ProVelo Tremendous League – Criterium wins for Keely Bennett and Kurt Eather in degree 1 of Excursion of Tasmania

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Kurt Eather (CCACHE x Bodywrap) wins Excursion of Tasmania 2025 degree 1 criterium (Con Chronis/PSL)(Symbol credit score: Con Chronis/ProVelo Tremendous League)Keely Bennett (Meridian Blue Biking p/b 99 Motorcycles) wins Excursion of Tasmania 2025 degree 1 criterium (Con Chronis/PSL)(Symbol credit score: Con Chronis/ProVelo Tremendous League)

In her first race as a part of the Meridian Blue Biking p/b 99 Motorcycles workforce Keely Bennett held off her competitors, claiming Friday’s degree 1 of the Excursion of Tasmania, whilst Kurt Eather (CCACHE x Bodywrap) additionally stepped into the collection with a victory.

The hole fight of the 3rd spherical of the brand new ProVelo Tremendous League performed out in Devonport – the touchdown level for the Spirit of Tasmania which ferries passengers and cars around the Bass Strait – and came about on a 1.7km circuit over 50 mins.

The ladies’s race was once first, with Bennett launching across the ultimate nook and protecting off the problem of Sophie Marr (Praties Biking Group) whilst Alli Anderson (Butterfields Ziptrak Racing) was once 3rd. 

“My first ride with the team and they backed me and they believed in me and that was a great feeling and I was motivated to perform like that because they all worked their arses off for me,” mentioned Bennett in a race recap at the league’s YouTube channel. 

Within the ultimate lap of the lads’s match CCACHE x Bodywrap and Group Brennan p/b TP32 had been within the fight for top place, with Eather decided that the workforce be on the entrance round that ultimate nook after having watched earlier editions and ridden the direction. The workforce succeeded in that purpose and it paid off.

“I could see Blake on my wheel but I just knew I had to go as deep as I could and hold him off,” mentioned Eather in an interview on ProVelo Tremendous League instagram.

Melbourne to Warrnambool and SA Kick It degree 2 criterium winner Blake Agnoletto of Group Brennan got here 2d whilst it was once Zac Marriage (Butterfields Ziptrak) in 3rd.

The 4 degree match continues with a highway race and time trial on Saturday and every other highway match with a hilltop end on Sunday.

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