Crocodile Trophy 2011 Stage 7 Sokoll Wins
Crocodile Trophy 2011 Stage 7 Sokoll Takes the MTB stage win
Crocodile Trophy 2011 Stage 7 was a 151km race from Mt. Mulgrave to Laura. Stage 7 was to be a long race, but not as difficult as the previous stages. Crocodile Trophy 2011 Stage 7 proved to be a day that suited the road racers as it became a road race with all of the tactics one would expect. Mind you, the road still threw up corrugated sections, mud, sand and dust and crashes.
Christoph Sokoll of Austria who had been sitting in sixth place in the GC had a fantastic day, crossing the line at Laura to take the Stage win. Mike Mulkens had rotten luck getting a puncture with only one kilometre to go. He had been in the lead with Sokoll and would have had a good chance of taking the stage. This has to have been a really frustrating day for Mulkens who has been trying to get a stage win in the Crocodile Trophy since he first competed in it in 2009.
