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Caleb Ewan (Orica GreenEdge) and Chloe Hosking (Wiggle Down Under) claimed opening day wins in the Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic on Friday with both riders winning from sprints.
Ewan came out on top against Greg Henderson (NZ National Team) and Ian Bibby after just over an hour of racing. Ewan leads the overall race by two points ahead of Henderson.
Hosking marked her debut for Wiggle Down Under, having signed at the end of 2014, with an important win on home soil. The former Hitech rider put in a commanding performance to beat Lauren Kitchen (Roxsolt)Elizabeth Williams(Orica-AIS). Hosking leads the overall standings with three days remaining in the race.
Ewan and Henderon broke clear of the field early in the race and held off the remnants of the field until the finish.
"I just got in the right move," Ewan said in a team press release. " Henderson has done that before here, raced like that and won, so I knew when he went that it could be the race so I had to jump on it straight away."
"I was glad the peloton were pulled out early,” Ewan continued. “I didn’t want to get involved with them because it upsets everything and I don’t think that would be fair for either of us. I thought [Henderson] was going to sit on me for the full last lap but he came through and wanted to lead it out and that worked perfectly for me."
In the women's race Hosking formed part of a five-rider group that split from the peloton roughly half-way through the race. The move included Williams, Kitchen Peta Mullens, and Miranda Griffiths (Holden Women’s Cycling).
"We went away about 25 minutes into the race, and all the big teams were in there, so I think the peloton was like: ‘we’re happy with that.’" Hosking said in a team press release.
"I was confident; I knew the girls in there, and I thought I had it over them in the sprint. But then also having Bronzini in the back there took a lot of pressure off, and gave me a pretty easy ride."
"It was pretty aggressive,” Hosking continued. “Roxsolt was pretty aggressive in the beginning, and we had Emilia [Fahlin] and Eileen [Roe] up there covering everything. But we knew we had Bronzini and I, so we wanted to make sure we were represented in anything that really went, and as it just turned out I ended up in a break!I just looked around and thought: ‘okay, they’re letting us go!’"
Results - Men
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caleb Ewan (Orica GreenEdge ) | 1:00:51 |
| 2 | Greg Henderson (NZ National Team) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Ian Bibby (Chain Reaction) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Luke Parker (Total Rush Hyster) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Jonathan Cantwell (Swift Carbon Melbourne Cycling League) | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Ryan Thomas (Data #3 Symantec Racing) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Joseph Lewis (Total Rush Hyster) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Benjamin Hill (Chartermason Giant Racing) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Kristian House (JLT Condor p/b Mavic) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Alder Martz (Health.com.au-Search2Retain) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | Aaron Gate (NZ National Team) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Neil Van Der Ploeg (Avanti Racing) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | James Mowatt (Data #3 Symantec Racing) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Mark Williams (Data #3 Symantec Racing) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| 15 | Angus Morton (Chain Reaction) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 16 | Lachlan Morton (Chain Reaction) | 0:00:01 |
| 17 | Steele Von Hoff (Avanti Racing) | 0:00:03 |
| 18 | Chris Hamilton (Avanti Racing) | 0:00:08 |
| 19 | Richard Kluge (Total Rush Hyster) | 0:00:12 |
| DNF | Leigh Howard (Orica GreenEdge) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Michael Hepburn (Orica GreenEdge) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Anthony Giacoppo (Avanti Racing) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Aaron Donnelly (Avanti Racing) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Patrick Shaw (Avanti Racing) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Pieter Bulling (NZ National Team) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Alex Frame (NZ National Team) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Cameron Karwowski (NZ National Team) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Marc Ryan (NZ National Team) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Samuel Witmitz (Team Budget Forklifts) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Luke Davison (Team Budget Forklifts) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Josh Berry (Team Budget Forklifts) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Felix English (JLT Condor p/b Mavic) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Harry Tanfield (JLT Condor p/b Mavic) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Mike Cumming (JLT Condor p/b Mavic) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Tom Moses (JLT Condor p/b Mavic) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Ed Laverack (JLT Condor p/b Mavic) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Matthew Slee (AMR Renault Racing) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Dylan Sunderland (AMR Renault Racing) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Aaron Watts (AMR Renault Racing) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Callan Douglas (AMR Renault Racing) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Cameron Fraser (AMR Renault Racing) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Russell Menzies (AMR Renault Racing) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jesse Kerrison (Chain Reaction) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Lawrence Carpenter (Chain Reaction) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Kyle Thompson (Chain Reaction) | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Joshua Taylor (Chartermason Giant Racing) | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jake Magee (Chartermason Giant Racing) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Ryan Macanally (Chartermason Giant Racing) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Paul Van Der Ploeg (Chartermason Giant Racing) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Sam Crome (Chartermason Giant Racing) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Stuart Shaw (Health.com.au-Search2Retain) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Michael Rice (Health.com.au-Search2Retain) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Angus Tobin (Health.com.au-Search2Retain) | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Tim Guy (Health.com.au-Search2Retain) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Sam Dobbs (Health.com.au-Search2Retain) | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jason Lowndes (Team Seight) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jordan Stannus (Team Seight) | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Zane Hunter (Team Seight) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Lachlan Holliday (Team Seight) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Liam Magennis (Team Seight) | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Evan Hull (Team Seight) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jarryd Jones (Wormall CCS) | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Matthew Lane (Wormall CCS) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Dane Frey (Wormall CCS) | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Russell Gill (Wormall CCS) | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Dylan Pierre-Humbert (Wormall CCS) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Patrick Lane (Total Rush Hyster) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | David Kelly (Total Rush Hyster) | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | James Cummings (Total Rush Hyster) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Chris Winn (Swift Carbon Melbourne Cycling League) | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Cameron Clamp (Swift Carbon Melbourne Cycling League) | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Chris Stack (Swift Carbon Melbourne Cycling League) | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Morgan Smith (Swift Carbon Melbourne Cycling League) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Tyler Spurrell (Data #3 Symantec Racing) | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Scott Thomas (Data #3 Symantec Racing) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Ben Carman (Data #3 Symantec Racing) | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | George Tansley (SASI) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Robert Mccarthy (SASI) | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Tom Kaesler (SASI) | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Alexander Smyth (Swift Carbon Melbourne Cycling League) | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Cameron Meyer (Orica GreenEdge) | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Mitchell Docker (Orica GreenEdge) | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Damien Howson (Orica GreenEdge) | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Tommy Nankervis (Team Budget Forklifts) | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Samuel Lane (Wormall CCS) | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Harry Carpenter (SASI) | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Parker (Total Rush Hyster) | 3 | pts |
| 2 | Ryan Thomas (Data #3 Symantec Racing) | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Caleb Ewan (Orica GreenEdge) | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neil Van Der Ploeg (Avanti Racing) | 3 | pts |
| 2 | Michael Hepburn (Orica GreenEdge) | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Caleb Ewan (Orica GreenEdge) | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Henderson (NZ National Team) | 3 | pts |
| 2 | Caleb Ewan (Orica GreenEdge) | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Joseph Lewis (Total Rush Hyster) | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caleb Ewan (Orica GreenEdge) | 12 | pts |
| 2 | Greg Henderson (NZ National Team) | 10 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Ian Bibby (Chain Reaction) | 8 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Luke Parker (Total Rush Hyster) | 7 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Jonathan Cantwell (Swift Carbon Melbourne Cycling League) | 6 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Ryan Thomas (Data #3 Symantec Racing) | 5 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Joseph Lewis (Total Rush Hyster) | 4 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Benjamin Hill (Chartermason Giant Racing) | 3 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Kristian House (JLT Condor p/b Mavic) | 2 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Alder Martz (Health.com.uu-Search2Retain) | 1 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caleb Ewan (Orica GreenEdge) | 4 | pts |
| 2 | Greg Henderson (NZ National Team) | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Luke Parker (Total Rush Hyster) | 3 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Neil Van Der Ploeg (Avanti Racing) | 3 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Ryan Thomas (Data #3 Symantec Racing) | 2 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Michael Hepburn (Orica GreenEdge) | 2 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Joseph Lewis (Total Rush Hyster) | 1 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orica GreenEdge | 12 | pts |
| 2 | Total Rush Hyster | 11 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | NZ National Team | 10 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Chain Reaction | 8 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Swift Carbon Melbourne Cycling League | 6 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Data #3 Symantec Racing | 5 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Chartermason Giant Racing | 3 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | JLT Condor p/b Mavic | 2 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Health.com.au-Search2Retain | 1 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
Results - Women
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chloe Hosking (Wiggle Down Under) | 44:52:00 |
| 2 | Lauren Kitchen (Roxsolt) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Elizabeth Williams (Orica-AIS) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Peta Mullens | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Miranda Griffiths (Holden Women's Cycling) | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Gracie Elvin (Orica-AIS) | 0:00:19 |
| 7 | Kimberley Wells (Roxsolt) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Emily Collins (Suvelo Racing) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle Down Under) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Kristy Glover (Bicycle Superstore) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | Racquel Sheath (Holden Women's Cycling) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Nicole Moerig | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Elizabeth Doueal (Specialized Securitor) | 0:00:23 |
| 14 | Amanda Spratt (Orica-AIS) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| 15 | Loes Gunnewijk (Orica-AIS) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 16 | Tayla Evans (Bicycle Superstore) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| 17 | Shannon Malseed (Holden Women's Cycling) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| 18 | Joanne Hogan (Roxsolt) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| 19 | Verita Stewart (Specialized Securitor) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| 20 | Loren Rowney (Roxsolt) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 21 | Tiffany Cromwell (Roxsolt) | 0:00:28 |
| 22 | Carlee Taylor (Roxsolt) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| 23 | Sophie Mackay (Specialized Securitor) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| 24 | Emilia Fahlin (Wiggle Down Under) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| 25 | Jessica Mundy (Wiggle Down Under) | 0:00:31 |
| 26 | Eileen Roe (Wiggle Down Under) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| 27 | Georgia Williams (Novotel Geelong) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| 28 | Nicole Whitburn (Bicycle Superstore) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Georgia Baker (Wiggle Down Under) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Emma Viotto (Bicycle Superstore) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Brittany Lindores (Bicycle Superstore) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Margeaux Thompson (Bikebug/Next Gen) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Sarah Knights (Bikebug/Next Gen) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jessica Lane (Bikebug/Next Gen) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Georgina Beech (Bikebug/Next Gen) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jasmine Mcmillan (Specialized Securitor) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Marissa Madden (Suvelo Racing) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Stephanie Lord (Suvelo Racing) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Sara Ferrarra (Novotel Geelong) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Julia Kalotas (Novotel Geelong) | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Chloe Mcintosh (Novotel Geelong) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Ruby Greig-Hurtig (Holden Women's Cycling) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Carley Mckay | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Erin Kinnealy | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Naima Diesner | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Laura Vainionpaa | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Sarah Roy (Orica-AIS) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Claire Trembath (Specialized Securitor) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Karen Elzing (Suvelo Racing) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joanne Hogan (Roxsolt) | 3 | pts |
| 2 | Loes Gunnewijk (Orica-AIS) | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Shannon Malseed (Holden Women's Cycling) | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauren Kitchen (Roxsolt) | 3 | pts |
| 2 | Chloe Hosking (Wiggle Down Under) | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Peta Mullens | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chloe Hosking (Wiggle Down Under) | 12 | pts |
| 2 | Lauren Kitchen (Roxsolt) | 10 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Elizabeth Williams (Orica-AIS) | 8 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Peta Mullens | 7 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Miranda Griffiths (Holden Women's Cycling) | 6 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Gracie Elvin (Orica-AIS) | 5 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Kimberley Wells (Roxsolt) | 4 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Emily Collins (Suvelo Racing) | 3 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle Down Under) | 2 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Kristy Glover (Bicycle Superstore) | 1 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauren Kitchen (Roxsolt) | 3 | pts |
| 2 | Joanne Hogan (Roxsolt) | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Chloe Hosking (Wiggle Down Under) | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Loes Gunnewijk (Orica-AIS) | 2 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Peta Mullens | 1 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Shannon Malseed (Holden Women's Cycling) | 1 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
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| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roxsolt | 14 | pts |
| 2 | Wiggle Down Under | 14 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Orica-AIS | 13 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Holden Women's Cycling | 6 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Suvelo Racing | 3 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Bicycle Superstore | 1 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
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