD [STR] 80 [STR]

APH - Ascot Park Hotel 71 Aaron STRONG [APH] 72 Wade MANGHAM [APH] 73 Mike NORTHEY [APH] 74 Brad CARTER Home | Sponsors | Course Information | [APH] 75 [APH] Commentary and Results | Tour Teams | Classification Info | Tour Riders | Tour PNT - PowerNet Competitions | Tour Media | Schools | 66 Michael STALLARD [PNT] 67 Russell GILL [PNT] 68 Mathew GORTER [PNT] 69 Richard Race Manual and Booklet | Officials | ROLLINSON [PNT] 70 Chris MACIC [PNT] Tour Gallery | Tour Links | Past Tours | History | Contacts | Sitemap 10:03:34 After 9 teams having completed the course, the latest PROVISIONAL Leaderboard is as follows. 10:55 BCV - Bici Vida Refresh 11:00 STT - The Southland Times 11:01 JPM - Jackson Plumbing 11:02 PMK - Placemakers 11:14 EGS - Energy Smart 11:15 SIT - SIT ZERO FEES 11:22 WMP - Wintons Middle Pub 11:27 SMP - Sycamore Print 11:34 SWH - South West Helicopters 10:00:16 The following provisional time have just been provided. 11:01 JPM - Jackson Plumbing Refresh 11:27 SMP - Sycamore Print 11:02 PMK - Placemakers 09:58:44 Jacksons Plumbing are competing in the PowerNet Tour of Southland for the first time. 91 Michael OLHEISER [JPM] 92 Kevin NICOL [JPM] 93 Greg KRAUSE [JPM] 94 Seth RUBIN [JPM] 95 Stefan Refresh ROTHE [JPM]

The Sycamore Print team is 86 Kevin O''''DONNELL [SMP] 87 Kieran HAMBROOK [SMP] 88 Alex McGREGOR [SMP] 89 Rod WEINBERG [SMP] 90 Sheldon GORTER [SMP]

The Placemakers team is 81 Brent ALLNUT [PMK] 82 Logan MORT [PMK] 83 Daniel WARREN [PMK] 84 Jason BARLOW [PMK] 85 Logan CALDER [PMK]

09:58:36 The next three UNOFFICIAL TIMES are as follows. 10:55 BCV - Bici Vida Refresh 06 Scott WILDER [BCV] 107 [BCV] 108 Carl WILLIAMS [BCV] 109 Alex RAY [BCV] 110 Tom FINDLAY [BCV]

11:00 STT - The Southland Times 101 Matt MARSHALL [STT] 102 Hamish PRESBURY [STT] 103 Cameron KARWOWSKI [STT] 104 [STT] 105 Sam STEELE [STT]

11:22 WMP - Wintons Middle Pub 96 James GIBSON [WMP] 97 Alan WILLIAMS [WMP] 98 Thomas HUBBARD [WMP] 99 Cory HODGSON [WMP] 100 David AYRE [WMP]

The first three times were 11:14 EGS - Energy Smart 11:34 SWH - South West Helicopters 11:15 SIT - SIT ZERO FEES 09:57:07 Welcome to a windy but sunny Invercargill for stage 1 of the 2009 PowerNet Tour of Southland.

Refresh This stage is sponsored by Massage Therapy Centre

Stage 1 is 8.3km. The route is as follows: Teams Time Trial (2 circuits of Queens Park) The first three teams are on the course EGS - Energy Smart 121 Jonathon ATKINSON [EGS] 122 Lee EVANS [EGS] 123 Andy HAGAN [EGS] 124 Chris KENDALL [EGS] 125 Johno GEE [EGS]

SWH - South West Helicopters 116 Logan EDGAR [SWH] 117 Travis KANE [SWH] 118 Andrew BALLANTYNE [SWH] 119 Lachlan SHANNON [SWH] 120 Simon CROOM [SWH]

SIT - SIT ZERO FEES 111 Mike HENTON [SIT] 112 Dylan STEWART [SIT] 113 Matt HINTON [SIT] 114 Dion NEEMS [SIT] 115 Simon BROWN [SIT]

SIT were the quickest by six seconds after their first lap.

Three of the EGS - Energy Smart team just finished to post a time of 11:15. The other two teams were a bit slower with SWH - South West Helicopters posting 11:35 and SIT - SIT ZERO FEES a second behind with 11:16. 11:00:00 Welcome to the LIVE TEXT Commentary for stage 1 in the 53rd PowerNet Tour of Southland. Refresh Commentary provided by Tony Corkill (PowerNet) & Rachael Neutze (BikeNZ) Stage 1 is a sponsored by Southern Paints PPG Industrial Coatings

Stage 1 is 8.3km, 2 circuits of Queens Park. The riders start at the Feldwick Gates and go along Gala Street, turn left onto Queens Drive, turn left onto Herbert Street, turn left onto Kelvin Street and the another left back onto Gala Street. The Teams will then complete a second circuit.

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TEXT COMMENTARY provided by A W (Tony) Corkill from PowerNet & Rachael Neutze from BikeNZ. Tony & Rachael will travelling with Peter Martinez from NZPA in a vehicle provided by Graeme Atkinson from G J Atkinson Building Maintenance. Look out for the More FM Southland 89.2 Vehicle with Julian Ineson (Tour Commentator). Listen out for Julian's Tour bulletins on More FM Southland 89.2 throughout the Tour. Grant Bulling is driving a vehicle provided by Ivan Bulling designers! furniture + interior. This van will be used at the finish line for photo finish and judging duties.