South Australian State Series - Round 3

downhill247com 12 melrose1 — Melrose is always a good event on the South Australian racing calendar, the track's not bad either! Photo: Matt Bird

The third race of the South Australian downhill series was the ‘away race’ at Melrose in the FlindersA�Rangers Region, three and a half hours away from Adelaide.

The track itself was quite short but did have a good mix of technical features, wide open corners, jumps and straight out speed. It was quite a surprise to see German mountain bike legend Jasper Jauch at Melrose and racing! He was in town a week prior for the mountain bike festival and decided to race.

downhill247com 12 melrose2 — The track was dusty, even after the rain that fell on Saturday. Photo: Matt Bird

Racing brought a few surprises, in EliteA�MenA�German import Jasper finished fourth, Will Rischbieth crashed after looking blindingly fast and the winner was from Queensland!

Elite Woman:

1. Philippa Rostan 1.39.35

2. Molly Payne 1.45.86 + 6.51

Elite Men

1. Brodie Sturgess 1.19.83

2. Cameron Ryan 1.20.33 + 0.50

3. Ngari Jenkins 1.21.56 + 1.73

4. Jasper Jouch 1.21.70 + 1.87

5. Steve Gebert 1.22.18 + 2.35

Under 19 Men:

1. Jake Adams 1.27.18

2. Conor Clancy 1.29.19 + 2.01

3. James Chambers 1.29.43 + 2.25

4. Charlie Martindale 1.31.43 + 4.25

5. Sam Keogh 1.32.79 + 5.61

downhill247com 12 melrose3 — Scotty Zechin holds it open through the flat corners on the course. Photo: Matt Bird

The next round isA�at Eagle, the host location of the 2012 Australian National Championships.

South Australian State Series – Round 3 – Melrose

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