Easy wins to limit cyclists

Press, 12 June 1978, Page 3

Easy wins to limit cyclists

By RAY CAIRNS The limit riders laughed all the way to the finish of two amateur cycling classics at the week-end. Chris Wilmot, off the front mark of 30mm in the 60kw DB harbour race on Saturday, comfortably beat a co-marker, Michael Cummack. And yesterday, on a 70km flat course in Paparua County s Alex Fraser had his first win. in the Amanda Wilks Shield race, also from 30min.

I The limit riders were unichallenged in both races. I Blair Stockwell, dropping . the rest of the scratch bunch ‘ on Saturday, finished * thirtieth, nearly 13min • behind Wilmot. When Chris 5 Hogan won the Canterbury open 80km title over the shorter Amanda Wilks ■ course (Stockwell punctured , in the final 15km) it was for I thirty-second place lOmin : behind Fraser. Yesterday’s race was : much the same, with six of i. the first seven places going i to limit riders. There was a; faint chance of the Bmin and

12min bunches going . through the field. The Bmin ; group made a consistent i effort but gathered too many I around it and lost some time i in parts of the final lap. ; The poor scratch bunch ■ had only the fastest time to : ride for. Hogan was a com- > manding sprint winner, al--1 though he was pressed hard ■ by a junior, Bruce Brunton. i Abbreviations used in the results are: Papanui (P.), Hornby Working Men’s Club (H.), Wools- » ton Workings Men’s Club (W.). DB harbour race, 60km: C. WHr mot (P., 30min.), 1:40:14, 1; M. ’'Cummack (H.. 30min.i, 2: G. •' Tutty (H.. 30min.), 3: R. Fulton H(W., 17min.), 4; J. Cattermole (P.J

r 30min.), 5; A. Fraser (H.. 26min.), ’ 6; S. Hunt (P.. 20min.), 7; L. Benschop *P.. 17minJ. 8; D. R. Johnson (W.. 17min.), 9; B. Cham- ’ berlain (W., 17minJ, 10. Fastest , time: B. G. Stockwell iP., scr.), 1:23:03. 1; C. M. Hogan (P., scr). 1:24:19, 2; T. R. Horne (P.. scr.), i 1:25:08, 3: M. P. Nichols IH.. 4min) ! 127:03, 4 and fastest junior. Amanda Wilks Shield. 70km: Fraser (30min>. 2:02:32. 1; Cattermole (30mini, 2; M. Morgan (W., 30mini, 3; R. M. Fowler (W.» 30mini, 4: Tutty (30min). 5: Hunt. • (25min>, 6; K. Sutherland (W., 30 1 min). 7; M W. Litolff <P.. Bmin>, ■ 8: B. Kircher (H.. 12min). 9; G. Cumming (H., Bminl, 10. Fastest times: Hogan (scr), 1:42:26, 1; B. Brunton iH.. sen. 1:42:26.5, 2 and fastest junior: B. W. Steri.ning (P.. scr), 1:42:27. 3: Horne J(scr). 1:42:27.5. 4.