Lachlan Morton finishes Unbound Gravel in third place: "I was just stoked to have a nice day out there"

Lachlan Morton had been hoping to find the ideal combination of "good luck" and "good legs" in this Gravel">Unbound Gravel, which he ultimately did. Yet he was still missing a little bit to be able to raise his hands in finish as he crossed the line in third place.

"I'm here to race, yeah, but I was just stoked to have a nice day out there. You know, it was a really good group of guys. Good, fair race," said Morton, who crashed out of the race last year.

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"I've had quite a bit of just annoying luck this last year when it comes to this Series, so it was nice to see that I had the legs when things do go the right way. It was reassuring for me."

"I looked at the finish yesterday and I realised that the hill near the university was an obvious place for an attack, on the downhill,” said Morton who still tried his luck. “It’s a little bit tricky. I was hoping to come faster, but Keegan passed us."

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