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Body Science Supplement Sponsored, Wade Bootes wins UCI World Ranking Series
By: Wade Bootes
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28-03-2005 |
Round #8 in Cairns, Australia March 23rd-27th
Cairns BMX club was the host of round 7 and 8 of the UCI Oceania World Ranking Series and the Australian National Championships this past weekend. With official practice starting on Wednesday, two rounds of the UCI series run on Saturday, Sunday and the finals for the National Championships Sunday afternoon, made for a long week in the hot and humid conditions in the tropical area of Northern Queensland, Australia. The track was physically demanding with 2 concrete berms and a long last sweeping dirt corner with a numerous amount of jumps on the 410m track. With over 1700 entries for the weekend of racing, this clearly shows that BMX in Australia is coming back strong not only in numbers but also with stronger and higher levels of competition. This weekend was also the official launch for Percentage Designs which seen Wade Bootes race on the new prototype BMX frame and in TeamWBR/Percentage race gear. The launch was very successful as there were a lot of interest towards the new Australian bike company and the TeamWBR race program. Here is how the main events unfolded during the weekend.
UCI Round 7 started off with a perfect score for Bootes by wining all motos and qualifying through the quarter finals and making it into the semi final. The Semi finals seen some upsets by some top rides not making it into the main event. Series leader, Luke Madill unclipped out of the start and was not able to pull back into the top 4 positions to transfer in the main event. Semi number 2 seen Bootes bobble on the short jumps in the second straight which found himself back in 5th. Down the last straight Bootes was boxed in by the riders in 3rd and 4th position, which then seen Tiger Robinson come from behind and go by all 3 riders down the last straight to qualify for the final. Kamakazi had the holeshot in the main event with Fenwick close behind. Robinson again came from behind in 3rd place in the last corner where he had a super smooth last straight to take them both on the line for the win.
Elite Men Results
1st Robinson 2nd Kamakazi 3rd Fenwick 4th Turesson, 5th Johnston, 6th Harvey, 7th Codega, 8th Wallin.
UCI Round 8 finished off a lot better for Bootes as he made his way into the main event by qualifying through his motos, quarter and semi final. This would see the toughest final for the weekend due to all the top Elite men made it through to the final. Kamakazi again took the holeshot with Bootes holding his ground on top of the first berm from lane 8. Robinson then made up some ground and was trying to pass Kama on the outside of berm 2, Kama then rode high to protect his lead, but this then seen Bootes dive towards the inside to take the lead from both riders. Fenwick then gained some ground and made his way up to second with Kama, Codega and Madill in toe. Madill made a big charge down the last straight to get by Codega and Kamakazi for 3rd while Bootes was able to hold off Fenwick to see him take out one of the most exciting races for the weekend.
Elite Men Results
1st Bootes (TeamWBR) 2nd Fenwick 3rd Madill 4th Codega 5th Kamakazi, 6th Limm, 7th Taylor, 8th Robinson
National Championships were decided by the combination of the motos in both UCI rounds which then seen the top 16 riders go straight into a semi to qualify for the Nationals Championship final. Both semi finals seen some great racing which left a super line up in the Elite men's final for the National Championship crown. Bootes had a shocking start from lane 1 which seen Madill take advantage of the inside of the first corner from lane 2. Fenwick was then sitting in 2nd coming out of the first corner with Kama and Bootes close behind. Turesson and Codega were also closing in by the second corner which seen some rubbing of tires. Bootes seen a big gap and was going for a move from 4th to 2nd place. In mid move, Turesson's front tire connected with Bootes' rear tire making Bootes go into a flat "belly flap" spin on the concrete berm. Codega also went down hard and Kama was interfered with Bootes' bike while sliding across the track. Madill was then on his way to another National Title with Fenwick behind. Robinson took advantage of the crash and made his way up to 3rd position leaving defending Champion Kamakazi in 4th.
Elite Men Results
1st Madill 2nd Fenwick, 3rd Robinson, 4th Kamakazi, 5th Ryan J, 6th Turesson, 7th Bootes (TeamWBR) 8th Codega
TeamWBR is proudly supported by: Percentage Designs, One Ring, Volkswagen Australia, Hogs Breath Cafe, Velocity Wheels, Investco Merchant Bankers, ATI, Hayes Brakes, Fox Shox, IRC, Cane Creek, BSC, QuikShade, Nike Cycling, Shimano and www.TeamWBR.com.
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