We hit up one of the all time classic Australian race venues, Thredbo, for round two of the National Series. Even without the racing, a combination of blue skies and endless chairlift runs meant that riders were smiling all weekend long.
Our man on the scene RF Photographics gives us a run down of the weekend, a few points to note;
– Caroline Buchanan was on hand to add some spice to the women’s race, which was looking to be a tight race between Tegan Molloy and Danielle Beecroft as it was.
– Troy Brosnan was on his new Canyon, just like round 1, to get some practice on his new bike.
– The junior men’s race was up in the air with any number of rider capable of winning!
With office views like this you can’t complainWith very little rain the past week up in Thredbo the track was really dustyTroy effortlessly floating over the rocks in practiceIn Practice Jake Newell is one that stood out the most to me, flying and getting wild everywhere.Riley getting back to his best since his crash here a little over a year ago.Eyes focused on the way down the true blue chuteThredbo provided great weather over the first 2 days of practiceSome took a little longer than others to get to grips with the dry and dusty track in practiceRemy and Paddi punching runs
Filming the insta editsCaroline Buchanan came out and raced this weekend but unfortunately snagged a flat in her race run.After her win in Awaba Dani Beecroft was looking on form to challenge for the win. She came into 2nd come race day.Tegan always the favourite to take the win here at home, beating Dani by 8 secondsHarry Parsons looked fast all weekend, he dropped into 2nd only 0.19 back from the winBaxter flying down into the finish area to take the junior men win.Baxter all smiles after taking his first Junior winTimmy Eaton Kicking up clouds of dustAndrew Crimmins charging, unfortunately he put it down in his race runTom Crimmins Snagged the 5th spot on the podiumOlie Zwar swinging off it on the fastest section of trackJake Newell got a little too wild in his race run and lost a bit of timeBrent played down a great run to snag 5thJackson Frew had a flat in his seeding and was the first one down the hill on race day leading to a long sit in the hot seat only to be beaten by the last man down the hillTroy with the race run whipsTroy pushed that run pretty hard taking the win by 4 secondsTodays FastestCheers Thredbo for another awesome event catcha in 2 weeks time in Mt Beauty
Next time we head to Mount Beauty for round 3!
Words and images: RFPhotographics (Facebook here or follow on Instagram @rfphotographics).
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