In her first race as a part of the Meridian Blue Cycling p/b 99 Bikes group Keely Bennett held off her rivals, claiming Friday’s stage 1 of the Tour of Tasmania, whereas Kurt Eather (CCACHE x Bodywrap) additionally stepped into the sequence with a victory.
The opening battle of the third spherical of the brand new ProVelo Super League performed out in Devonport – the touchdown level for the Spirit of Tasmania which ferries passengers and autos throughout the Bass Strait – and befell on a 1.7km circuit over 50 minutes.
The girls’s race was first, with Bennett launching across the closing nook and holding off the problem of Sophie Marr (Praties Cycling Team) whereas Alli Anderson (Butterfields Ziptrak Racing) was third.
“My first experience with the group they usually backed me they usually believed in me and that was an amazing feeling and I used to be motivated to carry out like that as a result of all of them labored their arses off for me,” mentioned Bennett in a race recap on the league’s YouTube channel.
In the ultimate lap of the boys’s occasion CCACHE x Bodywrap and Team Brennan p/b TP32 have been within the battle for prime place, with Eather decided that the group be on the entrance round that closing nook after having watched earlier editions and ridden the course. The group succeeded in that intention and it paid off.
“I may see Blake on my wheel however I simply knew I needed to go as deep as I may and maintain him off,” mentioned Eather in an interview on ProVelo Super League instagram.
Melbourne to Warrnambool and SA Kick It stage 2 criterium winner Blake Agnoletto of Team Brennan got here second whereas it was Zac Marriage (Butterfields Ziptrak) in third.
The 4 stage occasion continues with a highway race and time trial on Saturday and one other highway occasion with a hilltop end on Sunday.
Results males
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Results girls
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