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Australian MTB Series Round 3 XC - NE
Thredbo, NSW, December 16, 2006
Results Photography Day two - Down Hill
Taberlay & Potter top the XC timesheets
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Athens Olympian Sid Taberlay stamped his claim on the first cross country race in Thredbo since 2001. The Tasmanian lead from start to finish after claiming the quickest lap of the day. After six laps and an overall time of 1:47.37, Taberlay took the win in his stride. "I just powered up the hill in the first lap and didn't see anyone after that," Taberlay said.
Adelaide based Chris Jongewaard had the unluckiest ride of the day after riding five laps in second position before striking trouble. Jongewaard missed a feed on the final lap before suffering a flat tyre that caused him to drop six and a half minutes and finish in ninth place. Jongewaard was passed by the trailing trio of Dylan Cooper, Aiden Lefmann and team mate Lachlan Norris who finished second, third and fourth respectively. A third place by current series leader, Lefmann maintains his series lead by a slim margin of two points.
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European-based rider Kate Potter caused an upset in the Elite Women's category at Thredbo. Potter made the winning move just before the final lap to pass early leader, Tory Thomas. A surge of energy from Potter was too much for the current series leader, Thomas.
In the early laps Thomas looked like she had the race sewn up until an old injury caused havoc on the climbing sections. The Victorian was told she would never ride again in 2005 when she was serious injured after being struck by a car. Thomas' second place by was enough to maintain the series lead.
Renee Fortunato placed third after riding consistently over the four laps of the new 5.75 km long course. Fortunato was the highest placed rider who is part of the Dirt Roads to London program, an Australian Sports Commission initiative to develop female cross country riders for the London Olympics in 2012.
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The most impressive ride was by 15 year-old Rebecca Henderson, who rode herself into fourth spot in the Elite Women's field. Henderson blitzed the Under 23 field and is set to take out the championship at the next, and final, round.
Niki Fisher found the technical course to her liking, taking her best result to date in fifth place. Launceston's Rowena Fry crashed during the final stages of the race and required stitches in her knee but managed to finish a creditable sixth. Jill Burston and Joanna Wall finished in seventh and eighth respectively. A disappointing race saw series challenger Zoe King placed ninth but still maintain second in the championship standings.
Photography
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Images by Mark Gunter/www.pbase.com/gunterphotograph
- Tory Thomas took the lead straight from the gun
- Tory Thomas high above the village
- Kate Potter working hard to keep in touch with the leader
- Rosemary Barnes finished in 16th
- Maria Papadopoulos in action
- Shelly Flood was the only U17 woman
- Tory Thomas working her way around the tough course
- Kate Potter was still looking strong with a couple of laps to go.
- Jill Burston looked determined
- Kate Potter on her last lap at the back of the course.
- Rebecca Henderson negotiates some rocky terrain
- Rowena Fry with some war wounds.
- Sid Taberlay had a good buffer on the field half way through the first lap
- Chris Jongewaard running second leads the rest of the field.
- Daniel Mackay feels the strain of thredbo.
- Sid Taberlay looked composed during the race.
- Aiden Lefmann leads Lachlan Norris
- Dylan Cooper finished in second.
- Glenn Stewart in action.
- Chris Jongewaard was looking good for second all day but punctured on the last lap to finish ninth.
- Shaun Lewis heading up.
- Sid Taberlay powering to a win.
- Perren Delacour had no time to admire the view.
- Sid Taberlay crosses the finish line.
- Sid Taberlay was satisfied with his win.
Images by Evan Jeffery/www.evanjeffery.com.au
- Kate Potter before the women’s XC race
- Kate Potter leading Tory Thomas up the fire road climb
- Media attention on Sid Taberlay prior to the men’s XC
- Aiden Lefmann on his way to another podium finish and retained the leader’s plate
- Dylan Cooper telling stories of how the race unfolded
Results
Elite Men 1 Sidney Taberlay 1.47.37 2 Dylan Cooper 3.06 3 Aiden Lefmann 3.18 4 Lachlan Norris 3.32 5 Perren Delacour 4.15 6 Murray Spink 5.21 7 Daniel Braunsteins 6.48 8 Matthew Fleming 7.08 9 Chris Jongewaard 7.56 10 Peter Hatton 9.13 11 Shaun Lewis(real) 9.54 12 Chris Winn 10.03 13 Ben Henderson 10.47 14 James Maebus 11.15 15 Phil Orr 12.08 16 Shaun Lewis 12.12 17 Cal Britten 13.04 18 Scott Liston 13.35 19 Andrew Blair 14.04 20 Benjamin Grieve-Johnson 14.54 21 Adam Freeman 15.29 22 Warren Burgess 16.11 23 Dirk van der Walle 16.19 24 Glenn Stewart 17.39 25 Daniel Mackay 21.50 One lap behind 26 Joey Esterhurzen 2.13.15 27 Sebastian DeBruin 1.49.56 28 James Devonshire 1.50.19 29 Ben Mather 1.56.31 30 Luke Graydon 1.57.33 Two laps behind 31 Phillip Haughton 1.55.02 Three laps behind 32 Angus Harding 1.13.30 DNF Joshua Keep DNF Adrian Jackson DNS Daniel McConnell Elite Women 1 Kate Potter 1.30.38 2 Tory Thomas 1.51 3 Renee Fortunato 3.16 4 Rebecca Henderson 4.13 5 Niki Fisher 4.37 6 Rowena Fry 5.36 7 Jill Burston 5.56 8 Joanna Wall 6.06 9 Zoe King 7.05 10 Katherine O'Shea 7.22 11 Naomi Williams 8.18 12 Caroline Jackson 9.53 13 Therese Rhodes 10.57 14 Lindsay Gorrell 11.24 15 Jenni King 12.49 16 Rosemary Barnes 14.40 17 Maria Papadopoulos 15.06 18 Claire Haugh 15.37 19 Jayne Grubits 18.26 20 Rebecca Armstrong 18.57 21 Erica O'Brien 24.16 22 Kathryn Bicknell 26.40 23 Alexis Barnes 27.04 24 Klara Vandervaart 27.12 One lap behind 25 Gracie Elvin 1.43.04 Two laps behind 26 Philippa Rostan 1.12.29 Expert Men 1 Nathan Rickerby 1.45.13 2 Dylan Wolsky 0.35 3 Andrew Lumley 1.24 4 Dave Shepppard 1.59 5 Paul Traynor 3.11 6 Tom Walter 4.05 7 Tim Retchford 5.48 8 Angus Kirkpatrick-Jones 18.05 9 Gareth Barnes 20.22 DNF Camm Winn DNF Krischan Spranz DNF Chris Murrell DNF Troy Glennan Under 19 Men 1 Paul Van der Ploeg 1.14.06 2 Nathan Haas 3.47 3 Peter Braunsteins 4.34 4 Daniel Hallam 7.25 5 Robbie Hucker 8.16 6 Benjamin Dyball 11.12 7 Mark Flood 12.16 8 Luke Knox 12.40 9 Kris Robinson 13.13 10 Scott Chancellor 21.05 11 Kieran Poole 22.25 12 Roshin Sidhu 24.25 13 Daniel Norrie 8.07 14 James Mowatt 14.42 DNF Lewis Rattray DNF Mark Tupalski DNF Tim Smyth DNS Scott Grant Masters Women 1 Sandy Magennis 52.34 2 Sally Watts 3.50 3 Adair Ferguson 4.54 Veteran Women 1 Louise Cook 1.18.30 Under 19 Women 1 Kelly Hughes 59.48 2 Cailin Carrier 1.09 3 Kate McMillan 11.01 Under 17 Women 1 Shelly Flood 59.02 Under 15 Women 1 Micaela Hogan 34.08 Sport Women 1 Anna Coventry 1.13.37 2 Sarah O'Callaghan 4.07 Super Masters Men 1 Mark Walters 44.52 2 Kevin Jones 2.47 3 Jeff Dyball 8.44 4 Keiran Hogan 10.06 5 Russell Baker 27.26 DSQ Nicholas Bird Masters Men 1 Robert Eva 1.01.20 2 David Olle 4.51 3 Mark Hardy 8.02 4 John Henderson 9.02 5 Craig Peacock 10.16 6 Chris Neenan 12.46 7 Andrew Rowe 16.06 8 Phillip Hopkins 20.30 One lap behind 9 Timothy Manton 1.05.30 Veteran Men 1 Mark Fenner 1.24.40 2 Dean Megahey 0.31 3 Paul Clancy 12.51 One Lap Behind 4 Christopher Criddle 1.02.09 Under 17 Men 1 Brendan Johnston 1.03.10 2 Michael Baker 0.36 3 Tom Halloran 3.49 4 Stephen Pitt 5.25 5 James Peacock 5.49 6 Merlin Spranz 6.47 7 Brendon Darby 8.24 8 Jesse Dillon 10.36 9 Simon Campbell 10.44 10 Lachlan McLeod 15.38 11 Samuel Judd 18.38 12 Nathan Cantlon 18.40 13 Daimon Ewart 19.15 14 Anthony Rodgers 19.31 One lap behind 15 Mitchell Codner 1.03.51 Two laps behind 16 Chris Scott 53.17 DNF Liam Melville Under 15 Men 1 Timothy McMillan 52.30 2 Christopher Aitken 2.03 3 Brendan Pitt 6.08 4 Dylan Cole 8.02 Sport Men 1 Brendan Rowe 41.51 2 Darren Smith 2.37 3 Jason Holm 4.16 4 Hendrik Van Calcar 11.42 DNF Keith Toms DNS Dylan Coulson DNS Mick Cantwell
