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New Zealand National Championships - NE
Nelson, New Zealand, February 26-March 1, 2009
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Race 6 - March 1: Downhill
Leov impresses to win downhill title
Number five world ranked Justin Leov produced a stunning performance to win the downhill title at the New Zealand Mountainbike Championships in Nelson. Leov, who has just signed for the new Trek World CUp professional team, went in as the second fastest after the seeding run behind fellow New Zealand teammate Sam Blenkinsop, who won the dual slalom on Friday.
Leov, who was sixth in last year's world championships, ripped down the course in 3:21:74 to lay down the challenge to Blenkinsop. The Wanganui rider was unable to answer the challenge, finishing second just over a second outside Leov's time.
Veteran Nathan Rankin, who had a disastrous seeding run, got his act together with a 3:25:45 effort to lead for much of the competition. His time was bettered only by Leov, Blenkinsop and Kieren Bennett.
Blenheim's Harriet Harper won the women's title in 4:49:46, three seconds clear of Christchurch's Amy Laird. Internationals Emmeline Ragot, Sabrina Jonnier and Harriet Reucknagal dominated the competition although they were in eligible for national honours.
Competitors were greeted to a hot, sunny day although the track had cut out considerably after the heavy rain that fell the previous day.
Results
Elite men 1 Justin Leov 0.03.21.74 2 Sam Blenkinsop 0.01.17 3 Kieran Bennett 0.03.71 4 Fabian Pedemanaud 0.05.82 5 Nathan Rankin 0.07.44 6 Edward Masters 0.08.58 7 Ben Cathro 0.13.97 8 Cameron Cole 0.15.15 9 Fergus Lamb 0.15.43 10 Joe Barnes 0.17.16 11 Tim Mackersy 0.17.42 12 Danny Hart 0.18.14 13 Des Curry 0.19.36 14 Joseph Nation 0.19.39 15 Gary Forrest 0.22.36 16 Troy Murdoch 0.22.40 17 Wyn Masters 0.22.74 18 Scott Bedford 0.23.63 19 Sam Reed 0.28.73 20 James Dodds 21 Nathon Sharratt 0.29.07 22 James Rennie 0.29.20 23 Rick Balbierer 0.32.32 24 Dan Lynch 0.36.73 25 Reuben Miller 0.41.27 26 Matt Scoles 3.24.31 27 Daniel Meilink 6.02.64 DNF Michael Davis DNS Daniel Aitken DNS Teruaki Takahashi DNS Daniel Sims Elite women 1 Emmeline Ragot 0.04.05.47 2 Sabrina Jonnier 0.07.08 3 Harriet Ruecknagel 0.21.59 4 Harriet Harper 0.43.99 5 Amy Laird 0.46.73 6 Gabrielle Molloy 0.50.13 7 Katrina Strand 0.51.02 8 Dawn Daley-Coers 1.02.48 9 Rita Langley 1.34.68 Under 19 men 1 Brook MacDonald 0.03.29.32 2 George Brannigan 0.11.27 3 Rupert Chapman 0.20.23 4 James Hoggan 0.20.77 5 Richard Leacock 0.22.15 6 Nick McConachie 0.25.38 7 Ethan Helliwell 0.26.74 8 Liam Moynihan 0.28.01 9 Jimmy Wilson 0.30.57 10 Cam Johnson 0.30.60 11 Tom Matthews 0.32.05 12 Campbell Robertson 0.33.43 13 Bryn Dickerson 0.33.76 14 Ben Tyas 0.38.67 15 Jonathan Andrew 0.38.75 16 Leighton Kirk 0.39.85 17 Ash Sergeant 0.39.98 18 Andy Sergeant 0.45.68 19 Dominic Stulen 0.48.44 20 Tom Beaton 0.48.67 21 Brandon Lumsden 0.52.18 22 Jed Rooney 0.55.54 23 Senn William Steel 0.56.00 24 Daniel Heads 0.56.69 25 Josh Barnard 0.59.85 26 Ryan Lewis 1.01.08 27 Alex Grogan 1.06.31 28 Lawrence McBreen-Smith 1.08.37 29 Lucas Jackson 1.23.95 30 Doug Winter 1.31.97 31 Michael Mckee 1.33.37 32 Tyler Perrin 1.33.68 33 Rhys Dunn 1.34.18 34 Jamie Hubbard 1.49.42 35 Brandon Dunn 1.52.25 36 Oscar Tatom 2.02.27 37 Jamie Eagle 2.15.29 38 Mike Wells 2.20.54 39 Oliver Radford 3.13.00 40 Aari Barrett 3.49.11 41 Nick Taylor 5.22.84 DNF Angus Mckenzie DNF Lachlan Cruickshank DNS James Friend DNS Olly Le Maitre DNS Nick O'Rourke DNS Jamie Dylan Lyall DNS Freddie King DNS Max Carter-Smith DNS Jared Quinn DNS Josh Miller DNS Sam Baker DNS Vaughan Woolhouse Under 17 men 1 Reuben Olorenshaw 0.03.55.12 2 Daniel Franks 0.02.14 3 Simon Barratt 0.09.37 4 Jay Barrett 0.11.79 5 Jackson Carter-Smith 0.14.66 6 Nick Bygate 0.15.23 7 Louis Hamilton 0.15.77 8 Jake Robinson 0.16.53 9 Brandon Ransfield 0.17.49 10 Nathan Sheppard 0.21.28 11 Rasmus Tonder 0.23.18 12 Corey Penney 0.25.60 13 Tom Rose 0.31.03 14 Warrick Trompetter 0.40.88 15 Dan McCombie 1.01.95 16 Mat Prior 1.06.95 17 Rogan Young 1.32.06 18 Cody Rees 1.41.34 19 Campbell Mercer 1.46.11 20 Conor Smith 1.56.69 21 Harvey Whelan 1.56.75 22 Michael Gunter 1.58.55 23 Cory Prutton 2.20.82 DNF Harry Harry Ness Andrew Dunn Brendan Falvey DNS Troy Troy Stewart Senior men 1 Jimmy Pollard 0.03.45.96 2 Samuel Perry 0.07.23 3 Kurt Lancaster 0.08.13 4 Antony Jackson 0.08.61 5 Scott McGregor 0.11.95 6 Antony Snodgrass 0.16.11 7 Oliver Knight 0.18.51 8 Simon Smith 0.22.05 9 Orion Daley-Coers 0.29.24 10 David du Plessis 0.30.41 11 Braedan Trompetter 0.33.94 12 David Sibley 0.36.92 13 Luke de Jager 0.41.54 14 Daniel Alvarez 0.45.13 15 Craig McGinnity 0.47.94 16 Kevin Warner 0.50.88 17 Steven Pattle 0.51.85 18 Boyd Grinstead 0.58.49 19 Thomas Winwood 1.04.44 20 William Mathieson 1.28.59 21 John Pitchers 2.00.81 DNS Jason Jason Gunn Matthew McGovern Hayden McKay Adrian Loo Jarrod Bang Master 1 men 1 Derek Winwood 0.04.11.89 2 Cameron Bisset 0.18.18 3 Kevin English 0.34.19 4 Dave English 1.32.55 Andrew Bayley Master 2 men 1 Dave Hamilton 0.04.34.95 2 Luke Simmons 0.32.81 3 Michael Stylianou 0.57.76 4 David Rose 1.03.56 5 Martin Langley 1.21.82 Hardtail men 1 Cameron Kay 0.04.42.41 2 Tim Adams 0.08.98 3 Leo Calcasola 0.53.16 4 Wolve Williams 1.29.39 5 Caelab Drummond 1.55.41 6 Rielly Dabinett 3.12.14 7 Jim Lott 3.12.18 DNS Tim Tim Warner Open women 1 Georgia Wight 0.05.25.62 2 Sophie Tyas 0.14.50 3 Veronique Sandler 0.15.95 4 Madeline Taylor 0.37.32 5 Amanda Pearce 1.17.75 6 Sarah Atkin 1.48.86 Under 15 men 1 Leo Sandler 0.04.15.04 2 Harry Chapman 0.03.16 3 Jacques Vosloo 0.20.51 4 Lawrence Cawte 0.32.01 5 Morgan Taylor 0.51.93 6 Josh McCombie 0.57.51 7 Andy Wilson 0.59.64 8 Connor Hamilton 1.13.26 9 Michael Franks 2.18.76 DNS Sam Eagle Sweeper 1 Bungeye 4.21.77
