McConnell and Henderson win Thredbo cross country
Ivory and King claim overall Australian cross country series titles
Jenny King and Cameron Ivory finished off an excellent season of racing with podium finishes in Moama to be crowned the 2014 Australian National Mountain Bike cross country series winners on Saturday in Moama.
The final round of the series presented by Mountain Bike Australia saw racing action for the cross country taking place in a brand new mountain bike park built on the banks of the Murray river. The unique track is shorter and faster than most in Australia, delivering exciting racing across all classes.
Elite men
In the elite men's racing, lead riders stayed together in a tight bunch for the first two laps, but it wouldn't take long for the true class of two-time Olympian Dan McConnell to come the fore. McConnell broke away on lap 3 and would never look back. McConnell proceeded to extend his lead for each of the last five laps. In many ways, it was just another day at the office for the seasoned professional who is now a cut above the rest.
"The race was fast at the start, and on lap 3 I felt fairly good and a few gaps started to appear," said McConnell. "I got away for a little bit and was able to settle in and enjoy myself on the fun and flowy trails." McConnell was second in the World Cup Series last year, and he's feeling good about 2014. "To win by as much as I did, I'm pretty happy, the form seems to be coming good with good time to the first World Cup so it's promising."
Cameron Ivory placed second outright today after a strong battle with Michael Crosbie in the early laps and Adrian Jackson would take third.
Ivory's second place would secure him the series title. The understated rider, who is still riding in the under 23 category, wasn't expecting to win. "I'm a little bit surprised - and very pleased." He has an eye on the nationals in two weeks. "I can't wait for the national championships, I need to work on a few things before then, but I'm counting down the days."
Elite women
The elite women's field was one of the best fields assembled in recent years. Racing fast from the start-line a star-studded lead group formed instantly - Bec Henderson, Peta Mullens, Tory Thomas, Jenny King and Rowena Fry.
There was some position swapping, but it wouldn't be until the fourth lap that there was a decisive move by the pair of Henderson and Mullens to separate and stay away.
On lap 5, Henderson attempted to power away for the win but was caught by Mullens who would then lead for most of the last lap. In the end though, it would be Henderson who would retake the lead on the last fireroad and hold that position in a hard finish-straight sprint to record another win.
Henderson said, "It was a tough race, there was absolutely no rest having all the best riders in Australia here. It was also a really tactical race, you have to be careful not to blow out as it's actually quite a long."
Jenni King was the 2012 series winner, and she delivered the goods again across the races in 2014 to win the title again. "Today was a bit touch and go, I think it was on the third last lap, I noticed my rear tyre was going flat but I got a quick change and managed to still finish fourth, it was good to have a consistent series."
Other categories
In the under 19 action, recently crowned New Zealand U19 National Champion Ben Oliver brought his excellent form to Australia to take the win in the men's, and versatile rider Ellie Wale took the win for the under 19 women.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Daniel McConnell | 1:52:50 |
2 | Cameron Ivory* | 0:03:14 |
3 | Adrian Jackson | 0:03:48 |
4 | Mark Tupalski | 0:03:57 |
5 | Ben Forbes* | 0:04:18 |
6 | Michael Crosbie* | 0:05:10 |
7 | Nicholas Morgan | 0:05:19 |
8 | Brendan Johnston | 0:07:03 |
9 | Scott Bowden* | 0:07:25 |
10 | Chris Hamilton* | 0:07:51 |
11 | Shaun Lewis | 0:08:19 |
12 | Tristan Ward* | 0:08:24 |
13 | Murray Spink | 0:09:11 |
14 | Travis Frisby | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Ethan Kelly* | 0:09:32 |
16 | Tom Goddard* | 0:09:55 |
17 | John Groves | 0:10:33 |
18 | Steven Cusworth | 0:10:34 |
19 | Warrack Leach | 0:10:56 |
20 | Brendan Adair* | 0:11:16 |
21 | Tasman Nankervis* | 0:11:44 |
22 | Lachlan Paton | 0:11:56 |
23 | Matthew Molan | 0:12:53 |
24 | Kyle Ward* | 0:13:57 |
25 | Aiden Stewart | 0:15:36 |
-1lap | Ben Bradley* | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
-2laps | Alexander Meyland* | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Russell Nankervis* | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Samuel Barnden* | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Jack Lavis* | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
-3laps | Sid Taberlay | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
-4laps | Liam Harland* | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
-5laps | Jacob Sutherland | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sebastian Jayne* | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
DNF | William Geor | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nathan Oman* | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Andrew Blair | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Jack Haig* | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Rebecca Henderson | 1:39:27 |
2 | Peta Mullens | 0:00:01 |
3 | Tory Thomas | 0:00:47 |
4 | Jenni King | 0:00:54 |
5 | Rowena Fry | 0:04:10 |
6 | Sarah Riley | 0:04:17 |
7 | Rebecca Locke | 0:04:23 |
8 | Melissa Anset | 0:04:24 |
9 | Holly Harris* | 0:04:25 |
10 | Therese Rhodes | 0:06:20 |
11 | April McDonough | 0:06:44 |
12 | Karen Hill | 0:09:07 |
13 | Kelly Bartlett | 0:10:36 |
14 | Emily Parkes* | 0:11:15 |
15 | Katie Chancellor | 0:15:58 |
DNF | Renata Bucher | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Emma Colson | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Ben Oliver | 1:03:43 |
2 | David Ashby-Coventry | 0:00:01 |
3 | Reece Tucknott | 0:00:02 |
4 | Jayden Ward | 0:00:29 |
5 | Felix Smalley | 0:00:47 |
6 | Michael Potter | 0:00:56 |
7 | Callum Carson | 0:01:01 |
8 | Luke Brame | 0:01:28 |
9 | Mitchell Greenway | 0:01:29 |
10 | Harrison Ernst | 0:01:57 |
11 | Alex Lack | 0:02:38 |
12 | Bryan Dunkin | 0:03:24 |
13 | Foley Lachal | 0:03:38 |
14 | Tom Green | 0:04:02 |
15 | Liam Jeffries | 0:05:00 |
16 | Dean Madden | 0:09:06 |
17 | Jack Booth | 0:11:19 |
18 | Mitchell Dosser | 0:17:19 |
DNF | Foley Lachal | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Ellie Wale | 1:03:15 |
2 | Sara Mills | 0:01:57 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Isaac Buckell | 0:53:13 |
2 | Oliver Armstrong | 0:00:10 |
3 | Dylan McKenna | 0:00:11 |
4 | Michael Harris | 0:00:18 |
5 | Samuel McNaughton | 0:02:13 |
6 | Jack Feltham | 0:02:34 |
7 | Ben Walkerden | 0:03:13 |
8 | Riley Morgan | 0:04:22 |
9 | Ayden Venturin | 0:07:43 |
10 | Joshua Sullivan | 0:07:53 |
11 | Lex Bounds | 0:08:03 |
12 | Jasper Albrecht | 0:08:48 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Mikayla Wolfe | 1:04:13 |
2 | Ebony Tanzen | 0:13:35 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Cameron Wright | 0:40:17 |
2 | Ben Metcalfe | 0:00:27 |
3 | Jarrah Forrer | 0:01:03 |
4 | Matthew Dinham | 0:03:07 |
5 | Samuel Buckell | 0:09:12 |
6 | Mitchell Thompson | 0:12:16 |
DNF | Joshua Tanzen | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Zoe Cuthbert | 0:49:39 |
2 | Teagan Atherstone | 0:04:31 |
3 | Amy Jackson | 0:09:32 |
4 | Sabrina Ernst | 0:17:08 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Cameron Ivory* | 168 | pts |
2 | Daniel McConnell | 160 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Michael Crosbie* | 151 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Jared Graves | 145 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Mark Tupalski | 129 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Adrian Jackson | 113 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Brendan Johnston | 104 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Ben Forbes* | 87 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Nicholas Morgan | 67 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Kyle Ward* | 62 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Andrew Blair | 57 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Travis Frisby | 55 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Shaun Lewis | 54 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Chris Hamilton* | 51 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Scott Bowden* | 50 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
15 | Shaun Lewis | 50 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Murray Spink | 41 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Craig Cooke | 32 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Tristan Ward* | 30 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Dylan Cooper | 29 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
20 | John Groves | 29 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Ethan Kelly* | 27 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
22 | Tom Goddard* | 27 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Sam Chancellor | 22 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Russell Nankervis* | 19 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Ben Bradley* | 18 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
26 | Steven Cusworth | 18 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Matthew Molan | 17 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
28 | Warrack Leach | 17 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Daniel Braunsteins | 16 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Brendan Adair* | 15 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Jason Lowndes* | 14 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
32 | Sebastian Jayne* | 14 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Lachlan Paton | 13 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
34 | Todd Lorenz | 13 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Lucas Sproson | 10 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
36 | Samuel Barnden* | 10 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
36 | Tasman Nankervis* | 10 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Alexander Meyland* | 8 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
39 | Glen Sinnott | 8 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
39 | Sid Taberlay | 8 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Christopher Aitken* | 7 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Aiden Stewart | 6 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
43 | Michael England | 6 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Jack Allison* | 5 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
45 | Jack Lavis* | 5 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
45 | Landon Arthur | 5 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Jacob Sutherland | 4 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
48 | Liam Harland* | Row 48 - Cell 2 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Declan Wharton* | Row 49 - Cell 2 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jenni King | 193 | pts |
2 | Tory Thomas | 175 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Rebecca Henderson | 160 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Peta Mullens | 120 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Sarah Riley | 105 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Rowena Fry | 86 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Karen Hill | 84 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Melissa Anset | 77 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Emily Parkes* | 60 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
9 | Therese Rhodes | 60 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Kelly Bartlett | 56 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Rebecca Locke | 55 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Jodie Willett | 48 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | April McDonough | 40 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Anna Beck | 33 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
15 | Jenny Fay | 33 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
15 | Katie Chancellor | 33 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Eliza Kwan | 29 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Holly Harris* | 25 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
19 | Ruth Corset | 25 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Jessica Douglas | 19 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
21 | Sarah Holmes | 19 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mitchell Greenway | 185 | pts |
2 | Reece Tucknott | 175 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Jayden Ward | 139 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Michael Potter | 136 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Liam Jeffries | 129 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Felix Smalley | 106 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Callum Carson | 104 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Luke Brame | 87 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Ben Oliver | 80 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | David Ashby-Coventry | 65 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Harrison Ernst | 64 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Simon Harrington | 58 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Tom Green | 48 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Jack Booth | 46 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Alex Lack | 40 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Cosi Hofman | 32 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Jonathon Dahl | 30 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Jonathon Noble | 22 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Bryan Dunkin | 19 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
19 | David Bleakley | 19 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
19 | Josh Hooton | 19 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Tynan Cox | 18 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Dean Madden | 15 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
23 | Foley Lachal | 15 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Shane VanLuenen | 14 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Ben Lack | 13 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
26 | Brendan Rose | 13 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
26 | Mitchell Dosser | 13 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Jet Turner | 12 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ellie Wale | 215 | pts |
2 | Sara Mills | 195 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Sarah Tucknott | 80 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Isaac Buckell | 208 | pts |
2 | Ben Walkerden | 168 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Dylan Mckenna | 158 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Samuel McNaughton | 124 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Kian Lerch-Mackinnon | 120 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Oliver Armstrong | 108 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Jack Feltham | 86 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Jasper Albrecht | 56 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Riley Morgan | 54 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Michael Denton | 48 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
10 | Michael Harris | 48 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Ayden Venturin | 45 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Lex Bounds | 38 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Josh Battye | 33 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
14 | Nick Pedler | 33 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Luke Pankhurst | 29 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Connor Rose | 25 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Adam Blazevic | 22 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
18 | Joshua Sullivan | 22 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
18 | Sean Maggs | 22 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Griff Knight | 20 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Joel Kristensen | 17 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
22 | Oliver Gibson | 17 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Bryce Penno | 16 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ebony Tanzen | 210 | pts |
2 | Mikayla Wolfe | 160 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Cameron Wright | 240 | pts |
2 | Jarrah Forrer | 175 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Matthew Dinham | 131 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Ben Metcalfe | 120 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Samuel Buckell | 101 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Joshua Tanzen | 86 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Callum Inglis | 68 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Charlie Brodie | 48 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Jake Sedgman | 43 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Mitchell Thompson | 38 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Charlie Todd | 33 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
11 | Robert Allison | 33 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Johl Basso | 29 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
13 | Tristan Miller | 29 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Thomas Gibson | 25 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Alexander Matthews | 22 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
16 | Joshua Markham | 22 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Nohah Dayman | 20 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Oliver Beaumont | 19 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Zoe Cuthbert | 240 | pts |
2 | Teagan Atherstone | 195 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Amy Jackson | 165 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Sally Potter | 96 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Sabrina Ernst | 48 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Grace Upton Jones | 43 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
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