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2006 VAUDE Highland Fling another great success. Shaun Lewis and Katrin Van Der Spiegel win Elite categories.

Wild Horizons / 16.11.2006

The weekends feast of mountain biking kicked off with a Saturday evening Entree of the Bundanoon Dash. A 6km Sprint race starting in the middle of Bundanoon village and doing a loop into Morton National Park. It was a fast course excepting the final 300metres, a steep pull up Constitution Hill to the finish line. From 70 riders, Shaun Lewis took the line in 0:11:07, for him the start of a very succesful weekend, followed by Nick Both and Dennis Van Mil. Renee Fortunato took out the Womens race in 0:12:01 and 9th overall.

To the Main Course on Sunday, with over 700 riders for the 109km Full Fling, 350 for the Half Fling and 10 Flinging Threesomes relay teams sent off by the bagpipes. There were also 7 brave souls prepared to take the challenge of the severe time cut offs imposed in the 100Mile Fling.

The day dawned cool and ovecast with a blood red sky. With 30 degrees forecast it was to be a warm ride. The 45 Elite Full Flingers set off with the Half Flingers 30 minutes behind the main Full Fling pack and the chase was on to catch them during the 29km VAUDE Stage. This passed through paddocks and forest: up and down the Roller Coaster, through the Free Bike Wash and onto the Early Bath before Boags Draft and Pigs Fly into Wingello Village. At the Transition, Shaun Lewis, Matt Fleming, Aiden Lefman and the Fl(y)ing Dutchman, Dirk Van Der Walle were wheel to wheel.

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