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Coromandel's Matarangi Intrigue
May 23, 2004
Local knowledge wins NZ's newest MTB race
Local knowledge won the day for Whitianga's Clinton Jackson when he took out Coromandel's Matarangi Intrigue mountain bike race.
Established in 2003, this 65km tour of the Coromandel high country is fast becoming a favourite with mountain bikers looking to put some adventure back in their riding. With a course that changes every year and terrain as savage as it is scenic the emphasis in this race is as much on personal challenge as performance.
After 2003's inaugural race women's winner Sadie Parker-Wynyard called it mountain biking how it used to be. Apparently she liked it too because the former New Zealand champion was back in 2004 for the second edition of the Matarangi Intrigue.
Parker dominated the women's race in 2004. Finishing in 20th place overall the defending champion led from start to finish, opening up a 3min lead in the first 15km and eventually won 13min ahead of Levin's Karina Wilkinson in 4hrs 52min 50secs.
But despite Parker's impressive ride the drama in the women's race came from the race for minor medals, with Wilkinson holding out Auckland's fast-finishing Christina Renhart by just 23secs.
The men's race saw even more drama when the lead change no less than four times in less than four hours. A collection of the country's top riders lined up for the 65km event, with Auckland international rider Nick Hotchin opened up a slender lead over the first 15km.
Behind Hotchin came Kiwi number four Mark Leishman, defending Matarangi champion Michael May, Hamilton's Miles Watson, Rotorua teenager Clinton Avery, local Whitianga rider Clinton Jackson and New Zealander number 10 Rod Hill. But shortly thereafter Hotchin was forced to withdraw with a broken derailleur while Leishman and defending champion Michael May made a play for the lead as the race neared halfway.
The big mover through these middle stages, however, was Whitianga rider Clinton Jackson. Jackson is the world single speed mountain biking champion, but at the Matarangi Introgue he used a fully geared bike and enviable local knowledge to move through the field. Moving from sixth place early on, by 50km he had moved past Leishman to join Michael May at the front of the race. Then on the final 15km the local rider moved away for good, eventually crossing the Coromandel town finish line in 3hrs 39min 57secs. Behind him a fast finishing Mark Leishman overhauled Michael May to nab second place in 3hrs 41min 41secs. Not far behind them the talented Rotorua 16-year-old Clinton Avery followed Stuart Lynch across the line for fifth place overall.
More than 300 riders turned out for the now annual mountain bike adventure. This year's course took in more than 1600m of climbing in the 65km, making it one of the toughest mountain bike races in the country. The Matarangi Intrigue is the latest endurance offering from local event organisers, Adventure racing Coromandel. All ARC events benefit the Spirit of Coromandel Trust set up to expose youth into the outdoors. Their next event is November's 200km K2 Classic, New Zealand's toughest road cycle event.
For further details contact: Keith Stephenson 07-866-8613 / 021-671-172. Andy Reid 07-866-8678 / 0274-921-348. Email: assay@xtra.co.nz. Website: www.sportzhub.com/arc.
Results
45km event 1 Joel Wilton 3.19.37 2 G Johnstone 0.32 3 Lance Mansell 2.35 4 Gareth Beaumont 8.50 5 Martin Freeman 8.54 6 Terence Stuckil 9.59 7 Tobias Krehl 14.06 8 Bevin Harris 17.37 9 Pete Clark 17.59 10 Aaron Harris 21.33 11 Tryral Roach 22.21 12 Ronald Gee 22.23 13 Paul Richardson 23.15 14 Tony Stanford 23.37 15 Dan Gibb 24.29 16 Robert Schrey 25.04 17 Martin Watt 26.07 18 Brett Andrews 27.42 19 Peter Stoneham 28.21 20 Colin Leonard 29.07 21 Ben Cruickshank 30.53 22 Don McConchie 32.40 23 Phil Rodgers 33.33 24 Richard Dodds 36.05 25 Callum Wilson 37.58 26 Kieran McLoughlin 40.40 27 Roger Elliott 42.32 28 James E Bullen 46.24 29 Tom Rishworth 46.29 30 Vaughan Roberts 47.53 31 Brent Laing 49.12 32 Bill Young 49.32 33 Harm Zuidmeer 50.55 34 Craig Struthers 51.29 35 Mike Henton 51.34 36 Jon O'Neill 51.43 37 Dion Sheppard 54.38 38 Wayne Gatenby 55.35 39 Herwin Bongers 57.39 40 Jason Win 59.23 41 Richard Brown 1.00.03 42 Garry McCowatt 1.02.18 43 Steve Duffield 1.02.20 44 Alan Mitchell 1.04.44 45 Terry Newlands 1.05.03 46 Sam Newlands 47 Richard Luxton 1.05.12 48 Craig Briggs 1.06.58 49 Leah Kitto 1.10.21 50 Jonathon Hawksworth 1.10.22 51 Emily O'Leary 1.15.13 52 Mairi Stewart 1.15.30 53 Matt Abbott 1.16.47 54 Greg Rawson 1.16.48 55 Scott Radley 1.16.56 56 Hannah Thorne 1.17.37 57 Jeremy Wooler 1.18.29 58 Louise Irwin 1.22.15 59 Russell Beeton 1.22.44 60 Pip Robertson 1.23.21 61 Jo Lucas 1.25.07 62 Neil Murrell 1.25.15 63 Derek Pinkerton 1.26.30 64 Grant Blackie 1.27.37 65 Tony Fenton 1.27.39 66 Campbell Stent 1.27.59 67 Justin Knight 1.31.49 68 Chris Glackin 1.31.52 69 Scott Lord 1.32.36 70 Stuart West 1.33.50 71 Matthew Streeter 1.34.37 72 Garth Lawrence 1.35.39 73 Jeremy Singleton 1.39.38 74 Roy Horn 1.40.12 75 Tracey Davies 1.42.08 76 Tony Johnston 1.43.19 77 Ruben Harries 1.43.21 78 Dan McClary 1.43.53 79 Nienke Oostra 1.44.41 80 Rob Hood 1.46.52 81 Rob Dowd 1.47.44 82 Tom Clarkson 1.48.03 83 Steve Allan 1.51.45 84 Christophe Barkalaya 1.52.37 85 Gene Lovelock 1.53.03 86 John Valentine 1.53.14 87 Fiona Miller 1.56.54 88 Ivan Gregg 1.58.58 89 David Cumberlidge 2.00.08 90 Paula Watt 2.00.21 91 Clive Mackenzie 2.04.14 92 Chris Walker 93 Martin Ralph 94 Tracey Straka 2.08.03 95 Matthew Goode 2.12.24 96 Michael Stowers 2.12.30 97 Lance Hewlett 2.15.40 98 Greg Spargo 2.15.41 99 Sean Brockley 2.15.42 100 Phillip Plunkett 2.15.45 101 Grant sinclair 2.15.47 102 Scott Resig 2.21.18 103 John Williams 2.21.53 104 Garry Knapp 2.25.43 105 Scott Collins 2.28.16 106 Penny Comins 2.46.21 107 Barbarella McCarthy 108 Janet Brown 2.46.56 109 Thomas Kelly 2.47.08 110 Dairian Bree 2.55.10 111 Ross Havenaar 2.58.09 112 Isobel Cowen 3.01.59 65km event 1 Clinton Jackson 3.39.57 2 Mark Leishman 1.54 3 Michael May 11.06 4 Stuart Lynch 15.03 5 Clinton Avery 22.30 6 Phil Dickinson 22.53 7 Rod Hill 30.59 8 Miles Watson 36.07 9 Mathew Gorter 43.39 10 Phil Wood 43.40 11 Craig Stevens 44.58 12 Mark Lawson 1.03.06 13 Mike Dowsing 1.03.32 14 Dean Mackay 1.06.08 15 Blake Powell 1.06.10 16 Mike Wood 1.08.01 17 Jeff Stevens 1.08.13 18 Joe McQuillan 1.08.33 19 Mark Struthers 1.08.40 20 Sadie Parker- Wynyard 1.12.53 21 Duncan Syles 1.14.11 22 Peter Caudwell 1.15.13 23 Neil Wood 1.18.14 24 Lach Grey 1.18.39 25 Nathan Livingstone 1.22.52 26 Peter Joynt 1.23.34 27 Benny Deville 1.23.58 28 John Eshuis 1.23.59 29 Don Lawrence 1.24.28 30 Karina Wilkinson 1.25.55 31 Christina Renhart 1.26.18 32 Warwick Smith 1.28.43 33 Andy Warner 1.33.03 34 Leon Clark 1.33.20 35 Jon Davison 1.34.19 36 Arlo Guthrie 37 Henry Beex 1.35.10 38 Hamish Blampied 1.37.30 39 Philip Billings 1.39.41 40 Jamie Lloyd 1.44.33 41 Mike Barrett 1.47.53 42 Mike Henderson 1.53.05 43 Geoff Faithfull 1.53.13 44 Paul Evans 1.53.34 45 Sean Steffert 1.53.42 46 Chris Valter 1.55.39 47 George Van Boven 1.55.41 48 Tony Wilson 1.59.28 49 Glen Carabine, Andrew Haggerty 1.59.33 50 Frank Schlaffmann 2.00.12 51 Brett Healey 2.01.24 52 Max Gawler 2.01.50 53 Claude Dabaliz 2.02.50 54 Mark Laing 2.04.13 55 Dennis and Jan Litt 2.08.17 56 Dan Wood 2.11.45 57 James Hamill 2.13.11 58 Michael Hoogeveen 2.14.39 59 John Williamson 2.16.25 60 Sean McLroy 2.23.44 61 David Stagg 62 Mark Rycroft 2.27.43 63 Paul Whitfiled 2.32.50 64 Bruce Galloway 2.33.44 65 Andrew Ellmers 2.34.40 66 Andy Gray 2.35.07 67 Keith Mitchell 2.36.44 68 Malcolm Boseley 2.39.16 69 Natalie Whyte 2.40.22 70 Nick Kensington 2.41.15 71 David Allaway 72 Oswald Von Beerendonk 2.41.30 73 Maryann Avery 2.42.18 74 Evan Whetton 2.42.32 75 Robyn McNaught 2.42.35 76 Ian Scott 2.42.43 77 Glen Fyfe 2.44.03 78 William King 2.44.08 79 Gab Daniels 2.46.38 80 James Fitzgerald 2.46.43 81 Ciaran Murphy 2.46.48 82 Phil Robinson 2.48.09 83 Ken Vette 2.48.51 84 Clive Walmsley 2.50.33 85 Carl Larsen 2.55.10 86 Glenn Beattie 2.55.32 87 Ross Hazelwood 2.58.02 88 Brad Peterson 2.58.49 89 Avent Green 3.03.09 90 Paul Crockett 91 Jo Clark 3.04.23 92 Paul Becker 3.10.42 93 Adrian Trenholme 3.11.58 94 Paul Vandermeer 3.14.12 95 Alastair Fear 3.14.50 96 Scott Noyes 3.19.03 97 Ian Gatehouse 3.19.09 98 Ewan Henderson 3.19.14 99 Bill Tremayne 3.19.23 100 Katrina Buxton 3.25.15 101 Jason Harvey 3.41.54 102 John Boon
