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Another solid win for Troy, putting some time between himself and second place Sam Hill.
Men
1 Troy Brosnan SA 3:14.14
2 Sam Hill WA 3:19.49
3 Bryn Atkinson NSW 3:20.36
4 Rick Boyer NSW 3:22.31
5 Rhys Atkinson NSW 3:22.99
6 Timothy Eaton ACT 3:24.14
7 Ben Cory ACT 3:25.62
8 Todd Madsen WA 3:25.96
9 Cillian Kennedy NSW 3:26.11
10 Graeme Mudd 3:27.30
Women
1 Tracey Hannah 3:48.04
2 Jill Kintner NSW 3:55.69
3 Shelly Flood VIC 4:06.91
4 Madeline Taylor VIC 4:18.86
5 Trudy Nicholas 4:29.56
Another cracker mag, with guru photographer Damian Breach on the cover ripping up sweet Mt Buller trails.
We test five carbon bikes including the three-way shootout between a Cannondale Scalpel, Felt Edict and Merida Ninety-Nine. A Whyte 146 all-mountain rig and Orbea Occam trail shredder is also on trial.
A Fox Talas 150 RLC and Rockshox Revelation XX Dual Air fork battle out for suspension supremacy.
A trip to the inaugural Forrest Festival, Copperhead at Mt Buller, and a wrap up of the 2011 Real Insurance Marathon Series make for a great read.
Plus we report from the first cross country and downhill National Series for 2012 from Thredbo and WA's Goat Farm.
In the fitness section Mark Fenner helps you bounce back from injury and in tech we bleed Avid brakes the way SRAM recommend.
It's packed.
Enjoy the read everybody!
March isn't that far away. Might be time to think up excuses to head to Buller for Bike Buller or the new shuttle services that start in Feb.
Anyway the boys at AMB put together this vid of Copperhead, the new "Flowdown?" trail.
Mt Buller info hereTroy snaps up the win closely followed by Sam Hill and Jared Graves. Tracey backed up her qualifying result with another dominant run. Full story here.
Elite Men
1 Troy Brosnan SA 5:31.54
2 Sam Hill WA 5:33.87
3 Jared Graves QLD 5:34.63
4 Ben Cory ACT 5:38.76
5 Rhys Atkinson NSW 5:42.15
6 Graeme Mudd NSW 5:42.82
7 Ben Power QLD 5:44.23
8 Rick Boyer NSW 5:44.30
9 Brendan Moon NSW 5:46.79
10 Cody Eichorn NSW 5:47.15
Elite Women
1 Tracey Hannah QLD 6:15.73
2 Claire Whiteman ACT 6:56.24
3 Michelle Crisp NSW 6:59.05
4 Holly Baarspul WA 7:25.46
5 Trudy Nicholas ACT 7:27.98
6 Philippa Rostan NSW 7:55.33
U19 Men
1 Joey Vejvoda NSW 5:44.66
2 Thomas Crimmins NSW 5:45.34
3 Connor Fearon SA 5:49.13
4 Jack Moir NSW 5:53.69
5 Henry Blake SA 5:55.05
6 Brent Smith NSW 5:55.25
7 Conor Bullard ACT 5:55.58
8 David McMillan ACT 5:58.00
9 Luke Ellison NT 5:58.34
10 Trent Piribauer VIC 6:03.59
U19 Women
1 Danielle Beecroft NSW 6:54.70
2 Ella Scanlan-Bloor NSW 8:21.03
3 Gemma Greentree NSW 10:32.41
Full results here. Russ Baker has put up a full gallery of photos from the final runs here. Cold weather and the threat of rain have done nothing to dampen spirits for the first DH national of the 2011/12 calendar. Jared Graves is fastest closely followed by junior world champ Troy Brosnan. Tracey Hannah cleared the women's field by nearly 40 seconds! Should be a great final tomorrow.
Elite Men
1 Jared Graves 5:37.74
2 Troy Brosnan 5:39.06
3 Ben Cory 5:40.28
4 Sam Hill 5:48.42
5 Kaine Cannan 5:49.33
6 Doug Dunn 5:52.63
7 Rhys Atkinson 5:52.79
8 Graeme Mudd 5:52.95
9 Lindsay Klein 5:53.71
10 Ben Power 5:53.72
Elite Female
1 Tracey Hannah 6:14.81
2 Michelle Crisp 6:53.69
3 Claire Whiteman 7:10.77
4 Trudy Nicholas 7:31.31
5 Philippa Rostan 7:44.87
6 Holly Baarspul 9:36.72
U19 Men
1 Joey Vejvoda 5:45.08
2 David McMillan 5:47.65
3 Thomas Crimmins 5:49.16
4 Brent Smith 5:51.38
5 Trent Piribauer 5:52.13
6 Jack Moir 5:52.63
7 Dean Lucas 5:56.84
8 Conor Bullard 5:56.93
9 Luke Ellison 5:57.35
10 Peter Knott 5:57.52
Under 19 Female
1 Danielle Beecroft 6:40.63
2 Ella Scanlan-Bloor 8:22.81
3 Gemma Greentree 10:33.63
Full results here (pdf).
All photos kindly provided by Russ Baker. The 2011 Cape to Cape will be shown on SBS this Sunday as part of the Cycling Central program. 5pm SBS 1. The Cape to Cape will be a half hour doco and the movie crew have made a longer version (52min) that will be shown later on Fox Sport and Fuel TV.
More info check Cape to Cape MTB or SBS146 pages of the best news, photography, instructional how to, testing, flashy bits and ramblings!
The mighty World Champion Troy Brosnan boosts his XC bike on the cover. Plus in a special Troy Brosnan ‘How To’ he lets us in on his tips to keeping speed through turns, staying loose through rocks and holding lines across off camber sections.
We put three all mountain bikes against each other; Lapierre Zesty, Scott Genius and the Trek Remedy.
All mountain racing hits Ourimbah.
The Scott 24hr, why it’s such a major event on the calendar.
We test the big travel 29er, Norco Shinobi 2 and the mega value packed Giant Trance X3.
And, you have the chance to win a set of ENVE Composites wheels worth a huge $3699!
Go get it! The 3rd Round of the Victorian Downhill Series was hosted by Team Mount Beauty on the more challenging Nationals Track. This track had not been raced since Sam Hill's wheels graced the track in '08/'09 but Team Mt Beauty had been working hard to get it race ready and they were able to present one of the best tracks in Victoria for the 331 rides who attended the event. With perfect weather and with the local community supporting the event the atmosphere was buzzing with anticipation as rider after rider battled down the technical course to achieve their fastest time. Several interstate 'raiders' made the long adventure to battle it out with the fastest Victorians and with the local Panozzo brothers and their new bikes, the racing was always going to be spectacular.
The track was full of different features to challenge the riders the entire way down the 3:00 min track. Lots of rocks, roots and dust were to be had on a track that required a huge amount of bike handling skill and the right mix of aggressiveness and concentration. At least 100 spectators made their way to the infamous rock chute to cheer on the riders to view some spectacular crashes and incredible bike control skills. With the track bunted wide the entire way, riders had many line sections to choose from and there was quite a discussion over the weekend between the different riders as to what lines were fastest. A tight battle has emerged for the KONA Elite overall with NSW rider Tim Eaton and SA rider Connor “Fear Factory” Fearon fighting it out for the top spot. Will a Victorian be able to challenge them this season?
Full credit goes out to Team Mt Beauty and the VDHS Committee for organising and running yet another faultless event. With a few weeks off for the Christmas break I’m sure all the riders will be keen to head up to Mt Buller for the next event on the 14th and 15th of January. See you all there!
KONA Elite Men
1st Connor Fearon 2:54.0
2nd Tim Eaton 2:56.0
3rd Joel Panozzo 2:57.1
4th Liam Panozzo 2:57.6
5th Jesse Beare 3:00.2
GoPro and ODI U19’s
1st Dean Lucas 2:55.9
2nd Oliver Zwar 3:04.7
3rd Gary McIvor 3:09.2
4th Jai Motherwell 3:13.1
5th Elijah Marinov 3:13.4
Full results at www.vicdhseries.com |
GWIN Aaron
MINNAAR Greg
ATHERTON Gee
SMITH Steve
MACDONALD Brook
BROSNAN Troy °
PUGIN Floriane
RINDERKNECHT Roger
PROKOP Michal
WICHMAN Joost
TSCHUGG Guido
MOLCIK Anita
HERMIDA RAMOS José Antonio
FONTANA Marco Aurelio
KALENTIEVA Irina