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Two Canberra mountain bike riders took out the men's and women's inaugural Real Bike Insurance MTB Cruise 100-mile event at Mt Stomlo. Brett Bellchambers raced the eight laps of the 19km circuit in 8:05. Local and favourite, Shane Taylor, had mechanical problems in the first lap and was forced to withdraw after three.
Bec Parkes won the women's event in a time of 9:29.
Former 24-hour solo World Champion Craig Gordon from Wollongong was the favourite on the start line for the 80km event. Gordon fell victim to three flat tyres during the race and was overtaken by teammate Shaun Lewis from Canberra.
Amazingly after nearly three and a half hours, it came down to a final sprint. Lewis sprinted for the line just beating Sydney's Peter Hatton by the width of a tyre. Lewis took the win, Hatton second and Gordon finished a creditable third.
Prita Jobling-Baker from Victoria won the women's 80km event.
A total of 300 riders participated in the five distances on offer: 100 miles, 80km and 50km with many first time riders taking on the 30km and 10km lengths. Rain held off for the day's event.
Stomlo Forest Park will play host to the 24-hour Solo World Championships on October 9, making it the first time the championships have been conducted outside of North America. Australia can lay claim to three World Champions in this event with Gordon in 2006, James Williamson in 2008 and current champion Jason English.
Full Results
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bec Parkes | 9:29:14 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Hugh Stodart | 8:13:31 |
| 2 | Clayton Locke | 9:50:15 |
| 3 | Stuart Maclachlan | 10:03:36 |
| DNF | Tim Cafe | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Brett Bellchambers | 8:05:46 |
| 2 | Ed Mcdonald | 8:17:46 |
| 3 | Wade Carberry | 8:37:19 |
| 4 | Andrew Hall | 8:38:01 |
| 5 | Aaron Thomson | 8:57:39 |
| 6 | Warrick Hancock | 9:16:26 |
| DNF | Trev Fairhurst | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | David Speering | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | David Rae | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Russell Reid | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Shane Taylor | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jason Dreggs | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Scott Abercrombie | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Laura Syms | 1:18:38 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leasa Vaughan | 1:04:11 |
| 2 | Jocelyn Armstrong | 1:09:03 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claire Byrne | 0:52:00 |
| 2 | Katie Palmer | 0:59:01 |
| DNF | Melanie White | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ian Stuart | 0:42:36 |
| 2 | Christopher Jefferys | 0:45:14 |
| 3 | Declan Prosser | 0:46:36 |
| 4 | Karl Jekabsons | 0:46:43 |
| 5 | Sebastian Wensing | 0:54:17 |
| 6 | Matthew Swadling | 0:54:52 |
| 7 | James Wilson | 1:08:52 |
| 8 | Oscar Vallance | 1:09:09 |
| 9 | Aidan Syms | 1:23:55 |
| 10 | Darius Ashman | 1:26:03 |
| 11 | Oscar Enright | 3:41:05 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rob Enright | 0:55:25 |
| 2 | Rob Bartlett | 1:18:23 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Luke Stitt | 0:44:44 |
| 2 | Nigel Jefferys | 0:45:22 |
| 3 | Harry Enright | 0:45:27 |
| 4 | Brent Vaughan | 0:49:44 |
| 5 | Steve Green | 0:51:47 |
| 6 | Robert Wensing | 0:54:26 |
| 7 | Hamish Ashman | 1:26:10 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Leona Wade | 2:56:20 |
| DNF | Marcelle Armstrong | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Maureen Moore | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Cindy Williams | 1:53:32 |
| 2 | Vanessa Thompson | 1:59:38 |
| 3 | Jacalyn Birrell | 2:01:32 |
| 4 | Sophie Poole | 2:04:19 |
| 5 | Kate Kline | 2:06:18 |
| 6 | Petra Likar | 2:17:46 |
| DNF | Laura Roots | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Charlie Brodie | 1:42:22 |
| 2 | Bobby Hooper | 1:52:13 |
| 3 | Eathan Djordjev | 1:55:35 |
| 4 | Willem Jones | 1:58:18 |
| 5 | Hamish Jackson | 2:09:21 |
| 6 | Jonathan Kerr | 2:23:15 |
| 7 | Matt Marino | 2:36:23 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Brad Thompson | 1:50:19 |
| 2 | Neil Thompson | 1:55:38 |
| 3 | David Triston-Rattay | 1:55:47 |
| 4 | Richard Noah | 1:59:04 |
| 5 | Mark Armstrong | 2:00:02 |
| 6 | Ken Post | 2:05:43 |
| 7 | Peter Bennie | 2:15:38 |
| 8 | Graham Bell | 2:22:38 |
| 9 | Nigel Gageldonk | 2:25:56 |
| 10 | Richard Casburn | 2:41:10 |
| 11 | Matthew King | 2:44:53 |
| 12 | Iain Stewart | 3:19:06 |
| DNF | John Hunter | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Ed Zwerus | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Kirby | 1:31:07 |
| 2 | Leigh Brown | 1:38:24 |
| 3 | Angus Wheeler | 1:40:43 |
| 4 | Michael Scanlan | 1:43:10 |
| 5 | Robbie Jones | 1:44:17 |
| 6 | Kieran Thompson | 1:50:00 |
| 7 | Heath Frewin | 1:50:11 |
| 8 | Cameron Noakes | 1:57:29 |
| 9 | Cris Gabriel | 1:58:11 |
| 10 | Matt Noakes | 1:59:12 |
| 11 | John Milburn | 1:59:28 |
| 12 | Adam White | 2:00:46 |
| 13 | Matthew Leo | 2:02:13 |
| 14 | Chris Young | 2:04:32 |
| 15 | Marco Consalvi | 2:05:45 |
| 16 | Charlie Gatt | 2:06:37 |
| 17 | Matthew Martin | 2:11:45 |
| 18 | Jason Lownds | 2:25:38 |
| 19 | Evan Stephens | 2:26:38 |
| 20 | Mario Marino | 2:35:13 |
| 21 | Robert Vitek | 2:37:49 |
| 22 | Liam Joyce | 3:03:11 |
| DNF | Jamie Roots | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Timothy White | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Andrew Chan | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Wendy Stevenson | 4:00:05 |
| 2 | Wendy Copeland | 5:57:14 |
| DNF | Kerri Rawlings | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Lorraine Werry | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heather Logie | 2:54:11 |
| 2 | Trudy Nicholas | 3:06:06 |
| 3 | Carmel Ainsworth | 3:25:38 |
| 4 | Jenny Fay | 3:32:44 |
| 5 | Corinne Phillips | 4:14:47 |
| 6 | Erin Zimmer | 4:15:52 |
| 7 | Rosie Stewart | 4:18:58 |
| 8 | Rachael Best | 4:41:08 |
| 9 | Carina Schlabach | 4:44:14 |
| 10 | Lauren Rennick | 4:53:56 |
| DNF | Cristy Henderson | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Belinda Chamberlain | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Mel Fuller | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Jayden Ward | 3:38:43 |
| 2 | Cameron Prosser | 4:21:55 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Paul Brodie | 3:04:51 |
| 2 | Liam Kelly | 3:21:37 |
| 3 | Warrick Morgan | 3:27:52 |
| 4 | Ian Mitchell | 3:32:52 |
| 5 | Rob Graham | 3:35:52 |
| 6 | Warwick Hillier | 3:47:52 |
| 7 | Greg Saunders | 3:48:15 |
| 8 | Helmut Zeller | 3:51:33 |
| 9 | Craig Morris | 3:52:25 |
| 10 | Brett Vallance | 3:53:19 |
| 11 | Steve Taylor | 3:56:44 |
| 12 | Ross Evans | 3:57:28 |
| 13 | Miles Wayne | 4:05:56 |
| 14 | Mike Vaughan | 4:11:49 |
| 15 | Don Kerr | 4:13:44 |
| 16 | Nicholas Bates | 4:13:54 |
| 17 | David Millar | 4:16:19 |
| 18 | Miles Prosser | 4:23:41 |
| 19 | Michael Pragt | 4:26:30 |
| 20 | Matt Russell | 4:46:56 |
| 21 | Mark Ward | 4:52:28 |
| 22 | Roger Griffiths | 4:57:33 |
| 23 | Michael Burns | 7:18:33 |
| DNF | Glenn Huckstepp | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Chris Squire | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Crazy Gordo | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Darren Cruden | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Shaun Jones | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | David Bolitho | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jono Everett | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Andrew Houguet | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jason Fulton | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Andrew Parsons | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Michael Rybinski | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Richard Borg | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Kyle Ward | 2:45:05 |
| 2 | Anthony Shippard | 2:50:15 |
| 3 | Chris Herron | 3:02:39 |
| 4 | Greg Collis | 3:04:54 |
| 5 | Petr Kinzel | 3:07:17 |
| 6 | Ondrej Slezak | 3:12:18 |
| 7 | Michal Burda | 3:24:00 |
| 8 | Michal Kafka | 3:36:00 |
| 9 | Vic Svacek | 3:37:10 |
| 10 | Luke Freeman | 3:37:42 |
| 11 | Anthony Poulos | 3:39:10 |
| 12 | Tom Kline | 3:41:37 |
| 13 | Ben Stokes | 3:46:08 |
| 14 | Andrew Page | 3:48:18 |
| 15 | Mark Upton | 3:50:18 |
| 16 | Stuart Griffiths | 3:54:50 |
| 17 | Dean Bradshaw | 3:55:06 |
| 18 | Chris Kline | 3:55:25 |
| 19 | Jerome Poblete | 4:05:00 |
| 20 | Daniel Oyston | 4:06:59 |
| 21 | Johnno Hammond | 4:07:59 |
| 22 | Matthew Burr | 4:09:28 |
| 23 | Ivan Simpson | 4:13:48 |
| 24 | Mark Copeland | 4:14:48 |
| 25 | Steven Saunders | 4:18:39 |
| 26 | Damian Tuck | 4:21:30 |
| 27 | Marcus Robinson | 4:22:11 |
| 28 | Chris Clarke | 4:23:46 |
| 29 | Matthew Bryant | 4:25:49 |
| 30 | Evan Harrison | 4:27:44 |
| 31 | Mark Little | 4:28:53 |
| 32 | Scott Wharfe | 4:29:05 |
| 33 | Matthew Driscoll | 4:31:29 |
| 34 | Joe White | 4:32:29 |
| 35 | Craig Swadling | 4:34:29 |
| 36 | Simon Phillips | 4:34:33 |
| 37 | Gerard Rennick | 4:38:34 |
| 38 | Gavin Johnston | 4:39:12 |
| 39 | Tim Jones | 4:39:13 |
| 40 | Andrew Povah | 4:41:08 |
| 41 | Jean Bou | 4:42:02 |
| 42 | Adam Glen | 4:46:30 |
| 43 | Bj Nash | 4:48:18 |
| 44 | Nick Cox | 4:52:16 |
| 45 | Scott Keyser | 4:53:10 |
| 46 | Nathan Ingle | 4:55:11 |
| 47 | Richard Metcalf | 4:56:01 |
| 48 | Paul Galati | 4:57:27 |
| 49 | Matt Tough | 4:59:53 |
| 50 | Darryl Tough | 5:00:31 |
| 51 | Paul Bamman | 5:00:33 |
| 52 | Anthony Senior | 5:02:05 |
| 53 | Alex Gregson | 5:08:44 |
| 54 | Ryan Capes | 5:08:56 |
| DNF | Tom Henderson | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Justin Fowler | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Gumby Brennan | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Mark Jillard | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Richard Griggs | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Steve Ward | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Rob Gibson | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jason Moxham | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Ian Butler | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Nathan Russell | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Nick Stanton | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | James Savidis | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Dwight Woodforth | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Kim Fritsche | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jonathon Bates | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Alan Howle | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Diane Perry | 5:21:24 |
| 2 | Merryl King | 5:35:31 |
| 3 | Tracey Robinson | 6:00:10 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Prita Jobling-Baker | 4:47:47 |
| 2 | Lana Moy | 5:01:38 |
| 3 | Charli McCabe | 5:29:17 |
| 4 | Rachelle Koster | 5:37:21 |
| 5 | Kathryn Cox | 5:47:15 |
| 6 | Theresa Lancaster | 6:03:18 |
| 7 | Kris Nicholls | 6:38:53 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Andre Zerger | 4:27:43 |
| 2 | Andrew Radcliffe | 4:49:47 |
| 3 | Malcolm Bradley | 4:54:02 |
| 4 | Chris Copeland | 5:18:00 |
| 5 | Harry Brown | 5:32:59 |
| 6 | Todd Hartwell | 5:56:44 |
| 7 | Bill Guion | 6:00:28 |
| 8 | Jon Mcquade | 6:01:12 |
| 9 | Phill Boxsell | 6:02:05 |
| 10 | Shane Gill | 6:04:51 |
| 11 | Edwin Frecklington | 6:43:11 |
| DNF | Paul Perry | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Ross Armstrong | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Lachlan Smith | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Richard Moore | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | William Thompson | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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| 1 | Shaun Lewis | 3:28:55 |
| 2 | Peter Hatton | 3:29:55 |
| 3 | Craig Gordon | 3:36:13 |
| 4 | Ben Carmody | 3:50:31 |
| 5 | Tim Kerle | 3:51:39 |
| 6 | Dan Marges | 4:16:14 |
| 7 | Matt Clutterham | 4:24:55 |
| 8 | Sean Baker | 4:28:56 |
| 9 | Matthew Griggs | 4:32:12 |
| 10 | Dirk Riding | 4:39:44 |
| 11 | Phill Banks | 4:47:07 |
| 12 | Craig Baylis | 4:47:29 |
| 13 | Miha Remec | 4:50:08 |
| 14 | Chris Ash | 4:51:14 |
| 15 | Tim Andersen | 4:52:51 |
| 16 | Matt Georgeson | 5:00:33 |
| 17 | Matt Knox | 5:14:48 |
| 18 | Gareth Stephens | 5:16:09 |
| 19 | Andrew Scarman | 5:24:33 |
| 20 | Damien Sims | 5:25:44 |
| 21 | Paul Humphrey | 5:38:55 |
| 22 | Jason Shepheard | 6:04:47 |
| 23 | Cedric Wohlleber | 6:25:19 |
| 24 | Rainer Rhedey | 6:47:35 |
| 25 | Steve Knope | 6:47:53 |
| DNF | Guy March | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Lee Davidson | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Richard Adams | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Boyd Statton | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Adam Sharp | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Mike Hindley | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Amir Antonir | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Cameron Rybinski | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Woody Woodward | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Bogumil Bialous | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
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