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Anaconda MTB Enduro - NE
Australia, May 19-23, 2008
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Race 3 - May 20: Verofit Stage 3
Racers overcome mechanicals and crashes in tough stage
All but two riders made it to the start line to tackle stage three through the McDonnell Ranges around Alice Springs. Commencing with a mass start from Telegraph Station, the riders completed a 46km course of technical and flowing singlerack.
The stage was riddled with stories of crashes and bike malfunctions but still camaraderie and enjoyment of tough mountain biking prevailed. The story of the race was from Matthew Fleming, of NSW, coming into stage three in second place. He flew over his handlebars and face planted into some rocks on a descent 32km into the race. He was in the lead group at the time of his crash. Luckily for Fleming, competitors Nick Both, Adrian Jackson, Perren Delacour and Tim Bennett, all with the potential to win this event, stopped to help out Fleming. Using their bandages from their compulsory first aid kits, they quickly dusted him off, stopped the bleeding and wrapped him up before continuing the race.
Bennett won a sprint to the finish to take line honours from Jackson and Delacour in two hours four minutes and 11 seconds with second and third just a second behind. Fleming managed to re-mount his bike and complete the stage in a commendable two hours eight minutes and 28 seconds, only four minutes behind the men that assisted him.
Overall , Jackson now leads from Delacour with race favourite Bennett in third.
In the women's race, there was a similar story of courage and perseverance from the women's leader, Imogen Smith from Brisbane. Only a kilometer from the start Smith lost her derailer after a collision with a rock and was unable to change her gears for the remainder of the race. She had periods where she had to get off and run her bike because it was too steep for the gear.
Unfortunately for Imogen she lost her leader's jersey to Naomi Hansen of Noosa who had a cracker of a race finishing in two hours 34 minutes 21 seconds over Jenni King four minutes later. Smith, obviously disappointed will try to have her bike fixed by race mechanics in time for the longest stage from Ross River Station back to Alice Springs.
Hansen on the other hand was elated with her performance and claims she "couldn't wipe the smile from her face the whole race" as she enjoyed the conditions more than yesterday. She admitted that in stage one the previous day, having never ridden in the Red Centre before, she had felt quite out of her depth and wanted to throw her bike in the sand on several occasions.
The longest stage, a 90km trek from Ross River Station back to Alice Springs, comes tomorrow.
Photography
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- Matthew Fleming's facial injury from stage three where he hit a rock and flew off his bike landing face first. He managed to finish the stage and then go on to win stage four the next day.
Results
1 Matthew Fleming 3.42.00 2 James Williamson 1.00 3 Perren Delacour 2.00 4 Ben Mather 5 Adrian Jackson 3.00 6 Nick Both 7 Tim Bennett 4.00 8 Aiden Lefmann 13.00 9 Shaun Lewis 10 Dennis Van Mill 20.00 11 Matthew Faehrmann 24.00 12 Jeff Toohey 13 Paul Darvodelsky 29.00 14 Ben Hogarth 31.00 15 David Clark 16 Adrian Whitworth 33.00 17 Tavis Johannsen 34.00 18 Richard Wood 35.00 19 Chris Thompson 37.00 20 Sean Hurley 21 Bryan Newton 38.00 22 Kevin Moore 23 Clarke Petrick 40.00 24 Cain Pasque 25 Ashley Hayat 41.00 26 Hans Dielacher 42.00 27 Ed Holinger 28 Gregory Ball 46.00 29 Stephen Pickles 49.00 30 Bill Murphy 31 Steve Chinner 32 Tony Pickles 33 Naomi Hansen 50.00 34 Imogen Smith 51.00 35 Brad Glennan 52.00 36 Rodney Hart 37 Cameron Bartram 53.00 38 Jamie Burton 39 Ty Domin 54.00 40 Enrico Eberhart 41 Al Wallace 55.00 42 Joel Watson 56.00 43 Tony Freijah 44 Damian McGrath 58.00 45 Charlie Bottero 59.00 46 Craig mtb 47 Laurie Berryman 48 Roger Cull 1.00.00 49 Stewart Cowey 50 Andy Davison 1.01.00 51 Carl Wilkin 52 Steve Munyard 1.03.00 53 Scotty Preston 54 Craig Inkster 1.05.00 55 Graant Benett 1.06.00 56 Ray Giddins 1.07.00 57 Adam Nicholson 1.08.00 58 Jenni King 1.09.00 59 Tim Sindle 60 Mark Simpson 1.10.00 61 Simon Reu 62 Paul Fowler 1.11.00 63 Steve Gibbs 64 Owen Ronalds 65 Michael Meryment 66 Huw Kingston 1.12.00 67 Andrew Choma 1.14.00 68 Craig Armour 1.15.00 69 Finlay Luff 1.17.00 70 Deanna Blegg 71 Craig Trevallion 72 Alan Carpenter 1.18.00 73 Lew Marshall 74 Kevin Wells 1.20.00 75 Rebecca Ormsby 76 Dave McGregor 77 Paul Verheijden 78 Paul Moir 1.22.00 79 Meg Carrigan 80 Melinda Jackson 1.23.00 81 Simon Bolton 1.24.00 82 Evan James 1.25.00 83 Jonathan Cowan 84 Marck Norret 85 Lawrence Kranen 1.27.00 86 Dave Sutton 87 Malcolm Bradley 1.29.00 88 Kane Chandler 89 Phil Mathewson 90 Libby Adamson 91 Malcolm Neville 1.30.00 92 Rients Lootsma 1.31.00 93 Danah Wood 94 Mark Pickles 1.32.00 95 Anna Beck 96 Anthony Darr 1.33.00 97 Philip Blum 98 Alex Stone 1.35.00 99 Lindsey Langford 100 Thorlene Egerton 1.38.00 101 Dan Harris 1.39.00 102 Celia Thompson 103 Del Lloyd 104 Gavin Bliesner 1.40.00 105 Merridy Pearce 106 Kane Alward 1.41.00 107 Rebecca Thomson 108 Alf Bluch 109 Prue Oswin 1.42.00 110 Chris Carson 1.44.00 111 Geoffrey Clarke 112 Mark Baker 1.45.00 113 Jan Leverton 1.47.00 114 John Nutter 1.48.00 115 Greg Pointing 116 Peter Gibbens 117 Ashley Paterson 1.50.00 118 Joe Penaluna 119 Carolyn Jackson 120 Paul Hamilton 121 Jo Stewart 122 Peter Cusworth 123 Chris Mauger 1.51.00 124 Michael Heyburn 1.52.00 125 Anthony Dunn 1.54.00 126 David Duke 1.55.00 127 Robert Morris 128 Wendy Stevenson 129 Nancy Caceres 2.02.00 130 Paul Smith 131 Andrew Koop 2.06.00 132 Doug Standish 2.08.00 133 Bryan Connell 2.09.00 134 Nigel Willoughby 2.10.00 135 Allen Davis 2.11.00 136 Ron Whitehead 2.18.00 137 Alison Whitehead 138 Jonathan Sutcliffe 2.20.00 139 Andrew Pettitt 2.21.00 140 Jeremy Allen 2.22.00 141 Mark McKay 2.23.00 142 Mark Meyers 2.24.00 143 Andrew Hearne 2.27.00 144 Kim Hearne 145 P'An-Tau Jiricek-Scott 2.30.00 146 Jane Ollerenshaw 147 David Slater 2.32.00 148 Andrew Brown 149 Rob Marlow 150 David Owen 2.35.00 151 Matt Madin 152 Rob Skinner 2.37.00 153 Trevor Buchanan 154 Christopher Watt 155 Leon Nardella 156 Michael Griffiths 157 Ian (Buck) Johnson 2.40.00 158 Bruce McEllister 2.43.00 159 James Fordyce 2.46.00 160 Liam Doherty 2.47.00 161 Scott Wilder 2.51.00 162 Donna Sibley 163 Justin Dabner 2.52.00 164 Norman Clark 2.55.00 165 Cynthia Trevallion 166 Andy Kelsey 2.58.00 167 Duncan McEwan 168 Georgann McEwan 169 Malcolm Barrett 3.01.00 170 Mathew Pirani 171 Anna Sutton 3.04.00 172 David Sutton 173 Kent Blight 3.05.00 174 Lex Holcombe 175 Luke Colla 3.12.00 176 Daniel Thompson 3.19.00 177 Susan Williams 178 Neil Kinder 179 David Lacey 3.20.00 180 Ross Lawson 3.36.00 181 Greg Brackenreg 3.41.00 182 Rachel Storey 3.43.00 183 Stephen Brady 3.53.00 184 Heather Freeman 3.58.00 185 Stuart Wills 4.03.00 186 Bruce Northway 4.04.00 187 Rosalie Northway 188 Donna Case 4.06.00 189 Paul Zientek 4.17.00 190 Louise Ferguson 4.57.00 191 Ngaire Caruso 5.18.00 192 Coral Taylor General classification after stage 3 1 Nicole Burton 32.00 2 Annalisa McKay 5.00 3 Martin Jacobsen 19.00 4 Ashleigh Smith 42.00 5 Jane Kingston 56.00 6 Mark Brayshaw 1.04.00 7 Mathew Pirani 6.11.00 8 Adrian Jackson 7.02.00 9 Perren Delacour 7.04.00 10 Matthew Fleming 11 Tim Bennett 7.06.00 12 Ben Mather 7.08.00 13 Nick Both 14 James Williamson 7.13.00 15 Aiden Lefmann 7.19.00 16 Dennis Van Mill 7.35.00 17 Shaun Lewis 7.46.00 18 Jeff Toohey 7.53.00 19 Matthew Faehrmann 7.56.00 20 Ben Hogarth 7.57.00 21 Richard Wood 8.04.00 22 David Clark 23 Paul Darvodelsky 24 Adrian Whitworth 8.14.00 25 Chris Thompson 8.15.00 26 Bryan Newton 8.16.00 27 Steve Sauerwald 8.20.00 28 Kevin Moore 8.22.00 29 Tavis Johannsen 8.26.00 30 Hans Dielacher 8.27.00 31 Ashley Hayat 8.28.00 32 Ed Holinger 8.33.00 33 Sean Hurley 34 Gregory Ball 35 Cain Pasque 8.34.00 36 Brad Glennan 8.39.00 37 Stephen Pickles 38 Jamie Burton 8.41.00 39 Ty Domin 8.42.00 40 Bill Murphy 41 Cameron Bartram 8.43.00 42 Clarke Petrick 43 Damian McGrath 8.54.00 44 Rodney Hart 45 Tony Pickles 46 Al Wallace 8.56.00 47 Steve Chinner 8.57.00 48 Naomi Hansen 49 Charlie Bottero 50 Roger Cull 8.58.00 51 Enrico Eberhart 9.00.00 52 Imogen Smith 53 Andy Davison 9.02.00 54 Laurie Berryman 9.03.00 55 Steve Munyard 56 Tony Freijah 9.04.00 57 Joel Watson 58 Stewart Cowey 59 Craig mtb 9.05.00 60 Mark Simpson 9.09.00 61 Craig Inkster 9.10.00 62 Adam Nicholson 9.14.00 63 Scotty Preston 9.15.00 64 Ove Oksvold 9.17.00 65 Craig Armour 9.18.00 66 Carl Wilkin 9.20.00 67 Jenni King 9.21.00 68 Evan James 9.23.00 69 Alan Carpenter 70 Paul Fowler 9.25.00 71 Steve Gibbs 72 Michael Meryment 9.30.00 73 Owen Ronalds 74 Graant Benett 75 Tim Sindle 9.31.00 76 Huw Kingston 9.33.00 77 Paul Moir 78 Ray Giddins 9.34.00 79 Finlay Luff 9.35.00 80 Simon Reu 9.41.00 81 Lew Marshall 9.42.00 82 Deanna Blegg 9.43.00 83 Andrew Choma 9.44.00 84 Craig Trevallion 9.48.00 85 Dave McGregor 86 Rebecca Ormsby 9.50.00 87 Paul Verheijden 88 Anthony Darr 9.51.00 89 Nigel Willoughby 9.54.00 90 Melinda Jackson 9.55.00 91 Kevin Wells 9.56.00 92 Malcolm Bradley 10.01.00 93 Malcolm Neville 94 Philip Blum 10.02.00 95 Alex Stone 10.03.00 96 Meg Carrigan 10.06.00 97 Rients Lootsma 10.07.00 98 Gavin Bliesner 10.08.00 99 Lawrence Kranen 10.11.00 100 Simon Bolton 10.13.00 101 Danah Wood 10.15.00 102 Marck Norret 10.18.00 103 Kane Alward 10.19.00 104 Kane Chandler 105 Chris Carson 10.21.00 106 Lindsey Langford 10.22.00 107 Jonathan Cowan 10.24.00 108 Phil Mathewson 10.25.00 109 Dave Sutton 110 Dan Harris 10.26.00 111 Tim Taylor 112 Mark Pickles 113 Merridy Pearce 10.27.00 114 Mark Baker 10.28.00 115 John Nutter 116 Alf Bluch 10.30.00 117 Libby Adamson 10.35.00 118 Rebecca Thomson 10.38.00 119 Scott Wilder 10.39.00 120 Anna Beck 10.45.00 121 Geoffrey Clarke 122 Nancy Caceres 10.49.00 123 Peter Gibbens 10.50.00 124 Carolyn Jackson 10.53.00 125 Chris Mauger 10.54.00 126 Joe Penaluna 10.55.00 127 Thorlene Egerton 10.56.00 128 Del Lloyd 10.59.00 129 Jo Stewart 130 Anthony Dunn 11.00.00 131 Paul Hamilton 11.02.00 132 David Duke 11.03.00 133 Greg Pointing 11.07.00 134 Jan Leverton 11.09.00 135 Robert Morris 11.15.00 136 Paul Smith 11.17.00 137 Bryan Connell 11.19.00 138 Andrew Hearne 139 Allen Davis 140 Jeremy Allen 11.21.00 141 Rob Skinner 11.23.00 142 Christopher Watt 11.27.00 143 Jane Ollerenshaw 144 Trevor Buchanan 145 Ron Whitehead 11.29.00 146 Andrew Pettitt 11.32.00 147 Wendy Stevenson 11.33.00 148 Peter Cusworth 11.34.00 149 Kim Hearne 11.37.00 150 Doug Standish 11.38.00 151 Alison Whitehead 11.39.00 152 Michael Heyburn 11.41.00 153 P'An-Tau Jiricek-Scott 11.43.00 154 Andrew Brown 11.52.00 155 Mark Meyers 156 David Slater 11.57.00 157 Mark McKay 12.02.00 158 Rob Marlow 12.04.00 159 Andrew Koop 12.06.00 160 Ashley Paterson 12.09.00 161 Matt Madin 12.20.00 162 James Fordyce 12.21.00 163 Jonathan Sutcliffe 12.26.00 164 Liam Doherty 12.32.00 165 David Owen 12.33.00 166 Malcolm Barrett 12.41.00 167 Anna Sutton 12.42.00 168 Ian (Buck) Johnson 169 David Sutton 12.43.00 170 Luke Colla 12.45.00 171 Andy Kelsey 172 Norman Clark 12.46.00 173 Celia Thompson 12.47.00 174 Leon Nardella 175 Bruce McEllister 12.48.00 176 Michael Griffiths 12.49.00 177 Duncan McEwan 12.50.00 178 Kent Blight 12.58.00 179 Cynthia Trevallion 13.00.00 180 Georgann McEwan 13.14.00 181 Lex Holcombe 13.18.00 182 Daniel Thompson 13.20.00 183 Donna Sibley 13.48.00 184 David Lacey 14.05.00 185 Susan Williams 14.19.00 186 Rachel Storey 14.20.00 187 Ross Lawson 14.21.00 188 Neil Kinder 14.31.00 189 Bruce Northway 14.37.00 190 Stuart Wills 15.11.00 191 Stephen Brady 15.29.00 192 Paul Zientek 15.53.00 193 Donna Case 15.59.00 194 Rosalie Northway 16.00.00 195 Heather Freeman 16.47.00 196 Louise Ferguson 16.58.00 197 Ngaire Caruso 17.12.00 198 Coral Taylor 18.05.00 199 Prue Oswin 19.56.00 200 Justin Dabner 21.19.00 201 Greg Brackenreg 22.57.00 202 Gavin Williams 23.03.00 203 Peter Svara 23.06.00 204 Mark Barends 23.14.00
