The 2012 South Australian downhill series kicked off at Mount Torrens, approximately 45 minutes from the city and held on private property, Torrens has been a venue used in the state series for some time now. The track has slowly evolved over time, this year the track received a new wooden berm just before the infamous ‘jetty jump’ and a few other tweaks higher up the course.
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With the next World Cup not until June there is a large gap between World Cup races. There are still some big events before then, namely the traditional international season opener, Sea Otter, from the 19th-22nd of April. However, for many riders they tailored their training programs to accomodate for Pietermaritzburgs’ demanding pedally sections. Now that the riders can move back to a more ‘normal’ training program. This is what the Aussies have been up to:
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Not one to ‘pump up our own tyres’ here at downhill247.com but it was cool to see the site featured in the latest [R]evolution mag.A�We scored aA�short write up letting everyone know what the site was about! If you haven’t heard of [R]evo it is the premier downhill/freeride/all mountain mag here in Oz and well worth a read!
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Angus Maddern has been representing Intense Cycles here in Australia and after having a chat with him it was clear that Intense picked the right man to show case their bikes. Angus has amazing skills, a good work ethic and is a general all round nice guy, we had a chat with him and this is what he had to say;
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The final round of the 2011/12 Vic DH series was run and won this weekend in Maldon at Mount Tarrengower. The final round was going to decide the Elite Mens overall winner with Tim Eaton and Connor Fearon separated by only 23 points coming into the event. After qualifying this gap was even smaller, with Tim qualifying first and Connor second, whoever took the higher place in the race would win the overall. As it turned out Rhys Atkinson took the win by 0.18 of a second with Tim Eaton second, Connor Fearon ended up crashing twice in his final run and finished tenth. In the Under 19 category Dean Lucas won by over six seconds with a time that would have placed him top five in Elite, he then raced Elite and finished in third!
Elite Men:
1. Rhys Atkinson 2.10.43
2. Tim Eaton 2.10.61 + 0.18
3. Dean Lucas 2.11.23 + 0.80
4. Marcus Fairbanks 2.12.49 + 2.07
5. Jesse Beare 2.13.49 + 3.06
Under 19 Men:
1. Dean Lucas 2.12.84
2. Trent Piribauer 2.19.18 + 6.33
3. Jai Motherwell 2.19.97 + 7.12
4. Damon Coutts 2.23.65 + 10.81
5. Elijah Marinov 2.24.57 + 11.72
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