Even though it’s the ‘off-season’ this race is getting bigger ever year, returning this year were Sam Hill, Troy Brosnan and Shaun O’Connor, travelling over with them for the first time was Mitch Delfs. With $3000 USD up for grabs for first place alone, you could bet these guys were giving it 100% to for the win.The track itself featured a variety of rocks, jumps, drops and man made features, multiple line options catered for all the riders.
Readers might not realise just how big mountain biking is in Indonesia and some Asian countries but make no mistake these guys were like rock stars, beingA�given the full treatmentA�everywhere they went.
It wasn’t to beA�a walk inA�the park for the Aussies as the locals were keen to hold onto the crown which they won last year in horrible wet and muddy conditions. Young Aussie Troy Brosnan qualified strongly, however, come his race run he had a huge crash. His mechanic, Steve Marsh, explains “Troy had a massive rag at warp speed, he was coming off a drop and slide on his back and got whiplashed. He reckons it is one of the biggest rags he has had…”. Troy said he was lucky not to suffer concussion so you know it was big!
Results:
1. Sam Hill 3.28.77
2. Shaun O’Connor 3.32.34 + 3.56
3. Popo Ario Sejati 3.34.25 + 5.47
4. Mitch Delfs 3.45.65 + 16.87
5. Pornomo 3.45.81 + 17.03
It was good to see Sam Hill get a victory this year as they have been far and few between due to injuries. We had a a chat to Sam about his up coming season stay tuned for that.
