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Stage 1 – Saturday, July 7: U19 & women’s TT.

Bobridge & Whitelaw dominate opening day.

Full results, report & photos.

The Canberra junior and women’s tour kicked off in perfect weather with a time trial for the U19 men/women and senior women.

The weather was unusually warm for this time of the year, so all the riders were enjoying the racing in the sunshine. Racing was held at the newly built Stromlo Forest Park with it’s purpose built criterium track.

There were strong fields for both the U19 and women’s racing and the favourites proved to be the strongest.

Jack Bobridge (SASI) rode arguably one of the most dominating time trials in the tours history, winning by over a minute for the 24km course. Travis Meyer (Drapac Porsche) rode well, although admitted that losing a minute to Bobridge had put a dent in his overall chances already. A surprise ride by Sean Boyle showed that the South Australian team was the strongest with 4 riders in the top 12 (Bobridge, Boyle, Christos Winter & Tim Roe).

Vicki Whitelaw showed her time trialling ability by winning the opening time trial convincingly over Bridie O’Donnell and Louise Kerr. Whitelaw used her recent stint of racing in America to good use to win the 15km stage by over 30 seconds. An excellent ride by Carlee Taylor (CSC Team O’Grady) put her in 6th place an first U19 woman.

The yellow jerseys went to Bobridge and Whitelaw and they will try and defend it in the next few days. 

Results

Women
1 Vicki Whitelaw
2 Bridie O’Donnell
3 Louise Kerr
4 Kathy Watt
5 Suzanne Alway

U19 Women
1 Carlee Taylor

Full results

U19 Men
1 Jack Bobridge
2 Travis Meyer
3 Sean Boyle
4 Leigh Howard
5 Michael Freiburg

Full results

Photos

• A Kiwi rider starts off
• CSC Team O’Grady were strong
• NZ had a strong team
• An ACT rider on her way
• Belinda Goss off to a powerful start
• An Australian team member gets going
• A Canberra local gets into her position
• Drapac Porsche looking good in red
• a-hard-start.jpg
• A SASI rider looks focussed
• A Victorian rider
• A very focused Ash gets underway
• An ACT local
• Are you smiling Grace?
• Aussies do it strong
• Bendigo’s Jamie Crass
• Bianca Rogers passes a rider
• Canberra star Chloe Hosking was sick today
• Carlee Taylor rockets to first in U19
• Christos Winter looking strong, he finished in 11th
• Even Australian team members don’t ride tt bikes
• Glenn O’Shea looks ahead
• Jack Bobridge absolutely blitzed the field today
• Kathy Watt starts off
• Lauren Kitchen comes in 2nd
• Leigh Howard had an off day today finishng 4th
• NSW had a strong team
• NZ also had a strong team
• Peta Mullens looks very solid
• Some riders used road bike
• Tasmanian Robinson came in 13th
• Tim Roe looking relaxed in the TT
• Travis Meyer…is hungry for the win!
• VIS rider off to a fast start
• WA riders were as strong as always
• Zoe Appel rides her Giant

Photos: E.S.P/http://www.erniesmithphoto.apexhost.com.au