Australian Mountain Bike National Championships 2011: Short track - Elite, Under 19 & Sport Men Results

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: A very exciting race, but Chris Jongerwaard takes the win from Paul Van Der Ploeg in the Elite Mens XCC (Image credit: Dan Peters)

South Australia's Chris Jongewaard completed his successful return to elite-level mountain biking with a tight victory in the men's short track national championship, one day after claiming the elite men's cross country title.

Jongewaard outsprinted Victorian young gun Paul Van Der Ploeg for the win, while 2010 national champion Sid Taberlay collected the bronze 28 seconds later.

"Definitely backing up after yesterday is a good feeling. It's just a different type of race, there is so much heartrate involved, you have to keep it up and you can't really back off," Jongewaard said. "It makes it extra hard when you have a big power house chasing you down from behind."

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Elite Men
1	Chris Jongewaard	0:23:19
2	Paul Van Der Ploeg (Felt Bicycles, Sram Components, Torq Nutrition)	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Sid Taberlay (Kenda / H20 Overdrive)	0:00:28
4	Lachlan Norris	0:00:32
5	Ben Henderson (Torq/Anytime Fitness,Stromlo Forest Park,Capital Bicycle Hire)	0:00:45
6	Aiden Lefmann	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Luke Fetch (Search2Retain - Felt)	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Ben Mather (Rapid Cycling, Adidas)	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Peter Hatton	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Andrew Blair (Swell Redshift Mtb Team, Felt, Frm, Sram, Maxxis)	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Shaun Lewis	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Trenton Day (Scott Bikes, Breakaway Cycles)	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Mitchell Codner (Rotor / Frs Magura Gu Energy Gel)	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Matthew Fleming (Clarence St Cyclery, Shimano, Trek)	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	James Downing (Lonsdale St Cyclery Canberra)	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Brendan Johnston	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Scott Liston (Search2Retain - Felt)	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Ben Hogarth	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	Garry Millburn (Cannondale, Turramurra Cyclery, Hammer Nutrition)	Row 18 - Cell 2
20	Michael Crosbie	Row 19 - Cell 2
21	John Groves (Apollo Bikes)	Row 20 - Cell 2
22	Adrian Jackson	Row 21 - Cell 2
23	Cal Britten (Search2Retain - Felt)	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Jack Lamshed (Search2Retain, Felt Bicycles)	Row 23 - Cell 2
25	Jarrad Burrell	Row 24 - Cell 2
26	Daniel McConnell	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Neil Van Der Ploeg (Search2Retain - Felt)	Row 26 - Cell 2
DNS	Nick Both (Swell-Redshift Racing)	Row 27 - Cell 2
DNS	Joshua Carlson (Rockstar Racing, Giant Bicycles, Ftptraining.Com)	Row 28 - Cell 2
DNS	Anthony Shippard	Row 29 - Cell 2

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Under 19 Men
1	Ryan Standish (Ultimate Ride Bike Shop)	0:18:56
2	Billy Sewell (Gordon Street Cycles, Focus, Haven Marine)	0:00:03
3	Rowan Brown	0:00:10
4	Christopher Aitken (Breakaway Cycles)	0:00:18
5	Blake Polverino	0:00:27
6	Alexander Meyland (Rock And Road Cycles/Giant Bicycles Aust)	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Mitchell Vanetie	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Jacob Langham	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Sebastian Jayne	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Daniel McDonald	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Ben Comfort	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	James Hanus	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Thomas Coach (Ultimate Ride)	Row 12 - Cell 2
DNS	David Wilson	Row 13 - Cell 2
DNS	Angus Maddern	Row 14 - Cell 2

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Sport Men
1	Merlin Spranz	0:19:13
2	Ben Bradley	0:00:10
3	Christopher Hanson	0:00:14
4	Reece Tucknott (Wembley Cycles Specialized Bikes Shotz)	0:00:17
5	Chris Luxton	0:00:41
6	Hamish Prosser	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Darcy Pirotta	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Phillip Mawbey	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Bill Murphy	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Kevin Harnett	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Andrew Barcroft	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Kevin Wells	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Lucas Pitt	Row 12 - Cell 2
DNS	Mark McInnes (Butler Hr, Kirrawee Cycles, Magura Forks And Brakes.)	Row 13 - Cell 2