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Fat Tyre Flyers winter series
Kirth Kiln, September 11, 2004
Playing in the mud at the FTF series finale
By Rohin Adams, FTF President
Sub standard mtb racing conditions at Kirth Kiln had all the FTF crew wondering why anybody would turn up to race let alone 95 hardened riders that did. Maybe it was the last chance to grab series points in the FTF 2004 winter series that dragged them all out there, but I can tell you one thing, had I not been the president I would have been at home in bed!!
So with 95 riders on line facing an unknown 30km, 35km or 50km ride (not that we knew those distances before the race) the race that unfolded was truly amazing. Things started well albeit wet with the Elite, Expert, Sport A and Veteran riders attacking the short loop with fury. Considering the tracks were at times rivers and the puddles were up to half a wheel deep the pace was not let up. A FTF miss communication saw the top 15 riders do a bit of an extra climb but once back on track the leaders got back to business and finished the short loop strongly and pushed on to ride hard for the 35km long loop. Little did they know that at the top of the next climb which was some what of a long one awaited some a scene not often seen in racing. Murray Spink the eventual Elite winner said "its not often that you see white stuff everywhere when your racing, it took a bit to register it was snow" 2nd place but some minutes behind was Chris Winn with James Maebus placing 3rd. The Expert class saw Matt Ligtermoet gain his first win and stop Joel read from straight sweeping the series.
In the 2nd race start Masters, Super Masters, Sport B, Under 17 men and expert Women were the first to discover the snow as they did 1 lap of the 35km long course. Over 1hr 40 it came down to just 6second in the Masters as Rob Amos nudged out Craig Peacock who is in his final preparations for the Simpson Desert Challenge. Tory Thomas won the Expert women over Jenny King who had a case of hypothermia just minutes after crossing the line.
In the 3rd and final race start which had Sport Women, Under 15 and Fun Mixed, Simon Joiner was impressive in his first race winning the start and the fun class. Behind him Kylie Ellem was using the fire roads to her advantage to win here class and beat Roz Bradley for the first time in the series securing herself a 2nd for the effort. Luke Knox was impressive in U15 with a 30min win over his nearest rival who rode so hard he had no crutch in his pants as he crossed the line. Time to buy some lycra James.
So that's it for the FTF Winter series in 2004. We now look forward to the summer with once again an 8 race series being hosted by the Victorian clubs. Last year $10,000 was handed out at the last race for the series place getters so we just wait and wonder how much there will be this time.
Results
Elite Men 1 Murray Spink 2.19.40 2 Chris Winn (u2) 4.06 3 James Maebus 10.50 4 James Dickey 16.14 5 Stephen Van Dyke 24.20 6 Matthew Molan 26.38 DNF jared Dwyer Expert Men 1 Matt Ligtermoet 2.32.24 2 Sam Bach 4.03 3 Joel Read 5.53 4 Daniel Braunsteins 6.01 5 Julian Fox 6.19 6 Tim Ferres 10.30 7 John Claxton 17.40 8 Ivan Kallaur 18.11 9 Brett Henderson 28.54 10 Darren Canute 29.23 11 Darren Kruger 35.03 DNF Craig Borham DNF Rohin Adams (Melbourne Bicycle Centre) Expert Women 1 Tory Thomas 1.41.58 2 Jenni King 3.20 3 Jill Burston 4.22 4 Vinca Low 13.58 Sport A Men 1 Chris Cantor 2.32.34 2 Nicholas Deane 2.04 3 Cam Froomes 3.29 4 Joel Watson 7.32 5 Peter Kennedy 7.59 6 Daniel Potter 9.08 7 Dan Bennett 16.48 8 Matthew Whiting 18.09 9 James Deane 20.36 10 Alan OÕDonnell 21.28 11 peter Herath 22.16 12 Adam Hawken 25.30 13 Andrew Sleeman 30.42 14 Brett Bradley 33.47 15 Joe LoPresti 36.25 16 Joel Fanning 47.06 17 Kristian Kallaur 1.08.01 18 James Stevens 1.14.38 DNF Gareth Heitmann DNF Ben Lake Sport B Men 1 anthony jones 1.39.10 2 Leigh Barratt 1.28 3 PETER TEPPER 3.40 4 Rob Hall 7.55 5 Damien Bourke 11.05 6 Karl Neumeister 15.49 7 Sean Neumeister 24.08 8 Simon Wilkinson 30.31 9 Colin Speirs 37.07 10 Mark Ball 1.07.19 11 Paul Consto 1.16.10 Sport Women 1 Kylie Ellem 2.10.26 2 Roz Bradley 12.36 3 Shelley Millwood 18.34 4 Karen McPherson 40.21 DNF Jillian Cameron Veteran Men 1 Geoff Pell 2.35.21 2 Nick Kimber 1.18 3 Tim McColl 3.47 4 Mark Geary 8.37 5 Anthony Natoli 17.06 6 ross morcomb 25.19 DNF Dan Hale DNF Andrew Paterson Masters Men 1 Rob Amos 1.36.46 2 Craig Peacock 0.06 3 Ross Sanelli 5.34 4 Peter Pink 10.08 5 Matthew Aldridge 12.12 6 Mark Barends 18.45 7 Stephen Johnson 19.42 8 Finlay Luff 19.53 9 Paul Verheijden 24.56 Super Masters Men 1 Kahn Franke 1.41.56 2 Kerry Ryan 6.58 3 Robert Faull 8.38 4 Steve Brown 11.28 5 Christopher Bland 13.42 Under 17 Men 1 Lewis Rattray 1.40.43 Under 15 Men 1 Luke Knox 1.53.42 2 James Woodward 29.09 3 James Peacock 41.21 DNF Timothy Sanelli Clydesdale 1 Erik Ligtermget 3.02.13 DNF James McCormack Fun Mixed 1 Simon Joiner 2.02.39 2 Royce Mccort 16.01 3 Kevin Kelly 32.34 4 Rob Johnson 1.21.07 DNF Stephen Robson (Rebel DNF Peter Lemm DNF Jamie Pink
