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Kristian House has won stage 3 of the New Zealand Cycle Classic, Steve Lampier up to 4th as the race gets nasty and 19 riders are DNF

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Kristian House has won stage 3 of the New Zealand Cycle Classic, Lampier up to 4th

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Former king of the mountains in the Tour of Britain, Kristian House has started his season with a win in the UCI 2.2 New Zealand Cycle Classic.

House overcame challenging conditions to win the 130 km stage. “It was pretty windy today. A big group got up the road and we had three riders in that so we were happy. But the New Zealand team, mainly Vink and one of his team mates did a great job at pulling it back and fair play to them,” said House at the finish line.

“Once we got the final breakaway of about 20 riders, I was just hoping to stay together for the sprint and I was confident in that group. Now we’ll see how tomorrow pans out (stage 4). We’ve got a couple of cards to play and I think it will be a good race.”

Today’s hot and windy conditions saw riders battle a strong nor-west cross wind at the crest of the King of the Mountain and this made a significant impact on the overall general classification points table. In fact, it saw the third rider in three days being presented with the yellow leader’s jersey.

Young Australian Ryan Thomas, racing for Data #3 Cisco, had a stunning day on the bike timing his sprint perfectly to finish just behind House to claim second place as well the Ricoh U23 category jersey. The points also pushed him up the overall general classification ladder to first place and see him claim the yellow leader’s jersey. Sam Crome (Avanti) came home in third place and retained his King of the Mountain jersey.

Thomas was thrilled to grab his first UCI leader’s jersey as well as enjoy a podium finish. He paid tribute to team mate Dylan Newberry, who picked up the sprint ace jersey, and his other teammates who rode aggressively taking turns at leading the peloton.

“It was actually very hard, it was a difficult race as there wasn’t much let off in the pace at all especially once the breakaway got ahead,” said Thomas. “But to get my first UCI leader’s jersey is just brilliant.”

Australian Sam Hill (Team GPM Stulz) made a series of individual break-aways during the latter part of the race – at one point he lead the chase group by 40seconds – with his efforts earning him the red Most Aggressive Rider Jersey.

First New Zealander home today was James Oram riding for ONE Pro while Michael Vink and Brad Evans, the latter who won yesterday’s Stage 2, were the first two riders home for the New Zealand National Team – down 1m 41secs on House.

Today’s challenging conditions also saw 19 riders fail to finish (DNF) meaning that only 67 riders will take to the start line tomorrow. That included Jack Sowry, the only local rider in the Tour.

Stage 4 of the New Zealand Cycle Classic continues tomorrow and features a 152.2km route which incorporates the highest point on the race – Admiral Hill which is 495 above sea level. This is also the longest stage and riders are expected to reach top speeds of 80-90 km/ph on the Te Wharau downhill. Riders will leave at 10am from the Copthorne Hotel & Resort Solway Park in a neutralised start and are expected to finish atop Admiral Hill at 2.15pm.

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Stage 3
1 HOUSE, Kristian OPC 3:02:43
2 THOMAS, Ryan (U23) DSR
3 CROME, Sam ART
4 LAMPIER, Steven JLT
5 HILL, Samuel (U23) GPM
6 ORAM, James OPC
7 ROBINSON, Tom SOM
8 WILLIAMS, Stephen (U23) JLT
9 IRVINE, Saxon DSR
10 TORCKLER, Michael THT
11 O’BRIEN, Mark ART
12 O’CONNOR, Ben (U23) ART
13 VOLKERS, Samuel DSR 00:18
14 CUMING, Michael SOM
15 SMITH, Morgan KRD 01:41
16 AITCHESON, Liam (U23) ART
17 CHRISTIE, Jason KRD
18 GRIFFIN, Logan (U23) ORF
19 SUTTON, Frank (U23) TSR
20 HEANEY, Alex (U23) TSR
21 MARRYATT, Jake (U23) BBT
22 ROWLANDS, David FMT
23 MCCORMICK, Hayden (U23) OPC
24 SMITH, Dion OPC
25 CARTER, Tom (U23) SSK
26 HUNT, Joshua OPC
27 THOMAS, Scott DSR
28 RUSH, Tim NZT
29 GOUGH, Fraser ART
30 VINK, Michael NZL
31 EVANS, Brad NZL
32 CHRISTENSEN, Ryan (U23) ORF
33 LAWLESS, Christopher (U23) JLT
34 KATSONIS, Nicholas (U23) SOM
35 CAMERON, Tim NZT
36 GORDON, Callum (U23) TSR
37 BULL, Adam (U23) SOM
38 WYNNIATT, Cameron THT
39 ELLIOT, Nathan KRD
40 FRAME, Alex JLT
41 NEWBERRY, Dylan (U23) DSR
42 PRETE, Joshua COB
43 ATKINS, George JLT
44 KERRISON, Jesse (U23) SOM
45 SCHREURS, Hamish (U23) NZL 02:57
46 MCDERMOTT, Luke MCS 03:17
47 THOMASON, Jason THT 06:21
48 SCHUURHUIS, Rien ORF 07:01
49 CULEY, Marcus MCS
50 WEAVER, David FMT
51 FIELD, Rylee (U23) GPM
52 TROY, Michael GPM
53 MILLER, Nick KRD
54 BAIN, Nick (U23) TSR
55 HAGAN, Andy TSR
56 ALDRIDGE, Joshua THT
57 MORT, Logan SFT 16:42
58 PHIPPS, Sam (U23) GPM 20:11
59 STANDRILL, Calvin (U23) FMT
60 LEWER, Flynn FMT
61 NEUMANN, Mitchel COB
62 WHITE, Nathan COB
63 MCINTOSH, Benjamin (U23) NZT
64 GILMORE, Jordan NZT
65 LANGHAM, Jacob (U23) MCS
66 CHRISTISON, Shamus (U23) SFT
67 LEVIN, Nate (U23) BBT
68 KERGOZOU, Nicholas (U23) NZL DNF
69 POTTER, Michael (U23) GPM DNF
70 HILL, Liam KRD DNF
71 KIPPEN, Elliot COB DNF
72 MACARTHUR, Dugald COB DNF
73 REDDISH, Nick (U23) ORF DNF
74 WHITFIELD, Sean (U23) ORF DNF
75 GRIERSON, Roger FMT DNF
76 PAGE, Joshua SFT DNF
77 SOWRY, Jack (U23) SFT DNF
78 WEBB-SMITH, Matthew (U23) SFT DNF
79 DUYNHOVEN, Paul THT DNF
80 WEST, Alex (U23) SSK DNF
81 CLARK, Boris (U23) SSK DNF
82 SANSON, Chris BBT DNF
83 DENHOLM, James (U23) BBT DNF
84 WELLS, Carl BBT DNF
85 SALMON, Charles (U23) MCS DNF
86 FREEMAN, Ross NZT DNF

General Classification after stage 3
1 THOMAS, Ryan (U23) DSR 9:01:03
2 ROBINSON, Tom SOM
3 CROME, Sam ART
4 LAMPIER, Steven JLT 00:03
5 ORAM, James OPC
6 HOUSE, Kristian OPC
7 IRVINE, Saxon DSR
8 O’CONNOR, Ben (U23) ART
9 TORCKLER, Michael THT
10 O’BRIEN, Mark ART
11 WILLIAMS, Stephen (U23) JLT
12 VOLKERS, Samuel DSR 00:21
13 SMITH, Dion OPC 01:41
14 EVANS, Brad NZL
15 LAWLESS, Christopher (U23) JLT
16 FRAME, Alex JLT
17 MCCORMICK, Hayden (U23) OPC
18 CHRISTIE, Jason KRD 01:44
19 ROWLANDS, David FMT
20 AITCHESON, Liam (U23) ART
21 CARTER, Tom (U23) SSK
22 KATSONIS, Nicholas (U23) SOM
23 HUNT, Joshua OPC
24 VINK, Michael NZL
25 GOUGH, Fraser ART
26 CHRISTENSEN, Ryan (U23) ORF
27 RUSH, Tim NZT
28 GORDON, Callum (U23) TSR
29 THOMAS, Scott DSR
30 SMITH, Morgan KRD
31 MARRYATT, Jake (U23) BBT
32 BULL, Adam (U23) SOM
33 HEANEY, Alex (U23) TSR
34 GRIFFIN, Logan (U23) ORF
35 NEWBERRY, Dylan (U23) DSR
36 SUTTON, Frank (U23) TSR
37 ELLIOT, Nathan KRD
38 CAMERON, Tim NZT
39 WYNNIATT, Cameron THT 01:59
40 KERRISON, Jesse (U23) SOM 02:04
41 PRETE, Joshua COB
42 SCHREURS, Hamish (U23) NZL 03:00
43 MCDERMOTT, Luke MCS 03:20
44 THOMASON, Jason THT 06:39
45 CULEY, Marcus MCS 07:04
46 FIELD, Rylee (U23) GPM
47 TROY, Michael GPM
48 WEAVER, David FMT
49 BAIN, Nick (U23) TSR
50 MILLER, Nick KRD
51 ALDRIDGE, Joshua THT
52 ATKINS, George JLT 07:17
53 HILL, Samuel (U23) GPM 08:40
54 SCHUURHUIS, Rien ORF 10:11
55 CUMING, Michael SOM 10:21
56 HAGAN, Andy TSR 11:38
57 MORT, Logan SFT 17:00
58 LEVIN, Nate (U23) BBT 20:14
59 WHITE, Nathan COB
60 LEWER, Flynn FMT
61 CHRISTISON, Shamus (U23) SFT
62 STANDRILL, Calvin (U23) FMT 20:48
63 NEUMANN, Mitchel COB 22:50
64 PHIPPS, Sam (U23) GPM 26:53
65 GILMORE, Jordan NZT 28:51
66 LANGHAM, Jacob (U23) MCS 41:41
67 MCINTOSH, Benjamin (U23) NZT 47:42

Fagan Motors Sprint Classification
1 NEWBERRY, Dylan DSR 17
2 CUMING, Michael SOM 15
3 TORCKLER, Michael THT 6
4 RUSH, Tim NZT 3
5 MCCORMICK, Hayden OPC 2
6 CHRISTENSEN, Ryan ORF 2
7 GORDON, Callum TSR 2
8 THOMAS, Scott DSR 2
9 MILLER, Nick KRD 1

Mitre 10 Masterton KOM
1 CROME, Sam ART 30
2 CHRISTENSEN, Ryan ORF 20
3 TORCKLER, Michael THT 8
4 THOMAS, Ryan DSR 4
5 LAMPIER, Steven JLT 2
6 SMITH, Dion OPC 2
7 GRIFFIN, Logan ORF 2
8 BULL, Adam SOM 2
9 CUMING, Michael SOM 2

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