Canberra-based rider, Andy Blair continued his unbroken streak of stage wins in the Ingkerreke Commercial Mountain Bike Enduro in Alice Springs, NT, today, taking line honours in the final 40km stage to claim the first back-to-back overall title in the event’s five-year history.

Subarau-MarathonMTB.com rider Naomi Hansen registered a bike-length win over yellow jersey rider, Melissa Anset, while Team Torq’s Jack Haig had his hopes of being the first to beat overall men’s leader, Andy Blair, dashed by a shoulder-crushing fall in the closing kilometres of what was a brutal day on course.

A huge turn, perfect day, great organisation, smashed course records, smiling faces, brutal racing, Convict100

Start-line. Looked around, everyone was here. Again. Blair, Jackson, Mather, Lewis, English, Downing, Fellows, Trenton Day, Fleming, plus a bunch of other local riders, all of whom could right in amongst it on race day. The Real Insurance Series has certainly brought the standard of racing up a notch. Its a serious business these days.