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Bond Wins Stage to Set up Dramatic Tour of Southland Finish
Hamish Bond Wins Stage to Set up Dramatic Tour of Southland Finish
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3/11/18 - Hamish Bond
has ridden a stunning individual time trial this morning to
win the penultimate stage of the 2018 SBS Bank Tour of
Southland and get himself within 18sec of race leader
Michael Vink.
Heading into this afternoon’s 77km
stage from Winton to Invercargill, Vink, who has been
runner-up for the past two years, leads the tour by 18sec
from Bond and 3min 15sec from third placed Sam
Gaze.
Bond, the national time trial champion, was
outstanding in the 13km time trial around Winton, despite
heavy rain which started to fall just as the top general
classification contenders started their lap.
His time
of 15:51.47 was more than 50sec clear of second placed Dylan
Kennett, with Vink finishing third on the
stage.
“We’ll keep fighting and doing our best and
try and make Michael earn his win if he is going to get
it,” Bond said.
Vink started the day with a 1min
32sec lead over Bond, but is happy to have any sort of
buffer when the final stage gets underway at 1.30pm this
afternoon.
“I felt like I rode a good time trial, I
rode within myself and I’ve got good legs for this
afternoon. It doesn’t really matter whether it’s 18sec
or 2min, the tactics are the same,” Vink
said.
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