Until now, the Australian summer had been so-so for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jayco-AlUla. After winning the women’s Bay Cycling Classic and the men’s and women’s national criterium championships, the Australian WorldTour෴ team lost out in the men’s and women’s road race and time trial championships as well as in the Schwalbe Classic criteriums in Adelaide.

Stage 2 of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Women’s Tour Down Under finally brought the much desired and deserved victory in their home WorldTour race, made even more special as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Manly triumphed on her home roads, winning the sprint after a solo move from 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Amanda Spratt (Trek-Segafredo) was brought back only 500 🔴metres from the line.

“It was a hard stage all day, a couple of things were happening, and in the final, I just gambled a little bit. Luckily, it all came bac🍨k together,” the stage winner and new overall leader said after celebrating with her Jayco-AlUla༒ teammates.

“It was super sp🌠ecial; I⛎ had a lot of my friends and my parents out on the finish line. That was really nice.”

Teammate Ruby Roseman-Gannon played a key role in Manly’s victory, attacking from the chasing just before ☂the flamme rouge to g🌜o after Spratt and making Grace Brown (FDJ-Suez) chase her in turn.

“If Ruby got away there, I would have been stoked to see her win, but it did force Brown to chase, and then I was able to follow thꦿe wheel. Ruby and I had talked about this, we knew that would draw her out, so as long as one of us was on the wheel to cover it, then we would have the perfect lead out into the finish,” Manly said, explaining how the team t🍌actics worked out.

Georgia Williams (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB) spr♍inted to second place, and this added ꦡto Manly’s high spirits. 

“To finish it off with the girls, I was so stoked. Also because my best fr🐈iend Georgia Williams got second, once I knew it was her, I was like, ‘yes’, that made me even happier,” Manly said.

Going into the third and final stage of the Women’s Tour Down Under in the ochre jersey, Manly has an eight-second lead on Brown and Williams, with Roseman-Gannon fourth at 13 seconds a𒁃nd Spratt fifth. 

Manly and Roseman-Gannon will work together to defend the over♈all lead, both riders having free rein to fight for victory.

“I think that the numbers will play to our advantage. Trek will try to put us under p𒁃ressure, for sure, but we will try to keep the jersey,” Manly said. 

“Ruby and I are very similar riders, so we know that we’re always going to be there to back each other up. She’ll be right there with me tomorrow, 🅰and if she gets over the hill before me, it’s no stress because she can sit on, and I know she can win against the climbers. 

“We’re pretty happy to be in this position, and we’ll just give it a♌ go.”