Drizners wins under-23 Australian criterium championships
O'Brien second, defending champion Scott third










Jarrad Drizners (InForm TM-Insight Make) won the under-23 Australian National Criterium Championships on Friday afternoon after getting the better of breakaway companion Kelland O'Brien (Pro Racing Sunshine Coast) in a two-man sprint.
While the elite women's and men's criteriums would be decided in bunch sprints on the opening day of the Australian National Championships in Ballarat, Victoria, it was a very different story in the U23 race earlier in the evening, when Drizners and O'Brien broke away to lap the field.
Defending champion and O'Brien's teammate Cam Scott won the bunch sprint for third place before Drizner and O'Brien continued on for another two laps to decide the race, with Drizner taking the title.
Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jarrad Drizners (Aus) InForm TM-Insight Make | 49:05:00 |
| 2 | Kelland O'Brien (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Cameron Scott (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast | 0:02:01 |
| 4 | Nicholas White (Aus) Team BridgeLane | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Jensen Plowright (Aus) Drapac Cannondale Holistic development team | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Tom Mcfarlane (Aus) InForm TM-Insight Make | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Craig Wiggins (Aus) St George Continental Team | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Thomas Bolton (Aus) Drapac Cannondale Holistic development team | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Myles Stewart (Aus) Rauland Development Cycling Team | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Brent Rees (Aus) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | Jasper Albrecht (Aus) X-Speed United | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Mark Sampson (Aus) Butterfields - Appselec p/b VDR | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Daniel Simpson (Aus) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Taj Jones (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| 15 | Zack Gilmore (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 16 | Tim Lennon (Aus) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| 17 | Cameron Wright (Aus) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| 18 | Harry Sweeny (Aus) EvoPro | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| 19 | Christopher Powell (Aus) Team Nero Bianchi | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| 20 | Cooper Sayers (Aus) SASI | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 21 | Isaac Buckell (Aus) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| 22 | Michael Harris (Aus) MTOSS Racing | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| 23 | Conor Leahy (Aus) InForm TM-Insight Make | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| 24 | Ben Metcalfe (Aus) Team BridgeLane | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| 25 | Chester Hinton (Aus) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| 26 | Leighton Taylor (Aus) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| 27 | Calan White (Aus) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| 28 | Liam Edwards (Aus) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| 29 | Byron Davies (Aus) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| 30 | Liam Lawlor (Aus) Butterfields - Appselec p/b VDR | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| 31 | Harry Askew (Aus) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| 32 | Blake Quick (Aus) St George Continental Team | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| 33 | Tom Chester (Aus) Rauland Development Cycling Team | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| 34 | Alexander Chrystall (Aus) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| 35 | Amarni Drake (Aus) Australian Cycling Academy | 0:02:14 |
| 36 | Kai Chapman (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast | 0:02:16 |
| 37 | Lucas Hoffman (Aus) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| 38 | David Williams (Aus) InForm TM-Insight Make | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| 39 | Will Moloney-Morton (Aus) InForm TM-Insight Make | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| 40 | Godfrey Slattery (Aus) InForm TM-Insight Make | 0:02:47 |
| 41 | Thomas Jones (Aus) InForm TM-Insight Make | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| 42 | Alex Clairs (Aus) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| 43 | Sam Bradbury (Aus) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| 44 | Lachlan Scott (Aus) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
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