Floris Goesinnen wins the third stage as Adam Semple takes the overall lead in the Tour of Bright 2011
International- NED Team’s Floris Goesinnen showed a tremendous performance in the third stage of the Tour of Bright 2011 on Sunday, December 4. First stage winner, Adam Semple (Melville Fremantle CC) took the overall leader’s jersey in the Mount Hotham Ascent.
In the final kilometres, a group of six cyclists made their first breakaway lead, namely: Floris Goesinnen, Jay Bourke (Ballarat/Sebastopol C C), Adam Semple, Jack Cummings (Carnegie Caulfield CC), Lachlan Norris (MTBA) and Cal Britten (Alpine Cycling Club).
All six pedalled hard until the finish-line, however, Lachlan Norris failed to hold his pace, resulting in the other cyclists moving further to the front.
Meanwhile, Cummings and Semple increased their pace and launched an attack to catch the leading riders but failed.
The Dutch cyclist, Floris powered and crossed the finish-line first, with a timing of 1 hour, 25 minutes and 40 seconds, to cover the distance of 57.5 kilometres.
Jay Bourke (Ballarat/Sebastopol C C) was also in a good form but grabbed the second place with the same finishing time as the Dutch rider.
The race leader, Adam Semple, snatched the third place with a difference of 6 seconds ahead of Cummings and Norris.
Liam Dove (Blackburn Cycling Club Inc) showed an impressive ability but secured the seventh place, with a difference of 10 seconds.
Previously, Floris won the first stage of Part B Brixia Tour and Tour de l’Ain 2008. He dominated the mountain standing of Three Days of De Panne-Koksijde 2010. He also grabbed the fourth stage of Tour of Taiwan.
Mark Guirguis (St Kilda Cycling Club Inc), Ben Dyball (Caravello CC) and Jack Haig (Bendigo & District CC) were in the eighth, ninth and tenth place, respectively.
Daniel Mcconnell (Bairnsdale & Riviera C C) lost the race as he took the last, 59th, spot with the same timing of Scott Liston (Dirt Riders).
Semple took the overall standing with a timing of 5 hours, 9 minutes and 30 seconds, while Alexander Morgan of Blackburn cycling was in the second place, with a difference of 1 minute and 55 seconds.
Ben Dyball (Caravello CC) claimed the third position, with a difference of 2 minutes and 4 seconds ahead of Jay Bourke and Darren Lapthorne (Coburg Cycling Club Inc).
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