Cycling Australia Nominations for the 2008 Olympic Games (16 comments) (link) Friday, 27-June-2008 9:20 PM - by Squidly Didly
Cycling Australia today named the 28 cyclists it intends to nominate to the Australian Olympic Committee for selection in the Australian team for the 2008 Olympic Games to contest the road, track, mountain bike and BMX cycling events in Beijing.
Track Sprint
* Ryan Bayley OAM (Alexander Heights, WA 09.03.1982)
* Daniel Ellis (Ngunnawal, ACT 07.10.1988)
* Mark French (Elwood, VIC 13.10.1984)
* Shane Kelly OAM (Ararat, VIC 07.01.1972)
* Anna Meares OAM (Gracemere, QLD 21.09.1983)
Track Endurance
* Jack Bobridge (Mt Pleasant, SA 13.07.1989)
* Graeme Brown OAM (Menai, NSW 09.04.1979)
* Mark Jamieson (Acacia Hills, TAS 04.05.1984)
* Brett Lancaster OAM (Shepparton, VIC 15.11.79)
* Katie Mactier (St Kilda, VIC 23.03.1975)
* Bradley McGee OAM (Wentworthville, NSW 24.02.1976)
* Cameron Meyer (Helena Valley, WA 11.01.1988)
* Luke Roberts OAM (Walkerville, SA 25.01.1977)
Road
* Katherine Bates (Northmead, NSW 18.05.1982)
* Sara Carrigan OAM (Nerang, QLD 07.09.1980)
* Cadel Evans (Barwon Heads, VIC 14.02.1977)
* Simon Gerrans (Jamieson, VIC 16.05.1980)
* Matthew Lloyd (Brighton, VIC 24.05.1983)
* Stuart O'Grady OAM (Unley Park, SA 06.08.1973)
* Michael Rogers (Garren, ACT 20.12.1979)
* Oenone Wood (Watson, ACT 24.09.1980)
BMX
* Tanya Bailey (Mariginiup, WA 15.03.1981)
* Nicole Callisto (Beechboro, WA 12.11.1987)
* Jared Graves (Toowoomba, Qld 16.12.1982)
* Kamakazi (Jimboomba, QLD 08.03.1981)
* Luke Madill (Cranebrook, NSW 28.05.1980)
Mountain Bike
* Daniel McConnell (Bruthen, VIC 09.08.1985)
* Dellys Starr (Smith's Gully, VIC 02.10.1976)
Sunshine Series DH Round 4 - Toowoomba (47 comments) (link) Wednesday, 25-June-2008 8:18 PM - by Scott
Next Sunday 6th July, Toowoomba Mountain Bike Club is hosting Round 4 of the Qld Sunshine Series Downhill at their venue in Amos Road via Withcott. On line entry forms are now up on Two Wheel Promotions. For those who havent ventured up the range before, an access map also available from the same site. Registration from 7.30am, official practice from 8.00 and racing at 1.00pm. A canteen will be operating all day.
The track will be open for use by the general public on Saturday until 4.00pm when it will be shut down for some last minute maintenance. Everyone who plans to ride the course on Saturday needs to be aware though that there wont be any track marshalls around and Toowoomba Mountain Bike Club will not be responsible for any loss/injury that may occur prior to start of official practice at 8.00am on Sunday. Also for insurance purposes, there will be NO PRIVATE SHUTTLES permitted on Sunday. For further particulars, email enquiries to contact@tmbc.org.au
Sunshine Series Rd 3 Kandanga Results (9 comments) (link) Wednesday, 25-June-2008 09:37 AM - by lindsay
Elite Men
1. Mick Hannah 2:27.4
2. James Maltman 2:31.9
3. Lindsay Klein 2:33.0
4. Jay Taylor 2:33.2
5. Jacob Reeves 2:40.5
U19 Men
1. Liam Paiaro 2:41.9
2. Brandon Yrttiaho 2:42.7
3. Alex Winton 2:45.5
Elite Women
1. Tracey Hannah 2:44.5
2. Jayne Rutter 3:04.8
3. Lee Harley 3:15.2
The winter issue of [R]evolution has landed! Our biggest issue ever at 132 pages is opened by Kovarik lighting it up with a massive 360 on his new Intense M6 race bike. Then feature wise we've got the Anti-against Canberra drain tour and Rando takes you behind the scenes at this years Sea Otter. We take a close look at the new Santa Cruz V10 & Tomac Primer 220. Niki Gudex, Bryn Atkinson, Grant Allan and Glen Jacobs all have their regular diaries and NZ's Sam Blenkinsop signs us off with last words. Plus a host of racing, road tripping, interviews, gallery pics, rad prize giveaways, tech Q&A, the latest new prody, reviews and a whole heap more MTB goodness to keep you frothing through the cold winter months.
2008 World 4X Championships Finals Videos (20 comments) (link) Monday, 23-June-2008 08:52 AM - by Scott
World Championships - Val di Sole 4X Results (21 comments) (link) Sunday, 22-June-2008 04:46 AM - by Squidly Didly
Elite Men
1. ALVAREZ DE LARA LUCA Rafael ESP
2. RINDERKNECHT Roger SUI
3. DELDYCKE Mickael FRA 4. GRAVES Jared AUS
... 33. LLOYD Alex AUS
37. HUNTINGTON Randal AUS
43. EICHHORN Cody AUS
45. SCARR Terrence AUS
51. NICHOLSON Adam AUS
54. HUNT Ryan AUS
Elite Women
1. BUHL Melissa USA
2. HORAKOVA Jana CZE
3. LABOUNKOVA Romana CZE
4. BEERTEN Anneke NED
... 5. BUCHANAN Caroline AUS
13. HUNTINGTON Sarsha AUS
World Championships - Val di Sole DH Results (89 comments) (link) Saturday, 21-June-2008 9:35 PM - by Squidly Didly
Elite Men
1. Gee Atherton GBR - 3:12.12
2. Steve Peat GBR - 3:14.74 +2.62 3. Sam Hill AUS - 3:15.27 +3.15
4. Greg Minnaar RSA - 3:17.34 +5.22
5. Fabian Barel FRA - 3:17.92 +5.80
... 12. Chris Kovarik AUS - 3:27.08 +14.96
18. Amiel Cavalier AUS - 3:31.56 +19.44
21. Nathan Rennie AUS - 3:31.73 +19.61
40. Will Rischbieth AUS - 3:40.62 +28.50
41. Bryn Atkinson AUS - 3:42.18 +30.06
46. Jared Rando AUS - 3:42.90 +30.78
81. Mitch Delfs AUS - 4:09.06 +56.94
Elite Women
1. Rachel Atherton GBR - 3:49.92
2. Sabrina Jonnier FRA - 4:01.91 +11.99
3. Emmeline Ragot FRA - 4:07.03 +17.11
Junior Men
1. Josh Bryceland GBR - 3:23.55
2. Sam Dale GBR 3:31.06 +7.51
3. Rėmi Thirion FRA - 3:32.13 +8.58
... 8. Shaun O'Connor AUS - 3:36.24 +12.69
9. Rhys Willemse AUS - 3:37.40 +13.85
13. Tom Patton AUS - 3:44.12 +20.57
14. Tamryn Murrell AUS - 3:45.52 +21.97
36. Matt Vincent AUS - 4:04.19 +40.64
47. Dylan Prohm AUS - 4:14.24 +50.69
Junior Women
1. Anais Pajot FRA - 4:17.71
2. Myriam Nicole FRA - 4:23.44 +5.73
3. Mėlanie Pugin FRA - 4:46.46 +28.75
... 5. Caroline Buchanan AUS - 4:56.51 +38.80
World Championships - Val di Sole 4X Qualifying (3 comments) (link) Saturday, 21-June-2008 09:48 AM - by Scott
Graves has backed up his Fort William result by qualifying in the number one position ahead of the race tomorrow (3am our time).
Elite Men: 1. GRAVES Jared AUS 46.15
2. DELDYCKE Mickael FRA 46.44 +0.29
3. ALVAREZ DE LARA LUCA R ESP 46.49 +0.34
4. RINDERKNECHT Roger SUI 46.69 +0.54
5. WICHMAN Joost NED 46.75 +0.60
6. SALADINI Romain FRA 46.97 +0.82
7. BEAUMONT Scott GBR 47.09 +0.94
8. LOPES Brian USA 47.13 +0.98
... 25. LLOYD Alex AUS 48.86 +2.71
33. HUNTINGTON Randal AUS 49.08 +2.93
46. EICHHORN Cody AUS 50.41 +4.26
48. SCARR Terrence AUS 50.88 +4.73
49. NICHOLSON Adam AUS 51.28 +5.13
54. HUNT Ryan AUS 52.02 +5.87
HMBA is pleased to announce that after having to rely on the Westpac Rescue Helicopter a few too many times it is planning to give back a little more than its usual donation to the service.
U19 Men
1. Liam Paiaro - 3:49.17
2. Oscar Lapstun - 3:55.42
3. Blake Nielsen - 3:59.70
Full results here (link fixed).
Current overall standings can be found here
Darren Pokoj Injured (9 comments) (link) Tuesday, 10-June-2008 10:14 AM - by Scott
Judy Pokoj (Daz's mum) sends word that Darren has hurt himself pretty bad in training accident prior to the 26Trix competition. Judy says he body slammed the back of a jump on last friday and was taken to the hospital in Lutz. He spent five days in intensive care with a torn liver and internal bleeding and has since been moved into the wards. He says that he is in a lot of bloody pain and it is hard for him to move but says "All is good". He'll be in the hospital for another 3 weeks. If you'd like to get in contact with Daz or send well wishes drop Judy a line here: pr51311 at bigpond.net.au
Farkin says get well buddy, who else do we have to for cheer at these OS dj comps!
World Cup #3 - Fort William DH Highlights (3 comments) (link) Monday, 9-June-2008 11:57 AM - by Squidly Didly
Unfortunately you will have to wait another week till the 15th June to get your downhill racing in. Due to the very heavy rainfall at the venue and more predicted for Friday the Gold Coast Club has had to postpone this Sundays race till next week. ALL ENTRIES WILL BE TRANSFERRED OVER TO NEXT WEEKEND. The good news if you have not entered yet you can save $10 by entering by midnight Wednesday 11th. If you have already entered DO NOT ENTER AGAIN.
World Cup #2 - Andorra DH Results (46 comments) (link) Monday, 2-June-2008 00:58 AM - by Scott
Elite Men
1. ATHERTON Gee - GBR - 2:35.35 2. HILL Samuel - AUS - 2:35.66
3. MINNAAR Greg - RSA - 2:36.73
4. PEAT Steve - GBR - 2:37.49
5. BLENKINSOP Samuel - NZL - 2:38.71 6. KOVARIK Chris - AUS - 2:39.18
7. BAREL Fabien - FRA - 2:39.21
8. PEDEMANAUD Fabien - FRA - 2:41.42
9. LEHIKOINEN Matti - FIN - 2:41.65
10. SMITH Steve - CAN - 2:42.00
...
24. DELFS Mitchell - AUS - 2:46.03
28. ATKINSON Bryn - AUS - 2:46.53
30. CAVALIER Amiel - AUS - 2:46.75
37. BUTTON Joshua - AUS - 2:48.39
38. RANDO Jared - AUS - 2:48.41
46. RENNIE Nathan - AUS - 2:49.51
72. MURRELL Tamryn - AUS - 2:57.72
79. RISCHBIETH Will - AUS - 3:25.70
World Cup #2 - Andorra DH Live (204 comments) (link) Sunday, 1-June-2008 11:39 AM - by Scott
For all you confused people out there, the downhill will be airing live at 10pm tonight (Aus east cost GMT10+). Check out our live coverage info page here. In all likeliness it won't finish untill about midnight so make sure you have some coffee and snacks.
World Cup #2 - Andorra 4X Results (13 comments) (link) Sunday, 1-June-2008 08:59 AM - by Scott
Men
1. ATHERTON Dan - GBR
2. LOPES Brian - USA
3. TSCHUGG Guido - GER
4. PIRMAN Rastislav - SVK
5. TATARKOVIC Kamil - CZE
6. GRACIA Cédric - FRA
7. MEIJER Jurg - NED
8. DERBIER Quentin - FRA
... 53. SCARR Mitchell - AUS
