Race 3, St. Ouen's Mill: Summer Mountain Bike Series 2006

 

Sponsored by Lawrence de Gruchy Cycles

Race 3 of the Lawrence Du Gruchy Summer series took place in hot and humid conditions at St. Ouen's Mill. The fast and dry course with its mixture of single and double track, rocky decent and long climb was the perfect setting for some tough racing.

From the line all 35 riders made a quick start with everyone wanting the race line. The elite riders where first through the first bottleneck, opening a considerable gap within the first half a lap. Robin Ovenden made his move early, taking the lead on the first lap and extended it lap after lap with over a two minute lead by the final whistle. Current Elite Champion Kieron Mills battled it out with new elite contender Adam Wojtkiewicz, taking a few laps to find his rhythm but eventually finished strongly in second place with Adam having to settle for third.

With current Veteran Champion Bruce Dingle absent, the race was wide open for the taking. Having just return from 8 days racing across the alps in the Transalp Challenge, Mick Ollivier and Michael Boarer where set to test their fitness and battle it out for the win. From a blistering start Michael Boarer put his head down and never looked back until the finish line for his first win of this Summer season. Behind, Mick Ollivier rode consistently for second, holding off Pete Dingle in third.

In the Sports class James Ollivier put in a great ride to take his second victory from the ever-improving Rhys Hidrio. Gary Osborne had another good ride but had to settle for third this time.

Caroline Davies won the women's class with her smooth riding style from Janet Gallichan.

The next race of the series will be held at Vautiers, Sion, St. John on Sunday 3 rd September. Please see the club website www.ccc.org.je for more information.

Postion	Elite
1	Robin Ovenden
2	Kieron Mills
3	Adam Wojtkiewicz
4	Ian Le lai
5	Ben Burtenshaw
	Sport
1	James Olivier
2	Rhys Hidrio
3	Gary Osbourne
4	Chris Stone
5	Jim Connolly
6	Damain Maher
7	Richard Surcouf
8	Lee Wells
9	Krzysztof Jeromkin
10	Matthew Plunkett
11	Corin Barker
12	Jamie Thomson
13	Andy Parslow
14	Simon Hoskins
	Veterans
1	Michael Boarer
2	Michael Ollivier
3	Pete Dingle
4	Colin Malzard
5	Jon Coote
6	Simon Stead
7	David Bihet
8	Colin Hidrio
9	Toby Cooles
10	Trevor Bertram
11	Michael Coutanche
	Super Vets
1	Mark Knowlton
2	Simon Slaffer

	School Boys & Girls
1	Rory Hidrio
2	Chantelle Coote
	Women
1	Caroline Davies
2	Janet Gallichan

	Overall Positions
1	Robin Ovenden
2	Kieron Mills
3	Adam Wojtkiewicz
4	James Olivier
5	Ian Le lai
6	Michael Boarer
7	Mick Ollivier
8	Ben Burtenshaw (Gsy)
9	Pete Dingle
10	Rhys Hidrio
11	Gary Osbourne
12	Colin Malzard
13	Chris Stone
14	Jon Coote
15	Jim Connolly
16	Damain Maher
17	Richard Surcouf
18	Simon Stead
19	David Bihet
20	Lee Wells
21	Krzysztof Jeromkin
22	Matthew Plunkett
23	Corin Barker
24	Mark Knowlton
25	Colin Hidrio
26	Toby Cooles
27	Jamie Thomson
28	Andy Parslow
29	Trevor Bertram
30	Simon Slaffer
31	Simon Hoskins
32	Michael Coutanche