Crocodile Trophy - Belgian stage 5 win for Stijn Van Boxstael at Skybury

Crocodile Trophy - Belgian stage 5 win for Stijn Van Boxstael at Skybury

16.10.2019: The Belgian Stijn Van Boxstael wins today’s fifth stage at Skybury in 4h49:54,9. Dutch competitor Bart Classens finishes in 2nd +1:35min and the overall race lead remains with Alan Gordon.

The Belgian Stijn Van Boxstael wins today’s fifth stage at Skybury in 4h49:54,9. Dutch competitor Bart Classens finishes in 2nd +1:35min and the overall race lead remains with Alan Gordon.




On the 120km marathon in the Mareeba region the South African finishes in third today with a gap of +1:52min and with a total race time of 20h24:07,7 after five stages. Spain’s Brandan Marquez Fernandez finishes in fourth today (+2:02min) together with Australia’s Michael England in fifth (+2:04min).



England has a gap of 6:06min in the overall rankings behind Gordon now. Bart Classens is holding onto his third place overall (+11:49min) with the Spaniard closing in (+12:23min). Another powerful race on day five by Angelika Tazreiter who is the leading female competition. The Austrian conquers today in 05:27:53,1 and with a total race progress time of 24:18:16,8 she sits it 11th position outright.



Today the fifth stage of the Crocodile Trophy saw the peloton moving on from Wondecla and heading west into some quite dry Outback landscapes. With only half the elevation from yesterday’s Queen Stage the 1,200vm included the climb up Mt Misery, which is long and on tired legs it delivers on its name. The reward and relief was then a long descent through mining country towards the historic town of Irvinebank before a relatively flat and definitely fast finish to Skybury Tropical Plantation.



The Skybury property is nestled in the heart of the Atherton Tablelands and is home to Skybury Coffee and Papayas. Just 10 minutes west of Mareeba, this family owned plantation has been growing the purest Australian Arabica coffee and tropical fruit for the past 30 years and much to the excitement of our Croc racers has been a haven of relaxation, a welcome stop-over to fuel up on delicious coffee and tropical fruit for them for years. Skybury will be home for the competitors and crew for two nights.



Tomorrow’s stage will be a 125km/1200vm circuit marathon with start and finish at Skybury and continues today’s dry outback theme travelling along some long dry dirt roads and through cattle stations.



700 km | 13,000 vm | 8 days


STAGE 1 – Saturday 12 October | Cairns – Ringers Rest (80 km / 2100 vm)
STAGE 2 – Sunday 13 October | Ringers Rest – Ringers Rest (76 km / 1900 vm)
STAGE 3 – Monday 14 October | Ringers Rest – Wondecla (74 km / 1700 vm)
STAGE 4 – Tuesday 15 October | Wondecla – Wondecla (98 km / 3200 vm) “Queen Stage”
STAGE 5 – Wednesday 16 October | Wondecla – Skybury (120 km / 1600 vm)
STAGE 6 – Thursday 17 October | Skybury – Skybury (125 km / 1200 vm)
STAGE 7 – Friday 18 October | Skybury – Hartley’s Croc Adventures (84 km / 800 vm)
STAGE 8 – Saturday 19 October | Hartley’s Croc Adventures – Port Douglas (34 km / 900 vm) “Greg Parr Stage”



Juliane Wisata, photos Regina Stanger

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