Ingkerreke Commercial MTB Enduro - Red Centre
Consistency pays for English and Willett to win Ingkerreke Commercial MTB Enduro
Rapid Ascent - Media Release / 18.05.2010
Jason English fought back from mechanical issues to win in the men and Jodie Willett continued her extremely consistent performance to reign supreme in the women. 230 other competitors crossed the finish line with a huge sense of satisfaction after completing over 250km of mountain biking through spectacular surroundings in perfect conditions around the MacDonnell Ranges. It came down to the wire for the men’s win and the last few kilometers of the 45km Southern Cross Television Stage 7 today. Before the start this morning there were four men seriously in contention for the race win. Jason English from Port Macquarie, NSW who is current 24 Hour MTB World Champion held the yellow jersey by a slim minute margin over Adrian Jackson from Melbourne who is also World Champion mountain biker in the orienteering category and the 2008 race winner. Within striking distance was Ben Randall also from Melbourne and Andrew Fellows from the Sunshine Coast, QLD. All men were mentally and physically fatigued but with a winner’s cheque and glory on the line adrenalin was high.
Randall surprised even himself by getting a lead over the field and extended his leading margin to over 3 minutes to give him enough time to win the stage and the overall event. Tragedy struck only a couple of kilometers from the finish line when he got a flat tyre and while repairing it the slow way with a pump, the field caught him. “I didn’t realise how far ahead I was or where the finish line was. If I’d known I was so close to the end and the win I would have tried to run to the finish line.� Kicking himself because he didn’t have canister to quickly repair the tyre, Randall had to be happy with 3rd place overall.
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