Launceston riders dominated in the annual challenge to race up Hobart's Mount Wellington.
Zac Johnson posted the fastest time of the day (51:49) in the Hobart Wheelers' Kunanyi Challenge to claim the elite men's category from mountain bike world champs representative Sam Fox (53:34) and Hobart's Kaine Cannon (54:04).
Samuel McKee took out the under-17 men's race with a time of 1:01:02 followed by Lachlan Oliver (1:03:28) while the masters women's title also headed north courtesy of Kathryn Woolstone (1:11:52) who was the fastest overall female.
Kristy Grubits (1:15:46) and Gaye Rutherford (1:18:58) completed the masters' podium while Sofia Tsamassiros (1:12:09) won the elite women's race from Oriana Tait-Jones (1:44:26).
Competitors aged between seven and 72 took part. Other winners were: William James (U11), Sid Natera (U15); Felicity Wilson-Haffrenden (U17); Mike Jolly (masters men).
Rob Shaw
Heralding the impact of Tasmanian sport without saying "punching above its weight" is not as easy as it sounds.
Heralding the impact of Tasmanian sport without saying "punching above its weight" is not as easy as it sounds.
