Grace Brown (FDJ-Suez) gained the elite ladies’s time trial title on the Federation College Australian Street Nationwide Championships on Thursday, defending the title she additionally gained in 2023, 2022 and 2019.
Brown delivered a time of 40:51.30 and fewer than seven seconds again was Brodie Chapman (Lidl-Trek) in second, shifting up a step on the rostrum from final yr and that was whilst she confronted some gear points whereas out on the right track. Georgie Howe (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) got here third within the 28.6km occasion in Ballarat.
Riders took on two laps of the 14.5km course with 180m of elevation achieve with the race in opposition to the clock opening up the competitors on the Nationwide Championships.
Ella Simpson (ARA Skip Capital) claimed the U23 title, ending ninth within the mixed area, with Felicity Wilson-Haffenden simply behind because the 2023 U19 world champion made her debut with Lidl-Trek.
Additional down the sphere, it wasn’t the beginning the 2020 and 2021 winner of the occasion, Sarah Gigante had hoped for as she returned to the occasion after a two yr absence within the colors of her new group, AG Insurance coverage – Soudal. An early mechanical compelled a fast bike change and restart. Gigante ended up in eleventh spot.
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