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Cameron Meyer takes long-awaited Nationals road race win
BUNINYONG, Australia (CT) – After five previous finishes inside the top six, Cameron Meyer (Mitchelton-Scott) has finally won the Australian road race title. Meyer attacked from an elite lead group on the final of 16 laps up Mt. Buninyong and swiftly opened a sizeable lead. There was a flurry of attacks to try and bridge …
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Amanda Spratt wins her third Australian road title
BUNINYONG, Australia (CT) – She won her first two National road titles in Olympic years (2012 and 2016) and Amanda Spratt (Mitchelton-Scott) has continued that trend in 2020. Spratt took out the race in a two-up sprint ahead of 40-year-old Justine Barrow (Roxsolt-Attaquer) while Grace Brown (Mitchelton-Scott) completed the podium 11 seconds behind. Spratt, Barrow …
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Jarrad Drizners wins Australian U23 road race title
BUNINYONG, Australia (CT) – Twenty-year-old South Australian Jarrad Drizners (Hagens Berman Axeon) has taken out the U23 men’s race at Australia’s Road National Championships. Drizners got away from an elite lead group on the final of 12 laps around Mt. Buninyong with Seb Berwick (St George) for company. When the pair reached the finishing straight …
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Why the Aussie Road Nationals are staying in Ballarat for another three years
On Friday the Ballarat City Council announced that it had secured the rights to the Australian Road Nationals for another three years. By the time that contract ends, in 2023, Ballarat will have hosted the Nationals for 17 years in a row, and 20 years in the past 22. Every year when Nationals rolls around …
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Chloe Hosking sprints to Australian criterium title in a photo finish
BALLARAT, Australia (CT) – Chloe Hosking (Rally) has won her first national criterium title, sprinting to a narrow victory in Ballarat on Friday evening. Commissaires shortened the evening’s final event from 40 laps to 30 over fears that fading light would make for unsafe conditions. Rain poured down for the first half of the race …
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