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Canberra Off Road Cyclists #4
Kowen Forest, Canberra, November 6, 2005
Cooper carves elite field in Kowen
Yesterdays Canberra off-road Cyclist¹s cross-country mountain bike race saw some of Australia¹s top riders battle it out on the tracks of Kowen Forest. 116 riders gathered to take on each other in a battle for local pride. An interesting race developed between the elite men over the 6 laps of the 5.5 Km course. In the beginning it was Dylan Cooper leading the field closely followed by Shaun Lewis, Brent Miller, Ben Henderson, James Williamson and Shane Paton. Cooper extended his lead as the race wore on, consistently putting time between himself and the class field. For the rest, the twisting Kowen tracks proved unpredictable with positions changing regularly in the first half of the race.
Dry conditions made the course fast and flowing making the speed of the elite riders a spectacle to watch weaving between trees and powering along the rough terrain. As the race wore on the endurance of James Williamson, who rode the MONT Australian 24 Hour Championships completing over 370km and finishing second, proved an attribute even over short distances finishing fourth behind Kona Team rider Shane Paton. Shaun Lewis, renowned for his strength in the NSW State Series, worked hard to keep the gap between himself and Dylan Cooper to a minimum, finishing second. The course took its toll with nineteen year old rider Ben Henderson retiring midway from a high position.
Australian Elite Womens XC Series Champion Niki Fisher made a welcome return to racing after injury and delivered a message to everyone that she is back.
The riders will likely meet again in there weeks at round 5 of the CORC cross-county series at Sparrow Hill with some scores to settle.
Results
Senior Men 1 Dylan Cooper (Kona-MtBuller) 1.27.09 2 Shaun Lewis 4.19 3 Shane Paton (KonaMtBuller) 4.55 4 James Williamson (Mongoose,PowerBar) 5.15 5 Thomas Walter 8.39 6 Brent Miller 9.48 7 Luke Graydon 11.05 8 Nathan Rickerby 11.19 9 David Osmond 15.45 DNF Ben Henderson Senior Women 1 Niki Fisher (Assos,SwellDesignGroup) 1.14.48 DNF Jacqui Clynes Sport A Men 1 Nathan Haas 1.22.42 2 Angus Harding 0.02 3 Hardy Lohse 0.54 4 Steve Peddle 1.12 5 Peter Wilson 1.27 6 Craig Honeybrook 4.51 7 Ben Battisson 5.26 DNF David Simpfendorfer DNF Josh Bosschieter Sport A Women 1 Emily Viner 57.32 2 Heather Cocquio 1.28 3 Julia Graczyk 1.45 4 Gracie Elvin 4.27 5 Nicola Lofflee 9.04 Sport B Men 1 Tony Nicholson 1.08.37 2 Glenn Newnham 1.40 3 David Warner 2.57 4 Terry Eveston 3.30 5 Tim Lawley 5.23 6 Andrew Harnisch 7.12 7 Jeff Howell 7.25 8 phil beresford 19.07 DNF James Lechte Sport B Women 1 Jennifer Jones 1.04.47 Sport C Men 1 Ryan Dixon 51.04 2 Ian Mongan 0.58 3 Colin Kelley 1.00 4 Dale Percival 1.02 5 Aaron Warren 1.53 6 Richard Pywell 2.20 7 Peter Conlon 3.55 8 Sean Baker 4.10 9 Michael Redman 4.17 10 Guy Pardon 5.06 11 Ian Spencer 5.24 12 Wayne Benham 5.25 13 Edward King 7.30 14 Andrew Forster 7.39 15 Stephen Rowley 7.59 16 Raymond Ching 8.04 17 Regan Sanders 8.20 18 Craig Iverach 8.56 19 Brett Musial 12.03 20 Craig Lindenmayer 13.35 21 Stuart Lindenmayer 15.00 22 Sandy Fisk 18.02 23 Daniel witteveen 21.36 Sport D Men 1 Paul Oxman 46.33 Veteran Men 1 Gary Scheld 1.03.55 2 Rob Allen 0.33 3 Rodney Higgins 2.12 4 Con Toparis 3.05 5 Ben Geier 3.17 6 Kevin Moore 3.20 7 Doug McLean 3.25 8 Mal Bennett 3.34 9 John Paul 3.53 10 Geoff Hinchcliffe 5.30 11 Gerard Rummery 5.39 12 Wayde Margetts 6.53 13 Mitchell Whitelaw 7.30 14 Glenn Allen 7.36 15 Simon Tilley 8.02 DNF David Medlock DNF Luke Laffan Veteran Women 1 Adair Ferguson 59.28 2 Stacey Quayle 12.46 Masters Men 1 Adrian Lejins 50.53 2 John Henderson 0.27 3 Simon Wells 1.17 4 Uli Faul 2.18 5 Adam Herbst 3.12 6 Phillip Hopkins 4.07 7 Leslie Paton 4.43 8 David McCook 4.47 9 John Hatley 5.41 10 David Carr 5.43 11 Michael Law-Smith 6.59 12 Tony Nairn 7.41 13 Neil Dall 8.06 14 John Graydon 8.18 15 Toby Hartley 9.45 16 Mark Young 9.52 17 Alan Scott 14.48 Super Masters Men 1 Paul Cole 37.33 2 Andrew Tupalski 0.12 3 Lou Rando 3.30 4 Jack Spahr 5.31 Under 17 Men 1 Mark Tupalski 52.50 2 Andrew Adams 0.18 3 Lachlan Paton 1.47 Under 15 Men 1 Anthony Rodgers 35.49 2 Tim Smyth 1.54 3 Nicholas Wilson 3.00 4 Mark Penders 3.54 Under 13 Men 1 Nick Young 23.06 Under 11 Mixed 1 Jordan Medlock 20.04 2 Joe Wells 0.47 Under 7 Mixed 1 Zac Peddle 17.59 2 Georgia Faul 0.18 3 Finn Tregurtha 1.04 4 Ben Cassie 1.38 Novice Men 1 Liam McCook 22.04 Novice Women 1 Francesca Rando 15.27
