Double win for Jayco AlUla! Luke Durbridge and Lucinda Stewart takes Australian national championship victories
CyclingSunday, 12 January 2025 at 11:27
Team Jayco AlUla have dominated the Australian national championships and today at the road races, they have won both. Lucinda Stewart and Luke Durbridge will be the riders to put on the Australian stripes over the coming 12 months.
In the men's race it was a dominant performance for the Australian, who have outnumbered and outpowered the rest of the field. Luke Durbridge was part of the day's breakaway and was then isolated for several laps. His solo effort forced the peloton to chase him hard which led to splits and a lot of energy spent whilst the Jayco riders covered every move. Luke Plapp then attacked in the penultimate lap and quickly bridged across to his teammate.
However there was an emotional finale to it as Plapp hit the front and paced almost all the way to the finish, and the gap grew so much that the team could choose, and Plapp opted to give Durbridge freedom to take a dream victory.
| 01 | Durbridge Luke | Team Jayco-AlUla | 03:52:19 |
| 02 | Plapp Lucas | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 05 |
| 03 | Walsh Liam | CCACHE x Bodywrap | + 58 |
| 04 | Gilmore Brady | Israel Premier Tech Academy | + 01:02 |
| 05 | Harper Chris | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 01:07 |
| 06 | Vine Jay | UAE Team Emirates XRG | + 01:07 |
| 07 | Agnoletto Blake | Atom 6 - Decca | + 01:07 |
| 08 | Bleddyn Oliver | Atom 6 - Decca | + 01:07 |
| 09 | Hindley Jai | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 01:07 |
| 10 | Quick Blake | Roojai Insurance | + 01:07 |
In the women's race it was a group of four riders that arrived at the finish isolated, preventing a sprint finish amongst the big favourites behind. Liv AlUla took the triumph but it was actually one of their continental team riders Lucinda Stewart, beating Ella Simpson and Cassia Boglio to the top spot.
| 01 | Stewart Lucinda | Liv AlUla Jayco Women’s Continental Team | 02:46:59 |
| 02 | Simpson Ella | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | + 00 |
| 03 | Boglio Cassia | - | + 00 |
| 04 | Nicholson Katelyn | Butterfields Ziptrak Racing | + 00 |
| 05 | Sammons Sophia | Team BridgeLane | + 32 |
| 06 | Pate Amber | Liv AlUla Jayco | + 02:06 |
| 07 | Spratt Amanda | Lidl-Trek | + 02:08 |
| 08 | Roy Sarah | EF Education-Oatly | + 04:55 |
| 09 | Lynch Odette | Butterfields Ziptrak Racing | + 04:55 |
| 10 | Polites Alyssa | - | + 04:55 |
| 11 | Marr Sophie | Team BridgeLane | + 04:55 |
| 12 | Anderson Alli | Butterfields Ziptrak Racing | + 04:55 |
| 13 | Roseman-Gannon Ruby | Liv AlUla Jayco | + 04:55 |
| 14 | Manly Alexandra | AG Insurance-Soudal Team | + 04:55 |
| 15 | Plouffe Maeve | Hess Cycling Team | + 04:55 |
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