Alice Wrap up!

Today was the last stage of the race, the make or break stage. I had some serious time to make up, and I was keen to give it a nudge. The first 10kms or so really hurt and I thought that I simply didn't have it today, but things change. I had 3-4 minutes on 2nd and 3rd to make up. Ben Randell went up the road early on as he had to make 5 seconds on Adrian to move into 2nd, we all sat back and let Adrian chase him down, later on I saw some signs that made me attack and try to chase Ben. Local boy (name escaping me)  and Ben Henderson joined me as we turned it up and attcked. At the feed station it was just the 3 of us, which shortly turned into just Ben and I. We hit 40km mark and I was feeling confident, hoping for a big time gap back to the others. We came around a sharp corner and unforunately Ben Randell had flatted and we moved into 1st and 2nd. The next section of trail was rough and rocky and Ben H managed to get a slight gap on me. Suddenly the 2km to go sign popped up, 6km short! Shit! I couldn't quite get across to Ben and he took the stage, with me 5 seconds back! As the clock ticked over minute after minute things were looking good for me to move up in the GC. Looked great! I managed to leap frog Ben into 2nd on GC, absolutely stoked. 2nd in Alice Spring Stage race is awesome.

Well safe to saw I might have a beer or 3 tonight, get back on Saturday and look towards Mt Perry to defend my title. Thanks to Ayup for there support, Tomac @ supersports for my ride, and huge praise to ONZA tyres- probably the key to my success, while everyone around me was flatting I was still riding hard. Cognition for all their continued support. Look forward to catching up when I return.