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La tappa “regina” della New Zealand Cycle Classic 2023 si chiude con il sigillo di Josh Burnett . Il corridore della Bolton Equities Black Spoke si è imposto infatti sull’arrivo in salita di Admiral Hill, al termine della frazione, la terza della corsa neozelandese, partita da Masterton e chiusa nella municipalità di Te Wharau , dopo 155,5 chilometri e quasi 2mila metri di dislivello complessivo. Burnett, nuovo arrivo nella squadra oceaniana, appena salita a livello Professional, ha piazzato lo scatto decisivo nei metri finali, riuscendo a piegare la resistenza dell’ultimo corridore rimasto con lui a giocarsi il successo, il neerlandese Adne van Engelen (Roojai Insurance).
Al terzo posto si è piazzato un altro neozelandese James Oram (Bolton Equities Black Spoke), che è così riuscito a mantenere addosso la maglia di capolista della classifica generale, indossata già al termine della prima frazione . Mancano ora due giorni di gara alla conclusione della breve corsa a tappe oceaniana: nella notte fra venerdì e sabato si correrà la quarta frazione, con partenza e arrivo nella capitale Wellington e con un profilo decisamente meno impegnativo dal punto di vista altimetrico.
Risultato Tappa 3 New Zealand Cycle Classic 2023
1
BURNETT
Josh
NEW ZEALAND
4.02.05
2
VAN ENGELEN
Adne
NETHERLANDS
+1
3
ORAM
James
NEW ZEALAND
+23
4
MOREY
Drew
AUSTRALIA
+26
5
PHOUNSAVATH
Ariya
LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
+34
6
GARDNER
Dan
GREAT BRITAIN
+38
7
OLIVER
Ben
NEW ZEALAND
+38
8
LEBAS
Thomas
FRANCE
+39
9
DRAGE
Jack
NEW ZEALAND
+39
10
CLARK
Boris
NEW ZEALAND
+39
11
CAMPBELL
Max
AUSTRALIA
+39
12
YARRELL
Guy
NEW ZEALAND
+40
13
CURRIE
Logan
NEW ZEALAND
+40
14
AITKEN
Jack
AUSTRALIA
+41
15
BEAUMONT
Cameron
NEW ZEALAND
+42
16
HADEN
Glenn
NEW ZEALAND
+43
17
HARVEY
James Mark
NEW ZEALAND
+43
18
FEINT
Camden
NEW ZEALAND
+45
19
EVANS
Toby
NEW ZEALAND
+51
20
HEFFERNAN
William
AUSTRALIA
+1:10
21
DUYVESTEYN
Kees
NEW ZEALAND
+1:11
22
CARSTENSEN
Lucas
GERMANY
+1:53
23
REES
Brent
AUSTRALIA
+1:54
24
MARDON
Kallum
NEW ZEALAND
+2:10
25
SCOTT
Ari
NEW ZEALAND
+2:12
26
MURPHY
Lucas
NEW ZEALAND
+2:38
27
THIMACHAI
Kongphob
THAILAND
+2:59
28
STEPHENSON
Tom
+2:59
29
MITCHELL
Finn
NEW ZEALAND
+3:00
30
BOWER
Lewis
NEW ZEALAND
+3:46
31
PAWSON
Edward
NEW ZEALAND
+4:14
32
PRICE
Corby
NEW ZEALAND
+4:28
33
BRAUER
Brendon
AUSTRALIA
+4:31
34
SANDERS
D’arcy
NEW ZEALAND
+4:40
35
RICE
Matthew
AUSTRALIA
+4:41
36
COOPER
William
AUSTRALIA
+4:42
37
YAMAMOTO
Genki
JAPAN
+5:02
38
LUDMAN
Joshua
AUSTRALIA
+5:23
39
MORAN
Sean
AUSTRALIA
+5:23
40
BEIKOFF
Joshua
AUSTRALIA
+8:03
41
MERSEBURG
Dominik
GERMANY
+8:04
42
BERRY
Thomas
NEW ZEALAND
+8:10
43
PANSAARD
Arttasorn
THAILAND
+8:12
44
CRAINE
Ethan
NEW ZEALAND
+8:13
45
GRAVE
Oliver
NEW ZEALAND
+8:14
46
PITHIE
Campbell
NEW ZEALAND
+8:17
47
BRITTS
Edwin
AUSTRALIA
+9:25
48
EATHER
Kurt
AUSTRALIA
+9:25
49
STRONG
Hayden
NEW ZEALAND
+9:25
50
NIQUET-OLDEN
Bentley
AUSTRALIA
+9:35
51
LUKE
Daniek
AUSTRALIA
+9:35
52
LECHNER
Patrick
GERMANY
+10:42
53
JOHNSTON
Lewis
NEW ZEALAND
+12:30
54
MOORE
Matthew
NEW ZEALAND
+13:11
55
BORRIE
Morgan
NEW ZEALAND
+13:12
56
CONNOLLY
Redmond
NEW ZEALAND
+13:40
57
WILSON
Matthew
NEW ZEALAND
+13:56
58
MCCLUNE
Matt
NEW ZEALAND
+15:01
59
WATTS
Kiaan
NEW ZEALAND
+15:49
60
RUSH
Christian
NEW ZEALAND
+15:49
61
MUDGWAY
Luke
NEW ZEALAND
+15:50
62
DAVIS
Matthew
NEW ZEALAND
+17:18
63
MAGOSAKI
Daiki
JAPAN
+18:22
64
KERGOZOU DE LA BOESSIERE
Nicholas
NEW ZEALAND
+19:08
65
GILBERTSON
Theo
NEW ZEALAND
+19:10
66
LAWSON
Richard
NEW ZEALAND
+19:56
67
PATTERSON
Zakk
NEW ZEALAND
+42:30
68
JONES
Ollie
NEW ZEALAND
+43:56
Classifica Generale New Zealand Cycle Classic 2023
1
ORAM
James
NEW ZEALAND
9.52.42
2
BURNETT
Josh
NEW ZEALAND
+5
3
VAN ENGELEN
Adne
NETHERLANDS
+11
4
OLIVER
Ben
NEW ZEALAND
+26
5
MOREY
Drew
AUSTRALIA
+36
6
HARVEY
James Mark
NEW ZEALAND
+36
7
PHOUNSAVATH
Ariya
LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
+44
8
AITKEN
Jack
AUSTRALIA
+44
9
FEINT
Camden
NEW ZEALAND
+47
10
GARDNER
Dan
GREAT BRITAIN
+48
11
DRAGE
Jack
NEW ZEALAND
+49
12
CLARK
Boris
NEW ZEALAND
+49
13
CAMPBELL
Max
AUSTRALIA
+49
14
YARRELL
Guy
NEW ZEALAND
+49
15
CURRIE
Logan
NEW ZEALAND
+50
16
BEAUMONT
Cameron
NEW ZEALAND
+52
17
HADEN
Glenn
NEW ZEALAND
+53
18
EVANS
Toby
NEW ZEALAND
+1:00
19
HEFFERNAN
William
AUSTRALIA
+1:15
20
DUYVESTEYN
Kees
NEW ZEALAND
+1:21
21
LEBAS
Thomas
FRANCE
+1:32
22
CARSTENSEN
Lucas
GERMANY
+1:58
23
REES
Brent
AUSTRALIA
+1:59
24
SCOTT
Ari
NEW ZEALAND
+2:21
25
MURPHY
Lucas
NEW ZEALAND
+2:48
26
BOWER
Lewis
NEW ZEALAND
+3:56
27
PAWSON
Edward
NEW ZEALAND
+4:24
28
THIMACHAI
Kongphob
THAILAND
+4:36
29
PRICE
Corby
NEW ZEALAND
+4:37
30
RICE
Matthew
AUSTRALIA
+4:45
31
COOPER
William
AUSTRALIA
+4:51
32
LUDMAN
Joshua
AUSTRALIA
+5:32
33
YAMAMOTO
Genki
JAPAN
+5:39
34
MORAN
Sean
AUSTRALIA
+5:50
35
MERSEBURG
Dominik
GERMANY
+8:14
36
PANSAARD
Arttasorn
THAILAND
+8:22
37
CRAINE
Ethan
NEW ZEALAND
+8:23
38
GRAVE
Oliver
NEW ZEALAND
+8:24
39
PITHIE
Campbell
NEW ZEALAND
+8:27
40
EATHER
Kurt
AUSTRALIA
+9:30
41
STRONG
Hayden
NEW ZEALAND
+9:30
42
LECHNER
Patrick
GERMANY
+10:52
43
NIQUET-OLDEN
Bentley
AUSTRALIA
+11:02
44
BRITTS
Edwin
AUSTRALIA
+11:13
45
LUKE
Daniek
AUSTRALIA
+11:42
46
MOORE
Matthew
NEW ZEALAND
+13:43
47
CONNOLLY
Redmond
NEW ZEALAND
+13:50
48
WILSON
Matthew
NEW ZEALAND
+14:04
49
WATTS
Kiaan
NEW ZEALAND
+15:46
50
MUDGWAY
Luke
NEW ZEALAND
+15:48
51
RUSH
Christian
NEW ZEALAND
+15:59
52
STEPHENSON
Tom
NEW ZEALAND
+17:17
53
MARDON
Kallum
NEW ZEALAND
+17:49
54
MAGOSAKI
Daiki
JAPAN
+18:32
55
GILBERTSON
Theo
NEW ZEALAND
+19:19
56
MITCHELL
Finn
NEW ZEALAND
+19:59
57
LAWSON
Richard
NEW ZEALAND
+20:05
58
KERGOZOU DE LA BOESSIERE
Nicholas
NEW ZEALAND
+21:02
59
BEIKOFF
Joshua
AUSTRALIA
+23:42
60
BERRY
Thomas
NEW ZEALAND
+23:48
61
JOHNSTON
Lewis
NEW ZEALAND
+25:47
62
SANDERS
D’arcy
NEW ZEALAND
+28:34
63
DAVIS
Matthew
NEW ZEALAND
+29:28
64
BRAUER
Brendon
AUSTRALIA
+35:31
65
BORRIE
Morgan
NEW ZEALAND
+37:54
66
JONES
Ollie
NEW ZEALAND
+44:47
67
MCCLUNE
Matt
NEW ZEALAND
+46:02
68
PATTERSON
Zakk
NEW ZEALAND
+58:09
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