New Zealand Cross Country Mountain Bike Cup - Tauranga 2011: Results

Sunday drew the country's top cross country racers to the Cycle Obsession MTB Park, with a short loop of the Summerhill complex thrown in for good measure. A tough, technical course was softened up in the morning's age group category racing for the afternoon elite/under 23 and under 19 feature.

With several highly talented juniors having progressed into the elite/under 23 category for 2011, the racing was eagerly anticipated and the spectators on hand weren't disappointed with the way the feature races unfolded.

In the men's elite/under 23, Mike Northcott seized an early lead which he stretched each lap for the first three of six. But a collision with a tree at the top of the hill tore his front brake lever off the bike, and Northcott had to somehow try to fend off a stalking Sam Shaw for the remainder of the race. Northcott almost succeeded, but Shaw played a smart waiting game and attacked at a crucial point to win by 24 seconds.

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Elite men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Samuel Shaw	1:33:12
2	Mike Northcott	0:00:24
3	Stuart Houltham	0:02:14
4	Kyle Wood	0:02:54
5	Richard Anderson	0:04:27
6	Gavin McCarthy	0:08:19
7	Adrian Retief	0:10:56
8	Ash Hough	0:13:04
9	Darry Stevens	0:14:31
10	Dominic Furkert	0:17:37
11	Conor Corbett	0:20:28
-lap	Nick Miller	Row 11 - Cell 2

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Elite women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Karen Hanlen	1:33:47
2	Samara Sheppard	0:02:14
3	Eloise Fry	0:05:22
4	Sasha Smith	0:05:57
5	Bridget Keegan	0:08:17
6	Raewyn Morrison	0:10:26
7	Sadie Parker-Wynyard	0:11:22
-2laps	Michelle Bellamy	Row 7 - Cell 2
-2laps	Monique Avery	Row 8 - Cell 2

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Under 19 junior men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mathew Waghorn	1:20:35
2	Nigel McDowell	0:00:24
3	Harley Going	0:05:01
4	Ryan Hunt	0:11:37
5	Martin McCrudden	0:14:26
6	Elliot Pearce	0:22:55
7	Ian Burgess	0:23:31
-3laps	Gareth Owen	Row 7 - Cell 2
DNF	Josh Parkin	Row 8 - Cell 2

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Under 19 junior women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Veronique Sandler	1:30:38
2	Sophiemarie Bethell	0:13:20
-2laps	Natalie Retief	Row 2 - Cell 2

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Under 17 junior men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Bradley Jones	1:10:38
2	Gareth Cannon	0:02:14
3	Frank Sutton	0:04:17
4	Jack Compton	0:04:42
5	Tom Coombes	0:07:25
6	Kurt Standen	0:08:29
7	Jordan Castle	0:08:47
8	Peter Bethell	0:11:38
9	Dan Lawton	0:20:57
10	Callum McElroy	0:28:51
-2laps	Samuel Gaze	Row 10 - Cell 2
DNF	Stephen Brunskill	Row 11 - Cell 2

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Under 17 junior women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Toshiko Knight	1:07:25
2	Amber Johnston	0:00:54
3	Caitlin Louise Holmes	0:06:45
4	Harriet Bevan	0:13:03
5	Alice West	0:18:20
DNF	Olivia Wadman	Row 5 - Cell 2

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Under 15 junior men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Paul Wright	1:05:29
2	Nathan Johnston	0:02:10
3	Connor McRae	0:04:41
4	Henry Carr	0:29:09

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Under 15 junior women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Britteny Baker	1:00:17

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Senior men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Luke Osborne	1:27:13
2	John Sanderson	0:02:03
3	Ben Murphy	0:04:18
4	Sam Thompson	0:12:51
-1lap	Brandon Sbordone	Row 4 - Cell 2
DNF	Wilson Jones	Row 5 - Cell 2

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Senior women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Kate Fluker	1:28:50
2	Bronwyn Sax	0:02:06
3	Emma Johnston	0:10:46

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Masters 1 men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jonty Taylor	1:37:04
2	Richard Taylor	0:05:08
3	Jared Scollay	0:12:17
4	Vaughan Ayson	0:12:36

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Masters 1 women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Sarah Beadel	1:12:51

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Masters 2 men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Craig Hoskin	1:37:13
2	Carl Johnston	0:02:10
3	Andrew MacDonald	0:04:56
4	Steven Sawyers	0:06:06
5	Carl Paton	0:08:35
6	Roger Hoebers	0:09:32
7	Ross Castle	0:14:28
8	John McGrail	0:15:40
9	John McRae	0:22:06
DNF	Scott Wright	Row 9 - Cell 2

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Masters 3 men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Marco Renall	1:20:20
2	Martyn Pearce	0:12:13
3	Tony Bevan	0:14:49
4	Bryan Prestdige	0:25:47

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