Spink rides his heart out

Promising his fiancée that he needed to win the national mountain bike title this weekend before they could marry proved the incentive needed for the eventual winner, Murray Spink. The 30-year-old Melbourne rider rode his heart out to win the tough 105km marathon race in Bendigo. Afterward, he confirmed his wedding date, in two weeks with fiancée Sarah Riley. It was only in the final metres that Spink outsprinted two riders to the line to win in four hours and 30 minutes.

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Open men (105km)
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Murray Spink (Aus)4:30:01
2Jason English (Aus)0:00:03
3Neil Van Der Ploeg (Aus)0:00:04
4Ben Mather (Aus)0:00:29
5Nick Menager (Aus)0:00:30
6Shaun Lewis (Aus)0:01:10
7Matthew Fleming (Aus)0:01:12
8Paul Van der Ploeg (Aus)0:01:33
9Hamish Elliot (Aus)0:02:19
10Troy Glennan (Aus)0:06:08
11Nick Both (Aus)0:06:57
12Luke Fetch (Aus)0:07:40
13Joel Ryan (Aus)0:07:59
14James Williamson (Aus)0:09:11
15Adrian Jackson (Aus)0:12:35
16Phil Orr (Aus)0:16:49
17Scott Liston (Aus)0:22:25
18Jarrod Moroni (Aus)0:24:19
19Rohin Adams (Aus)0:25:14
20Matt Ligtermoet (Aus)0:31:09
21Dean Jones (Aus)0:32:06
22John Darcey (Aus)0:33:55
23Troy Bailey (Aus)0:37:44
24Russell Collett (Aus)0:38:16
25Justin Wornes (Aus)0:40:35
26Carson Tully (Aus)0:40:45
27Brian John (Aus)0:42:34
28Paul Randell (Aus)0:42:44
29Andras Nagy (Aus)0:43:12
30Mark Tupalski (Aus)0:47:07
31Mark Fenner (Aus)0:47:08
32Andrew Mock (Aus)0:47:21
33Craig Borham (Aus)0:51:25
34Sean Hurley (Aus)0:52:45
35Jason Quigley (Aus)0:56:13
36Tim Jamieson (Aus)0:56:29
37Christopher Tassell (Aus)0:56:54
38Robert Meharry (Aus)0:57:29
39Tim McColl (Aus)0:58:52
40Liam McCrory (Aus)1:01:41
41Mark McInnes (Aus)1:04:27
42Craig Woolard (Aus)1:06:19
43Christian Caceres (Aus)1:06:22
44Roger Cull (Aus)1:06:44
45Chris Fryer (Aus)1:07:38
46Lloyd Neilson (Aus)1:07:55
47Dean Cowling (Aus)1:11:12
48Damien McGoldrick (Aus)1:11:22
49Grant Lebbink (Aus)1:11:54
50Scott Welch (Aus)1:12:16
51Jeffrey Williams (NZl)1:12:53
52Warren Faneco (Aus)1:14:24
53Mark Simpson (Aus)1:15:22
54Leigh Barratt (Aus)1:17:19
55Peter Winfield (Aus)1:19:44
56Matthew Griggs (Aus)1:20:04
57Craig Fromhold (Aus)1:20:43
58Brett Kellett (Aus)1:21:21
59Ronan Magaharan (Aus)Row 58 - Cell 2
60Matthew McGill (Aus)1:22:15
61Beven Kerr (Aus)1:23:50
62Bryan Maris (Aus)1:23:53
63Niels-Henrick Laugesen (Aus)1:24:58
64Andrew McCallum (Aus)1:28:07
65Gareth Syme (Aus)Row 64 - Cell 2
66Brian Cameron (Aus)1:29:55
67Dean Thomas (Aus)1:30:05
68Craig Cummings (Aus)1:30:06
69Ollie Klein (Aus)1:30:09
70Casper Murtonen (Aus)1:30:46
71Stewart McKenzie (Aus)1:32:24
72Tim Rowe (Aus)1:33:44
73Stuart Bajema (Aus)1:36:14
74Bryce Young (Aus)1:38:52
75Anthony Caffry (Aus)1:41:19
76Mark Hester (Aus)1:41:48
77John Tassell (Aus)1:42:05
78Tony Clark (Aus)1:43:06
79Andrew Gogos (Aus)1:46:53
80Kerry Ryan (Aus)1:47:56
81Geoff Kelly (Aus)1:48:06
82Chris Edwards (Aus)1:49:02
83Alistair Gribble (Aus)1:51:56
84Tim Neal (Aus)1:52:35
85Brett Henderson (Aus)1:53:29
86John Anderson (Aus)1:56:01
87Craig Baylis (Aus)1:56:39
88Tony French (Aus)1:56:40
89Peter McWaters (Aus)2:02:35
90Walter Lederman (Aus)2:02:56
91Mark Lunn (Aus)2:03:21
92Ashley Gale (Aus)2:03:39
93Alan Carpenter (Aus)2:05:17
94Christian Lloyd (Aus)2:05:19
95Steve Brindle (Aus)2:07:22
96Dylan Reilly (Aus)2:09:45
97David Kidd (Aus)2:12:00
98Malcolm Tirabassi (Aus)2:17:36
99John de Pree (Aus)2:18:02
100David Randabel (Aus)2:22:39
101Scott Lancaster (Aus)2:24:05
102Rohan Williams (Aus)2:25:49
103Gregor Blair-Smith (Aus)2:30:16
104Grant Rieger (Aus)2:33:51
105John Watts (Aus)2:35:48
106Matthew Scanlon (Aus)2:41:15
107Ranald Young (Aus)2:41:37
108David Samuel (Aus)2:42:01
109Adam Kelsall (Aus)2:42:57
110Stephen Goodall (Aus)2:47:44
111Marco Stiffler (Swi)2:54:11
112Stefan Wright (Aus)2:54:12
113Duncan Harrison (Aus)2:56:19
114Andrew Symons (Aus)2:58:44
115Michael Stanbrough (Aus)3:00:06
116Kim Carrigan (Aus)3:01:35
117Stephen Johnson (Aus)3:04:36
118Gavin Dunk (Aus)3:04:48
119Paul Ripp (Aus)3:10:21
120Scott Benton (Aus)3:21:59
121Neil Kinder (Aus)3:37:24
122Gary Nelson (Aus)3:56:55
DNFRowan Smith (Aus)Row 122 - Cell 2
DNFNathan Wilson (Aus)Row 123 - Cell 2
DNFJonathan Goh (Aus)Row 124 - Cell 2
DNFJohn Groves (Aus)Row 125 - Cell 2
DNFTim McGrath (Aus)Row 126 - Cell 2
DNFMichael Smith (Aus)Row 127 - Cell 2
DNFRob Croft (Aus)Row 128 - Cell 2
DNFAdam Benton (Aus)Row 129 - Cell 2
DNFAsh Harvey (Aus)Row 130 - Cell 2
DNSJoshua Carlson (Aus)Row 131 - Cell 2
DNSJames Devonshire (Aus)Row 132 - Cell 2
DNSJames Kennedy (Aus)Row 133 - Cell 2
DNSJonathan Cowan (Aus)Row 134 - Cell 2
DNSRaymond Hart (Aus)Row 135 - Cell 2
DNSChristopher Herron (Aus)Row 136 - Cell 2
DNSMallachi Moxon (Aus)Row 137 - Cell 2
DNSGarry Lewis (Aus)Row 138 - Cell 2
DNSTimothy Arch (Aus)Row 139 - Cell 2
DNSAndrew Chisholm (Aus)Row 140 - Cell 2
DNSJames Lamb (Aus)Row 141 - Cell 2
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Open women (105km)
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Tory Thomas (Aus)5:33:13
2Peta Mullens (Aus)0:02:00
3Jenni King (Aus)0:07:27
4Rebecca Locke (Aus)0:19:17
5Jessica Douglas (Aus)0:33:54
6Meg Carrigan (Aus)0:40:05
7Tania Churchill (Aus)1:18:32
8Jo Williams (Aus)1:27:16
9Courtney Shinn (Aus)1:37:34
10Kim Whitehouse (Aus)1:50:08
11Carolyn Jackson (Aus)2:08:58
12Jane Catford (Aus)2:40:17
DNFJoanna Wall (Aus)Row 12 - Cell 2
DNFKelly Bartlett (Aus)Row 13 - Cell 2
DNSKatrien Van Der Spiegel (Aus)Row 14 - Cell 2
DNSTrudy Nicholas (Aus)Row 15 - Cell 2
DNSNaomi Hansen (Aus)Row 16 - Cell 2
DNSClaire Stevens (Aus)Row 17 - Cell 2
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Open men (50km)
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1James Hanus2:00:09
2Jim Hsu0:05:06
3Craig Peacock0:07:06
4Mikkeli Godfree0:08:14
5Jack Jane0:08:58
6Enrico Eberhart0:09:58
7Dyon BaldingRow 6 - Cell 2
8Brendon Darby0:12:09
9Josh Sek0:12:16
10Barry King0:14:59
11Thomas Power0:15:09
12Andrew Caithness0:15:25
13Sean Baker0:15:59
14Gerard Thompson0:17:19
15Daniel Vains0:18:19
16Nick Grosso0:18:49
17Jarrod Stonham0:19:04
18Mark Casey0:20:16
19Christopher Pase0:21:50
20Robert Gittins0:22:20
21Aaron Batchelor0:22:57
22John Carmody0:23:55
23Marc Bishop0:24:05
24John Wright0:26:20
25Steve Nichols0:28:46
26Kyle Naish0:28:53
27Steve Flood0:30:15
28Scott Grinter0:30:24
29Shannon Turner0:30:47
30Andrew Hollole0:31:28
31Dean McKeown0:31:32
32Tim Harman0:32:36
33Wayne Buttie0:34:28
34Shaun Henchley0:34:37
35Phillip Souter0:34:42
36Rowan Tatchell0:34:45
37Jon Ozanne0:34:51
38Steve McRae0:34:53
39Ashlin Casey0:35:33
40Gerben Graske-Borst0:36:11
41Simon Utting0:37:59
42Martin Jackson0:39:28
43Steve Sharp0:40:03
44Brett Bradley0:44:02
45Anthony Cowling0:44:22
46Garth Kellett0:44:29
47David Kennett0:44:48
48Jared Hartley0:48:54
49David Macauley0:49:24
50Phil Watts0:50:24
51Tim Moore0:50:27
52Richard Ovesen0:51:08
53Michael Tyrrell0:53:22
54Troy Kernaghan0:54:19
55Liam Barr0:54:20
56Colin Gleeson0:54:24
57Benjamin Culton0:54:32
58Peter Hart0:56:54
59Ian Wilson1:00:36
60Frank Gasperic1:02:25
61Peter Mayne1:03:54
62Andrew Thompson1:04:24
63Andrew Herron1:05:39
64Mark Southby1:06:31
65Andrew Price1:07:17
66Peter Guy1:07:51
67Nick Colwell1:11:10
68Joel Rockes1:12:22
69Simon Short1:14:01
70Paul Mays1:15:46
71Craig Harrop1:17:52
72Martin Savage1:18:33
73Steve Comber1:25:48
74David Kellett1:29:14
75Shane Branigan1:30:32
76Donald Cairney1:30:53
77Geoffrey Ashburner1:31:27
78Kieron Smythe1:43:26
79Kevin Hibbins1:43:27
80Nick Hoare1:43:28
81Geoff Pollard1:43:29
82Kingsley Morse-McNabb1:46:26
DNFWarwick McWatersRow 82 - Cell 2
DNFJukka PirkolaRow 83 - Cell 2
DNFAndrew MackenzieRow 84 - Cell 2
DNFRod LukeRow 85 - Cell 2
DNFMark FloodRow 86 - Cell 2
DNSWade CarberryRow 87 - Cell 2
DNSJoel ProudRow 88 - Cell 2
DNSGareth BakerRow 89 - Cell 2
DNSJonas AndexlingerRow 90 - Cell 2
DNSDarren HyndRow 91 - Cell 2
DNSPaul PurcellRow 92 - Cell 2
DNSStefan RomitiRow 93 - Cell 2
DNSJohn SkiltonRow 94 - Cell 2
DNSStephen RowleyRow 95 - Cell 2
DNSNathan McAvaneyRow 96 - Cell 2
DNSRichard DayRow 97 - Cell 2
DNSRobert SouthgateRow 98 - Cell 2
DNSPhill LewisRow 99 - Cell 2
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Open women (50km)
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Niki Fisher2:20:52
2Lisa Jacobs0:01:53
3Elizabeth Taylor0:10:56
4Jo King0:11:00
5Shelly Flood0:11:32
6Erica Gurner0:14:58
7Shelley McColl0:16:55
8Prita Jobling-Baker0:17:12
9Irene Whennen0:21:49
10Linda Wylie0:27:37
11Paula Ewing0:38:16
12Monica Campi0:41:04
13Rebecca Freeman0:44:11
14Delphine Cantin0:48:23
15Deborah Richards0:50:21
16Helen Newman1:01:21
17Lizzie Pope1:09:58
DNFBeth MeadesRow 17 - Cell 2
DNFMarita DelanyRow 18 - Cell 2
DNSChristy HarrisRow 19 - Cell 2
DNSNele WalkerRow 20 - Cell 2
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Open men (25km)
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Morgan Clark1:00:46
2Simon Birch0:05:21
3Bill McEvoy0:06:51
4Shaun Wright0:08:45
5Alex Sharp0:09:19
6Michael Salvitti0:12:45
7Simon Legge0:14:31
8James Taylor0:16:37
9Matt Haymes0:16:39
10Hugh Kelly0:20:29
11Nic Cherry0:24:46
12Timothy Jackson0:25:37
13Chris Hewitt0:29:37
14Dean Crozier0:30:03
15Mark Francis0:30:31
16Simulai Michie0:32:58
17Nathan Caithness0:34:47
18Damian Collins0:46:18
19Ben Meiers0:56:35
20Jackson Southby1:00:01
21Ben Jackson1:07:30
22Andrew Meiers3:29:36
DNFFelix SmalleyRow 22 - Cell 2
DNSTimmy TylerRow 23 - Cell 2
DNSSimon De CampoRow 24 - Cell 2
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Open women (25km)
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Joanna Battersby1:20:03
2Amanda Lake0:01:14
3Jasmine Meiers2:11:46
4Nina Meiers3:10:18

Sue George is an editor at Cyclingnews.  She coordinates all of the site's mountain bike race coverage and assists with the road, 'cross and track coverage.

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