Split up fields raced to the road in Sheffield in stage 2 of the Tour of Tasmania, with Hagens Berman Jayco rider Hamish McKenzie profiting from his time at his dwelling state race by claiming a solo victory within the males’s race on Saturday morning whereas Sophie Marr (Praties Cycling Team) jumped up a step within the ladies’s race.
The ladies’s discipline had cut up, with a lead group of 14 rising on the brutal Union Bridge climb. There was a break of three together with New Zealand U23 time trial champion Kirsty Watts (Meridian Blue Cycling p/b 99 Bikes), Sophia Sammons and Frankie Hall (Praties Cycling Team) that held out entrance till throughout the last 10km however in the end the lead group pulled it again collectively for a lead group dash after 102km of racing by the hilly Meander Valley.
The 117km males’s stage additionally was set alight on the Union Bridge climb at round 70km into the day of racing, with Jack Ward (Team Brennan p/b TP32) heading off the highway solo and sparking a chase behind.
After that the group thinned and in the end it was three in pursuit of Ward – Zac Marriage (Butterfields Ziptrak Racing), McKenzie and Ollie Sims (Cobra9 X Leigh Surveyors). Sims dropped off, whereas Marriage chased exhausting with the general battle within the U23 class spurring his pursuit of Ward. That meant when the trio got here again collectively, McKenzie had conserved sufficient vitality to launch solo and make it stick with the road, capturing a confidence constructing win earlier than he heads again to Europe to race with Hagens Berman Jayco.
Men’s outcomes
Women’s outcomes