Down🧸 Under surrounds next stop for Target-Trek all-rounder
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Nathan Elli꧒ot (Target-Trek), Dan B๊onello (Parramatta), Darren Lapthorne (Drapac), Tom Kaesler (Euride) and Cam Bayly (search2retain-health) formed the major break of the day (Image credit: Mark Gunter)
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The three-man break o🌳f Nathan Elliot (Target-Trek), Robbie Hucker (Drapac) and Jack Anderson (Budget Forklifts) (Image credit: Mark Gunter - markgunter.com.au)
Consistently riding amongst the general classification contenders in the 2013 Subaru National Road Series is by no means an easy feat but Nathan Elliott has managed to string together a solid and enduring run of results since his first competitive outing at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jayco Herald Sun Tour in early January. The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jarvis Subaru Adelaide Tour which begins on 24 May will be Elliott's next chance💛 to push further up the NRS laddeꦚr.
The Sun Tour may have been a little too early for the Biomedicine graduate but he promptly went about showin🍷g himself at the New Zealand Cycle Classic when he took second on Stage 3 on the way to riding into 14th-overall at the end of the five-stage race.
The third and most recent round at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:FKG Tour of Toowoomba resulted in a GC table flooded by riders from 𓃲the Huon Salmon-Genesys squad after the team time trial and so Elliot ensured he put himself up the road in search of a stage result. Riding aggressively is a style the 22-year-old prefers and with the Adelaide Tour featuring a tough 158.4km road race, Elliott is hoping his endurance will keep him up the front in what is expected to be the most decisive stage.
"With a shorter and faster team time trial the time gaps are going to be a bit smaller," Elliott told Cyclingnews. "My goal is the road race. I think in terms of GC the road race will the stage where the time gaps will 🦩be. The time trial and road race will decide the race.
"It sounds pretty tough and a little bit of dirt road will be good for a bit of a change and it's also a bit longer which I also like," added Elliott who demonstrated his resolve in arguably Australia's toughest one-day race in 2012 at 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Grafton to Inverell.
"I rode Grafton last year and caౠme 11th. That's my favourite race for sure, I love the races of attrition, those that are really long and difficult," he added.
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Despite already banking a handy amount of race days this year Elliott says he's still on the way up and that the opportunity at Target-Trek has meant he'll never be shy of racing. His overall place in Toowoomba's general classification may not have reflected𝓀 his actual condition but his aggressive approach to the four-day tour instead of playing the GC game was exactly how he likes it.
"I just wanted to do as much racing as I possibly could and Target-Trek are keen to do the whole NRS," he told Cyclingnews.
"The more racing I do the better I feel so I think with every tour, especially after Battle on the Border, it meant I felt much better at Toowoomba༒. I think I'll keep buꦅilding with every race.
𒈔"I just wanted to be aggressive as ౠpossible [at Toowoomba]. I prefer to ride that way," he added.
The three-day tour in the hometown of the Santos Tour Down Under will be Elꦅliott's final race before taking a short break but once that is 𒉰done, there's plenty of goals yet to be achieved.
"I'll do most of the NRS races but the main ones I want to target are Sou🍌th Coast, Tasmania and the Grafton."
The Target-Trek 𒀰line-up for the Jarvis Subaru Adelaide Tour includes: James Boal (Vic), Rowan Dever (Vic), Nathan Elli💮ott (Vic), Christopher Green (SA), Dylan Hately (Vic), Oliver Kent-Spark (Vic) and Joel Strachan (Vic).
