The small township of Dookie, just outside Shepparton in Victoria, is playing host to the 2011 Oceania Road Championships and it today provided a perfect day for racing. Combine the ideal conditions with the line up of riders including Rochelle Gilmore, Chloe Hosking and the current Australia Champion Alexis Rhodes, the Oceania Championship road race was always going to be a cracking event.
A strong field of 64 women took to the testing road race course and midway through the 5 lap, 116km race Shara Gillow and Peta Mullens made their intentions clear when they opened up a lead of over a minute. This lead was short lived as the peloton reeled the two back in and the majority of the riders raced together until the dying stages of the event. On the last lap, Gillow, who has only been competing in the sport since 2008, showed all class riding away from Bridie O'Donnell and Chloe McConville finishing in a time of 3:14:47.
After the event Gillow revealed that additional confidence may have spurred her on throughout the race.
"I gained a bit of confidence after taking out the time trial championship on Thursday, and it's great to be both the time trial and road race champion," she said.
Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shara Gillow (Aus) | 3:14:47 |
| 2 | Bridie O'Donnell (Aus) | 0:00:50 |
| 3 | Chloe McConville (Aus) | 0:01:00 |
| 4 | Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) | 0:01:40 |
| 5 | Belinda Goss (Aus) | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Rowena Fry (Aus) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Peta Mullens (Aus) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Annette Edmondson (Aus) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Emma Lawson (Aus) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Emma Mackie (Aus) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | Samantha Hemsley (Aus) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Laura Luxford (Aus) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Trudy Van Der Straaten (Aus) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Jessie Maclean (Aus) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| 15 | Amy Bradley (Aus) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 16 | Grace Sulzberger (Aus) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| 17 | Rebecca Wiasak (Aus) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| 18 | Patricia Palmer (Aus) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| 19 | Katherine O'shea (Aus) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| 20 | Taryn Heather (Aus) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 21 | Loren Rowney (Aus) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| 22 | Narelle Hards (Aus) | 0:01:48 |
| 23 | Ingrid Trotter (Aus) | 0:01:49 |
| 24 | Nikolina Orlic (Aus) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| 25 | Sinead Noonan (Aus) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| 26 | Justyna Lubkowski (Aus) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| 27 | Emma Smith (Aus) | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| 28 | Alexandra Carle (Aus) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| 29 | Joanne Hogan (Aus) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| 30 | Alexis Rhodes (Aus) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| 31 | Amanda Spratt (Aus) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| 32 | Laura Meadley (Aus) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| 33 | Lisa Jacobs (Aus) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| 34 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| 35 | Gracie Elvin (Aus) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| 36 | Stephanie Ives (Aus) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| 37 | Rebecca Domange (Aus) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| 38 | Clare Dallat (Irl) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| 39 | Nicole Whitburn (Aus) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| 40 | Myfanwy Galloway (Aus) | 0:02:15 |
| 41 | Emy Huntsman (Aus) | 0:02:53 |
| 42 | Brittany Lindores (Aus) | 0:02:59 |
| 43 | Carly Light (Aus) | 0:03:05 |
| 44 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) | 0:03:29 |
| 45 | Kate Finegan (Aus) | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
| 46 | Lenore Pipes (Gum) | 0:05:14 |
| 47 | Monica Kelly (Aus) | 0:11:09 |
| 48 | Chloe Mcintosh (Aus) | 0:11:11 |
| DNF | Ailie Mcdonald (Aus) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Kendelle Hodges (Aus) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Shanice Nitis (Aus) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Amy Schramm (Aus) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Heidi Buntrock (Aus) | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Miranda Griffiths (Aus) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Tanya Matthewson (Aus) | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Carley McKay (Aus) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Sarah Roy (Aus) | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Zoe Watters (Aus) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Skye-Lee Armstrong (Aus) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Rebecca Locke (Aus) | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Anne Van Den Hurk (Aus) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Hannah Vine (Aus) | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Naomi Williams (Aus) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Felicity Wilson (Aus) | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
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