News Archives > August 2009

Worlds Canberra, Opening Ceremony  
(1 comments) (link) Monday, 31-August-2009  6:17 PM - by scratchy 
Well it is on! Midday and the athletes gathered at the Crowne Plaza and under a brass band fittingly playing "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" marched up Centre of Canberra. The Centre of the Mall was closed off with a crit track and after they had a welcome to country, pollie welcome etc. athletes from 40 countries cheered as the Aussie Flag and the UCI flag were raised.

Here are some photos of the events with tomorrow it kicking off in earnest with XCO training until midday, DH training and the World Championship Relay.


The Centre of Canberra, Aussie in Blue trackies to the left


Crits, getting serious


Oh Canada!


Crits, In Style.


Small penis syndrome is a chronic illness effecting 1 in 10 Aussies.


Bad Roo!



Kranked Webisodes  
(0 comments) (link) Wednesday, 12-August-2009  09:19 AM - by Scott 

The Kranked guys have been dishing out some webisodes for us web folk. Check out the full set here.



Townsville SUBWAY Qld SS DH Rd 4 Results  
(3 comments) (link) Tuesday, 11-August-2009  8:03 PM - by Scott 
Elite Men:
1. Roberts Andrew - 5:24.981
2. Chalmers Levi - +0.301
3. Dawson Adrian - +2.563
4. Levinson Richard - +16.742
5. Leonardi Adam - +18.772

Full results here.



JetBlack 12 Hour Race Results  
(3 comments) (link) Tuesday, 11-August-2009  11:40 AM - by Scott 
Elite male solo:
1. David “Dave” Ludenia (Lawson, NSW – 21 laps)
2. Shane “Tails” Taylor (Sydney, NSW - 21 laps)
3. James “Chops” Lamb (Central Coast, NSW - 20 laps)

Elite female solo:
1. Claire Graydon, JetBlack Products, Mal Adjusted Bicycles (Watson, ACT – 17 laps)
2. Bron Gould (Downer, ACT – 14 laps)
3. Nicole Lancaster, SRAM (Thirroul, NSW – 5 laps)

Male solo:
1. Jeff Rooney, Cell Bikes 1 (Stanmore, NSW – 19 laps)
2. John Evans, JetBlack Products (Woodford, NSW – 19 laps)
3. Francis Le Brun, Radical Lights (Queenscliff, NSW – 18 laps)

Male team 2:
1. Bike Bug: True Swain, Gavin Storey (23 laps)
2. Nasty Boyz: Peter Hamilton, Dion Blair (22 laps)
3. The KOM Funky Buddhas: Tim Kerle, Stuart Ferguson (22 laps)

Female team 2:
1. Bricks and Beans: Kath Bicknell, Gaye Camm (14 laps)
2. Sutho Chicks: Emma Lovelock, Karen Smith (6 laps)

For more results and story go here.



Adelaide. Time's running out!  
(3 comments) (link) Monday, 10-August-2009  10:44 AM - by scratchy 
Croweaters, Email gardner.kain@saugov.sa.gov.au
by the 14th to let the government know you support legal MTB trails in National Parks. We need every vote so make sure you family puts in their emails as well. Check this ride last week

170 attend Belair Ride of Solidarity from Michael Waxman on Vimeo.



The draft Belair National Park Trail Masterplan can be viewed at:
http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/par...or/latest.html
You have until the 14th..... (this Friday).



[R]evolution issue #17  
(16 comments) (link) Tuesday, 4-August-2009  09:20 AM - by Scott 

"Issue 17 is another massive issue. Our cover shot and headlining feature is an epic freeride road trip to the unchartered border of northern South Australia, shot through the eyes of Dan Peters. We then grab our passports and head overseas to check out the opening 5 World Cup rounds. There's also a full blown interview with Cody Eichhorn, and finally [R]evolution's own version of Process Black gets dropped. Add into the mix a close look at Mitch Delf's new Morewood race machine, and then a day Melbourne's new MTB friendly 'Rampfest' indoor skatepark. Jacobs, Niki, Grant and Bryn's columns are all locked and loaded, along with bike tests from Santa Cruz, Norco & Kona. All up it's 132 pages of the latest news, views, products and MTB action from across the country. Aussie mountain biking has never looked this good"



World Cup #7 Bromont 4x Results  
(7 comments) (link) Sunday, 2-August-2009  10:29 AM - by Scott 
Jared Graves decided that he'd rather commentate than race so he took himself out in the first round.

Men:
1 WICHMAN Joost - NED
2 ROPELATO Mitch - USA
3 ATHERTON Dan - GBR
4 PROKOP Michal - CZE
5 DERBIER Quentin - FRA

Women:
1 GRIFFITHS Fionn - GBR
2 BEERTEN Anneke - NED
3 KINTNER Jill - USA
4 PETTERSON Joanna - RSA
5 BUHL Melissa - USA


Full results: men, women



World Cup #7 Bromont DH Results  
(23 comments) (link) Sunday, 2-August-2009  10:18 AM - by Scott 

Men:
1 MINNAAR Greg - RSA 2:31.65
2 BAREL Fabien - FRA +00.46
3 HILL Samuel - AUS +00.63
4 ATHERTON Gee - GBR +01.03
5 GWIN Aaron - USA +01.41
6 HANNAH Michael - AUS +01.67
7 PEAT Steve - GBR +01.83
8 KOVARIK Chris - AUS +02.79
9 BRYCELAND Josh - GBR +04.07
10 FAIRCLOUGH Brendan - GBR +04.09
...
15 ATKINSON Bryn - AUS +05.59
21 RANDO Jared - AUS +09.07
36 BUTTON Joshua - AUS +12.21
62 ARMSTRONG Harry AUS +18.39
65 DELFS Mitchell - AUS +21.56
75 WILLEMSE Rhys - AUS +33.88
76 DINHAM Laurie - AUS +34.38

Full results here.

Women:
1 JONNIER Sabrina - FRA 2:58.28
2 PUGIN Floriane - FRA +02.64
3 SUEMASA Mio - JPN +02.95
4 MOSELEY Tracy - GBR +03.96
5 GROS Céline - FRA +05.96

Full results here.



World Cup #7 Bromont DH Qualifying  
(6 comments) (link) Saturday, 1-August-2009  7:17 PM - by Scott 


Men:
1. Fabian Barel
2. Sam Hill
3. Greg Minnaar
4. Steve Peat
5. Gee Atherton
6. Chris Kovarik
7. Steve Smith
8. Aaron Gwin
9. Justin Leov
10. Matti Lehikoinen
..
12. Mick Hannah
17. Mitch Delfs
19. Bryn Atkinson
27. Joshua Button
31. Rhys Willemse
63. Jared Rando
64. Harry Armstrong
72. Laurie Dinham