Australian Mountain Bike Series - Thredbo and Jindabyne 2014: Downhill Results

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Troy Brosnan wins round 3 and the overall at the Australian MTB National Series (Image credit: Jaime Black)

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The elite women's downhill podium at round 3 of the Australian National Series (Image credit: Jaime Black)

The 2014 Australian National Mountain Bike Series concluded in Thredbo on Sunday afternoon with Troy Brosnan and Michelle Crisp were crowned downhill series winners in Thredbo. Downhill racers battled it out on the iconic Cannonball Run track.

Elite men

In the elite men's action, the former two-time junior world champion Brosnan came into the round with an almost unassailable lead, but that didn't stop him from delivering on the day.

Close racing saw the fastest time fall repeatedly as the top 10 riders arrived at the finish, and Thomas Crimmins was second last down the hill, posting the then fastest time of the day for the elite field of 4:54.77.

Brosnan was last, and he didn't disappoint the massive crowd at Thredbo. He finished in 4:46.25, the fastest time of the weekend for the final race run of the series, a massive 8.52 seconds faster than Crimmins and the field, to give him both the race win and the national downhill series title.

"I'm really happy with the win, I just pedalled as much as I could and barely had any mistakes. I was a little bit surprised at how fast I actually went," said Brosnan.

Thinking about the series, Brosnan said, "It feels pretty good. I was taking it race by race, and I've come out with the win, another one to tick off and heading into the national champs."

Crimmins would ultimately finish second and David McMillanwould take third

Elite women

In the elite women's race, Michelle Crisp was third last down the track and set a great time of 5:59.22. She would face a nervous wait, with Kellie Weinert and favourite Danielle Beecroft left to finish.

Ultimately neither Beecroft or Weinert would manage to unseat Crisp, although it was Weinert that went frighteningly close to finish second by only 0.1s. Beecroft took the bronze.

Crisp was equal parts relieved and excited. "It's great - after such a terrible year last year with injuries. I still can't quite believe it - I'm so stoked to take out the race and the series in the one day."

Other categories

Tegan Molloy in the under 19s was yet again the fastest female rider of the day by over 12 seconds, an amazing achievement from the junior rider.

Full Results

Elite men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Troy Brosnan (Specialized Racing)	0:04:46.25
2	Thomas Crimmins (Giant Bicycles Australia)	0:00:08.52
3	David McMillan (Swell-Specialized Team Thredbo )	0:00:10.39
4	Graeme Mudd (Lusty Industries - Orange )	0:00:14.73
5	Rhys Atkinson (Specialized)	0:00:15.53
6	Brendan Moon (Bilt Factory Racing)	0:00:15.80
7	Todd Madsen (Drift Helmet Cam's)	0:00:16.19
8	Timothy Eaton (Giant Bikes)	0:00:16.42
9	Ben Cory	0:00:16.76
10	Brent Smith (TWE Wheels/Endeavour Cycles)	0:00:17.91
11	Luke Ellison (Bilt Bikes)	0:00:19.87
12	Luke Garnham (Thredbo MTB Petri)	0:00:20.11
13	Ben Power (Ben Power Racing)	0:00:20.40
14	Rick Boyer (Lusty Industries - Orange )	0:00:21.20
15	Matt Hardwick	0:00:21.52
16	Oliver Zwar (Pinner Designs, Yale Australia)	0:00:22.60
17	Mark Conliffe	0:00:24.44
18	Tim Windshuttle (Thredbo MTB, Trek)	0:00:25.09
19	Angus Maddern	0:00:25.46
20	Richard Kreuzer	0:00:25.69
21	Regan Arthur	0:00:25.75
22	Michael Willis	0:00:28.50
23	Blake Nielsen	0:00:29.05
24	Chris Barlin	0:00:31.43
25	Kyle Bishop	0:00:36.94
26	Murray Stephens	0:00:40.29
27	Mathew Dodd (NSDynamics)	0:00:41.18
28	Pedr Lapp	0:00:48.10
29	Elliot Ried	0:01:59.84
30	Joshua Button (GIANT Bicycles)	0:02:08.77
31	Daniel Hallam
32	Conor Bullard (Bilt Bikes)
33	Kent Hamilton (Lusty Industries)
34	Dean Lucas (Rowny Sports)
DNS	Geoff Wilson
DNS	Tan Hong Chun

Elite women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Michelle Crisp (Norco Bicycles)	0:05:59.22
2	Kellie Weinert	0:00:00.10
3	Danielle Beecroft (JetBlack)	0:00:03.14
4	Victoria Armstrong	0:00:10.84
5	Brodie Chapman	0:00:22.85

U19 men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Andrew Crimmins (Kona Factory)	0:04:54.03
2	Matthew McCorkell (Cycles Devinci)	0:00:07.71
3	Aiden Varley (YVC/Giant Race Team)	0:00:10.12
4	Max Warshawsky (Planet Cycles)	0:00:11.70
5	Joel Willis (Fox Suspension)	0:00:12.80
6	Benjamin Dengate (Bilt bikes)	0:00:13.83
7	Ben Hill (Swift Rocky Mountain)	0:00:16.80
8	Jackson Davis (FJC)	0:00:19.08
9	Alec Reid	0:00:20.17
10	David Maggs (Deubel Bikes)	0:00:26.85
11	Cody Love (DSW Designs)	0:00:27.21
12	Dan Booker (Track X, Ride Bellerive)	0:00:28.18
13	Darcy Day (POC)	0:00:32.56
14	Timothy Kmetyk	0:00:33.30
15	Brandon Maxwell	0:00:35.32
16	Darcy Grooby	0:00:36.24
17	Cosi Hofman	0:00:36.43
18	Connor Mackne (Alltrack Bicycles)	0:00:38.73
19	Connor Surgeoner	0:00:39.03
20	Luke Donnelly	0:00:39.86
21	Jarrod Wynn (Avanti Plus Wollongong)	0:00:43.52
22	Callum Saxby	0:00:46.29
23	Kieran Osborne	0:00:48.22
24	Mathias Butcher (Dentbiz)	0:00:56.15
25	Christopher Green	0:01:00.07
26	Michael Roberts (Blonde Bikes)	0:01:00.63
27	Jack Haugen	0:01:00.65
28	Ryan O'Linn	0:01:19.03
29	Jack McInnes	0:01:36.20
30	Ryan Plunkett (Pushys Fyshwick)

U19 women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Tegan Molloy (Kona, Thredbo MTB)	0:05:46.31

U15 men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Patrick Butler	0:05:43.37
2	James Findlay	0:00:00.14
3	Troy Weinert (Thredbo MTB)	0:00:11.48
4	Bryce Heathcote	0:00:11.52
5	Dylan Fraser	0:00:11.77
6	Jackson Connelly	0:00:22.07
7	Matthew Dinham	0:00:22.23
8	Christopher Palser	0:00:27.91
9	Tom Hansen	0:00:48.16
10	Andy Beer	0:01:51.90
DNS	Mitchell Wynn (Avanti Plus Wollongong)

U17 men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Remy Morton	0:05:00.86
2	Jackson Frew (Giant Bikes)	0:00:03.01
3	Harry Parsons (Red Hub)	0:00:25.44
4	Harri Jones (Planet Cycles)	0:00:26.93
5	Luke Butcher (Dentbiz)	0:00:27.66
6	Jacob Mossner	0:00:28.98
7	Jack Lumb	0:00:31.51
8	Alex Dickson (Sacred Ride)	0:00:31.68
9	Christopher Findlay	0:00:35.23
10	Henry Hunt (Adelaide Independent Racing)	0:00:36.76
11	Matt Kelly (Aldgate Bike Shop)	0:00:37.20
12	Jarrod Murphy	0:00:37.47
13	Riley Horsman (Sacred Ride)	0:00:38.61
14	Lachlan Gibson	0:00:39.58
15	Patrick O'Connor (O'Connor Civil Construction)	0:00:40.08
16	Aidan Wynn (Avanti Plus Wollongong)	0:00:42.35
17	Matt Ellison	0:00:46.58
18	Harry Ewings	0:00:49.06
19	Grant Christesen	0:01:00.02
20	Logan Quinn	0:01:17.29
21	Harry Donald (planet cycles)
DNF	Sheldon George
DNS	Olly Moeller

U17 women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Rachel Weinert	0:07:02.14

Elite men final series standings
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Troy Brosnan	330	pts
2	David McMillan	211
3	Thomas Crimmins	204
4	Dean Lucas	171
5	Joshua Button	170
6	Connor Fearon	165
7	Graeme Mudd	158
8	Rhys Atkinson	132
9	Brendan Moon	114
10	Luke Ellison	108
11	Timothy Eaton	105
12	Brent Smith	83
13	Mathew Dodd	64
14	Ben Cory	63
15	Matt Hardwick	62
16	Oliver Zwar	58
17	Todd Madsen	55
18	Liam Panozzo	53
19	Rick Boyer	50
20	Richard Kreuzer	49
21	Chris Barlin	43
22	Peter Knott	39
23	Ben Power	37
24	Henry Blake	35
25	Angus Maddern	34
26	Mark Conliffe	29
27	Luke Garnham	28
28	Luke Ball	26
29	Tim Windshuttle	23
30	William Rischbieth	23
31	Alex Swann	21
32	Ben Crundwell	19
33	Phillip Piazza	19
34	Conor Clancy	18
35	Kent Hamilton	15
36	Regan Arthur	14
37	Michael Willis	14
38	Luke Reynolds	14
39	James Maltman	13
40	Brad McDonnell	13
41	Blake Nielsen	12
42	Ngari Jenkins	10
43	Mikael Amberntsson	10
44	Kyle Bishop	9
45	Jared Rando	9
46	Murray Stephens	8
47	Angus Jackson	8
47	Steven Hauck	8
49	Joel Barrington	8
49	Kieran Jenkins	8
51	Elliot Ried	7
51	Pedr Lapp	7
53	Daniel Hallam	7
54	Conor Bullard	7

Elite women final series standings
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Michelle Crisp	295	pts
2	Danielle Beecroft	215
3	Sarah Booth	210
4	Victoria Armstrong	183
5	Kellie Weinert	165
6	Shelly Flood	140
7	Brodie Chapman	124
8	Carrie McLachlan	79
9	Philippa Rostan	50

U19 men final series standings
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Ben Hill	256	pts
2	Andrew Crimmins	253
3	Max Warshawsky	247
4	Aiden Varley	218
5	Matthew McCorkell	208
6	Joel Willis	175
7	Benjamin Dengate	152
8	Dan Booker	138
9	Jackson Davis	133
10	Darcy Grooby	83
11	Dru Berryman	80
12	Connor Mackne	79
13	Matthew Taylor	79
14	Cody Love	72
15	Ryan O'Linn	59
16	Alec Reid	58
17	David Maggs	53
18	Luke Donnelly	43
19	Darcy Day	42
20	Jarrod Wynn	40
21	Ryan Plunkett	38
22	Josh Lea	36
23	Hayden Stead	33
24	Cody Barker	27
25	Drew Gartery	24
26	Cosi Hofman	21
27	Connor O'Dwyer	20
28	Benjamin Kelaart	20
29	Timothy Kmetyk	20
30	Connor Surgeoner	19
31	Brandon Maxwell	16
32	Tim Black	16
33	Joshua Dierickx	15
34	Callum Saxby	13
35	Kelcie Howie	13
36	Nick Bussmann	13
37	Corey Booth	13
38	Rong Min	12
39	Kieran Osborne	11
40	Mathias Butcher	11
41	Christopher Green	11
42	Jack Haugen	10
43	Brad Greenham	9
44	Jack McInnes	8
44	Michael Roberts	8
46	Jack Parsons	8
46	Jack Stewart	8
46	Wade D'arcy	8
49	Joshua Hughes	6

U19 women final series standings
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Tegan Molloy	360	pts
2	Ellie Wale	163

U17 men final series standings
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Remy Morton	338	pts
2	Jackson Frew	315
3	Harry Parsons	219
4	Harri Jones	169
5	Jacob Mossner	155
6	Jarrod Murphy	114
7	Harry Donald	113
8	Lachlan Gibson	106
9	Henry Hunt	100
10	Logan Quinn	98
11	Riley Horsman	91
12	Matt Kelly	90
13	Christopher Findlay	80
14	Jackson White	79
15	Harry Ewings	73
16	Alex Dickson	67
17	Luke Butcher	65
18	Aidan Wynn	52
19	Jack Lumb	50
20	Ben Silkstone	48
21	Matt Ellison	44
22	Ben Zwar	34
23	Max Heizer	30
24	Leyton Barker	28
25	Jackson Howie	26
26	Patrick O'Connor	25
27	Cameron Wale	21
28	Sheldon George	20
29	Grant Christesen	17
30	Sebastian Barbour	17
31	Kyle Longmore	16
32	Louis Stevens	15
33	Callum Dawes	13
34	Harry Lukasz	13
35	Samuel McNaughton	12

U17 women final series standings
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Rachel Weinert	120	pts

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