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Ready Hire 12 HR Mountain Bike Team Challenge

Australia, 2002

Report by Sharon Payne

Three hundred riders started Queensland's Ready Hire 12 hour mountain bike race on Saturday at Fellcraig near Beaudesert. Individuals and teams from New South Wales and Queensland competed on a new tough course which had a mixture of climbs, downhill, sandy and dusty sections. Racing began at 9.20 am on Saturday finishing in the dark 12 hours later.

After a Le Mans start included a 30 metre run before mounting bikes the first lap was taken by Matt Smith.

Ten individual riders competed alongside teams of 2, 4 and 6. First individual male was Saul Britton on 56 laps with an impressive lead from second place getter Howard Duhs on 47 laps. Third placed Anthony Cooke rode 40 laps in the 12hour period. Belinda McIntyre from Brisbane used her 24hour experience to give her the lead over newcomer Sue Donoghoe from Boonah.

The winning team from the Gold Coast was the Nerang Cycles team of Phil Hystek, Brett Stevens, Jack Weitenberg, Lee Barber and brothers Mark and Michael Skroblin. They rode a total of 76 laps well ahead of closest team with 4 riders, Ninety Percent Normal who covered 73 laps.

Michael Skroblin used the event as final speed preparation before setting off overseas to contest the Under 19 World Championships in Austria on 29 August. Michael currently leads the open division in Queensland's Super Series Races after 4 races.

Results

Solo Men 
  
Saul Britton                                    56 LAPS
Howard Duhs                                     47 LAPS
Anthony Cooke                                   40 LAPS
Ross Uhlmann                                    39 LAPS
Ian Ferrier                                     33 LAPS
Shaun Crossman                                  32 LAPS
David Loveridge                                 26 LAPS
Jack Mullaly                                    24 LAPS
Peter Brett                                     23 LAPS
   
Solo Female
   
Melinda Mcintyre                                33 LAPS
Sue Donoghue                                    18 LAPS
   
   
OVERALL TEAMS WINNERS
    
Nerang Cycles - Jordan Vogel,                   76 LAPS
                Mark Skroblin
                Michael Skroblin,
                Phil Hystek,
                Jack Weitenberg,
                Lee Barber
   
2 PERSON TEAMS  
 
Goateed Gurus                                   62 LAPS
Fuel 100                                        61 LAPS
Design Imagery                                  60 LAPS
    
4 PERSON TEAMS 
  
Ninety Percent Normal                           73 LAPS
3 Men And A Baby                                72 LAPS
Piston Broke                                    71 LAPS
   
6 PERSON TEAMS 
  
Nerang Cycles                                   76 LAPS
Tools On The Move - A                           71 LAPS
Some Lame Name                                  66 LAPS

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