Cycling classic
PA Dune*n The national sprint champion, Colin Ryan (Timaru- accounted for some of New Zealand’s best professional cyclists with a brfbj liant win in the sponsored New Zealand Cup on Wheels 1600 m track' classic at Dunedin on Saturday Ryan looked a comfortable winner halfway down the home straight but had to withstand a paralysing last-second burst from Otago’s Brian Thomson to clinch the S2OO first prize. The 16,000 m aces scratch pro- j duced another hectic finish, with' the first four place-getters * almost locked together at the) line.
Abbreviations used in the results are Canterbury (C.‘. MidCanterbury (M.C.), South Canterbury (S.C.), Otago (O.i.
800 m.—R. Stevenson (O.) 1, N. Edmond (0.1 2, B. Roulston (C.) 3. Time: 56.0. 1000 m.—A grade: S. Doherty (C.) 1. R. Nant (C.) 2. K. Tait (O. 3. Time: 1:23.8. B grade: B. Carrell (O.) 1. K. Smith S.C.) 2, N. Wylie iM.C.) 3. Time: 1:22.4. C grade: P. Yaxley <C.) 1. O. Wylie (M.C.) 2, W. C/thbertson (S.C.) 3. Time: 1:24 4. D grade: K. Doyle (C.) 1, M. McManus (S.C.) 2. B. Collett (C.) 3. Time: 1:22.6.
N.Z. Cup on Wheels (1600m).— C. Ryan (S.C.) 1, B. Thomson (O.) 2, R. Gamble (O.) 3. Time: 1:59.0.
1600 m consolation.—N. Edmond (O.) 1, G. Radburnd (S.C.) 2, P. Hermens (O.) 3. Time: l:s8.0. B grade 4800 m.—W. Cutherbertson (S.C.) 1, A. Cunnard (S.C.) 2, O. Wylie (N.C.) 3. Time: 6:56.4.
16,000 m aces,—K. Tait (O.) and R. Nant (C.) (equal) 1, S. Doherty (C.i 3. Time: 21:53.0.
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