Seeding Results for the Downhill at Crankworx Rotorua 2023

Mar 18, 2023 at 4:33
by Ed Spratt  
Ahead of tomorrow's racing riders got between the tape for seeding at the RockShox Taniwha Downhill. Check out who went fastest below.

Elite Women

1st. Louise Ferguson: 4:02.015
2nd. Jenna Hastings: +6.111
3rd. Vinny Armstrong: +8.924
4th. Jess Blewitt: +9.361
5th. Shania Rawson: +13.874

Elite Men

1st. Loic Bruni: 3:14.103
2nd. Sam Blenkinsop: +2.571
3rd. Tuhoto-Ariki Pene: +3.335
4th. Bernard Kerr: +3.588
5th. Loris Vergier: +4.292

U19 Women

1st. Sacha Earnest: 4:19.313
2nd. Vanesa Petrovská: +36.011
3rd. Georgia Sweeney: +2:18.230
4th. Zali Miklas: +2:24.976
5th. Violet Cleland: +3:16.715

U19 Men

1st. Joe Millington: 3:31.460
2nd. Luke Wayman: +1.634
3rd. Ryan Hastings: +2.709
4th. Hudson Rose: +4.493
5th. Ty Muirhead: +8.042



Full Results

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28 Comments
  • 23 0
 Sik Mik in 6th!
  • 5 0
 retired Sik Mik still faster than most will ever be - such a boss
  • 13 0
 Glad to see Bleki finally get a good result!!
  • 5 0
 New bike seems to be working well for him, I'd love to see him do well at the WC races this year.
  • 3 0
 Great result coming second in the race
  • 1 0
 He won the same race in November last year?
  • 1 0
 @coney: Different track. That was on the Skyline track, this one's in the Whakarewarewa forest.
  • 1 0
 @coney: Sorry, I got that wrong, yes, he did.
  • 2 0
 @commental: yeah I marshalled that race, he was flying! He’s never been off the pace in NZ, always quick AF.
  • 10 0
 Some good footage on Bernard Kerr's YouTube channel. After yesterdays wet practice, it looked sooo much better for seeding!
  • 8 1
 The pace difference between practice and seeding run was nuts! Let's go sportsfans!
  • 6 0
 I was expecting a bigger stack of World pros... Don't blame after when UCI sucks!
  • 5 0
 Yeha woulda been mint to have had Jackson Goldstone and Laurie stick around after fanging it round Qtown for a couple weeks, but they must have a Syndicate testing camp on or something
  • 1 0
 To be honest I have not been paying enough attention last year, but is this the first year elite for Siel? Yes she's a mighty lot behind Louise, but sixth in this field isn't bad at all.
  • 3 0
 Jackson Connelly still racing under the Pinkbike umbrella?!
  • 1 0
 Was wondering same
  • 3 0
 Bruni and Blenki getting the old band back together!
  • 1 0
 Love it when non-sponsored elite racers outperform there full factory colleagues, potentially some good upsets in elite women.
  • 2 0
 Congrats on your first seeding wins of the year, Loic and Louise!!!
  • 11 0
 It's an achievement, to be sure, but it's not like they won timed training or anything
  • 1 0
 @jgoldfield: Cannot wait to get back to TT racing!
  • 3 0
 Yes BLENKI!
  • 1 0
 Loic's normally slower early season, doesn't look that way with Lori's 4 secs back
  • 1 0
 Happy to see Bernard staying fast!
  • 1 0
 Who else on here wants to try out for the rob warner team?
  • 1 2
 Why no coverage?
  • 3 0
 @wslee: will be shown live on Red Bull tv and the Red Bull bike YouTube channel.







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