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Maxxis Sunshine Series XC Rd 3
June 20, 2004
Series leaders upset
By Sharon Payne
Current leaders lost their foothold on the Sunshine Series in both the expert men and women's events this Sunday at Gap Creek Reserve. Young rising star, Ryan Gittins from Toowoomba passed Series leader, Michael Skroblin of Brisbane in the fourth of five laps. Skroblin had lead on the single track parts of the course but the climbs helped Gittins make his decisive move. "I really thought he was going to catch back up," said Gittins at the finish. It is the first time Gittins has beaten his coach and mentor, Skroblin. "Yes, it feels good. It was a bit of a mental barrier," explained Gittins. Hard training at the beginning of the week followed by two days of rest was ideal preparation for Sunday's race.
Skroblin finished in a disappointing fourth place which will see him loose his lead by 2 points to Gittins now on 210 points. Second place getter Josh Keep from Lismore will improve his position but missed Round 2 on the Gold Coast. Third placed Regan Jefcoate from Brisbane is also third in the Series with 158 points.
In the women's event, Lee Schultz from Brisbane used her home town advantage to win over Erica Oldfield of Ipswich. Schultz and Oldfield rode together until the third of four laps where one of the climbs created a gap. "I'm happy," explained Schultz, "because I was feeling sick the last two days." Sharon Heap from the Gold Coast placed third with Brisbane's Tanya Britton fourth. Oldfield maintains her lead in the Series just 15 points ahead of Schultz.
James Maltman from Brisbane won the U/19 in convincing style and even went on to ride a fifth lap like the Expert men. Maltman's time would have placed him in fourth position in the Expert men category.
World Champion Downhiller, Chris Kovarik rode the cross country event in B Grade and placed third in a credible time of 1:20.12. Kovarik used the event for fitness and preparation for his upcoming season. He finished just 2 minutes behind current Downhill Series leader Tim Mann of Brisbane.
Next event is Downhill Round 2 at Blackstone on 27 June www.nrgcycles.com.au. The next round of Cross Country is on 18 July at Mt Cotton contact Gillian_Duncan@hotmail.com for more information.
Results
Expert Men 1 Ryan Gittins 1.27.08 2 Josh Keep 0.55 3 Regan Jefcoate 2.58 4 Michael Skroblin 5.08 5 Andre Harvey 5.09 6 Stephen Vines 5.53 7 Scott Finlay 8.45 8 Clynton Spencer 10.02 9 Jordan Vogel 10.30 10 Daniel Radford 10.49 11 Dan San Martin 11.44 12 Mark Skroblin 15.16 13 Jack Weitenberg 20.57 DNF Jan Muhlenberg DNF Rob Bowers DNF Andrew Wegener U19 Men 1 James Maltman 1.12.42 2 David Whitney 1.22 3 Sam Trevor 1.24 4 Peter Thompson 5.37 5 Christopher Maycock 15.31 DNF Hayden Lester U17 Men 1 Daniel Hallam 51.12 2 Zac MacAnally 2.28 3 Tim Plunkett 3.19 4 Jared Blackmore 7.41 5 James Irving 8.16 6 Jason Gove 11.02 7 James Apte 12.38 8 Thomas Brouard 14.38 9 Jake Whitehead 18.53 10 Dylan Dobson 25.20 DNF Martin Prekel U15 Men 1 Luke Scudamore 38.46 2 Sean Dalton 0.28 3 Daniel Peach 2.21 4 Blake Stam 3.27 5 Steve Holm 5.09 6 Stuart Drake 6.44 7 Ben Dixon 11.06 8 Dylan Mazzer 13.59 9 Mitchell Dobson 18.52 10 Nathan Campbell 20.28 DNF Ryan Muller U13 Men 1 Ben Gierke 13.52 2 Ryan MacAnally 0.01 3 Aiden Pittendreigh 2.08 4 Cale Argent 3.08 5 Ryan Carrier 3.38 U11 Men 1 Ben Forbes 15.56 2 Jean Luc Des Rivieres 0.08 3 Philippe Des Rivieres 5.04 4 Arman Charan 9.17 B Men 1 Mark Harder 1.18.00 2 Tim Mann 0.26 3 Chris Kovarik 2.12 4 Chris Lander 2.41 5 David Conlon 3.35 6 Paul Adams 4.28 7 Shameen Khan 4.54 8 Stuart Klints 6.14 9 Nick Marentis 6.52 10 Justin Claridge 7.00 11 Howard Singleton 7.34 12 Dan Corbett 8.15 13 John Allen 8.47 14 Phillip Adams 9.22 15 Enda Donnelly 11.30 16 Tim Mumford 11.37 17 Chris Maierhofer 12.51 18 Michael Elliott' Smith 13.46 19 Darren Graham 21.56 20 Darren Perry 31.39 21 Iban Zapata 41.39 DNF Craig Woodhead DNF Stuart Bushell DNF Jay Taylor C Men 1 Shannon Duggan 34.52 2 Mark Passier 0.01 3 Peter Pellican 0.12 4 Tim Richmond 0.42 5 Greg Lander 1.02 6 Jeff Toohey 1.22 7 Eddie Oldfield 1.30 8 Andrew Harder 2.04 9 Nick Boyle 2.08 10 Ryan McCann 2.30 11 Scott White 3.15 12 Jason Gibson 3.48 13 Daniel Cave 3.58 14 Josh Gowty 4.19 15 Mads Mathiasen 4.22 16 Paul Philipp 5.12 17 Brad Day 5.13 18 Justin Fraser 5.15 19 Rodney Gibson 5.17 20 Murray Jensen 13.10 Masters A 1 Robbie Gould 1.13.32 2 Peter O'Higgins 3.38 3 Stephen Perry 4.01 4 Greg Long 4.17 5 Alan Mumford 4.29 6 John Pittendreigh 4.31 7 Gavin Burke 4.56 8 Les Heap 12.50 9 Keith Jarrott 13.39 10 Dean Davis 14.34 11 Eric Lange 20.06 DNF Nathan Berghammer DNF Matthew Christmas DNF Darren Mimica Masters B 1 Evan Broughton 58.17 2 Mark Evans 0.50 3 Rob Paksec 2.40 4 Karl Moffitt 5.16 5 Gary Grieve 6.34 6 Chris Walker 6.58 7 Greg Griffiths 7.18 8 Paul Grubner 7.46 9 Rodger Allwright 10.06 10 Peter Janssen 10.23 Masters C 1 Ivan Wilkin 35.43 2 Roy Whitney 2.39 3 Greg O'connor 2.46 4 Kev Parker 3.19 5 Jayson Headridge 5.12 6 Jody Biggs 5.55 7 Andrew Paton 8.38 8 Warren Biggs 8.51 9 Nick Swanson 9.37 10 Robert Henderson 12.13 11 Mark Codyre 13.20 12 John Russell 14.29 Expert Women 1 Lee Schultz 1.12.10 2 Erica Oldfield 0.58 3 Sharon Heap 3.28 4 Tanya Britton 14.03 5 Kerry Whitney 25.35 U15 Women 1 Ellen Blackmore 22.52 2 Cailin Carrier 0.43 3 Sian Cooper 8.08 U13 Women 1 Lucy Stirling 20.00 U11 Women 1 Taylor Argent 20.09 B Women 1 Melinda Symon 42.48 2 Kylie Van Haren 3.14 3 Gillian Duncan 3.43 DNF Linda Lambert Masters D 1 David Gilbert 55.01 2 Greg Carr 0.13 3 Robert Rhodes 1.20 4 Mac Stirling 1.52 5 Ian Holm 1.54 6 Kevin Jones 1.58 7 Paul Cordina 5.59 8 John Forbes 6.48 9 Jeff Ray 6.59 10 Paul Haggarty 7.10 11 Phillip Scudamore 7.43 12 Warren Prior 8.22 13 Peter Cooper 8.23 14 Keith Bremner 8.49 15 David Pinnell 9.31 16 Grant Ford 9.45 17 John Travers 10.00 18 Rick Whitehead 12.40 19 Darryl Harder 13.59 20 Ken Mullaly 18.43 21 Glen Hannan 28.05 DNF Martin Kerwin
