Australian heavyweights take on the Kiwis in Oceania mountain bike battle
Cameron Ivory returns home to win XCO national title
Rebecca Henderson defies injury to win 11th XCO national title
Rebecca Henderson (Primafloor Mondraker Racing Team) has reinforced her status as Australia’s queen of cross-country, soloing to her 11th consecutive elite XCO national title in Lake Macquarie today.
Downhill Nationals: Luke Meier-Smith, Ellie Smith return to the top
McConnell and Brosnan outclass the opposition while Cuthbert breaks through at Awaba
Zoe Cuthbert has powered to her first elite cross-country national championship, while Dan McConnell has wound back the clock to win his first XCC title since 2021.
In contrast to yesterday’s scorcher at the GWM Mountain Bike National Championships, overnight rain brought welcome relief for the riders at Awaba Mountain Bike Park.
Elite Women
The late withdrawal of Rebecca Henderson left the door open for a new elite women’s champion, and Zoe Cuthbert took the opportunity with both hands.
E-MTB champions go back-to-back, Cuthbert and Allen among XC winners
Gilchrist, Turkovic conquer pump track national championship at Redhead Beach
Australia’s first-ever adaptive champions crowned in downhill
The first-ever Australian champions of adaptive downhill racing have been crowned today at the GWM Mountain Bike National Championships.
Fifteen riders contested the new event at Awaba Mountain Bike Park in the Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales.
Dry and dusty conditions confronted riders on the adaptive trail built by the host club, Hunter Mountain Bike Association (HMBA).
Reigning champions triumph at Observed Trial National Championships
‘Great to be back’: Rebecca Henderson returns to roots for Nationals
When Rebecca Henderson lines up at the GWM Mountain Bike National Championships this weekend, she’ll be the clear favourite.
The nine-time elite XCO, three-time XCC national champion has been Australia’s queen of cross-country for the last decade.
Henderson has won national titles in Thredbo, Maydena, Bright, Armidale, and even an under-23 title in her hometown of Canberra.
This week, she’ll return to a place where she honed her racecraft as a teenager.