Results: Downhill and XC - Oceania Cycling Championships

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hyperpower88 (Apr 10, 2019 at 4:13)

Junior winner had the fastest time of the day by almost 2 sec, impressive!!

SebastienGlineur (Apr 10, 2019 at 8:16)

Yes he is a really fast rider and a nice guy too

tilt-shift-films (Apr 11, 2019 at 4:02)

The junior winner smashed the entire elite field and that's not even mentioned in the article?! Should be the bloody headline! Shoddy reporting there.

nug12182 (Apr 10, 2019 at 3:59)

Conner be racing any and every race.Podiums too.

brownies FL (Apr 10, 2019 at 9:24)

This rivalry could be a great catalyst, pinned young guns banter with each other which helps left the team morale... and soon the results come.
Best example ever was that MadCatz Ironhorse team of 03/04. Roll call:

Nathan Rennie - 2003 WC Champ
Sam Hill - 2003 Junior Word Champion (with a crash), time was still good for a podium in elite
Bryn Atkinson - top WC and Norba results
Jared Graves - destroying WC and Norba 4X and downhill

All young Aussie pinners, dominating WC’s and Norba. Rennie soon moved to the Syndicate and graves went to yeti, but the legacy still lived on through Sam Hill and that Ironhorse Sunday.

suspended-flesh FL (Apr 10, 2019 at 8:36)

How come picture #2 is from a previous Sea Otter Classic?

feazel (Apr 10, 2019 at 14:33)

and the first pic is from the DH track at Skyline Rotorua! Guess nobody got a photo from the race so they're just using what they have of that person

Bergsmannen (Apr 10, 2019 at 4:34)

Same distance for both men and women? Really long times in the womens race.

SangamonTaylor (Apr 10, 2019 at 6:03)

Did Sam Gaze race? Full results don’t seem to be loading for me.

Offrhodes FL (Apr 10, 2019 at 10:51)

It appears Sam Gaze did not race, he was not listed in the results at all. It loaded for me.

coney FL (Apr 10, 2019 at 13:47)

@Offrhodes: loads of names missing from this, in XC and DH both. 20 competitors in the elite men's DH from Oceania seems thin...anyone know why?

Pynchonite (Apr 10, 2019 at 14:22)

Gaze suffered a concussion during the Absa Cape Epic. Prolly still recovering.

casey79 FL (Apr 10, 2019 at 17:51)

@coney: most of the top dogs don't need the UCI points from the Oceania's, NZ to Australia is a fairly expensive flight which their team may not pick up and after the Australian Nationals many riders would have been happy to sit it out over risking injury before the WC season.

silentbutdeadly (Apr 10, 2019 at 23:40)

@coney: results are only for the finishers. If you look at the numbers (particularly in XCO) there's a few gaps. And I know of a couple of starters that were dnf due to mechanicals and they are not listed...

coney FL (Apr 11, 2019 at 15:10)

@casey79: true that - cheers for explaining. never been a racer, so have no idea why something that sounds like top billing on the face of it would be redundant for many of the top tier.

coney FL (Apr 11, 2019 at 15:11)

@silentbutdeadly: weird. "Full Results......but not really"

Brent-F (Apr 11, 2019 at 7:55)

Only 4 Elite DHI women competitors with 2 DNS...ouch!