Scoles takes big win among elites
Harper challenges to Jonnier
Like the cross country racers, downhillers faced greasy conditions during Saturday's practice runs at Kaka hill. All were hoping for finer and warmer weather for Sunday's race day, and Nelson delivered, presenting a drying course that came right in time for the afternoon race on Sunday.
The race run gave 2007 World Championship bronze medalist Matt Scoles his first big win in the elites, over France's Fabian Pedemanaud. It was Scoles' best result this New Zealand summer.
2009 Junior World Champion Brook MacDonald completed the podium just ahead of George Brannigan, who continues to impress as a second-year junior riding against his older peers. Last man on the hill and top seed Nathan Rankin couldn't improve on his seeding time and faded to fifth, but will be happy to get his 2010 season off to a solid start. Kieran Bennett showed how hard Kaka can be even for someone who knows the course so well. He punctured and peeled his rear tire off the rim towards the bottom of the course, which ruined any home track advantage he may have had.
The senior men's downhill title was one to watch however. PC Cooper and Richard Leacock were frantically calculating exactly what they needed to do in both seeding and race runs to take the overall title. When the dust had settled, Leacock won by the narrowest of margins - one-half of a point, with Cooper and his heavily strapped shoulder knowing he had done all he could to take this one out.
The New Zealand Mountain Bike Cup takes a week's break and will return on February 6-7 for round four with the downhill in Rotorua and the cross country in Tokoroa.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Matt Scoles | 0:03:03 |
2 | Fabien Pedemanaud | 0:00:02 |
3 | Brook Macdonald | 0:00:02 |
4 | George Brannigan | 0:00:02 |
5 | Nathan Rankin | 0:00:02 |
6 | Cameron Cole | 0:00:03 |
7 | Justin Leov | 0:00:05 |
8 | Wyn Masters | 0:00:08 |
9 | Des Curry | 0:00:09 |
10 | Matt Walker | 0:00:14 |
11 | Reuben Miller | 0:00:14 |
12 | Joseph Nation | 0:00:17 |
13 | David Reinhardt | 0:00:23 |
14 | James Dodds | 0:00:23 |
15 | Sean McCarroll | 0:00:23 |
16 | Tim Eaton | 0:00:28 |
17 | Hayden Lee | 0:00:50 |
18 | Kieran Bennett | 0:01:47 |
19 | Mike Davis | 0:02:00 |
20 | Hayden McGregor | 0:02:02 |
DNF | Jamie Rennie | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Edo Franco | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Sabrina Jonnier | 0:03:45 |
2 | Hariet Harper | 0:00:04 |
3 | Sophie Borderes | 0:00:25 |
4 | Gabrielle Molloy | 0:00:29 |
5 | Rita Langley | 0:01:09 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Rupert Chapman | 0:03:10 |
2 | Jed Rooney | 0:00:07 |
3 | Daniel Franks | 0:00:08 |
4 | Jimmy Wilson | 0:00:09 |
5 | Reuben Olorenshaw | 0:00:11 |
6 | Sam Baker | 0:00:12 |
7 | Nick Bygate | 0:00:17 |
8 | Brandon Ransfield | 0:00:22 |
9 | Kirk Fisher | 0:00:23 |
10 | Jackson Carter-Smith | 0:00:23 |
11 | William Parata | 0:00:32 |
12 | Nathan Sheppard | 0:00:32 |
13 | Marcus Allen | 0:00:33 |
14 | Tobias Handcock | 0:00:33 |
15 | Brandon Dunn | 0:00:40 |
16 | Cory Prutton | 0:00:41 |
17 | Tyler Kirk | 0:00:45 |
18 | Jamie Hubbard | 0:00:48 |
19 | Oscar Tatom | 0:00:48 |
20 | Ryan Lewis | 0:00:54 |
21 | Dan Trewern | 0:00:57 |
22 | Zac Chandler | 0:02:16 |
23 | Jared Marriner | 0:02:18 |
DNF | Leighton Kirk | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jamie Chapman | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Nick Taylor | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Warrick Trompetter | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Unknown Francis | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Kieran Thompson | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Jay Barrett | 0:03:21 |
2 | Jake Robinson | 0:00:00 |
3 | Troy Stewart | 0:00:09 |
4 | Kurt Summerfield | 0:00:12 |
5 | Zach Baker | 0:00:13 |
6 | Tom Burns | 0:00:13 |
7 | Dan Mccombie | 0:00:22 |
8 | Reece Potter | 0:00:23 |
9 | Daniel McNab | 0:00:24 |
10 | Hunter JenkInson | 0:00:34 |
11 | Devan Eden | 0:00:37 |
12 | Campbell Mercer | 0:00:39 |
13 | Andy Wilson | 0:00:44 |
14 | Connor Smith | 0:00:48 |
15 | Caelab Drummond | 0:00:50 |
16 | Richard Scott | 0:00:51 |
17 | Dion Ward | 0:00:53 |
18 | Morgan Taylor | 0:00:56 |
19 | Daniel Lawton | 0:00:57 |
20 | Alex Faulkner | 0:01:01 |
21 | Mitch Thomas | 0:01:02 |
22 | Zach Rowe | 0:01:09 |
23 | Jack Arnopp | 0:01:14 |
24 | Harry Ness | 0:05:37 |
25 | Harry Chapman | 0:15:31 |
DNF | Michael Franks | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Bradley Dent | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Michael Gunter | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Logan Ness | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Jamie Rosier | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Leo Sandler | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Mitchell Scammell | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Tim Adams | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Thomas Gornall | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Bradley Marshall | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Nick Elliott | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
South Island Cup final standings & New Zealand Cup standings after 3 rounds
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Justin Leov | 230 | pts |
2 | Brook Macdonald | 212 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Cameron Cole | 207 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Matt Scoles | 206 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Fabien Pedemanaud | 192 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | George Brannigan | 181 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Wyn Masters | 179 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Matt Walker | 165 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Kieran Bennett | 164 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | James Dodds | 160 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Hayden McGregor | 145 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Joseph Nation | 132 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | James Rennie | 110 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Des Curry | 108 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Tim Eaton | 76 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Mike Davis | 92 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | David Reinhardt | 91 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Sam Blenkinsop | 87 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Edo Franco | 86 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Nathan Rankin | 72 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Joel Gebbie | 61 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Reuben Miller | 51 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Daniel Sims | 58 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Hayden Lee | 47 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Sean McCarroll | 46 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Reon Boe | 44 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sabrina Jonnier | 267 | pts |
2 | Sophie Borderes | 226 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Rita Langley | 159 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Gabrielle Molloy | 151 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Hariet Harper | 84 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Rupert Chapman | 248 | pts |
2 | Jed Rooney | 236 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Sam Baker | 198 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Daniel Franks | 196 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Jimmy Wilson | 195 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Nick Bygate | 177 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Nathan Sheppard | 143 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
7 | Kirk Fisher | 143 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | William Parata | 142 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Tobias Handcock | 141 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Jackson Carter-Smith | 129 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Warrick Trompetter | 125 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Oscar Tatom | 118 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Reuben Olorenshaw | 111 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Leighton Kirk | 109 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
15 | Brandon Ransfield | 109 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Ryan Lewis | 107 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Corey Penney | 94 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Tyler Kirk | 87 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Cory Prutton | 83 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | George Diver | 81 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Brandon Dunn | 76 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Dan Trewern | 73 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Rogan Young | 70 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Dan Whearty | 67 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | James Hoggan | 66 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Josh Barnard | 66 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Will Kemp | 63 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Mat Prior | 69 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Zac Chandler | 57 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Jono Francis | 57 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Blake Robinson | 51 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Jamie Chapman | 50 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Lachlan Cruickshank | 46 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
34 | Marcus Allen | 46 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Cody Rees | 42 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Jamie Hubbard | 41 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Taylor Hamilton | 40 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Michael Wells | 37 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Tom Blakeway | 33 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
40 | Jared Marriner | 33 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Nick Taylor | 32 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Liam Malone | 29 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Hayden Ryan | 27 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Barry Gilbertson | 17 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Troy Stewart | 253 | pts |
2 | Jake Robinson | 247 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Reece Potter | 206 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Kurt Summerfield | 175 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Tom Burns | 172 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Dan Mccombie | 164 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Harry Chapman | 162 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Daniel McNab | 151 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Harry Ness | 148 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Hunter Jenkinson | 146 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Andy Wilson | 143 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Connor Smith | 131 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Morgan Taylor | 126 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Daniel Lawton | 123 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Jacques Vosloo | 123 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Zach Baker | 122 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Richard Scott | 115 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Mitchell Scammell | 113 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Alex Faulkner | 111 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Campbell Mercer | 105 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Devan Eden | 91 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Mitch Thomas | 90 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Logan Ness | 85 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
23 | Caelab Drummond | 85 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Dion Ward | 85 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Jay Barrett | 81 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Bradley Dent | 77 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Michael Franks | 72 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Michael Gunter | 54 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Cameron Flick | 48 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Tim Adams | 45 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Zach Rowe | 35 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Jack Arnopp | 33 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Thomas Gornall | 33 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Jamie Rosier | 32 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Jake Paddon | 30 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Richard Leacock | 242 | pts |
2 | Peter Cooper | 241 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Nick Mcconachie | 192 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Jake Boylett | 187 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Hayden McKay | 171 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Sam Perry | 157 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Cam Johnson | 155 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Daniel Meilink | 154 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Ethan Helliwell | 146 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Ben Tyas | 136 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Joe Flanagan | 135 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Tom Mathews | 133 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Daniel Heads | 123 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Freddie King | 119 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Matt Burns | 117 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
15 | Jamie Lyall | 117 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Ollie Knight | 110 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | James Mcconachie | 107 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Cameron Kay | 106 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | David Balderstone | 99 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Matt King | 89 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Scott McGregor | 85 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Heraud Aurelien | 78 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Dylan Shanchez-Pinsent | 73 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Chris Mancey | 70 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Sean Kennedy | 64 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Sam Shucksmith | 59 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Rufus Wenlock | 57 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Kevin Fife | 55 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Tom Winwood | 54 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Steven Pattle | 51 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Eliot Jackson | 49 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
32 | Asher Ellery | 49 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Kyle Wilson | 48 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Matt Ineson | 45 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Kelly McGarry | 42 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Ant Jackson | 38 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
37 | Jeandin Thomas | 38 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Graeme Adriaens | 38 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Alastair Parkin | 37 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Jamie Eagle | 33 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Aurelien Heraud | 33 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Zac Williams | 32 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Nick Gasson | 32 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
44 | Andrew Peek | 32 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Tom Kennedy | 30 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Nick Middleton | 30 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Ramon Hunziker | 29 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | Mike Hickman | 28 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Orion Daley-Coers | 26 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
51 | Mark Johns | 25 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
52 | Oliver Morris | 35 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
53 | Callum Hunter | 24 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
53 | Dave Anderson | 24 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
55 | Pete Miller | 23 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
55 | Trevor Scott | 23 | Row 55 - Cell 3 |
55 | Erik Wardrop | 23 | Row 56 - Cell 3 |
58 | Jacob Leach | 22 | Row 57 - Cell 3 |
59 | James Pauly | 21 | Row 58 - Cell 3 |
59 | Nick Hotchin | 21 | Row 59 - Cell 3 |
61 | James Allan | 19 | Row 60 - Cell 3 |
62 | Chris Draper | 16 | Row 61 - Cell 3 |
63 | Andre Jaworski | 15 | Row 62 - Cell 3 |
64 | Gary Mattson | 11 | Row 63 - Cell 3 |
65 | Anthony Gunter | 8 | Row 64 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Charlotte Clouston | 252 | pts |
2 | Georgia Wight | 227 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Veronique Sandler | 198 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Sophiemarie Bethell | 133 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Baylee Jackson | 123 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Amanda Pearce | 121 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Madeline Taylor | 90 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Sarah Atkin | 84 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Sophie Tyas | 79 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Naomi Wilson | 67 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Megan Muretta | 63 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Neil White | 218 | pts |
2 | Cameron Bisset | 206 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Derek Winwood | 174 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Bevan Adlam | 144 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Boyd Grinstead | 132 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Shaun Hodges | 119 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Kevin English | 117 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Cameron Laird | 81 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Scott Couzins | 76 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Nigel Reeve | 66 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Nick Sutcliffe | 63 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Andy Chapman | 58 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Mike Inwood | 53 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Chris Paassens | 52 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | John Boylett | 254 | pts |
2 | Murray Stark | 171 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | David Smith | 81 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Mike Kirkwood | 79 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Mike Stylinou | 76 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Nathan Petrie | 90 | pts |
2 | Ollie Radford | 30 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Josh Mccombie | 270 | pts |
2 | Richard Scandrett | 243 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Liam Taylor | 211 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Matt Lawton | 195 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Tom Brian | 74 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Mitchell Barnard | 70 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
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