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NZ MTB National Series XC #1
Wanaka, January 11, 2003
Yesterday's racing at the Outlet Track proved to be a hit with the riders and spectators alike. There was a mixture of open 4WD tracks, rolling farmland and tight forested single track. At 8.8km long per lap, this course is the longest for the 2003 National Series.
There were 161 competitors over the three categories - Sport, Expert and Pro-Elite.
The winner of the Pro-Elite men was 20 year old Florian Vogel from Switzerland, who is in NZ to train in his off-season and to improve his English. He has spent two months at an English school in Taupo and plans to do some touring of the South Island before heading back to a training camp in Switzerland in two weeks. Vogel is ranked 49th in the world and came 4th at the U23 World Championships held in Austria last September.
Vogel took the lead early on and rode the five lap course superbly finishing in a time of 1.59.11. Jason Clement (2002 NZ Champion) came in second with a time of 2.03.58, closely followed by the 2002 National Series winner Stuart Houltham (2.08.44).
Rebecca Cullen from Nelson (2002 NZ Champion) won the Pro-Elite women's four lap course in a time of 2.02.57, followed by Ingrid Allsop-bell (Auckland) in 2.05.30. Third went to Lisa Savage (Golden Bay) in a time of 2.08.44.
Results
Sport Junior Men 1 James Duncan 1.01.30 2 Sam Mccloy 0.03 3 Elijah May 3.38 4 Sam Hore 8.55 5 Michael Smith 12.13 6 Patrick Avery 20.21 7 Jeremy Lennon 25.18 8 David Shearer 28.47 9 Michael Cockroft 35.57 9 Starters Sport Senior Men 1 Regan Hill 1.09.37 2 Trey Barlow 1.48 3 Campbell Naish 2.19 4 Scott Perkins 2.57 5 Rob Wilson 4.44 6 Lincoln Rawles 17.51 DNF Hayden Wilkinson DNF Mingo Innes 8 Starters Sport Senior Women 1 Victoria Mackay 1.19.08 1 Starter Sport Master Men 1 Simon Abbott 1.05.49 2 Simon Clayton 0.28 3 Craig Toomer 1.19 4 Ian Dee 1.55 5 Glen Perkins 3.59 6 Henry Druce 4.12 7 Mark Dawson 7.01 8 Aaron Chisholm 7.45 9 Philip Oliver 8.27 10 Warren Jones2 8.55 11 Dave Cowie 10.18 12 Lindsay Williams 12.17 13 Del Robinson 12.37 14 Keith Mcleod2 13.30 15 Tony Paterson 14.45 16 John Scobie 15.02 17 Tony Mccleary 33.51 17 Starters Sport Master Women 1 Vere Perry 1.13.25 2 Anna Perkins 5.23 3 Maryann Avery 14.14 4 Beth Masser 18.59 4 Starters Expert Junior U17 Men 1 Sam Bewley 1.24.42 2 Clinton Avery 1.12 3 William Lush 5.58 4 Luke Newman 6.00 5 Joshua Williamson 8.04 6 Samuel Gordon 16.33 7 Daniel Gillett 24.12 8 Mark Richards 30.22 8 Starters Expert Junior U17 Women 1 Monique Avery 1.25.15 1 Starters Expert Junior Men 1 Matthew Dewes 1.23.09 2 Stephen Butler 1.10 3 Phillip Murphy 1.24 4 Brent Vlug 8.08 5 Zane Christey 9.28 6 Nathon Sharratt 12.25 7 Joshua Barley 12.32 8 Christopher Collie 14.21 9 Paul Macmillan 22.28 DNF Miles Watson 10 Starters Expert Junior Women 1 Carissa Wilkes 1.03.58 2 Karina Wilkinson 1.07 2 Starters Expert Under 23 Men 1 Scott Lyttle 1.48.07 2 Simon Forrest 3.30 3 Francis Newman 7.51 4 Wolfgang Ritter 11.41 5 Mark Chamberlain 22.05 DNF Hamish Collie DNF Chris Fisher 7 Starters Expert Senior Men 1 Andrew Merrylees 1.47.57 2 Philip Dickinson 3.20 3 Steven Wilson 4.16 4 Justin Price 5.08 5 Andrew Rhodes 7.15 6 Rodney Wallace 9.31 7 Christopher Kendall 12.37 8 Jason Whiteman 13.51 9 Tim Wearing 17.54 10 Shane Nolan 22.56 11 Daryl Ashby 24.40 12 Mike Clarkson 26.56 13 Nick Hirschfeld 32.24 DNF Steven Roger DNF Jeremy Broom 15 Starters Expert Senior Women 1 Cathy Hamer 1.36.29 2 Angela Eccles 5.50 3 Vicky Robertson 5.56 4 Sonia Foote 6.04 5 Nicole Swain 6.31 6 Rachelle Smith 8.17 7 Kelly Fogden 11.00 8 Melanie Eccles 13.50 9 Erin Greene 23.26 10 Julie Melanson 35.35 DNF Wendy Osborne DNF Mandy Merrylees 12 Starters Expert Master 30+ Men 1 Peter Sutherland 1.49.49 2 Neil Sutherland 0.30 3 Russel Smith 1.15 4 Andrew Evans 1.30 5 Chris Gaze 2.17 6 Michael Anderson 3.42 7 Michael Metz 4.22 8 Jason Blair 5.38 9 James Gurney 7.26 10 Michael Sanders 7.37 11 Nick Spencer 10.32 12 Rob Lee 13.07 13 Tony Morgan 14.08 14 Darrin Bain 20.06 15 Dion Chapman 24.21 16 Shayne Riches 24.24 17 Benny Devlin 27.59 18 Gary Mckenzie 35.34 19 Stu Thomas 53.36 19 Starters Expert Master 30+ Women 1 Anne Fallow 1.49.14 2 Sarah Beadel 6.30 3 Pamela Thompson 8.30 4 Debbie Amoamo 10.13 DNF Anne Firth 5 Starters Expert Master 40+ Men 1 Christopher Faithfall 1.25.48 2 Scott Maclachlan 2.59 3 Dave Chambers 5.41 4 Geoff Herbert 9.14 5 Murray Avery 11.46 6 Dave Wallace 16.32 DNF Andy Gilbert 7 Starters Expert Master 50+ Men 1 Robert Kennedy 1.39.51 1 Starter Pro-Elite Men 1 Florian Vogel (Switzerland) 1.59.11 2 Jason Clement (Levin) 4.47 3 Stuart Houltham (Trek Nz) 4.53 4 Wayne Hiscock (Apollo Raceline) 5.20 5 Andrew East (Gt Bikes / Power Bar / Pack'n' Auckland) 5.52 6 Hilton Power (Gaint / Kaenon) 10.07 7 Marcus Roy (Giant) 11.08 8 Tim Vincent (Merida, Marco Polo) 11.49 9 Clinton Jackson 13.18 10 Paul Newnham (United Kingdom) 13.41 11 Timothy Madgwick (K2/ Smith/ Maxxis/ Truvative) 14.47 12 Michael Willacy 17.17 13 Aaron Kells (Planet Cycles) 18.25 14 Michael Northcott (Diamondback / Bike & Pack) 19.00 15 Chris Burr 19.42 16 Kurt Lancaster (Trek Nz/Southend Cycles) 20.57 17 Darry Stevens (Trek / Raceway Cycles) 21.06 18 Sam Horn (Bridge St Cycles/ Avanti) 23.04 19 Brendon Sharratt 24.26 20 Michael May (Adventure Cycles) 28.57 21 Phil Rayner (United Kingdom) 29.38 22 Damian Phipps at 1 lap DNF Aaron Tuckerman DQ Mark Leishman (Cabin Racing) DNF Thomas Juzi (Switzerland) DNF Dave Thomson 26 Starters Pro-Elite Women 1 Rebecca Cullen (Apollo Raceline) 2.02.57 2 Ingrid Allsop-Bell (Turners Auctions) 2.33 3 Lisa Savage (Giant/Star & Garter) 5.47 4 Brenda Clapp (Pace, Ground Effect, Maxxis) 7.39 5 Genevieve Whitson (Pack 'N' Pedal/ Avanti/ Cadbur Wellington 9.51 6 Bronwyn Harris (Diamond Back) 13.21 7 Emma Bawtree (Nelson) 15.31 8 Tracy Clark (Christchurch) 16.15 9 Raelene Phipps (Rotorua) at 1 lap 9 Starters
