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Australian MTB Series #1 - NE
Eagle Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, November 1-2, 2008
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Race 2 - November 2: Downhill,
Graves returns with glory
Jared Graves has returned to mountain biking in winning style, just two months after contesting the BMX event at the Olympic Games. The 25 year-old enjoyed a clean run to win the first national series downhill race in Adelaide.
"I made some mistakes up the top it's getting a bit blown out and sandy but I had a good solid bottom and had good legs to the line," said Graces. "There are a few things to work on after 12 months off the bike (downhill) but I'm very happy. I'm starting to feel like my old self on the bike. I haven't done a lot on the bike."
After switching from Four Cross to BMX in the lead up to the Olympics, Graves found the return to mountain bike a lot tougher than expected.
"I'm really struggling with anything over 30 seconds," he admitted. "People think you're going to strong but I'm suffering like nothing before at the moment."
Always analytical, Graves still plans to improve his downhill skills and will race the next national round on the Gold Coast. "There are definitely things I've got to work on," he said. "They put on a great race here in Adelaide and it's nice to walk away with the win. I'll be doing all the series this year."
Western Australian riders Ben Bell and Mitchell Delfs finished in second and third respectively. Canberra elite Ben Cory placed third while first placed Adelaide rider was the experienced Craig Yates.
Graves qualified fastest today in the seeding run with 2.03.31.
Two-time UCI World Downhill Champion Sam Hill had mechanical trouble in the rock garden and was unable to pedal in the final section of the course. Hill qualified in 67th position leaving him out of the top 40 riders to get into the final run.
Winner at Eagle Mountain Bike Park in the last national series, Will Rischbieth from Adelaide placed a creditable seventh in 2.06.11.
Results
Elite men 1 Jared Graves 0.02.02 2 Ben Bell 0.01 3 Mitchell Delfs 0.02 4 Ben Cory 0.03 5 Craig Yates 0.03 6 Joshua Button 0.03 7 Will Rischbieth 0.04 8 Dave West 0.04 9 James Maltman 0.05 10 Kaine Cannan 0.05 11 Rhys Atkinson 0.05 12 Brad Kelly 0.05 13 Lindsay Klein 0.05 14 Rick Boyer 0.06 15 Tim Eaton 0.06 16 Cillian Kennedy 0.06 17 Liam Paiaro 0.07 18 Jack Harbison 0.07 19 Alex Swann 0.08 20 Jarah Breese 0.08 21 Cody Eichhorn 0.08 22 Sam Hocken 0.09 23 Chris Whitelock 0.10 24 Simon Buzacott 0.09 25 Nathan Wicker 0.09 26 Tyson Obst 0.10 27 Brendan Wood 0.10 28 Ricky Lee 0.11 29 David Hetherington 0.11 30 Todd Folland 0.11 31 Hayden Lester 0.11 32 Miikael Kinnunen 0.11 33 Stuart Keep 0.11 34 Ben Tregoweth 0.11 35 Scott Zecchin 0.11 36 Trevwah Burke 0.12 37 Michael Manning 0.13 38 Ngari Jenkins 0.13 39 Michael Fenwick 0.14 40 Lucas Kucnewicz 0.22 41 Dylan Prohm 42 Brad Mc Donald 43 Mark Fay 44 Darcy Murrell 45 Tom Patton 46 Matt Vincent 47 Derek Ragless 48 Grant Allen 49 Chris Obrien 50 Ben Davies 51 Berend Boer 52 Elliot Smith 53 Matt Swann 54 Jesse Beare 55 Geoffrey Grennan 56 Ben Morrison 57 Dennis Beare 58 Tom Mallett 59 Andy Clarke 60 Ben Goff 61 Kieran Jenkins 62 Lachlan Mazzer 63 Scott Roberts 64 Andrew Brett 65 James Patterson 66 Nicholas Crickshank 67 Sam Costin 68 Dean Gibson 69 Nick Rudzki 70 Tyson Jones 71 Boris Fontanella 72 Dean White 73 Sam Hill 73 Mitchell Mckinlay Elite women 1 Claire Whiteman 0.02.30 2 Leigh Douglas 0.04 3 Sarah Booth 0.05 4 Cara Smith 0.06 5 Emma Lewis 0.13 6 Leonie Picton 7 Lea Harley 8 Joanne Fox 9 Jayne Rutter 10 Shannon Chugg Male Under 19 1 William Gower 0.02.05 2 Rhys Willemse 0.03 3 Tamryn Murrell 0.04 4 Laurie Dinham 0.06 5 Tom Rowe 0.06 6 Antony Moore 0.07 7 Aden Wyber 0.08 8 Ben Barrett 0.08 9 Hans Hadley 0.08 10 Marcus Fairbanks 0.09 11 Josh Johnston 0.10 12 Ryan Hunt 0.10 13 James Shepherd 0.11 14 Reece Kuhn 0.11 15 Daniel Lavis 0.11 16 Michael Bourne 0.11 17 Aaron Oates 0.16 18 Anthony Ghobril 0.20 19 Shaun Oconnor 20 Jack Payne 21 Jesse Went 22 Nick Jack 23 Lewis Winton 24 Ben Nylen 25 Josh Dickinson 26 Dylan Stone 27 Tom Macanally 28 Matt Currie 29 Adam Sheekey 30 Keiran Volk 31 Isaac Edward Thomas 32 Will Giles 33 Adam Leaney 34 Mitchell Codner 35 Bobby Davies 36 Jonathon Scott Thomas 37 Jaxon Ellyard 38 Tom Farmer 39 Sam Forrest 40 Luke Adams 41 Mitch Forbes 42 Jake Obrien 43 Bryce Laukkirbe Female Under 19 1 Shelly Flood Female Masters 1 Carol Moore Female Veteran 1 Julie Harris 2 Melanie Spurling Female Under 17 1 Em Hockey 2 Bec Kriss 3 Jaz Rosa 4 Christie Batt Male Super Masters 1 Frank Nicholson 2 David Miers 3 Martin Griffith Male Masters 1 Shayne Hadley 2 David Badman 3 Darren Moore 4 Chris Sumner 5 Shane Currie 6 Donald Norton Male Veterans 1 Chris Dimbill 2 Jason Blackmore 3 Darren Hobby 4 Drew Hamilton 5 Peter Durbridge 6 Derek Martin 7 Michael Stratton 8 Kym Boxall 9 Ben Reynolds 10 Jacob Bacchus 11 Lee Treasure 12 Ty Mclean 13 Matt Holmes 14 David Cramp 15 Wade Lewis 16 Jason Stalker Male Expert 1 Steven Gebert 2 Ryan De La Rue 3 Randal Huntington 4 James Hunt 5 Sam Butler 6 Nathan Harkiss 7 David Sherrah 8 Paul Ellyard 9 David Leach 10 Brenden Creeper 11 Radek Kochanowski 12 Aaron Bryant 13 Adrian Spath 14 Peter Karas 15 Ben Rohloff 16 Harley Struthers 17 Adam Neideck 18 Andrew Tiddy Male Under 17 1 Troy Brosnan 2 Connor Fearon 3 Brandon Yrttiaho 4 Henry Blake 5 James Carter 6 Grant Womersley 7 James Green 8 Sean Heywood-Smith 9 Phillip Piazza 10 Karl Von Sanden 11 James Wilson 12 Joe Vejvoda 13 Lachie Morse 14 Josh Mcbain 15 Ben Power 16 Matt Smith 17 Tom Norton-Laheney 18 Flinders Johnston 19 Wilson Hale 20 Mat Dwyer 21 Dion Thomas 22 Nelson Kreilis 23 Jake Adams 24 Ben Dippel 25 Brock Harrison 26 Hugh Sangster 27 Zacherad Lewis 28 Max Nielsen 29 Michael Ghobril 30 Alexander Mckinlay 31 Sullivan Fleming 32 Jack Waite Male Under 15 1 Thomas Crimmins 2 Remy Morton 3 Kyle Pfitzner 4 Eugene Smith 5 Tom Rogers 6 Sam Hooper 7 Kyle Demasi 8 Cameron Schmidt 9 Luke Ellison 10 Josef Neubauer 11 Mitchell Kristiansen 12 Matthew Thomson 13 Nicholas Krndija 14 Hamish Maclachlan-Lester 15 James Milics 16 Drew Gartery Male Sport 1 Charlie Boast 2 Kieran Reinboth 3 Aaron Atkinson 4 Nigel Whibley 5 Adrian Rosa 6 Luke Karte 7 Andrew Braker 8 Dwayne Rowley 9 Ben Martin 10 Nicholas Oborn 11 Adam Saffin 12 Andrew Karas 13 Leigh Wright 14 Peter Beare 15 Luke Wardle 16 Robin Biedron 17 Travis Smelt 18 Dylan Monaghan Hardtail Senior 1 Rhys Heard 2 Zac Macanally 3 Brent Cochrane Hardtail Junior 1 Tim Sinclair 2 Nick Norton 3 Aaron Pelttari 4 Zach Smith 5 Bryce Wing 6 Ryan Farmer 7 Simon Pigot
