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January 16, Short track - Elite, Under 19 & Sport Men:

Taberlay wins first short track title

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Cycling News
Published:
January 17, 16:27,
Updated:
January 17, 17:04

Photo finish decides close race

The finish of the men's short track came down to a sprint with Sid Taberlay taking the win.

The finish of the men's short track came down to a sprint with Sid Taberlay taking the win.

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Sid Taberlay won his first short track national title in Adelaide on Sunday. His victory came after an intriguing tactical battle with Lachlan Norris continually attacking in an effort to break the spirits of pre-race favourite Daniel McConnell and the ever present Taberlay.

Norris wasn't able to shake his rivals and at three laps to go he, McConnell and Taberlay along with Ben Henderson and Joshua Carlson formed a group of five all in contention for the win.

The 29-year-old Taberlay used his vast experience by waiting patiently until the final lap to launch his bid for victory. McConnell marked the move and the two were shoulder-to-shoulder up the finishing straight with the Tasmanian getting the gold medal in a photo finish while the bronze medal went to Henderson.

"I was just hoping I had something left coming out of that bottom corner. I saw Dan throw his bike to the line, and I didn't think he got ahead of me but you just have to wait patiently for the photo finish to confirm it," Taberlay said of the tight finish.

"Throughout the race I was just trying to be smart because I was suffering out there all day. It's early season and I don't quite have the horsepower needed so I was trying to suck wheels and stay in the game up until the last couple of laps so I had the best shot at it."

"After a little bit of an ordinary day yesterday it was good to live back up to expectations and deliver."

On the back of his three cross country titles (2002, 2004, 2006) this was Taberlay's first victory in the short track.

In the Under 19 men's race South Australia's Mitchell Codner won ahead of Ryan Standish and Mathew Waghorn.

Full Results

Elite men
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Sid Taberlay    
2 Daniel McConnell    
3 Ben Henderson (Crowne Plaza Canberra,Onya Bike )    
4 Lachlan Norris    
5 Joshua Carlson (Total Rush Factory Specialised)    
6 Matthew Fleming (Clarence St Cyclery, Shimano)    
7 Daniel Braunsteins (Drapc Porsche)    
8 Neil Van Der Ploeg    
9 Luke Fetch    
10 Shaun Lewis    
11 Aaron Benson (Cannondale, For The Riders)    
12 Mark Tupalski    
13 Nick Both    
14 Brenton Jones    
15 Dylan Cooper (Trek Concepts.com.au )    
16 Matthew Potter    
17 Adrian Jackson (Merida Flight Centre MTB Team)    
18 Jack Lamshed    
19 Andrew Blair (Redshift Racing, KOM )    
20 Cal Britten    
21 Steele Von Hoff    
22 Garry Millburn (City Bike Depot, Biggride.com)    
23 Paul Van der Ploeg (Felt Bicycles, SRAM Components)    
24 James Kennedy    
25 Matt Ligtermoet (Rush Racing Specialized Sram)    
26 James Williamson (Giant)    
27 James Maebus    
28 Scott Liston (Felt, SRAM, Pinacle Cycles)    
DNS Mark Flood    
Under 19 men
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Mitchell Codner    
2 Ryan Standish (Ultimate Ride Bike Shop)    
3 Mathew Waghorn    
4 Michael Baker    
5 Rowan Brown    
6 Cameron Ivory    
7 Jeremy Scott    
8 Sean Moloney    
9 Michael Crosbie    
10 Robbie Rhodes    
11 Jacob Langham    
12 Josh Sek    
13 Alistair Donohoe    
14 Mitchell Vanetie    
15 Taylor Charlton (HGR,SIS,Harcourts, Race Elements)    
16 Alistair Crameri    
17 Unknown    
18 David Wilson    
19 Jarryd Jones    
20 Thomas Phillips    
21 Richard Braithwaite    
22 Alasdair Henderson    
DNS Ryan MacAnally (River City Cycles)    
DNS James Hanus    
DNS Tristan Ward (Travel Edge)    
DNS Josh Russell-gibbs    
DNS Kyle Ward (Spearman Cycles, ZannoX Cyling Apparel)    
Sport men
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 James Downing (Lonsdale St Cyclery Canberra)    
2 Lachlan McVey    
3 Reece Tucknott    
4 Julien Wicks    
5 William Murphy    
6 Darren Smith    
7 Roger Cull    
DNS Merlin Spranz (B.-d. Farm Paris Creek Bio-Mechanics)    

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