Scotson wins U23 national title to complete the double

Miles Scotson added his name to the list of U23 riders to have won the road race and time trial at the same Australian national championships to cap off a successful week of racing for the SASI team. Scotson soloed over the line with a time of 3:22:57 minutes having attacked from the remnants of the day's breakaway and joins Jonathan Davis (2003), Jack Bobridge (2009) and Rohan Dennis (2012) in winning the double.

Alexander Edmondon won the sprint for second place, 36 seconds down on Scotson, with Alistair Donohue claiming the bronze medal at the conclusion of the 132.6km race.

"That’s what kind of inspired me," Scotson said of joining the riders to have done the U23 double. "I was pretty excited after the time trial I sent Jack Bobridge a message that night to congratulate him. He said ‘rest up, only the good guys do the double.’ That got me thinking that maybe I wasn't done yet. I worked pretty hard for the time trial and I refocused and for me, still a long shot to win the road race but I felt good early on today."

With a breakaway of seven riders already established, Scotson attacked on the climb to bridge the gap and join the leaders on the road. Joining Scotson was Dan Edwards, Ben O'Connor and George Tansley and quartet's added firepower to the break saw its lead increase to over three minutes. Darcy Woolley and Alex Grunke were the next riders to try to bridge the gap to the front break with seven of the 13 laps to go.

At the front of race, Jason Lea, Callum Scotson and Aiden Bowe were dropped by the leaders who quickly built a one minute advantage. Scotson then punctured with five laps to go as the peloton, being driven by Avanti, started to up the chase. With race favourites Jack Haig and Robert Power in the peloton, the break knew the chase would come and the lead started to hover around the two minute mark.

With the pace increasing, the leaders were reduced to five riders, D.Edwards, Scotson, D.Fitter, G.Tansley and B.O'Connor, while the peloton was reduced to just 15 riders with three laps left to race. When the break came around for two to go, Scotson led over the line and then attacked up the climb to go solo. Fitter was the first rider to try and chase him down while the peloton was coming together and swelled to 37 riders. 

When the bell rang for the final lap, Scotson's advantage had ballooned out to over a minute with Fitter giving chase, and followed by teammate Edwards, while the peloton crossed the line 1:41 minutes in arrears all but guaranteeing Scotson victory if he stayed upright. While Scotson, miles ahead, was soloing to victory, Fitter was caught by the peloton which has reduced to just 11 riders having shed all passengers.

With Scotson taking it easy on the fast descent back into Buninyong, his advantage over the chasers was shrinking but the win was never in doubt as he sat up and celebrated for the 200 meteres of the race.

"The second last time going up the climb I really dug deep up the climb when going over the top, regaining my breath," Scotson said. "The last time up the hill, going past all the people who help out at SASI, my mum and Tim Decker were absolutely screaming out for me and I really dug deep that last time up. The atmosphere at the top was great, it really spurred me on. When I got the time check coming down the descent at 1:10 minute, I didn't fully shut it down but I started ticking the gear over took it cautious round the corners thinking about what could go wrong. In the last two kilometres I just soaked it in."

 

Results

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Result
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Miles Scotson (SA)3:22:57
2Alexander Edmondson (SA)0:00:36
3Alistair Donohoe (VIC)Row 2 - Cell 2
4Ryan Cavanagh (QLD)Row 3 - Cell 2
5Nicholas Schultz (QLD)Row 4 - Cell 2
6Daniel Fitter (QLD)Row 5 - Cell 2
7Freddy Ovett (VIC)Row 6 - Cell 2
8Jack Haig (VIC)Row 7 - Cell 2
9Robert Power (WA)Row 8 - Cell 2
10Jack Beckinsale (NSW)Row 9 - Cell 2
11Mitchell Cooper (VIC)Row 10 - Cell 2
12Angus Lyons (VIC)Row 11 - Cell 2
13Jai Hindley (WA)Row 12 - Cell 2
14Luke Parker (VIC)0:01:08
15Harry Carpenter (SA)Row 14 - Cell 2
16Jackson Mawby (WA)Row 15 - Cell 2
17Nicholas Bien (VIC)Row 16 - Cell 2
18Jay Dutton (NSW)Row 17 - Cell 2
19Ryan Thomas (NSW)Row 18 - Cell 2
20Harrison Bailey (NSW)Row 19 - Cell 2
21Tom Kaesler (SA)Row 20 - Cell 2
22Jake Klajnblat (VIC)Row 21 - Cell 2
23Mathew Ross (VIC)Row 22 - Cell 2
24Oscar Stevenson (VIC)Row 23 - Cell 2
25Jeremy Cameron (VIC)0:01:28
26Ben Bradley (TAS)Row 25 - Cell 2
27George Tansley (SA)0:01:58
28David Edwards (QLD)0:03:26
29Justin Gassner (SA)Row 28 - Cell 2
30Cyrus Monk (VIC)Row 29 - Cell 2
31Nicholas Mattock (WA)Row 30 - Cell 2
32Alistair Crameri (VIC)Row 31 - Cell 2
33Dylan Sunderland (NSW)Row 32 - Cell 2
34Matthew Slee (QLD)Row 33 - Cell 2
35Ayden Toovey (NSW)Row 34 - Cell 2
36Chris Hamilton (VIC)Row 35 - Cell 2
37Sam Crome (VIC)Row 36 - Cell 2
38Nicholas Graham-Dawson (WA)0:06:44
39Jack Cummings (VIC)Row 38 - Cell 2
40Ben O'connor (WA)0:07:12
41Nicholas Katsonis (VIC)0:07:42
42Samuel Hill (NSW)0:08:58
43Jacob Langham (TAS)0:09:16
44Mark Kelly (VIC)Row 43 - Cell 2
45Paul Edelstein (NSW)Row 44 - Cell 2
46Drew Morey (VIC)Row 45 - Cell 2
47Harrison Wiles (NSW)Row 46 - Cell 2
48James Pane (VIC)Row 47 - Cell 2
49James Cummings (VIC)Row 48 - Cell 2
50Oliver Martin (TAS)Row 49 - Cell 2
51Zane Hunter (VIC)Row 50 - Cell 2
DNFShaun O'Callaghan (VIC)Row 51 - Cell 2
DNFCallum Scotson (SA)Row 52 - Cell 2
DNFLachlan Glasspool (SA)Row 53 - Cell 2
DNFTaylor Anstee (VIC)Row 54 - Cell 2
DNFDeclan Baker (NSW)Row 55 - Cell 2
DNFAnthony Bogiatzis (ACT)Row 56 - Cell 2
DNFNathan Booth (ACT)Row 57 - Cell 2
DNFStefan Bos (VIC)Row 58 - Cell 2
DNFScott Bowden (TAS)Row 59 - Cell 2
DNFAidan Bowe (VIC)Row 60 - Cell 2
DNFSimon Burchell (VIC)Row 61 - Cell 2
DNFCamden Bush (VIC)Row 62 - Cell 2
DNFBen Carman (QLD)Row 63 - Cell 2
DNFHarrison Carter (NSW)Row 64 - Cell 2
DNFCarsten Chapman (NSW)Row 65 - Cell 2
DNFTom Chapman (SA)Row 66 - Cell 2
DNFAlexander Clements (TAS)Row 67 - Cell 2
DNFBen Comfort (ACT)Row 68 - Cell 2
DNFWilbur Derham (VIC)Row 69 - Cell 2
DNFPeter Dunlop (QLD)Row 70 - Cell 2
DNFGerald Evans (TAS)Row 71 - Cell 2
DNFJesse Ewart (NSW)Row 72 - Cell 2
DNFDavid Fumpson (SA)Row 73 - Cell 2
DNFScott Gigante (VIC)Row 74 - Cell 2
DNFBenjamin Green (NSW)Row 75 - Cell 2
DNFLaurent Groom (NSW)Row 76 - Cell 2
DNFAlex Grunke (QLD)Row 77 - Cell 2
DNFChris Harper (SA)Row 78 - Cell 2
DNFBradley Heffernan (NSW)Row 79 - Cell 2
DNFJoseph Higginson (SA)Row 80 - Cell 2
DNFZander Hitchcock (VIC)Row 81 - Cell 2
DNFLachlan Holliday (VIC)Row 82 - Cell 2
DNFGuy Kalma (WA)Row 83 - Cell 2
DNFRyan Kennedy (SA)Row 84 - Cell 2
DNFJesse Kerrison (QLD)Row 85 - Cell 2
DNFSamuel Lane (VIC)Row 86 - Cell 2
DNFMatthew Lane (VIC)Row 87 - Cell 2
DNFJack Lavis (ACT)Row 88 - Cell 2
DNFJason Lea (VIC)Row 89 - Cell 2
DNFDylan Lindsey (VIC)Row 90 - Cell 2
DNFAdam Lloyd (NSW)Row 91 - Cell 2
DNFWade Longworth (WA)Row 92 - Cell 2
DNFJason Lowndes (VIC)Row 93 - Cell 2
DNFDave Manton (NSW)Row 94 - Cell 2
DNFBen Marshall (ACT)Row 95 - Cell 2
DNFLeslie Masters (QLD)Row 96 - Cell 2
DNFRobert McCarthy (SA)Row 97 - Cell 2
DNFNathan McLaren (VIC)Row 98 - Cell 2
DNFCharly McMillan (VIC)Row 99 - Cell 2
DNFKarl Michelin-Beard (ACT)Row 100 - Cell 2
DNFConor Murtagh (VIC)Row 101 - Cell 2
DNFHarrison Musgrave (TAS)Row 102 - Cell 2
DNFDylan Newbery (QLD)Row 103 - Cell 2
DNFAlexander Porter (SA)Row 104 - Cell 2
DNFAden Reynolds (NSW)Row 105 - Cell 2
DNFMichael Rice (ACT)Row 106 - Cell 2
DNFReece Robinson (NSW)Row 107 - Cell 2
DNFTodd Satchell (VIC)Row 108 - Cell 2
DNFDaniel Scheiner (NSW)Row 109 - Cell 2
DNFTimothy Sellar (WA)Row 110 - Cell 2
DNFPatrick Sharpe (NSW)Row 111 - Cell 2
DNFJordan Stannus (VIC)Row 112 - Cell 2
DNFJonathan Stephens (SA)Row 113 - Cell 2
DNFMichael Stringer (VIC)Row 114 - Cell 2
DNFJake Stuart (NSW)Row 115 - Cell 2
DNFRiley Terrens (VIC)Row 116 - Cell 2
DNFScott Thompson (NSW)Row 117 - Cell 2
DNFKyle Thompson (VIC)Row 118 - Cell 2
DNFNed Volk (VIC)Row 119 - Cell 2
DNFAlexander Walker (SA)Row 120 - Cell 2
DNFTristan Ward (NSW)Row 121 - Cell 2
DNFLiam White (VIC)Row 122 - Cell 2
DNFSean Whitfield (ACT)Row 123 - Cell 2
DNFLuke Williams (NSW)Row 124 - Cell 2
DNFDarcy Woolley (VIC)Row 125 - Cell 2
DNFTheodore Yates (WA)Row 126 - Cell 2
DNFToby Orchard (NSW)Row 127 - Cell 2
DNSWilliam Andersson (NSW)Row 128 - Cell 2
DNSConnor White (NSW)Row 129 - Cell 2

 

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