Kashi Leuchs and Rosara Joseph have taken out the Elite mens and womens titles respectively at the Gallagher Group Oceania Cross Country Championships in Rotorua.
In addition to being a major form indicator for the Commonwealth Games the wins have assured New Zealand an extra place in the men’s and the women’s fields at the World Champs on the same course in August.

The men’s race was a tightly fought battle with a group of four riders sharing the lead over the six laps of the race. Top Canadian professional rider Geoff Kabush who was ultimately the first over the line, but was not eligible for the Oceania Championships title, took the lead with a blistering turn of pace on the fifth lap and never gave up the lead to take the win in a time of 2 hrs 00 mins 15 secs.

In the women’s race Rosara Joseph dominated from start to finish to win from Annika Smail of Rotorua. On a very tough course and against top quality field Joseph showed that she has the type of all round ability to be a real contender at the Commonwealth Games and at the World Championships.

Overall the day was a huge success for the New Zealand riders and the event organising committee who were using the event as a test run for the New Zealand Community Trust UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships.

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Gallagher Group Oceania Cross Country Championships Results:
ELITE MEN
1.) Geoff Kabush (Canada) – Not eligible for Oceania medal
2.) Kashi Leuchs (NZ) – Oceania Champion
3.) Sid Taberlay (Aus) – 2nd Oceania Championships
4.) Christopher Jongewaard (Aus) – 3rd Oceania Championships

ELITE WOMEN
1.) Rosara Joseph (NZ) – Oceania Champion
2.) Annika Smail (NZ) – 2nd Oceania Championships
3.) Kiara Bisaro (Canada)
4.) Robyn Wong (NZ) – 3rd Oceania Championships

Under 23 Men
1 Shaun Lewis (Aus) 2.04.32
2 Clinton Avery (NZ) 2.05.23
3 Daniel McConnell (Aus) 2.06.28

Under 23 Women
1 Lisa Mathison (Aus) 1.53.06
2 Myra Moller (Cook Islands) 1.55.18
3 Fiona Lindsay (NZ) 1.55.57

Under 19 Men
1 Daniel Johnson (Aus)
2 Daniel Braunstein (Aus)
3 Duncan O’Regan (NZ)

Under 19 Women
1 Monique Avery (NZ)
2 Katie O’Neil (NZ)
3 Hayley Robertson (NZ)

New Zealand Community Trust National Series
Elite Men
1 Clinton Avery (Rotorua)
2 Marcus Roy (Te Anau)
3 Michael Northcott (Taupo)

Elite Women
1 Annika Smail (Rotorua)
2 Robyn Wong (Wellington)
3 Sonia Foot (Rotorua)

yay Kashi
Yay Roasara

Yay!

WOOT any Junior results

Go Anja! First time racing in Elite Women and she did awesome!

XCrider wrote:WOOT any Junior results

http://www.vorb.org.nz/images/attach/re ... _final.txt

Yay, they had snipets on 3news

propster wrote:Yay, they had snipets on 3news

Dam i always watch the wrong one

lubie wrote:

XCrider wrote:WOOT any Junior results

http://www.vorb.org.nz/images/attach/re ... _final.txt

I was looking for Expert Junior

where are the expert junior U19 results posted

They're not out yet. Keep checking back though

Under 19 Men
1 Daniel Johnson (Aus)
2 Daniel Braunstein (Aus)
3 Duncan O’Regan (NZ)

Under 19 Women
1 Monique Avery (NZ)
2 Katie O’Neil (NZ)
3 Hayley Robertson (NZ)

I've uploaded quite a few XC race photos this evening - http://www.vorb.org.nz/modules.php?name ... &album=554 - more are on their way.

Basically I snapped hundreds of photos and am selecting a handful to put up on the site. If you raced I may have photographed you so feel free to e-mail me at tama@vorb.org.nz with your race number. I can't guarantee I have a decent photo of you - but there's some good'uns in the pile I took.

Where are the XC results with times and lap times?

dno wrote:Where are the XC results with times and lap times?

We put the results up yesterday arvo but apparently they had some errors in them so we took them back down again.

I'm waiting for the results from BikeNZ.

For all the help in the weekend. Great support and plugs for the Oceanias and the Worlds.
(And thanks for fixing the media centre when you broke it!). The full results are now up in full on BIKENZ's site.
See you in August...
Graeme Simpson
Media - 2006 UCI Worlds