A beautiful sunny day met Vic, Bec and Chloe up at the start of the High Plains Road Race at Mansfield in Victoria’s north east. The race went pretty much to plan; put the pressure on up the climb over Whitfield gap, then Chloe attack and see if she can get away and stay away.
Vic did a great job of attacking first, making the other girls in the bunch expend a bit extra energy. Then Bec put some pressure on, then just before the QOM, Chloe attacked, taking out the QOM jersey and giving herself a gap of a 100m or so onto the descent. The next 65km of the 100km race was spent alone by Chloe out front, slowly building up an advantage of just over 3min by the time she reached the line at Sam Miranda Winery at Oxley. Bec rode a smart and tactical race to win the bunch kick for 2nd place. Vic who had done a great job early on rode across the line a couple of minutes later. A good day at the office for team R.A.C.E. 1st place, 2nd place, QOM and Sprinters Jersey not to mention a handy wad of cash and some nice wine.
High Country Crit Oct 10
Sunday brought another sunny day at Sam Miranda Winery in Oxley, but unfortunately for the race organizers this meant that half of the women’s field decided it would be much nicer riding Mt. Hotham than racing and so didn’t front up to the start. This left the field a little small, however that didn’t mean the race wasn’t aggressive.
Bec and Chloe attacked the whole race, getting away from the bunch with young gun Toni Abbosogni. Chloe managed to take both the win and the intermediate sprint. With Bec just getting pipped by Toni, ending up with a 3rd place.
A big thanks to Sam Miranda Wines for holding such a fantastic event with a great atmosphere and prize money not seen anywhere else in Victoria for a women’s race! It would be great if more women would make the trip up and support these races as without our support these types of events will stop being held.
Also thanks to Doug and Marg McConville for hosting the team over the weekend!!
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