CANBERRA’S Heather Logie caused a major upset at the Australian Mountain Bike National Series last week after defeating national champion and series leader Rowena Fry in the short course cross country at round three of the Jayco Australian Mountain Bike Series in Thredbo.

While Victoria’s Daniel Brauensteins comfortably won the men’s elite race.

But Logie was the surprise winner to the cycling world.

She has been so used to finishing runner-up to Fry for so long.

“I’m just ecstatic, I finally get a first,” Logie told cyclingnews.com

“A second and a first this weekend; I’m stoked.”

“Rowena was definitely controlling the track out there. She had the inline on everything. She was holding me back when she knew I couldn’t get past.

“So I just knew I had to try it on a corner that no one was trying it on. That outside corner at the end, is really grassy and slippery, I knew that anyone would be stupid to attack there, but that seems to be what I’m known for and I thought I’d give it a go.”

“She got up and got doing so fast and I just knew I had to jump on and get going, and take advantage of that very quick reprieve. I just held it, I can’t believe it,” she said.