MORE than 175 mountain bike competitors tackled the Cavagna Road track off Story's Road, Mandurang on Sunday when the first Bendigo MTB Epic was run.
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Cyclists from near and far were at the two-day MTB extravaganza that included Saturday's clinic with Australian champions Rob Eva and Paul Rowney.
The first Epic in Victoria involved racing distances of 45 km or 85 km.
In the open men's race, Murray Spink raced the 85 km in a time of 3 hours 15.39 minutes.
The Melbourne ace beat Bendigo star Tim Hucker by 65 seconds.
The skilful Hucker has also excelled at road and track racing.
Third placegetter was Castlemaine's Lachlan Norris, just one second behind Hucker.
Bendigo's Jacob Lea raced to seventh place alongside Sydney's Aiden Leifmen, winner of the first round of the national series.
In the women's open race, Caroline Jackson completed the 85 km showdown in 3:44.02 and was more than 40 minutes clear of runner-up Juliette Begg.
In the masters men's race, Rob Eva won in a time of 3:38.26.
The runner-up was Craig Peacock, just 58 seconds adrift at the end of the 85 km.
A previous monthly winner in ifThe Advertiser Southern Cross TEN Sports Star of the Year, Jarrod Moroni won the sport men's race in a time of 3:25.34.
In the veterans class, Ros Bradley, of Bendigo, was runner-up in the 45 km race.
A star on the road and track for many years, Rick Flood, of Bendigo, was runner-up in the masters men event.
Another of Bendigo's rising stars, Rob Hucker won the under-18s race ahead of Luke Knox, of Mandurang.
Times for the Bendigo MTB Epic:fu759 ADSANS - sports/finance detail Open men, 85 km:Murray Spink 3:15.39, Tim Hucker -1.05, Lachlan Norris 1.06, Chris Winn 2.02, Simon Jamison 2.02, James Williamson 5.15, Jacob Lea 8.04, Aiden Leifmen 8.05, Scott Chancellor 13.07, Evan Franzke 17.30, Ashley Hayat 19.39, Alex Randall 22.20, Roman Adams 22.31, Trevor Hill 23.09, Matt Ligtermoet 24.07, Elliot Long 45.03, Grant Lebrink 50.38, Pat Howard 52.55, Neil Fitzgerald 57.56, David Butler 59.34, Dean Cowling 1:00.00, Clinton Richards 67.34, Clinton Fauc 1:28.41, Paul Lowe 1:52.19, Adam Richardson 2:17.10.
Open women, 85 km:Caroline Jackson 3:44.02, Juliette Begg 46.28, Vinca Low 55.07, Katherine Reeves 1:25.47.
Veteran men, 85 km:Tim McColl 3:32.24, Matthew Jackson 5.59, Brett Henderson 6.45, Rob Meharry 6.56, Duncan Murray 12.08, Stephen Davis 14.37, Mark Richards 16.44, Leigh Barrat 18.04, Tony French 26.55, Sam Maffett 32.13, Peter Verhagen 35.31, Tim Sheedy 37.05, Jonathan Cowan 39.27, Tim Ferris 39.52, Christopher Fice 45.52, Anthony Jones 48.17, Vaughan Sketcher 49.17, Brad Powles 49.19, Lachlan Wainwright 51.52, Doin Keech 1:07.47, Christopher Robertson 1:15.51, Brett Maxfield 1:16.04, Kane Chandler 1:16.18, Paul Cubbin 1:22.22, Stuart Hale 1:32.51, Joseph Ward 1:34.47, Andrew Symons 1:35.36, Andrew Oosterweghel 1:35.53, Damien Waddington 1:39.39, Damien Noxon 1:42.30, Charles Dangerfield 1:51.38, Dale Collins 2:12.09, Patrick Callaghan 3:01.23, Noam Eisen, David Taylor, Steven Clausen dnf.
Masters men, 85 km:Rob Eva 3:38.26, Craig Peacock 58 seconds, Nick Bird 13.33, Tony Clarke 19.51, Peter Pink 24.32, John Macague 28.32, Kerry Ryan 31.55, Peter Moroni 32.41, Neville Laffy 34.16, Michael Shahanan 47.35, Nick Kelly 50.18, Finlay Luff 52.04, Robert McCormick 53.20, Ron McCulloch 53.45, Garry Lewis 54.22, Rob Davis 1:01.15, David Gorrie 1:03.06, Walter Ledgeman 1:04.01, Paul Verheijden 1:04.53, Peter Cole 1:08.47, John Harvey 1:11.23, Trevor Dickson 1:12.24, Glenn Martini 1:14.07, Duncan Harrison 1:20.28, Peter Cusworth 1:20.38, Norbert Oberholzner 1:32.17, Mark Lunn 1:33.26, Adrian Whale 1:38.05, Gary Theiss 1:50.39, Steven Law 1:57.55, Dana Hort 2:14.15, Neil Cooke 2:30.25, Iain A. Blair 2:50.38.
Masters women, 85 km:Carolyne Jackson 4:39.42.
Sport men, 85 km:Jarrod Moroni 3:25.34, Erin Francis 13.10, Brett Carr 14.45, Ronan Magaharan 25.34, Gareth Hettmenn 30.55, Marco Stiffler 31.48, Lee Floyd 33.03, Nathan Wilson 49.55, Tristan Bennet 51.23, Tom Barry 56.08, Mark Flood 1:06.12, Stephen Harrison 1:08.36, Gerard Thompson 1:10.08, Norm Douglas 1:23.37, Gerben Graske-Borst 1:25.01, Andrew Dridan 1:26.24, Rhys Stephens 2:08.55, Christopher Rule 2:54.26, Evan Hoar, Paul Drady dnf.
Sport women, 85 km:Jessica Douglas 4:39.48, Melanie Wainwright 13.11.
Veterans men, 45 km: Paul Rowney 1:46.26, Clayton Chin Quan 21.26, Shannon Foy 22.10, Stuart Andrews 25.57, Allistair Gray 38.40, Brett Bradley 41.26, Brian Longnaine 45.21, Robert Gittins 52.27, Jamie Solomon 57.11, Scott Gould 58.42, Daniel Davies 1:02.46, Simon Welfare 1:18.51, Reece Smith 1:26.33, Caleb Grufas 2:17.27.
Veterans women, 45 km:Cindy Magro 2:26.51, Ros Bradley 20.35, Amanda Herd 37.00, Sofie Van Gunsteren 1:09.39, Fiona Dick 1:23.26, Alison Hunter 1:34.37.
Masters men, 45 km:David Olle 2:02.04, Rick Flood 22.44, David Cheatley 27.26, Bruce Tonkin 32.39, Erik Ligtermoet 35.42, Simon Jones 48.01, Mark Sanderson 1:00.21, Ian Williams 2:04.22.
Masters women, 45 km:Annette Cullen 3:14.01.
Under-18 men, 45 km:Rob Hucker 1:48.09, Luke Knox 11.01, Mathew Keays 15.04, James Peacock 23.06, George Tansley 41.16, Matthew Kirby 1:18.15.
Sport men, 45 km:Russell Collett 1:15.58, Cam Winn 9.48, Ross Osborne 14.01, Joel Dymke 18.09, Barry King 18.24, Nigel McIntyre 28.55, Paul Moore 33.01, Luke Boekel 35.32, Steven Yarosz 39.11, Peter Ross 41.39, David Kennett 58.45, Sebastian Melendez 1:08.38, Daniel Cowley 1:11.48, Bill Zervopoulos 2:08.04, Shannon McAuliffe 2:29.02, Dan Fitzgerald 3:16.12.
Sport women, 45 km:Kate Ross 3:15.58, Lizzie Pope 41.58, Kirstin Honey 1:02.52.
