Seeding Results for the Downhill at Crankworx Rotorua 2024
Ahead of tomorrow's racing, riders got between the tape for seeding at the RockShox Taniwha Downhill.
Eliana Hulsebosch set the fastest women's time of the day as she beat the 2023 Junior World Champion by 0.3 seconds. The Women's racing saw a close battle for the top seeding position as The Union team's Eliana Hulsebosch just edged ahead of Erice Van Leuven by 0.327 seconds to be last down the hill in finals. Jess Blewitt completed the top three 4.892 back and was the only other rider within 19 seconds of the fastest seeding run before fourth-placed Shania Rawson.
It was another close race for the men as Bernard Kerr barely pulled ahead of a charging Lachlan Stevens-Mcnab. With just 0.25 seconds separating the top times, we could be in for a great tomorrow between Bernrd and Lachlan. Brook Macdonald showed his new Forbidden race bike is working well for him so far as he wrapped up the top three, 2.779 seconds back.
Check out who went fastest and the full results below.
Elite Women
1st. Eliana Hulsebosch: 3:46.289
2nd. Erice Van Leuven: +0.327
3rd. Jess Blewit: +4.892
4th. Shania Rawson: +19.777
5th. Sacha Earnest: +38.059
Elite Men
1st. Bernard Kerr: 3:01.060
2nd. Lachlan Stevens-Mcnab: +0.325
3rd. Brook Macdonald: +2.779
4th. Jakob Jewett: +3.093
5th. Christian Hauser: +3.461
Full Results
Elite Women
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Elite Men
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Finals Start List
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Eliana Hulsebosch set the fastest women's time of the day as she beat the 2023 Junior World Champion by 0.3 seconds. The Women's racing saw a close battle for the top seeding position as The Union team's Eliana Hulsebosch just edged ahead of Erice Van Leuven by 0.327 seconds to be last down the hill in finals. Jess Blewitt completed the top three 4.892 back and was the only other rider within 19 seconds of the fastest seeding run before fourth-placed Shania Rawson.
It was another close race for the men as Bernard Kerr barely pulled ahead of a charging Lachlan Stevens-Mcnab. With just 0.25 seconds separating the top times, we could be in for a great tomorrow between Bernrd and Lachlan. Brook Macdonald showed his new Forbidden race bike is working well for him so far as he wrapped up the top three, 2.779 seconds back.
Check out who went fastest and the full results below.
Elite Women
1st. Eliana Hulsebosch: 3:46.289
2nd. Erice Van Leuven: +0.327
3rd. Jess Blewit: +4.892
4th. Shania Rawson: +19.777
5th. Sacha Earnest: +38.059
Elite Men
1st. Bernard Kerr: 3:01.060
2nd. Lachlan Stevens-Mcnab: +0.325
3rd. Brook Macdonald: +2.779
4th. Jakob Jewett: +3.093
5th. Christian Hauser: +3.461
Full Results
Elite Women
Elite Men
Finals Start List
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She also was the only other rider within 5 seconds of the fastest seeding run.
From Rotorua to Western Europe it's on Sunday March 17.
Correct me if I'm wrong on this, please.