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Australian National MTB Championships - CN
Canberra, Australia, January 23-26, 2009
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Race 15 - January 26: Downhill: Group A
World Championships gets Hannah back while French women's champion win over Australians
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Cairns mountain biker, Mick Hannah, surprised onlookers when he won the national championship in Canberra yesterday in his first race back after a one year lay off. The professional downhiller found the chance to ride on the World Championships course at Stromlo Forest Park later this year too alluring.
Hannah resumed training just one month ago with the aim to prepare for the 2009 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials Championships in September.
"I've been training for about a month. The main idea for coming down here was to get an idea of the track for the World Championships," Hannah said. He claimed the fastest time in qualifying the previous day, but his final run his slower time of 2:45.24 was still enough to take the title.
"It was a lot windier today particularly the last straight. My legs were dying and it just shows all the training I need to get going. It's only a month so that's all you can expect I suppose," he said.
Before resuming training, the 25-year-old was 100kg and has since knocked off 15kg however the time off has had a positive effect. "Physically I am exhausted, but mentally I am sharper than I have been. My goal for the year is the World Championships here," Hannah said.
Second was fellow professional, Jared Graves of Toowoomba, just three and a half seconds behind Hannah. "Three tenths of second, that always kinds of hurts a bit," Graves said. "I guess everyone wants to win this race."
Canberra's Ben Corey and Amiel Cavalier from Wollongong claimed equal second with the identical time of 2:53.82.
The elite women's race was an international affair with French downhiller Emmeline Ragout claiming the fastest women's time of the day. The world championship bronze medallist, however, was ineligible to lay claim on the national title. Ragout rode outside of her qualifying time by five seconds but stamped the win with a respectable 3:15.59.
Second was Indy Boer from Canberra. The Hungarian citizen was also ineligible for the title which was claimed by Canberra's Claire Whiteman.
Whiteman was thrilled after winning a national title that had eluded her for many years. The 30-year-old had won three consecutive national series so a national jersey was welcomed. "There's a lot of places you can come unstuck. I just wanted to make it down with a clean run," she said.
Whiteman will attempt a World Championship ride in her homeown later this year. She will have to head overseas to qualify.
Canadian rider Leigh Douglas from Tasmania placed fourth and the silver medal went to Canberra's Clara Smith and bronze to Sarah Douglas from Adelaide.
The course claimed some scalps with two time world champion, Sam Hill placing tenth and British rider, Brendan Fairclough in 24th.
Under 19 top honors went to Rhys Willemse (men's race) and Holly Baarspul (women's race).
Photography
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Images by Evan Jeffery / www.evanjeffery.com.au
- Rhys Willemese on track for a national title.
- Jared Graves boosts it through the rock garden.
- Bryn Atkinson drifts it into one of the berms.
- Rick Boyer has been a consistent performer all season.
- Claire Whiteman is a consistent performer on home soil.
- Emmeline Ragot is just too strong for her competitors.
- Josh Button will have to work hard to retain his top rank.
- Jared Graves looks the goods for a double in Canberra.
- Cody Eichhorn moves well in practice for the downhill.
- Darcy Murrell boosts the rock drop.
- Riders love the hip jump.
- Kaine Cannan launches off a rock at the top of the course.
- Ben Bell bombs down the rock garden.
- Emmeline Ragot looks a picture of control.
- Jared Graves concentrates in downhill practice.
- Shaun O'Connor experiments with lines in practice.
- Claire Whiteman takes a conservative line in the downhill practice.
- Andrew Blaire tests a new home-made cool suit for recovery.
Results
Seeding Finals Seeding Elite men 1 Mick Hannah (Mongoose, Bell) 2.45.24 2 Jared Graves (Yeti Cycles Fox Racing) 0.03.60 3 Sam Hill 0.03.67 4 Bryn Atkinson 0.06.11 5 Amiel Cavalier (Giant Bicycles Australia) 0.06.47 6 Will Rischbieth (Giant Bicycles, Ogio, Bos) 0.07.10 7 Ben Cory (Commencal, Rock Star Energy) 0.07.67 8 Jared Rando (Team Giant) 0.08.33 9 Joshua Button (Mongoose Bikes-SRAM) 0.11.38 10 Adrian Dawson 0.12.15 11 Rick Boyer 0.12.66 12 Kaine Cannan (4 Shaw Agenciesmcbain) 0.12.93 13 Brendan Fairclough 0.13.21 14 Brock Newling (FSA, Gravity, Ixs) 0.13.53 15 Mitchell Delfs (Kenda Morewood, Globe) 0.13.92 16 Brad Kelly (Specialized, FSA, Gravity) 0.13.95 17 Rhys Atkinson 0.14.58 18 Darcy Murrell (Tomac Racing) 0.14.69 19 James Maltman (Chumba, Hyperdome) 0.15.40 20 Deon Baker 0.15.62 21 Hayden Lester (Ashgrove Cycles) 0.15.98 22 Ricky Lee (Intense Cycles Monza Imports) 0.16.54 23 Harry Armstrong 0.17.32 24 Liam Paiaro (Fortheriders.Com, Santacruz) 0.17.33 25 Thomas Rose 0.17.64 26 Ryan Andrews 0.17.73 27 Christian Tucker (Onyabike Civic) 0.18.40 28 Matthew Vincent 0.18.47 29 Tom Patton (Fox Clothing, Giant Australia) 0.18.70 30 Adam Smithson (GT Bikes / Fox) 0.18.91 31 Jesse Beare 0.19.25 32 Grant Jones 0.20.17 33 Alex Swann (Kona, Yvc, Shimano) 0.20.30 34 Ben Bell (Big Gay Bob's Special Tours) 0.20.57 35 Berend Boer (Edge Cycles) 0.21.00 36 Chris Coombe (CTRS) 0.21.27 37 Jarah Breese (Santa Cruz, Scottusa) 0.21.63 38 Matt Holgate 0.22.11 39 Jason Capenecas 0.22.17 40 Doug Dunn 0.22.29 41 Nich Shields (Krank Bikes) 0.23.02 42 Ben Goff (Black Ball Syndicate) 0.23.51 43 Kent Hamilton 0.24.05 44 Michael Jobson (Blackman Bicycles) 0.24.28 45 Jacob Reeves (Pedal Power Plus) 0.26.55 46 Andrew Laird (Big Gay Bob's Special Tours) 0.27.87 47 Daniel Paine 0.28.35 48 Lachlan Skinner 0.28.61 49 Michael Manning 0.29.12 50 Murray Dickson 0.30.28 51 Cody Eichhorn (Ogio Gamut Spearman Cycles) 0.30.62 52 Ben Lyons (Theboon.Com) 0.32.14 53 Cameron Shilton (Defence-Army, Skin Ski & Surf) 0.32.40 54 Lachlan Mazzer (Bikeology) 0.34.34 55 Michael Houghton 0.36.69 56 Thomas Kerney 0.38.65 57 Rowan Saunders 0.38.89 58 Lucas Kuncewicz (DH Direct) 0.41.22 59 Matt Swan N (Kona, YVC, Shimano) 0.42.37 60 Chris Barlin 0.42.56 61 Benjamin Fairbanks 0.44.87 62 Liam Wooltorton 0.45.26 63 Robert Armstrong 0.46.40 64 Tyson Jones 0.50.35 65 Aaron Bashford 0.51.86 66 Dave Hetherington (XXIV Factory Racing) 0.57.23 67 Ben Morrison 1.32.74 68 Miikael Kinnunen (Hi-Way Cycles) 1.42.51 69 Shannon Rademaker (All Terrain Cycles) 2.54.90 70 Dylan Prohm (Nicolai Bikes Rouler Imports) 2.56.12 71 Mitchell McKinlay (Corc, Crank Bros, ECI) 4.59.08 72 Isaac Heppell (All Terrain Cycles) 7.15.53 Elite women 1 Emmeline Ragot (Suspension Center) 3.10.25 2 Julia Boer (Onya Bike Tuggeragong) 0.15.17 3 Claire Whiteman (Onya Bike Belconnen And Civic) 0.21.38 4 Leigh Douglas (4Shaw Agencies) 0.24.28 5 Cara Smith (Onyabike Civic and Belconnen) 0.26.00 6 Joanne Fox (Cell Bikes) 0.43.56 7 Sarah Booth (C.R.I.M.E. Cycles) 0.44.42 8 Emma Lewis 0.47.68 9 Shannon Chugg 1.10.33 Under 19 men 1 Shaun Oconnor 2.51.59 2 Rhys Willemse (Supersports, Tomac Bikes) 0.02.97 3 Antony Moore (Venture Cycles, Pinned Racing) 0.08.07 4 William Gower (Altitude Monza Team) 0.08.57 5 Jesse Went (Maladjusted) 0.10.01 6 Michael Bourne (Kona) 0.15.00 7 Ben Barrett (Kona Maxxis Shimano) 0.16.98 8 Marcus Fairbanks 0.17.26 9 Phillip Bellingham (Kona) 0.17.95 10 Keiran Volk (E.W.R.T.) 0.19.99 11 Kim Bishop (Sunshine Bicycle Works) 0.20.10 12 Blake Nielsen 0.20.72 13 Ryan Hunt (Banshee Bikes) 0.20.86 14 Aaron Oates (Cyclingo Bike Shop) 0.21.00 15 Lewis Winton 0.21.14 16 Anthony Ghobril 0.21.39 17 Tom Rowe (Aldgate Bike Shop) 0.21.84 18 Kirby Watts 0.21.93 19 Tamryn Murrell (Tomac Racing) 0.22.23 20 Max Lobigs 0.22.73 21 Josh Johnston (Cyclingo) 0.23.20 22 Mark Conliffe (Kuringia Cycles, Horsnby) 0.23.79 23 Brett Slater 0.23.80 24 Daniel Lavis (Ironhorse Bikes Australia) 0.24.11 25 James Shepherd 0.24.37 26 Jack Middlemass 0.26.89 27 Selby Press (Cyclingo CDC Development) 0.29.07 28 Bobby Davies 0.29.52 29 Ben Nylen 0.31.64 30 Oli Le Lievre 0.31.73 31 Samuel Dolling 0.32.53 32 Oscar Lapstun 0.33.07 33 Lochlan Saunders 0.33.24 34 Taylor Young 0.35.89 35 Hans Hadley (Carine Cycles) 0.36.01 36 Aden Wyber (Berettas Bike Hub Geelong) 0.39.85 37 Elvis Allamby 0.41.32 38 Benjamin Treble (Mum And Dad) 0.42.68 39 Cameron Swain 0.46.09 40 Andrew Whealey 0.47.21 41 Sean Fitzpatrick 0.49.14 42 Zac Green (Mum Dad Racing) 0.55.01 43 Justin Messenger (Mum And Dad Racing) 0.56.75 44 Peter Larsen 1.04.16 Under 19 women 1 Holly Baarspul (Neve Contracting) 3.48.29 2 Natasha Bonny 1.09.40 Finals Elite men 1 Mick Hannah (Mongoose, Bell, Giro Eyewear) 2.48.62 2 Jared Graves (Yeti Cycles Fox Racing Shox) 0.00.29 3 Ben Cory (Commencal, Rock Star Energy) 0.05.20 3 Amiel Cavalier (Giant Bicycles Australia) 5 Rick Boyer 0.06.82 6 Bryn Atkinson 0.07.15 7 Kaine Cannan (4 Shaw Agencies) 0.07.32 8 Will Rischbieth (Giant Bicycles, Ogio) 0.07.53 9 Joshua Button (Mongoose Bikes-SRAM/Rockshox) 0.08.48 10 Sam Hill 0.09.11 11 Brad Kelly (Specialized,FSA,Gravity) 0.10.64 12 Darcy Murrell (Tomac Racingsupersports) 0.10.90 13 Rhys Atkinson 0.11.69 14 James Maltman (Chumba, Hyperdome Bikehub) 0.11.87 15 Ben Bell (Big Gay Bob's Special Tours) 0.12.58 16 Mitchell Delfs (Kenda Morewood, Globe) 0.12.77 17 Tom Patton (Fox Clothing, Giant Australia) 0.13.62 18 Dylan Prohm (Nicolai Bikes Rouler Imports) 0.14.16 19 Cody Eichhorn (Ogio Gamut Spearman Cycles) 0.14.19 20 Deon Baker 0.14.78 21 Adrian Dawson 0.14.80 22 Hayden Lester (Ashgrove Cycles) 0.15.35 23 Aaron Bashford 0.15.64 24 Brendan Fairclough 0.15.88 25 Brock Newling (FSA, Gravity, IXS) 0.15.89 26 Dave Hetherington (XXIV Factory Racing) 0.16.01 27 Grant Jones 0.16.57 28 Alex Swann (Kona, YVC, Shimano) 0.16.60 29 Harry Armstrong 0.17.06 30 Thomas Rose 0.17.10 31 Jarah Breese (Santa Cruz, Scottusa) 0.17.80 32 Adam Smithson (GT Bikes / Fox) 0.18.10 33 Liam Paiaro (Fortheriders.Com, Santacruz) 0.18.71 34 Jared Rando (Team Giant) 0.19.56 35 Miikael Kinnunen (Hi-Way Cycles) 0.20.27 36 Lucas Kuncewicz (DH Direct) 0.20.83 37 Chris Coombe (Ctrs) 0.21.09 38 Christian Tucker (Onyabike Civic) 0.21.18 39 Matt Holgate 0.21.69 40 Ryan Andrews 0.21.80 41 Kent Hamilton 0.21.81 42 Daniel Paine 0.24.50 43 Ricky Lee (Intense Cycles) 0.24.64 44 Isaac Heppell (All Terrain Cycles) 0.24.96 45 Ben Goff (Black Ball Syndicate) 0.25.15 46 Shannon Rademaker (All Terrain Cycles Mansfield) 0.25.20 47 Robert Armstrong 0.25.56 48 Andrew Laird (Big Gay Bobs Special Tours) 0.26.49 49 Jason Capenecas 0.26.70 50 Jacob Reeves (Pedal Power Plus) 0.28.97 51 Michael Manning 0.29.48 52 Murray Dickson 0.29.54 53 Chris Barlin 0.29.93 54 Ben Lyons (Theboon.Com) 0.31.73 55 Rowan Saunders 0.32.18 56 Lachlan Skinner 0.32.91 57 Tyson Jones 0.36.78 58 Berend Boer (Edge Cycles) 0.38.06 59 Cameron Shilton (Defence-Army, Skin Ski & Surf) 0.41.27 60 Michael Houghton 1.02.07 61 Liam Wooltorton 1.08.55 62 Lachlan Mazzer (Bikeology) 1.12.30 63 Matthew Vincent 1.24.66 64 Nich Shields (Krank Bikes) 1.48.05 65 Mitchell McKinlay (Corc, Crank Bros,) 2.10.78 66 Ben Morrison 5.16.96 DNS Jesse Beare DNF Doug Dunn DNS Michael Jobson (Blackman Bicycles.) DNF Thomas Kerney DNS Matt Swan N (Kona, YVC, Shimano, Maxxis) DNS Benjamin Fairbanks DNF Clint Sellen (ADF - Army) DNS Lindsay Klein (Santa Cruz, Fortheriders.Com) Elite women 1 Emmeline Ragot (Suspension Center) 3.15.59 2 Julia Boer (Onya Bike Tuggeragong) 0.12.30 3 Claire Whiteman (Onya Bike Belconnen And Civic) 0.13.94 4 Leigh Douglas (4Shaw Agencies) 0.16.71 5 Cara Smith (Onyabike Civic) 0.19.28 6 Sarah Booth (C.R.I.M.E. Cycles Mace Raaf) 0.35.10 7 Sarsha Huntington (Norco For The Riders) 0.36.27 8 Joanne Fox (Cell Bikes.Jet Black Products) 0.39.04 9 Shannon Chugg 0.50.33 10 Emma Lewis 2.57.58 Under 19 men 1 Rhys Willemse (Supersports, Tomac Bikes) 2.55.15 2 William Gower (Altitude Monza Team) 0.03.29 3 Tamryn Murrell (Tomac Racingsupersports) 0.04.62 4 Hans Hadley (Carine Cycles) 0.10.97 5 Shaun Oconnor 0.11.21 6 Antony Moore (Venture Cycles, Pinned Racing) 0.11.22 7 Aden Wyber (Berettas Bike Hub Geelong) 0.11.74 8 Ben Nylen 0.12.17 9 Ben Barrett (Kona Maxxis Shimano) 0.12.70 10 James Shepherd 0.13.02 11 Phillip Bellingham (Kona) 0.14.39 12 Michael Bourne (Kona) 0.14.61 13 Blake Nielsen 0.16.04 14 Daniel Lavis (Ironhorse Bikes Australia) 0.16.41 15 Jesse Went (Maladjusted) 0.16.98 16 Aaron Oates (Cyclingo Bike Shop) 0.17.27 17 Tom Rowe (Aldgate Bike Shop) 0.18.34 18 Kirby Watts 0.18.69 19 Taylor Young 0.18.82 20 Ryan Hunt (Banshee Bikes, Gamut) 0.19.03 21 Keiran Volk (E.W.R.T.) 0.19.43 22 Mark Conliffe (Kuringia Cycles, Horsnby) 0.19.68 23 Max Lobigs 0.19.97 24 Lewis Winton 0.21.14 25 Oscar Lapstun 0.21.64 26 Jack Middlemass 0.22.49 27 Kim Bishop (Sunshine Bicycle Works) 0.23.48 28 Brett Slater 0.24.58 29 Josh Johnston (Cyclingo) 0.24.59 30 Marcus Fairbanks 0.24.82 31 Lochlan Saunders 0.27.05 32 Oli Le Lievre 0.27.70 33 Bobby Davies 0.30.75 34 Samuel Dolling 0.32.12 35 Elvis Allamby 0.32.13 36 Anthony Ghobril 0.37.70 37 Benjamin Treble (Mum And Dad) 0.38.35 38 Andrew Whealey 0.43.22 39 Sean Fitzpatrick 0.44.71 40 Peter Larsen 0.47.08 41 Selby Press (Cyclingo CDC Development) 10.47.47 DNS Cameron Swain DNS Zac Green (Mum Dad Racing) DNS Justin Messenger (Mum And Dad Racing) Under 19 women 1 Holly Baarspul (Neve Contracting Three Chillies) 3.47.19 2 Natasha Bonny 1.00.49
