Alastair MacKellar doubles up with Australian U23 men's time trial title

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Oliver Bleddyn second while Zac Marriage takes third

during the Men’s U23 Individual Time Trial of the Australian National Road Race Championships at Buninyong in Ballarat, Victoria, Tuesday, January 10, 2023. Photo by (Con Chronis/AusCycling).
Alastair MacKellar (Israel Cycling Academy) on his way to victory in the U23 men's time trial at the AusCycling Road National Championships 2023 (Image credit: Con Chronis/AusCycling)

Alastair MacKellar (Israel Cycling Academy)  swept up the U23 men's road race title at the AusCycling National Championships on Saturday with a scorching final lap solo providing a sign of what was to come on Tuesday when he also added victory in the U23 men's time trial to his result tally. 

With a time of 36:49 MacKellar came over the line more than 1:25 ahead of his nearest rival in the 28.6km time trial, Oliver Bleddyn (ARA Skip Capital) while Zac Marriage (Team BridgeLane) came through the line a further ten seconds back to claim third. 

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