Outcomes: Australian Nationwide XC Championships 2024 – Pinkbike

It’s a privilege and pleasure to be a nationwide champion once more. I needed to do it fairly laborious this week, so I’m actually glad to get it executed.

I had fairly a small fall on Thursday however with numerous injury to my ankle … I’m fairly fortunate that in all of the years I’ve been racing, I’ve been damage and mechanical-free on the nationwide championships. So, it was one other hurdle right this moment.

When the rain got here down and I heard individuals have been strolling [in the earlier races] – strolling was not an choice for me right this moment. I used to be on the fence if I’d really begin. On the primary lap I used to be in a position to see that I might experience every thing, and from there, again to race mode.

—Rebecca Henderson

And I used to be like, ‘Okay, let’s put them in.’ I had dry tyres on at that stage, and yeah, it was good name.

The blokes simply in entrance of me began making some errors and I believed, ‘I am feeling high-quality on the descents. Let’s begin pushing and see what occurs,’ and obtained a little bit hole and went from there.

That is on the Awaba Mountain Bike Park with Hunter Mountain Bike Affiliation, and that was my first membership. I grew up with numerous these guys, and to have this race out right here in entrance of a few of my household; my finest mates have been on the market, outdated driving mates, it was superior.

I gained the nationwide champs again in 2018, and since then, I’ve needed the jersey again. I’ve chased it laborious. Had just a few shut years, however to really do it right this moment on my outdated native trails is fairly particular

—Cameron Ivory