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NZCT South Island Downhill Cup #3 - NE
Blenheim, New Zealand, February 24, 2009
Leov, Jonnier claim final round wins
The final round of the RaboPlus MTB Cups presented by Nature Valley was held at Strachan Peak in Blenheim today with New Zealander and world ranked number five Justin Leov (Christchurch) taking out the Elite Men's win. In second was last rounds winner Danny Hart (UK), while Sam Blenkinsop (Wanganui) claimed third place.
"My run didn't feel like a normal race run, I felt really unfit but when I got to the bottom my time was pretty good and I ended up winning," Leov said.
In the Elite Women category two time World Downhill Champion Sabrina Jonnier (France) won with local rider Harriet Harper taking second. Harper enjoyed the weekend of racing and was happy to host the large number of downhill racers on her home track while Harriet Ruecknagel (Germany) placed third.
"It's great to see everyone enjoying the track, there aren't many of us who ride in Blenheim so it's awesome to have lots of people to ride with on home ground," Harper said.
Race organiser Sam Reed was pleased with the number of riders and especially thankful the weather cleared up after extremely high rainfall the day before practice.
"The track was just a mud pit so we are lucky the sun came out or it could have been very messy, everyone was stoked with the track in the end," said Reed.
This was the final race in the series of three comprising the South Island Downhill Cup, and the last event of the NZ MTB Cup. Riders will now head to Nelson for the National Mountain Bike Championships from February 26 to March 1 which includes Downhill and Cross Country racing as well as Dual Slalom, Hillclimb, Short Track Cross Country and Fourcross events.
Results
Elite men 1 Justin Leov 3.01 2 Danny Hart 0.02 3 Sam Blenkinsop 4 Nathan Rankin 5 Brook MacDonald 0.04 6 Kieran Bennett 0.05 7 Wyn Masters 0.06 8 Fergus Lamb 0.07 9 Cameron Cole 10 Joe Barnes 0.08 11 Nathon Sharratt 0.10 12 Aari Barrett 13 Matt Scoles 14 James Dodds 0.11 15 Des Curry 16 Tim Mackersy 0.12 17 Reuben Miller 18 Fabien Pedemanaud 0.13 19 Gary Forrest 0.15 20 Michael Langford 0.18 21 Michael Davis 0.20 22 James Rennie 0.21 23 Dan Lynch 0.28 24 Troy Murdoch 0.38 25 Ben Cathro 1.42 26 Scott Bedford 5.44 DNF Hayden Lee DNS Daniel Aitken DNS Edward Masters Elite women 1 Sabrina Jonnier 3.34 2 Harriet Harper 0.11 3 Harriet Ruecknagel 0.14 4 Amy Laird 0.21 5 Gabrielle Molloy 0.23 6 Katrina Strand 0.25 7 Olivia Johnston 0.27 8 Dawn Daley-Coers 0.37 9 Rita Langley 1.02 U19 Men 1 George Brannigan 3.13 2 Jimmy Wilson 3 Rupert Chapman 0.03 4 Richard Leacock 0.04 5 Ethan Helliwell 0.07 6 Leighton Kirk 7 Cam Johnson 0.09 8 James Hoggan 0.12 9 Freddie King 0.13 10 Tom Matthews 11 Josh Miller 0.14 12 Nick McConachie 0.15 13 Bryn Dickerson 14 Dominic Stulen 0.17 15 Tom Beaton 0.18 16 Senn William Steel 17 Daniel Heads 0.19 18 Lawrence Mcbreen-Smith 0.20 19 Marcus Allen 0.22 20 Kieran Thompson 0.23 21 Jamie Dylan Lyall 0.26 22 Alex Grogan 0.29 23 Ben Tyas 0.33 24 Ryan Lewis 0.35 25 Oscar Tatom 0.40 26 Nick Palmer 0.42 27 Matt Burns 0.44 28 Nick Taylor 0.46 29 Oliver Radford 0.52 30 Andrew Plunkett 31 Rhys Dunn 0.56 32 Angus Mckenzie 0.57 33 Campbell Robertson 0.58 34 Mike Wells 1.12 35 Liam Moynihan 2.03 36 Lachlan Cruickshank 6.03 37 Dylan Bennett 10.34 DNS Jamie Hubbard DNS Jamie Eagle DNS Lucas Jackson DNS Olly Le Maitre DNS Jed Rooney DNS Sam Baker DNS Vaughan Woolhouse DNS Max Carter-Smith DNS Michael McKee U17 Men 1 Daniel Franks 3.19 2 Troy Stewart 0.02 3 Reuben Olorenshaw 0.03 4 Nick Bygate 0.11 5 Simon Barratt 6 Brandon Ransfield 0.12 7 Mat Prior 0.13 8 Jake Robinson 0.15 9 Louis Hamilton 0.16 10 Jay Barrett 0.17 11 Jackson Carter-Smith 12 Warrick Trompetter 0.28 13 Harry Ness 0.36 14 Mitchell Scammell 0.40 15 Taylor Hamilton 0.41 16 Joseph Tane 0.42 17 Dan McCombie 18 Tom Rose 0.46 19 Cory Prutton 20 Jamie Chapman 0.56 21 Hamish Wales 1.04 22 Jack Rouse 1.06 23 Rasmus Tonder 1.09 DNF Richard Wilson DNS Brendan Falvey DNS Oliver Thomson DNS Harvey Whelan DNS Cody Rees DNS Hunter Jenkinson Senior Men 1 David Balderstone 3.21 2 Joseph Nation 0.01 3 Oliver Knight 0.02 4 David du Plessis 0.04 5 Antony Jackson 6 Kurt Lancaster 0.05 7 Jeff Hunter 8 Thomas Winwood 0.07 9 James McConachie 10 Braedan Trompetter 0.09 11 Antony Snodgrass 0.10 12 Jarrod Bang 0.14 13 Orion Daley-Coers 0.16 14 Malcolm Cleland 15 Samuel Perry 0.18 16 David Sibley 0.19 17 Luke de Jager 0.20 18 Kevin Warner 0.22 19 Steven Pattle 0.23 20 Adrian Loo 0.37 21 John Pitchers 0.41 DNF Christopher Vanderkolk DNS Mikey McCallum DNS Matthew Stulen DNS Michael Scott DNS Jonathan Skinner DNS James Fagan DNS Jimmy Pollard Master 1 men 1 Derek Winwood 3.33 2 Nick Sutcliffe 0.03 3 Ryan O'Connell 0.07 4 Cameron Bisset 0.08 5 Grant Broderick 0.09 6 Dave English 0.21 7 Kevin English 0.22 8 Andrew Bayley 0.38 MASTER 2 MEN 1 Dave Hamilton 3.48 2 Martin Langley 0.50 3 Dave Rose 0.53 4 Vince Langford 1.23 DNS Michael Stylianou Hardtail men 1 Cameron Kay 3.43 2 Leo Calcasola 0.08 3 Tim Adams 0.11 4 Caelab Drummond 1.27 5 Jim Lott 1.33 DNS Tim Warner Open women 1 Madeline Taylor 4.27 2 Veronique Sandler 0.09 3 Sophie Tyas 0.10 4 Amanda Pearce 0.13 5 Sarah Atkin 0.18 U15 Boys 1 Tom Burns 3.42 2 Lawrence Cawte 0.03 3 Harry Chapman 0.04 4 Jacques Vosloo 0.06 5 Leo Sandler 0.10 6 Andy Wilson 0.22 7 Morgan Taylor 0.26 8 Michael Franks 0.29 9 Connor Hamilton 0.32 10 Josh McCombie 0.48 DNS Rylee Flavell DNS Sam Eagle DNS Bradley Dent DNS Nick Elliott
