Back in beautiful Bright for the Australian MTB National Champs.
Thursday saw sunny sky’s and warm weather for Track walk. With the weather turning the complete opposite for day 1 of practice on Friday. Rain fell for all morning and early afternoon leaving the track wet and slippery especially on the roots in the forrest.
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We headed to Thredbo over the weekend in the picturesque Snowy Mountains for the third round of the MTBA national series. The track is one of the longest, roughest and gnarliest going around, for this round a few changes had been made – the corners and berms were built up which allowed extra speed to be carried across the track. Of course this meant new ‘pseudo’ doubles were being found by riders with their new found speed. This didn’t come without consequences – talk to Curtis Keene who couldn’t race after smashing countless wheels over the weekend. Even more worryingly was Troy Brosnan who crashed and dislocated his shoulder, with the World Cup season getting closer this was an unneeded set back, we know TB though, he will bounce back! Continue reading “Thredbo – Australian National Round 3”
Sunday morning for round 2 of the MTBA national series and everyone was keen to see what the riders could produce after seeding was tightly packed the day before. Race day is generally the day lines are sorted and everyone is just keen to get on with it, a few practice runs, some fuel and up top for finals!
The under 19s was always going to produce tight racing and it didn’t disappoint! For all the results see the MTBA website.A�In the end Jackson Frew just edged out Remy Morton, watch out for these two as they continue the battle into the world cups next year.
Moving onto Elite and the women’s competition was just as tight, in the end Danielle Beecroft took the win after spending some time off her bike due to injury.
In the elite men’s class the battle between Jack Moir and Graeme Mudd continued, in the end of the day Jack made it 2 from 2.
We have a few more images of the day for you all to enjoy!
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Qualifying took place under blue skies and at the end of the day times were tight across all categories! It can be hard to read into each result but one thing is for sure, racing is going to be close! Graeme Mudd took the fastest qualifier by just 0.25 seconds from Jack Moir, third was Tom Crimmins, fourth Chris Kovarik and fifth was Timmy Eaton. For the women Danni Beecroft was the fastest, Sarah Booth was just 0.46 arrears, Tegan Molloy was third, fourth was Kellie Weinert and rounding out the top five was Michelle Crisp.
In the juniors recent GT Bicycles factory signing Jackson Frew edged out Remy Morton. Looking at the junior women it was Sian A’Hern who was the fastest qualifier with Jessica Sergo second.
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For round 2 of the Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA) national series we head to the nation’s capital, Canberra and Mount Stromlo. This park has held world championships, world cups, countless national and state races so it is a well known beast. A lot of riders have commented that it is fun to ride but hard to race, especially with the large sprint at the end. With the first days of practice done we have RF Photographics giving us a run down on the event so far.
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Day 3a��the grand finale to wrap up an outstanding weekend of riding and it certainly didn’t disappoint! A legendary track, one that will beat you and your bike up if you don’t pay it respect! That said it is a blast if you get it all right…
Troy Brosnan had qualified first the day before so he was the man to beatA� but with such a stacked field of talented riders from Australia and overseas it was anyone’s race to win. In the woman’s Tegan Molloy had qualified first and was set to take the win in all the events she had entered.
With the final practice done and dusted it was time to race! There were a large number of contestants and the majoirty had a great time (there were a few crashes but overall it is a fair bet they still enjoyed themselves in the grand scheme of things).
As the times dropped and the speeds got faster it was both Tegan and Troy who both took the win. Conor Fearon came in second after a gnarly crash in practice up on one of the big senders. Sam Hill Rounded out the podium. Tegan was joined on the podium by Sian Ahern and Lisa Mathison.
Well this rounds out the coverage from the 2015 Canonball festival, its been a superb weekend organised by Thredbo MTB team with non stop action all weekend long. If you haven’t made it out to this event definitely put it on your hit list.
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