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Australian MTB Series #2 - NE
Illinbah, Gold Coast, Australia, November 29-30, 2008
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Race 3 - November 30: Downhill
Kovarick claims national series round two
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"I qualified fastest to see where I was at which always takes a lot out of you," Kovarik said. "At the top, I was pretty confident I could pull it off if I got through those slippery woods."
After heavy rain the day before riders had to negotiate a slippery rocky section near the top of the 1.7 km course. "For everyone it was treacherous," said Kovarik. "You couldn't get through there with your feet on!" Despite the wet conditions, Kovarik praised the course saying it was as good as any on the international World Cup circuit.
Second was Joshua Button from Coffs Harbour with three minutes and 52.57 seconds. Third place was taken out by Perth's Deon Baker in a time of four min and 5.30 seconds
A few of the top riders came to grief in the rocky forest descent including series leader Jared Graves from Toowoomba who was out of contention after his bike slipped down the hill making him two minutes slower than his qualifying run. Graves finished way down in 40th place allowing Button to take over the series lead.
Kovarik's fiancée Claire Buchar from Canada claimed the win in elite women despite falling in the slippery forest section. "I was trying to go a bit too fast," Buchar said. "The conditions are really unpredictable." Buchar rode the course in five minutes and 35.63 seconds for a comfortable five second margin ahead of her nearest rival Tasmania's Leigh Douglas.
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Securing second place gave Douglas the series lead. Previous leader, Canberra's Claire Whiteman, moved down the series rankings after finishing in fourth place.. Third place was taken by Canberra's Caroline Buchanan.
Under 19 winner Tamryn Murrell from the Gold Coast raced the course in exactly four minutes. The 17-year-old time would have claimed a third place in elite men's category with his time. Murrell takes over the series lead from Western Australian, Will Gower. Shaun O"Connor placed second while local rider Rhys Willemse placed third.
Emily Hockey from Adelaide won the under 19 women's category.
For a national series, Gold Coast had record entries throughout the weekend with the largest group being over 350 downhill riders on Sunday. The third round of the national series continues in Geelong in two-weeks time.
Photography
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- There were transport problems on Sunday due to the rain the day before.
- Spectacular conditions greeted riders on Sunday.
- Chris Kovarik in action on his race-winning run.
- Chris Kovarik's home away from home
- Presentation antics
- U19 women. The future looks good for women's downhill.
- Craig Yates works the high line on the second turn.
- Rick Boyer finishes well in fourth place.
- Mitchell Delfs did not have the sort of ride he was looking for.
- Caroline Buchanan steps it up in the Illinbah downhill.
- Claire Buchar takes a completely different line than her competitors.
- For some the conditions were extremely testing.
- James Maltman stays upright in the slippery conditions.
- Riders were greeted by enthusiastic spectators as they left the forest section.
- Tamryn Murrell smashes the lower section of the course.
- The happy couple, Chris Kovarik and Claire Buchar. Both posted wins at Illinbah.
- Current series leader Josh Button with his leader's plate awarded at Illinbah.
Results
Elite men 1 Chris Kovarik (Team Chain Eaction Cycles) 3.46.73 2 Joshua Button (Mongoose, SRAM, Rock Shox) 0.04.84 3 Deon Baker 0.15.50 4 Ricky Boyer (Orange, Pinstripe, Rock Shox) 0.18.64 5 James Maltman (Chumba, Bike Hub) 0.21.24 6 Aaron Bashford (Onja Bike, Civic & Belconnen) 0.21.73 7 Ryan Andrews 0.22.60 8 Shane Wode 0.24.80 9 Darcy Murrell (Super Sports, Tomac Australia) 0.25.89 10 Stuart Maldonald 0.26.49 11 Cody Eichorn (Ogio, Gamut, Scott) 0.28.00 12 Harry Armstrong (Derrico Cycles) 0.29.55 13 Amiel Cavalier (Giant, Spearman Cycles) 0.30.30 14 Lindsay Klein (Santa Cruz, For The Riders.com) 0.30.81 15 Sean Mccarroll (Cove Bikes) 0.31.26 16 Chris Whitelock (Yarra Valley Cycles) 0.31.64 17 Damien Bogatek (Dhdirect) 0.34.13 18 Kaine Cannon (Mcbain Cycles, Monza) 0.34.70 19 Brock Newling (IXS Gravity, FSA, Giant) 0.34.94 20 Jesse Beare 0.35.48 21 Ben Cory 0.35.96 22 Daniel Hallam (Giant, Mikes Bikes Miami) 0.37.92 23 Brodie Sturgess 0.41.39 24 Miles Mead (Kona Bikes) 0.43.57 25 Tim Eaton (Banshee Bikes, Xxiv) 0.43.97 26 Sam Trevor (Ashgrove Cycles) 0.46.65 27 Rhys Atkinson (Gamit, Straitline) 0.47.83 28 Ricky Lee (Iron Horse, Monza Imp) 0.48.23 29 Stuart Keep (SRAM, Maxxis, 4Shaw Agencies) 0.48.32 30 Michael Manning 0.49.95 31 Ben Bell 0.51.92 32 Aiden Walker (Go Left Inc.) 0.52.51 33 Ben Goff 0.53.50 34 Jock Farrington 0.56.98 35 Lucas Kuncewicz 0.58.75 36 Craig Yates (Giant Australia, SRAM) 0.59.48 37 Cameron Allonby (For The Riders.com) 1.02.80 38 Doug Dunn 1.07.19 39 Berend Boer (Edge Cycles) 1.20.38 40 Jared Graves (Yeti, Fox Racing Shox, Oakley) 2.22.30 41 James Bashford (Onya Bike, Civic & Belconnen) 5.24.77 42 Dylan Prohm (Nicolai, Deity, Bos) 43 Matt Holgate (Onya Bike) 44 Liam Paiaro (For The Riders.com) 45 Mitchell Delfs (Kenda, Tomac, Bashie Bros Budge) 46 Todd Folland (Cove, Sombreo, JT Cycles) 47 Chris Coombe 48 Kyle Shipp 49 Michael Illing 50 Michael Haughton 51 Michael Geale 52 Ben Lyons (Sutton Industries) 53 Kent Hamilton (Ogio, GT, Fox) 54 Cameron Shilton (Skin, Ski & Surf) 55 Adam Smithson 56 Aaron Cairns 57 Clint Sellen 58 Chris Barlin 59 Craig Van Haren 60 Rhys Jones (Hostile Riding Systems) 61 Simon Buzacott (JT Cycles) 62 Alex Swann (Kona, Maxxis, Shimano) 63 Richard Levinson (Ashgrove Cycles, Giant Bikes) 64 Thomas Kerney (Got None Pty Ltd) 65 Steven Sloots (For Theriders.com) 66 Jesse Sutton (Go Left Inc.) 67 Matthew Hodges (Spy Optics) 68 Lachlan Mazzer (Bikeology, Sutton Industries) 69 Timothy Mcculloch 70 Tom Richards 71 Ben Ayling (99 Bikes, Maxxis) 72 Jed Simons 73 Uditha De Silva 74 Pat Young (Monza Imports, Ogo) 75 Adam Leonardi (Hayes Brakes, Skin Ski Surf) 76 Seaton Humphreys (Norco) 77 Cillian Kennedy (Mongoose, Gravity) 78 Greg Palmer 79 Andrew Brett (Aldgate Bike Shop) 80 Tom Mallett (Corc, Persist Clothing) 81 Stuart Wood 82 Cameron Tomlinson 83 Dean Davies (Ashgrove Cycles, Neezy Pty Ltd) 84 Stuart Packer (Nerang Health Clinic ) 85 Adam Neideck (Ashgrove Cycles) 86 Gareth Blower 87 Jordan Payn (Dad) 88 Obi Nobel 89 Scott Grundy 90 Will Rischbieth (Giant, Ogio, RXR) 91 Ben Morrison (Rockstar Energy Drink) 92 Geoffrey Grennan 93 Mitchell Mckinlay (Corc, Crank Brother) 94 Rowan Saunders DNF Scott Zecchin DNF Brad Kelly (Specialized, Marzocchi, FSA) DNS Jacob Reeves (Pedal Power Plus) DNS Darrell Edwick (Nerang Mountain Bike Centre) DNS Regan Arthur DNS Johnny Trent (Nerang Mountain Bike Centre) DNS Jarah Breese (Streamline, Santa Cruz) DNS Jarrah Davies DNS Michael Jobson (Blackman Bicycles) DNS Tom Lewis (Winning Edge Cycles) DNS Grant Jones DNS Kye Hore DNS Sam Hocken (Kona Bikes, Mavic, Addidas) Elite Women 1 Claire Buchar (Intense, SRAM, Maxxis) 5.35.63 2 Leigh Douglas (4Shaw Agencies, Treadlies Bike Shop) 0.04.49 3 Caroline Buchanan (Khs Bicycles, Actas) 0.06.19 4 Claire Whiteman (Onyabike, Belconnen, Civic) 0.18.08 5 Sarah Booth (Cryme Cycles, Mace) 0.45.60 6 Cara Smith (Onyabike, Civic & Paton Performance) 0.55.70 7 Emma Lewis (Arrow Racing) 0.59.44 8 Shannon Chugg 9 Jayne Rutter (Byomechanics Cycles And Repairs) 10 Samantha Gambrill 11 Leonie Picton (Mallard Cycles) DNS Lea Harley Under 19 men 1 Tamryn Murrell (Tomac Australia, Super Sports) 4.00.00 2 Shaun O'connor (SRAM,Thor Mx,Santa Cruz) 0.04.61 3 Rhys Willemse (Tomac Australia, Super Sports) 0.08.58 4 Hans Hadley 0.18.64 5 Ben Barrett (Kona, Yarra Valley Cycles) 0.18.72 6 Laurie Dinham (Cycleworx) 0.19.32 7 William Gower 0.20.82 8 Aden Wyber (Berettas Bike Hub Geelong) 0.21.38 9 Marcus Fairbanks (Looking For Sponsors) 0.32.79 10 Antony Moore (Venturecycles, Pinned Racing) 0.34.81 11 Michael Bourne (Kona.Shimano,Mavic,Adidas) 0.39.49 12 Tom Rowe (Aldgate Bike Shop) 0.41.18 13 Selby Press (Cdc Development) 0.41.70 14 Jesse Went (Maladjusted Bicycles) 0.42.01 15 Josh Dickinson (For The Riders.com) 0.49.88 16 Ben Nylen (Banshee Xxiv Imports) 0.54.01 17 Connor Robertson (Hostile Riding System) 0.56.32 18 Keiran Volk 0.57.59 19 Elvis Allamby 0.59.92 20 Ryan Hunt (Banshee Bikes, SRAM, Gamut) 1.00.92 21 Kieran Rooney (Daddy) 1.05.12 22 Lewis Winton (Altitude Mountain Sports, SRAM) 1.06.21 23 Kyran Mccarthy 1.07.35 24 Clint Merrin 1.09.01 25 Matt Currie (Yarra Valley Cycles) 1.10.18 26 Benedict Freudenmann (Pwgloves Bern Sunshine Coast) 1.10.77 27 Anthony Ghobril (Bsc Bikes, Trevwah Bouake) 1.11.43 28 Brett Slater (Cryme Cycles, Kona) 1.35.65 29 Daniel Lavis (Allfab Constructions Pty Ltd) 2.41.12 30 Kim Bishop (Sunshine Bicycle Works Tewantin) 3.45.53 31 Kyle Pleash 32 Josh Johnston (Cdc Building, Cyclingo) 33 Taylor Young 34 Mark Vickers 35 Tom Lynch 36 Charles Brincat 37 Tom Sanderson 38 James Shepherd (Cryme Cycles, Sportz Australasia, Kore) 39 Keiran Sullivan 40 Sam Nikora 41 Nick Jack (Bendigo Cycles) 42 Brycen Trevor 43 Justin Gray 44 Bobby Davies 45 Andrew Oates 46 Nathan Thomasson 47 Tom Mac Anally (In2Cycles) 48 Aaron Oates (Cyclingo Bike Shop) 49 Joe Khan (Beerwah Cycles) 50 Chris Mitchell 51 Ben Mortison 52 Mitch Forbes (South East MTB Co) 53 Jack Middlemass (Revolution Race Gear) 54 Scott Kitto 55 Cory Schweikert DNF Matt Scott (Bikeology) Under 19 Women 1 Emily Hockey 7.08.43 2 Danielle Beecroft 0.48.86 3 Bec Kirss 1.03.56 4 Jaz Rosa 1.13.40 Under 17 Men 1 Connor Fearon (Cove Bikes, JT Cycles Sa) 4.17.73 2 Troy Brosnan (Mongoose, Lotek, SRAM) 4.31.48 3 Ben Power (Brisbane Boutique Bikes) 4.31.97 4 James Green (Downhill Direct, Imperial Products) 4.35.75 5 Phillip Piazza (Mal Adjusted,Charles Purton Imports) 4.43.66 6 Brandon Yrttiaho 4.46.65 7 David Mcmillan 4.58.89 8 Joe Vejvoda 5.09.24 9 Michael Cooper 5.13.16 10 Graeme Mudd (Intense Tyre Systems, Avent) 5.17.45 11 Henry Blake (Mitcham Cycles) 5.19.14 12 Sam Fraser (Bern,Pow,Gravitymtb.Org) 5.21.41 13 Flinders Johnston (Cdc Development, Mum & Dad) 5.32.41 14 Michael Pozzi 5.35.84 15 Joe Dymalla 5.35.91 16 Brock Harrison 5.38.20 17 James Townsend 5.44.26 18 Ben Forbes 5.56.83 19 Max Hughes (Dhdirect, Existing Buildings Group) 6.02.33 20 Jack Findlay-Clark 6.03.68 21 Tom Norton-Laheney (Mitcham Cycles) 6.14.43 22 Jack Freeman 6.25.10 23 Aaron Shillington (Ashgrove Cycles) 6.26.60 24 Rogan Anderson 6.32.68 25 Joshua Ryan 6.45.77 26 Dylan Marriott 6.49.83 27 Nelson Krellis 6.52.72 28 Max Nielsen (Adelaide Hills Cycles) 7.01.37 29 Keiran Dixon (Mum ) 7.19.73 30 Angus Morrison 8.22.39 31 Ben Leslie 8.26.17 32 Nicholas Brereton 8.54.66 33 Nicholas Macnamara 9.07.15 34 William Hickman (Nerang Mountain Bike Centre) 9.32.59 DNF Tom O'connell DNF Stephen Peasey DNF Reece Gardiner DNF Eddie O'connell DNF Jordan Wood DNF Simon Greenhalgh DNS Zac Du Preez DNS Zac Buckley DNS Mathew Dwyer DNS Alexnader Mckinlay DNS Corey Dickfos Under 17 women DNS Christie Batt Under 15 Men 1 Thomas Crimmins (The Sacred Ride, Jindsbyne) 4.48.45 2 Mitchell Kristiansen 5.44.80 3 Robin Bishop (Sunshine Bicycle Works Tewantin) 6.12.93 4 Kyle Pfitzner 6.36.20 5 Max Warshawsky (Beerwah Cycles, Rob McVean Racing) 6.47.26 6 Josef Neubauer 6.51.97 7 Kaine Trevor 7.05.11 8 Luke Ellison (Xcr Hp Squad, Edl) 7.21.54 9 Remy Morton 7.31.14 DNS Jake Bromley DNS Trent Ellison (Xcr Junior Development, Edl) DNS George Hickman (Nerang Mountain Bike Centre) Veteran Men 1 Tim Richmond (Bling Industries, UFO) 4.29.28 2 Jason Blackmore (Morewood) 4.40.25 3 Craig Horsefield 5.09.33 4 Dan Wolfik (Cove, Southshore) 5.24.29 5 Geoff Daymond 5.32.41 6 Drew Hamilton (Morewood) 5.33.66 7 Ian Harwood 5.36.23 8 Andrew Smith (Me) 5.37.88 9 Ryan Scott 5.49.63 10 Lee Treasure (Morewood, UFO) 6.17.30 11 Andrew Noble 6.28.39 12 Stephen Vanderhee 7.41.67 13 Brenton Blight (Red Cat Hair Waterford) 7.48.45 DNS Troy Bromley (Tinned Fruit Race Team) DNS Jason Stalker (Bling Industries, Treadlies Bike Shop) DNS Peter Kelley DNS Justin Green DNS Jason Davies DNS Robert Stone DNS James Spargo DNS Benjamine Kriss DNS Tony Rutter Masters Men 1 Shayne Hadley 5.37.38 2 Geoff Love 5.37.77 3 Graeme Reid (Me, Myself And I) 5.55.18 4 David Badman (Black Ball Syndicate) 5.57.19 5 Mark Keegan (Cycle Logic, Rotec Cycles) 6.01.51 6 Greg Bird 6.05.97 7 Glynn Hicks (Tomac Bikes) 6.09.34 8 Silvo Simoes (Ashgrove Cycles) 6.12.90 9 Darren Eckhold 7.04.40 10 John Stuart 7.27.60 11 Mike Gadd 7.56.17 DNS Todd Rutherford Super Masters Men 1 Martin Griffith (Switch Mode Power Supplies) 7.08.18 Expert Men 1 Steven Gebert (Crime Cycles, Hoodlife) 4.38.72 2 Ryan De La Rue (Bereltas Bike Hub Geelong) 4.38.84 3 Daniel Whiddon 4.59.97 4 John Bradley 5.00.98 5 Rowan Crawford 5.02.60 6 Kane Lowe 5.03.13 7 Llewellyn Cameron 5.06.90 8 Brendan Kovarik (Morafield Road Super Cycles) 5.08.77 9 Louis Pijpers 5.08.10 10 Todd Matthew 5.09.98 11 Peter Karas (Trak Cycles, Norwood, CBR) 5.10.49 12 Bryce Stirling 5.11.47 13 Travis Heaps 5.14.29 14 Joshua Knowles 5.21.20 15 Tony Carson (Tc Bike Barr) 5.24.77 16 Nicholas Bailly (Nicolai, Deity, Bos) 5.25.29 17 James Sami (Pedal Power Plus) 5.28.54 18 Brock Mccrobb 5.34.49 19 Mark Turek 5.39.81 20 Stefan Majewski (Tc Bike Barr) 5.42.33 21 Rhys Ellison (Bikeology) 5.44.86 22 Matt Walker (Drift Bikes Newcastle) 5.53.87 23 Erek Smith (Beerwah Cycles) 5.54.57 24 Isaac Murphy 5.55.32 25 Peter Appleton (Ashgrove Cycles) 6.03.39 26 Dave Marshall 6.04.14 27 Liam Batt 6.06.77 28 Daniel Smith (Berend's Credit Card) 6.15.20 29 Christopher Acomb (Bikeology) 6.20.20 30 Asher Zoomers 6.22.74 31 James Russell 6.25.69 32 William Fraser (Gravity Fx) 6.29.41 33 Ryan Armstrong 6.42.18 34 Chris Henderson (Me) 6.45.34 35 Karl Wilson 6.51.12 36 Adrian Johnston 6.56.98 37 Chris Drabble 7.38.13 38 Josh Mckinstrey 9.19.22 39 Shaun Thomson 11.16.65 40 Sam Butler (Ya Mum) 22.38.99 DNS Randal Huntington DNS Andrew Karas DNS Brett Lancelot DNS Brice Laffin Hardtail Junior 1 Dylan Price (Myself) 5.49.98 2 Jack Mckenna 6.04.91 3 Jake Campbell (Mum And Dad) 6.22.33 4 Linden Rumball 7.09.83 5 Jackson Mclutchen 16.14.57 DNS Shane Doherty Hardtail Senior 1 Dale Heaps 5.06.76 2 Joseph Lester 5.47.31 DNS Zac Mac Anally Sport Men 1 Steven Griffiths 5.08.84 2 Joel Stanford 5.14.70 3 Joel Walker (Chest Puppies Racing) 5.31.84 4 Josh Evans 5.36.64 5 Michael Dopson 5.39.20 6 Martin Flanagan 5.45.96 7 Bradley Newton 5.49.94 8 Ben Martin 5.55.33 9 Kieran Reinboth (Loco Mx, White Man Industries, Dad) 5.56.61 10 Griff Moore 6.03.57 11 Luke Surawski 6.05.99 12 Kurt Parker 6.14.52 13 John Burkett 6.25.19 14 Ben Gyelvay (99 Bikes,Green Team) 6.32.57 15 Arjan Sidhu 6.49.86 16 Angus Loraine 6.51.77 17 Blake Highland 6.59.52 18 Luke Higgins 7.01.85 19 William Mcsweeney 7.02.13 20 Harry Gardner 7.18.60 21 Brendan Moss 7.25.38 22 Dylan Deschamps 7.27.56 23 Jonathan Giles 7.28.51 24 Peter Moffatt-Perusic 7.32.13 25 Jared Smith 7.48.60 26 Justin Mills (Tuckers, Avanti, Rockhampton Qld) 7.52.23 27 Jamie Le Feuvre 7.53.11 28 Nigel Whibley (Banshee Bikes, XXIV Imports) 7.56.73 29 William Hoy 8.15.50 30 Nick Sando 8.19.97 31 Ethan Woolley 8.25.44 32 Cale Anderson (Coolum Cycles, Pow Gloves) 8.55.36 33 Matthew Le Cornu 10.04.62 34 Anthony Licastro 10.58.53 35 Fraser Short 11.43.92 DNS Aaron Atkinson DNS Antony Sipos DNS Nick Knight DNS Charlie Dennis
