Going long at the Anaconda

Alex Stone at the Anaconda MTB Enduro

Alex Stone at the Anaconda MTB Enduro (Image credit: Rapid Ascent)

While many racers are enjoying a mid-week break between busy race weekends, endurance mountain bikers down under are busy with the Anaconda MTB Enduro, a stage race that started May 19 and runs through May 23, with some multiple stage days thrown in. After stage four, an epic 95km marathon from Ross River Station back into the Heavitree Gap Outback Lodge in Alice Springs, Australia, Adrian Jackson and Naomi Hansen were leading the men's and women's categories respectively.

Sue George is an editor at Cyclingnews.  She coordinates all of the site's mountain bike race coverage and assists with the road, 'cross and track coverage.