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In the women’s class, there were 3 World Champs contenders. Vanessa Quin (2:28.99) in her first race back since the crash in Vigo, Spain, took the win by 3 seconds over Misty Lee, and Kelly Smith was 3rd. Vanessa could actually see the bright side of a wet race for her comeback, “it probably slowed me down so the wrist was able to hold on and not bounce off as it might have in the dry, hitting roots & stuff at pace”.
[+]SEE OUR INTERVIEW WITH VANESSA IN THE LEAD UP TO THE ROTO 06 WORLDS
In other classes, Campbell Robertson (2:28.69) was first in the Junior hardtail,
followed by Thomas Northcott (2:50.13), and Simon Lee (2:53.63).
Rod Chave (2:41.96) won the Hardtail class, with James Taylor 2nd (2:50.46), and Blyth Pearson 3rd (2:50.92).
Vets was won by Clayton Villars (2:28.87). 6 seconds back was Shane Baker (2:34.63), and rounding out the top 3 was Mark Horrocks (2:38.63).
Jonathon Speedy (2:14.57) was fastest “under 19”, just over a second faster than Ashley Abel, with Allister Donald back in 3rd (2:17.54).
The best ride of the day came from Sam Baker who cleaned up his class (“under 15”), with a gap of 21 seconds on 2nd place Mitchell McDivitt. Third place, was Johnny Casey (2:31.63).Sam also smoked all the under 19’s and was 5th overall with his time of 2:05.87.
Next round is the final at Dome Valley on 5th/6th August, which should attract a big contingent of riders wanting some pre-worlds racing.
See you there!.
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