Lauren Bates (Meridian Blue p/b 99 Motorcycles) and Australian U23 time trial champion Zachary Marriage (Butterfields Ziptrak Racing) claimed victory within the level 2 time trial on the Q Excursion on Saturday, which is turning in the general spherical of racing in Australia’s ProVelo Tremendous League.
Marriage swept the hilly 8.6km Samsonvale males’s time trial in 11:08 on Saturday morning, stretching out an opening of greater than 12 seconds to his nearest rival Tristan Saunders (Workforce Brennan p/b TP32) whilst Olympic staff time trial gold medallist Conor Leahy (CCACHE x Bodywrap) was once 3rd greater than 18 seconds again.Â
That win additionally gave Marriage 20 issues extra at the general collection leaderboard even though his key rival, general and U23 chief Jack Ward (Workforce Brennan p/b TP32) got here 5th and due to this fact secured ten issues. That supposed the distance was once simplest decreased via ten issues, nonetheless leaving Marriage with a  33 level deficit to make up within the ultimate two levels of racing of the primary yr of the collection.Â
“Pretty happy with that result,” stated Marriage in an interview posted at the ProVelo instagram tale. “Finally got a stage win and a bit closer to Jack Ward in the points as well. I mean he came fifth so really good ride by him but its good to get a little bit closer.”
Bates crossed the road with a time of 12:53 within the girls’s race, over 4 seconds forward of Alli Anderson (Butterfields Ziptrak) whilst 11 seconds again it was once teammate Sophie Edwards that got here 3rd. Collection leaders Sophie Marr (Praties) got here 6th, which supposed she was once out of the level issues whilst Anderson’s 16 issues helped her knock a minimum of a bit of extra off her deficit, in conjunction with the 10 issues she earned for 5th on level 1.
Anderson, who’s in 3rd at the general collection leaderboard, is now 55 issues in the back of Talia Appleton (Praties) and 128 issues in the back of Marr.
The racing continues with a level 3 highway race at the Lakeside Raceway Saturday afternoon after which on Sunday the collection concludes with 111.7km of racing in the course of the Moreton Bay Hinterlands for the lads and 90.3km for the ladies, with each races finishing in a hilltop end. The winners of the underneath 23 classes of the brand new league will secured riders with Jayco-AlUla and the Liv-AlUla-Jayco Continental Workforce.
You’ll be able to in finding the Q Excursion level 1 effects right here and the development preview right here.
Swipe to scroll horizontallyStage 2 elite males’s top10PositionRiderTime1Zachary Marriage (Butterfields Ziptrak Racing)11’08”28 2Tristan Saunders (Workforce Brennan p/b TP32)+12″503Conor Leahy (CCACHE x Bodywrap)+18″414Brendon Davids (Workforce Brennan p/b TP32)+18″705Jack Ward (Team Brennan p/b TP32)+21″846Matthew Lambert (TandemCo Professional Biking)+25″927Scott Bowden (Tasmanian Institute of Sport)+29″728Liam Walsh (CCACHE x Bodywrap)+30″729Tynan Shannon (Team Royal Bikes)+34″2810Oliver Stenning (Velofit-Outline Belongings)+36″02Swipe to scroll horizontallyStage 2 elite women’s top 10PositionRiderTime1Lauren Bates (Meridian Blue Cycling p/b 99 Bikes)12’53″612Alli Anderson (Butterfields Ziptrak Racing)+4″643Sophie Edwards (Butterfields Ziptrak Racing)+11″214Sophia Sammons (Praties Biking Workforce)+14″305Alyssa Polites (Meridian Blue Cycling p/b 99 Bikes)+18″056Sophie Marr (Praties Biking Workforce)+18″307Katelyn Nicholson (Butterfields Ziptrak Racing)+20″728Keely Bennett (Meridian Blue Biking p/b 99 Motorcycles)+24″099Talia Appleton (Praties Cycling Team)+24″6310Kirsty Watts (Meridian Blue Biking p/b 99 Motorcycles)+29″04
