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Wildside MTB - NE
Tasmania, Australia, January 28-31, 2006
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Stage 3 - January 29: Sterling Valley, 14km
Taberlay down but not out…yet?
By Joe Ward
Defending champion Sid Taberlay was looking to regain the time he lost yesterday and was absolutely on the rivet all day, winning today’s first stage by a minute but throwing himself on the ground at 60km/h in the second stage, sustaining a deep gouge to his knee, multiple lacerations and converting his helmet to very secondhand condition.
Sunday's first stage from Tullah to Rosebery (13km) had a perfect “A” shape elevation profile making it a stage for the climbers. The ascent up Mt Murchison, despite the recent dry weather, remained very slippery with clay and composting leaf litter all the way. The leaders would have found the fresh track reasonably challenging while mid-packer’s such as yours truly, had an experience more akin to cyclocross racing with frequent mud puddles and chopped up double track to trudge though.
Sid Taberlay (TAS - Avanti) topped the climb first and proceeded to put his considerable descending skills to good use on the loose rocky downhill, arriving at the line a minute ahead of tour leader Chris Jongewaard (SA – Avanti) and Aiden Lefman (NSW – Cannondale/Maxxis).
Photography
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Images by Rick Eaves
- Olympian sid Taberlay leaps from a huge Myrtle log in the depths of the Mt Black rainforest on day 2 of Wildside.
- Taberlay's major rival and day one leader Chris Jongewaard walks a slippery myrtle log in the rainforest of the Sterling valley stage, day 2 Wildside.
- Tasmanian Mark Padgett squeezes through the rainforest single-track, day 2 wildside.
- Tandem mountain bike riders Brynn Coutts (left) and Jason Hoernel negotiate a dangerous slippery-log crossing on day 2 of Wildside.
- Tasmanian Rachel Walker leads fellow womens competitor and Tassie Leanne Sherriff through the mud, humidity and leeches of the Sterling Valley stage, day 2 Wildside.
- Tasmanian Adam Poulton leads Victorian Tony Branchflower through the rainforest, Day 2, Wildside.
- Jason Hoernel and Brynn Coutts of Victoria are the only people crazy enough to ride a tandem through the gruelling and dangerous four days of Wildside.
- Tandemists take to the track
- Mountain bikers pretend to be track stars in a bit of lunchtime fun on day 2 of Wildside.
Results
Individual Mens Under 23 1 Aiden Lefmann (NSW) 42.18 2 Lachlan Norris (VIC) 0.01 3 Adrian Jackson (VIC) 0.38 4 Garry Millburn (NSW) 1.38 5 Hamish Elliot (NSW) 3.17 6 Daniel Braunsteins (VIC) 3.44 7 Daniel Hallam (QLD) 4.43 8 Alistair Farley (VIC) 5.42 9 Josh Keep (NSW) 5.43 10 Cal Britten (VIC) 6.35 11 Luke Wisby (TAS) 6.41 12 Jamie Paisley (VIC) 7.38 13 Nathan Haas (ACT) 8.48 14 Joey Esterhuyzen (NSW) 10.28 15 Bernard Sulzberger (TAS) 13.39 16 James Porter (TAS) 13.53 17 Rohan Dingemanse (TAS) 14.34 18 Matthew Hope (TAS) 14.44 19 Andrew Maynard (TAS) 14.47 20 Darren Kruger (VIC) 16.13 21 Martin Dzioba (VIC) 17.52 22 Jeremy Hills (TAS) 18.39 23 Joshua Atkinson (NSW) 30.59 24 Joel Guseli (VIC) 39.13 25 Glenn Stewart (NSW) 1.09.44 Individual Mens Open 1 Sid Taberlay (TAS) 39.57 2 Chris Jongewaard (SA) 1.33 3 David Wood (QLD) 6.21 4 Alex Randall (VIC) 6.27 5 Damon Griggs (TAS) 8.27 6 Martin Dingemanse (TAS) 10.07 7 Jonathan Gregg (WA) 10.54 8 Mick Café (NT) 11.11 9 Dave Nairn (WA) 11.27 10 Brett Franklin (VIC) 11.58 11 Brett Smith (QLD) 12.15 12 Luke Rapley (QLD) 13.04 13 Steven Brown (TAS) 13.10 14 Scott Hosking (VIC) 14.14 15 Adam Shepard (NSW) 14.46 16 Nicholas Deane (VIC) 15.21 17 Christophe Stevens (Belgium) 15.27 18 Troy Melrose (NSW) 15.54 19 Simon Fielding (TAS) 15.58 20 Greg Sherriff (TAS) 16.19 21 Ashley Hyatt (VIC) 16.32 22 Philip Crothers (TAS) 16.39 23 Steven Blake (TAS) 16.52 24 Michael Thorne (TAS) 17.13 25 Mark Padgett (TAS) 17.23 26 Daniel Hodge (TAS) 17.25 27 Peter Freeman (QLD) 28 John Waddell (WA) 17.44 29 Grant Rowbottom (TAS) 17.56 30 Ash Scott (VIC) 18.25 31 Thomas Paton (TAS) 19.16 32 Oliver Laing (NSW) 19.28 33 Clinton Lawry (NZ) 20.07 34 Matthew Holligan (TAS) 20.32 35 Ben Crabb (ACT) 21.05 36 Gerard Thompson (VIC) 21.41 37 Mark Ferguson (VIC) 21.44 38 Richard Quinn (TAS) 21.54 39 Angelo Fazzalari (SA) 22.01 40 Bradley McCloud (SA) 22.05 41 Adrian Stewart (VIC) 22.08 42 Andrew Ling (TAS) 22.54 43 Clive Poulton (TAS) 23.42 44 Benjamin Groenwold (WA) 23.51 45 Shaun Lauder (QLD) 23.53 46 Martin Robards (TAS) 23.56 47 Ashley Noble (TAS) 26.04 48 Leo Simmonds (UK) 26.07 49 Matthew Davis (TAS) 26.13 50 Damon Wicki (WA) 26.33 51 Mark Travers (NSW) 52 Scott Rowell (TAS) 27.05 53 Campbell Junor (QLD) 27.10 54 Benjamin Madden (QLD) 27.11 55 Andrew P Ling (TAS) 27.27 56 Jared Scollay (NZ) 28.30 57 Martin Stephenson (NSW) 28.59 58 Scott Pomroy (VIC) 29.00 59 John Uren (NSW) 29.21 60 Joe Ward (NSW) 30.17 61 Ben Strugnell (TAS) 30.31 62 Jason Jones (TAS) 30.41 63 John Anderson (TAS) 30.54 64 Hieu Nguyen (NSW) 31.28 65 Michael Plakalovic (TAS) 66 Christopher Fice (VIC) 31.48 67 Tim Ogden (ACT) 32.13 68 Jaison Hoernel Bryn Coutts (VIC) 32.45 69 Gerben Graske-Borst (VIC) 33.06 70 Alan Bolton (VIC) 33.31 71 Travis Deane (SA) 34.19 72 Aaron Constable (NSW) 35.40 73 Shane Wilson (TAS) 37.16 74 Matt Sherriff (WA) 37.19 75 Alexander Hendriks (WA) 37.54 76 Hugh Marsh (TAS) 38.15 77 Peter Fritz (VIC) 38.30 78 Justin Bergman (VIC) 39.43 79 Jamie Davis (SA) 43.35 80 Edward Borst (TAS) 46.02 81 Adam Poulton (TAS) 46.29 82 Cam Sherriff (TAS) 51.03 83 Paul Salerno (SA) 54.20 84 Thamba Pathmanathan (NSW) 1.09.49 Individual Womens Open 1 Niki Fisher () 55.30 2 Lisa Mathison (NSW) 1.17 3 Katrin Van der Spiegel (NSW) 4.55 4 Rowena Fry (TAS) 6.19 5 Claire Garcia-Webb (WA) 9.02 6 Julie Borschmann (TAS) 11.13 7 Sam Reinhardt (ACT) 13.32 8 Robyn Holmes (TAS) 15.19 9 Jessica Rosevear (TAS) 16.36 10 Lisa Still (TAS) 17.37 11 Jane Guiver (TAS) 26.25 12 Natalie Nohra (NSW) 28.23 13 Rachel Walker (TAS) 28.43 14 Kirsty Busch (NSW) 31.01 15 Evelyn Ritter (WA) 36.33 16 Rebecca Hengemuhle (VIC) 38.44 17 Carolyn Farrar (TAS) 42.17 18 Emma Rocket (QLD) 51.34 19 Alison Mackay (TAS) 57.27 Individual Mens Veterans 1 Saul Britton (NSW) 50.20 2 Damien Jones (VIC) 1.36 3 Carl Maroney (VIC) 6.40 4 Roy Langman (TAS) 6.44 5 Mark Cashion (TAS) 7.17 6 Matthew Sanderson (SA) 7.19 7 Duncan McGlashan (TAS) 8.57 8 Jason Tolland (VIC) 9.06 9 Andrew Cathcart (TAS) 9.07 10 Michael Oxley (VIC) 10.34 11 Willem van den Bosch (TAS) 11.03 12 Robert Mathews (TAS) 11.21 13 Allan Stonestreet (NSW) 11.28 14 Bradley Powles (VIC) 11.32 15 Stu Bland (VIC) 12.49 16 Jonathan Taylor (NSW) 13.35 17 Paul Kleywegt (TAS) 13.44 18 Gordon Taylor (TAS) 13.49 19 John Fisher (TAS) 13.56 20 Rodney Mills (TAS) 13.59 21 Gavin Wakefield (TAS) 14.06 22 Peter Handberg (VIC) 14.36 23 Peter Cameron (TAS) 15.23 24 Andrew Wright (WA) 15.50 25 Trent Moore (ACT) 16.38 26 Rob Dooley (NSW) 16.42 27 Christopher Males (TAS) 16.46 28 Marcus Langham (TAS) 16.56 29 Jim Robinson (QLD) 17.11 30 Rhys Gunner (TAS) 17.16 31 Anthony Baker (TAS) 18.22 32 Andrew Woodberry (TAS) 18.41 33 Albert Steffen (VIC) 18.46 34 Jules Evans (TAS) 18.50 35 John Christiensen (WA) 19.28 36 Neale Smith (TAS) 19.31 37 Jacob Mitchell (NSW) 19.53 38 David White (VIC) 20.07 39 Niall Kinch (NSW) 20.46 40 Philip Ladlow (TAS) 20.54 41 Keith Murfet (TAS) 21.01 42 Curtis Smith (NSW) 22.47 43 Adrian Marti (WA) 23.17 44 Jody Dennison (TAS) 23.20 45 Simon Foster (TAS) 23.28 46 Andrew Findlay (NSW) 23.57 47 Jack Birrell (TAS) 24.09 48 Rodney Miller (NSW) 24.21 49 Martin Quinn (TAS) 24.37 50 Paul Zuvela (WA) 24.46 51 Andrew Strugnell (TAS) 25.29 52 Matthias Reinhardt (Germany) 25.36 53 Tony Poutsma (QLD) 25.37 54 Tony Williams (NSW) 26.04 55 Chris Carson (ACT) 27.15 56 Peter Murray (NSW) 29.10 57 David Hillier (TAS) 29.35 58 Gary Aaron (NSW) 30.01 59 Ross Cayley (VIC) 30.33 60 Craig Eastaugh (TAS) 31.05 61 Gary Singleton (TAS) 31.52 62 Scott Lidgett (VIC) 32.11 63 Peter Dean (NSW) 32.16 64 Craig Rosevear (TAS) 33.28 65 Jeremy Ison (WA) 34.51 66 Duane Goff (NSW) 35.15 67 Mark Connelley (TAS) 37.30 68 Mark Paynter (TAS) 37.42 69 Paul Witzerman (QLD) 38.25 70 Gregory Foster (VIC) 40.38 71 Richard De Waal (VIC) 48.20 72 Bops Singh (NSW) 1.04.00 73 Damon Bennett (NSW) 1.06.21 74 Philip Casale (VIC) 1.08.17 Individual Womens Veterans 1 Freya Scollay (NSW) 1.08.46 2 Su Sprott (TAS) 1.31 3 Sharon Prutton (New Zealand) 1.44 4 Rebecca Youd (TAS) 13.51 5 Leanne Sherriff (TAS) 19.34 6 Rowena Cole (WA) 22.22 7 Louise Glasgow (NSW) 31.39 Individual Mens Masters 1 Brian Scarborough (SA) 56.36 2 Andre Farley (VIC) 0.48 3 Nick Tilbrook (SA) 2.17 4 Phillip Dent (TAS) 2.42 5 Laurie Berryman (NT) 3.07 6 Finlay Luff (VIC) 7.47 7 Rod Ascui (TAS) 13.18 8 Darryl Smith (TAS) 15.13 9 Craig Saunders (TAS) 16.40 10 Leslie Paton (ACT) 18.44 11 Frank Clark (TAS) 21.13 12 Michael Morffew (TAS) 21.50 13 Richard Roffe (TAS) 25.21 14 David McAlpin (NSW) 25.36 15 Ian Stanley (TAS) 25.42 16 Dean J. Brooks (USA) 26.01 17 Kevin Joy (NSW) 26.05 18 Robert Guseli (VIC) 32.51 19 Malcolm Burnett (VIC) 36.03 20 John Dalco (TAS) 42.05 21 Graham Bamber (WA) 55.41 22 John Farrelly (WA) 57.43 23 Mordy Bromberg (VIC) 1.03.04 Individual Mens - Super Masters 1 Bert Floss (WA) 1.06.07 2 Bruno Wicki (WA) 0.56 3 Phil Mathewson (NSW) 4.09 4 Gavin Swanepoel (WA) 11.16 5 Keith Mobbs (TAS) 11.44 6 David Stary (TAS) 14.29 7 Jeremy Atkinson (NSW) 22.24 8 Gregory Gill (TAS) 25.22 9 David Owen (NSW) 27.01 10 Philip Ogden (TAS) 27.19 11 Tony Branchflower (VIC) 28.50 12 David Scollay (NZ) 41.12 13 David Bennett (TAS) 46.54 Individual Single Speed 1 Keith McQueen (TAS) 49.24 2 Milford McArthur (TAS) 10.26
