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Scott Australian 24Hr Mountain Bike Championships - NE
Mt Stromlo, ACT, October 13 - 14, 2007
Andrew gets victory bell
By Sharon Payne
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After finishing runner-up in last year's Scott 24 Hour Mountain Bike Championships Andrew Bell wasn't going to let another victory slip through his hands, so the National 24 hour Solo Champion pushed hard to ensure he claimed the 2007 title. After being put on a drip at the World 24 hour Solo Championships just last month, Bell was keen to clear away the demons that haunted him after racing in 40 degree Celsius heat in California. The 34 year-old from Melbourne didn't take to the lead until six hours into the race, while a late calculation of opponents laps forced Bell to ride his 29th lap while his challenger, Port Macquarie's Jason English, finished on 28 laps.
Bell checked on his condition throughout the night so as to avoid dehydration. "I weighed myself and I was the exactly the same weight," he noted. "That means that I'm hydrated whereas at the Worlds I was four kilograms lighter."
Early leaders, Thomas Lindup (Taranaki, New Zealand) and Hugh Stodart (North Bakgiwlah), were overtaken by Bell with a quick bike lights transition on Saturday evening. Lindup and Stodart finished with 28 laps and 27 laps respectively, giving them the third and fourth positions. "I knew there were quite a few a guys in front early in the race, I didn't expect that," said Bell. "A lot of the people were having a crack. I knew more about Jason's (English) ability than anyone else so he was the one I kept an eye on."
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English lost valuable time when he suffered a mechanical problem on the third lap, however he regained ground over the following 20 hours to finish a creditable second.
Young Canberra rider Ben Henderson lost his fastest lap time, which he gained early on Saturday, to Athens Olympian Sid Taberlay (Hobart). Taberlay's team made a last ditch effort to better Henderson's 31'46", with the GU/SRAM/Nite Rider team allowing Taberlay to rest before taking a crack at the time at sunrise. Taberlay laid down a blistering time of 31'38"- some eight seconds quicker than Henderson's time earning him the AUS$4,000 prize purse. The fastest women's lap went to the Dirt Roads to London rider Rowena Fry from Launceston, with 37'11".
Taberlay was also a member of the fastest overall team, with the squad completing an impressive 38 laps. Second team overall were Flight Centre on 37 laps and third was the Orbea Pro Team with 35 laps.
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In the women's division German mountain bike rider Alexandra Kiendl only wanted an Australian beer after she crossed the line with more laps than any other female rider. The 34 year-old suffered from the cold when temperatures plummeted to a single degree throughout the night. "I had everything on I owned," she said. Kiendl completed 23 laps finishing, 48 minutes in front of nearest rival Justine Leahy (Coffs Harbour).
The 2007 event is the first to be held at the Stromlo Forest Park venue since bush fires devastated the region in 2003. The 2003 fires were the third of their kind to tear through the pine forests of Stromlo, with the first taking place in the December of 1951 and again 50 years on in December 2001. The Stromlo Forest Park, the original birthplace of the Scott 24 Hour, had been replaced in recent years by a venue in Canberra's Kowen Forest. The venue will play host to the Mountain Bike World Cup and World Championships over the coming years, following the government's decision to re-develop the venue into a world-class multi-use, recreational sporting facility.
How the race unfolded
In the first four hours of racing, the elite four-person class was in full flight with the GU/SRAM/Nite Rider team leading by five minutes. There was a close tussle for second and third with only 20 seconds separating Orbea Pro team followed by the Flight Centre Scott Pro team.
The fastest women's team after four hours of racing was Canberra duo, Rebecca Henderson and Niki Fisher.
However the fastest lap time for men looked like a sealed deal. It appeared as though it would be impossible to improve on Ben Henderson's time of 31 minutes and 46 seconds. The strategy employed by Henderson was to ride the blue lap first then attack the red lap a full speed while the track was relatively clear. After the opening laps, with riders spreading across both loops, Sid Taberlay's time was off the pace by 20 seconds. Just two seconds further separated local rider Dylan Cooper with a further two seconds to Canberra's Sean Lewis who had ridden the red loop on each other's heels. The fastest women's lap also looked like a sealed deal with Rowena Fry riding a 37 minute and 11 second lap.
The race in the solos was only in its infancy but already it was Alexandra Kiendl leading by a minute and a half, Justine Leahy just behind.
In the men's solo race hot favourite, Andrew Bell was sitting comfortably in third with Wayne Anderson and Hugh Stodart in first and second respectively. Riding in fourth place was Thomas Lindup. Jason English suffered mechanical trouble in the opening laps and had to return to transition for attention. With a full 20 hours to go no one could have predicted any clear winners when temperatures were expected to plummet to one degree Celsius overnight.
With night classified as between 8:00 pm and 4:30 am, there was another fastest lap opportunity. Ben Mather from the Orbea Pro team won the fastest men's night lap in a time of 35 minutes and 27 seconds. His partner Rowena Fry also did the fastest night lap for women in a time of 41 minutes and 12 seconds.
Come daybreak the biggest move of the day was emerging as the GU/SRAM/Nite Rider team made a last ditch effort to claim the fastest lap.
"We realized I didn't have the best first lap," said Taberlay. After dropping a chain and riding an unknown descent it meant there may have been a chance of shaving off some time.
Taberlay's team mates sacrificed themselves throughout the night giving Taberlay some much needed rest. When the course was not so busy, Taberlay headed out at sunrise to attack the red lap and hopefully better Henderson's 31'47". Unluckily for Henderson, Taberlay recorded a time of 31'38" taking the record by just eight seconds. The ride took its toll though.
"That lap really knocked it out of my legs I was just sprinted around every corner," said Taberlay.
By breakfast time the GU/SRAM/Nite Rider team had reaffirmed their dominance with a total of 32 laps. The Flight Centre Scott PRO Team were now into second place equalled on 31 laps with the Spearman Cycles 1 team of six which included current Australian series downhill champion Amiel Cavalier. The Orbea Pro team was close in fourth spot.
For the solo riders the cold and the constant upkeep of food and hydration in transition had changed the men's race dramatically. In the evening Bell was the quickest to ‘light up' - mounting his mandatory lights and taking the lead as darkness came. Bell suffered stomach cramps in the early hours but altered his nutritional intake and just kept riding. Meanwhile the race for second was shaping up between English, Lindup and Stodart.
The women's solo race overnight saw Kiendl having difficulty keeping warm while Leahy started to suffer after the nine hour mark. Adjusting to new lights and adjusting to Canberra's chilly nights saw Leahy loose any hope of staying near Kiendl. By morning, Kiendl was busy taking on food to make up for her loss of intake in the early stages of the race.
Meanwhile the remainder of the field of over two thousand devised their own ways to get through to race end. Some tucked into a nice meal and a warm sleeping bag as darkness dropped, racing put to one side in favour of the carnival atmosphere at the huge event centre while others refined their strategy in order to keep riders out on the course all night long. One highlight for the night riders was the view from the top of the course, over the floodlit event centre and its surrounding tent city, with the lights of Canberra in the background. It was enough to make more than one rider pull to the side of the course in admiration.
While the race ended at midday, an official result was registered after 11:00 am and any riders out on course after mid-day had their laps added to their team's overall tally. Once the last of the weary riders had returned to the event centre the presentation got underway and the remaider of the $128,000 cash and prizes were distributed with many others handed out during the event. All that remained was for the various campsites to be packed up and plans hatched for next year.
Photography
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Images by Evan Jeffery/www.evanjeffery.com.au
- Sid Taberlay (GU/SRAM/Nite Rider) dealing with the media.
- Andrew Bell enjoying an interview from the comfort of a chair.
- The nerve centre of the Scott 24 hour feverishly entering competitors.
- One of the many team mascots at the Scott 24 Hour.
- Eventual solo winner Andrew Bell (Kona) on the start line.
- Sid Taberlay waiting patiently for his team-mate to come in from his lap.
- 'Alex the German' having a smooth pit stop.
- The best way to keep track of your clothing needs.
- There had to be sign to prevent the sleep-deprived riders going the wrong way.
- Some of the solo riders placed some unusual requests on their notice boards.
- With dusty conditions at Mt Stromlo some washing of bikes was required.
- Downhiller Amiel Cavalier gave the Scott 24 Hour a little dig.
- Alex Kiendl takes the women's solo win.
- Andrew Bell (Kona) taking the men's solo win.
- Perren Delacour discussing the track with another competitor.
- Fancy dress tends to be all the rage amongst some of the competitors at the Scott 24 Hour.
- One of the Australian Defence Force teams stands out in the crowd.
- The two dominant solo riders from team Kona before the race.
- Justine Leahy put in a fine effort to finish second in solo women.
- The solo riders had the privilege of starting on the bike and avoiding the run of previous years.
- The transitions were fast and furious with some of the teams
- Alex Kiendl fuels up for the coming lap.
- Riders were taken to the summit of Mt Stromlo before starting the long decent to the transition zone.
- Andrew Bell indulging in some banter with his support crew.
- The view of Mt Stromlo as seen from the helicopter.
- The GU/SRAM/Nite Rider dream team won the fastest team category.
Results
Solo Male Pos Rider/team Laps Time 1 Andrew Bell 29 24.33.09 2 Jason English 28 23.58.03 3 Thomas Lindup 28 24.05.39 4 Hugh Stodart 27 24.05.34 5 Defence Solo - 9 (Matt Jeffery) 27 24.25.28 6 Defence Solo - 6 (Michael Crummy) 26 24.06.07 7 Karri Golding 26 24.36.07 8 Pat Howard 25 24.00.24 9 Malcolm Lewington 25 24.23.41 10 Fake Plastic Christmas Trees (Andrew Johnson) 24 24.43.32 11 Brent Tanzen 22 24.06.39 12 SpoonBoy (Craig Armour) 22 24.24.15 13 Defence Solo - 2 (Shane Taylor) 21 23.11.56 14 Wayne Anderson 20 23.57.37 15 Chris Hellman 19 23.20.12 16 Andrew Harnisch 19 23.24.57 17 Tom Cree 19 24.13.04 18 Jonathan Donnelly 18 23.47.45 19 Glen Inches 18 23.58.48 20 Darius Everett 18 24.01.21 21 The Trevinator (Trevor Fairhurst) 18 24.18.07 22 Mick and the Dancing Doona (Michael Eyb) 18 24.52.36 23 Jason Dreggs 17 24.09.40 24 Dunno (Matthew Cordery) 17 24.19.51 25 Bjorn Hancox 17 24.35.28 26 Alistair Dewar 16 23.11.21 27 Russell Ekersley 16 23.12.16 28 GURU Feelgoods (Christopher Millman) 16 23.14.59 29 Ben Mosely 15 23.03.50 30 Leighton Smith 15 23.12.49 31 John Fancourt 15 24.17.52 32 Dead Seagulls Rising (Nick Cornish) 15 24.53.16 33 Matt Koerber 15 24.57.43 34 Hans Solo (Luke Langelaan) 14 23.02.27 35 Shay Wahrlich 14 23.08.12 36 The Dreaded Gibbons (Martin Worthy) 14 23.28.02 37 Andy Symons 14 23.29.51 38 Team Stumpy (Andrew Dentskevich) 14 24.02.21 39 Defence Solo - 21 (Craig Iverach) 13 23.49.58 40 Rhys Cutifani 12 23.15.11 41 Defence Solo - 13 (Mike Bonnitcha) 12 23.17.04 42 Ben O'Keeffe 12 23.19.33 43 Mark (Diggs) Pountley (Mark Pountley) 12 24.02.14 44 nascosto sei pacchetti (Aaron Simmons) 12 24.06.31 45 Trent Morgan 12 24.13.08 46 Martin Smith 11 23.31.05 47 Defence Solo - 20 (Quentin Paske) 11 23.50.01 48 Joe Szpytko 11 24.05.56 49 Defence Solo - 19 (John O'Loughlin) 11 24.07.21 50 Defence Solo - 15 (Mark Schmidt) 11 24.21.48 51 Royce Flanagan 11 24.51.38 52 Powered by Spam (Justin O'Keeffe) 10 23.02.14 53 Jon King 10 23.37.32 54 Cameron Dalton 10 23.57.41 55 Fuzzy (Faisal Ghani) 10 24.07.17 56 Dave Anderson 10 24.09.11 57 Andrew Easey 9 23.06.19 58 Anthony Connell 8 24.23.02 59 Brad Hearn (Bradley Hearn) 8 24.27.46 60 Konrad Trakell 7 23.07.31 61 Defence Solo - 16 (Adrian Kelly) 7 24.21.53 62 Matthew Brent 6 24.09.52 63 Defence Solo - 18 (Chris Hatcher) 6 24.20.48 64 Rob Parbery 6 24.37.38 65 Scotty Preston 6 24.47.06 66 Team Tsumani (Gareth Visser) 5 23.08.53 67 Alistair Grinbergs 2 23.15.05 68 Defence Solo - 8 (Dean Gagnon) 1 23.39.01 DNF Shayne Bellato 11 22.40.41 DNF Victor Wong 8 20.26.06 DNF Stuffed (Stephen Bell) 7 7.44.45 DNF Buggered (Dale Atterby) 6 5.49.09 DNF Defence Solo - 17 (Mick Calleja) 4 10.10.32 DNF Craig Moroz 3 3.40.31 DNF Reece Biddiscombe 3 5.34.13 DNF Alex Cleal 2 3.02.18 DNF Travlers (Travis Jones) 1 3.49.09 DNF Samuel Baker 1 18.03.38 Solo Single Speed 1 Steve Fitchett 27 24.23.31 2 David Gartelmann 23 24.10.29 3 Army Solo (Ty Domin) 15 24.08.20 4 Jack Spahr 13 25.02.24 5 Andrew Cassie 10 24.20.46 6 Optimissed (Christopher Gibson) 8 24.22.45 DNF Joel McFarlane-Roberts 8 8.35.51 Solo Female 1 Alexandra Kiendl 23 23.50.41 2 Justine Leahy 19 23.02.50 3 Penny Dustow 17 23.02.47 4 Karen Foat 15 23.59.01 5 Angela Hancock 5 23.18.52 Solo Male 40+ 1 NPD (Neil Dall) 25 24.23.56 2 Shaun Kinna 24 23.45.41 3 Ray Giddins 24 23.58.44 4 Peter Johnson 23 23.58.21 5 Rod Pickering 21 24.14.32 6 Defence Solo - 14 (Charlie Stephenson) 20 24.50.40 7 Marc Ware 19 24.36.08 8 Michael Law Smith 17 24.06.09 9 Adrian Lejins 16 23.43.56 10 Peter Barlow 14 23.19.15 11 Jason Attwater 14 24.47.43 12 Anthony Caffry 13 24.31.20 13 Defence Solo - 5 (Kev Bristow) 13 24.33.39 14 Dave McGregor 13 24.57.50 15 Tony Nairn 12 23.51.35 16 Defence Solo - 10 (Ian Richman) 10 23.37.35 17 Mark Hulett 7 24.05.31 18 SneakyWolf (Brett Williams) 6 23.12.35 19 David Attwater 5 23.31.01 DNF Red Baron (Guy Roberts) 9 9.35.04 DNF 550Phil (Phil Chapman) 6 5.04.01 DNF Paul Crossley 6 20.55.27 DNF Tony Morris 2 2.56.39 Solo Female 40+ 1 Marea England 15 24.47.51 2 Roz Edmunds 12 23.04.14 Marathon Pairs 1 Total Rush 33 23.58.18 2 Phantom Cycles 30 24.35.32 3 Two Men no Chick 26 24.15.17 4 Cool Blue Air 26 24.48.10 5 Extreme Bros 3 25 23.47.20 6 All the gear, no idea 2 25 24.39.24 7 Favourite Cycles 24 24.05.29 8 Flaming Pes Anserinas 22 23.22.53 9 OB Racing 21 23.48.25 10 Out of our depth 19 23.00.10 11 Mud Pelicans 2 19 23.48.16 12 Nice Pair 17 23.04.46 13 Don't buy tea from Aldi 17 23.37.03 14 The Spooning Gingers 16 23.51.38 15 Broken Down Riders 15 23.38.28 16 Mongoose vs Trek Bike 13 24.11.11 17 Scuderia NWAB 13 24.11.46 18 Sibling Rivalry 13 24.27.02 19 The Flaccid Roosters 12 24.38.13 20 Scott No Mates 11 24.11.20 21 The Slow Boys 10 23.07.51 22 Back in Training 10 23.21.18 23 Team Swell Flying Fish 3 9 23.57.48 24 Team AY UP 9 24.13.18 25 We're Special 8 23.12.43 DNF Singletrack Sorcerers 14 22.45.24 DNF AAA SS Olé EHCWs 9 21.37.56 Marathon Pairs Female 1 Slick Rock Chix 9 23.59.57 Marathon Pairs Mixed 1 Team Thomo 29 24.05.20 2 Jekyl and Hydey 28 24.14.55 3 Mr & Mrs Douglas 28 24.22.06 4 La vida cyclisma 27 24.03.52 5 Dangermice 25 24.02.26 6 Knocklofty Nomads 25 24.08.25 7 Slow and Slower 22 23.46.03 8 Rach Green 21 24.40.09 9 Speed Kills 19 24.05.12 10 Defence 2 - 1 16 23.32.50 11 The Dirty Danmarks 15 24.02.51 Musketeers 3 Male 1 3 Lizards Drinking 33 24.17.51 2 TORC Dirty 31 24.01.44 3 Team Phoenix 31 24.03.48 4 Tiron 30 23.55.16 5 Wood Ducks 30 24.29.55 6 Coasties 30 24.37.11 7 Team Volkswagen 29 23.56.32 8 Three men for their babies 29 24.02.12 9 Barfly 29 24.13.27 10 Team Akai 29 24.27.15 11 Sam Donney 29 24.28.35 12 Crankin 28 24.23.47 13 Stromlo Sliders 28 24.30.00 14 Team Fake Rolex 28 24.49.09 15 Team Lounge 27 24.10.33 16 Katandra Cruisers 27 24.15.59 17 ING Team 2 27 24.24.26 18 Trailer Trash 26 23.53.04 19 Bulgin Nix 26 24.03.23 20 Over-It 26 24.21.21 21 So Li Hi 25 23.35.51 22 The Ben Mullins 4 24 23.13.48 23 Team Death Cycle N 24 23.14.20 24 The 3 Crusk-a-Teers 24 24.01.28 25 Sox downunder 23 23.37.51 26 RAM 23 23.55.29 27 ING Team 1 23 23.58.53 28 Weedwackas 22 23.03.47 29 Hairy Legged Freaks 19 24.04.53 30 SameSame 18 23.09.01 31 Mid Life Crisis 18 23.54.42 32 Team Hubbard 17 23.44.35 33 Team Steam Train MkVI 16 23.01.42 34 DW Kitchens 15 23.10.06 35 Herding Cats Again 15 24.52.09 36 Herding Cats 14 25.04.38 37 Doing 13 23.25.19 38 Team Hot Red 11 23.23.34 39 Chunk's Heroes 9 23.26.52 Musketeers 3 Female 1 Velocity Vixens 24 23.28.49 2 Las Chicas Locas 20 23.09.05 Musketeers 3 Mixed 1 Onya Bike Belco 32 24.03.44 2 Data Flow 30 24.52.16 3 The StromGlows 27 24.23.09 4 Dirty DIY's 26 24.03.19 5 Killer Whales 26 24.17.33 6 Blazing Saddlesores 26 24.48.35 7 Mixed Up 23 24.05.04 8 2 x 10 plus 4 14 23.32.06 DNF Helmets make my hair flat & unattractive 21 22.34.31 DNF Team Yeah 13 22.15.53 DNF Team Revolve 11 17.18.54 Elite Team of 4 Male 1 Gu/SRAM/NiteRider Team 38 24.04.06 2 Flight Centre Scott PRO Team 37 24.14.53 3 Orbea Pro Team 35 24.17.45 Elite Team of 4 Female 1 The Swell Flying Nikenbeckers 4 23.59.41 Team of 4 Male 1 Coffee Guru Racing 34 24.31.30 2 Trek Bicycles Australia 32 24.17.50 3 Myall 32 24.31.53 4 Longfellows 32 24.37.57 5 Fly by night 32 24.41.55 6 Casuarina Rec Club 31 24.30.36 7 Hill jockey and the wannabes 30 24.05.52 8 Hotti-pa-scottis 30 24.08.13 9 Lubricated Goat 30 24.22.47 10 Aching Nads Undoing My Concentration 30 24.28.49 11 Summit Gear Whamjets 30 24.40.58 12 Singletrack Bandits 30 24.44.10 13 IGA Chapman 29 23.09.57 14 CSC-1 29 23.47.34 15 Single Track Mind 29 24.08.49 16 Defence 4 - 3 29 24.11.30 17 Helliotism 29 24.12.50 18 4 Lizards Drinking 29 24.16.20 19 Manly Warringah MTB 29 24.25.34 20 www.retrolight.com.au 29 24.26.06 21 Swollen Plums 29 24.27.25 22 Rock and Road 29 24.32.47 23 Free Roving Bovines 29 24.50.52 24 Ride Like You Stole Something 28 23.28.40 25 I Wait For No One 28 23.45.53 26 Sydney Rocks 28 23.51.18 27 Big Sticks 28 23.54.52 28 Team LAME 28 23.58.39 29 The Mexican Brewers 28 24.13.10 30 QUADruplicity 28 24.18.50 31 Team Laufmaschine 28 24.21.57 32 Unprepared 28 24.26.26 33 Rode to Redemption 28 24.29.08 34 Are You Nuts 28 24.34.19 35 Cycotics 28 24.37.03 36 Stoned Crows 28 24.47.17 37 Spud Burns 28 24.53.47 38 Superkids Provide Experience Elders (with) Disappointment 28 24.56.01 39 Ctrl, Alt, Del, Enter 28 24.59.00 40 Crash Bandicoots 27 23.17.27 41 FourIdiots 27 23.27.52 42 Grandes Cojones 27 23.36.49 43 Checkpoint F5 Team 1 27 23.42.06 44 Team McIvor 27 23.50.00 45 Borsari Cycles 27 24.05.59 46 Feather Pluckers 27 24.08.55 47 Channelworx Three 27 24.22.50 48 ANU Students 1 27 24.23.38 49 Replaceable Dropouts 27 24.37.51 50 F5 26 23.13.25 51 Chain Smokers 26 23.19.08 52 Spokey Dokey Blokeys 26 23.33.03 53 Three Men and a Bloke 26 24.13.38 54 Team Harmorrhoids 26 24.24.27 55 Team Bender 26 24.29.39 56 Lazy Lizards 26 24.43.35 57 Ride Fourest Ride 25 23.23.40 58 Speed Colonels 25 23.46.16 59 Club Seal 25 24.04.37 60 WT Cranks 25 24.19.00 61 Browns Cows 4 25 24.38.27 62 Team Sanchez 25 24.40.13 63 Black Dog Racing 24 23.16.07 64 Drug Pushies 24 23.16.36 65 Shouldabeens 24 23.52.45 66 Captain Crispy's Breakaway 24 23.54.54 67 CSC-2 24 23.56.41 68 Faceplants 24 24.36.18 69 Fast Burrito 24 24.40.38 70 Pheasant Pluckers 23 23.01.26 71 Hahn Super Die 23 23.57.48 72 Defence 4 - 1 23 24.08.42 73 The TryHards 23 24.13.30 74 It's too Dark 23 24.38.48 75 Night Stalkers 22 23.16.33 76 ING Team 3 22 23.27.36 77 Extra Salty 22 24.15.54 78 Team Death Cycle N plus 1 21 23.04.06 79 Orbea B 21 23.39.11 80 Brothers of Darkness 21 24.09.40 81 A Hard Day's Night 20 23.09.58 82 Woah 20 23.13.30 83 All the gear, no idea 20 23.22.50 84 Two Heads 20 23.30.19 85 Team Brillo 19 23.19.30 86 Dirt Munchers 19 23.33.39 87 MUCYC 19 24.34.29 88 BANA 18 23.34.22 89 Let's Get Filthy 18 23.48.01 90 ExplorePlanetEarth 18 23.53.38 91 GIAC Riders 18 24.08.16 92 Lord of the Rims 18 24.35.47 93 Channelworx One 17 23.00.48 94 Team Velocipede 17 23.47.06 95 Stackville 17 24.06.44 96 Accidental Stuntmen 17 24.22.22 97 Divide by Zero 16 23.17.50 98 Squeaky Pivots 16 23.21.45 99 Orbiting Boombaladas 16 23.59.18 100 Pumper Stumpers 15 23.00.44 101 Do It 15 23.22.00 102 All Good Team Names Were Taken 14 24.12.56 103 ProSledgers 14 24.20.42 104 Rapido Cuatro 13 24.26.11 105 SIMECO 12 23.25.19 106 Favourite Son & Stupid, Stupid, Stupid Boy 12 25.05.47 107 Wheels of Steel 11 23.04.34 DNF People for the Ethical Treatment of Lycra (PETL) 14 14.30.35 DNF Team Moon 12 22.23.58 DNF Tooheys Old Fellas 12 22.31.27 DNF MacGuyver and the Flatliners 11 21.09.53 DNF GrassPeddlers 6 11.01.28 Team of 4 Female 1 Life Be In It 27 24.55.29 2 Girls without Boys 26 24.23.23 3 Mighty Atoms 25 24.41.10 4 Hoot-hers 24 24.16.17 5 Hilltop Harlots 16 24.00.38 DNF Raisins, stay the hell out of my cookies 1 9.19.57 Team of 4 Mixed 1 Tangerine 31 24.09.50 2 AROC Chicks 30 24.05.04 3 Mixed Nuts 30 24.41.02 4 Cultural learnings of Stromlo for make glorious cycle team 29 24.04.57 5 Slow Twitch 29 24.28.37 6 Mountain Goats 29 24.37.08 7 ADFA Mixed 4 28 24.02.08 8 Make'n Tracks 27 24.20.54 9 Fat Beagle on a Rampage 27 24.24.39 10 SCOTT NO IDEA 26 24.12.59 11 Big Rock Candy 26 24.31.19 12 Wanna be a Rossi 25 23.54.47 13 Austria 4 25 24.36.14 14 SABWAMP 25 24.52.22 15 ANU Medics plus 1 24 24.17.43 16 SPAN 2 24 24.38.40 17 Nard Bars 23 23.04.46 18 The Merkins 23 23.07.20 19 Defence 4 - 6 23 23.50.24 20 Teletubbies 22 23.14.35 21 Team Fatuous 22 23.15.44 22 Bunch of Turnips 22 23.55.32 23 The Society for the Destruction of Bikes and the Protection of 21 23.15.26 24 SPAN 1 21 24.12.58 25 Red vs Blue 20 23.01.24 26 Lars 20 23.13.37 27 Team Lang 20 23.58.46 28 Peloton 20 24.15.44 29 Slartybartfast 20 24.48.47 30 Banana 19 23.38.02 31 Pirates of Stromlo 19 23.56.07 32 Team DASH 19 24.29.58 33 Navy Night Riders 18 24.00.10 34 Sprocket Rockets 18 24.48.32 35 Gravel Rash 17 24.01.10 36 Tooheys Old Fellas Shandys 17 24.02.42 37 Rolling Thunder Equals Cringe 15 24.29.17 38 Team Watts 13 23.52.51 DNF Defence 4 - 12 19 20.58.19 Team of 4 Male 40+ 1 Team 40.4 33 24.33.00 2 Team 40.1 31 24.09.02 3 Gentlemen of Leisure 31 24.25.15 4 Spinning Aliens 30 24.07.12 5 Defence 4 - 11 30 24.38.30 6 Strugglers 30 24.39.08 7 FourPlay 29 23.55.33 8 Regional Financial Solution Adventure Racing Team 28 24.19.32 9 Slippery Rabbits 27 24.36.41 10 Mud Pelicans 4 27 24.41.56 11 Heart Rate Heroes 26 24.14.58 12 GAS - Goat Appreciation Society 25 24.45.04 13 Incredibles 21 23.13.21 14 Factory Team 16 24.11.36 DNF Flab 4 11 19.50.51 Team of 4 Mixed 40+ 1 Bung Racing 28 24.17.59 2 RAW 19 23.51.52 Team of 6 Male 1 Spearman Cycles 1 37 24.32.01 2 Blood Rock Bandits 33 24.44.17 3 Spearman Cycles 2 32 24.05.08 4 Ride On Bikes - Phillip Island 32 24.17.55 5 Frasers Cycles 31 24.29.12 6 Erosion Happens II 30 24.33.36 7 EPO 30 24.42.45 8 Sixcess 30 24.44.43 9 Grievous Bicycle Harm 30 24.48.48 10 mishmash 30 24.52.39 11 Flight Centre Scott 29 23.20.50 12 Phat Time 29 24.13.07 13 Psyclepaths II - The Pedal Files 29 24.18.08 14 The Tiny Tattams 29 24.24.07 15 12 Standards 29 24.27.33 16 CB Richard Ellis Canberra 29 24.35.08 17 Emergency Beetles A 29 24.39.05 18 Knobbies 29 24.43.08 19 Dirty 3030 29 24.43.42 20 Team off your sprocket 29 24.45.20 21 Kell & Rigby 29 24.46.20 22 Martyrs and Farters 28 23.33.02 23 Broke & Ill Sixers 28 23.48.13 24 Farmer Versus Mickos 28 23.49.48 25 Captain Pugwash 28 23.59.23 26 DGCycles 28 24.00.46 27 Tyred of Riding 28 24.02.46 28 6 idiots that think that riding for 24hrs is going to be fun 28 24.32.18 29 Nitroplus 28 24.42.25 30 Gu 1 28 24.45.52 31 The Sand People 27 23.29.24 32 Team Waiver 27 23.58.43 33 Team Swell Flying Fish 2 27 24.00.30 34 Wobbly Warriors 27 24.06.06 35 Stay Upright Remedial Class 27 24.18.04 36 Last of the Mohicans 27 24.27.50 37 On a hawk man rocketcycle 27 24.30.42 38 Freeriders 27 24.31.48 39 Sleep now, ride later 27 24.38.07 40 The Saddle Club 27 24.49.19 41 Team Numb Butt 26 23.16.01 42 Tyred and Cranky 26 23.25.39 43 Where is Heath 26 23.35.58 44 Fractured Limbs 26 23.38.56 45 Beer Monkeys 26 23.42.34 46 Team Flugelbinder 26 23.43.30 47 Stick a fork in me..I'm done 26 24.07.35 48 Team Two Tired 26 24.08.18 49 Defence 6 - 4 26 24.14.18 50 Gu 2 26 24.18.02 51 Mud Pelicans 25 23.02.44 52 Team Hackers 25 23.08.32 53 Insomniacs 25 23.31.12 54 GOBSMAC 25 23.45.28 55 Dreamers 25 23.48.50 56 Livin' on Lactic 25 24.00.52 57 Team Sheep Station 25 24.06.53 58 Julianne and the Pushy Cats 25 24.21.06 59 Daddy, my banus hurts 25 24.32.38 60 On the Gazz 24 23.18.54 61 FIHTP 24 23.27.00 62 Wild Pony 24 23.30.09 63 Defence 6 - 2 24 23.44.25 64 Barrier Rangers 24 23.48.06 65 Bong Bong Cycles 24 23.51.56 66 Cult of the Carbon 24 24.24.53 67 Toyota Corporate 2 23 23.02.24 68 The Sometimes Sultans of Switchbacks 23 23.27.58 69 Mega Hurtz 23 23.34.39 70 It's not easy being green 23 23.45.48 71 Rossalia 23 23.48.06 72 Team Bum Crack 23 23.54.31 73 Australian Aerospace 23 23.55.26 74 Five Boys and a Cup Cake 23 24.25.38 75 Can of Worms 22 23.24.30 76 Ouch 22 23.37.23 77 Team NGA - Unfit Yet Aesthetically Pleasing 22 23.44.49 78 12 Helmets Racing Team 22 23.46.27 79 Life on Mars 22 24.07.28 80 Infinity Abacus 22 24.19.07 81 Cross Country Junkies 22 24.29.53 82 Team FSH 21 23.24.14 83 TRD Rally 21 24.12.36 84 Skid Marks 20 23.38.20 85 Toyota Corporate 1 20 24.00.58 86 Los Cojones Grandes 20 24.37.28 87 In Nashy's Honour 18 23.09.42 88 Mounty Men 18 24.32.30 89 Big Bootoos 17 23.49.43 90 Canberra University Niteriding Team 16 23.21.09 91 Mainbrace 15 23.34.16 92 William Smith 14 23.53.26 93 Novocastrians 14 24.00.39 94 Hedger's Henchmen 13 23.16.44 95 Jet Black 13 23.22.36 Team of 6 Female 1 Cheap wine and a 6 week old 22 23.38.24 Team of 6 Mixed 1 Chalkers 35 24.32.29 2 Orbea 32 24.13.14 3 Team Swell Flying Fish 1 32 24.25.03 4 Sub Plus 31 24.06.14 5 Tits & Willies 31 24.50.12 6 ANUMS 30 23.38.36 7 Nightlightning 30 24.36.17 8 Team Cyclingo 30 24.42.33 9 Ashleigh Payne 28 24.11.40 10 Army of Darkness 27 24.04.42 11 Go to whoa 27 24.21.32 12 Mud, Sweat and Gears 27 24.24.38 13 More Sleep Required 27 24.31.01 14 Team Darkcyde 26 24.18.13 15 The Baboons 26 24.26.27 16 Marther and the Farkers 26 24.34.42 17 Lounge Lizards 26 24.42.53 18 Crank Yankers 25 23.27.47 19 Albatross MTBC 25 24.05.21 20 Another One Night Stand 25 24.10.22 21 Defence 6 - 6 25 24.15.32 22 BMX Bandits 24 23.39.42 23 Hullabaloo 24 23.54.07 24 Funky 24 24.01.04 25 The Chafer's War On Stromlo 24 24.10.29 26 The Woollybutts 24 24.12.12 27 Team Savage Bliss 24 24.45.44 28 Sultans of Bling 23 23.38.35 29 Knumbums 23 24.16.10 30 Raw NRG Senior 6 23 24.22.09 31 Dog's Breakfast 22 24.02.53 32 OldMen&Mad 22 24.13.52 33 Great Scott 22 24.35.52 34 OPC Allstars 21 23.07.44 35 Emergency Beetles B 21 23.26.16 36 Macorvfifre 21 23.26.58 37 Slow Moving Penguins 21 24.17.23 38 Steelo Steve and his Groupies 20 23.28.42 39 Browns Cows 6 20 24.21.13 40 Wheels of Glory 19 23.58.25 41 Jindabyne Bike Maniacs 18 23.28.53 42 Unicycle 18 23.46.19 43 Channelworx Five 18 23.51.32 44 Checkpoint F5 Team 2 18 24.00.55 45 Channelworx Four 18 24.18.37 46 Channelworx Six 18 24.23.30 47 Checkpoint F5 Team 3 17 23.20.09 48 Random Cycles 17 23.54.38 49 Bearded Chicken 16 24.45.02 50 Team 24 hour latte 14 23.08.17 51 Mixed and Beaten 14 23.36.25 52 Bundy Bears 14 24.17.10 53 Ray's Mountain Bike Pose 11 24.39.33 DNF Sydney Whiplash Warriors 11 21.08.57 DNF Dirt Works 10 22.42.01 DNF Mudgee Mongrels 9 9.45.57 Team of 6 Male 40+ 1 Wrinkly Aardvarks 29 24.20.09 2 Sad Cherry Pickers 29 24.46.49 3 Madbar 28 24.13.36 4 Don't Leave Me Behind 28 24.27.40 5 The Burgh Boys 28 24.36.51 6 Southern Cross 24 23.28.36 7 Well Oiled - City 23 23.32.41 8 Dam Busters 21 23.40.46 Team of 6 Female 40+ 1 Crusty Dirtbike Divas 21 24.32.06 Team of 6 Mixed 40+ 1 SCUM - Ulladulla 28 24.16.28 2 Three Bloody Flats 25 24.01.43 3 Biological Bush Bandits 22 24.22.55 4 Well Oiled - Mountains 21 23.31.50 School Teams Male 1 BrightOrangeEvents.com & Nzo Juniors 34 24.42.52 2 Valley Boys 33 24.23.52 3 Team JFJ 31 24.10.17 4 CORC Fours 29 24.26.22 5 The Flying Scotsmen 28 24.03.45 6 HSC 2 26 24.28.41 7 St Edmunds 23 24.12.05 8 Team Good 23 24.44.37 9 Channelworx Lads 15 24.22.14 DNF be-em-ex-ers 1 44.43.00 School Teams Mixed 1 CORC Juniors 32 24.16.48 2 HSC 1 29 24.31.15 3 Raw NRG Junior Team 26 24.35.17 Corporate Team of 10 1 Data Flow Toast 31 24.10.12 2 EDS Blue 27 24.40.16 3 Chapman IGA 26 23.45.55 4 Defence 10 - 1 25 24.33.59 5 www.dyesol.com 24 24.03.33 6 Walter Turnbull's 10 22 23.58.12 7 EDS White 19 23.41.42 8 Apis 16 23.37.40
