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 | Yeti Mt. Saint Anne Vid and 'The incident'
(28 comments) (link) Friday, 29-June-2007 12:47 AM - by Scott |  |
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Yeti have posted up their Mt. Saint Anne video complete with Downhill and 4x action. The video also includes the footage of Scott Beaumont cutting the track and taking out both Jared Graves and Ross Milan. The result? Scott Beaumont is rewarded with a run into the final (along with the rider originally in 4th). So what was the UCI's action on this? Nothing of course....
Check it out the video here. For those of you that haven't seen Jared's comments on his website, see them here.
I know this isn't the first time the UCI have done something like this, in fact it seems most international racers have their own story of a UCI messup.
UCI, perhaps its time to wake the fark up. |
| THIS WEEKEND - Ashgrove Jumps Working Bee - Ashgrove QLD
(1 comments) (link) Thursday, 28-June-2007 3:44 PM - by Ryan | |
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One last time for anyone who's been living under a rock for the last few months, the first formal trail care day for the Ashgrove jumps kicks off this Sunday and if you want input into how the trails are going to progress in the future, you'd best be there, possibly with bells on and if not, at least with your best pair of digging shoes, jeans, a hat and sunscreen.
The D'aguilar Range Cycling Club (DRCC) in association with the Brisbane City Council are forming a formal trail care group to look after the jumps at the end of Monoplane Street / Barnett Road in Ashgrove, more commonly known as "Blue Nurses". Click here for a map
The first trail care day will be held on Sunday, July 1st from 8:30am to 12:30pm. DRCC will be cranking out the BBQ for all diggers and Matt Addison will be providing free beer to everyone in attendance*. If you've expressed interest in helping out in this thread you'd better turn up, because you've given us your details and we'll hunt you down like a dog if you don't!
*Matt may not actually provide everyone with free beer. Or anyone with free beer for that matter. |
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Jill Kintner sends word that Bryn broke his wrist during practice at MSA:Race day practice, front flat in a high speed section, front end washed out and 7 hours later after sitting in the hospital all day with a dislocated wrist he went into surgury to repair the dislocated wrist and a schaphoid broken into two pieces. Should be back for worlds. This comes at a fairly bad time in the international calendar, but as Jill says he should be back for worlds which is the most important race of the year. Farkin sends its best for a speedy recovery. |
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Lopes won the 4x. Graves won the consolation after being taken out by Scott Beaumont in the semi. He's a little angry at the UCI and their inaction. Sounds very frustrating...
Elite Men:
1. LOPES, Brian 37.79
2. BEAUMONT, Scott 38.44
3. POLC, Filip 38.64
4. TATARKOVIC, Kamil 38.19
5. GRAVES, Jared 37.62
Elite Women:
1. BEERTEN, Anneke 42.48
2. GRIFFITHS, Fionn 43.79
3. KINTNER, Jill 40.30
4. SUEMASA, Mio 43.71
5. PETTERSON, Johanna 45.18
Full results: men, women
Overall standings: men, women |
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Sam has stamped his authority again on the World Cup circuit with a win in Mount Ste Anne. Just to answer the questions on the front page, Bryn didn't race as he had a broken wrist, Rando destroyed his rear rim in qualifying and didn't even get to the bottom, and Kovarik wasn't at the race at all.
Elite Men:
1. HILL, Samuel - 4:29.58
2. MINNAAR, Greg +1.69
3. PEAT, Steve +1.72
4. LEHIKOINEN, Matti +3.42
5. BAREL, Fabien +5.06
6. RENNIE, Nathan +5.12
7. LEOV, Justin +7.68
8. BEAUMONT, Marc +8.49
9. PASCAL, Mickael +9.71
10. HANNAH, Michael +9.88
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24. GRAVES, Jared + 16.41
26. CAVALIER, Amiel + 16.82
39. BAIN, Joel + 20.97
40. MALTMAN, James + 21.16
43. DELFS, Mitchell + 22.08
Elite Women:
1. JONNIER Sabrina 5:04.45
2. MOSELEY Tracy 5:06.77
3. RAGOT Emmeline 5:16.90
4. HANNAH Tracey 5:16.92
Full results: men, women
Overall standings: men, women |
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Men
1 - Jared Graves 37.62
2 - Dan Atherton +.09
3 - Brian Lopes +.17
4 - Jared Rando
5 - Kamil Tatarkovic
Women
1 - Jill Kintner 40.30
2 - Tara Llannes
3 - Anneke Beerten
4 - Melissa Buhl
5 - Mio Suemesa |
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As some of you may already know the 2007 Qld State Champs are being held in Mackay this year on the 18 and 19 August.
Their club has a new website where all information on the event can be found. Check it out. www.mackaymountainbikeclub.com
The first 100 entries go in the draw to win a SRAM XO rear derailleur!
The Mackay Mountain Bike Clubs preferred car rental is: Mackay Car & Truck Rentals on 49531522. They are offering 10% discount on their vehicles.
The closest accommodation is back in Mackay along Nebo Road. The Tropic Coast Motel (4951888) is offering a complimentary hot meal with the room rate which commences from $75 per single. The kitchen is closed Sunday night.
Marcia from the club has also informed us that if anyone has any questions to post it on the Mackay Mountain Bike Clubs forum as she will be updating the information regularly. |
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The bridge/overpass on the DH track on Mt. Stromlo in Canberra is now nearing completion. There is still heavy machinery being used to re-align the DH track so that it goes over the bridge, but Glen and his team are back in town finishing the project. A huge props to CORC for managing to pull-together such a huge step forward for Mountain Biking in Australia.
A reminder that the DH tack is still very much CLOSED as there is still work underway and it would a big shame if one of the trail constructors were to be hit by a rider, the trail damaged, or worst of all the future of the complex put into jeopardy because of selfish riders. It will not be long until the entire facility is completely open for use.
Thanks to Darren for the pictures, and to CORC for doing all the work to create such a great facility for mountain biking. |
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A live update at 110 kmph.... Thanks to Dylan Dean for the info.
Men.
1 Duncan Riffle
2 Justin Leov
3 Andrew Neethling
4 Jared Rando
5 Amiel Cavalier
6 Jared Graves |
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Men
1. Jared Graves
2. Rich Houseman
3. Eric Carter
4. Jared Rando
Women
1. Buhl
2. Myklac
3. Harmony
4. Petterson |
| Deer Valley NORBA - DS Qualifying
(6 comments) (link) Saturday, 16-June-2007 10:09 AM - by daymz | |
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Men
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1. Jared Graves (AUS)
2. Eric Carter (USA)
3. Rich Houseman (USA)
4. Jared Rando (AUS)
5. Justin Leov (NZL)
Women
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1. Melissa Buhl (USA)
2. Lisa Myklak (USA)
3. Joanna Petterson (RSA) |
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The TSG Brodie MtnX #3 at Sydney Olympic Park on June 24th has been postponed to September 23rd. An oversight the construction of the Sydney Olympic Park BMX facility has forced a postponement of the TSG Brodie MtnX round. The BMX track is to be constructed in time for the Festival of Cycling which will be in conjunction with the twin National Mountain X rounds.
Read more about it here. |
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The IXS Gravity DH round #4 is now re-scheduled for the September 1st/2nd weekend. NSWMTB along with HMBA apologise for the inconvenience caused.
The next race in the IXS Gravity Series will now be the NSW State Downhill Championships on the August 4th/5th weekend.
Read more about it here. |
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Elite Men:
1. 3:28.26 - Brad Kelly
2. 3:28.38 - Tim Eaton
3. 3:29.11 - Lindsay Klein
U19 Men:
1. 3:33.98 - Shaun O'Conner
2. 3:37.87 - Dylan Prohm
3. 3:39.57 - Matthew Vincent
Elite Women:
1. 4:18.28 - Joanne Fox
2. 5:03.07 - Shannon Chugg
Full results can be found here.
Finals here (xls) |
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Sam Hill pulls of the greatest performance in DH for years by pulling 3rd in a heavily rain effected race. All the fastest qualifiers were effected by rain and the final 20 or so riders couldn't even touch the top tens times except for Hill. It really is just one of those runs you can only shake your head in amazement. Word is that he had a crash in his run as well.......
Men
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1 LEHIKOINEN Matti FIN 4:10.21
2 PEAT Steve GBR 4:11.81
3 HILL Samuel AUS 4:11.84
4 BAREL Fabien FRA 4:14.91
5 HANNAH Michael AUS 4:21.52
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30. Nathan Rennie 4:38.83
66. Bryn Atkinson 5:27.44
* Chris Kovarik didn't qualify
Women
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1. SANER Merielle SUI 4:59.22
2. RAGOT Emmeline FRA 5:01.59
3. JONNIER Sabrina FRA 5:02.08
4. SUEMASA Mio JPN 5:13.80
5. HANNAH Tracey AUS 5:16.89 |
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You have to check out www.littermag.com day three updates. Graves went crazy with the clippers.....
Men
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1. Brian Lopes (USA)
2. Michal Prokop (CZE)
3. Filip Polc (SVK)
4. Gee Athertton (GBR)
5. Jared Graves (AUS)
Women
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1. Jill Kintner (USA)
2. Rachel Seydoux (SUI)
3. Fionn Griffiths (GBR)
4. Mio Suemesa (JPN) |
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Just got this in my inbox from my man Sven:
1. Filip Polc 1:58.01 (SVK)
2. Greg Minnaar 1:58.03 (RSA)
3. Steve Peat 1:58.45 (GBR)
4. Sam Blenkinsop 1:58.74 (NZL)
5. Andrew Neethling 1:58.91 (RSA)
6. Bryn Atkinson 1:58.92 (AUS)
7. Jared Graves 1:59.23 (AUS)
8. Marc Beaumont 1:59.38 (GBR)
9. Sam Hill 2:00.34 (AUS)
10. Nico Vink 2:01.16 (BEL) |
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Clict magazine has a DVD offer for Farkin readers. For $19.95 you can score a copy of the latest Clict mag plus a copy of New World Disorder 6 - Unchained on DVD.
Hitting news stands everywhere is Clict 7.0. Another issue jam packed with all things DH, MTNX, DJ and Street goodness. There is a full DH and MTNX season wrap as well as plenty of coverage from the National Champ and Oceania's. As well as all the race coverage there are interviews with Jared Rando, Ashley Grundy and Troy Brosnan. Test products include the Yeti 303, Trek Session 10, Fox 36 Talas forks, Saint components, Mavic Rims and THE One helmet. There is another installment from regular columns from Nathan Rennie, an update from Johnny Waddell, the lads in South Australia and Ricky Boyer. This issue is guaranteed to keep your eyes open.
New World Disorder 6 was the biggest selling Mountain Bike title of 2006. This dual DVD collection features over 2 hours of aggressive MTB riding by Kyle Strait, John Cowan, Wade Simmons, Carlin Dunne and many more. Follow this link for more details on this offer. |
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Pro Men
1. Greg Minnaar 1:59.01 (RSA)
2. Mick Hannah 2:00.13 (AUS)
3. Sam Blenkinsop 2:00.88 (NZL)
4. Steve Peat 2:01.14 (GBR)
5. Chris Kovarik 2:01.26 (AUS)
6. Bryn Atkinson 2:01.68 (AUS)
7. Jared Graves 2:02.75 (AUS)
8. Andrew Neethling 2:02.85 (RSA)
9. Cedric Gracia 2:03.08 (FRA)
10. Justin Leov 2:03.93 (NZL)
More info here. |
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