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The big teams took to the front to apply some pressure. (Image credit: Mark Gunter)

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Rachel Neylan leads the winning break. (Image credit: Mark Gunter)

The elite women’s event at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race was billed as a showdown between the big guns, Wiggle Down Under and Orica-AIS. Some days, the numbers game just doesn’t play out.

Neylan wins inaugural women's Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

Without a team, Neylan's courage rewarded with maiden victory

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Jane Aubrey

As a sports journalist and producer since 1997, Jane has covered Olympic and Commonwealth Games, rugby league, motorsport, cricket, surfing, triathlon, rugby union, and golf for print, radio, television and online. However her enduring passion has been cycling.

Jane is a former Australian Editor of Cyclingnews from 2011 to 2013 and continues to freelance within the cycling industry.