SA Enduro Series - Eagle Park -

Adelaide has a lot of cycling options, if you are into that lycra, skinny, wheeled caper then the Tour Down Under is the pinnacle for you. However, if you are into mountain bikes, which we assume you are because you are reading this then Adelaide has a lot going on for it, one of its greatest assets is Eagle Mountain Bike Park. Located 20 minutes from the city centre, the park has a range of trails and played host to round 2 of the Gravity Enduro of South Australia (GESA) series.

There was some great riding had over all the stages.

Leading up to the event the weather was reflecting the current winter season but come race day it had cleared up, make no mistake there was plenty of water left around though. It didn’t dampen the spirits of the riders though.

Iced coffee! No it is just the left over water on the track... — Iced coffee! No it is just the left over water on the track…

If you are a regular at Eagle then stage names such as Sunset Boulevard, Top Deck and Overlocker will be familiar to you. If not then think of single track, with a mix of rocks, built up corners and fun rollers. The transition stages were wide fire roads that, whilst not impossible, did have a few people getting off and walking.

The reward for the uphills was a series of rewarding downhill stages.

The results are as follows;

Elite Men:

1. Cameron Ryan

2. Simon Buzacott

3. Curtis Dowdell

Elite Women:

1. Shelly Flood

2. Anna Puckridge

3. Moira Love

Junior Men:

1. Matthew Taylor

2. Sam Walsh

3. Sam Walter

There was a good turn out of riders across the categories and the organising committee put another great event together. We have a few more pictures from the event below, enjoy.

Aussie downhill legend Steve Marsh with one of the most impressive moves of the day. The majority of riders were going around this rock, a few of the elite men were riding up on to it and dropping off. Well, Steve came in at full pace and used the first rock as a lip and jumped the whole lot! He washed out in the next corner but he had previously been riding this out. Very impressive.

Sunset Boulevard saw riders ducking, weaving, going over, around and down!

Cameron Ryan took the Elite Men's win after another battle with Simon Buzacott. — Cameron Ryan took the Elite Men’s win after another battle with Simon Buzacott.

Shelly Flood took the Elite Women's win in the sunshine. — Shelly Flood took the Elite Women’s win in the sunshine.

The next round goes to Fox Creek, see you out there!

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SA Enduro Series – Eagle Park

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