Hill Takes Out Australian National Champs

[Scott]

Update: Rennie didin't in fact crash in qualifying, "he made it to the final and didn't finish because his bars came loose after landing one of the jumps in the middle section of the course." (Thanks Chris)

Sam has taken the title ahead of Joel Panozzo and Mick Hannah. The mud stricken track sorted alot of the local riders out, leaving the more experienced pro riders to clean up. Noted absenses from the main race were Rennie (crashed out in qualifying), and Kovarik (Moto injury).

Farkin's own Lindsay Klein has taken out the U/19's event ahead of Amiel Cavalier.

PMBC ('http://www.wamba.asn.au/pmbc/news/news.html') have a short writeup here ('http://www.wamba.asn.au/pmbc/news/news.html').

More results as they are available.

[Turley]

Good stuff lindsay! How did Jared go?

[Scott]

6th or 7th (not competely sure, got my info from a fairly inebriated Lindsay over the phone).

[S.]

http://www.cyclingnews.com./photos/#ausmtbnats for some pics.

[S.]

Elite Male 1st run 2nd run

1 Sam Hill 4.20.29 3.50.39
2 Joel Panozzo 4.14.93 3.54.67
3 Michael Hannah (Haro Bikes/Oakley) 4.23.59 3.57.01
4 Bryn Atkinson 4.16.74 4.00.59
5 Andrew Mills (Giant/Michelin/Dragon/Fox/Easton) 4.36.27 4.03.29
6 Jared Graves (Iron Horse/ Oakley/ Sram/ RcokShox) 4.28.53 4.04.09
7 Ben Cory (Dragon/ SRAM/ Tioga/ Mal-Adjusted Bicycles) 4.24.12 4.04.27
8 Rick Boyer (Orange/ No tubes/ Smith/ Sram) 4.28.59 4.08.73
9 Dennis Beare 4.39.67 4.12.20
10 Justin Havukainen (Yeti/ Oakley) 4.31.56 4.13.68
11 Sean McCarroll (EMSEE1.com) 4.32.65 4.15.49
12 Rohan Gearing (Sombrio) 4.39.41 4.16.13
13 Jarod Rando (Giant/ Pearl Izumi) 4.30.04 4.17.27
14 Jon Odams (The Bike Shed) 4.36.11 4.17.91
15 Timothy Mann (Kenmore Cycles) 4.41.80 4.18.29
16 Shane Wode (Intense/Fox/Spy/Manic/ Marzoochi/Sram/Aireal) 4.34.56 4.18.67
17 William Yarwood 4.40.49 4.21.94
18 Jensen Woodcock 4.42.77 4.22.81
19 Chris Dimbill (Craftworks/ Dragon) 4.43.86 4.24.07
20 Jarrah Cocks 4.44.07 4.24.51
21 Luke Strom (Yeti/Citizen/Zeal) 4.46.04 4.24.52
23 Karl Peel 4.38.04 4.27.13
24 Ben Shingler (Carine Cycles) 4.43.03 4.28.01
25 David Weston 4.39.73 4.34.51
26 James French (Standish Cycles Unley) 4.47.00 4.38.38
27 Bruce Hamley 4.40.43 4.40.49
28 Ngari Jenkins (Cycle Worx) 4.41.29 4.42.51
29 Ryan Lennox (Spearman Cycles) 4.31.46 4.52.31
30 Nathan Rennie 4.26.66 DNF

[Scott]

interesting to note the times difference between both runs... better qualifiers would have had slightly better conditions.

[DOM]

Cyclingnews have no idea ..

looks in the photo's ... Winner Sam hill .. and they have a photo of Bryn haha.

Sam's Main Sponsor Spy would love Bryn's Oakley stickers all over the shop.

[Jordy]

http://www.cyclingnews.com./photos.php?id=photos/2003/nov03/ausmtbnats03/dh/MG17 hahahahahaha !!!! he lost his shoes !!! he ran to the finish line :lol:

[Jordy]

. Noted absenses from the main race were Rennie (crashed out in qualifying)



i think rennie was in the race but he crashed in it aswell... i might be wrong though

[dhmum]

Nathan did not crash in qualifying! He crashed in the final and loosened bolts on his stem. He had to walk his bike down as he could not steer properly.
My congratulations to Sam! In horrific conditions he did a great job.
I would like to thank the organisers for continuing the event even though we almost froze to death.
The 4x was ridiculous! A big apology to the BMX people is in order.

[wombat]

The 4x was ridiculous! A big apology to the BMX people is in order.

That's for sure! Talk about terrible timing, Barnsey's ego may have been overpowering if he'd won sport though :P