Australian National MTB Championships - CN

Mount Stromlo, Australia, January 26-28, 2007

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Race 4 - January 26: Mountain Cross

Mountain Cross rider shines after fires

Luke Madill
Photo ©: Mark Gunter

Caroline Buchanan has come out of the fires and is now a shining light in her sport of cycling. When the fires burnt out 500 homes around Canberra, Caroline was just 13 years old. Her family home was destroyed and the family lost everything only managing to save her bikes and trophies.

Today was a different story. Buchanan won the Mountain Cross Nationals this year repeating her stunning performance from last year. She won on the area near her home that had been burnt out by the fires.

The government assisted in making the 1000 hectares that was once a pine forest into a state of the art forest park with multiple facilities. The Canberra Mountain Bike Club, CORC got involved and now Mt Stromlo Forest Park is the perfect training and racing facility for mountain bike riders like Caroline.

Plenty of stacks today.
Photo ©: Mark Gunter

The first national event on these courses is being run this weekend with an official announcement expected tomorrow on the bid to hold the 2009 World Mountain Bike Championships.

Winning the elite men's race was a welcome relief for Luke Madill. The 26 year old from Penrith finally succeeded in breaking a five year drought. "I've made the finals every year but this time it worked," Madill said. "I knew I could match Jared's speed."

World Cup winner, Jared Graves from Toowoomba was unlucky with a crash in the second straight and finished fourth.

The Olympic discipline of cross country continues tomorrow with the elite men and women's race starting at 10.30am.

Photography

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Images by Mark Gunter/www.pbase.com/gunterphotograph

It was a fine day for racing.
The competition was tough right out of the starting gates.
Michael Jobson slides out of contention in the heats.
Luke Madill was fast all day.
Nathan Rennie takes a corner in style.
Jared Rando during the heats.
Jared Graves rides out of a berm.
Some of the juniors in action.
Jared Rando gets some air near the bottom of the course.
There was plenty of hustle and bustle.
Filip Polc in action
Superman returns.
Things were tight to make the finals.
Plenty of stacks today.
Jared Graves shows some style.
Luke Madill out in front again.
Jordan Butler showed some great skills today.
The light was nice today.
Luke Madill during the final.

Results

Elite Men
 
1 Luke Madill            102 pts
2 Alex Lloyd              66
3 Bryn Atkinson           58
4 Jared Graves           102
5 Jared Rando            102
6 Daniel Sprague          52
7 Dennis Beare            84
8 Benjamin Bell           52
9 Thomas Hubert           84
10 Amiel Cavalier         84
11 Cody Eichhorn          66
12 Rick Boyer             40
13 Luke Strom             84
14 Ryan Jedrzejczyk       84
15 Nathan Rennie          76
16 Thomas Rose            50
17 Terry Scarr            76
18 Ivan Oulego Moreno     66
19 Kiel Dellow            66
20 Oliver Kristevic       58
21 Craig Fisher           58
22 Steve Marsh            50
23 Mitchell Scarr         48
24 Shannon Rademaker      40
25 Filip Polc             84
26 Adam Nicholson         84
27 Christopher Panozzo    50
28 Brock Newling          48
29 Hayden Lester          40
30 Adam Smithson          34
31 Deon Baker             34
32 James Bashford         32
33 Liam Panozzo           24
34 Ben Carlos             18
35 Timothy McCullough     18
36 Jack Timms             18
37 Gavin Turner           18
38 Chris Kovarik          16
39 Scott Graham           10
40 Michael Kearton        10
41 Ricky Lee               8
42 Darren Pokoj             
43 Gavin Turner             
44 Alistair Cox             
45 Mitchell Ramm            
46 Craig Yates              
47 Glen Sinnott             
48 Ryan Walsch              
49 Rhys Atkinson            
50 Dave McLaughlin          
 
Open Women
 
1 Caroline Buchanan      102 pts
2 Sarsha Huntington       44
3 Julia Boer              48
4 Alice Minahan           26
5 Michelle Hall             
 
Sport Men
 
1 Shane Gayton           102 pts
2 Ashley Gray            102
3 Alex Milne              76
4 Ben Herrgott            34
5 Ryan Armstrong          84
6 Nicholas Bailly         66
7 Dylan Wolsky            66
8 Ryan Murphy             84
9 Louis Pijpers          102
10 Stewart Bruce          76
11 Scott Studdert         70
12 Christopher Ash        66
13 Phillip Lucas          66
14 Steven Sloots          58
15 Murray Dickson         58
16 Glenn Kennedy          58
17 Timothy Chadd          48
18 Sam Trevor             42
19 David Waid             40
20 John Stewart           32
21 David Andrews          26
22 Lee Watts              24
23 Wayne Kiely            20
24 Dylan Cooper           18
25 Dave Musgrove          18
26 Jake Pendleton         18
27 Andrew Turley          10
28 Marc Wyckmans           3
29 Nathan Couzin           3
30 Andrew Smith            3
31 Rob Stein               3
32 Brad Williams           3
33 Rick Franzolini         2
34 Jesse Sutton             
35 Chris Southwood          
 
Veteran Men
 
1 Brett Barnes            84 pts
2 James Harris            66
3 Brett Minion           102
4 Chris Herron           102
5 Ben Reynolds            52
6 Brett Thompson          40
7 David Butler            66
8 Tony Carson             66
9 Stephen Robinson        32
10 Mic Longhurst          24
11 Rob Parberry           20
12 Daniel Taliana         16
13 Craig Pullen             
 
Under 19 Men
 
1 Michael Jobson          70 pts
2 James Maltman          102
3 Aaron Drinkwater       102
4 Cameron Allonby         66
5 Thomas Markus           76
6 Tom Patton             102
7 Timothy Harrington     102
8 Adam Jones              66
9 Lee Wallace             66
10 Jack Wilson            58
11 Julian Cristiano       40
12 David Maud             32
13 Tim Smyth              58
14 Thomas Osborne         34
15 Joshua Button          48
16 Anthony Vaughan        32
17 Patrick Young          26
18 Jordan Kopetko         26
19 Alex Wruck             20
20 Peter Hunt             18
21 David Gnany              
22 Jasper Ludewig           
23 Liam Paiaro              
24 Jiel Case                
25 Oscar Buckle             
26 Mitchell Boyd            
27 Brodie Sturgess          
 
Under 17 Men
 
1 Benjamin Clarke        102 pts
2 Aiden Nemet            102
3 Ryan Hunt               58
4 Ryan Henderson          34
5 Blake Nielsen           58
6 Rhys Willemse           20
7 Oscar Lapstun           58
8 Raffi Moss              66
9 Shaun OÕConnor         102
10 Lochlan Saunders       58
11 Reece Kuhn             52
12 James Moustafa         32
13 Oli Le Lievre          40
14 Daniel Lavis           26
15 Mitch Forbes           32
16 Peter Taferner         18
17 Timothy Dunn             
18 Henry Blake              
19 Max Lobigs             12 pts
 
Under 15 Men
 
1 Graeme Mudd            102 pts
2 Jordan Butler          102
3 James Green             48
4 Max Hughes              76
5 Riley Wilson            32
6 David Strain            34
7 David McMillan          58
8 Matthew Mullins         40
9 Lachlan Donaldson       18
10 Cameron Patterson      18