It was a pretty hectic finish, especially after 155k. I had held Shane off for the last 10k at least after he came into sight, coming into the final k or so we got stuck behind some 50k riders which we couldn't pass until the final straight, where I went for my sprint from the front in the final 50m or so with everything I had as we hit the line Shane was literally half a wheel off and on my inside towards the timing tent as he said. I probably did change my line in the final push for the line, and I apologised to Shane straight afterwards at the finish if it caused him to slow, but at the time he said no dramas.
In the end it was for 4th! And I had actually not known a Phil was already in front, thinking that the sprint was 3rd.
Tough days racing, easily the hardest mtb I've ever ridden, 3 laps of that course is just brutal!
Ben