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24 Hours of Adrenalin World Solo Championships - NE
Canmore, Canada, July 26-27, 2008
Aussies blitz solo 24-hour worlds
By John Stevenson
In a staggering show of domination, Australian riders grabbed the top four places at the 24 Hours of Adrenalin World Solo Championships mountain bike race in Canmore, Canada over the weekend.
New South Wales rider James Williamson (Giant/Ritchey) took the overall title in fine style, clocking up 16 laps in less than 23 hours and taking an early finish when it became clear that second-placed Jason English (BMC/Ritchey) couldn't catch him.
Williamson took the early lead ahead of evergreen enduro star Tinker Juarez but at about the eight-hour mark, Juarez pulled away from Williamson, only to later drop out with vision problems caused by mud from the wet Canmore course.
"It was bloody hard early and I didn't think I could hold it," Williamson said at the finish.
"Tinker had some problem and from that point I was in the lead … that was the turning point."
But it was a surprise win for Williamson who thought it was all over when Juarez got away from him.
"About eight hours in I was riding with Tinker and Tinker rode away from me and I thought that was it," he said. "My legs felt shit, my heart rate wasn't going very high and I thought, 'I don't know if I'm going to make this race'."
But with Juarez out of the race and his form regained, Williamson took the lead the lead and stayed there till the end.
Rusch to victory in women's race
The women's event was won by reigning worlds champion Rebecca Rusch (Specialized) with Australia's Katrin Van Der Spiegel second.
Like Williamson, Rusch remarked on the toughness of the hilly Canmore course. "That was the hardest course I have ever done," she said after the finish. "Add in the rain and the cold and it's ten times harder."
Results
Elite men solo Laps Time 1 James Williamson (Aus) Giant/Ritchey 16 22.49.09 2 Jason English (Aus) BMC/Ritchey 16 23.53.56 3 Mark Fenner(Aus) Specialized/Total Rush 16 24.00.49 4 Jeff Toohey (Aus) Voodoo/Sunshine Bike Works 16 24.27.25 5 Cory Wallace (Can) Kona 16 24.31.10 6 Thomas Widhalm 16 24.40.40 7 Leighton Poidevin 15 23.48.45 8 Dallas Morris 14 23.28.35 9 Jay Petervary 14 24.06.49 10 Josh Oppenheimer 14 24.14.22 11 Steven Johnson 14 24.27.48 13 Kelly Magelky 13 22.55.21 14 Marty Hafke 13 23.59.18 15 John Waddell 13 24.26.26 12 Tom Zidek 13 24.56.00 16 Jesse Mong 12 24.38.48 17 Gavin Rossouw 11 23.27.52 18 Michael Castaldo 11 23.51.22 19 Samuel Johnson 11 24.04.17 20 Geoffrey Lane 11 24.27.31 21 Craig Armour 9 19.19.57 22 Tinker Juarez 8 9.30.14 23 Tyler Jones 7 18.21.38 24 Chris Gagnon 7 23.01.53 25 John Claxton 6 8.15.42 26 Ricardo Melo 6 9.08.34 27 Brad Tymchuk 5 8.27.37 28 Tristan Smit 3 3.45.10 29 Lance Doherty 3 4.19.12 DNS Kelly Servinski DNS Mike Mckee DNS Jonathan Kindig DNS Anthony Ippolito DNS James Evitts Elite women solo 1 Rebecca Rusch (USA) Specialized 14 23.26.21 2 Katrin Van Der Spiegel (Aus) Trek/Clarence 13 22.59.23 3 Jennifer Gersbach (USA) 12 22.55.01 4 Carena Parr (Can) 12 24.07.08 5 Karen Armstrong (USA) 10 22.50.43 6 Mei Anna 10 23.40.02 7 Megan Dimozantos 9 22.50.32 8 Jean Boyd 9 23.02.29 9 Kate Aardal 9 23.32.00 10 Melinda Behrens 9 24.09.01 11 Monilee Atkinson 8 23.35.34 12 Caroline Goulard 7 23.07.37 13 Margie Smith 3 4.55.06 DNS Melanie Dominguez DNS Cat Morrison Singlespeed solo 1 Greg Martin 14 24.16.22 2 Lonn Bate 13 22.25.03 3 Steve Fassbinder 13 23.05.12 4 Dereck Fish 13 23.55.59 5 Ray Porter 10 22.57.13 6 Rich Sherwood 10 23.40.07 7 John Valcore 9 23.00.14 8 Rich Szecsy 9 24.08.52 9 Gerry Mccuaig 7 23.03.22 10 Mark Diggins 5 24.16.20 11 Matt Ohran 4 5.07.36 12 Brendan Den 3 4.10.04 DNS Gavin Gonzalez-Hayes DNS Chelsea Mcgowan DNS Bradley Cole U25 men solo 1 Thomas Lindup 15 23.46.31 2 Joel Donney 14 23.33.22 3 Anthony Salmon 12 23.47.38 4 Kurt Defreitas 9 22.29.08 5 Taylor Lideen 8 13.41.45 6 Joe Cox 8 23.22.53 7 David Diamond 6 11.04.21 DNS Braden Young DNS Ben Dove Men 25-29 solo 1 Andy Fellows 15 23.52.47 2 Michael Cotty 14 24.11.29 3 Dariusz Sawicki 12 23.16.24 4 David Huntley 11 24.12.39 5 Phil Puurunen 8 15.16.15 6 Matt Szarko 7 20.49.44 7 Chris Baker 7 22.21.06 8 Kevin Sentara 6 22.58.36 9 Brad Power 5 13.00.58 DNS Sandy Mitchell Men 30-34 solo 1 Travis Hauck 13 23.16.12 2 Keith Batstone 12 24.45.04 3 Andrew Baerg 10 22.05.08 4 Tim Ferres 10 24.01.44 5 Brian Whatley 9 23.44.05 6 Mel Sysing 9 23.48.17 7 Phillip Hiom 8 23.40.14 8 Brian Ross 7 22.36.16 9 J Andrew Green 7 23.52.53 10 Simon Dove 6 15.59.45 11 Russell Eckersley 6 20.45.44 12 Jean-Francois Rapatel 5 9.59.50 DNS Russel Clarke DNS Kelly Lenyk Women 35-39 solo 1 Laureen Coffelt 9 23.18.31 DNS Pamela Nowlin Men 35-39 solo 1 Troy Bailey 14 23.52.37 2 Jason Mcavoy 13 22.59.40 3 Mike Gaertner 12 23.10.59 4 Peter Tondl 11 24.20.16 5 Anthony Manning 10 20.07.17 6 Dan Stern 10 21.42.17 7 Andrew Remely 10 23.47.35 8 Kevin Goodman 10 24.02.25 9 Lee Lesburg 10 24.03.53 10 Erick Auger 10 24.17.38 11 Peter Holmes 9 21.47.15 12 Shayne Burwell 9 24.46.11 13 Garth Ludwig 8 21.47.29 14 Andy Symons 8 22.43.33 15 Mike Tillotson 7 23.03.37 16 Steve Kozicki 6 24.29.26 17 Shawn Myers 5 23.25.14 18 Steve Ayotte 4 7.44.04 19 Gord Mcguire Trainor 4 8.38.57 20 Trevor Pombert 3 6.39.54 DNS Lance Johnston DNS Gabriel Williams DNS Jason Sandquist DNS Dannie Wolf DNS Paulhus Greg DNS Mike Rumpel Women 40-44 solo 1 Kim Birgh-Pitkanen 7 24.09.30 DNS Suzanne Eames DNS Cyd Fraser Men 40-44 solo 1 Craig Bartlett 14 24.15.45 2 Gary Buxton 13 23.49.55 3 Shaun Kinna 13 24.19.12 4 David Scheer 12 22.55.27 5 Carl Maroney 12 23.05.37 6 Darren Clarke 12 24.17.53 7 Anthony Caffry 11 23.12.56 8 Steve Swenson 11 23.18.45 9 Charlie Gilmore 11 23.24.08 10 Gary D'aluisio 9 17.02.45 11 Wade Larson 9 23.18.57 12 Mark Hoddinott 9 23.30.01 13 Dave Dacosta 9 24.16.46 14 Miro Micovsky 8 23.12.52 15 David Vinluan 8 24.23.59 16 Barry Lyster 7 13.26.44 17 Fleming Kaastrup 7 23.34.21 18 Russell Peelman 6 11.54.31 19 Fraser Atkinson 5 10.34.51 20 Darrin Nielsen 5 19.48.45 DNS Dave Westlake DNS Gordon Jersch DNS Jono Senk DNS Mike Doroshuk DNS Mike Livingston Men 45-49 Solo 1 Craig Peacock 14 23.33.58 2 Shaun Taylor 12 23.55.46 3 Mario Roma 11 23.19.01 4 Charles Mortensen 10 23.46.59 5 Steve Eggleton 7 21.51.00 6 Dave Macdowell 6 10.29.20 7 Jim Pinter 5 12.29.54 8 Shawn Strachan 3 7.33.19 9 Kent Stuckert 2 5.16.57 DNS Ron Domier DNS Ray Giddins DNS Randy Richmond Men 50-54 Solo 1 Douglas Smith 10 23.13.01 2 Randy Profeta 10 24.44.56 3 Dennis Smaggus 9 22.09.30 4 Tomek Razniewski 9 23.34.39 5 Rob Robson 8 22.21.12 6 David Braddick 8 22.50.16 7 Roy Wallack 7 21.37.41 8 Don Mcphalen 7 23.27.12 9 David Stadnyk 7 23.28.01 Men 55-59 Solo DNS Salvador Ruibal Women 60+ Solo 1 Wendy Skean 7 21.17.43 Men 60+ Solo 1 Jeff Linder 8 18.58.10 DNS Bob Waggoner Corporate 6-10 person teams 1 Lifesport-Jba 23 23.25.00 2 Firstenergy Capital Corp 21 23.49.53 3 The Bipeddlers 20 23.31.33 4 Fifi And The Boyz 19 23.02.10 5 Gdm Navigators 19 23.36.46 6 Team Spin Alpha 19 23.47.48 7 Who; Who; Who; Who Let The Daddy's Out? 19 23.59.31 8 Getter Done 18 23.14.02 9 Coasters 18 23.47.28 10 Calgary 5-0 18 23.47.53 11 Biking Biatches 17 23.11.02 12 Tragically Ripped V4 17 23.11.14 13 Pcl 17 23.29.52 14 Dfca 17 23.34.19 15 Karo Brand Warriors 17 23.36.48 16 Amec Edmonton Road Apples 17 23.40.24 17 Perpetual Motion 17 23.40.25 18 Amec Hammerz Cranks 17 23.45.18 19 Smiling All The Way 16 21.59.07 20 Cardel Resorts Adventure Team 16 22.50.49 21 Beer Guts 16 23.15.32 22 Jwa Dust Eaters 16 23.48.30 23 Snafu2 16 23.56.29 24 Body By Bennett 1 15 22.01.46 25 Imv Projects 15 22.33.00 26 Psycle Killers 15 22.50.30 27 Destiny Resources 15 22.53.44 28 Notrightnow 15 23.00.49 29 Delta Lodge At Kananaskis 15 23.21.51 30 Team Graham 15 23.29.22 31 Fokkers Racing 15 23.52.40 32 Id Rather Be Riding A Townie 15 23.56.04 33 Team Fat N Lazy 15 24.00.00 34 Team Crape 14 22.01.12 35 Jwa Dust Eaters Too 14 22.47.59 36 Anything But Last 14 22.48.19 37 Canmore Boulder Blitzers 14 22.53.22 38 Bankfools 14 23.07.17 39 Off Hour Rockers 14 23.21.20 40 Cancel Our Wake Up Call 13 22.05.52 41 Donkeys On The Edge 13 23.08.07 42 Screamin' Swamp Donkeys 13 23.37.08 43 Broke-Neck Bankers 12 21.48.08 44 Team Spin Omega 12 22.47.12 45 Body By Bennett 2 11 22.39.49 46 Chariot Sharp Pains 11 23.35.37 47 Bikesandbeyond 10 12.13.35 48 Cardel Resorts Fun Team 10 20.02.38 49 Seisware Rocks 10 22.40.25 50 Cgi Crashers 9 23.17.13 51 Westcan Warriors 9 23.18.34 DNS Team Plan B DNS Save A Horse Ride A Mountie Five person under 149 1 The Sean Fahlman Experience 21 23.46.39 2 The Sofa Kings 20 23.23.50 3 Ten Wheels 2 18 23.09.40 4 5 Skins 17 23.01.00 5 Spanky-Doo 17 23.14.34 6 Team Laquerhead 16 22.45.32 7 Mechanical Advantage 16 22.54.45 8 Elk In Heat 16 23.18.59 9 Pocket Rockets 16 23.39.44 10 Team America 15 23.07.43 11 Pedalhead Free Thinkers Are Dangerous 15 23.18.41 12 5 Cranky Forkers 15 23.35.38 13 Savage Racing 8 23.04.34 14 Team Bedheads Two 6 7.40.21 15 The Pedallin' Posse 5 22.15.39 DNS Wads DNS The Squeaky Clean Riders Five person teams 150-199 1 Udaho 22 23.18.43 2 Freewheel Fatties 22 23.44.21 3 Jasper Source For Sports` 22 23.45.43 4 Assless Chaps 22 23.53.30 5 Dirt Hurters 21 23.39.23 6 The Green Haze 2 21 23.40.32 7 Eba - Viva La Revolution 19 23.13.11 8 Baseline Posse 18 23.01.34 9 Town Of Canmore 18 23.33.46 10 Road Apples Gone Bad 18 23.37.24 11 Spongebob Bikepants 18 23.49.59 12 The Green Haze 18 23.52.09 13 Wheel Men 18 23.58.33 14 Windpower 18 23.59.28 15 All Talk 17 22.42.53 16 Stadium Dogs 17 22.45.13 17 Ac/Dc 17 22.58.03 18 I Like Sex Racing - Calgary 17 23.26.30 19 Rip Tear Shred 17 23.32.02 20 Blazing Saddles Ii 17 23.40.55 21 Wheels 17 23.45.19 22 23 Hours 59 Minutes 17 23.52.18 23 Dead Weight 17 23.58.16 24 Behind Bars 16 22.52.23 25 The Pain Cave 16 23.05.03 26 Team Mud Sweat And Gears 16 23.06.38 27 Burning Stumps 16 23.19.08 28 Just Ride It 16 23.39.47 29 From Parts Unknown 16 23.47.43 30 Single Track Minds 15 22.02.04 31 Los Locos 15 23.33.48 32 The Spare Tires 15 23.48.20 33 Yellow Dots 15 23.51.37 34 I Have Made A Huge Mistake! 15 23.51.43 35 Pie 14 15.37.05 36 Three Tea Baggers And Two Bow Ties 14 21.36.25 37 Dibs On Dead Last (Dodl) 14 22.13.10 38 Team Zipang 14 23.02.14 39 The Rusty Chain Gang 14 23.03.12 40 Stunt Doubles 14 23.03.20 41 Granny Granny 14 23.32.40 42 Redshox Racing 14 23.40.30 43 Dozen Egg Night 14 23.41.33 44 Lung Butter 13 22.08.06 45 Bandaids And Beer 13 22.28.22 46 Cranked Up 13 23.00.37 47 In It For The Teeshirt Again 13 23.11.17 48 Chaos 12 21.23.48 49 Alberta Sore Ass 12 23.00.27 50 Five Guys With Big Cogs 12 23.08.50 51 Soggy Bottom Boys Ii 12 23.18.14 52 Ocho 11 22.58.55 53 Lynnwood Race Team 2 10 20.32.36 54 Stav And Louise 2 10 23.28.02 55 Stav And Louise 10 23.28.05 56 Stiflers Salty Nutz 10 23.34.27 57 The Howlers 9 23.52.10 58 Ride For Five 7 23.44.33 59 Probably The Greatest Team Ever 4 5.13.50 Five person teams 200+ 1 Rundle Mountain Boys 23 23.45.02 3 Dusty Bottoms 20 23.28.44 2 Idapimp 20 23.46.54 4 Chamois Royale With Cheese 20 23.49.56 5 Ok Go 19 23.09.47 6 Yacko Racing 19 23.44.37 7 Sprocketheads 18 22.57.48 8 Cinco Diablos Perdidos 18 23.17.46 9 Team Inukshuk 18 23.24.03 10 Astoria Ded Dogs 18 23.39.28 11 Brule Old School 18 23.47.40 12 Java Drips 17 23.36.28 13 Team Retro 17 23.40.28 14 Twisted Shifters 16 23.03.55 15 One More Time 16 23.49.07 16 Pge 16 23.51.14 17 Privateers 16 23.56.34 18 The Degenerative Discs 15 23.33.16 19 Critical Path 15 23.53.02 20 Wascana Wannabe Warriors 14 22.51.24 21 United Cycle-4 Magnets And A Chic 14 22.55.09 22 Going Great Guns 14 22.55.15 23 Big Bad Voodoo Riders 13 22.34.04 24 Dead Kennys 12 21.32.37 25 Trail Trash 12 22.56.03 26 Lynnwood 11 23.55.11 27 Thats Gonna Hurt 10 23.56.44 28 Action Sports Junkies 8 7.50.21 29 Soggy Bottom Boys I 8 23.04.08 Five person women only 1 Golden Girls 20 23.24.54 2 Bikers Dozen 19 23.52.27 3 Stadium Dogs Too 17 23.21.42 4 Bob's Angels 16 22.56.06 5 Squeelin Wheelin Mudders 15 23.20.28 6 Papa Gorgeous Adrenalin Girls 3 15 23.44.02 7 Apple Drugs 14 23.28.52 8 Team Klostapukin 14 23.35.22 9 Sunflower Pedals 13 21.41.40 10 Barbie Rejex 12 23.12.04 11 Tahiti Treats 6 22.25.10 Five person co-ed 1 Town Of Canmore Slack Angles 21 23.35.40 2 Turd Of Hurtles 21 23.42.08 3 Skijaq Racing 21 23.43.05 4 Pedal Pimps 21 23.54.20 5 I Would Rather Be Riding A Townie Too 20 23.43.19 6 Bear Bait 20 23.44.24 7 Red 19 23.35.28 8 Along For The Ride 19 23.41.15 9 Team Hammer 18 23.16.15 10 4 Old Farts And A Babe 18 23.22.08 11 Full Suspension With Drinking Intentions 18 23.37.19 12 Mavericks 17 23.06.43 13 Calgary Outdoor Club 17 23.20.52 14 Broken Nerves 16 22.54.10 15 Hill Climbers 16 23.14.23 16 Jwa 5 16 23.14.31 17 The Rusty Cranks 16 23.28.58 18 Garage Gang 16 23.32.10 19 Sweaty Bum Hairs 16 23.40.18 20 Testrogene 16 23.40.29 21 Peddlers Cycle Team 16 23.43.52 22 Dont Worry Its All Good 15 22.50.07 23 B Girls And The Cranky Old Bastards 15 23.45.15 24 Team Buttstocks 14 23.04.06 25 Team Big Ring 14 23.28.24 26 Team Dp 14 23.31.03 27 The Fantastic Fivers 14 23.39.42 28 Obviously Five Believers 13 23.38.21 29 Uhlmann's Motley Crew 13 23.49.46 30 To Hill And Back 12 21.47.56 31 E-Ville Riders 12 23.08.15 32 Kelly Rides Every 3Rd Lap 12 23.53.15 33 Admittedly Yuppie 12 23.54.14 34 Downhillcraziness 11 22.51.19 35 Kc And The Sunshine Riders 10 23.30.30 36 Doggonit 9 22.57.46 37 Peanut Butter Rulz 9 23.33.43 38 Ass Clowns 8 9.03.54 39 Bikers Of Arabia 8 13.12.02 40 Team Bedheads 1 5 7.53.25 41 Project Panties 5 8.56.34 Four person team 1 Monaviecannondale.Com 27 23.19.44 2 Deadgoat Ninja Extreme 23 23.49.03 3 Los Tabarnakos 21 23.56.41 4 Habermann's Hammers 20 23.43.35 5 Masterbanking Moutainbikers 18 22.15.50 6 Nirvana 18 22.39.55 7 Chainsmokers 18 23.12.16 8 Redneck Posse 17 22.41.21 9 The Angry Badgers 17 23.11.38 10 Lonestars 17 23.23.18 11 Tsmv 17 23.42.02 12 Quad Radicals 16 23.17.01 13 Kootenay Grizz Bait 14 20.30.26 14 Team Rainbow Unicorn 14 22.51.49 15 Fantastic Four Y Uno Mas 11 23.40.58 16 Wtf 10 19.51.38 DNS Tsmv
