July 27, 2002 (Manchester, England) – Cadel Evans (Australia) has won many
an Olympic/Commonwealth/World Championship Medal is his career, but today
was the first one on skinny tires. After an incredible Giro, his first
ever, in
which the 24-year-old wore the Pink Jersey on the penultimate stage, Evans
has shown that he is indeed a force to be reckoned with in the “race of
truth”. His teammates Michael Rogers (who also races on Mapei) and Nathan
O’Neil took the silver and bronze. Eric Wohlberg (Canada) had a fast start
and it seemed at most time checks he would finish 3rd, but ultimately his
time was not enough, and he finished fourth, three-and-a-half minutes off
the pace.
Canadian National Road Champion Mark Walters had a solid ride, finishing
17th. Interestingly, Stuart Dangerfield (England), who would have finished
4th, was disqualified for drafting when he was caught by O’Neil.
Commonwealth Games Men’s ITT
1. Cadel Evans (Australia) 1.00.53.50 (46.112 km/h)
2. Michael Rogers (Australia) 1.56.86
3. Nathan O’Neil (Australia) 2.27.19
4. Eric Wohlberg (Canada) 3.36.26
5. Charles Wegelius (England) 3.50.93
6. David George (South Africa) 4.00.00
7. James Piri (South Africa) 4.03.78
8. David Mccann (Northern Ireland) 4.31.14
9. Gordon Mccauley (New Zealand) 4.50.88
10. Heath Blackgrove (New Zealand) 4.56.28
11. Glen Mitchell (New Zealand) 5.04.56
12. Julian Winn (Wales) 5.32.70
13. Nicholas Patrick White (South Africa) 5.38.98
14. Andrew Roche (Isle of Man) 5.58.84
15. Michael Hutchinson (Northern Ireland) 6.23.46
16. Jason Macintyre (Scotland) 6.39.11
17. Mark Walters (Canada) 6.55.64
18. Kris Hedges (Bermuda) 7.17.60
19. Duncan Urquhart (Scotland) 7.33.21
20. Anthony Malarczyk (Wales) 8.19.10
21. Paul Sheppard (Wales) 8.33.05
22. Hudson Mathieu (Seychelles) 9.58.09
23. David Kinja Njau (Kenya) 10.47.92
24. Chris Spence (Jersey) 11.44.69
25. Brendan Doherty (Northern Ireland) 12.10.30
26. Erik Hoffmann (Namibia) 12.39.39
27. Paul Brehaut (Guernsey) 13.21.04
28. Jonathan David Massie (Bahamas) 15.25.35
29. Charles Bryan (Anguilla) 15.44.67
30. Martinien Tega (Cameroon) 16.12.29
31. Ronnie Bryan (Anguilla) 17.14.29
32. Andy Rose (Seychelles) 17.20.85
33. Kris Pradel (Anguilla) 17.22.52
34. Francois Talla (Cameroon) 17.46.19
35. Serge Pitouo (Cameroon) 18.32.20
36. Graeme Hatcher (Isle of Man) 18.44.02
37. Maimba Malako (Zambia) 19.25.13
38. Bruce Nkhoma (Zambia) 19.51.03
39. Barron Archiebold Musgrove (Bahamas) 20.13.54
40. George Ochieng Onaye (Kenya) 20.17.62
41. David Ngugi Mwangi (Kenya) 22.17.85
42. Sammy Joseph (St. Lucia) 23.28.69
43. Sydney Charles (St. Lucia) 24.24.91
Disqualified: Stuart Dangerfield (England)