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3rd Wildside MTB powered by SRAM - NE
Tasmania, Australia, January 31-February 3, 2004
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Stage 5 - February 2: Spray Tunnel ITT, 5 km
Race against the mud
By Mikkeli Godfree, Freewheel Magazine
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The rain that set in on Sunday afternoon was still with us on Monday morning and the time trial stage was set to be a quagmire. However, it wouldn't be the back-markers who would be riding in the mashed up trails, but the top riders as they set off in reverse order.
The fine mist was coming in very thick by the time the elite men rolled off the start-line and the course was a real bog...and, thanks to the rain, the winning time would end up a full two minutes slower than last year.
In the so-called race of truth, it was Sid Taberlay (Avanti) who stamped his authority on the race and put the last nail in the Wildside coffin, winning by a full minute over the next elite male, Paul Rowney (Yeti). The only man to come closer to Sid than Paul was Pete Hatton (Trek) who is really finding his legs in the late stages of this stage race. "Hatto" clocked a time of 14:54 to win the U23 category and come within 52 seconds of the stage winner and tour leader, Taberlay.
On a stage where most riders took a spill, Taberlay stayed upright. Others behind weren't so lucky. Chris Jongewaard (Avanti), who was third elite male, took a few spills and was really surprised at how messed up the course was after three-hundred riders had ridden the course, "It was so messed up! The singletrack would have been good if it was rideable. I saw Kiraly, my 30sec man, go through a big puddle and I took the same line but it was WRONG. I took a big dive, got muddy water in my mouth and everything! There were really no good lines."
In the other categories, it was a perfect opportunity for the overall leaders to exert their dominance, notably, Lisa Mathison (Ghost) took a four minute win over Sam Jesney and Niki Gudex.
It is worth noting too that the ITT wasn't the only obstacle for the morning, there was also a small matter the compulsory 'cruise stage' of 15km was a ball-breaker with thick misty-rain, poor visibility and some fairly challenging gravel roads to negotiate. Even the tiny weekend retreat town of Trial Harbour offered little respite from the weather...the afternoon stage would be a struggle for many.
Photography
Images by Mikkeli Godfree
- Hooking into the first corner of the ITT.
- Mark Frendo rugged up in the rain.
- Youngster Al Farley has really come into some form.
- Perren Dealcour holds a nice line.
Results
Individual Men Under 23 1 Peter Hatton (NSW) 14.54 2 Trent Lowe (VIC) 0.16 3 Jai Crawford (TAS) 0.29 4 Alistair Farley (VIC) 0.55 5 Chris Winn (VIC) 1.15 6 Mark Frendo (QLD) 1.31 7 Aiden Lefmann (NSW) 2.16 8 James Maebus (VIC) 2.18 9 Shaun Lewis (NSW) 2.19 10 Luke Wisby (TAS) 2.43 11 Michael Skroblin (QLD) 3.55 12 Lloyd Hodge (TAS) 5.53 13 Peter Herath (VIC) 6.07 14 Duncan Handley (SA) 6.14 15 Trevor McKenna (TAS) 6.20 16 Milford McArthur (TAS) 17 Phillip Miller (TAS) 7.12 18 William Brodribb (VIC) 7.26 19 James Stevens (VIC) 8.52 20 Steve Flynn (TAS) 9.37 Individual Men Open 1 Sid Taberlay (TAS) 14.02 2 Paul Rowney (NSW) 1.08 3 Chris Jongewaard (SA) 1.17 4 Nicholas Kiraly (VIC) 1.32 5 Perren Delacour (NSW) 1.41 6 Brian Sing (VIC) 2.38 7 Ashley Wass (SA) 3.11 8 Richard Wilkinson (TAS) 3.33 9 Luke Webster (TAS) 3.43 10 Stuart Keep (TAS) 3.49 11 Adrian Proietti (QLD) 4.30 12 Bart Emerton (VIC) 4.38 13 Cam Froomes (VIC) 4.44 14 Alexis Bull (TAS) 4.53 15 Andrew Paterson (VIC) 4.57 16 Patrick Badger (TAS) 4.58 17 Jason Mennitz (TAS) 5.10 18 Josh Hawkins (TAS) 5.13 19 Nic Reid (TAS) 5.15 20 Robert Symmons (NSW) 5.22 21 Jason Chalker (ACT) 5.25 22 Abe Moore (NZ) 5.26 23 Matthew Wilson (TAS) 5.28 24 Ashley Howlett (QLD) 5.31 25 James Sulzberger (NSW) 5.36 26 Mark Rapley (TAS) 5.40 27 Jez Spackman (ACT) 5.43 28 Ben Crabb (ACT) 5.49 29 Adam Shepard (NSW) 30 Cameron Daniel (TAS) 5.51 31 Simon Van der Aa (TAS) 5.53 32 Brad Harris (NSW) 5.54 33 Leigh Barratt (VIC) 6.01 34 David Mason (TAS) 6.07 35 Matthew Bacon (NSW) 6.09 36 Peter Kennedy (VIC) 6.17 37 David Coward (NSW) 6.26 38 Brett Stewart (TAS) 6.32 39 Keith Ryan (TAS) 40 Jason Briggs (SA) 6.45 41 Nicholas Deane (VIC) 42 Dean Hunt (VIC) 6.47 43 Nikolas Preece (TAS) 6.48 44 Adam Fletcher (QLD) 45 John Atkinson (TAS) 6.53 46 Daniel Handley (SA) 6.54 47 Christopher Miller (ACT) 6.55 48 Grant Joyce (TAS) 6.59 49 Scott Peddle (NSW) 7.02 50 Jaison Hoernel (VIC) 7.03 51 David Cummins (NSW) 7.09 52 Nigel McGinty (ACT) 53 Brendan Leihy (VIC) 7.13 54 Danny King (TAS) 7.14 55 Shane Kennedy (SA) 7.27 56 Steven Brown (TAS) 7.28 57 Justin Matthews (VIC) 7.29 58 Eoin Ryan (TAS) 7.37 59 Paul Barry (NSW) 60 Dion Lester (TAS) 7.41 61 Cory Griffiths (TAS) 7.44 62 Damon Bennett (NSW) 7.45 63 Scott Williams (TAS) 7.47 64 Klaus Heil (NSW) 7.49 65 Joshua Charlesworth (VIC) 7.51 66 Brendan Scarborough (SA) 7.53 67 Ross Morcombe (VIC) 68 Martyn Sweet (TAS) 7.54 69 Morgan Mellish (NSW) 7.57 70 Stephen Neill (NSW) 7.58 71 Gavin Bowe (TAS) 8.01 72 Marcus Morse (TAS) 8.08 73 Jason Benton (QLD) 8.13 74 Tim Neal (NSW) 8.14 75 Jonathan Elliot (TAS) 8.16 76 Nathaniel Vervaart (TAS) 8.23 77 Nathan Germaine (NSW) 8.29 78 Steven Hanley (ACT) 8.35 79 Andrew Ling (TAS) 8.36 80 Ben Strugnell (TAS) 81 Nigel Hardie (QLD) 8.39 82 Bradley Quinn (TAS) 8.47 83 Martin Fox (TAS) 8.55 84 Mark Dwyer (TAS) 9.02 85 Jacob Mitchell (NSW) 9.27 86 Matthew Spackman (ACT) 87 Steven Lee (SA) 9.32 88 Grant Wise (TAS) 9.52 89 Lloyd Pardon (NT) 10.07 90 Evan Hayes (SA) 10.16 91 Andrew Thomas (ACT) 10.18 92 David Sutton (NSW) 93 Sam Thompson (TAS) 10.20 94 Cade Richardson (TAS) 10.25 95 Rahsn Witt (NSW) 10.30 96 Joseph Schifano (NSW) 10.35 97 Glenn Woodfall (TAS) 10.38 98 Hieu Nguyen (NSW) 10.45 99 Kim Wiggins (TAS) 10.46 100 Brook Teale (TAS) 10.53 101 Peter Effeney (TAS) 10.55 102 Andrew Findlay (NSW) 11.09 103 Adam Luttrell (TAS) 11.16 104 Craig Lawn (VIC) 11.26 105 Andrew Tracey (TAS) 11.35 106 Stefano Pittau (VIC) 12.02 107 Douglas Miller (TAS) 108 Simon Milwright (QLD) 12.11 109 Chris Evanson (VIC) 12.20 110 Simon Williams (TAS) 12.29 111 Justin Whelan (QLD) 12.41 112 Brendan Robinson (QLD) 13.05 113 Curtis Smith (NSW) 13.13 114 Martin Quinn (TAS) 13.14 115 Greg Beard (NSW) 13.29 116 Troy Grundy (TAS) 13.54 117 John Koslowski () 14.56 118 Adam Hughes (TAS) 15.56 119 Robert Bradley (TAS) 17.52 120 Iain Davidson (NSW) 18.01 121 Darren Marks (ACT) 43.39 DNS Mikkeli Godfree (VIC) DNS Colin Ralph (TAS) DNS Darren Stewart (ACT) DNS Tim Fenton (USA) Individual Women Open 1 Lisa Mathison (QLD) 18.44 2 Samantha Jesney (TAS) 3.53 3 Niki Gudex (NSW) 3.57 4 Maria Papadopoulos (NSW) 4.29 5 Heidi Flaxman (ACT) 4.37 6 Anna Sutton (NSW) 5.06 7 Tanya Britton (QLD) 5.24 8 Victoria Grigor (NSW) 5.51 9 Edwina Hughes (TAS) 5.58 10 Jessica Rosevear (TAS) 6.05 11 Robyn Holmes (TAS) 6.07 12 Jane Guiver (TAS) 6.59 13 Kim Whitehouse (NSW) 7.07 14 Anna Crabb (TAS) 7.32 15 Alison Anderson (NSW) 7.42 16 Danielle McMillan (VIC) 7.50 17 Kelly Linaker (VIC) 7.58 18 Philippa Morse (TAS) 8.02 19 Tracey Wilson (TAS) 8.36 20 Kate Miller (ACT) 8.51 21 Rebecca Botten (SA) 12.58 22 Natalie Martin (TAS) 18.31 DNS Cheryl Hennessy (USA) DNS Sam Reinhardt (ACT) DNS Emily Fewster (NSW) DNS Moira O'Rourke (TAS) DNS Anne Pardon (NT) Individual Men Veterans 1 Robert Eva (VIC) 15.37 2 John Gregory (TAS) 2.16 3 Ian Goodwin (QLD) 2.34 4 Hugh Stodart (NSW) 2.39 5 Saul Britton (NSW) 3.06 6 Bill Chilvers (TAS) 3.34 7 Christopher Cantor (VIC) 3.52 8 Rodney Hart (NSW) 4.19 9 Andrew Rowe (ACT) 4.22 10 Phil Grant (VIC) 4.26 11 Wayne Bradbury (ACT) 4.34 12 David Adams (TAS) 4.37 13 Dalen Court (VIC) 4.52 14 Mark Matthews (TAS) 4.56 15 Mark Wilkie (TAS) 5.01 16 Christopher Edwards (NSW) 5.06 17 Michael Daish (NSW) 5.09 18 Rob Davis (VIC) 19 David Morgan (ACT) 5.11 20 Matthew Aldridge (VIC) 5.20 21 Keith Hannan (NSW) 5.38 22 Jan Bredenkamp (QLD) 5.46 23 Mark Evans (QLD) 5.48 24 Darren Greentree (QLD) 5.52 25 Warren Borlase (New Zealand) 5.57 26 Andrew Robertson (ACT) 5.59 27 Peter Beggs (NSW) 6.00 28 Matthew Coulter (NSW) 6.02 29 Glenn Myler (TAS) 30 Roger Hawley (QLD) 6.07 31 Phillip Bishop (TAS) 6.19 32 Paul Angel (NSW) 6.35 33 Robert Mathews (TAS) 6.37 34 Dave Cummins (NSW) 6.43 35 James Davies (SA) 36 Ian Blakey (TAS) 6.44 37 Tony Frazer (ACT) 6.48 38 Duncan McGlashan (TAS) 39 Ian Ferrier (TAS) 6.53 40 David Willis (VIC) 7.00 41 Stephen Watchorn (TAS) 7.05 42 Jim Trail (ACT) 7.15 43 Michael Fenton (TAS) 7.18 44 Paul Strong (TAS) 7.19 45 Adrian Marti (VIC) 7.25 46 Simon Foster (TAS) 7.27 47 Andrew Cooke (TAS) 7.37 48 Geoffrey Fielding (NSW) 7.39 49 Tim Tribe (NSW) 7.40 50 Brad Adams (NSW) 7.41 51 Mark Connelley (TAS) 7.47 52 Jody Dennison (TAS) 7.50 53 Dominic Sims (ACT) 7.54 54 Keith Murfet (TAS) 7.57 55 Michael Symons (TAS) 8.01 56 Dean Robinson (VIC) 8.31 57 Dale Lisson (TAS) 8.35 58 David Golby (VIC) 8.43 59 Marcus Langham (TAS) 8.45 60 Konrad Blackman (TAS) 9.22 61 Jack Birrell (TAS) 9.43 62 Craig Bennett (TAS) 9.48 63 Michael Chan (NSW) 9.57 64 Andrew Strugnell (TAS) 10.12 65 James Down (TAS) 10.47 66 Andrew Cassie (VIC) 10.57 67 Gerard Ward (NSW) 11.27 68 John Borg (NSW) 11.49 69 Jonathan Herron (NSW) 12.01 70 Frank Clark (TAS) 12.49 71 Richard Green (NSW) 16.21 72 Andrew Hynes (ACT) 18.04 DNS David Benwell (USA) DNS Norbert Eisele-Hein (Germany) DNS Allen Chong (WA) Individual Women Veterans 1 Susan du Plessis (WA) 24.33 2 Tracey Angove (ACT) 0.16 3 Carolyn Jackson (VIC) 0.46 4 Jane Rusden (VIC) 2.01 5 Rosemary Packer (VIC) 3.13 6 Wendy Peattie (NSW) 4.50 7 Katrina Roper (ACT) 6.47 DNS Katherine Costello (NSW) Individual Men Masters 1 Hans Dielacher (VIC) 19.00 2 Finlay Luff (VIC) 1.41 3 Bryan Wharton (QLD) 1.49 4 Brian Scarborough (SA) 1.54 5 Dave Sutton (ACT) 1.58 6 Nick Tilbrook (SA) 2.21 7 Kerry Ryan (VIC) 2.25 8 Paul Verheijden (VIC) 2.46 9 Martin Baker (NSW) 2.48 10 Philip Dunn (TAS) 3.05 11 Phillip Dent (TAS) 3.35 12 Richard Roffe (TAS) 3.36 13 Stephen Bence (TAS) 3.49 14 Griff Weste (SA) 3.50 15 Neill Grant (NSW) 16 Stephen Stinton (NSW) 3.56 17 Jeffrey Weymouth (VIC) 4.04 18 Peter McLean (QLD) 4.15 19 Stephen Foster (TAS) 4.18 20 Neil Cocks (NSW) 4.32 21 John Fisher (TAS) 4.35 22 Ted van Geldermalsen (VIC) 4.40 23 Bruce Stewart (VIC) 4.41 24 Paul Haynes (NSW) 5.09 25 Phil Mathewson (NSW) 5.38 26 James Sloan (NSW) 5.40 27 John Bonnett (NSW) 5.45 28 John Dalco (TAS) 29 Ian Stanley (TAS) 6.02 30 Andrew van der Vliet (NSW) 6.16 31 Kimberley Overington (WA) 7.02 32 Brian Wallace (New Zealand) 7.56 33 Richard Pullinger (NSW) 9.20 34 Peter Daniel (TAS) 10.04 35 Carey Wells (TAS) 11.16 36 Allan Westnidge (NSW) 11.26 37 Malcolm Burnett (VIC) 11.46 38 Anthony Smith (NSW) 12.54 DNS Raymond Hill (SA) DNS Stephen Spray (VIC) DNS Noel Allen (SA) DNS Terence Packman (NSW)
