Andy Blair left his rivals in the dust, winning the final Stage of the Ingkerreke Commercial Mountain Bike Enduro in Alice Springs today, cementing his yellow leader’s jersey for the third year in a row; whilst Rowena Fry continued her classy in-form week also taking the win at Stage 7 and sealing her general classification yellow jersey victory.

Rapid Ascent caught up with a handful of the non-professional riders before and after Stage 5, the 22.2km individual time trial, to find out what brought them to Alice Springs, and about their week of mountain bike stage racing so far.

Andy Blair showed his dominance today taking out the 22.2km individual time trial (ITT) at Stage 5 of the Ingkerreke Commercial Mountain Bike Enduro with a blistering 48.29; and Jenny Fay’s new skin-suit proved the goods, flying home in a time of 56.43.

Northern Territory Major Events Stage 4 of the Ingkerreke Commercial Mountain Bike Enduro began in the remote community of Santa Teresa where riders were cheered off by the friendly locals to attack an 88km point to point outback course.

Rowena Fry makes it three from three so far at Stage 3 of the Ingkerreke Commercial Mountain Bike Enduro – a 49km single track sweetener; whilst Michael Crosbie takes his first win ahead of the Specialized-Swell duo Shaun Lewis and Andy Blair.

Defending Champion Andy Blair, and six-time National Champion Rowena Fry blast around the 42km Stage 1 of the Ingkerreke Commercial MTB Enduro to take convincing wins in Alice Springs today, 13 May 2013