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Canberra Tour de Dirt
Kowen Forest, Canberra, ACT, January 14-16, 2005
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Kowen forest was turned into a frenzied dust bowl over the weekend with the annual running of Le Tour de Dirt, Canberra's second largest Mountain Bike festival after the MONT Australian 24Hr Mountain Bike Championships - the Southern Hemispheres largest event.
The race was the fourth round in the National Series calendar which encompasses six different locations over five months to uncover Australia's brightest Mountain Bike talents. Over 200 athletes travelled from all over Australia to see what the local trails had to offer and with three stages over two days, they had plenty of opportunities to experience Canberra's finest. Competition ranged from Australian Olympic representatives Paul Rowney (Yeti) and Lisa Mathison (Team Ghost Rider) to fifty-year-old masters riders, Japanese National Champion Shinobu Noguchi (Trek Japan) and budding young under thirteen boys and girls.
Local talent had a strong showing with Team Kona/Mt Buller rider Dylan Cooper taking out the overall win in the Elite Male class and Niki Fisher (Assos Swell Designs) placing third in Elite Women, cementing her first place in the National Series. Recent MONT Australian 24Hr Mountain Bike Championships solo winner Tory Thomas (Scott/SRAM/MBC) won the overall Elite women's class for the weekend, confirming her love of the National Capital's Kowen Forest. With a broad range of categories and three action-packed stages, the organisation of the event was very impressive and everyone travelled home dirty, tired but satisfied.
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- Shinobu Noguchi (Jpn) putting in a big effort
- Paul Rowney looks strong at Kowen
- Shane Paton (Kona-Mt Buller Factory Team)
- Craig Gordon in the Elite Men's XC race
- Scott Wines works hard
- James Maebus commands the course
- James Williamson (Mongoose/PowerBar/NiteRider)
- Matthew Fleming doing it tough
- Nick Both looks pretty comfortable
- Chris Winn was another rider that looked strong over this part of the course
- Alistair Farley and Daniel McConnell , who took out the Elite Men's XC event
- Dylan Cooper took second in the Elite Men's XC
- Paul Rowney was all class over the course
- Scott Wines
- Shinobu Noguchi was one of the quality Japanese contingent in Canberra
- Nick Both
- Chris Winn gets the power down
- Garran Hutchison-Menzer
- Jarad Dwyer (Sram) with the golden locks flowing
- Daniel McConnell looks good on his way to XC victory
- Dylan Cooper gives it plenty going down
- Paul Rowney shows us how to look good going round and down
- Shane Paton sets his line round the corner
- Aiden Lefmann (Cannondale/Maxxisoakley.sram)
- Craig Gordon looks relaxed
- The Kowen Forest course offered plenty of good racing
- Made it! Daniel McConnell wins the Elite Men's XC
- Dylan Cooper looks knackerd coming in for second place
- The Elite Women head out for the XC event
- Tory Thomas looked pretty good
- Jenni King was all class on her way to victory
- Lisa Mathison was a big drawcard for the event
- Cara Smith
- Maria Papadopoulos looks composed
- Jenni King was strong all day
- Kimberley Fleming gives it some gas
- Cara Smith looks relaxed
- Tory Thomas (Scott/Sram/MBC) took out third in Elite Women's XC
- Emma Colson took out fourth
Overall Results
Elite Men 1 Dylan Cooper 2 Daniel McConnell 3 Murray Spink 4 Alistair Farley 5 Brent Miller 6 Shinobu Noguchi 7 Shane Paton 8 James Williamson 9 Craig Gordon 10 Aiden Lefmann 11 Nick Both 12 Mark Frendo 13 Hamish Elliot 14 Chris Winn 15 Paul Rowney 16 James Maebus 17 Mark Van Der Ploeg 18 Matthew Fleming 19 Scott Wines 20 Joel Donney 21 Garran Hutchison-Menzer 22 Adam Freeman 23 Perren Delacour 24 Jared Dwyer 25 Tom Walter 26 James Devonshire 27 Matt Hoffmann 28 David Harder Elite Women 1 Tory Thomas 2 Emma Colson 3 Niki Fisher 4 Jenni King 5 Cara Smith 6 Allison Jones 7 Kimberley Fleming 8 Maria Papadopoulos 9 Belinda Allison 10 Donna Hamlin 11 Jacqui Clynes 12 Lisa Mathison 13 Emily Viner 14 Imogen Smith DNF Freya Scollay Under 19 Men 1 Joel Healy 2 Andrew Arthur 3 Lachlan Norris 4 Cal Britten 5 Daniel Johnston 6 Neil Van Der Ploeg 7 Garry Millburn 8 Ryan Gittins 9 Glenn Stewart 10 Angus Harding 11 Luke Graydon 12 Chris Jory Super Masters Men 1 Alan Mumford 2 Mark Walters 3 Dave Sutton 4 John Graydon 5 Alan Scott 6 Colin Smith 7 Paul Cole 8 John White 9 Tony Capper Masters Men 1 Paul Burbidge-Smith 2 James Davies 3 Gary Scheld 4 Ben Geier 5 Nigel Sargent 6 Con Toparis 7 Kevin Jones 8 Peter Beggs 9 Uli Faul 10 David Wilson 11 Trevor Bridge 12 Damian Grundy 13 Neil Dall 14 Andrew Cassie 15 Toby Hartley 16 Laurence McCook 17 David Olle 18 Adrian Lejins 19 Robert Clapp 20 Leon Kleppe Masters Women 1 Sandy Magennis 2 Adair Ferguson 3 Kay Haarsma 4 Jenny Firman 5 Bev Anderson-Tranter 6 Gwenda Griffiths Veteran Men 1 David Coward 2 Wayne Bower 3 Adrian Cooper 4 Doug McLean 5 Paul Clancy 6 Kevin Moore 7 David Taylor 8 Richard Ferris 9 Liam O'Dea 10 Lachlan Wainright 11 Andrew Robertson DNF David Medlock Veteran Women 1 Tanya Britton 2 Jackie Bower 3 Tracey Angove 4 Sally Watts Expert Men 1 Jason Chalker 2 Graeme Allbon 3 Steve Peddle 4 Luke Dale 5 Nathan Rickerby 6 Rob Burrell 7 Chad Singleton 8 Darren Kruger 9 Ivan Kallaur 10 Philip Herborn 11 Mark Fenner 12 James Gardner 13 Stu Adams 14 Nathan Germaine 15 Matthew Johns 16 Saul Britton 17 Ben Carmody 18 Eddie Oldfield 19 Peter Wakefield 20 Neil Barlow 21 Jason Parker 22 Chris Clarke Under 17 Men 1 David Johnston 2 Alexander Pung 3 Paul van der Ploeg 4 Benjamin Dyball 5 Daniel Hallam 6 Nathan Haas 7 Tom Patton 8 Edward Hood 9 Jamie Paisley DNF Lachlan Paton Under 17 Women 1 Avril Baker Under 15 Men 1 Simon Campbell 2 Luke Scudamore 3 Michael Baker 4 Alex Low DNF Andrew Adams Under 15 Women 1 Erin Butler 2 Sigrid Bridge Under 13 Men 1 Declan Wilson 2 Jordan Butler 3 Liam McCook Under 13 Women 1 Harriet Burbidge-Smith 2 Paris Bridge 3 Rhiannon Warsito-Yarrow 4 Brooke Tranter 5 Eireann Warsito-Yarrow Sport Men 1 Bradley Morton 2 Peter McDonough 3 Andrew Cowie 4 Scotty Preston 5 John Groves 6 David Simpfendorfer 7 Jorge Robinson 8 Martin Dzioba 9 Calem Glover 10 Peter McKay 11 Wayne Spratford 12 Matthew Dall 13 Matthew Cordery 14 Adam Herbst 15 Aaron Lyman 16 Craig Graham 17 Steve Hanley 18 Chris Buxton 19 Patrick Kluth 20 Shane Bedford 21 Christopher Miller 22 Henry Warre 23 Anthony Geernaert 24 Anton Veld 25 Andrew McFarlane 26 David McCook 27 John Foster 28 Alasdair McMillan 29 Vaughan Shanks Sport Women 1 Heather Cocquio 2 Penny Burrell 3 Tanja Wieland 4 Tanya Barlow 5 Ley Kingdom 6 Bridget Dowling Club Men 1 Adam McGrath 2 Steve Hugler 3 Damian Woollcombe 4 Daniel Rossi 5 Cameron Esler 6 Ben Stewart 7 Charles Anyon 8 David Salisbury 9 Todd Stafford 10 Ian Richman 11 Steve Woodward Club Women 1 Dior Loveridge 2 Lisa Charles 3 Helen Bostock 4 Monika Clapp
