Jongewaard wins elite men's short track
Standish claims U19 championship



































South Australia's Chris Jongewaard completed his successful return to elite-level mountain biking with a tight victory in the men's short track national championship, one day after claiming the elite men's cross country title.
Jongewaard outsprinted Victorian young gun Paul Van Der Ploeg for the win, while 2010 national champion Sid Taberlay collected the bronze 28 seconds later.
"Definitely backing up after yesterday is a good feeling. It's just a different type of race, there is so much heartrate involved, you have to keep it up and you can't really back off," Jongewaard said. "It makes it extra hard when you have a big power house chasing you down from behind."
1 | Chris Jongewaard | 0:23:19 |
2 | Paul Van Der Ploeg (Felt Bicycles, Sram Components, Torq Nutrition) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Sid Taberlay (Kenda / H20 Overdrive) | 0:00:28 |
4 | Lachlan Norris | 0:00:32 |
5 | Ben Henderson (Torq/Anytime Fitness,Stromlo Forest Park,Capital Bicycle Hire) | 0:00:45 |
6 | Aiden Lefmann | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Luke Fetch (Search2Retain - Felt) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Ben Mather (Rapid Cycling, Adidas) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Peter Hatton | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Andrew Blair (Swell Redshift Mtb Team, Felt, Frm, Sram, Maxxis) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Shaun Lewis | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Trenton Day (Scott Bikes, Breakaway Cycles) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Mitchell Codner (Rotor / Frs Magura Gu Energy Gel) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Matthew Fleming (Clarence St Cyclery, Shimano, Trek) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | James Downing (Lonsdale St Cyclery Canberra) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Brendan Johnston | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Scott Liston (Search2Retain - Felt) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Ben Hogarth | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Garry Millburn (Cannondale, Turramurra Cyclery, Hammer Nutrition) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Michael Crosbie | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | John Groves (Apollo Bikes) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Adrian Jackson | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Cal Britten (Search2Retain - Felt) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Jack Lamshed (Search2Retain, Felt Bicycles) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Jarrad Burrell | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Daniel McConnell | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Neil Van Der Ploeg (Search2Retain - Felt) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Nick Both (Swell-Redshift Racing) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Joshua Carlson (Rockstar Racing, Giant Bicycles, Ftptraining.Com) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Anthony Shippard | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
1 | Ryan Standish (Ultimate Ride Bike Shop) | 0:18:56 |
2 | Billy Sewell (Gordon Street Cycles, Focus, Haven Marine) | 0:00:03 |
3 | Rowan Brown | 0:00:10 |
4 | Christopher Aitken (Breakaway Cycles) | 0:00:18 |
5 | Blake Polverino | 0:00:27 |
6 | Alexander Meyland (Rock And Road Cycles/Giant Bicycles Aust) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Mitchell Vanetie | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Jacob Langham | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Sebastian Jayne | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Daniel McDonald | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Ben Comfort | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | James Hanus | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Thomas Coach (Ultimate Ride) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
DNS | David Wilson | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Angus Maddern | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
1 | Merlin Spranz | 0:19:13 |
2 | Ben Bradley | 0:00:10 |
3 | Christopher Hanson | 0:00:14 |
4 | Reece Tucknott (Wembley Cycles Specialized Bikes Shotz) | 0:00:17 |
5 | Chris Luxton | 0:00:41 |
6 | Hamish Prosser | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Darcy Pirotta | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Phillip Mawbey | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Bill Murphy | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Kevin Harnett | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Andrew Barcroft | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Kevin Wells | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Lucas Pitt | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Mark McInnes (Butler Hr, Kirrawee Cycles, Magura Forks And Brakes.) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
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