Lauren Bates (Meridian Blue p/b 99 Bikes) and Australian U23 time trial champion Zachary Marriage (Butterfields Ziptrak Racing) claimed victory in the stage 2 time trial at the Q Tour on Saturday, which is delivering the final round of racing in Australia's ProVelo Super League.
Marriage swept the hilly 8.6km Samsonvale men's time trial in 11:08 on Saturday morning, stretching out a gap of more than 12 seconds to his nearest rival Tristan Saunders (Team Brennan p/b TP32) while Olympic team time trial gold medallist Conor Leahy (CCACHE x Bodywrap) was third more than 18 seconds back.
That win also gave Marriage 20 points more on the overall series leaderboard though his key rival, overall and U23 leader Jack Ward (Team Brennan p/b TP32) came fifth and therefore secured ten points. That meant the gap was only reduced by ten points, still leaving Marriage with a 33 point deficit to make up in the final two stages of racing of the first year of the series.
"Pretty happy with that result," said Marriage in an interview posted on the ProVelo instagram story. "Finally got a stage win and a bit closer to Jack Ward in the points as well. I mean he came fifth so really good ride by him but its good to get a little bit closer."
Bates crossed the line with a time of 12:53 in the women's race, over four seconds ahead of Alli Anderson (Butterfields Ziptrak) while 11 seconds back it was teammate Sophie Edwards that came third. Series leaders Sophie Marr (Praties) came sixth, which meant she was out of the stage points while Anderson's 16 points helped her knock at least a little more off her deficit, along with the ten points she earned for fifth on stage 1.
| Position | Rider | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zachary Marriage (Butterfields Ziptrak Racing) | 11'08''28 |
| 2 | Tristan Saunders (Team Brennan p/b TP32) | +12"50 |
| 3 | Conor Leahy (CCACHE x Bodywrap) | +18"41 |
| 4 | Brendon Davids (Team Brennan p/b TP32) | +18"70 |
| 5 | Jack Ward (Team Brennan p/b TP32) | +21"84 |
| 6 | Matthew Lambert (TandemCo Pro Cycling) | +25"92 |
| 7 | Scott Bowden (Tasmanian Institute of Sport) | +29"72 |
| 8 | Liam Walsh (CCACHE x Bodywrap) | +30"72 |
| 9 | Tynan Shannon (Team Royal Bikes) | +34"28 |
| 10 | Oliver Stenning (Velofit-Define Property) | +36"02 |
| Position | Rider | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauren Bates (Meridian Blue Cycling p/b 99 Bikes) | 12'53"61 |
| 2 | Alli Anderson (Butterfields Ziptrak Racing) | +4"64 |
| 3 | Sophie Edwards (Butterfields Ziptrak Racing) | +11"21 |
| 4 | Sophia Sammons (Praties Cycling Team) | +14"30 |
| 5 | Alyssa Polites (Meridian Blue Cycling p/b 99 Bikes) | +18"05 |
| 6 | Sophie Marr (Praties Cycling Team) | +18"30 |
| 7 | Katelyn Nicholson (Butterfields Ziptrak Racing) | +20"72 |
| 8 | Keely Bennett (Meridian Blue Cycling p/b 99 Bikes) | +24"09 |
| 9 | Talia Appleton (Praties Cycling Team) | +24"63 |
| 10 | Kirsty Watts (Meridian Blue Cycling p/b 99 Bikes) | +29"04 |
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