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24 Hour Race:

Aussie English beats Smith, Fellows

By:
Russ Baker
Published:
July 28, 2009, 05:37,
Updated:
July 28, 2009, 17:05

Rusch leads all North American women's podium

Elite Men's winner Jason English (Australia) and his wife Jennii - pit crew extraordinaire.

Elite Men's winner Jason English (Australia) and his wife Jennii - pit crew extraordinaire.

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The 24 Hours of Adrenalin World Solo 24 Hour Mountain Bike Championships were held in Canada in Canmore, Alberta in 2009. Some 117 solo riders and 247 teams contested the event, with riders from eight countries amongst the 1700 riders taking part. Canmore also hosted the championships in 2008 and riders were hoping the wet weather of 2008 would not repeat.  Jason English and Rebecca Rusch won the solo elite categories.

The race got underway at 11:45 on Saturday and from the start a group of four elite men took off at cross country pace for the first six hours. New Zealand's Tony Hogg was the early leader but Australia's Jason English and Andy Fellows, plus American Cary Smith were always close, with only two minutes separating them after 10 hours.

As the night wore on Hogg suffered from dehydration and collapsed on the course, forcing his withdrawal from the race. English took over the lead, gradually extending it through the early hours of Sunday morning until he was able to cross the finish line as the 24 Hours of Adrenalin World Solo Champion on Sunday with a comfortable margin.

Midnight action on the course.

In the elite women's solo race, American Rebecca Rusch (Specialized Factory Racing) rode relatively unchallenged throughout the race on the way to a third world title, although behind her the placings changed continuously and many of the riders lost time through crashes. Some light rain dampened the course but was not a serious challenge compared to 2008. Australian 24-hour national champion Jessica Douglas hit the wall on Sunday morning and fell back through the placings to finish in fourth place, as Canada’s Carena Dean rode clear into third. American Jari Kirkland took second, nearly a full lap (16km) behind Rusch.

Rusch's boyfriend, Greg Martin, won the singlespeed solo category.

Results
Elite men
1 Jason English (Aus) 22 laps
2 Cary Smith (USA) 21  
3 Andy Fellows (Aus) 21  
4 Leighton Poidevin (Can) 20  
5 Dallas Morris (Can) 19  
6 William Martin (USA) 18  
7 David Scheer (Can) 17  
8 Tony Hogg (NZl) 14  
9 Todd Tanner (USA) 14  
10 John Merritt (Can) 14  
11 Jesse Mong (Can) 14  
12 Mike Rumpel (Can) 13  
13 Cory Wallace (Can) 12  
14 Chris Gagnon (USA) 11  
15 Tim Finkel (USA) 10  
16 Arran Pearson (Aus) 10  
17 Brad Tymchuk (Can) 9  
Elite women
1 Rebecca Rusch (USA) 18 laps
2 Jari Kirkland (USA) 17  
3 Carena Dean (Can) 17  
4 Jessica Douglas (Aus) 17  
5 Monilee Atkinson (USA) 15  
6 Kris Cannon (USA) 15  
7 Karen Foat (Aus) 13  
8 Margie Smith (Can) 11  
9 Megan Dimozantos (NZl) 11  
10 Rachel Edwards (Aus) 10  
Single speed men
1 Greg Martin (USA) 19 laps
2 Brendan Den (Aus) 17  
3 Dereck Fish (USA) 14  
4 Matt Koerber (Aus) 14  
Single speed women
1 Kirstin Honey (Aus) 8 laps
Under 25 men
1 Taylor Lideen (USA) 17 laps
2 Thomas Lindup (NZl) 16  
3 Chris Smith (Aus) 14  
25 - 29 men
1 Sean Bekkers (Aus) 17 laps
2 Jeff Smith (Can) 15  
3 Chris Baker (USA) 11  
4 Mark Bodnar (Can) 10  
5 Nick Milette (Can) 5  
25 - 29 women
1 Pamela Roy (Can) 11 laps
2 Meghans Osborne (Can) 5  
30 - 34 men
1 Andrew Fairhurst (Can) 18 laps
2 Travis Hauck (Can) 18  
3 Adam Kelsall (Aus) 15  
4 Todd Wolansky (Can) 15  
5 Scott MacDougall (Can) 14  
6 Grant Fox (Can) 13  
7 Sean Stuart (Can) 10  
8 Kevin Wells (Aus) 9  
9 Brian Ross (Can) 9  
10 Troy Buchanan (Can) 8  
30 - 34 women
1 Nadine Mueller (Can) 13 laps
2 Kelly Matheson (Can) 13  
35 - 39 men
1 Richard Rothwell (GBr) 19 laps
2 Jason McAvoy (Aus) 19  
3 Michel Tessier (Can) 18  
4 Damian Gillard (Aus) 17  
5 Scott Legere (Can) 15  
6 Lee Lesburg (USA) 14  
7 Brent Rosvold (Can) 12  
8 David Burwash (Can) 11  
9 Garth Ludwig (Can) 10  
10 Kelly Schell (Can) 10  
11 Ronald Arias (CRc) 10  
12 Trevor Pombert (Can) 9  
13 Trevor Nicholson (Can) 8  
14 Lark Richardson (Can) 8  
15 Brad Wilson (Can) 6  
16 Dave Lee (Can) 5  
40 - 44 men
1 Craig Bartlett (Can) 19 laps
2 Erick Auger (USA) 18  
3 Denver Brown (Aus) 15  
4 Iain Hackett (USA) 14  
5 Steve Swenson (Can) 14  
6 Mark Hoddinott (Can) 14  
7 Wade Larson (Can) 12  
8 Dave Dacosta (Can) 12  
9 Miro Micovsky (Can) 10  
10 Andrew Wiebe (Can) 8  
11 Tom Schmidt (Can) 7  
12 Wilco Tymensen (Can) 6  
13 Damon Ockey (Can) 5  
14 Ken Chorney (Can) 5  
15 David Vinluan (Can) 4  
40 - 44 women
1 Anna Mei (Ita) 14 laps
2 Cyd Fraser (Can) 12  
3 Julie Urlaub (USA) 9  
4 Yvette Crockell (USA) 8  
5 Lisa Kalischuk (Can) 6  
45 - 49 men
1 Shaun Taylor (Can) 16 laps
2 Dave MacDowell (Can) 15  
3 Rich Sherwood (USA) 15  
4 Ron Domier (Can) 14  
5 Jim Pinter (Can) 12  
6 Paul LaBissonniere (Can) 8  
45 - 49 women
1 Maureen Bildfell (Can) 5 laps
50 - 54 men
1 Joey Cowan (Can) 15 laps
2 Tim Crum (USA) 14  
3 Dennis Smaggus (Can) 12  
4 Rob Robson (USA) 9  
55 - 59 men
1 Randy Profeta (USA) 8 laps
60+ men
1 Jeff Linder (USA) 12 laps
2 Andrew Mitchell (Aus) 10  
Regional Solos
1 Brad Power (Can) 7 laps
4 Person
1 Couloir Racing (Can) 21 laps
2 HURTIN ALBERTANS (Can) 20  
3 Ombrophobics (Can) 20  
4 Trail-Head (Can) 19  
5 wtf again? (Can) 19  
6 Behind Bars 1 (Can) 18  
7 Pain For Pleasure (Can) 18  
8 All Doubles All The Time (Can) 17  
9 Team Rainbow Unicorn (Can) 17  
10 Why Does Everything Taste Like Mud (Can) 17  
11 Endo (Can) 16  
12 dusty kamloopers (Can) 16  
13 The Angry Badgers (Can) 16  
14 Nirvana (Can) 13  
15 McLovin (Can) 11  
16 Masterbanking Moutainbikers (Can) 10  
17 Los Cinco Amigos (Can) 8  
5 Person Open U150
1 Dirt Hurters (Can) 21 laps
2 Sean Fahlman Experience (Can) 21  
3 The Sofa Kings (Can) 20  
4 Dirt Devils (Can) 20  
5 Janet and the Engineers (Can) 18  
6 Spare Tires 1 (Can) 18  
7 5 Skins (Can) 18  
8 Elk In Heat More Heat (Can) 16  
9 Team DudeBro (Can) 15  
10 5 Cranky Forkers (Can) 15  
11 UofC Outdoor Centre (Can) 14  
12 Savage Racing (Can) 13  
13 The Double Ds (Can) 13  
14 Elk in heat (Can) 11  
15 Elk in heat (Can) 9  
5 Person Open 150 - 199
1 Team Jasper Source for Sports (Can) 23 laps
2 Assless Chaps (Can) 22  
3 freewheel fatties (Can) 21  
4 Gopher grazers (Can) 20  
5 Pedal Power (Can) 19  
6 Grit Hogs (Can) 19  
7 Columbia Valley Cranks (Can) 19  
8 Evergreen (Can) 19  
9 Stadium Dogs (Can) 19  
10 Blazzing Saddles II (Can) 19  
11 The Green Haze (Can) 18  
12 Spongebob Bikepants (Can) 18  
13 Admittedly Yuppie (Can) 18  
14 Windpower (Can) 18  
15 Golder Associates (Can) 18  
16 Baseline Posse (Can) 17  
17 Just Ride it (Can) 17  
18 All Talk (Can) 17  
19 Yellow Dots (Can) 17  
20 Tired And Cranky (Can) 17  
21 A Thousand Pounds of Pudding (Can) 17  
22 Mud Sweat and Gears Racing 2 (Can) 17  
23 Team DP (Can) 17  
24 LJ Welding & Machine (Can) 17  
25 Pretty much the best team I know (Can) 17  
26 PGE (Can) 17  
27 Dozen Egg Knights (Can) 16  
28 SCARED SHIFTLESS (Can) 16  
29 Red-Shox Racing (Can) 16  
30 The Howlers (Can) 16  
31 three men and the mamas (Can) 16  
32 Pretty much the 2nd best team I know (Can) 16  
33 Behind Bars 2 (Can) 16  
34 Daddy Sore Legs (Can) 16  
35 iBike (Can) 16  
36 Spare Tires 2 (Can) 16  
37 Flattastic Five (Can) 15  
38 Java Drips (Can) 15  
39 DODL - Dibs On Dead Last (Can) 15  
40 Dirtbags (Can) 15  
41 Darkside (Can) 15  
42 the Degenerative Discs (Can) 15  
43 Dirt Dealers (Can) 14  
44 Steam Whistle Dos (Can) 14  
45 5 Men and 4 Spleens (Can) 14  
46 Bandaids and Beer (Can) 14  
47 Barrbarians (Can) 14  
48 Mud and guts (Can) 14  
49 The Pain Cave (Can) 14  
50 Three Tea Baggers and Two Bow Ties (Can) 14  
51 Stunt Doubles (Can) 14  
52 Ride For Five (Can) 14  
53 Endo Magnet (Can) 13  
54 Five Guys With Big Cogs (Can) 13  
55 The Littlest Hobos (Can) 13  
56 Soggy Bottom Boys (Can) 13  
57 Daanahhddanahhs (Can) 12  
58 The Hikeabike Tribe (Can) 12  
59 chaos (Can) 9  
5 Person Open 200+
1 RUNDLE MOUNTAIN BOYS (Can) 23 laps
2 Deadgoat Racing 1 (Can) 23  
3 Pedal Pimps (Can) 20  
4 The Quivering Quads (Can) 20  
5 dusty bottoms (Can) 20  
6 OK GO (Can) 20  
7 Chamois Royale with Cheese (Can) 19  
8 Yacko Racing (Can) 19  
9 Obviously Five Believers (Can) 19  
10 Brule Oldschool (Can) 19  
11 Wheelmen (Can) 18  
12 Team Inukshuk (Can) 18  
13 Road Apples Gone Bad (Can) 17  
14 Team Retro (Can) 17  
15 Chainsmokers (Can) 17  
16 Lonestars (Can) 16  
17 Wheels (Can) 16  
18 Five Believers (Can) 16  
19 Team ZIPANG (Can) 16  
20 Go Auto (Can) 15  
21 United Cycle-3 magnets and 2 chicks (Can) 15  
22 One more Time - Again (Can) 15  
23 Cinco Diablos Perdidos (Can) 14  
24 Big Bad Voodoo Riders (Can) 14  
25 5 Donkeys (Can) 14  
26 Critical Path (Can) 14  
27 Lynnwood 2 (Can) 14  
28 Off Hour Rockers (Can) 14  
29 Trail Trash (Can) 13  
30 Giddyup (Can) 13  
31 lynnwood (Can) 13  
32 Mr Beans Holiday (Can) 11  
33 Road Apples Gone Bad (Can) 9  
5 Person Female
1 Bikers Dozen (Can) 18 laps
2 EVI Angels (Can) 17  
3 Darkside Violet Femmes (Can) 16  
4 Freewheel Skinnys (Can) 16  
5 Seriously Stumped (Can) 15  
6 Boobs to the Tube (Can) 14  
7 Sunflower Pedals (Can) 14  
8 Anyone but Bob (Can) 14  
9 Free Range Chicks (Can) 13  
10 Out Spoke'n (Can) 12  
11 Life Works 1 (Can) 11  
5 Person Co-ed
1 Deadgoat Gears (Can) 22 laps
2 skijaq (Can) 21  
3 Life Works 2 (Can) 21  
4 Hurd of Turtles (Can) 21  
5 The Curly Beelines (Can) 21  
6 yogadotcalm (Can) 20  
7 RED (Can) 19  
8 Mud Sweat and Gears (Can) 19  
9 Missing Pieces (Can) 18  
10 The Invermere Gang (Can) 18  
11 Along For The Ride (Can) 18  
12 Privateers (Can) 18  
13 I Like Sex Racing - Calgary (Can) 17  
14 velo-tubbies (Can) 17  
15 Under The Influence (Can) 17  
16 Head Smashed In (Can) 17  
17 white lightning (Can) 17  
18 Fn Riders (Can) 17  
19 Team Daniel (Can) 17  
20 Peddlers Cycle Team (Can) 17  
21 EBA - Viva la Revolution (Can) 17  
22 Hill Climbers (Can) 17  
23 SprocketHeads (Can) 17  
24 got rice (Can) 17  
25 Santa Cruz Is Coming to Town (Can) 17  
26 Redneck Posse (Can) 16  
27 Chicks and Dicks (Can) 16  
28 Cranked Up (Can) 16  
29 Granny Granny (Can) 16  
30 B Girls and the Cranky Old Bastards (Can) 16  
31 Testrogen (Can) 15  
32 From Parts Unknown (Can) 15  
33 EVI Rangers (Can) 15  
34 AOR Inc (Can) 15  
35 Monday Night Heroes (Can) 15  
36 Jacques Whitford AXYS 3 (Can) 15  
37 The Little Rings (Can) 15  
38 Why are we doing this (Can) 15  
39 The Dirty Diapers (Can) 14  
40 Mud Sweat and Gears Racing (Can) 14  
41 The Fantastic Fivers Version II (Can) 14  
42 Adrenalin Junkies (Can) 14  
43 Its All Good (Can) 14  
44 All Over Tha Map (Can) 13  
45 Lung Butter (Can) 13  
46 Bum Sweat and Gears (Can) 13  
47 ORB (Can) 12  
48 KC and the Sunshine Riders (Can) 12  
49 Crank Addiction (Can) 12  
50 Team Ososlow (Can) 12  
51 Grit Grime and Dirt (Can) 8  
52 The Crashers (Can) 2  
Corporate Team
1 Rocky Mountain Racers (Can) 22 laps
2 Town of Canmore - Return of the Slack Angles (Can) 21  
3 GetterDone (Can) 21  
4 Karo Brand Warriors (Can) 20  
5 Beer Guts (Can) 19  
6 Veloplzen Space Cheese Cadets (Can) 18  
7 FirstEnergy Capital Corp (Can) 18  
8 Town of Banff - Townie Team Won (Can) 18  
9 DFCA (USA) 18  
10 AMEC Road Apples (Can) 18  
11 Calgary 5-0 (Can) 18  
12 Astoria Ded Dogs (Can) 17  
13 The Masters Mayhem (Can) 17  
14 Raithlin Riders (Can) 17  
15 golden cycling club (Can) 17  
16 WorleyParsons - Spin (Can) 17  
17 The Hurtin Units (Can) 17  
18 Perpetual Motion (Can) 17  
19 B3 Athletics (Can) 17  
20 Pear Shaped Bikers (Can) 17  
21 Biking Biatches (Can) 17  
22 GDM Navigators (Can) 16  
23 Footjax (Can) 16  
24 Start Slow And Taper Off (Can) 16  
25 Prescription Riders (Can) 16  
26 Spin the Black Circle (Can) 16  
27 B3 Trainers (Can) 16  
28 SeisWare Rocks (Can) 16  
29 PCL (Can) 16  
30 Team Graham (Can) 16  
31 Fat Tire Fire (Can) 15  
32 Psyclekillers (Can) 15  
33 Delta Dashers (Can) 15  
34 NotRightNow (Can) 15  
35 IMV Projects (Can) 15  
36 Spoke-N-Logic (Can) 14  
37 Donkeys on the Edge (Can) 14  
38 Weak End Warriors (Can) 14  
39 anything but last (Can) 14  
40 Fokkers Racing (Can) 14  
41 Matrix Solutions (Can) 14  
42 iPay Taxes 2 (Can) 14  
43 Cyclepaths (Can) 14  
44 Cancel Our Wake Up Call Again (Can) 14  
45 Chariot Sharp Pains (Can) 14  
46 Stantec One Team (Can) 14  
47 Stantec Infinite Solutions (Can) 13  
48 Spin Sisters (Can) 13  
49 WorleyParsons WheeliePirates (Can) 13  
50 Town of Banff Rather be Riding a Townie Too (Can) 13  
51 DBA Riders (Can) 12  
52 DRSP (Can) 12  
53 Team Shameless (Can) 12  
54 drinkers with a biking problem (Can) 11  
55 24 Hours of Beer-drenalin (Can) 9  
56 Off on the Trail! (Can) 8