In the U.S. #crossiscoming, but Down Under in Australia, #crossishere.
The Australians have been racing their National Series since the beginning of June, and on Sunday the 2018 Australian Cyclocross National Championships took place.
After a wet weekend in Adelaide in 2017, the 2018 event was held on the grounds of the Sam Miranda vineyard in King Valley, Victoria.
The Elite Women’s race crowned a new champion in April McDonough (Flanders-Jblood) of Victoria. McDonough finished on the podium at Australian Nationals in 2014 and 2016, but Friday’s race was her first title.
McDonough finished ahead of Naomi Williams (Team Willy Locke) and Stacey Riedel (MAAP-Enve).
Seen here in 2017, April McDonough won the 2018 Australian Cyclocross Nationals.2017 Australia NCXS. © J. Curtes / Cyclocross Magazine
In the Men’s race, it was a repeat winner in Chris Jongewaard (Flanders-Jblood). Jongewaard is a teammate of McDonough’s and the contributor of “Jblood” to the team name (learn more about that in our interview with Jongewaard after his 2017 win). The title was his fourth career cyclocross national title.
Christopher Aitken finished second and Garry Millburn (MAAP-Enve) took third in the Men’s race.
Chris Jongewaard added another Australian Nationals title in 2018. 2017 Australia NCXS. © J. Curtes / Cyclocross Magazine
See below for full results from the Elite Women’s and Men’s races.
Elite Women's Results: 2018 Australian Cyclocross Nationals
| Place | Bib | Name | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | April McDonough | 0:51:34 | - |
| 2 | 3 | Naomi Williams | 0:52:14 | +00:40 |
| 3 | 6 | Stacey Riedel | 0:52:54 | +01:20 |
| 4 | 13 | Tory Thomas | 0:53:36 | +02:02 |
| 5 | 5 | Rebecca Locke | 0:53:38 | +02:04 |
| 6 | 1 | Natalie Redmond | 0:53:54 | +02:20 |
| 7 | 7 | Melissa Anset | 0:54:21 | +02:47 |
| 8 | 9 | Joanne Easson | 0:54:42 | +03:08 |
| 9 | 8 | Fiona Morris | 0:55:27 | +03:53 |
| 10 | 16 | Emma Keogh | 0:57:18 | +05:44 |
| 11 | 4 | Erin Mitchell | 0:59:38 | +08:04 |
| 12 | 11 | Lana Adams | 0:59:56 | +08:22 |
| 13 | 15 | Nadia Combe | 1:02:06 | +10:32 |
| 14 | 10 | Shahrzad Shahnia | @1Lap | |
| DNF | 12 | Emma Pane |
Elite Men's Results: 2018 Australian Cyclocross Nationals
| Place | Bib | Name | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Chris Jongewaard | 1:01:46 | - |
| 2 | 3 | Christopher Aitken | 1:01:53 | +00:07 |
| 3 | 2 | Garry Millburn | 1:02:48 | +01:02 |
| 4 | 5 | Jayden Ward | 1:03:05 | +01:19 |
| 5 | 6 | Tom Chapman | 1:03:18 | +01:32 |
| 6 | 4 | Adrian Jackson | 1:03:34 | +01:48 |
| 7 | 23 | Guy Kalma | 1:03:39 | +01:53 |
| 8 | 10 | Harry Carpenter | 1:03:49 | +02:03 |
| 9 | 8 | Paul Redenbach | 1:04:20 | +02:34 |
| 10 | 14 | Daniel Braunsteins | 1:04:46 | +03:00 |
| 11 | 25 | Cameron Bayly | 1:05:22 | +03:36 |
| 12 | 11 | Daniel Taylor | 1:05:27 | +03:41 |
| 13 | 12 | Michael Howson | 1:06:17 | +04:31 |
| 14 | 16 | Benjamin Albany | 1:06:31 | +04:45 |
| 15 | 24 | Jeremy Cameron | 1:06:48 | +05:02 |
| 16 | 30 | Josh Sek | 1:07:09 | +05:23 |
| 17 | 7 | Jack Hogan | 1:07:32 | +05:46 |
| 18 | 17 | Shaun Cash | 1:07:39 | +05:53 |
| 19 | 15 | Scott Rettino | 1:08:25 | +06:39 |
| 20 | 20 | Max Hardy | 1:09:04 | +07:18 |
| 21 | 21 | Matthew Bird | 1:09:52 | +08:06 |
| 22 | 29 | Kieran Thompson | 1:10:03 | +08:17 |
| 23 | 13 | Nicholas Norden | 1:10:04 | +08:18 |
| 24 | 28 | Greg Thorne | 1:10:25 | +08:39 |
| 25 | 22 | Leo Simmonds | 1:11:39 | +09:53 |
| 26 | 26 | Jacob Sutherland | @1Lap | |
| DNF | 9 | Allan Iacuone | ||
| DNF | 18 | Angus Dickson | ||
| DNF | 27 | Aaron Batchelor |
