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Anaconda MTB Enduro - NE
Australia, May 19-23, 2008
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Race 2 - May 19: Rapid Ascent Stage 2, ITT
Riders conquer Anzac Hill
Stage two involved a high intensity, anaerobic climb up Anzac Hill located right in the heart of Alice Springs. Riders set off at 30 second intervals, at designated times determined by the results of that morning's stage one results. Starting with the slowest and ending with the big boys, the cyclists hammered up the incline in what was described as a "balls to the wall hill climb" finishing at a gorgeous scenic look out at the peak.
The fastest riders looked like dancers on pedals as they raced to the clouds. The challenge was to conquer the 300m vertical climb in a sub 60 second sprint, yet with 40 riders left on the start line, and 157 already descending the hill, the minute barrier was still intact.
Ben Mather of Launceston, Tasmania seeded seventh overall for this week's event, demolished this elusive minute test! He clocked the quickest time of the afternoon in a staggering 44. 61 seconds. Jenni King from Box Hill, Victoria was fastest female up the hill in an impressive one minute, 9.35 seconds.
Sub 60 seconds or otherwise, one thing all 197 starters shared this afternoon was a gut full of lactic acid (or should we say a quad- full!). But more importantly the riders had a chance to cheer each other on and enjoy the spectacular sunset showering over the McDonnell Ranges as stage two ended.
Results
1 Tim Bennett 2.03.00 2 Adrian Jackson 3 Perren Delacour 1.00 4 Nick Both 2.00 5 Dennis Van Mill 6 James Williamson 7 Ben Mather 3.00 8 Matthew Fleming 5.00 9 Aiden Lefmann 10 Matthew Faehrmann 11.00 11 Ben Hogarth 12.00 12 Jeff Toohey 13 Richard Wood 13.00 14 David Clark 16.00 15 Paul Darvodelsky 16 Ty Domin 17.00 17 Bryan Newton 18 Chris Thompson 18.00 19 Kevin Moore 19.00 20 Adrian Whitworth 20.00 21 Ashley Hayat 22 Nigel Willoughby 21.00 23 Brad Glennan 22.00 24 Stephen Pickles 25 Hans Dielacher 26 Ed Holinger 23.00 27 Gregory Ball 24.00 28 Cameron Bartram 29 Jamie Burton 30 Tavis Johannsen 31 Bill Murphy 32 Clarke Petrick 25.00 33 Mark Simpson 34 Cain Pasque 26.00 35 Shaun Lewis 36 Scott Wilder 37 Charlie Bottero 38 Evan James 27.00 39 Damian McGrath 40 Roger Cull 28.00 41 Sean Hurley 29.00 42 Adam Nicholson 43 Steve Munyard 44 Al Wallace 45 Joel Watson 30.00 46 Naomi Hansen 47 Steve Chinner 31.00 48 Craig mtb 49 Craig Armour 50 Stewart Cowey 51 Rodney Hart 52 Tony Pickles 53 Laurie Berryman 32.00 54 Andy Davison 55 Craig Inkster 56 Scotty Preston 33.00 57 Alan Carpenter 58 Jenni King 34.00 59 Enrico Eberhart 60 Tony Freijah 35.00 61 Imogen Smith 37.00 62 Paul Fowler 63 Steve Gibbs 64 Paul Moir 65 Finlay Luff 38.00 66 Michael Meryment 39.00 67 Tim Sindle 68 Owen Ronalds 69 Anthony Darr 40.00 70 Carl Wilkin 71 Gavin Bliesner 41.00 72 Lew Marshall 73 Huw Kingston 74 Deanna Blegg 42.00 75 Alex Stone 76 Kevin Wells 43.00 77 Melinda Jackson 44.00 78 Rebecca Ormsby 79 Dave McGregor 80 Paul Verheijden 45.00 81 Craig Trevallion 46.00 82 Mark Barends 83 Philip Blum 84 Kane Alward 85 P'An-Tau Jiricek-Scott 86 Malcolm Bradley 87 Rients Lootsma 88 Malcolm Neville 89 Danah Wood 47.00 90 Lawrence Kranen 91 Rob Skinner 92 Ray Giddins 48.00 93 Graant Benett 94 Andrew Choma 50.00 95 Mark Baker 96 Jonathan Cowan 97 Lindsey Langford 98 Trevor Buchanan 99 Christopher Watt 51.00 100 Meg Carrigan 101 Peter Svara 102 Chris Carson 103 Simon Reu 52.00 104 John Nutter 105 Kane Chandler 53.00 106 Dan Harris 107 Merridy Pearce 54.00 108 Rebecca Thomson 55.00 109 Alf Bluch 110 Mark Pickles 111 Simon Bolton 56.00 112 Andrew Hearne 113 Ashley Paterson 114 Celia Thompson 57.00 115 Phil Mathewson 58.00 116 Marck Norret 59.00 117 Nancy Caceres 1.00.00 118 Jeremy Allen 119 Joe Penaluna 120 Libby Adamson 1.01.00 121 Prue Oswin 122 Jane Ollerenshaw 1.02.00 123 Geoffrey Clarke 1.03.00 124 Greg Pointing 125 Anthony Dunn 1.04.00 126 Dave Sutton 127 Ron Whitehead 1.06.00 128 Kim Hearne 129 Chris Mauger 130 Paul Smith 131 Gavin Williams 1.07.00 132 Carolyn Jackson 133 Bryan Connell 134 Paul Hamilton 135 Del Lloyd 1.10.00 136 Jo Stewart 137 Allen Davis 138 David Duke 139 Andrew Pettitt 1.11.00 140 Thorlene Egerton 1.13.00 141 Jan Leverton 142 James Fordyce 143 Mark McKay 1.14.00 144 Mark Meyers 145 David Slater 146 Robert Morris 147 Anna Beck 1.16.00 148 Alison Whitehead 149 Andrew Brown 150 Peter Gibbens 151 Peter Cusworth 152 Michael Heyburn 1.17.00 153 Malcolm Barrett 1.19.00 154 Luke Colla 155 Doug Standish 1.23.00 156 Kent Blight 1.24.00 157 David Owen 158 Rob Marlow 1.25.00 159 Wendy Stevenson 1.27.00 160 Andy Kelsey 161 Anna Sutton 1.28.00 162 David Sutton 163 Daniel Thompson 164 Matt Madin 1.30.00 165 Ian (Buck) Johnson 1.31.00 166 Norman Clark 167 Nicole Burton 1.32.00 168 Andrew Koop 1.38.00 169 Liam Doherty 1.39.00 170 Annalisa McKay 1.40.00 171 Lex Holcombe 172 Jonathan Sutcliffe 1.42.00 173 Georgann McEwan 1.43.00 174 Ashleigh Smith 175 Duncan McEwan 176 Leon Nardella 177 Martin Jacobsen 1.47.00 178 Bruce Northway 1.48.00 179 Cynthia Trevallion 1.51.00 180 Michael Griffiths 181 Bruce McEllister 1.52.00 182 Susan Williams 1.56.00 183 Ross Lawson 1.58.00 184 Jane Kingston 1.59.00 185 Rachel Storey 2.01.00 186 David Lacey 2.03.00 187 Mark Brayshaw 188 Donna Sibley 2.08.00 189 Neil Kinder 190 Stuart Wills 2.19.00 191 Rosalie Northway 2.28.00 192 Paul Zientek 2.32.00 193 Stephen Brady 194 Louise Ferguson 195 Ngaire Caruso 2.37.00 196 Donna Case 2.38.00 197 Heather Freeman 198 Coral Taylor 3.05.00 General classification after stage 2 1 Adrian Jackson 3.49.00 2 Tim Bennett 3.00 3 Perren Delacour 4 Matthew Fleming 5.00 5 Nick Both 6.00 6 Aiden Lefmann 7.00 7 Ben Mather 8 James Williamson 13.00 9 Dennis Van Mill 16.00 10 Ben Hogarth 27.00 11 Jeff Toohey 30.00 12 Richard Wood 13 Matthew Faehrmann 33.00 14 Shaun Lewis 34.00 15 David Clark 16 Paul Darvodelsky 36.00 17 Chris Thompson 39.00 18 Bryan Newton 19 Adrian Whitworth 42.00 20 Kevin Moore 45.00 21 Nigel Willoughby 22 Hans Dielacher 46.00 23 Brad Glennan 48.00 24 Ashley Hayat 25 Gregory Ball 26 Jamie Burton 49.00 27 Ty Domin 28 Scott Wilder 29 Cameron Bartram 51.00 30 Stephen Pickles 31 Ed Holinger 52.00 32 Tavis Johannsen 53.00 33 Bill Murphy 54.00 34 Cain Pasque 55.00 35 Sean Hurley 57.00 36 Damian McGrath 37 Evan James 59.00 38 Charlie Bottero 39 Roger Cull 40 Mark Simpson 1.00.00 41 Steve Munyard 1.01.00 42 Andy Davison 1.02.00 43 Al Wallace 44 Rodney Hart 1.03.00 45 Craig Armour 1.04.00 46 Clarke Petrick 47 Laurie Berryman 1.05.00 48 Stewart Cowey 49 Craig Inkster 1.06.00 50 Alan Carpenter 51 Tony Pickles 52 Craig mtb 1.07.00 53 Enrico Eberhart 54 Adam Nicholson 55 Naomi Hansen 1.08.00 56 Steve Chinner 1.09.00 57 Tony Freijah 58 Joel Watson 59 Imogen Smith 1.10.00 60 Paul Moir 1.12.00 61 Scotty Preston 1.13.00 62 Jenni King 63 Paul Fowler 1.15.00 64 Steve Gibbs 65 Anthony Darr 1.19.00 66 Finlay Luff 67 Michael Meryment 1.20.00 68 Owen Ronalds 69 Carl Wilkin 70 Huw Kingston 1.22.00 71 Tim Sindle 1.23.00 72 Lew Marshall 1.25.00 73 Graant Benett 74 Deanna Blegg 1.27.00 75 Ray Giddins 1.28.00 76 Alex Stone 1.29.00 77 Gavin Bliesner 78 Dave McGregor 79 Philip Blum 1.30.00 80 Andrew Choma 1.31.00 81 Rebecca Ormsby 82 Paul Verheijden 83 Simon Reu 1.32.00 84 Craig Trevallion 85 Malcolm Neville 86 Melinda Jackson 1.33.00 87 Malcolm Bradley 88 Kevin Wells 1.37.00 89 Rients Lootsma 90 Chris Carson 1.38.00 91 Kane Alward 1.39.00 92 John Nutter 1.41.00 93 Mark Baker 1.44.00 94 Danah Wood 1.45.00 95 Meg Carrigan 96 Lawrence Kranen 97 Gavin Williams 1.46.00 98 Rob Skinner 1.47.00 99 Dan Harris 1.48.00 100 Lindsey Langford 101 Merridy Pearce 102 Nancy Caceres 103 Peter Svara 1.49.00 104 Simon Bolton 1.50.00 105 Alf Bluch 106 Kane Chandler 1.51.00 107 Christopher Watt 108 Trevor Buchanan 109 Andrew Hearne 1.53.00 110 Marck Norret 1.54.00 111 Mark Pickles 1.55.00 112 Mark Barends 1.57.00 113 Phil Mathewson 114 Jane Ollerenshaw 1.58.00 115 Rebecca Thomson 116 Dave Sutton 1.59.00 117 Jonathan Cowan 2.00.00 118 Jeremy Allen 119 Geoffrey Clarke 2.02.00 120 Peter Gibbens 2.03.00 121 Carolyn Jackson 2.04.00 122 Chris Mauger 123 Joe Penaluna 2.06.00 124 Libby Adamson 2.07.00 125 Anthony Dunn 126 David Duke 2.09.00 127 Allen Davis 128 Jo Stewart 2.10.00 129 Bryan Connell 2.11.00 130 Kim Hearne 131 Andrew Pettitt 2.12.00 132 Ron Whitehead 133 Paul Hamilton 2.13.00 134 P'An-Tau Jiricek-Scott 2.14.00 135 Anna Beck 136 Paul Smith 2.16.00 137 Thorlene Egerton 2.19.00 138 Greg Pointing 2.20.00 139 Andrew Brown 2.21.00 140 Del Lloyd 141 Robert Morris 142 Alison Whitehead 2.22.00 143 Jan Leverton 2.23.00 144 David Slater 2.26.00 145 Mark Meyers 2.29.00 146 Doug Standish 2.31.00 147 Rob Marlow 2.33.00 148 Luke Colla 2.34.00 149 James Fordyce 2.36.00 150 Anna Sutton 2.39.00 151 Wendy Stevenson 152 Mark McKay 2.40.00 153 David Sutton 154 Malcolm Barrett 2.41.00 155 Nicole Burton 2.43.00 156 Peter Cusworth 2.45.00 157 Liam Doherty 2.46.00 158 Matt Madin 159 Annalisa McKay 2.48.00 160 Andy Kelsey 161 Michael Heyburn 2.50.00 162 Norman Clark 2.52.00 163 Duncan McEwan 2.53.00 164 Kent Blight 2.54.00 165 David Owen 2.59.00 166 Andrew Koop 3.01.00 167 Daniel Thompson 3.02.00 168 Martin Jacobsen 169 Ian (Buck) Johnson 3.03.00 170 Bruce McEllister 3.06.00 171 Cynthia Trevallion 172 Jonathan Sutcliffe 3.07.00 173 Leon Nardella 3.11.00 174 Michael Griffiths 3.13.00 175 Lex Holcombe 3.14.00 176 Georgann McEwan 3.17.00 177 Ashley Paterson 3.20.00 178 Ashleigh Smith 3.25.00 179 Bruce Northway 3.34.00 180 Rachel Storey 3.38.00 181 Jane Kingston 3.39.00 182 David Lacey 3.46.00 183 Ross Lawson 184 Mark Brayshaw 3.47.00 185 Donna Sibley 3.58.00 186 Susan Williams 4.01.00 187 Celia Thompson 4.09.00 188 Stuart Wills 189 Neil Kinder 4.13.00 190 Stephen Brady 4.37.00 191 Paul Zientek 192 Donna Case 4.54.00 193 Ngaire Caruso 4.55.00 194 Rosalie Northway 4.57.00 195 Louise Ferguson 5.02.00 196 Coral Taylor 5.48.00 197 Heather Freeman 5.50.00 198 Steve Sauerwald 11.03.00 199 Prue Oswin 11.15.00 200 Justin Dabner 11.28.00 201 Ove Oksvold 12.00.00 202 Greg Brackenreg 12.17.00 203 Tim Taylor 13.09.00
