Henderson may not return for 'The Grafton'

New Zealand's former scratch race world champion, Greg Henderson, may not be back to defend his Grafton-Inverell crown. Henderson, who has had a great season for Health Net in the US, took the sprinters' jersey at the Tour de Georgia and has had a host of stage wins on the US National Racing Calendar circuit.

But 'the Grafton', run Sunday in appalling cold and windy conditions, was one of his hardest victories. It was, "Too long and too hard, I didn't enjoy it," Henderson told race-caller Peter Sunderland after his win. Would he be back? "Don't know," was the answer.