Van der Ploeg wins Aussie short track title
Henderson victorious among the women


Paul van der Ploeg and Rebecca Henderson won the short track crowns at the 2012 Australian MTB Championships at Adelaide's Eagle MTB Park.
Van der Ploeg finished second to Dan McConnell in yesterday's elite men's cross country race, but the big Victorian reversed the result today in the short track.
A classic battle saw van der Ploeg pull away from McConnell on the last lap to win in a time of 23:40, 9 seconds ahead of his rival. Sid Taberlay was third, recording a time of 24:03.
"It was tough racing out there, really fast and we all kept each other honest," said van der Ploeg.
"It was on from the gun. I had an attack, then Dan had an attack and then Luke Fetch had one too. There were a lot of people switching off the front and Chris Jongewaard, who was the reigning national champ, had a flat tyre, so luck plays a part."
In the elite women's category, Henderson fought off a spirited Katherine O'Shea and Rowena Fry charge to collect her second national title of the weekend, after claiming the under 23 cross country race yesterday.
Henderson crossed in a time of 18:48, four seconds ahead of Fry.
"I was super happy to get today's win. I haven't won a short course against these girls before, so I couldn't think of a better time to do it than at the national championships," said Henderson.
"It was a bit of a three-way battle for the entire race. Kat and I were out in front for a while then Rowena clawed back on to us and I made a bit of a sneaky move on the outside of her. I had no idea I had a gap on them and I looked around at the start-finish and realised I had a gap and I just went for it."
Billy Sewell took out the under 19 men's category while Peter Kreilis was crowned the sport men's champ.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Paul Van Der Ploeg | 0:23:39 |
2 | Daniel McConnell | 0:00:09 |
3 | Sid Taberlay | 0:00:23 |
4 | Lachlan Norris | 0:00:28 |
5 | Luke Fetch | 0:00:29 |
6 | Brenton Jones | 0:00:40 |
7 | Jack Haig | 0:01:05 |
8 | Robbie Hucker | 0:01:30 |
Lapped | Joshua Carlson | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Cameron Ivory | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Michael Crosbie | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Adrian Jackson | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Daniel McDonald | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Nick Both | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Mark Fenner | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Sebastian Jayne | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Rowan Brown | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Blake Polverino | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Damon Willmore | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Sam Chancellor | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | James Hanus | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Andrew Blair | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Robbie Rhodes | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Alexander Meyland | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Jarryd Jones | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Chris Jongewaard | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Matthew Fleming | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
DNS | James Downing | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Ben Hogarth | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Andrew Arthur | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Dylan Cooper | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Gregory Ellis | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Nicholas Morgan | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Jared Rando | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Anthony Shippard | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Rebecca Henderson | 0:18:48 |
2 | Rowena Fry | 0:00:04 |
3 | Katherine O'Shea | 0:00:07 |
4 | Peta Mullens | 0:00:34 |
5 | Jenny Fay | 0:00:57 |
6 | Jenni King | 0:00:57 |
Lapped | Rosemary Barnes | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Kelly Bartlett | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Lindsay Gorrell | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Sarah Tucknott | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Tory Thomas | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Holly Harris | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Nic Learmonth | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Rachel Weatherly | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Billy Sewell | 0:19:05 |
2 | Chris Hamilton | 0:00:16 |
3 | Ben Forbes | 0:00:17 |
4 | Reece Tucknott | 0:00:32 |
5 | Jacob Langham | 0:00:42 |
6 | Scott Bowden | 0:00:57 |
7 | David Bleakley | 0:01:00 |
Lapped | Simon Harrington | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Dean Madden | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Christopher Aitken | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Ethan Kelly | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Cameron Prosser | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Thomas Coach | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Jack Lavis | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ben Bradley | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Ned Gaynor | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Ben Comfort | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Henry Baird | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Peter Kreilis | 0:20:04 |
2 | Darcey Pirotta | 0:00:08 |
3 | Benjamin Gooley | 0:00:51 |
4 | Kevin Harnett | 0:00:54 |
Lapped | Josh Smith | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Tom Freeman | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Michael Hanslip | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Lucas Pitt | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Zale Ross-Willmore | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
Lapped | Stephen Weatherly | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
DNF | David Harris | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
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