A4DE - Challenging Day 3
Saturday 20 July: Day three was characterised with perfect weather conditions and the spectacular layout of the seven tests that challenged the riders once again.
201
out of the 242 riders started this morning at Parc Ferme and went over
to the KTM Cross Test, "The Woky” Cross Test and the Pilot Air Enduro
Test.
Daniel Milner has maintained his outright lead after day three of the
2013 Harvey Fresh Australian Four Day (A4DE) and enters the final day
with a one minute lead over Chris Hollis.
Husqvarna rider, Matthew Phillips had a good third day of the A4DE.
"So far, we have had three different sorts of terrains in three days. I
felt good. Few mistakes here and there and a few crashes, racing was
great between Daniel, Chris and I. It kept me on my toes all day. I went
down really hard in the last test, but the
race isn’t over yet. Still have one more day and we are just going to
hit it as hard as we can tomorrow. Hope that I can go fast enough to grab the title.”
Yamaha rider, Stefan Granquist faced a lot of difficulties throughout the day.
"I had to make some changes on my bike. The engine was cut off, so I
lost a bit of time there. Unfortunately I had a lot of crashes
throughout the day, but I really gave it my all to make up on the lost
time. Another day to go, so I am just going to ride and
we will see what happens.”
Geoff Ballard was leading the Masters today and is followed closely by
Trent Lean and Ian Jenner who are coming in second and third
respectively.
Jessica Gardiner was the top women’s rider. She finished with a time of
43:46.756 which was 21 seconds faster than Emelie Karlsson. Tayla Jones
followed closely and finished third.
With provisional results of three days so far, anticipation is building
to see if Daniel Milner can hang onto the outright lead and will win the
2013 Harvey Fresh Australian Four Day Enduro.
After seven tests and 242k’s the top three per class for Day 3 are as follows:
E1: 1. Daniel Milner, 2. Tom McCormack, 3. Peter Boyle
E2: 1. Chris Hollis, 2. Stefan Merriman, 3. Lachlan Stanford
E3: 1. Geoff Braico, 2. Ben Grabham, 3. Mitchell Bowen
Veterans: 1. Damian Smith, 2. Kirk Hutton, 3. Adam Riemann
Masters: 1 Geoff Ballard, 2. Trent Lean, 3. Ian Jenner
Women: 1. Jessica Gardiner, 2. Emelie Karlsson, 3. Tayla Jones
The progressive has Daniel Milner in the outright lead after day three.
The top 10 are as follows:
1 Daniel Milner 1:45:05.226
2 Chris Hollis 1:46:10.462
3 Matthew Phillips 1:47:38.644
4 Glenn Kearney1:49:04.992
5 Josh Green 1:49:38.840
6 Tom McCormack 1:50:10.153
7 Stefan Merriman 1:50:19.805
8 Peter Boyle 1:50:31.758
9. Lachlan Stanford 1:50:38.460
10 Ben Burrell 1:50:52.351
Courtesy of Peggy Tuinstra, Media Officer with Motorcycling Australia
