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Australian MTB Championships - CN
Eildon, Victoria, March 18-20, 2005
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Day 3 - March 20: Downhill
Hannahs dominate the DH Championships
By Mikkeli Godfree in Eildon, Victoria
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In controversial circumstances Mick Hannah (Haro-Thor) has won the Australian National DH title whilst his 16 year-old sister Tracey has made it two from two by coming second behind French superstar Sabrina Jonnier. Another DH dynasty was represented in the Junior field where Liam Panozzo took out the hotly contested U19 category with a time that would have put him 6th in the elite men.
While these three took home national champion jerseys representing the fastest in Elite, Women and Junior DH riders in Australia, the controversy which rang throughout the pit area was concerning some Elite riders purposely holding back so as not to win the supposedly coveted national jersey. Given the strict UCI regulations which dictate the size of sponsor logos on a national champion's jersey, some of the major companies gave their riders orders not to win. The rules stipulate that a national champion must wear his/her champions jersey in World Cup qualifying and finals and for this reason, sponsors stepped in to ensure their freedom to advertise on their star riders wasn't compromised.
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In between qualifying and finals the pits were abuzz with rule books, phone calls to team headquarters and tough decisions being made by the riders. One rider who was very outspoken on the issue was the rider who clocked the fastest time of the day (in qualifying), Nathan Rennie (Santa Cruz-Utopia-Troy Lee-Red Bull).
"I have orders from a number of my sponsors that look after me quite well who need area on my jersey to promote their product. If I tried to win today then I couldn't have been loyal to them whatsoever - it's a catch-22 which sucks. The UCI are being very stubborn with the rule and something needs to change - there are so many options but they are not willing to negotiate."
"If the rule stays the same as it is now... I am never going to be national champ. I've got a world championship and a world cup overall under my belt... but not this one."
With possibly two other riders in the top-ten 'holding back' for similar reasons as Rennie, no-one is quite sure who the fastest DH rider in Australia is on the day of the Australian National Championships. In any case, Mick Hannah was the fastest rider in the final, hammering a severely chewed up track by clocking a time only 1.07 seconds slower than Rennie's qualifying time.
U19 Men
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Liam Panozzo (Fox-Intense) laid some demons to rest after breaking his collarbone before the World Champ's last year to bring an amazing summer-campaign to an end by taking the Junior category by a full second over 2004 winner Amiel Cavalier (Dianese-Giant). "Finally," exclaimed Liam after his run, but the 17 year old has much more to look forward to in the future as his winning time would have given him 6th in the Elite category! The youngster has a World Championship in his cross-hairs and despite juggling year-12 commitments in 2005 wants to take home the '05 World Junior Championship. One thing's for certain, he's got the big-boys looking over their shoulder...even if he does have three essays due when he gets back home.
Elite Women
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The women's race was taken out for a second consecutive year by Sabrina Jonnier - winner of the '03 World Cup Series. However, the international super-star knows that it is no picnic coming to race the Australian Championships as 16 year old Tracey Hannah is getting faster and better under pressure in every race she does. Jonnier, girlfriend of Aussie-speedster Sam Hill, loves to race in Australia, "It is a lot different to what we have in France. The dust is so different and I crash so many times!" Jonnier remarked.
Regarding the race she commented, "The track got harder throughout the day, I made a few mistakes but it was pretty fast. It is great racing with Tracey, she's really nice."
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Thanks to Jonnier's French nationality, the Aussie title was passed on for the second consecutive year to Tracey Hannah who made it a clean sweep for the family from far Nth Queensland. Tracey, whose riding and confidence is coming along in leaps and bounds, put together a great day of riding to finish only 6.5 secs behind the French powerhouse.
"In practice I didn't feel so good," said Tracey. "My qualifying run was awesome...I didn't pedal at the bottom because I didn't have the energy! My final was good, I kept it together and tried not to be nervous. I was thinking so much about my race run though that I left my gloves at the bottom! It has helped heaps going to America because I am able to ride better under pressure."
Elite Men
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Mindful of the difficult predicament the riders were put in by the UCI ruling and the sponsor backlash, the race organisers put up a cash prize for the fastest qualifier to give a rider who was ordered not to win the final a chance to show their true form. With cash up for grabs, many of the elite field smashed their qualifying run, with Sam Hill (Ironhorse-Madcatz) crashing in the first corner and burning the rest of the course to qualify third. Nathan Rennie put together a flawless run to prove a point and smacked down a devastating 2:42.40 while Jared Rando (Giant-Fox) proved that he is Mr Consistency by posting a 2:46.35 to qualify 2nd.
As mentioned above, the break between qualifying and the final was marked by a lot of contemplation, international phone-calls and rule interpretation and things were so unclear for some riders that they hadn't made their mind up if they were racing for the win until 2 minutes before the start.
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Regardless of that, there was a course to get down and one that had been completely transformed by around 500 runs between the first qualifiers and the last rider down the hill. The dusty Eildon track took many victims this afternoon with its deceptively soft corners, fine dust and many trees. The cream rose to the top though with Ben Cory (Commencal-Dragon-Manitou-TLD) pulling out a scorching run on an old bike to take 5th while fellow Canberran Jared Rando held it together to take 4th.
Third place was taken by the winner of the 4X, Jared Graves (Yeti-Oakley): "I was surprised, my final felt so much faster than my race run, but it was a second slower. I warmed up well and pinned it. Sometimes when you know are having a good run you back off and take it a bit easier to not throw it away...but I'm pretty sure I couldn't have got down to Mick's time, it was pretty crazy. The track was killed."
On the topic of the jersey, Graves commented, "If Nathan had pinned it, it would have been a hard one to call...it would have been very interesting."
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Second on the day went to Nathan Rennie who looked to oscillate between absolutely destroying the course in fine style and having fun, "Going into the final I approached it the same as every other. I tried to pin it but I wasn't phased by little mistakes."
"I tried to go just a little bit slower than my qualifying time, which I knew was a good time, and hopefully slot into a lower position. It was a matter of good luck a bit of calculation and I ended up in the most desirable spot given my position."
The ride of the day, all politics aside, was genuinely done by Mick Hannah who put together a storming 2:43.47 on a mashed up track. It seemed an impossible ask for Hannah, who broke his chain in the final run at the Eildon National Championships last year, broke a chain in the 4X on Friday, and had his bike in the stand for most of the day today. "The bike was sweet for the final - Marcus at Manitou and the guys at Vic MTB did a lot of work to it - it was the best its been the whole season!"
In the final, Hannah was a full 5 seconds clear of second placed Rennie and seemed happy with his winning time given the way the day had played out. "Yeah, I'm stoked. There were a few issues with the jersey today but that all got sorted and I was second-fastest on this track today. With the condition of the track, I think it would have been pretty close really.
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"I walked a bit of the track before my race run to give me an idea of the condition of the track - I held back a bit in my race run, hit all the turns smooth and pedaled when I can. I'm proud to be national champion."
So despite the forces of the UCI and big sponsors clashing to deny us the satisfaction of knowing exactly who the fastest riders are, youngsters Liam Panozzo and Tracey Hannah are absolutely smashing whilst Mick Hannah can rest easy tonight in the knowledge that his race time on a chewed track was quite possibly unbeatable.
Photography
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Images by Mikkeli Godfree/freewheel.com.au
- Eventual winner Mick Hannah (Haro-Thor) pinning it in qualifying
- Sam Hill the '04 national champ looking fast
- Liam Panozzo in qualifying
- Sabrina Jonnier (Fra) on the gas.
- Rob Eva on headcam duties again.
- Oliver Hill (yes, Sam's brother) ripping it up in Elite
- The section in the UCI Cycling Regulations concerning the size of sponsors' logos on the jersey of the national champion.
- Mick Hannah (Haro-Thor) getting a last-minute rub before hitting up the final.
- Michael Kearton after dumping it the dust.
- Jarl Jensen pinning it through Bay 13.
- Ayden Eves felt the pressure as fastest qualifier with a crash in the final
- Liam Panozzo winning juniors in a time that would have given him 6th in elite
- Amiel Cavalier was 2nd Junior
- Hugh Mansfield was 3rd Junior
- Emma McNaughton placed 3rd in the women's event
- Tracey Hannah second on the day and Australian Champion
- Sabrina Jonnier taking her second consecutive win at our Australian titles
- Chris Kovarik finished 10th
- Steve Marsh came home in 9th
- Lindsay Klein was 7th in the Elite today
- Sam Hill was 6th
- Ben Cory managed 5th
- Jared Rando placed 4th
- Jared Graves made it into 3rd
- Nathan Rennie finished 2nd
- Winner Mick Hannah
- Happy Hannahs
- Rennie did the fastest run of the day (qualifying) but was he the fastest Aussie?
- Men's podium Jared Rando (4th), Nathan Rennie (2nd), Mick Hannah (1st), Jared Graves (3rd) and Ben Corey (5th).
- One big happy family with an honorary Hannah in the shape of Liam Panozzo
- Mick and Tracey Hannah in their new jersey
- The Hannahs get interviewed by the Chosen Line crew
Images by Shane Goss/licoricegallery.com
- All roads lead to Eildon home of the 2005 National Mountain Bike Championships
- House-boats on Lake Eildon were a backdrop for riders at the starting gate
- Scott Kindred's bike awaits the start at the 2005 National Mountain bike downhill event
- Riders line-up awaiting their turn on the downhill course during a practice session
- What's that smell?
- A rider at the top of the downhill track with Eildon in the background
- Chris Kovarik has the attention of onlookers during a warm up ride
- Lia Panozzo at the jump at Jack's Tree
- A section of the crowd on the downhill course checks out Peter Hutchinson
- '"Hey Johnno here comes another one!"
- Jack's Tree was a great spot to see all the downhill action
- Jodie Pandelus in what happens next...
- You guessed it!
- Jodie and her magnetic tree
- '"Out of the way I'm coming through!"
- Sarah Jack finished third in the Sport DH for women
- Aaron Wigley narrowly misses a tree during the Expert DH event
- Hey watch out for that tree!
- '"Hey man can I get a pair of those!"
- Ollie Klein enjoying the Veterans DH run
- Jarrod Zdrzacka on his run in the Veterans DH
- David Clarke keeps his eyes straight ahead in the Veterans DH
- '"Man this is fun!"
- '"Keep that tongue in cause there's plenty of dust round here"
- James Maltman holds onto it and then goes on to win the U17 DH event
- Luke Williams leaves a trail of dust in his wake
- Claire Whiteman negates a jump in the Elite DH for women
- There is not a lot of room for error here for Scott Grundy in the U19 DH
- Alex Swann corners at Bay 13 in the U19 DH
- Ben Bell powers out of Bay 13 corner in the U19 DH
- A sensational spot at Bay 13 to watch all the action in the downhill
- '"Hey, where's my bike gone?"
- Ken Ballhause in action in the Elite men's DH
- Bryn Atkinson, number 24 and finished in 24th place in the Elite men's DH
- Jared Graves finished in third place in the Elite men's DH
- Mick Hannah on his way to becoming a National Champion
- Nathan Rennie finished in second place but rode the fastest time in qualifying of 2.42.40 for the day
- The Elite women's podium (L-R): Tracey Hannah (2nd) Sabrina Jonnier (1st) and Emma McNaughton (3rd)
- The first five in the Elite men's DH take to the podium
- 2005 Men's National Downhill Champion Mick Hannah (Harro Bikes)
- Brother and sister Tracey and Mick Hannah with Liam Panozzo (R) National Champions
Results
Elite Men 1 Mick Hannah (Haro Bikes) 2.48.22 2.43.47 2 Nathan Rennie (Santa Cruz) 2.42.40 2.48.56 3 Jared Graves (Yeti) 2.48.39 2.49.01 4 Jared Rando (Giant) 2.46.35 2.49.95 5 Ben Cory (Commencal) 2.53.21 2.49.97 6 Sam Hill (Ironhorse) 2.46.74 2.50.38 7 Lindsay Klein (Commencal) 2.49.33 2.50.78 8 David Inabinet (Australian Mountain Bike) 2.55.69 2.52.25 9 Steve Marsh (Mongoose) 3.00.79 2.52.46 10 Chris Kovarik (Intense Cycles) 2.49.97 2.52.69 11 Ryan Lennox (spearmancycles) 2.55.61 2.52.78 12 Justin Havukainen (Ironhorse / Madcatz) 2.53.33 2.52.97 13 Shane Wode (Specialized) 2.56.23 2.53.07 14 Adam Dossetor (Commencal) 2.58.41 2.53.07 15 Ben Shingler 3.05.11 2.53.07 16 Andrew Mills (Giant) 2.57.22 2.53.32 17 Rick Boyer (Orange) 2.58.59 2.53.93 18 Miikael Kinnunen (Hi-WayCycles) 2.59.90 2.54.06 19 Dennis Beure (Oakley) 3.02.82 2.54.72 20 Riley Donaldson (Ashgrove Cycles) 2.54.50 2.56.45 21 Nick Mitas 2.57.25 2.56.64 22 Jaan Hurditch 3.00.54 2.57.05 23 Rohan Gearing 3.01.93 2.57.40 24 Bryn Atkinson (GT/Hyundai) 2.48.82 2.57.72 25 Adam Smithson (GT) 3.00.08 2.57.83 26 Brock Newling(Specialized) 3.03.96 2.58.57 27 Jarah Breese (ScottOpticsandGear) 2.58.28 2.59.15 28 Robbie McNaughton (BLACKPHOENIXFILMS) 3.05.13 2.59.19 29 Ken Ballhause 3.00.02 3.00.13 30 Lee Noble (CYCLECOVER) 3.01.21 3.01.42 31 Mick Ross (StIves Cycles) 3.03.57 3.01.46 32 Scott Prendergast (Carlton United Brewry) 3.05.14 3.02.37 33 Joel Panozzo (WTB) 2.47.92 3.03.34 34 Ngari Jenkins (Cycle Worx) 3.04.42 3.03.62 35 Jarl Jensen (Troy Lee) 3.04.78 3.03.74 36 Glen Ward (carinecycles) 3.03.27 3.04.29 37 Jon Odams (Astrixsports) 3.05.78 3.04.35 38 Jade McGregor 3.07.40 3.04.54 39 Oliver Hill 3.05.81 3.04.89 40 Miles Mead 3.00.46 3.07.09 41 Matthew Ardern 3.07.19 3.07.27 42 Michael Kearton (mongoosebikes) 2.56.00 3.07.38 43 Andy Epthorp 2.59.64 3.07.52 44 Hugh Feggans(Yeti) 3.03.99 3.07.54 45 Sean Anderson(Mum&Dad) 3.04.49 3.07.88 46 Luke Strom (Citizen, Deloitte, Fox) 2.50.62 3.18.06 47 Sean McClendon (Avent Cycles) 3.02.22 11.23.56 48 Andrew Laird 3.01.30 DNF 49 Kaine Cannan(spoke(n)) 3.03.47 DNF 50 Jarrod Lowe 3.06.37 DNS 51 Tim Richmond (Team Mini Man) 3.07.49 52 Kane McLatchie 3.08.15 53 Alan Crisp (ASTRIX) 3.08.40 54 Adrian Walsh 3.09.04 55 Llewellyn Cameron 3.10.54 56 Ben Morrison 3.12.82 57 Mathew Trigwell 3.13.27 58 Alan Beggin(Red Bull, Dainese, Maxxis) 3.13.75 59 Dwayne Purdy 3.13.93 60 Matt Swann (NorcoBicycles) 3.15.76 61 Peter Hutchison (Spoke(n)) 3.16.82 62 Scott Edwards 3.17.21 63 Sean Richardson 3.18.88 64 Wylie Burchall 3.20.68 65 Brad Earl 3.22.15 66 Craig Mace 3.22.23 67 Derek Ragless (Trak Cycles) 3.22.71 68 Jason Meuritz (McBain Cycles) 3.43.44 DNF Ross Wilkinson Elite Women 1 Sabrina Jonnier (Intense) 3.04.94 3.04.95 2 Tracey Hannah 3.10.42 3.11.41 3 Emma McNaughton (GTBikes) 3.29.15 3.26.53 4 Julia Boer 3.36.53 3.35.98 5 Claire Whiteman (Kona-MtBuller) 3.32.63 3.38.12 6 Kate Holzer (VIC MTB, Rocky Mountain) 3.57.94 4.02.09 7 Lisa Hahnel 4.12.02 4.15.16 U19 Men 1 Liam Panozzo 2.55.86 2.50.31 2 Amiel Cavalier (Giant) 2.57.56 2.51.54 3 Hugh Mansfield (St.IvesCycles) 2.57.85 2.55.64 4 Sam Hocken 3.00.90 2.56.55 5 Darren Pokoj 3.02.79 2.57.95 6 Christopher Panozzo 2.56.35 2.58.85 7 Alex Swann (BicycleWorkshop) 3.03.33 3.01.74 8 Dean Robson (Balfa Bikes) 3.01.82 3.01.77 9 Tylah Breese 3.02.93 3.02.57 10 Ayden Eves (TC'sBikeBarr) 2.55.72 3.02.83 11 Rhys Atkinson 3.11.92 3.05.92 12 Luke Gowen (Severe, Raw NRG) 3.04.03 3.06.77 13 Ryan Andrews (Hi-Way Cycles) 3.11.58 3.09.69 14 Chayse Pengilly 3.11.81 3.10.84 15 David Bowden 3.12.85 3.16.03 16 James McMillan (spearmanscycles) 3.09.98 3.17.16 17 Ashley Stokes 3.11.03 3.19.51 18 Scott Grundy 3.08.25 3.27.17 19 Charlie Hallam 3.15.90 3.35.28 20 Ben Bell 3.03.85 4.38.84 21 Chris O'brien 3.18.46 22 Brett Pengelley (stevecramerproducts) 3.18.65 23 Andrew Miers (JTCYCLES) 3.19.37 24 Alan Betts 3.20.47 25 Jack Cavanagh 3.21.55 26 Chris Perger 3.22.54 27 Kern Hendricks 3.24.87 28 Brendan Wood 3.27.26 29 Ben Wooltorton 3.27.65 30 Tim Clarke (n/a) 3.31.49 31 Chris Hetherington (TEAMFSR) 3.33.62 32 Liam McDonough 3.34.48 33 Jared Blackmore (Mini Man) 3.37.13 34 Stuart Clark 3.42.45 35 Joel Gablek 3.45.92 36 Jonathon Angelos (Inside Line) 3.53.90 37 Tas Kipirtidis 4.01.32 38 Ryan Clifford-Wolfe 4.21.21 Expert Men 1 Matthew Bell 3.00.41 2 Scott Graham 3.05.11 3 James Bashford (DHDIRECT) 3.07.83 4 Matt Rowley 3.08.62 5 Teli Kollios (Edge Cycles) 3.09.74 6 Fraser Lindsay (BBF) 3.09.79 7 Ben Mundy 3.09.85 8 Geoff Daymond (M & R Cycles) 3.10.18 9 Adam Bowey (Cycle Worx) 3.11.08 10 Daniel Segeri 3.12.45 11 Andrew Watson 3.13.00 12 Nick Rudzki 3.14.07 13 Mitchell Lindschau (HiWay Cycles) 3.16.10 14 Anthony Mitchell 3.16.90 15 Peter Caldwell (HI-WAYCYCLES) 3.17.06 16 Ashley Gray (BicycleInnovations) 3.17.18 17 Ben Randall 3.17.82 18 Matthew Beattie 3.19.27 19 Aaron Wigley 3.20.15 20 Kyle Hore (HAMMER'NCYCLE) 3.20.32 21 Chris Mather 3.20.49 22 Josh Lansdown 3.20.56 22 Kieran Jenkins (Cycle Worx) 3.20.56 24 Jack Willet 3.21.30 25 Ben Goff (DriftBikeStyle) 3.21.60 26 Jesse Sutton (IndooroopillySuperCycles) 3.21.71 27 Michael Strattan (Highway Cycles) 3.23.47 28 Gareth Blower (Team MiniMan Racing) 3.23.95 29 Steve Mathews 3.24.36 30 Leighton Smith (Borsari Cycles) 3.25.15 31 Mikhail Chai 3.29.96 32 Andrew Threlfall 3.30.14 33 Nathan Dennys 3.33.08 34 Chris Cousens (miniman) 3.35.01 35 Jackson Hepper (dirtmafia) 3.36.66 36 Aaron Batchelor 3.38.91 37 Gary Djuric 3.40.88 38 David Rugendyke (RugendykeLawyers) 3.54.37 39 Leon Wood 3.59.61 40 Lachlan Dickie (Foes) 4.01.11 41 Brook Walford (HiWay Cycles) 4.06.97 42 Aaron Bashford (DHDIRECT) 4.09.55 43 Justin Case 4.20.01 44 Matt Watts 4.22.07 45 Andrew Smith (spoke(n)) 12.39.01 DNF Jason Svarc U17 Men 1 James Maltman (MiniMan) 3.00.10 2 Mitch Delf (Hi-Ways) 3.02.11 3 David Hetherington (TEAMFSR) 3.06.18 4 David Rowley 3.08.93 5 Joel Bain (Hi-WayCycles) 3.09.01 6 Luke Ebert 3.10.04 7 Murray Stephens 3.13.85 8 Tom Patton (BikeAddiction) 3.14.32 9 Jordan Kopetico (Adidas Eyewear) 3.16.93 10 Luke Williams (Crime Cycles) 3.17.11 11 Ben Wilson (Spearmans Cycles) 3.17.60 12 Chris Whitelock 3.19.60 13 Michael Saros 3.20.11 14 Dale Grixti (LifeCyclesBicycles) 3.21.71 15 Todd Roberson 3.22.13 16 Will Rishbieth 3.22.86 17 Alex Wruck (justabloke.com.au) 3.23.36 18 David Maud 3.23.74 19 Callan Ridge 3.24.68 20 Tim Windshuttle (RawNRGThredbo) 3.26.05 21 David Habicht 3.29.80 22 Jack Swan 3.33.33 23 Stefan Ludzay 3.34.59 24 Tim Gallichan 3.35.16 25 Tim Harrington (KonaMtBullerFactoryTeam) 3.41.46 26 Mitchell McKinlay (SantaClaus) 3.45.34 27 Aaron Wheatland 3.49.22 28 Tim Ridge 3.50.05 29 Rowan Nankervis 3.51.78 30 James Patterson 3.56.27 31 Eli Fryar 3.58.87 32 Andrew Day (SixSixOne) 4.54.82 U15 Men 1 Sean O'Connor (Santa Cruz) 3.05.29 2 Ben Gierke (TC's) 3.28.83 3 Laurie Dinham (CycleGallery) 3.30.79 4 Mitchell Forbes 3.31.06 5 Logan Hendericks 3.35.15 6 Tim Wruck (GamesWorldBendigo) 3.54.32 7 Riley Wilson (Spearman Cycles) 4.02.07 8 Liam O'Neill 4.06.34 9 Brenden Healy 4.16.91 10 Rick Wilcock 4.17.83 11 James Moustafa 4.51.87 Supermasters Men 1 Tony Burchall (Streamline Cycles) 3.55.57 2 Geoffrey Davis 4.54.07 Masters Men 1 Troy Rowell 3.11.59 2 Rob Eva (SRAM) 3.13.63 3 Lucas McDonald (wife) 3.14.94 4 Darren Graham (TCS Bike Barr) 3.21.22 5 Neil Street 3.29.72 6 Steve Munyard (streamlinecycles) 3.31.16 7 John Myssonski 3.31.58 8 Ross Armstrong 3.33.31 9 Tony Warrilow 3.37.88 10 Darren Moore (MONGOOSE) 3.38.80 11 Mark Cranston (Spearman Cycles) 3.41.29 12 Matthew Read (THEMINIMAN) 3.44.87 13 Chris Austin 3.46.52 14 Tony Hunter 3.48.30 15 John Scott Hamilton 3.49.24 16 David Miers (JTCYCLES) 4.04.89 17 Paul Wheatland 5.00.42 DNF Paul Selleck Masters Women 1 Carol Moore (MONGOOSE) 5.29.14 Veteran Men 1 Jason Blackmore (Unit) 2.58.61 2 Dean Davies (HealthFusion) 3.01.17 3 Jason Morrison (Maxxis) 3.07.09 4 Tony Carson (TC'sBikeBarr) 3.08.10 5 Shane Pearse 3.08.71 6 Shane Dobson (hiwaycycles) 3.09.57 7 Bruce Hamley (Norco, Mace, 661) 3.09.76 8 Jason Archer (hi-waycycles) 3.09.87 9 Karl Peel (streamlinecycles) 3.11.74 10 Ben Reynolds 3.12.41 11 Peter Horch (Streamline Cycles) 3.12.85 12 Petri Miniuta (Crumpler) 3.13.28 13 Ollie Klein 3.14.86 14 Arran Thorburn (N/A) 3.17.59 15 Brett Minion 3.18.77 16 Lee Treasure (Team Mini Man) 3.19.17 17 Antony Rottura 3.22.83 18 Jarrod Zdrzacka 3.25.61 19 Tyron Mclean (Kona-MtBullerFactoryTeam) 3.26.41 20 Craig Penglase (BSC) 3.32.61 21 Mal Lindsay 3.34.32 22 Scott Bocking 3.34.75 23 Pat Coe 3.35.31 24 Mark Casey 3.36.04 25 Christopher Maierhofer (OppyIndustries) 3.38.09 26 David Clarke 3.39.61 27 John Petersen (Borsari Cycles) 3.42.03 28 Rohan Bowers 3.45.00 29 Craig Pollock 4.16.63 Veteran Women 1 Julie Harris (SantaCruz) 4.51.15 2 Fiona Jackson (Peel Dist, W.A.) 5.59.78 Sport Men 1 Chris Steward 3.15.74 2 Nick Barrot 3.18.00 3 Nicholas Shields 3.18.67 4 Jamie Mahony 3.19.26 5 Leigh Stormont 3.19.46 6 Michael Braun 3.21.05 7 Berin Boughton (Melbourne University CC) 3.28.48 8 Michael "Normie" Norman 3.29.17 9 Aaron Mattison 3.29.40 10 Ricky Lambourn 3.29.71 11 Julian Struthers 3.29.74 12 Warwick Gray (me) 3.30.46 13 Craig Moore (Pushi) 3.31.91 14 Chris Lombardo 3.33.52 15 Matt Bolger 3.35.22 16 Jonathan Breekveldt 3.36.06 17 Mark Charman 3.36.28 18 Harley Struthers 3.36.33 19 Anton Nijhof 3.37.18 20 James Perkins 3.37.61 21 Ryan Love 3.38.66 22 Jarrod Lambourn 3.39.01 23 Damien Milhuisen (mtb.richiev.net) 3.39.11 24 David Lombardi 3.40.92 25 Chris Hawking (mtb.richiev.net) 3.42.21 26 Ian Pussell 3.42.26 27 David Rodriguez 3.42.28 28 James Harris 3.42.31 29 Cameron Mackay 3.42.37 30 Kim Van Amerongen 3.43.13 31 Ryan Akers 3.43.14 32 Tim McDonnell (Daktari) 3.43.49 33 Darren Sherman 3.43.74 34 Adam Tokarczak (Fraser Cycles) 3.44.28 35 Rowan Smith 3.46.41 36 Nathan Bradneck (Pushi) 3.46.65 37 Isaac Fryar 3.47.34 38 David O'Keefe 3.47.75 39= Richard Vanderwaal 3.48.40 39= Matthew Andrews (Anaconda) 3.48.40 41 Gaston Bonnet 3.48.58 42 Michael Cantwell 3.50.55 43 Jasper Borutta 3.53.73 44 Harm V.W.Boor 3.55.55 45 James Anderson 4.00.42 46 Jake Jenkins 4.01.45 47 Paul Barker 4.04.16 48 Adrian Caddy 4.08.12 49 Michael Sloman 4.10.94 50 Scott Kindred 4.15.59 51 Victor Gabriel 4.21.90 52 David Leach 4.27.12 53 John Griffiths 4.57.79 54 Brenton Jennings 5.13.01 DSQ Daniel Adamczyk Sport Women 1 Carmen Derooze 4.02.97 2 Jayne Randall 4.03.04 3 Sarah Jack (Pushi) 4.27.25 4 Fiona McDonnell (Hubby) 4.38.65 5 Stefanie Van Amerongen 4.41.46 6 Jodie Pandelus 4.42.88 7 Bindi Hatcher (MUM&DAD) 4.46.08 8 Anna Lagutina (Manitou) 5.28.78 9 Edwina Hughes 5.51.20 10 Kylie Brown 6.46.17 Hardtail Men 1 Johnny Dawe (CycleCityBallarat) 3.22.31 2 Damian Auton (Spotbrand) 3.28.26 3 Timm Schiller (Pleb Industries) 3.30.24 4 Nick Rastas 3.34.09 5 Scott Tayler 3.37.01 6 Leigh Williams (Dirt Mafia) 3.37.28 7 Ben Herrgott 3.38.44 8 Trevor Burke (variobike) 3.42.97 9 Peter Fathergill 3.48.51 10 Lucas Bate 4.07.38 11 Bram Dutton (Insane Cycles) 4.12.70 12 Karlos Broudlidakis 4.18.55 13 Nicholas Trevorah 4.22.94 14 Scott Bradley 4.29.68 15 Rod DeVries 4.47.75 16 Manuel Ranieri 5.33.91
