Welcome to the Australian road race. McCarthy top favourite but BNZ has the numbers and I think Ewan is also a dangerous name on this profile.
Nice team effort by BNZ, as Scott and Watson reach the top of the penultimate hill together with 25” ahead of the peloton! There we see Roe and current national champion Howard attacking as well now! 11 km left!
Groves has joined the two chasers, and with 5 km to go they are trailing the BNZ duo by 18”! A group of favourites of 13 is another 40” behind, but is missing domestiques. Meyer just attacked there, but that might be too late.
Great job by Scott to deliver Watson under the flamme rouge, he accelerates now with a twelve second lead over the chasing trio!
And he holds on very well! Australian road title goes to BNZ, with Howard in second and Groves in third!
Result:
1
Calvin Watson
BNZ-Superhero Racing
1h16'19
2
Leigh Howard
Indosat Ooredoo
+ 17
3
Kaden Groves
Eurosport x GCN
s.t.
4
Timothy Roe
Carlsberg - Danske Bank
+ 35
5
Cameron Scott
BNZ-Superhero Racing
s.t.
6
Nicholas Schultz
BNZ-Superhero Racing
+ 54
7
Caleb Ewan
Podium Ambition
s.t.
8
Nathan Haas
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
s.t.
9
Kelland O'Brien
Team Tinkoff
s.t.
10
Robert Stannard
Xero Racing
s.t.
11
Harry Sweeny
Isostar - Specialized
s.t.
12
Rhys Gillett
BNZ-Superhero Racing
s.t.
13
Jay McCarthy
cycleYorkshire
s.t.
14
Michael Hepburn
Aegon - Peroni
s.t.
15
Ricki Nelson
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
s.t.
16
Jarrad Drizners
Crabbe-CC Chevigny
s.t.
17
Damien Howson
Duolingo
s.t.
18
Sebastian Berwick
Crabbe-CC Chevigny
s.t.
19
Alexander Evans
Cedevita
s.t.
20
Alexander Edmondson
Podium Ambition
s.t.
21
Cameron Meyer
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
s.t.
43
Luke Durbridge
cycleYorkshire
+ 3'41
Time Trial
Three very strong Australian time trialists, let’s see who is able to take this one home.
Hepburn finishes in 1h04’18”, which is only three seconds faster than Roe and should not be enough for the win.
Howson is around one minute and a half faster! Enough for the title?
No! Current time trial champion Durbridge is exactly one minute faster than the green owl and prolongs his title for another year!
