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Tuesday, 21 March 2006 |
Australian cyclists Nathan O'Neill and Oenone Woods win time trials
Australian cyclists Nathan O'Neill and Oenone Woods won the men's and
women's cycling time-trials on the roads of Melbourne at the
Commonwealth Games on Tuesday.
Nathan O'Neill won the men's 40km race in 48 minutes 37.29 seconds in
front of his teammate Ben Day (49:01.67) and the New Zealander Gordon
McCauley (49:50.70).
English cyclists Stuart Dangerfield, Paul Manning and Steve Cummings finished sixth, ninth and 14th.
Oenone Wood was in the lead for an Australian clean sweep in the
women's 25km race and clocked 37:56.07 ahead of veteran cyclist Kathy
Watt and of Sara Carrigan.
English contestant Rachel Heal, 32, was in fifth position and Sarah Ulmer pulled out because of an injury.
Rachel Heal had won bronze in the road race in Manchester four years
ago but was participating in her first international time-trial and she
said of the event: "I feel I'm embarking on a new venture here. It's
the first major time-trial I've really focussed on and I feel it is a
good start.
"I have a little bit of a tendency to go out very hard. I have the ability to do myself a lot of damage very early."
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