Tracey and her brother Mick Hannah stormed to victory this past weekend at the Australian National Championship.  As a result, Team Hutchinson United Ride walks away with the Pro Men and Pro Women title for 2013.   A good start for the team.  Video and pictures inside.
photos:Tim Bardsley-Smith

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This was their first race of the season and what a start! Tracey is back! 7 months ago she broke her femur and now she has won the Australian National title. We are so proud of her. With this boost of motivation Mick threw a crazy fast run and beat Jared Graves, Sam Hill, Chris Kovarik and Troy Brosnan to name a few. The team showed up ready to race and are gearing up for the start of the World Cup season.

Mick Hannah charging

4 days of sunny practice and it all came down to a (really) stormy Sunday! The track was completely soaked but surprisingly grippy. It was a pretty intense race for Tracey. She seeded in 2nd on Saturday by only 0.3. She crossed the line with a good time (2:46.53) but with still Caroline to go everything was still possible. A little bit more than 1 minute later Caroline came through with a 2:46.96.

Tracey Hannah Wins

30 minutes later it was the Elites man turn. Guillaume went down the track and despite some good speed in practice ended up in 21th. Fabien finished in 15th position with a big mistake !

Mick Hannah wins

5:06pm Mick is now out of the gate and 2:21.3 minutes later he crossed the line with a smashing time (2:21.26)! With Chris Kovarik (2:23.09), Sam Hill (2:23.48) and Jared Graves (2:23.09) still to come, they were unable to beat Mick’s time. Rounding out the top 5 was Troy Brosnan with a 2:23.73. Almost a full two seconds ahead of everyone else, Mick walked away with the victory.

Full Results

• Full results of the 2013 Australian National Championship can be viewed here

Tracey and Mick

Now the team will get some rest and training in before the next scheduled race.  Their next stop is the Oceania Championships in Tasmania at the end of March.