NORBA national MTB series #3 - NE

Park City, UT, USA, June 16-19, 2005

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Race 3 - June 18: Cross country

Vanlandingham, Leuchs take Deer Valley XC

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Vanlandingham wins in Utah
Photo ©: Clay Lundgren

Round three of the 2005 Shimano NORBA National Mountain Bike Series continued on Saturday as two-time New Zealand Olympic team member Kaschi Leuchs and defending NORBA Champion Shonny Vanlandingham captured wins today in the cross country event.

Leuchs, who posted the first significant win of his career at Deer Valley in 1999, attacked in the final half lap and held off Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski and Ryan Trebon to claim his first NORBA National win in six years.

By the end of the first of three laps on an eight mile circuit, Leuchs, Horgan-Kobelski, Trebon and Todd Wells had established an advantage over the rest of the field and barring any mechanical failures of crashes, it was clear that today's winner would come from the strong group of four accomplished riders. By the end of the second lap, the trio had shed Wells while Leuchs dangled 15 seconds behind Horgan-Kobelski and Trebon. After settling into a rhythm for much of the previous lap, Leuchs slowly reattached himself to the leaders and then attacked with four miles remaining in what proved to be the decisive move when neither of his competitors could respond.

"That was a good ride for me," Leuchs said afterwards. "I was feeling pretty good the whole race. Ryan attacked on second lap, and I decided to let him go. I think that was smart because I rode my own pace in the second lap, and then on the third lap I was feeling strong. I just went to the front on the back of the course and it was a long, long singletrack section and just rode as hard as I could. It took about 15 minutes until finally I got rid of them. I just put my head down and sucked it up."

Despite a strong day in the saddle Horgan-Kobelski was edged out by the kiwi Leuchs. Horgan-Kobelski looked like the strongest rider on the course for much of the day, but afterwards he admitted he may not have been the most intelligent. "I really felt like the strongest guy out there for a while," he said, "but I don't think I was the smartest guy today. I think I used a little too much energy on those first couple of laps. I felt so good I think I just rode a little too hard at the beginning and I definitely paid for it in the last lap. When Kaschi attacked I just didn't quite have it to go with him."

The men's start
Photo ©: Clay Lundgren

In the women's race, Vanlandingham set up her Luna team for a sweep of the weekend's three cross country events with a convincing win in today's 16-mile race. Racing on the same eight-mile circuit as the men, Vanlandingham had solidified her lead ahead of Heather Irminger, Dara Marks-Marino and Sue Haywood by the end of the first lap.

While Vanlandingham maintained her lead to the finish, the up and coming Irminger held on for an impressive second place finish - her best-ever in a NORBA National cross country race - while Haywood took third.

Round three of the Shimano NORBA National Mountain Bike Series concludes on Sunday with the third and final stage of the cross country stage race, the short track event. With Czech rider Katerina Hanusova posting a win in Friday's time trial, and Vanlandingham riding to a victory in today's stage, the Luna squad is poised for a sweep of the weekend's women's cross country events.

Also on Sunday are the men's and women's downhill finals.

Photography

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Images by Clay Lundgren

Jeremy Horgan_Kobelski (Subaru Gary Fisher) leads going into the first lasp
The Luna ladies ready for the start
The men's start with new Canadian XC champ Geoff Kabush at the front
Shonny Vanlandingham leads on the first lap
Vanlandingham wins in Utah and she's pretty happy about it!

Results

Men
 
1 Kashi Leuchs (NZl) Bianchi Agos                         1.58.41
2 Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher            0.28
3 Ryan Trebon (USA) Kona/Les Gets                            0.58
4 Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis                             1.06
5 Adam Craig (USA) Giant                                     3.05
6 Jeremiah Bishop (USA) Trek/VW                              3.33
7 Todd Wells (USA) GT/Hyundi                                 3.58
8 Chris Sheppard (Can) Haro Bicycles                         4.44
9 Roland Green (Can) Kona/Les Gets                           4.54
10 Seamus Mcgrath (Can) Haro Bicycles                        5.04
11 Michael Weiss (Aut) SRM Simplon Team/Arboe                5.43
12 Eric Jones (USA) Biogen-Idec                              7.34
13 Andy Schultz (USA) Cannondale                             7.46
14 Trent Lowe (Aus) Subaru-Gary Fisher                       7.53
15 Sam Jurekovic (USA) U23 National Team                     8.29
16 Peter Wedge (Can) Kona/Les Gets                           8.34
17 Carl Decker (USA) Giant                                   8.49
18 Cody Peterson (USA) 3D Racing                             9.34
19 Carl Swenson (USA) Rlx Ralph Lauren                       9.55
20 Ross Schnell (USA) Tokyo Joes/Go-Lite                    10.05
21 Nick Ranno (USA) Trek Rocky Mtn Regional                 10.07
22 Mathieu Toulouse (Can) Team Maxxis                       10.12
23 Alex Hagman (USA) Cannondale MTB Team                    10.55
24 Kris Sneddon (Can) Kona/Lesgets                          11.18
25 Douglas Ryden (USA) Pro Cycling                          11.18
26 Nick Martin (USA) Trek-VW                                11.41
27 Shinobu Noguchi (Jpn) Trek Japan                         11.53
28 Charles Pendry (USA) Inland - Btd                        12.00
29 Bart Gillespie (USA) Biogen-Idec                         12.02
30 Michael Boetker (USA) Kona/Les Gets                      12.18
31 Jason Sager (USA) Team Hotel San Jose                    12.20
32 Matt Shriver (USA) 3D Racing/Easton                      12.32
33 Erik Tonkin (USA) Kona/Team S And M                      13.02
34 Tristan Schouten (USA) Trek Midwest                      13.15
35 Shun Matsumoto (Jpn) Trek                                13.36
36 Josh Bezecny (USA) 3D Racing                             14.06
37 Sam Schultz (USA) U23 National Team                      14.07
38 Todd Tanner (USA) Scottusa MTB Team                      14.15
39 Andrew Lee (USA) Crocs Grans Sports                      14.15
40 Joseph Marshall (USA) Ritchey                            14.56
41 Mike West (USA) Maverick                                 15.29
42 Marc Hug (Ger) SRM Simplon Team / Rsv De                 16.08
43 Evan Plews (USA) Santiam Bicycles                        16.09
44 JJ Clark (USA) Stein Erikson                             16.21
45 Brent Miller (Aus) Wtb/Fox Shox/Santa Cruz               16.35
46 Clint Muhlfeld (USA) Flathead Cycling                    16.43
47 Nick Gould (USA) Santa Cruz/Honey Stinge                 16.55
48 Jesse Rients (USA) Nature Valleypenn Cycle               17.02
49 Lance Runyan (USA) Titus/Stein Ericksen Spor             17.21
50 Keiichi Tsujiura (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor                17.41
51 Charles Storm (USA) Inlandconst/Btd                      18.29
52 Cale Redpath (USA) 3D Racing                             18.34
53 Collin Becker (USA) Maverick Ciber                       18.48
54 Matt Unger (USA) Team Dean                               19.21
55 Ryan Lynch (USA) Maverick/Ciber                          19.57
56 Ali Goulet (USA) Stein Eriksen Sport                     20.18
57 Amon Pease (USA) Intense                                 20.26
58 Robert Cotton (USA) Structural System                    20.45
59 Ariel Lindsley (USA) Maverick                            21.11
60 Sean Donovan (USA) Steven K Sport                        21.18
61 Joshua Powers (USA) Red Rock Racing                      22.25
62 Kevin Day (USA) Stein Eriksen Sport                      22.41
63 Spencer Paxson (USA) Devo Balance Bar                    22.43
64 Chrisian Favata (USA) Campmor/Hutchinson                 23.35
65 Bryan Fawley (USA) Wheelsinmotion/Kenda                  23.58
66 Thomas Spannring (USA) Jans                              24.15
67 Adam Snyder (USA) Balance Bar/Devo                       25.41
68 Daniel Corum (USA) Paceline Bikes                        26.07
69 Eric Jellum (USA) Ford/Giant                             26.23
70 Raita Suzuki (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor                    26.33
71 Leonardo Sandoval (USA) Bicycle Johns/Litespeed          29.14
72 Patrick Bush (USA) Clif Bar                              30.26
73 Duncan Meyers (USA) Soulcraft                            32.13
74 Ethan Johnson (USA) Maverick                             33.37
75 Todd Johnson (USA) Teton Village Wy                      34.51
76 Jason Eder (USA) Team Devo/Balance Bar                   37.02
DNF Arlo Buijten (USA) Titus/Schwalbe
DNF Travis Brown (USA) Trek/Frs Plus
DNF Noah Holcomb (USA) Cannondale Mtn Bike Team
DNF Alan Obye (USA) U23 National Team
DNF Mike Andres (USA) Soulcraft
DNF Takahiro Ogasawara (Jpn) Subaru-Gary Fisher
DNF Troy Wells (USA) Kona/Easton/CCA
DNF Chanoch Redlich (USA)
DNF Joey Thompson (USA) Balance Bar/ Devo
DNF Jesse Swift (USA) Dean Bicycles
DNF Jed Schneider (USA) AG Edwards
 
Women
 
1 Shonny Vanlandingham (USA) Luna Womens MTB Team               1.31.59
2 Heather Irmiger (USA) Tokyo Joes/Go Lite                         2.04
3 Susan Haywood (USA) Trek-Volkswagen                              3.03
4 Dara Marks-Marino (USA) Ford/Specialized                         3.30
5 Alison Dunlap (USA) Luna Womens MTB Team                         4.51
6 Katerina Hanusova (Cze) Luna Womens MTB Team                     5.10
7 Kelli Emmett (USA) Ford/Specialized                              5.21
8 Willow Koerber (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher                          6.31
9 Georgia Gould (USA) Tamarack                                     7.11
10 Nina Baum (USA) Cannondale                                      8.48
11 Gretchen Reeves (USA) Rocky Mtn / Business Objects              9.31
12 Sara Bresnick-Zocchi (USA) Ford/Specialized                     9.38
13 Jennifer Smith (NZl) Tokyo Joes                                 9.56
14 Kerry Barnholt (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher                        10.20
15 Kathy Sherwin (USA) Biogen-Idec                                10.39
16 Jenna Zander (USA) Cannondale                                  11.13
17 Zephanie Blasi (USA) Kenda/DT Swiss/Gu                         13.04
18 Shannon Tupa (USA) Tokyojoes/Golite                            14.05
19 Jennifer Wilson (USA) Titus                                    14.12
20 Sandra Bloomer (USA) Blacksheep/Clifbar                        14.23
21 Alice Pennington (USA) Desalvo                                 15.13
22 Heather Svahn (USA) The Backcountry                            16.51
23 Niki Gudex (Aus) SRM/Intense Cycles                            16.55
24 Abigail Hippely (USA) Maverick                                 17.27
25 Alicia Hamilton (USA) Dark Horse/Giant                         17.31
26 Shannon Gibson (USA) Crazy Cat Cyclery/Yeti                    17.45
27 Caitlyn Tuel (USA) Trekvw                                      18.20
28 Julie Emmerman (USA) Maverick                                  18.28
29 Shari Hausbeck (USA) Sram/Rockshox                             18.50
30 Becca Blay (USA) Team Dean                                     19.16
31 Lea Davison (USA) Team Devo                                    19.18
32 Kristi Lewis (USA) Sun & Ski Sports                            19.34
33 Megan Monroe (USA) Pcw Cycling                                 19.53
34 Rebecca Gross (USA) Sun And Ski Sports                         20.04
35 Judy Freeman (USA) Cannondale Mtn Bike Teaam                   20.43
36 Paula Burks (USA) Defeet                                       20.47
37 Stacey Scanlan (USA) Tamarack                                  20.48
38 Carolyn Popovic (USA) Bike Works                               21.34
39 Heather Szabo (USA) Tokyo Joes/Golite                          22.09
40 Cindi Hansen (USA) mtbchick.com/Cannondale                     22.29
41 Leah Tingley (USA) Team US Armed Forces                        23.19
42 Kristina Andrus (USA) Evergreen Co.                            23.35
43 Theresa Richardson (USA) Cannondale Mtn Bike Tea               24.41
44 Dj Morisette (USA) Brian Head Ut.                              25.26
45 Rebecca Much (USA)                                             28.32
46 Laura Bowles (USA) Inlandconst/BTD                             29.13
47 Amy Bowen (USA) Platinum Performace                            29.58
48 Ruby Evans (USA) Helens Cannondale                             29.59
49 Laura Anderson (USA) Bicycle Johns                             30.14
50 Megan Elliott (USA) Bianchi-Grand Performance                  31.04
51 Kimberly Flynn (USA) Defeet                                    32.04
52 Jennifer Tilley (USA) Sunflower                                33.45
DNF Kristy Mantz (USA) Snowshow/dirtbean.com