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Australian MTB Series 2006 - NE
Yellowmundie, NSW, October 21, 2006
Elite Men outnumbered by Women's field
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Two sprint finishes decided winners in the elite races of the Olympic Cross Country at Yarramundi today. Women's winner by a tyre width, Zoe King (Manly) passed National Marathon Champion, Tory Thomas (Mt Beauty), to win the first round of the National Series. The 29-year-old slipped past Thomas on the finish line, after Thomas suffered cramps in the final of four laps.
In a repeat performance in the men's race, Aiden Lefmann (Harbord) beat Canberra's Dylan Cooper by a bike length. Cooper, 27, lead for the first two of six laps and had the fastest lap of 21 minutes 11 seconds. The 23 year-old Lefmann surged in the final two laps to pass mid-race leader Matthew Fleming (Helensburgh). Cooper passed Lefmann in the final kilometre but in the final 200 metres Lefmann outsprinted Cooper. Matthew Fleming placed third just 14 seconds behind Cooper. Athens Olympian, Sid Taberlay was in the top placings throughout the race a finished a creditable sixth.
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"I'm just stoked," Lefmann said. "Like Zoe (King) I was just looking for a top 10 finish. Then it all went better than I thought!"
Third in the women's race was United Kingdom's Caroline Jackson (Mt Waverley) now based in Melbourne.
For the first time ever in mountain biking history in Australia the number of women competing exceeded the number of elite men. Fourteen women from the 'Dirt Roads to London' program run by the AIS raced at their National Series event. The winner of the elite women's race, Zoe King is part of the program.
One elite rider, Garron Hutchison-Menzer from Chatswood was airlifted to hospital on a Careflight helicopter and his condition is unknown at this stage.
Photography
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Images by Evan Jeffery
- Garran Buckland giving last minute coaching tips to riders at round one of the National XC Series.
- One of the colourful characters enjoying the spectacle and the coffee.
- English rider, Caroline Jackson putting in a fine performance until she had a little get off in the last lap.
- Zoe King held back in the early stages of the women’s race, saving herself for a final charge.
- Katherine O’Shea put in a fine effort all day.
- Zoe King plugging away at the heartbreaking road climb.
- Tory Thomas making it over the crest of the V ditch with her typical effortless style.
- Jenni King keeping in contact with the blistering pace being set at the front.
- Caroline Jackson having a little wobble at the top of the crest after the V ditch.
- Zoe King staying smooth over the crest of the V ditch.
- Caroline Jackson mastered the crest of the V ditch in the later laps and her confidence in the technical sections got her up into third spot.
- Tory Thomas left her competitors in her wake in the early stages of the race.
- By the beginning of the last lap Tory Thomas had the slimmest of margins over Zoe King.
- The elite men on the start-line for their race at Yellowmundie.
- The 'real' Shaun Lewis leads out the field at the Yellomundie from a very determined Lachlan Norris (U 23).
- Dylan Cooper cutting a fine form over the crest of the V ditch.
- Olympian, Sid Taberlay cresting the V ditch was chasing hard all day to stay in contention.
- Aiden Lefmann was a picture of smooth.
- The 'other' Shaun Lewis working hard to go with the frantic pace the leaders were setting up front.
- Cannondale’s Under 23 sensation, Lachlan Norris, in fine form.
- Andrew Blair ripping it up over the V ditch.
- The real Shaun Lewis heading the charge to stay in contact with the leaders with Sid Taberlay and Nick Both in tow.
- Dylan Cooper with daylight behind him to the chasing riders on one of the many single track sections at Yellowmundie.
- Ben Henderson having a real solid ride in amongst a strong field.
- Lachlan Norris pushing hard through the tight single track at Yellowmundie.
- Aiden Lefmann climbing up the single trail after the V ditch.
Results
XC Elite Men 1 Aiden Lefmann 2.10.08 2 Dylan Cooper 0.01 3 Matthew Fleming 0.15 4 Shaun Lewis 1.26 5 Ben Henderson 3.04 6 Sid Taberlay 3.12 7 Ben Mather 8 Lachlan Norris 3.56 9 Shaun Lewis 4.48 10 Brian Price 6.35 11 Phillip Orr 7.21 12 Andrew Blair 7.55 13 Warren Burgess 9.14 14 Shane Paton 9.25 15 adam freeman 9.38 16 Scott Liston 15.11 17 James Devonshire 15.43 18 Tim Retchford 19.35 19 Jason English 20.18 20 Chris Winn 20.44 21 Angus Harding 22.02 22 Joel Donney 22.32 23 Joey Esterhausen 27.54 24 Nick Both +1 lap 25 Luke Graydon 26 Murray Spink 27 Cal Britten DNF Andrew Crawley Crawley DNF James Williamson DNF Daniel Mackay XC Elite Women 1 Zoe King 1.43.19 2 Tory Thomas 0.00 3 Caroline Jackson 1.44 4 Jenni King 2.11 5 Renee Fortunato 4.07 6 Rowena Fry 4.30 7 Lindsay Gorrell 4.46 8 Jill Burston 5.03 9 Kimberley Fleming 5.20 10 Rebecca Hendeson 7.42 11 Leonie Aisbett 7.59 12 Katherine O'Shea 9.51 13 Imogen Smith 10.15 14 Rebecca Armstrong 10.29 15 Maria Papadopoulos 11.29 16 Claire Haugh 12.26 17 Therese Rhodes 12.59 18 Julie Blake 13.28 19 Erica O'Brien 14.16 20 Rachel Rademaker 15.05 21 Alexis Barnes 15.06 22 Rosemary Barnes 16.53 23 Claire Graydon 20.15 24 Kath Bicknell 20.27 25 Kelly Linaker 25.27 DNF Niki Fisher DNF Mary Fien DNF Gracie Elvin XC Expert Men 1 Andrew Lumley 1.58.22 2 Troy Glennan 3.07 3 Dylan Wolsky 4.45 4 Stuart Lowndes 7.16 5 Cam Winn 7.21 6 David Krusza 9.13 7 Josh Carlson 10.14 8 Paul Traynor 10.14 9 Daniel Watson 13.45 10 Paul Perry 17.27 11 Travers Ingram 19.17 12 Brad Cox 24.19 13 Angus Kirkpatrick-Jones 25.50 14 David Strong 44.15 DNF Jerome Smith DNF Bevan Spaull
XC Under 19 Men 1 Paul Van Der Ploeg 1.28.53 2 Benjamin Dyball 4.59 3 Daniel Hallam 5.28 4 Robbie Hucker 9.20 5 Luke Knox 13.03 6 Mark Flood +1 lap 7 Ashley Harvey DNF Mark Tupalski DNF Charlton Durie DNF Scott Chancellor DNF James Mowatt DNF Nathan Haas
XC Masters Women 1 Sally Watt 57.41 2 Alison Forbes 7.57 3 Diane Perry 8.56 4 Nikki Caldwell 35.42
XC Veteran Women 1 Louise Cook 1.25.39 2 Nicole James 2.19 3 Anthea Dare 23.03 4 Fiona Bowyer 25.06
XC Under 19 Women 1 Kelly Hughes 1.41.40
XC Under 15 Women 1 Micaela Hogan 1.18.53
XC Sport Women 1 Amy Bardley-Smith 1.06.12 2 Sarah O'Callaghan 9.04
XC Super Masters Men 1 Kevin Jones 1.17.13 2 Mark Walters 0.24 3 Geoff Dyball 2.28 4 Neil Lumley 6.08 5 Gerry Van Der Ploeg 9.09 6 John Forbes 20.27 7 John Graydon 33.13 8 Russ Baker 44.28 DNF Roger Cull
XC Masters Men 1 Graeme Allbon 1.11.30 2 Mark Hardy 1.57 3 Con Toparis 3.32 4 Paul Darvodelsky 3.40 5 Scott McDermot 10.24 6 Micheal Reid 13.37 7 Mark Harris 16.02 8 Tetsundo Kato 18.31 9 Gary Pitt 23.59 10 Roger Campbell 26.32 11 Dave Lynch 26.39
XC Veteran Men 1 Mark Fenner 1.34.40 2 Dean Megahey 1.31 3 Liam O'Dea 1.32 4 Ian Kelly 3.33 5 Paul Clancy 6.49 6 David Taylor 7.12 7 Leo Assandri 9.05 8 Scott Campbell 10.52 9 Neil Barlow 13.40 10 Matthew Lees +1 lap DNF Michael McCort DNF Glen Allbon DNF Troy Bailey
XC Under 15 Men 1 Timothy McMillan 56.43 2 Ben Forbes 3.09 3 brendan pitt 9.57 4 Jordan Lynch 12.29 5 Eaden Lynch 37.45
XC Under 17 Men 1 Michael Baker 1.15.55 2 stephen Pitt 2.10 3 Brendan Johnston 5.51 4 Jesse Dillon 9.06 5 Alex Wagner 14.38 6 Liam Melville 15.31 7 Benjamin Holder 17.02 DNF Simon Campbell
XC Recreational Men 1 Clayton Mumford 1.17.32
XC Sport Men 1 Brendan Rowe 1.15.03 2 Darren Smith 2.57 3 Jason Holm 3.22 4 Scott DeMestre 5.28 5 Fabien Guerrero 7.47 6 Craig Armour 8.45 7 Matthew Renolds 9.43 8 Hendrik van Calcar 14.02 9 Darren Hamilton 16.20 10 Rob Parbery 19.53 11 Iain Davidson 21.58 DNF Dean Ashley DNF Dale Collins
