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Anaconda MTB Enduro - NE

Australia, May 19-23, 2008

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Race 6 - May 22: AYUP Stage 6

Sprint finish ends night-time race

200 riders take on the night
Photo ©: Andrew Connolly
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In an exciting night-time race on the same course racers time trialed this morning, stage six saw second-placed GC racer Perren Delacour take the bunch sprint by leading into the final corner, still some 300m out. Perren was the strongest rider of the evening and none of the others could get around the seasoned ex-pro. Delacour completed the course within four minutes of the time he raced in the morning. Conditions were "sketchy but fun," he said.

Important for the overall standing, Adrian Jackson finished fourth, and although he was only three seconds down across the line, he also missed out on all time bonuses which allowed Perren to creep within one minute and 16 seconds of Jackson overall. Jackson has led the race from his victory in stage one, although perhaps his biggest fight to keep it will come in the final stage as Perren has beaten him on four of the five stages since that first morning

Perhaps more remarkably, there have been six different stage winners in the men's race in the six stages to date. With one of the pre-race favourites Shaun Lewis,as well as former Australian 24 hour champion James Williamson, yet to notch a win, there is every chance that the trend could continue.

If the men's race promised still more excitement, the women's race already provided it, with the yellow jersey changing back to its original owner. Imogen Smith didn't win the stage (that honour went to Victorian and third place overall Jenni King), but she did manage to take four minutes out of Naomi Hansen. That, coupled with a stage bonus and Hansen's uncharacteristic bonus-less fourth place finish meant that Imogen returned to the yellow jersey with a one minute, 23 second lead.

Stage seven will wrap up the overall tomorrow morning.

Photography

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Images by Andrew Connolly

Results

1 Perren Delacour                   55.34 (24.84km/h)
2 Tim Bennett                        0.16
3 Matthew Fleming                    0.22
4 Adrian Jackson                     0.33
5 Nick Both                          1.47
6 Ben Mather                         1.49
7 James Williamson                   1.52
8 Aiden Lefmann                      2.11
9 Dennis Van Mill                    5.28
10 Ben Hogarth                       5.30
11 Richard Wood                      6.31
12 Jeff Toohey                       6.33
13 Nigel Willoughby                  6.42
14 David Clark                       8.00
15 Adrian Whitworth                  8.33
16 Clarke Petrick                    8.41
17 Chris Thompson                    8.44
18 Kevin Moore                       8.55
19 Andrew Choma                      9.54
20 Mark Simpson                     10.42
21 Paul Darvodelsky                 10.43
22 Ashley Hayat                     11.09
23 Cain Pasque                      11.34
24 Sean Hurley                      11.44
25 Brad Glennan                     11.48
26 Charlie Bottero                  12.25
27 Hans Dielacher                   12.44
28 Matthew Faehrmann                13.17
29 Rodney Hart                      13.34
30 Roger Cull                       14.14
31 Tavis Johannsen                  14.22
32 Adam Nicholson                   14.25
33 Cameron Bartram                  14.32
34 Steve Chinner                    14.39
35 Bryan Newton                     14.41
36 Bill Murphy                      14.52
37 Andy Davison                     14.58
38 Ed Holinger                      15.24
39 Jenni King                       15.50
40 Craig Armour                     16.17
41 Scotty Preston                   16.39
42 Jamie Burton                     16.40
43 Damian McGrath                   16.41
44 Joel Watson                      16.42
45 Stewart Cowey                    16.44
46 Alan Carpenter                   16.45
47 Gregory Ball                          
48 Steve Gibbs                      16.58
49 Imogen Smith                     17.05
50 Tim Sindle                       17.07
51 Stephen Pickles                  17.10
52 Shaun Lewis                      17.11
53 Tony Freijah                     17.17
54 Laurie Berryman                  17.21
55 Tony Pickles                     17.22
56 Craig Inkster                    17.55
57 Anthony Darr                     18.31
58 Steve Munyard                    18.32
59 Kane Alward                      18.54
60 Gavin Williams                        
61 Owen Ronalds                     19.27
62 Huw Kingston                     19.29
63 Joe Penaluna                          
64 Al Wallace                       19.31
65 Graant Benett                    19.54
66 Lew Marshall                     20.01
67 Alex Stone                       20.03
68 Melinda Jackson                  20.38
69 P'An-Tau Jiricek-Scott           20.45
70 Malcolm Bradley                  20.49
71 Jonathan Cowan                   20.50
72 Naomi Hansen                     20.56
73 Deanna Blegg                     21.02
74 Craig Trevallion                 21.03
75 Paul Moir                        21.15
76 Peter Svara                      21.23
77 Rebecca Ormsby                   21.38
78 Peter Gibbens                    21.39
79 Michael Meryment                 21.41
80 Enrico Eberhart                  21.57
81 Lindsey Langford                 21.58
82 Ashley Paterson                  22.26
83 Ty Domin                         22.42
84 Phil Mathewson                   22.54
85 Simon Bolton                     23.12
86 Philip Blum                      23.13
87 Dan Harris                       23.28
88 Gavin Bliesner                   23.44
89 Prue Oswin                       23.53
90 Carl Wilkin                      24.11
91 Kevin Wells                      24.12
92 Rebecca Thomson                  24.21
93 Kane Chandler                    24.45
94 Alf Bluch                        24.46
95 Mark Barends                     24.57
96 Paul Verheijden                  24.58
97 Danah Wood                       25.04
99 Paul Fowler                      25.25
98 Lawrence Kranen                       
100 Trevor Buchanan                 25.26
101 Andrew Hearne                   25.31
102 Libby Adamson                   26.02
103 Nancy Caceres                   26.20
104 Celia Thompson                  26.51
105 Rob Skinner                     26.56
106 Rients Lootsma                  27.08
107 Dave McGregor                   28.05
108 Mark Baker                      28.14
109 Andrew Brown                    28.20
110 Anthony Dunn                    28.26
111 John Nutter                     28.28
112 Allen Davis                     28.43
113 Meg Carrigan                    28.50
114 Michael Heyburn                 28.56
115 Carolyn Jackson                 29.13
116 Jan Leverton                    29.30
117 Peter Cusworth                  29.43
118 Chris Carson                    31.00
119 Del Lloyd                       31.18
120 Jeremy Allen                    31.23
121 Malcolm Barrett                 31.25
122 Geoffrey Clarke                 31.33
123 Merridy Pearce                  31.37
124 Daniel Thompson                 31.38
125 Mark McKay                      31.42
126 Ashleigh Smith                  31.43
127 Dave Sutton                     32.18
128 Paul Hamilton                   32.19
129 Jane Ollerenshaw                32.20
130 Ron Whitehead                   32.48
131 Luke Colla                      32.56
132 Christopher Watt                32.58
133 Thorlene Egerton                33.10
134 Mark Pickles                    33.41
135 David Sutton                    34.51
136 Leon Nardella                   34.58
137 James Fordyce                   34.59
138 Michael Griffiths               35.06
139 Ove Oksvold                     35.07
140 Greg Pointing                   35.22
141 Matt Madin                      35.55
142 Andrew Koop                     36.39
143 Martin Jacobsen                 36.43
144 Mark Meyers                     36.45
145 Doug Standish                   36.47
146 Chris Mauger                    36.48
147 Anna Beck                       37.02
148 Jo Stewart                      37.05
149 Kent Blight                     37.26
150 Andy Kelsey                     37.54
151 Paul Smith                      40.20
152 Ian (Buck) Johnson              40.26
153 Jonathan Sutcliffe              41.01
154 Robert Morris                   41.06
155 Kim Hearne                      41.09
156 David Owen                      41.34
157 Bryan Connell                   42.03
158 Justin Dabner                   42.05
159 Bruce Northway                  42.15
160 Donna Sibley                    42.45
161 Annalisa McKay                  42.48
162 Scott Wilder                    42.51
163 Alison Whitehead                43.09
164 Liam Doherty                         
165 Wendy Stevenson                 43.34
166 Norman Clark                    44.36
167 Bruce McEllister                44.40
168 Georgann McEwan                 45.08
169 Rob Marlow                      45.24
170 David Slater                    45.28
171 Duncan McEwan                   45.30
172 Andrew Pettitt                  46.04
173 Lex Holcombe                    47.46
174 David Lacey                     47.58
175 Stuart Wills                    49.00
176 Jane Kingston                   51.13
177 Ross Lawson                     51.31
178 Mark Brayshaw                   51.58
179 Simon Reu                       52.56
180 Anna Sutton                     53.13
181 Nicole Burton                   56.42
182 Ngaire Caruso                   58.53
183 Rachel Storey                   59.02
184 Susan Williams                  59.59
185 Stephen Brady                 1.00.05
186 Louise Ferguson               1.07.20
187 Neil Kinder                   1.07.55
188 Cynthia Trevallion            1.08.02
189 Rosalie Northway              1.10.07
190 Paul Zientek                  1.21.08
191 Donna Case                    1.28.43
192 Heather Freeman               1.32.34
DNS  Coral Taylor                        
DNS  Greg Brackenreg                     
DNS  Mathew Pirani                       
DNS  Tim Taylor                          
DNS  Evan James                          
DNS  Marck Norret                        
DNS  Craig Cross                         
DNS  David Duke                          
DNS  Malcolm Neville                     
DNS  Steve Sauerwald                     
DNF  Ray Giddins                         
DNS  Finlay Luff                         

General classification after stage 6

1 Adrian Jackson                  9.23.04
2 Perren Delacour                    1.13
3 Matthew Fleming                    4.35
4 Tim Bennett                        4.46
6 Nick Both                          7.41
5 Ben Mather                        10.54
7 Aiden Lefmann                     20.54
8 James Williamson                  26.33
9 Dennis Van Mill                   45.37
12 Shaun Lewis                    1.04.44
10 Ben Hogarth                    1.05.01
11 Jeff Toohey                    1.05.36
13 Matthew Faehrmann              1.15.34
14 Richard Wood                   1.16.02
15 David Clark                    1.17.56
17 Paul Darvodelsky               1.26.25
16 Adrian Whitworth               1.28.56
18 Chris Thompson                 1.33.04
19 Kevin Moore                    1.38.39
20 Bryan Newton                   1.39.13
22 Ashley Hayat                   1.47.37
23 Hans Dielacher                 1.50.25
21 Tavis Johannsen                1.50.58
24 Sean Hurley                    1.54.53
30 Ed Holinger                    2.00.05
25 Brad Glennan                   2.00.59
27 Stephen Pickles                2.07.45
29 Jamie Burton                   2.08.50
26 Bill Murphy                    2.08.56
33 Cameron Bartram                2.10.20
37 Charlie Bottero                2.19.27
28 Cain Pasque                    2.19.42
34 Rodney Hart                    2.21.25
32 Tony Pickles                   2.22.00
31 Damian McGrath                 2.22.07
36 Steve Chinner                  2.25.21
43 Roger Cull                     2.26.38
35 Clarke Petrick                 2.26.39
39 Al Wallace                     2.28.32
40 Andy Davison                   2.28.49
42 Imogen Smith                   2.30.30
46 Ty Domin                       2.31.00
38 Mark Simpson                   2.31.01
48 Naomi Hansen                   2.31.44
41 Enrico Eberhart                2.31.49
44 Stewart Cowey                  2.32.39
45 Joel Watson                    2.33.04
47 Tony Freijah                   2.34.27
49 Laurie Berryman                2.35.15
51 Steve Munyard                  2.35.53
50 Craig Inkster                  2.40.35
66 Scotty Preston                 2.45.52
54 Craig Armour                   2.49.27
53 Jenni King                     2.51.09
52 Steve Gibbs                    2.53.47
57 Alan Carpenter                 2.53.53
60 Carl Wilkin                    3.00.21
56 Andrew Choma                   3.00.57
63 Owen Ronalds                   3.03.53
58 Graant Benett                  3.05.17
62 Michael Meryment                      
61 Paul Fowler                    3.06.18
59 Tim Sindle                     3.08.44
55 Nigel Willoughby               3.10.36
65 Huw Kingston                   3.10.40
67 Paul Moir                      3.10.49
68 Lew Marshall                   3.18.39
64 Anthony Darr                   3.23.37
69 Deanna Blegg                   3.23.51
70 Craig Trevallion               3.24.17
71 Rebecca Ormsby                 3.32.03
74 Paul Verheijden                3.36.23
75 Dave McGregor                  3.36.38
73 Melinda Jackson                3.37.01
83 Kevin Wells                    3.38.50
72 Alex Stone                     3.39.24
77 Malcolm Bradley                3.40.13
78 Philip Blum                    3.46.14
76 Simon Reu                      3.49.36
79 Gavin Bliesner                 3.49.41
81 Meg Carrigan                   3.54.55
90 Rients Lootsma                 3.55.45
80 Kane Alward                    3.56.19
85 Simon Bolton                   3.57.26
82 Lawrence Kranen                3.59.23
87 Danah Wood                     4.02.40
84 Kane Chandler                  4.03.24
89 Lindsey Langford               4.03.52
86 Jonathan Cowan                 4.05.03
96 Chris Carson                   4.10.56
93 Phil Mathewson                 4.11.10
91 Dan Harris                     4.13.03
94 Alf Bluch                      4.17.44
95 John Nutter                    4.18.21
92 Mark Pickles                   4.20.40
102 Dave Sutton                   4.21.10
97 Merridy Pearce                 4.21.35
98 Mark Baker                     4.22.26
104 Libby Adamson                 4.27.24
101 Joe Penaluna                  4.33.22
100 Peter Gibbens                 4.33.24
88 Scott Wilder                   4.34.24
99 Rebecca Thomson                4.34.43
103 Nancy Caceres                 4.39.11
106 Geoffrey Clarke               4.42.47
107 Carolyn Jackson               4.49.33
105 Del Lloyd                     4.54.26
108 Chris Mauger                  4.55.48
111 Thorlene Egerton              4.57.29
109 Jane Ollerenshaw              4.58.33
112 Paul Hamilton                 5.02.02
114 Anthony Dunn                  5.03.17
113 Jan Leverton                  5.06.04
118 Jo Stewart                    5.08.14
123 Andrew Hearne                 5.08.38
120 Greg Pointing                 5.10.47
122 P'An-Tau Jiricek-Scott        5.13.13
119 Rob Skinner                   5.13.36
110 Christopher Watt              5.13.38
116 Allen Davis                   5.13.45
129 Jeremy Allen                  5.20.18
115 Ron Whitehead                 5.20.45
117 Trevor Buchanan               5.25.06
126 Bryan Connell                 5.25.19
124 Paul Smith                    5.26.59
134 Peter Cusworth                5.30.16
121 Michael Heyburn               5.33.34
130 Robert Morris                 5.33.36
128 Doug Standish                 5.40.01
127 Andrew Pettitt                5.43.11
131 Andrew Brown                  5.48.26
136 Kim Hearne                    5.49.05
125 Ashley Paterson               5.51.44
135 Wendy Stevenson               5.54.38
133 Mark Meyers                   5.55.02
132 Alison Whitehead              5.55.52
137 Mark McKay                    6.04.46
139 Andrew Koop                   6.08.33
138 David Slater                  6.09.27
140 Rob Marlow                    6.23.29
143 Matt Madin                    6.25.50
141 James Fordyce                 6.27.56
147 David Sutton                  6.42.21
148 Liam Doherty                  6.43.01
145 Malcolm Barrett               6.43.35
146 Luke Colla                    6.45.43
156 Jonathan Sutcliffe            6.49.57
144 Michael Griffiths             6.51.46
150 David Owen                    6.53.11
152 Andy Kelsey                   6.53.25
142 Celia Thompson                6.54.52
149 Leon Nardella                 6.55.07
151 Ian (Buck) Johnson            6.56.28
154 Anna Sutton                   6.59.06
155 Duncan McEwan                 7.02.12
159 Norman Clark                  7.06.17
153 Kent Blight                   7.08.07
157 Bruce McEllister              7.09.38
158 Georgann McEwan               7.35.57
161 Lex Holcombe                  7.47.39
162 Cynthia Trevallion            7.54.09
160 Donna Sibley                  8.10.50
163 David Lacey                   8.37.03
165 Ross Lawson                   8.58.54
164 Bruce Northway                8.59.24
168 Rachel Storey                 9.03.50
166 Susan Williams                9.04.14
167 Neil Kinder                   9.20.56
169 Stuart Wills                  9.44.56
170 Stephen Brady                10.08.50
172 Rosalie Northway             11.06.40
171 Paul Zientek                 11.16.51
173 Donna Case                   11.31.04
174 Ngaire Caruso                12.08.58
175 Louise Ferguson              12.15.03
176 Heather Freeman              12.20.57