World Champion Glenn O'Shea sits in the middle of the pack during the men's scratch race(Image credit: Jarrod Partridge - jxpphotography.com)
Josie Talbot keeps an eye on the clock in the junior women's time trial(Image credit: Jarrod Partridge - jxpphotography.com)
Jack Edwards takes some time out in the pits(Image credit: Jarrod Partridge - jxpphotography.com)
Jack Edwards out in front during the junior men's scratch race(Image credit: Jarrod Partridge - jxpphotography.com)
Isabella King in action during the junior women's time trial(Image credit: Jarrod Partridge - jxpphotography.com)
Glenn O'Shea at the Australian Omnium Championships(Image credit: Jarrod Partridge - jxpphotography.com)
Winners... Annette Edmondson and Glenn O'Shea Australian Omnium Champions for 2012(Image credit: Jarrod Partridge - jxpphotography.com)
Annette Edmondson gets ready for the time trial(Image credit: Jarrod Partridge - jxpphotography.com)
Action from the junior women's scratch race(Image credit: Jarrod Partridge - jxpphotography.com)
South Australia's Glenn O'Shea and Annette Edmondson have continued their stellar 2012 campaigns by claiming the Omnium national titles at the 2013 Cycling Australia Omnium Track National Championships at Melbourne's DISC Velodrome.
Reigning world champion O'Shea was almost perfect in the men's omnium, claiming wins in four of the six events, the points, individual pursuit, scratch and kilometre time trial, and second in the elimination race and flying lap.
"It's a little bit of relief, as there is always that added pressure coming into a championship like this being the world champion, " said O'Shea, who also finished fifth in the omnium in his Olympic debut in London. "It's been a pretty good two days for me."
A true test of stamina, speed and endurance, the omnium has competitors racing in six events over two days - the flying 250m lap, points, elimination and scratch races, the individual pursuit and a time trial. Points are awarded to each rider based on placings in the events and the cyclist with the lowest tally at the end deemed the winner.
Recently crowned Oceania omnium champion, South Australia's Luke Davison held a narrow one-point lead over defending champion O'Shea after the first three events held on Thursday.
Despite a personal best time of 13.028 seconds for O'Shea in the opening ‘flying lap' event, Davison managed to pip his rival for the win being the only rider to break the 13-second barrier, recording 12.937 for the 500m distance.
The world champion showed his class however, with a solid victory in the points race ahead of Davison and Victoria's Alex Morgan, before Davison then pipped O'Shea in the third event, the elimination race.
O'Shea then took the win in the 4000m individual pursuit with a time of 4mins 26.838secs, with a fifth place to Davison giving O'Shea a valuable three point lead heading into the final two events.
O'Shea quickly extended his lead to five points following a strong victory in the elimination race which saw him take a lap on the field. And despite a puncture which forced him to ride the final two laps of the 1km time trial with a flat tyre, he posted his fourth win to secure the crown.
"I got pushed the whole way by Luke, but I managed to get away from him today with a couple of good rides in the pursuit and scratch," said O'Shea. "I was pretty happy with the time trial time considering the puncture.
Fresh from his silver medal at the Glasgow Track World Cup in early November, O'Shea also claimed a stunning win in the Ghent six-day event.
"I went to Glasgow a few weeks ago and I was in pretty good form as I trained really hard for that," said O'Shea who claimed his third national omnium titles after victories in 2008 and 2012.
"But I rode quicker here in everything except the time trial but I got the puncture, and I was pleased with my form in the bunch racing, so with two months to go until worlds, it is going alright," added O'Shea.
O'Shea will contest the Tasmanian Christmas Carnival Series in late December, before turning the 2013 Subaru Track National Championships to be held in Sydney from January 30 to February 2.
Davison (14 points) took the silver medal, with the junior world champion Morgan (26 points) claiming bronze.
In the women's omnium, the 2012 world silver and Olympic bronze medalist Edmondson was simply unstoppable as she claimed her second national omnium crown in two years.
It was pure cycling perfection from the South Australia as she claimed victories in all six events to finish on the lowest score possible - six points - twelve clear of fellow Olympian Amy Cure of Tasmania who finished level on 18 points with West Australia's Isabella King.
Cure was awarded the silver medal due to a faster time when the pursuit, flying lap and 500 metre time trial times were tallied.
"I came in here hoping to win it and had a lot of confidence after the Oceanias," said Edmondson, who claimed the omnium title at the Oceania Championships in Adelaide last month in similar fashion, claiming victories in all six events.
"I was pretty surprised with my Oceania performance to be honest, as I wasn't sure where my form would be at post London.
"And I know that even now I am not in peak form, so it is really positive going into the rest of the season," she added.
In the first three events held on Thursday, Edmondson recorded a personal best time in the opening event, the flying lap, posting the only sub 14-second ride.
The South Australian then claimed a convincing win in the points race before withstanding a strong challenge in the elimination race from Canberra's Rebecca Wiasak to take the win.
In the final three events held on Friday, Edmondson posted the fastest individual pursuit time (3:35.302) by four seconds, before a comfortable victory in the second last event, the scratch race.
Edmondson then bumped it up a gear in the final event, the 500m time trial, posting the fastest time of 35.812secs to seal the complete set of victories.
"Anything can happen in an omnium so I just had to focus on each individual race as it came and I managed to pull off the race plan in most occasions, so I am very pleased," who reclaimed the title she won in 2011 after finishing third in 2012 to Sydney's Ashlee Ankudinoff.
"And to top it off with six wins, it's great," she exclaimed.
Like O'Shea, Edmondson will contest the Christmas Carnivals in Tasmania before turning her attentions to the Track National Championships in Sydney.
"It sounds a bit greedy, but I will be focusing on all three events in Sydney," said Edmondson, who celebrated her twenty-first birthday last Wednesday.
"The individual pursuit is number one for me, as I am aiming for the pursuit team for worlds so am looking for a good time.
"But obviously I would like to cement my place in the other two events, the scratch and points, as they will be a decision maker as to who rider the omnium. Even though I have had a good performance here and at Oceanias, I need to keep on my toes at all times," added Edmondson.
Jack Edwards of New South Wales was far too good for his opponents in the under 19 men's omnium. with the 16-year-old rocketing his way to a resounding 18 point victory.
In the opening event, Victoria's junior world time trial champion Zac Shaw (13.164) posted the fastest time for the flying lap, just ahead of Edwards (13.504).
However Edwards put the pedal down in the next three events and claimed consecutive victories in the points and elimination races, plus the individual pursuit, to bolt to a stunning 15point lead after four events.
Edwards was pipped into second place by South Australia's Joshua Harrison in the penultimate event, the scratch race, before finishing second in the 1km time trial (1:05.245) behind Shaw (1:04.348).
Edwards finished on 9 points, with Victoria's Mathew Ross claiming the silver with 27 points, just one ahead of South Australia's Joshua Harrison (28pts) who took the bronze.
"I got a bit worried dafter Zac (Shaw) go the first event as I knew he'd be tough competition," said Sydney's Edwards, who will now turn his attentions to the Australian Youth Olympic Festival which will be held from 16 - 20 January 2013 in Sydney.
"But I went hard in the next three events and then all the boys kept me down to earth heading into the final two events so it all worked out really well."
In the under 19 women's event. Josie Talbot (NSW) claimed her first national omnium crown following a consistent performance which saw her finish in the top three in all six events.
Talbot, 16, posted a convincing victory in the points race for her lone win, however it was four second place finishes in the flying lap, individual pursuit, scratch and 500m time trial which secured her win. Talbot also finished third in the elimination race.
"I am pretty ecstatic about it, it's my first under 19 national title, so I am really happy," said Talbot, who hails from Camden in Greater Western Sydney.
"I am really focused on making the team for the junior worlds later next year, but I was just picked in the Australian Youth Olympic Festival team so I am pretty excited about getting to ride for Australia in January," Talbot added.
Talbot finished on 12 points, five ahead of Tasmania's Lauren Perry (17pts) who took the silver medal following wins in the individual pursuit and scratch race and a third in the points race.
The podium mirrored that of the 2013 Oceania Championships held in Adelaide in November with West Australia's Elissa Wundersitz (20pts) taking the bronze medal following victories in the elimination race and time trial in addition to third in the flying lap.
West Australia's Emily McRedmond was the other rider to post a victory after she recorded the fastest time in the flying lap.
Results
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Junior women under 19 - Scratch
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Lauren Perry
0:10:17.54
2
Josie Talbot
Row 1 - Cell 2
3
Lara Batkin
Row 2 - Cell 2
4
Ruby Greig-Hurtig
Row 3 - Cell 2
5
Elissa Wundersitz
Row 4 - Cell 2
6
Macey Stewart
Row 5 - Cell 2
7
Emily McRedmond
Row 6 - Cell 2
8
Grace Fryer
Row 7 - Cell 2
9
Alexandra Manly
Row 8 - Cell 2
10
Stacey Riedel
Row 9 - Cell 2
11
Holly Heffernan
Row 10 - Cell 2
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Junior women under 19 - Time trial
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Elissa Wundersitz
0:00:37.61
2
Josie Talbot
0:00:00.20
3
Lauren Perry
0:00:00.36
4
Ruby Greig-Hurtig
0:00:00.39
5
Macey Stewart
0:00:00.50
6
Emily McRedmond
0:00:00.54
7
Alexandra Manly
0:00:00.74
8
Stacey Riedel
0:00:01.70
9
Lara Batkin
0:00:01.83
10
Holly Heffernan
0:00:02.50
11
Grace Fryer
0:00:03.03
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Junior women - Final result
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Josie Talbot
12
pts
2
Lauren Perry
17
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Elissa Wundersitz
20
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Emily McRedmond
32
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Ruby Greig-Hurtig
34
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Macey Stewart
35
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Alexandra Manly
35
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Lara Batkin
41
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Stacey Riedel
46
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
Grace Fryer
61
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
Holly Heffernan
63
Row 10 - Cell 3
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Junior men under 19 - Scratch
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Joshua Harrison
0:11:44.03
2
Jack Edwards
Row 1 - Cell 2
3
Mathew Ross
Row 2 - Cell 2
4
Nathan Bradshaw
Row 3 - Cell 2
5
Daniel Fitter
Row 4 - Cell 2
6
Sam Welsford
Row 5 - Cell 2
7
Tom Kaesler
Row 6 - Cell 2
8
Harrison Carter
Row 7 - Cell 2
9
Hugo Tolliday
Row 8 - Cell 2
10
Bradley Heffernan
Row 9 - Cell 2
11
Jordan Stannus
Row 10 - Cell 2
12
Gerald Evans
Row 11 - Cell 2
13
Blake Smith
Row 12 - Cell 2
14
Theodore Yates
Row 13 - Cell 2
15
Zac Shaw
Row 14 - Cell 2
DNF
Callum Scotson
Row 15 - Cell 2
DNF
Jack Hogan
Row 16 - Cell 2
DNF
Alistair Donohoe
Row 17 - Cell 2
DNF
Mitchell Barry
Row 18 - Cell 2
DNF
Alexander Porter
Row 19 - Cell 2
DSQ
Matthew Holmes
Row 20 - Cell 2
DSQ
Owen Gillott
Row 21 - Cell 2
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Junior men under 19 - Time trial
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Zac Shaw
0:01:04.35
2
Jack Edwards
0:00:00.90
3
Joshua Harrison
0:00:01.34
4
Mathew Ross
0:00:02.42
5
Bradley Heffernan
0:00:02.48
6
Sam Welsford
0:00:02.59
7
Daniel Fitter
0:00:02.77
8
Hugo Tolliday
0:00:03.67
9
Callum Scotson
0:00:03.82
10
Tom Kaesler
0:00:03.90
11
Alexander Porter
0:00:03.95
12
Theodore Yates
0:00:04.57
13
Gerald Evans
0:00:04.73
14
Alistair Donohoe
0:00:04.76
15
Jordan Stannus
0:00:04.83
16
Jack Hogan
0:00:04.85
17
Harrison Carter
0:00:05.02
18
Mitchell Barry
0:00:05.20
19
Nathan Bradshaw
0:00:06.18
20
Blake Smith
0:00:06.66
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Junior men under 19 - Final result
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Jack Edwards
9
pts
2
Mathew Ross
27
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Joshua Harrison
28
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Sam Welsford
38
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Zac Shaw
44
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Tom Kaesler
49
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Daniel Fitter
60
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Bradley Heffernan
61
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Hugo Tolliday
61
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
Theodore Yates
72
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
Jordan Stannus
78
Row 10 - Cell 3
12
Gerald Evans
79
Row 11 - Cell 3
13
Blake Smith
85
Row 12 - Cell 3
14
Harrison Carter
92
Row 13 - Cell 3
15
Callum Scotson
96
Row 14 - Cell 3
16
Nathan Bradshaw
101
Row 15 - Cell 3
17
Alexander Porter
102
Row 16 - Cell 3
18
Alistair Donohoe
112
Row 17 - Cell 3
19
Mitchell Barry
118
Row 18 - Cell 3
20
Jack Hogan
126
Row 19 - Cell 3
DNF
Matthew Holmes
60
Row 20 - Cell 3
DNF
Owen Gillott
73
Row 21 - Cell 3
DNF
Michael Rice
45
Row 22 - Cell 3
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Women - Scratch
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Annette Edmondson
0:13:23.73
2
Georgia Baker
Row 1 - Cell 2
3
Amy Cure
Row 2 - Cell 2
4
Jupha Somnet
Row 3 - Cell 2
5
Isabella King
Row 4 - Cell 2
6
Alexandra O'Dea
Row 5 - Cell 2
7
Grace Phang
Row 6 - Cell 2
8
Rebecca Wiasak
Row 7 - Cell 2
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Women - Time trial
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Annette Edmondson
0:00:35.81
2
Isabella King
0:00:01.37
3
Amy Cure
0:00:01.60
4
Georgia Baker
0:00:02.37
5
Alexandra O'Dea
0:00:02.54
6
Rebecca Wiasak
0:00:02.67
7
Jupha Somnet
0:00:03.48
8
Grace Phang
0:00:05.74
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Women - Final result
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Annette Edmondson
6
pts
2
Amy Cure
18
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Isabella King
18
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Georgia Baker
25
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Rebecca Wiasak
31
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Alexandra O'Dea
34
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Jupha Somnet
37
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Grace Phang
47
Row 7 - Cell 3
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Men - Scratch
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Glenn O'Shea
0:17:55.24
2
Miles Scotson
Row 1 - Cell 2
3
Luke Davison
Row 2 - Cell 2
4
Alexander Morgan
Row 3 - Cell 2
5
Stephen Hall
Row 4 - Cell 2
6
Brent Nelson
Row 5 - Cell 2
7
Hamdan Hamidun
Row 6 - Cell 2
8
Benjamin Harvey
Row 7 - Cell 2
9
Sofian Nabil
Row 8 - Cell 2
10
Peter Loft
Row 9 - Cell 2
11
Luke Parker
Row 10 - Cell 2
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Men - Time trial
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Glenn O'Shea
0:01:03.62
2
Luke Davison
0:00:00.62
3
Brent Nelson
0:00:01.48
4
Alexander Morgan
0:00:02.01
5
Miles Scotson
0:00:02.45
6
Stephen Hall
0:00:02.62
7
Luke Parker
0:00:02.78
8
Hamdan Hamidun
0:00:03.46
9
Peter Loft
0:00:05.05
10
Benjamin Harvey
0:00:05.11
11
Sofian Nabil
0:00:06.38
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Men - Final result
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
Header Cell - Column 3
1
Glenn O'Shea
8
pts
2
Luke Davison
14
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Alexander Morgan
26
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Miles Scotson
29
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Brent Nelson
32
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Stephen Hall
32
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Peter Loft
46
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Luke Parker
49
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Benjamin Harvey
62
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
Sofian Nabil
65
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
Hamdan Hamidun
75
Row 10 - Cell 3
DNF
George Tansley
20
Row 11 - Cell 3
DNF
Jack Cummings
33
Row 12 - Cell 3
DNF
Tyler Spurrell
36
Row 13 - Cell 3
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