Cyclist’s frustration ended in victory

Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32720, 24 September 1971, Page 10

Cyclist’s frustration ended in victory

i time in th* Tour of Ta*maffia i recently—he had a erash, > then broke his frame, had it * re-welded, then broke It again, sod ffiiMred on * spare foes* disappointments ;&• isr i Grafton-to-Jnv*rel| classic before returning to Naw Zealand. R«iard*d as the biggrot and toughest race to Australia—and attracting g field of 102 this year—the marathon was won to Bush, to 7hr 23mto, off a MwUcap af 2Sniin. “R was hilly *U th* way." said Bush, on hi* return to ehriatehurch. “It .wu.M ilka riding from Utti* River to Akaroa—for 140 mile*. All th* way, there were twoend five-mlle climbs, and 40 miles after the start, there wa* an 11-mile drag. It took us an hour to elimn it.” A* well, said Bush, there wa* a 30-knot wind for moat of foe race, and toe temperature* were at about 33 degree* Celriu*. Th* Welltogton rider. R. Davies, who wan u foe B grade section of th* Tasmanian tour, started frnta be-

hind Bush and era* efesing fast on Bush’s bunch with 15 miles to ride. So the Canterbury rider went * ijttl* harder up * hUL fqund himrejf dear, end stayed away alone for the rest Of the journey. He wen gfined on Davies and eventually beat him by 3min.

Bush’s prize for winning* jqst as it was for J. Trevorrpw> who had th* fwtest tire* of Thr 3mfe—was a motorcycle, and h* raid the