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Body Science sponsored Wade Bootes WINS UCI World Ranking Series
By: Wade Bootes
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20-06-2005 |
Round #10 in Tamworth, Australia June 8th-9th
Tamworth BMX club was the host of round 10 of the UCI Oceania World Ranking Series and the Australian Verse New Zealand Test Series in conjunction with the Tamworth Open Day this past weekend. With over 50 riders from New Zealand flying over to support the Senior Mens and Mighty Eleven Test Challenge, it was going to be a full weekend of competition between the 2 counties. The weather was great on Saturday which seen the UCI World Ranking series take place with 3 rounds of the Test Challenge between Australia and New Zealand. Sunday was a different story as it has rained all night and the track was soaked when we arrived in the morning. The race was delayed 2 hours while the track was worked on by a lot of volunteers. Once the racing commenced everything turned out just fine. Here is how the main events unfolded during the weekend.
The final round of the Oceania UCI World Ranking series finished off perfect for Bootes. The series leader Luke Madill got the pop but Bootes powered his was down the first straight to take the lead going into the first corner. Madill was fighting hard to get back by Bootes in the second corner while Willers was close behind in 3rd. Bootes seemed to pull away up and over the bridge before entering into a huge slippery world pool corner due to an afternoon shower. Bootes went high to try to avoid the wet area while Madill took a risk and went low. Madill lost traction for a split second but was now close behind Bootes. Bootes manage to hold off Madill and Willers to take the final round of the UCI World Ranking Series. While Bootes finished 1st, 2nd, and 1st in the last 3 UCI rounds, this did not give him enough points to take over the Overall Lead due to only competing in 6 of the 10 round. With the completion of all 10 rounds, Bootes aims to be the #1 UCI Rank rider in the World in 2006.
Elite Men Results
1st Bootes TeamWBR (Aust) 2nd Madill (Aust) 3rd Willers (NZ)
Australia New Zealand Test Challenge had the crowd on their feet all day due to the race tactics of racing as a team and not as an individual. Madill and Bootes dominated the Senior test by winning all rounds between them. Tomas and Christopher rode outstanding and worked together as a team to secure the Senior Trans Tasman cup for Australia. The Mighty elevens challenge was a lot closer on points which made for some exciting racing. The Australian team manage to dominate in the final round which gave them the overall win for the Trans Tasman cup. The test series will go head to head again in October at the first round of the 2006 UCI World Ranking series in New Zealand.
Senior Test Results
1st Australia (Luke Madill, Wade Bootes, Christopher Johns, Thomas Hubert)
2nd New Zealand (Joel Burke, Richard Stratford, Tony Wilcock, Tim Furguson, Kirk Matthews)
Mighty Elevens Results
1st Australia (Adam Shields, Corey Frieswyk, Jake Thaler, Morgan Peen, Matthew Millington)
2nd New Zealand (Daniel Franks, PJ George, Ren Miller, Clive Matthews, Matthew Flower)
Tamworth Open on Sunday seen some of the riders heading home early due to the wet conditions. The AA pro class waited around to fight it out for the prize money on the day. Bootes rode the wet and soft track like it was dry, and this clearly showed as he dominated all day long. Bootes had a great start in the final and lead from Start to finish. Willers was in 2nd with Madill close behind. Madill made his move up and over the bridge but did not get by until the tight rhythm section going into the last corner. Madill got a little side ways which then seen Willers shoot off the track and finishing in last place.
AA Winner - Bootes TeamWBR
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Additional info....... I made the Cover of the July USA Mountain Biking Magazine... Also a sweet photo inside.
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