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Glen Jacobs gave me a call earlier today to ask me to remind people that if there are barricades and bunting across a track/trail, it means that that trail is closed.
While most of the trails on Mt. Stromlo are open, there are new trails being worked on everyday, and until these new trails are finished riding them causes severe damage, and means that it will be even longer until they can be opened. Specifically, the XC descent on the Eastern face of Stromlo coming down from the bridge - it's not open to be ridden yet (which should be obvious because of the signs and bunting closing it off).
It costs money to repair trails that have been ridden before they're open - money that could be spent on other trails or facilities. So please, stick to the open trails, there are heaps of them, so that the work can be completed. |
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The 1st Queensland MTNX Series is upon us. The SUPER 2 SERIES will begin on the 13th October with the final of the series taking place on the 17th November. The race will be taking place on the National Series Round 2 track at Illinbah, Gold Coast. Come and race on the track for the last time before November.
Click here for more details |
 | Annual Video Competition Reminder
(0 comments) (link) Monday, 24-September-2007 3:31 PM - by Scott |  |
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Just a reminder that entries for the Annual Video Competition must be in by October the 5th! That is less than two weeks away.
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| Qld Mountain Cross State Titles Results
(5 comments) (link) Saturday, 22-September-2007 07:15 AM - by lindsay | |
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Elite Men
1. Adam Nicholson (Cannondale, Unit, ForTheRiders)
2. Hayden Lester (Ashgrove Cycles)
3. Daniel Castillo
4. Randal Huntington (ForTheRiders)
Junior Men
1. Rhys Willemse (ITS, Santa Cruz, ForTheRiders)
2. Tamryn Murrell (ForTheRiders)
3. Liam Paiaro
4. Michael Young
Elite Women
1. Sarsha Huntington (For The Riders.com)
2. Lea Harley (Gap Cycles) |
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Time for the bi-monthly bitch.
14 Trail Helmets tested.
12 Entry level bikes
First test Giant Trance XO, Haro Xeon Werx
1000kms in the SRAM vs SHIMANO mega test.
Crankworxs
and How to Jump Turns with Chris Jongewaard (and some snappy photographer  )
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Sam Hill has taken the win yet again and the overall. Tracey Hannah has followed on with another third place after her awesome Worlds performance and ended up third in the series. Go Aussies!
Results
Men
1 HILL Samuel 2:53.78
2 ATHERTON Gee 2:55.11
3 CAMELLINI Julien 2:56.34
4 PEDEMANAUD Fabien 2:56.46
5 BEAUMONT Marc 2:56.46
6 PAYET Florent 2:57.06
7 LEHIKOINEN Matti 2:57.34
8 FAIRCLOUGH Brendan 2:57.58
9 BRYCELAND Josh 2:58.43
10 HANNAH Michael 2:58.73
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20 MALTMAN James 3:02.70
25 RENNIE Nathan 3:03.18
29 DELFS Mitchell 3:04.75
38 RANDO Jared 3:06.48
40 KOVARIK Chris 3:06.83
52 CAVALIER Amiel 3:08.68
Women
1 ATHERTON Rachel 3:16.27
2 MOSELEY Tracy 3:24.90
3 HANNAH Tracey 3:25.60
4 PUGIN Floriane 3:26.07
5 GASKELL Helen 3:27.07
Full results can be found here.
Overall
Men
1 HILL Samuel
2 LEHIKOINEN Matti
3 PEAT Steve
4 ATHERTON Gee
5 BEAUMONT Marc
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7 HANNAH Michael
13 RENNIE Nathan
Women
1 JONNIER Sabrina
2 MOSELEY Tracy
3 HANNAH Tracey
4 RAGOT Emmeline
5 SANER Marielle
Overall standings can be found here.
Littermag as alway has some pretty killer coverage with photos from Garry "Flipper" Perkin. Check it out. |
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According to a member on Farkin called 'X' - tomorrow (Monday the 17th September) councillor Tony Hall will be at St. Ives Skate-park looking to see some support from riders for a possible new skate-park somewhere in Kuringai.
Apparently there will be a photographer there for a newspaper or two.
So, get down there at 4:30 to show Mr. Hall that there are plenty of MTBers interested!
Original thread here. |
| World Cup Finals 4x Results - Maribor
(5 comments) (link) Sunday, 16-September-2007 08:11 AM - by Scott | |
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From Transcend Magazine:
Elite Men:
1. Romain Saladini (FRA)
2. Michal Prokop (CZE)
3. Dan Atherton (GBR)
4. Karim Amour (FRA)
"Jared Graves' (AUS) Yeti streak of bad luck continued as he was taken out in the semi finals by a slower rider and went down hard, obviously dissapointed. Brian Lopes (USA) Gt crashed in the semis" (Transcend).
Elite Women:
1. Anneke Beerten (NED)
2. Mio Suemesa (JPN)
3. Melissa Buhl (USA)
4. Jana Harakova (CZE)
Jill crashed out in the semis. |
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A film by Liquid Productions |
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More info HERE |
| 2007 World MTB Championships DH Results
(13 comments) (link) Monday, 10-September-2007 08:29 AM - by Scott | |
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Elite Men:
1. HILL Samuel AUS 4:15.29 4:52.01
2. BAREL Fabien FRA 4:16.17 4:52.65 +0.64
3. ATHERTON Gee GBR 4:21.71 4:56.38 +4.37
4. MINNAAR Greg RSA 4:23.54 4:59.96 +7.95
5. CANALS FLIX Pasqual ESP 4:24.96 5:00.29 +8.28
6. LEHIKOINEN Matti FIN 4:24.39 5:00.93 +8.92
7. CAMELLINI Julien FRA 4:23.06 5:01.11 +9.10
8. PAYET Florent FRA 4:25.01 5:01.51 +9.50
9. BLENKINSOP Samuel NZL 4:25.34 5:01.77 +9.76
10. ATHERTON Dan GBR 4:26.54 5:01.99 +9.98
11. HANNAH Michael AUS 4:25.07 5:02.37 + 10.36
12. RENNIE Nathan AUS 4:27.19 5:03.19 + 11.18 - Crash
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17. CAVALIER Amiel AUS 4:30.98 5:06.93 + 14.92
18. RANDO Jared AUS 4:30.42 5:07.45 + 15.44
84. GRAVES Jared AUS 6:26.51 7:07.24 +2:15.23 - Crash
86. KOVARIK Chris AUS 7:06.57 7:44.29 +2:52.28 - Crash
Full results here.
Elite Women:
1. JONNIER Sabrina FRA 4:49.66 5:28.35
2. ATHERTON Rachel GBR 4:52.34 5:32.36 +4.01
3. HANNAH Tracey AUS 5:00.53 5:39.89 + 11.54
4. MOSELEY Tracy GBR 5:05.45 5:47.76 + 19.41
5. GRIFFITHS Fionn GBR 5:08.40 5:48.21 + 19.86
Full results here. |
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Junior Men:
1. Ruardh Cunningham - 5:06.82
2. John Swanguen - 5:08.89
3. Matthew Scoles - 5:09.27
4. Mitch Delfs - 5:09.63
5. Joel Bain - 5:13.24
6. James Maltman - 5:14.72
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10. Dave Hethrington - 5:19.68
16. Tom Patton - 5:24.15
37. Joshua Button - 5:45.87
DSQ. Will Rischbeith
Junior Women will be posted when the UCI website works again |
| 2007 World MTB Championships - DH Finals Live
(0 comments) (link) Sunday, 9-September-2007 9:08 PM - by Scott | |
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Internet feeds (video) start at 9:30pm (East Aus time).
Go here for the feeds list and info.
Be sure to jump in on our live chat thread!! |
| 2007 World MTB Championships - XCO Results
(5 comments) (link) Sunday, 9-September-2007 05:54 AM - by Scott | |
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Elite Men:
1. ABSALON Julien FRA 2:17:06
2. NAEF Ralph SUI 2:17:32 + 25
3. VOGEL Florian SUI 2:18:00 + 54
4. KESSIAKOFF Fredrik SWE 2:18:08 +1:01
5. FUMIC Manuel GER 2:18:11 +1:04
47. JONGEWAARD Chris AUS 2:26:38 +9:31
58. TABERLAY Sid AUS 2:29:36 + 12:29
74. COOPER Dylan AUS 2:34:50 + 17:43
Full results here.
U23 Men XCO: Story here.
1 Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) - 1h54m04s
2 Nino Schurter (SUI) - 1h55m48s +1m43s
3 Jaroslav Kulhavy (CZE) - 1h57m25s +3m20s
10 Daniel McConnell (AUS) - 1h59m51s +5m46s
22 Lachlan Norris (AUS) - 2h03m27s +9m22s
Full results here.
Elite Women: Story here.
1. KALENTIEVA Irina RUS 1:44:08
2. SPITZ Sabine GER 1:44:47 + 39
3. WANG Jingjing CHN 1:45:50 +1:42
4. PREMONT Marie-Helene CAN 1:47:24 +3:16 |
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| 2007 World MTB Championships - 4x Results
(13 comments) (link) Saturday, 8-September-2007 09:55 AM - by Scott | |
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Jared would have to be one of the angriest people on the planet right now. Leading his semi final only to blow up his back wheel on a quad jump. He was looking very good and definitely a very good chance for the win. There's always next year...
Caroline was having a great few heats, but had a pretty big crash in the semis which saw her badly bruised and battered. Reports are she has been taken to hospital for observation.
Well done to Lopes and Kintner for their respective wins. Lopes did quite well considering he nearly got eliminated in his semi final. Jill is just dominating.
Elite Men:
Big Final
1. LOPES Brian USA
2. SALADINI Romain FRA
3. MEIJER Jurg NED
4. RINDERKNECHT Roger SUI
Small Final
5. ALVAREZ DE LARA LU Rafael ESP
6. SLAVIK Tomas CZE
7. BEAUMONT Scott GBR
8. GRAVES Jared AUS
27. RANDO Jared AUS
32. STROM Luke AUS
Elite Women:
Final
1. KINTNER Jill USA
2. BEERTEN Anneke NED
3. BUHL Melissa USA
4. HORAKOVA Jana CZE
Small Final
5. SUEMASA Mio JPN
6. SEYDOUX Rachel SUI
7. GOUGH Joey GBR
8. BUCHANAN Caroline AUS
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| 2007 World MTB Championships - 4x Qualifying
(19 comments) (link) Friday, 7-September-2007 2:21 PM - by Scott | |
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Elite Men:
1. SALADINI Romain FRA 42.13
2. PROKOP Michal CZE 42.15 +0.02
3. LOPES Brian USA 42.38 +0.25
4. GRAVES Jared AUS 42.40 +0.27
5. TATARKOVIC Kamil CZE 42.84 +0.71
23. RANDO Jared AUS 44.77 +2.64
36. STROM Luke AUS 47.01 +4.88
90. HANNAH Michael AUS DNS
95. KOVARIK Chris AUS DNS
Elite Women:
1. HORAKOVA Jana CZE 46.95
2. BUHL Melissa USA 47.88 +0.93
3. KINTNER Jill USA 47.98 +1.03
4. BEERTEN Anneke NED 48.05 +1.10
5. BUCHANAN Caroline AUS 48.15 +1.20 |
| 2007 World MTB Championships - U19 Mens XCO
(1 comments) (link) Friday, 7-September-2007 08:42 AM - by Scott | |
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The under 19 XCO men had their bite at the Fort William 2007 World Championships course this morning. Two Australia riders lined up to start; Paul van der Ploeg (Mt. Beauty) and nathan Haas (ACT) along with 88 other junior riders from around the world. After a blinding 1st lap Van der Ploeg came through in 13th position but a broken chain and the run to the next technical assistance zone cost him dearly and came through the finish to start his 3rd lap in 65th place. Despite continuing problems with the drive train that meant little power could be transferred he clawed back positions on the last two laps to ultimately finish in 47th place.
Hass, on the other hand appeared to have a relatively trouble free race and he finished a few places in front of Van der Ploeg in 43rd place.
The race though was pretty much dominated by swiss rider Thomas Litscher who almost consistently was the fastest person to lap the course and who finished the 34.2km race with an average speed of 21.14km/h in 1h37m6s.
1. 40 LITSCHER Thomas SUI 1:37:06
2. 6 BRZOZKA Piotr POL 1:37:33 + 27
3. 36 FLETCHER David GBR 1:37:47 + 40
43. 5 HAAS Nathan AUS 1:46:25 +9:18
47. 26 VAN DER PLOEG Paul AUS 1:47:16 + 10:09 |
| 2007 World MTB Championships - DH Seeding
(14 comments) (link) Friday, 7-September-2007 08:38 AM - by Scott | |
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Junior Women:
1 Floriane Pugin (FRA) - 5m48.07s
2 Myriam Nicole (FRA) - 5.56.90s
3 Katy Curd (GRB) - 6m14.04s
4 Caroline Buchannan (AUS) - 6m28.96s
Elite Women:
1 Rachel Atherton (GBR) - 5m30.20s
2 Tracey Moseley (GBR) - 5m38.69s
3 Emmeline Ragot (FRA) - 5m43.42s
4 Tracey Hannah (AUS) - 5m5m43.91s
Junior Men:
1 Ruaridh Cunningham (GRB) - 5m5.12s
2 Josh Bryceland (GBR) - 5m6.41s
3 Steve Smith (CAN) - 5m9.26s
4 Mitchell Delfs (AUS) - 5m10.27s
8 Joel Bain (AUS) - 5m17.30s
9 Joshua Button (AUS) - 5m18.94s
10 David Hetherington (AUS) - 5m19.97s
12 Will Rischbieth (AUS) - 5m21.10s
39 Tom Patton (AUS) - 5m45.95s
56 James Maltman (AUS) 6m7.32s
Elite Men:
1 Greg Minnaar (RSA) - 4.53.32s
2 Gee Atherton (GBR) - 4m53.38s
3 Julien Camellini (FRA) - 4m57.20s
4 Michael Hannah (AUS) - 4m58.18s
6 Nathan Rennie (AUS) - 5m00.82s
17 Amiel Cavalier (AUS) - 5m05.43s
24 Sam Hill (AUS) - 5m07.09s
29 Chris Kovarik (AUS) - 5m10.72s
31 Jared Graves (AUS) - 5m11.88s
32 Jared Rando (AUS) - 5m12.07s |
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Well, it's that time of year again. The battlefield is Fort William in Scotland and the warriors are primed and ready. The difference this year? You actually get to watch it...
LIVE!
4x is on Friday night (UK time), which I'm going to guess is very early Saturday morning. I'm sure I won't be the only one sitting in front of the computer with an endless supply of coffee so be sure to participate in some as-it-happens forum posting in this thread.
For more information check out the official world champs website here. Also be sure to participate in Litter's OTB competition where you win by predicting results and times!!!
Schedule
Fort Bill is 9 hours behind Australia's east coast, so just add 9 hours to get our time.
Thursday
09.00 – 12.00 DH training (All categories)
09.30 – 11.30 XC World Championships for Men Junior
09.00 – 13.00 TR semi-finals for Juniors 26’’
11.30 – 11.45 XC Men Junior Awards Ceremony
13.00 – 16.00 DH seeding run - All categories
18.00 – 19.30 4X training
19.30 – 20.30 4X Qualification
Friday
08.30 – 09.30 XC training
09.00 – 12.00 DH training
09.15 – 13.15 TR– Semi-Finals Elite Men 20”
09.00 – 13.00 TR World Championships for Women Finals 20” / 26”
13.15 – 13.30 TR Women 20’’/26’’ Awards Ceremony
13.30 – 15.30 XC World Championships for Men U23
15.45 – 16.00 XC Men U23 Awards Ceremony
18.00 – 19.30 4X training
20.00 – 21.00 4X World Championships Men/Women ~ 5am Sat. East coast Australia time
21.15 – 21.30 4X Men/Women Awards Ceremony
Saturday
08.00 - 09.30 DH Training
08.30 – 09.30 XC training
09.00 - 12.00 TR Semi-finals Elite Men 26”
10.00 – 12.15 XC World Championships for Elite Women
13.00 – 14.30 TR World Championships Junior Men – Finals 20”
12.15 – 12.30 XC Women Elite Awards Ceremony
14.00 – 16.30 XC World Championships for Men Elite
15.00 – 16.30 TR World Championships Junior Men - Finals 26’’
16.35 – 17.00 XC Elite Men Awards Ceremony
Trials Junior Men 20” Awards Ceremony
Trials Junior Men 26” Awards Ceremony
Sunday
08.00 – 09.00 DH Training for Juniors and Elite Women
09.00 – 10.00 DH Training for Elite Men
10.30 – 12.00 TR World Championships Elite Men – Finals 20”
10.30 – 12.15 DH World Championships for Women & Men Juniors
12.30 – 13.30 DH World Championships for Women Elite
13.30 – 15.45 DH World Championships for Men Elite ~ 11:30pm Sun. East coast Australia time
13.00 – 14.30 TR World Championships for Elite Men – Finals 26”
15.35 – 16.00 DH Elite, Juniors Men & Women Awards Ceremony
Trials Elite Men 20” Awards Ceremony
Trials Elite Men 26” Awards Ceremony
Trials Team Awards Ceremony
16.00 – 16.30 Closing Ceremony |
| Johnny Waddell's 2007 Solo World Championships Experience
(3 comments) (link) Thursday, 6-September-2007 1:24 PM - by Scott | |
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I myself could not even comprehend entering a solo 24 hour race myself, let alone against the fastest and fittest solo riders in the world.
Not only did Johnny enter, he did Australia proud as our highest ranked rider. Check out his words here.
Go Johnny! |
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The Queensland Mountain Cross State Titles are being held this weekend the 8 September at Illinbah.
Racing will be on Saturday night under lights, how cool is that! There will even be heaps of prizes! So get there this Saturday the 8th for registration at 1 pm and practice from 2 pm. Race entry is $30. No pre entry necessary, just rock up on the day, pay your money and start tearing up the track.
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A Men
1. Adam Nicholson (ForTheRiders, Unit, Cannondale)
2. Ross Domigan
3. Tim McCullogh (ForTheRiders)
4. Hayden Lester (Ashgrove Cycles)
Junior Men
1. Tamryn Murrell (ForTheRiders)
2. Rhys Willemse (ForTheRiders)
3. Michael Young
4. Ben Lyons
B Men
1. Justin Case (ForTheRiders)
2. Lee Wallace (ForTheRiders)
3. Peter Hockings
4. Glynn Hicks |
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After a devastating crash in todays IXS Gravity Downhill round, Elite Mens and Womens finals were canceled and results were taken from qualifying.
Elite Men
1. Rodrigues Boyer - 3:45.63
2. Brock Newling - 3:46.75
3. Tim Cox - 3:47.69
4. Brad Kelly - 3:47.71
5. Cillian Kennedy - 3:50.23
Elite Women
1. Joanne Fox - 5:11.96
2. Alice Minahan - 5:36.17
3. Shannon Chugg - 6:01.46
U19 Men
1. Kent Hamilton - 3:44.59
2. Shaun O'Conner - 3:46.25
3. Dylan Prohm - 3:46.45
Full results can be found here (.pdf)
Please note: The Awaba DH Trail will remain closed until further notice. |
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