Lucas Plapp wins under-23 men's time trial at Australian National Championships
Kelland O'Brien second, Carter Turnbull third

Last year's silver medallist, Lucas Plapp (InForm TM Insight Make), went one better to win the under-23 time trial at the Australian Road Championships on Wednesday afternoon, beating St Kilda's Kelland O'Brien by 15 seconds, with Plapp's InForm teammate Carter Turnbull almost a minute back in third.
Mackenzie Edwardson (Team CCS Canberra Men) made the early running with a fine 41:08 over the 28.6km race, and his time held until it was swept decisively aside by the arrival of new Hagens Berman Axeon signing Jarrad Drizners, who won the under-23 criterium title in 2019, and had finished fifth in the time trial, but was starting mid-way through the 38 starters this year.
His 38:52 would give him fifth place once more by the end of the afternoon, but it held until Turnbull came home in 38:38.
Third-to-last man off, Alastair Christie-Johnston (Team BridgeLane), was unable to unseat Turnbull, which guaranteed Turnbull at least a bronze medal, which was indeed what he would end up with.
O'Brien then set the new best time with 37:58, leaving just Plapp – the silver medallist in the junior men's time trial at the 2018 World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria – to bring it home as the last man left on the course, and with ample time up his sleeve to celebrate a job well done.
1 | Lucas Plapp (Aus) InForm TM Insight Make | 0:37:43 |
2 | Kelland O'Brien (Aus) St Kilda Cycling Club | 0:00:15 |
3 | Carter Turnbull (Aus) InForm TM Insight Make | 0:00:54 |
4 | Alastair Christie-Johnston (Aus) Team BridgeLane | 0:00:58 |
5 | Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Hagens Berman Axeon | 0:01:08 |
6 | Riley Fleming (Aus) Oliver's Real Food Racing | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Tyler Lindorff (Aus) Team BridgeLane | 0:01:10 |
8 | Rudy Porter (Aus) InForm TM Insight Make | 0:1:45 |
9 | Tom Benton (Aus) InForm TM Insight Make | 0:01:50 |
10 | Connor Sens (Aus) X Speed United | 0:02:08 |
11 | Sebastian Presley (Aus) Oliver's Real Food Racing | 0:02:14 |
12 | Sebastian Berwick (Aus) St George Continental Cycling Team | 0:02:30 |
13 | Elliot Schultz (Aus) Memil-CCN Pro Cycling | 0:02:49 |
14 | James Moriarty (Aus) Balmoral Cycling Club | 0:02:56 |
15 | Mackenzie Edwardson (Aus) Team CCS Canberra Men | 0:03:25 |
16 | Rhys Robotham (Aus) Futuro Pro Cycling | 0:03:38 |
17 | Campbell Jones (Aus) Oliver's Real Food Racing | 0:03:43 |
18 | Rohan Haydon-Smith (Aus) St George Cycling Club | 0:03:47 |
19 | Oliver Stenning (Aus) South Perth Cycling Club | 0:04:06 |
20 | Sebastian Barrett (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast | 0:04:08 |
21 | Thomas Gough (Aus) Darling Downs Cycling Club | 0:04:17 |
22 | Luke Wight (Aus) Midland Cycle Club | 0:04:21 |
23 | Oliver Murray (Aus) Rauland Development Team | 0:04:48 |
24 | Liam Walsh (Aus) Futuro Pro Racing | 0:05:06 |
25 | Jared Madsen (Aus) Avantias Pro Cycling | 0:05:15 |
26 | Tom Chester (Aus) Rauland Development Team | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Callum Pearce (Aus) Oliver's Real Food Racing | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Kael Thomas (Aus) Norwood Cycling Club | 0:05:41 |
29 | William Pender-Buchan (Aus) Avantias Pro Cycling | 0:05:48 |
30 | Hayden Turton (Aus) Midland Cycle Club | 0:05:56 |
31 | Will Thomas (Aus) Hawthorn Cycling Club | 0:06:19 |
32 | Edwin Britts (Aus) Dulwich Hill Cycling Club | 0:06:38 |
33 | Tom Sharp (Aus) Albury Wodonga Panthers Cycling Club | 0:07:19 |
34 | Travis O'Brien (Aus) Ballarat Sebastapol Cycling Club | 0:10:07 |
35 | James Thomas (Aus) Bundaberg Cycling Club | 0:10:48 |
36 | Nicholas Torney (Aus) Cobram Barooga Cycling Club | 0:13:42 |
DNF | Jordan Louis (Aus) Memil-CCN Pro Cycling | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniel Di Domenico (Aus) Pro Racing Sunshine Coast | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
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