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Australian MTB Series - NE
Thredbo, NSW, Australia, December 15-16, 2007
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Race 2 - December 16: Downhill
Thredbo finals a washout
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Heavy rain forced the cancellation of the final runs in the national series downhill mountain bike round in Thredbo today. Heavy rain overnight and again throughout the day caused track conditions on the famous Cannonball run to deteriorate. Officials cancelled the final downhill runs for the elite riders at 1.30 pm (DST). With elite riders aware that their qualifying run could be the final run of the day many took advantage to get their best time.
World ranked Nathan Rennie (Gold Coast) won the elite men's event in 0:06:47.21, well clear of current series leader Amiel Cavalier. Cavalier who rode a 0:06:55.52, keeping him in the series lead. Adelaide youngster Will Rischbieth placed third with a creditable time of 0:07:3.23.
Rennie was pleased to back up his win after the previous national round on the Gold Coast last month, but claimed the wet conditions were close to the worst he had ridden within Australia.
"There were holes everywhere and they were just filled up with water," said Rennie. "My aim was to just keep ticking it over and keep up the speed.
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"I ran full spikes instead of regular tyres so I think I made the right choice," he added.
The elite women's final run was also cancelled leaving the world bronze medallist, Tracey Hannah from Cairns, as the eventual winner with a time of 0:07:47.89. Hannah also backed up her win in the previous national series. Newcastle's Emma McNaughton placed second with junior sports award winner Caroline Buchanan in third.
"It was a fairly fast run but I had a bit of a slide out, lost my footing and then I crashed again," Hannah explained.
Conditions were not ideal for the far North Queensland-based rider. "It was cold after coming from Cairns with record high temperature and humidity near 100 percent," she said.
"Overseas they would have still run the race but I think it was a good decision though," said Hannah. "Everything was wet and the track was beaten up."
On Friday night Hannah and Buchanan were awarded the elite and junior women's cycling awards respectively for mountain bike at the Australian Cyclist of the Year Awards in Adelaide, however both were competing in Thredbo. Buchanan also won the BMX junior women's award as well as racing and winning the fourth round of the national four cross in Thredbo on the same evening. Hannah rode her first four cross event in two years and impressed spectators to finish in second place beating rising star, Brisbane's Sarsha Huntington.
Downhill riders now prepare for the National Championships in Canberra on the Australia Day weekend. The fourth and final round of the downhill national series will be in Mt Beauty on February 3.
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- Conditions were spectacular on the practice days.
- The Kona team was clean prior to their race runs.
- Some riders opted not to wear goggles.
- Tracey Hannah was happy after her win.
- Conditions were revolting, even for the best.
- Alex Swann passes a rider that had left the track.
- These corners on race day became rivers.
- The water bars on the road section were brutal.
- The marbles caught a few riders out.
- Drifting through the marbles on turn one.
- The rain caused the final run to be cancelled.
- The mud on the day was faster than the riders.
Results
Elite Men 1 Nathan Rennie (Gold Coast Mountain Bike Club) 6.47.2 2 Amiel Cavalier (Inside Line Inc) 0.08.3 3 Will Rischbieth 0.16.0 4 Jared Rando (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 0.18.2 5 Rick Boyer (Western Sydney Mountain Bike Club Inc) 0.23.7 6 Ben Cory 0.28.4 7 Joshua Button (Coffs Harbour Cycle Club Inc) 0.28.5 8 Cody Eichhorn (Cycling Australia) 0.29.1 9 James Maltman (Brisbane South Mountain Bike Club Inc) 0.30.5 10 Dave West (Inside Line Inc) 0.30.6 11 Shane Wode (Thredbo Range Rats MTB Club) 0.33.7 12 Alex Swann (Fat Tyre Flyers) 0.34.5 13 Cillian Kennedy (Thredbo Range Rats MTB Club) 0.35.1 14 Dennis Beare (Cairns Mountain Bike Club Inc) 0.35.4 15 Deon Baker (Perth Mountain Bike Club) 0.36.7 16 Andrew Mills 0.40.2 17 Luke Garnham (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 0.40.8 18 Craig Yates (Inside Line Inc) 0.40.8 19 Brad Kelly 0.43.0 20 Brenden Wood (Fat Tyre Flyers) 0.44.5 21 Reeece Atkinson 0.44.7 22 Tom Lewis (Central Tablelands Mountain Bike Club) 0.45.8 23 Darcy Murrell (Gold Coast Mountain Bike Club) 0.46.1 24 Kaine Cannan (Hobart Wheelers/Dirt Devils Inc) 0.49.2 25 Ricky Lee (Thredbo Range Rats MTB Club) 0.50.9 26 Brad Oien 0.51.0 27 Jarah Breese 0.51.3 28 Adam Smithson (Western Sydney Mountain Bike Club Inc) 0.53.0 29 Chris Whitelock (Fat Tyre Flyers) 0.53.2 30 Lindsay Klein (Toowoomba Mountain Bike Club) 0.54.3 31 Miikael Kinnunen (Perth Mountain Bike Club) 0.54.8 32 David Hetherington (Club Mud Ballarat) 0.56.1 33 Michael Kearton (The Beechworth Chain Gang) 0.58.5 34 Alan Crisp 1.00.2 35 Jamie Green (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 1.02.6 36 Tim Cox (Hunter Mountain Bike Association) 1.03.1 37 Dean Davies (Gold Coast Mountain Bike Club) 1.06.1 38 Dylan Wolsky (Wollongong Mountain Bike Club) 1.06.8 39 Stuart MacDonald (Perth Mountain Bike Club) 1.08.0 40 Luke Gowen 1.09.9 41 Chris Barlin 1.11.1 42 Cameron Allonby 1.12.2 43 James Collins (Western Sydney Mountain Bike Club Inc) 1.15.0 44 Damien Reeve 1.20.7 45 Ryan Mander (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) 1.21.3 46 Lincoln Verass 1.21.3 47 James McMillan (Wollongong Mountain Bike Club) 1.23.8 48 Mark Beeksma (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) 1.27.5 49 Isaac Heppell 1.27.7 50 Nicholas Cruichshank 1.28.1 51 Andrew Blair (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 1.28.2 52 Damien Bogatek (Townsville Rockwheelers) 1.30.8 53 Tom Cranston 1.32.0 54 Andrew Roesler 1.35.6 55 Andrew Eckett (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) 1.39.7 56 James French 57 Timothy Eaton (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 1.43.1 58 Scott Graham 1.51.5 59 Chris Perger 1.52.2 60 Adam Dossetor 1.53.2 61 Gareth Blower 1.53.5 62 Regan Arthur (Hunter Mountain Bike Association) 2.08.8 63 Garrath Paton 2.13.1 64 Jake Pendleton (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) 2.22.0 65 Craig Palmer 3.06.1 66 Tom Kerney 3.06.4 67 Kent Hamilton 3.14.0 68 Brock McRobb (Townsville Rockwheelers) 4.48.6 DNF Brock Newling DNS Chris Coombe (Thredbo Range Rats MTB Club) DNS Ben Goff (Hunter Mountain Bike Association) DNS Ben Morrison (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) DNS Angus Coombe (Inside Line Inc) DNS Lachlan Paton (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) DNS Jared Blackmore DNS David Edwards DNS Jeremy Powell DNS Robbie McNaughton DNS Kye Hore Elite Women 1 Tracy Hannah 7.47.9 2 Emma McNaughton (Hunter Mountain Bike Association) 1.00.2 3 Caroline Buchanan (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 1.05.3 4 Claire Whiteman (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 1.10.1 5 Jayne Rutter (Inside Line Inc) 1.37.6 6 Sarah Booth (Inside Line Inc) 1.42.1 7 Shannon Chugg (Western Sydney Mountain Bike Club Inc) 2.09.2 8 Sarsha Huntington (Bicycle Motocross Australia Inc.) 2.34.8 9 Rosemary Barnes (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 3.08.9 10 Vanessa Thompson 3.13.8 11 Kathleen Beggs 3.14.3 DNS Cara Smith (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) DNS Fran Connell (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) DNS Kelly Hughes (Western Sydney Mountain Bike Club Inc) U19 Men 1 Shaun O'Connor 7.11.6 2 Matthew Vincent (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 0.01.0 3 Dylan Prohm (Wollongong Mountain Bike Club) 0.03.4 4 Murray Stephens (Club Mud Ballarat) 0.16.8 5 Rhys Willemse (Gold Coast Mountain Bike Club) 0.19.0 6 Laurie Dinham (Inside Line Inc) 0.20.4 7 Ben Leaper 0.26.8 8 Austin Hicks (Club Mud Ballarat) 0.27.0 9 Clark Hawke (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) 0.30.5 10 Tamryn Murrel (Gold Coast Mountain Bike Club) 0.31.0 11 David Maud (Club Mud Ballarat) 0.31.6 12 Ben Nylen (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 0.34.4 13 Liam Paiaro 0.35.5 14 Mitch Forbes (Thredbo Range Rats MTB Club) 0.38.5 15 Benjamin Wilson (Wollongong Mountain Bike Club) 0.40.2 16 Tom Rowe (Inside Line Inc) 0.43.1 17 Raffi Moss (Thredbo Range Rats MTB Club) 0.44.0 18 James Taormina (Bushrangers Mountain Bike Club Sunshine Coast Inc) 0.45.6 19 Elliot Smith (Inside Line Inc) 0.47.5 20 David Habicht (Club Mud Ballarat) 0.47.8 21 Jock Farrington (Toowoomba Mountain Bike Club) 0.50.7 22 Llewellwyn GRIFFITH 0.52.8 23 Tim Windshuttle (Thredbo Range Rats MTB Club) 0.56.2 24 David Gnany (Wollongong Mountain Bike Club) 1.07.2 25 Pat Young 1.17.5 26 Jason Capenecas (Wollongong Mountain Bike Club) 1.17.8 27 Hans Hadley (Perth Mountain Bike Club) 1.21.0 28 Tom Fogarty (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) 1.24.9 29 Kim Bishop (Bushrangers Mountain Bike Club Sunshine Coast Inc) 1.27.9 30 Ryan Hunt (Western Sydney Mountain Bike Club Inc) 1.29.4 31 Riaan Smith 1.29.5 32 Chris Brebner (Inside Line Inc) 1.33.7 33 James Scott (Gap Cycling Club Inc) 1.36.0 34 Tom Mallett 1.43.3 35 Benjamin Fairbanks (Club Mud Ballarat) 1.44.2 36 Andrew Day (Club Mud Ballarat) 1.48.5 37 Obi Nobel 2.08.9 38 Jack Payne (Inside Line Inc) 2.09.8 39 Ben Thomas 2.09.9 40 Joel Knight 2.12.4 41 Tim Smyth 2.24.4 42 Jed Erwin 2.28.1 43 Will Arnott 2.30.1 44 Ian Forbes (Brisbane South Mountain Bike Club Inc) 5.25.0 DNS Oscar Lapstun (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) DNS Oliver Ash DNS Greg Cooke DNS Kyle Shipp DNS Anthony Rodgers Veteran Women 1 Susan Forrester (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) 12.23.8 2 Margo Peart 1.59.6 3 Sarah Reynolds (Raw NRG) 3.16.1 4 Rachellle Maddock 5.16.6 DNF Penny Valbonesi (Western Sydney Mountain Bike Club Inc) U17 Women 1 Emily Hockey (Inside Line Inc) 11.25.9 2 Jasmin Rosa (Inside Line Inc) 0.38.7 3 Bec Kirss (Inside Line Inc) 1.15.38.3 Open Hardtail 1 Daniel Paine (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) 9.34.8 2 Adam McInnes 0.34.6 3 Ryan Heaney (U17) 1.21.1 4 Michael Caldwell (South Coast United Mountainbikers Inc) 1.38.6 5 Pascal Zimmermann (U17) 2.47.2 DNS Elijah Marinov DNS Blair Ewing (U17) U17 Men 1 Troy Brosnan (Inside Line Inc) 7.58.0 2 Reece Kuhn (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) 0.02.0 3 Antony Moore 0.02.4 4 Blake Nielsen (Western Sydney Mountain Bike Club Inc) 0.11.8 5 James Shepherd (Breakaway 4X) 0.17.8 6 Chris Leaper 0.21.1 7 Samuel Jones (Wollongong Mountain Bike Club) 0.33.5 8 Aaron Oates (Hobart Wheelers/Dirt Devils Inc) 0.36.6 9 Will Giles (Inside Line Inc) 0.41.7 10 Aden Wyber 0.43.6 11 James Green (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 0.48.8 12 Phillip Piazza (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 0.56.4 13 Jesse Went (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 1.00.8 14 Keiran Volk 1.11.0 15 Ben Barrett (Western Sydney Mountain Bike Club Inc) 1.15.8 16 Graeme Mudd (Hunter Mountain Bike Association) 1.18.9 17 Matthew Mullins (Sutherland Shire Cycling Club) 1.23.6 18 Drew Jonceski (Hunter Mountain Bike Association) 1.28.5 19 Aaron Millard (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) 1.29.7 20 Wilson Hale (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) 1.30.9 21 Keiran Sullivan (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) 1.38.5 22 Brendon Jones 1.40.4 23 Marcus Fairbanks (Club Mud Ballarat) 1.42.6 24 Joshua Blake (Inside Line Inc) 1.49.5 25 Matt Scott (Gap Cycling Club Inc) 1.56.0 26 Dion Thomas 1.56.2 27 Jack Hides 1.56.5 28 Jaxon Ellyard (Breakaway 4X) 2.00.3 29 Lewis Sheffer (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) 2.02.8 30 Max Lobigs 2.07.4 31 Ryan Humphris 2.12.2 32 Kris Zids 2.12.8 33 Brock Harrison 2.14.4 34 Darcy Wilkinson (The Beechworth Chain Gang) 2.18.6 35 Jack Roach 2.24.4 36 Riley Wilson (Wollongong Mountain Bike Club) 2.29.5 37 JOHN GOLIK 2.30.6 38 Grady Erwin 2.31.0 39 Anthony Fedorovitch 2.36.1 40 Joel Lawlis 2.36.1 41 Joshua Sinclair (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 2.37.3 42 Zac McKenzie (Central Tablelands Mountain Bike Club) 3.05.2 43 Benjamin Leslie (Hunter Mountain Bike Association) 3.10.3 44 Tom Norton-Laheney (Inside Line Inc) 3.11.3 45 Cody Halpin (Central Tablelands Mountain Bike Club) 3.23.6 46 Dan Whyte (Central Tablelands Mountain Bike Club) 3.38.7 47 Nicholas Luxford 4.09.3 48 Zac Lewis 4.16.6 49 Lucas Pitt (Inside Line Inc) 4.53.8 50 David Brooks (Central Tablelands Mountain Bike Club) 9.45.4 51 Daniel Lavis (Wollongong Mountain Bike Club) 17.39.3 52 David Manton (Wollongong Mountain Bike Club) 22.37.6 DNF Michale Dargan DNS Razza Haydon DNS Brycen Trevor U15 Men 1 Connor Fearon (Inside Line Inc) 8.26.9 2 David McMillan 0.26.8 3 Henry Blake (Inside Line Inc) 1.21.6 4 Matthew Smith (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 1.35.6 5 Daniel Bender (Central Tablelands Mountain Bike Club) 1.52.0 6 Max Hughes (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 1.56.1 7 Lyndon Nugent-Phillips (Central Tablelands Mountain Bike Club) 1.59.1 8 Joey Vejvoda 2.08.4 9 Conor Bullard (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 2.21.6 10 Nelson Kreilis (Wollongong Mountain Bike Club) 2.25.3 11 Eli Erwin 2.30.4 12 Dean Lucas 2.57.0 13 Keiran Dixon (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 4.05.6 14 Patrick O'Connor 4.10.1 15 David Maggs 4.22.0 16 Jack McCosker (Wollongong Mountain Bike Club) 4.38.7 17 Ben Dengate 4.45.8 18 Tom Phillips 4.48.7 19 Robin Bishop (Bushrangers Mountain Bike Club Sunshine Coast Inc) 4.52.0 20 Liam Daley (Central Tablelands Mountain Bike Club) 5.43.8 21 Joel Willis (Central Tablelands Mountain Bike Club) 5.49.5 22 Henry Holder 7.45.1 23 Alexander McKinlay (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 8.47.7 24 Joshua Doust 9.23.2 DNS Brock Muncaster (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) DNS David Edwards (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) DNS Cameron Lawlis DNS Zac Ranyard DNS David Strain DNS Mitchell Harrison DNS Drew Turner Sport Men 1 josh lyons 8.47.8 2 Matt Walker 0.07.7 3 Jarrad Connolly (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) 0.23.9 4 Matthew Gee 0.32.0 5 Leigh Webster (Breakaway 4X) 1.03.5 6 Kaiden Moore 1.18.7 7 Ben Bakon 1.29.2 8 Joshua Currall 1.37.0 9 Lachlan Ellis 1.45.9 10 Kyle Hediger 1.47.8 11 Nick Havik 2.14.1 12 Daniel McLeay 2.31.3 13 Thomas Newbury 3.00.7 14 Christopher Acomb 3.07.7 15 David Casey 3.32.4 16 John Stewart (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) 4.21.5 17 Simon Zhang (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) 5.26.0 18 Shane Flint 9.44.2 DNF Thamba Pathmanathan (Central Tablelands Mountain Bike Club) DNS Alistair Grice DNS Simon Glanville DNS Peter Muntz DNS Christopher Quain DNS Dane Robson DNS Rhys Sargeant (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) DNS Aaron Simmons (Coomealla-Mildura Mountainless Bike Club) Veteran Men 1 Daniel Taliana (Thredbo Range Rats MTB Club) 8.06.6 2 Dale Thomas (Hunter Mountain Bike Association) 0.14.5 3 Daniel Lyons (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) 0.33.9 4 Marc Ellis (Thredbo Range Rats) 0.40.0 5 Joel Davis (Western Sydney Mountain Bike Club Inc) 0.43.6 6 Jason Archer (Perth Mountain Bike Club) 0.45.4 7 Scott Edwards 1.03.6 8 Chris Mather 1.10.5 9 Dereck Martin (Fat Tyre Flyers) 1.18.1 10 Daniel Segeri (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 1.24.9 11 Drew Hamilton 1.29.2 12 Daniel Chermak 1.33.9 13 Michael Chance 1.36.1 14 Joff Medder (Inside Line Inc) 1.48.4 15 Joseph Campbell 1.50.2 16 John Peterson (Geelong Mountain Bike Club) 1.50.4 17 Michael Stratton (Perth Mountain Bike Club) 2.06.4 18 Chris Herron 2.17.1 19 Justin Armstrong 2.34.7 20 Nathan Weiss 3.05.3 21 Brett Egan (Central Tablelands Mountain Bike Club) 3.07.6 22 Marcelo Cardona 3.23.3 23 Kym Boxall (Inside Line Inc) 4.36.1 24 Arien Vartazarian 6.06.4 DNF Adam Fernyhough (Western Sydney Mountain Bike Club Inc) DNS Mark Keegan (Wollongong Mountain Bike Club) DNS Donald McIntosh (Thredbo Range Rats MTB Club) DNS Andrew Fagg DNS Paul Begg DNS Ty McLean DNS Ross Clark DNS Peter Locke Masters Men 1 Darren Willis (Central Tablelands Mountain Bike Club) 9.25.5 2 Geoff Lovie (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 0.05.6 3 Steven Bullard (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 1.31.8 4 David Badman (Hunter Mountain Bike Association) 1.33.4 5 Peter Maggs 2.10.3 6 Duncan Sheffer (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) 3.06.3 7 Arlen Vartazarian (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) 4.47.6 8 Peter Jones (Wollongong Mountain Bike Club) 6.54.5 DNS Shayne Hadley (Perth Mountain Bike Club) DNS Troy Rowell (Manly Warringah MTB) DNS Craig Stephenson (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) DNS Bill Dengate DNS Scott Morelli DNS Laurence Smith Super Masters Men 1 Tony Hunter (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 11.16.7 2 Stephen Coles (Central Tablelands Mountain Bike Club) 1.05.0 3 Martin Griffith 2.37.8 DNS John White DNS Ed (Hollywood) Breen Expert Men 1 Randal Huntington (Bicycle Motocross Australia Inc.) 8.33.6 2 Aaron Cairns 0.00.6 3 Martin Clarke 0.02.6 4 Jonathan Taylor 0.12.5 5 Rob Stokes 0.12.7 6 Louis Pijper 0.12.9 7 Davi Birks 0.18.6 8 James Perkins (Geelong Mountain Bike Club) 0.23.4 9 Ryan Holmberg 0.24.4 10 Bram Dutton 0.24.5 11 Michael Joyce 0.28.5 12 Nich Shields (Hunter Mountain Bike Association) 0.29.8 13 Grant Jones (Hunter Mountain Bike Association) 0.29.8 14 Jake Marshall 0.31.2 15 Aden Walker (Kenmore Cycle Club) 0.31.3 16 Will Schofield 0.31.8 17 Jacob Coles (Canberra Off-Road Cyclists) 0.33.8 18 Timothy Chadd (Thredbo Range Rats MTB Club) 0.34.5 19 Ryan De La Rue 0.37.2 20 Luke Fox (Central Coast Ourimbah MTB Inc) 0.44.1 21 Brett Blackman (Central Tablelands Mountain Bike Club) 0.47.0 22 Kane Lowe 0.53.0 23 Lincoln Hertogs (Hunter Mountain Bike Association) 0.59.1 24 Bradley Scott (Hunter Mountain Bike Association) 1.03.6 25 Michael McLean 1.09.4 26 Nicholas Bailly (Hunter Mountain Bike Association) 1.15.0 27 Greg Doerksen 1.15.4 28 Armando Florez 1.24.0 29 Jesse Sutton 1.28.4 30 Chris Adams 1.34.3 31 Jiel Case 1.39.1 32 Chris Flynn (Fat Tyre Flyers) 1.45.6 33 James Patterson 1.47.3 34 Ben Luscombe 2.08.0 35 Michael Klavers (Fat Tyre Flyers) 2.38.0 36 Aaron Campbell 3.02.0 37 David Andrews (Western Sydney Mountain Bike Club Inc) 3.39.6 DNS Stephen Andreasen (Manly Warringah MTB) DNS Jarred Hankinson DNS Andrew Martin DNS Nathan Valbonesi (Western Sydney Mountain Bike Club Inc) DNS Cameron Tomlinson DNS David Sharpe DNS Anthony Larden First Timer Men 1 Jason Sonneveld 10.51.2 2 Christopher Straka 4.06.7 3 Petra Tesarova 9.28.8 DNS Kaine Trevor DNS Cameron Patterson
