Gu & Butterflies dominate Mont 24-Hour

Top elite teams unstoppable in Down Under enduro

Published: October 29, 2007 at 12:00 am

The men’s Gu/SRAM/Niterider team and women’s Brazilian Butterfly squad dominated the elite categories at the Mont 24-hour in Canberra over the weekend of October 27-28.

In a perfect display of ‘how to win a 24-hour race’, the Gu/SRAM/Niterider squad of Sid Taberlay, Perren Delacour, Chris Jongewaard, and Brent Miller took a little time out of the Giant team on most of their laps, and rode a controlled, consistent and error-free race to finish their 48th lap over 30 minutes before John Claxton, James Williamson, Daniel McKay, and Murray Spink. The Gu squad’s final lap was perfectly timed, with Taberlay crossing the line seconds after the 24-hour mark.

On the way, Taberlay set the weekend’s fastest lap of the 11km course at Mount Majura Vineyard, storming out of transition on Saturday afternoon to record a 27:14 and pick himself up a $500 spot prize to go with the team’s $4,000 for the overall win.

Brazilian Butterfly (Joanna Wall, Rowena Fry, Tory Thomas and Katherine O’Shea) were even more dominant in their class than the Gu team, getting a lap ahead of the Clarence Street Cyclery Femmes by midnight and consolidating their lead in the small hours with consistent, fast laps while the Clarence St women slowed significantly.

By dawn it was clearly all over; only a miracle of Biblical proportions could have put Clarence St – Marie Papadopoulos, Kimberley Fleming, Katrin Van Der Spiegel and Lindsay Gorrell – back in contention and the smiles on the faces of the Brazilian Butterfly riders said it all: their $4,000 prize was in the bag. The final score was 42 laps for the Butterflies and 39 for the Clarence St Femmes.

Fun for 1300

Away from the elite riders, the field of about 1300 ranged from relative beginners at their first 24-hour to current and former Australian national champions as 1999 World Cup road champion Anna Wilson and current Australian road series leader Peter McDonald popped out laps. McDonald took time out of give a demonstration of water-carrying, executing a circuit of the event area with 35 bottles stuffed into his jersey, shorts and teeth.

There were singlespeed teams, downhillers (including a rare sighting of former junior world champion Amiel Cavalier in a skinsuit!) and fancy dress – the prize there going to the ‘Soft Curves’ team who rode in frilly shirts and bow-ties or posh frocks for the whole race. Venue Mount Majura Vineyard provided wine tastings and cellar door sales, and the various food and coffee vendors were busy right through the night keeping everyone fuelled.

Results

	Laps	Time
Elite four male pro

1 GU SRAM Niterider	48	24:00:09
2 GIANT 1	48	24:30:16
3 Kona Mt Buller	47	24:28:21
4 Team Felt	46	24:01:52
5 Giant 2	46	24:06:09
6 Trek Bicycles Australia	46	24:27:26
7 Race Elements / For The Riders	45	24:24:59
8 Multivan Merida	41	23:35:42
9 8 wheels track	35	22:45:33
10 McGee’s Cycling Store	22	24:36:13

Elite four female pro

1 Brazilian Butterfly	42	24:28:43
2 Clarence St Cvclerv Femmes	39	24:17:32
3 Giant	39	24:26:12
4 Niterider Girly Dream Team	34	23:57:35

Open four female

1 Gu Girls	32	24:06:26
2 coasties	31	24:26:17
3 Hot Chicks	29	24:29:53
4 Tipplers	24	24:00:24
5 Dirtsurfina Dames	18	22:38:10
6 MontyFoursome	15	24:03:53
7 AMB Chixs	9	22:13:56

Singlespeed fours male

1 Sexy and Single	44	24:07:26
2 One Coq	37	24:21:13
3 Gears? Yep! 4 here!	36	24:13:03
4 CBD Cogniscenti	20	21:36:26

Singlespeed fours mixed

1 The Fearless Gearless	36	24:14:31
2 Onespeed Juaaernauts	30	24:30:34
3 The 4 Dicks	28	24:40:01
4 gear = no brains	15	22:51:18

Junior six male

1 K.S.C NiteRider	42	24:21:54
2 Blackman Bicycles	32	24:00:14
3 K.S.C Jetblack Products	26	24:30:13

Junior six mixed

1 Brig htOrangeEvents.com	35	24:23:58

Masters six female

1 Crusty Dirtbike Divas	33	24:09:02

Masters six mixed

1 CBD Slippery Cucumbers.	35	24:05:01

Masters four male

1 Retirement Village People	38	24:04:32
2 flat white	35	24:22:40
3 The Damned	35	24:28:48
4 the lawson lunatic fringe riders	34	24:02:49
5 who wants to do another lap?	32	24:22:18
6 Rein 1	29	23:51:53

Open four male

1 Gong pinners	43	24:02:57
2 Coffee Guru Racing	43	24:33:58
3 Matts Mates	42	24:01:12
4 Baum Cycles	42	24:03:08
5 Team Lounge	41	24:22:14
6 All Systems Go	41	24:28:26
7 PVF	40	24:13:11
8 Team Goombah Racing	40	24:17:06
9 Trek 4	40	24:17:50
10 The Perthverts	40	24:27:48
11 Drift Bikes 1	39	24:13:26
12 the beer belly crank rankers	39	24:13:31
13 Pushy Galore	39	24:18:09
14 OConnor Drifters	39	24:23:03
15 G’day Muscles	38	24:03:49
16 Kinross Kickers	38	24:14:35
17 Just for fun	38	24:34:43
18 Renegade Riders	37	23:58:32
19 PUUUUUUUMPED	37	24:20:39
20 KOM	36	22:37:45
21 Trilogy in Four Parts	36	24:12:27
22 Fitter happier	36	24:19:37
23 Mr Men	36	24:22:32
24 Riddle Me This	36	24:25:29
25 Loose Moose	36	24:26:03
26 Dirty Pirates	36	24:30:28
27 Bundy Bears	36	24:38:46
28 Riddle Me That	35	23:59:40
29 Slow Riders	35	23:59:44
30 The Burgher Boys	35	24:18:41
31 Get some pork on your fork	35	24:18:56
32 X-raved Dirtsurfers	34	23:38:59
33 Rein 2	34	24:02:13
34 FOB’S	34	24:02:42
35 Doday Brothers	34	24:03:37
36 Turramurra Nudist Colony	34	24:13:51
37 blokes on spokes	34	24:17:08
38 Guru Feel Good Riders	34	24:19:51
39 Crash Test Nerds	34	24:21:26
40 The Sled Runners	34	24:21:49
41 Mont life Crisis	34	24:21:49
42 Blame it on Mitch	34	24:23:35
43 Booz Cruz	33	24:02:19
44 Blazing Saddlesores	33	24:09:37
45 Bashed Rings	33	24:10:18
46 DirtMusic	33	24:23:18
47 RRRT Race Team	33	24:23:44
48 Closer Racing Team	32	20:48:34
49 s4	32	23:14:05
50 Choice Bro	32	23:43:22
51 Rein 3	32	23:57:58
52 Team Juan	32	24:00:46
53 Neck & Giblets	32	24:15:24
54 The Dirty Meavers	31	23:51:51
55 pro-motion	31	23:53:32
56 Smelly Appendage	31	24:02:24
57 Summit Gear	31	24:16:54
58 Back on Track	30	23:37:26
59 Magic Carpet Ride	30	23:51:08
60 Thanks for the memories	30	24:05:50
61 The Magical Bacon Cycling Squad	29	24:22:45
62 Well Well One 1	28	24:06:26
63 Cannondale 2	27	23:10:09
64 Drift Bikes 2	27	23:21:29
65 Nearly Nimble Numbats	27	23:27:53
66 Bundv cannot catch this	27	24:14:03
67 svdneysingletrack.com	27	24:27:35
68 Well Well Well 2	27	25:02:34
69 Rack Off Soundly Sleeping	26	24:00:18
70 Lyneham Locomotiv	26	24:29:31
71 night riders	24	23:23:39
72 Team Fake Rolex Silver	23	22:05:27
73 Camel Toe Racing	22	22:52:11
74 Cannondale 1	22	22:56:37
75 Four Sore by Twenty-Four	22	24:03:21
76 Tards	20	24:03:33
77 Bermagui Dirt Surfers	19	24:11:11
78 JetBlackProductsl	17	21:46:10
79 sabre	17	21:51:17
80 Squeaky Pivots	17	23:54:54
81 Carefliaht 6	16	22:33:18
82 Lost in Transition	15	23:16:13
83 Amgen Australia	10	23:53:31
84 JetBlackProducts2	9	06:23:06
85 Albion	8	18:31:10
86 Peddlers of Filth	7	24:00:24
87 Shimano	1	22:09:31

Open six male

1 Total Rush	46	24:02:36
2 OnvabikeBelco	44	24:12:50
3 Cycleworld 6	42	24:13:14
4 Bike Addiction	41	24:17:34
5 Sydbmasters	40	24:12:17
6 Large Supreme	40	24:14:20
7 Team Lard	40	24:28:03
8 The New SID	39	24:00:11
9 choco racing	39	24:05:23
10 Frasers Cycles	39	24:05:25
11 I Like the downhill bits	39	24:06:55
12 Daffodils	39	24:31:32
13 Catch the flow	38	24:09:54
14 Clarence St Cyclery	38	24:11:48
15 GU One	38	24:15:37
16 Six Idiots	38	24:33:01
17 Team Leakvaas	37	24:01:41
18 JimJams	37	24:08:19
19 Kazakhstan Railways	37	24:14:54
20 The Brady Bunch	37	24:29:54
21 Age and Treachery	36	24:05:05
22 Kings of Bling	36	24:09:30
23 Regean	36	24:37:58
24 IMOS	36	25:25:13
25 Team Gordon Street Cycles	35	23:59:46
26 Fitz Fingers in Memory of Fitz	35	24:19:05
27 Wardens, Trolls & Fit Men	35	24:26:29
28 Team FoxFury	35	24:39:15
29 Team Supreme Pimps	34	23:43:55
30 Hofftastic	34	23:54:56
31 Master Finish	34	24:04:28
32 MONT-v Python	34	24:06:41
33 Ocean CS Racing	34	24:14:07
34 Badger Lovers	34	24:14:22
35 ANU MC Marathon Men	34	24:21:06
36 So fast, it looks like we’re slow	34	24:25:39
37 Slick and Tyred	34	24:34:34
38 Team Woozle	33	24:05:53
39 Cleqqs Claqqers	33	24:08:40
40 Helter Skelter	33	24:13:09
41 No idea	33	24:16:39
42 whacko-the-diddly-o’s	33	24:25:23
43 First Timers	33	24:27:06
44 Not quite so Mad Doas	32	24:02:58
45 Snowjob	32	24:07:50
46 The Plan Makers	32	24:12:36
47 NoBMoB Monties	31	24:12:03
48 The Bulging Builders	31	24:31:58
49 The E Team	30	23:19:40
50 Shining Wits	30	23:37:23
51 Rock Hoppers	30	24:01:50
52 One Touch Allstars	30	24:10:54
53 Ce n’est as cass	30	24:19:03
54 2 Monts and 4 blow-ins	30	24:35:40
55 WWOP Butterflies	30	24:41:32
56 The Jackson Six	29	24:05:33
57 The Fat Weasels	28	23:36:26
58 bencamjimpauljayrob	28	24:10:30
59 Team OAF	27	23:56:39
60 The Jackson Six	26	21:53:33
61 The Carlton Draughts	26	23:29:35
62 I Wait For No One	26	24:26:31
63 Scottv’s Six Pack	24	23:13:07
64 Liquid Chicken	24	24:11:37
65 The Kickers	19	21:43:50
66 Team UFO	17	21:44:56
67 Early onset off…	17	22:39:25
68 More Giants	6	22:48:11

Open six female

1 Team Aurora	35	24:20:47
2 Inspect Her Gadget	32	24:12:13
3 ANUMC Women	32	24:24:15
4 Tyred Girls	32	24:24:40
5 Wonder Women	29	24:38:10
6 Smarties	24	23:19:48
7 Patrolling Chicks	23	23:43:49

Open six mixed

1 Chalkers	45	23:59:04
2 Cannondale/SRAM	45	24:15:18
3 Torq Australia	43	24:01:26
4 Over the Big Hill	41	24:21:42
5 AWCC CREW	40	24:04:41
6 TORQ’N HELL	40	24:23:46
7 Weekend C Bernies 1	39	24:27:24
8 Weekend c Bernies 2	38	24:35:38
9 Brat Camp	37	24:27:41
10 The Lights Are On But Nobody’s Home	37	24:42:49
11 NoBMoB	36	24:33:21
12 Moruya Team Bicycles (MTB)	36	24:36:59
13 Castlemaine Rocky Riders	36	24:41:46
14 soft curves	36	24:44:15
15 Team Black Wolf	36	24:45:26
16 Soft Edges	35	24:19:35
17 Cannondale/Sram	34	18:25:16
18 Red Hot Poker Crew	34	23:47:16
19 Party Cardigan	34	23:57:58
20 Bronte Bra Boys	34	24:03:02
21 Cyclopaths	34	24:05:11
22 Innisfail	34	24:17:55
23 The Flying Datemen	34	24:37:06
24 www.lauqhinqmind.com	33	24:21:16
25 Little Miss Grumpy and the Tasty Beers	33	24:35:55
26 Speed Kills	31	23:52:28
27 Fair Weather Riders	31	24:24:18
28 Careflight 4	30	23:12:22
29 Nic’s Bike Bi-atches	30	23:40:04
30 Cactus	30	23:56:23
31 MONTsters	30	24:33:59
32 Mid Life Crisis	30	24:37:29
33 Mossy Possie	29	24:00:51
34 Do it Again	29	24:01:04
35 Flat Batteries	29	24:28:36
36 Dusk till dawn	28	24:02:56
37 More Laughing Minds	28	24:11:18
38 Westpac Warriors	28	24:12:55
39 The Old SID	28	24:29:08
40 CareFlight Team 2	27	23:47:58
41 GIANT Mixed	27	24:04:36
42 NobMob Soft Shocks	27	24:24:39
43 Rolling Steel Wheels of Zurich	26	24:31:14
44 Southern Highlands Young and Restless	26	24:36:32
45 Minimum Chips	25	22:40:25
46 The MONTstars	22	24:03:31
47 Cult of the Carbon	21	22:48:53