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English crashes, Blair retains overall lead, Douglas new owner of womens leader jersey

Media Release - Rapid Ascent - Chris Ord / 22.05.2011

the elite trio of Andy Blair, Jason English and Aiden Lefmann entering today’s Stage Four BMX track finish arena in a tight-knit bunch for yet another finish line sprint.

After 77 brutal kilometres under a will-sapping sun, there was nothing between them as they traded places around the final berms before disaster struck for English:

“Andy and I were having a tight battle. I had the lead into the BMX track. On the first corner, I took the inside line to get good gap, then tried same on the second corner as I thought it would be quicker again. But I hit a slick patch and went down. I should have played it safe,� said English, who lost six seconds in the recovery to finish third for the stage in 02:57:43.

Blair retains his yellow jersey for another night after crossing first in 02:57:38 (which garners a 20 second time credit), with Lefmann one second further afield.

Lefmann’s result, and the ten second time credit it claims, claws back precious time on English in the overall stakes, but not enough: he is now one second behind English. Only 35 seconds separates first and third placegetters after 165km of racing.

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