Lauren Bates (Meridian Blue p/b 99 Bikes) and Australian U23 time trial champion Zachary Marriage (Butterfields Ziptrak Racing) claimed victory within the stage 2 time trial on the Q Tour on Saturday, which is delivering the ultimate spherical of racing in Australia’s ProVelo Super League.
Marriage swept the hilly 8.6km Samsonvale males’s time trial in 11:08 on Saturday morning, stretching out a spot of greater than 12 seconds to his nearest rival Tristan Saunders (Team Brennan p/b TP32) whereas Olympic workforce time trial gold medallist Conor Leahy (CCACHE x Bodywrap) was third greater than 18 seconds again.
That win additionally gave Marriage 20 factors extra on the general collection leaderboard although his key rival, general and U23 chief Jack Ward (Team Brennan p/b TP32) got here fifth and subsequently secured ten factors. That meant the hole was solely decreased by ten factors, nonetheless leaving Marriage with a 33 level deficit to make up within the ultimate two levels of racing of the primary 12 months of the collection.
“Pretty pleased with that end result,” mentioned Marriage in an interview posted on the ProVelo instagram story. “Finally obtained a stage win and a bit nearer to Jack Ward within the factors as effectively. I imply he got here fifth so actually good experience by him however its good to get just a little bit nearer.”
Bates crossed the road with a time of 12:53 within the ladies’s race, over 4 seconds forward of Alli Anderson (Butterfields Ziptrak) whereas 11 seconds again it was teammate Sophie Edwards that got here third. Series leaders Sophie Marr (Praties) got here sixth, which meant she was out of the stage factors whereas Anderson’s 16 factors helped her knock at the very least just a little extra off her deficit, together with the ten factors she earned for fifth on stage 1.
Anderson, who’s in third on the general collection leaderboard, is now 55 factors behind Talia Appleton (Praties) and 128 factors behind Marr.
The racing continues with a stage 3 street race on the Lakeside Raceway Saturday afternoon after which on Sunday the collection concludes with 111.7km of racing by the Moreton Bay Hinterlands for the lads and 90.3km for the ladies, with each races ending in a hilltop end. The winners of the below 23 classes of the brand new league will secured riders with Jayco-AlUla and the Liv-AlUla-Jayco Continental Team.
You can discover the Q Tour stage 1 outcomes right here and the occasion preview right here.
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Stage 2 elite males’s top10
Position
Rider
Time
1
Zachary Marriage (Butterfields Ziptrak Racing)
11’08”28
2
Tristan Saunders (Team Brennan p/b TP32)
+12″50
3
Conor Leahy (CCACHE x Bodywrap)
+18″41
4
Brendon Davids (Team Brennan p/b TP32)
+18″70
5
Jack Ward (Team Brennan p/b TP32)
+21″84
6
Matthew Lambert (TandemCo Pro Cycling)
+25″92
7
Scott Bowden (Tasmanian Institute of Sport)
+29″72
8
Liam Walsh (CCACHE x Bodywrap)
+30″72
9
Tynan Shannon (Team Royal Bikes)
+34″28
10
Oliver Stenning (Velofit-Define Property)
+36″02
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Stage 2 elite ladies’s prime 10
Position
Rider
Time
1
Lauren Bates (Meridian Blue Cycling p/b 99 Bikes)
12’53″61
2
Alli Anderson (Butterfields Ziptrak Racing)
+4″64
3
Sophie Edwards (Butterfields Ziptrak Racing)
+11″21
4
Sophia Sammons (Praties Cycling Team)
+14″30
5
Alyssa Polites (Meridian Blue Cycling p/b 99 Bikes)
+18″05
6
Sophie Marr (Praties Cycling Team)
+18″30
7
Katelyn Nicholson (Butterfields Ziptrak Racing)
+20″72
8
Keely Bennett (Meridian Blue Cycling p/b 99 Bikes)
