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#Roadnats | Aussies descend on Ballarat & Buninyong for 2020 Nationals

7/1/2020

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The Australian Cycling Team stars will be in action across at the 2020 Federation University Road National Championships which run from 8-12 January in Ballarat and Buninyong. 

The Team will be in action across the five days in the criterium, road race and time trial as they aim to take home a coveted green and gold national champions jersey.  

Schedule & Maps: www.roadnationals.org.au/schedule 

EVENTS

Time Trials

No less than eight world champions will be in action on day one including reigning world champion Rohan Dennis (Team Ineos) who is in line to claim a fourth crown in five years. 

Four-time women’s champion Shara Gillow (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope), Amanda Spratt (Mitchelton-Scott), who finished eleventh in the time trial at the 2019 World Championships, and 2018 runner up Lucy Kennedy (Mitchelton-Scott), feature in the women’s event. 

In the para events, eight world champions will be in action with Alistair Donohoe, Carol Cooke, Darren Hicks, David Nicholas, Emilie Miller, Emily Petricola and Paige Greco to don their rainbow jerseys. 

Criteriums

Fresh off her win at the world-class Bay Crits earlier this week, Chloe Hosking (Rally UHC Cycling Women) will be one to watch in the action-packed criterium along with Macey Stewart who will be aiming to add a road national title to her multiple track victories. 

Like Hosking, Sam Welsford took the honours at the Bay Crits and will be joined by his team pursuit world champions and world record holders in Kelland O’Brien, Alex Porter, Cameron Scott and Leigh Howard in the Friday night blockbuster. 

Road Races

Saturday’s para road races will feature Cooke and Miller in rainbows as the reingin world champions, with Donohoe, Hicks, Nicholas, Petricola, Greco also in action. Kaitlyn Schurmann, Hannah Macdougall, Meg Lemon, Stuart Jones, Darcy Thompson, Grant Allen and Stuart Tripp will also line up. 

In the women's race, the calendar tells us that 2012 and 2016 champion Spratt is mathematically due for a third crown, with fellow two-time winner Gracie Elvin (Mitchelton-Scott),  Kennedy, Hosking and Gillow rounding out the Australian Cycling Team quintet.

After heartbreak in the finishing straight in 2019, Cameron Meyer (Mitchelton-Scott) will take on the men’s race in 2020 along with Nathan Haas (Team Cofidis), and Dennis. 

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Entry Lists & Results: www.roadnationals.org.au/results

WATCH 

Cycling Australia, in partnership with SBS and FOX SPORTS, is excited to bring the 2020 Federation University Road Nationals Championships to tv and online channels. 
The live online coverage will explode on SBS digital channels on Friday evening with all the thrills and spills of both the men’s and women’s criterium from the heart of the Ballarat CBD from 6.25pm AEDT.

Super Sunday on 12 January will be featured across both SBS and FOX SPORTS and will launch at 10am with two hours of live coverage of the 105km women’s road race. The final three hours of the men’s race will be showcased from 2pm, followed by the presentations to both the 2020 men’s and women’s champions.

In addition to the broadcast schedule, live streaming coverage will be integrated across digital platforms SBS Cycling Central, SBS On Demand and the FreeView app, in addition to streaming on Foxtel Now and the Foxtel App.

Broadcast Schedule www.roadnationals.org.au/newsarchive/broadcast-schedule-announced-for-2020

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OPPY | Australian Team celebrate at 2019 Cyclist of the Year Awards

16/12/2019

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Ashlee Ankudinoff | Photo - John Veage
Caleb Ewan was awarded the sixty-third Sir Hubert 'Oppy' Opperman Medal for 2019 Cyclist of the Year at the star-studded awards celebration held in Brisbane on Monday 16 December. 
 
A tremendous year on the bike in 2019 saw Ewan claim 22 podium appearances, and several stage wins on the World Tour in his first year with Lotto Soudal.  Ewan surged to claim three stage wins at the Tour de France, while finishing on the podium seven times and second in the points classification. He also won two stages of the Giro d'Italia. 
 
Amanda Spratt claimed the Elite Female Road Cyclist of the Year award for a second straight year. Her 2019 was highlighted by bronze at the World Road Championships where she became the first Australian woman to win two career World Championships road race medals. 
 
Ashlee Ankudinoff and Sam Welsford took home the Elite Track Cyclist of the Year honours. 
 
Ankudinoff won dual crowns at the World Championships, firstly in the team pursuit with Annette Edmondson, Amy Cure, Alexandra Manly and Georgia Baker, before soloing to an individual pursuit crown. 
 
Welsford won dual world titles in 2019 including the team pursuit crown in world record time alongside Alex Porter, Cam Scott, Leigh Howard and Kelland O'Brien and the scratch race. 
 
Carol Cooke and Darren Hicks were judged the Para Road Cyclists of the Year. Cooke raced to win dual rainbows at the 2019 World Championships and win the overall 2019 World Cup series, while Hicks won the C2 time trial world title and two World Cup gold on the season. 
 
Paige Greco took out the Para Female Track Cyclist of the Year award following dual both the individual pursuit and time trial world titles in world record time at the 2019 World Championships.
 
Alistair Donohoe claimed the Para Male Track Cyclist award after taking dual world titles at the 2019 World Championships in the individual pursuit and the scratch race. 


2019 Cyclist of the Year Awards Winners  

  • Elite Road Para-cycling - Female: Carol Cooke
  • Elite Road Para-cycling - Male: Darren Hicks
  • Elite Track Para-cycling - Female: Paige Greco
  • Elite Track Para-cycling - Male: Alistair Donohoe
  • Elite Track - Female: Ashlee Ankudinoff
  • Elite Track - Male: Sam Welsford
  • Elite Road - Female: Amanda Spratt
  • Elite Road - Male: Caleb Ewan
  • Elite MTB - Female: Tracey Hannah
  • Elite MTB - Male: Sam Hill
  • Elite BMX - Female: Saya Sakakibara
  • Elite BMX - Male: Brandon Loupos
  • Coach of the Year - International: Tim Decker
PHOTOS - by John Veage
QUOTES

Darren Hicks
Just this last weekend, we saw seven world records broken,so  you don’t just win one race and that’s a good year, you need to keep winning. I won three of the four World Cups on the road, two world championships and three national championships, and that’s barely enough. We have such a strong para squad and it’s a pleasure to be a part of it. It’s amazing to get this award.  
 
Paige Greco 
I’ve had a really awesome year, and it means a lot. Every time I look at it reminds me of an awesome year and it’s my first year on the team. I’ve been working really hard, and it’s been really good to see the results. It’s been an amazing year and I still can’t believe where I have been with my teammates!

Alistair Donohoe
This award highlights the fact I had to win three world championships just to get the award. David Nicholas was in there and he didn’t get an award. We’ve got some serious depth so it’s kind of exciting. I am stoked [with where I’m at], it just feels amazing to be back where I think I should be, after some ill health in 2017, I am really building back up in 2019. 

I personally think this award personally means a lot to me tonight. 

Carol Cooke
We have such a strong group of para-cyclists and that many world champions on this team. That being singled out for this [award] is very special, especially at this age and you know I hope that by showing people that it doesn’t matter what number it is that’s attached to your age and that if you love doing something that you can just keep doing it and reap the benefits of it. 
I think that this year has probably been the best year I’ve ever had because I didn’t put the pressure on myself that I had to be on the top step it was about enjoying it, it was about having fun and I probably had the most fun that I’ve ever had in a year of racing. 

Brandon Loupos
I don’t think it could have been better. It was cool. I can’t wait for 2020. I did so much learning in 2019 and it’s all about keeping that consistency in 2020 and to go or the gold in Tokyo. Logan won it (this award) two years in a row and I am stoked to come away with the win this year, it’s definitely an honour and to be the elite BMX cyclist of the year is pretty special. There’s a lot of world champions who don’t get to win this award and I’m blessed to not only win a world championship but to also win this award. 
 
Saya Sakakibara
It was a challenging but fulfilling season. Compared to last year I didn’t produce the results; I had a lot of mental challenges and having six crashes in four months it was definitely really tough to line up on the gate with other riders. But with the worlds I thought my performance was really good, I didn’t get the results I wanted but it adds fuel to the fire and makes me a lot hungrier. I finished off the season with a win at the Olympic test event and is such a great confidence booster. 
 
Amanda Spratt
It’s been a really great year and I am really proud to get this award tonight it caps it off, I think it’s been my best year to date. Maybe I didn’t get the same results on paper as what I got last year but I am really, really proud to finish off with a bronze medal after a great team performance also. It’s amazing, I love coming to this event every year, you get so much motivation out of it. You see the videos of what people have done and hear some stories you maybe didn’t know about some people and it’s just a feeling of motivation and excitement. I always walk out of here, ready to bust into training the next day!
 
Ashlee Ankudinoff
It’s pretty humbling, to be honest. I’ve been in this sport for ten years now and it’s been a long time coming. I’ve had a successful career and now I am getting towards the end so it’s really nice to come here and celebrate the success, not just the success of myself but of others. I definitely think I am in the form of my life. I have a great support network back in Adelaide and the environment there is unbelievable. I have trust in the process in what we’re doing. I go to training every day knowing that I have the support from everyone from the Cycling Australia staff.  Olympic gold is why I am still riding. I definitely would not be riding if I had ticked all my goals off and the Olympic gold is definitely one, and hopefully next August I can do that.


Sam Welsford
It’s been a ripper year. I never thought I’d be able to go dual world champion in one year, so I’m just really over the moon. I love coming to the Awards, it’s such a special night, to see Australia’s best come through to all celebrate the year we’ve had. I get really gee’d up when I see the year’s recap video, it makes you really forget about the Awards itself and makes you realise how special it is to ride for Australia.  
 
(On Tim Decker receiving Coach of the Year Award) Tim holds a special place in my heart he’s been my coach for a long time, starting in 2015 when I first moved to Adelaide, Tim backed me a said “look mate, if you want to be apart of this you’ve got to put the work in” so, I trusted him from then on. Really happy for him to get that award and I know that he holds the award itself very close to him. He strives and works really hard for that I think this is just a testament to what he puts in. 
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Spratt wins World Championship bronze in stunning women's road race

29/9/2019

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Australia's Amanda Spratt (Mitchelton-Scott) claimed the bronze medal in a stunning women's road race at the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire on Saturday. 

In one of the most incredible individual rides ever seen World Championship history, Dutch powerhouse Annemiek van Vleuten soloed the final 105 kilometres to claim the world champion's rainbow jersey. 

Following an epic battle in the chasing group across a punishing course, Spratt took the bronze behind 2018 world champion Anna Van der Breggen (NED). 

"That was epic. It was the hardest race I have ever done. Every part of my body was cramping, my thumb cramping in the end," said Spratt, who became the first Australian woman to claim two World Championships road race medals after winning silver in 2018. 

"I am really proud. I really feel like I have won this bronze medal."

□ What a race. What a ride. Congrats to @AmandaSpratt on one epic bronze medal. #auscyclingteam #Yorkshire2019 pic.twitter.com/SCVRJpWSWf

— AusCyclingTeam (@AusCyclingTeam) September 28, 2019
Spratt's team of Brodie Chapman (Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank), Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon–SRAM), Lucy Kennedy (Mitchelton-Scott), Lauren Kitchen (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope), Chloe Hosking (Ale-Cipollini) and Jessica Allen (Mitchelton-Scott) joined 152 starters from 49 nations for the 149km race from Bradford to Harrogate.

With the early pace set by the strong eight-rider Dutch outfit, debutant  Allen and Kitchen sheltered Spratt over the first 40 kilometres as the peloton approached the first major climb of the race, 'Lofthouse'. 

It was here Van Vleuten attacked as the climb further decimated the already dwindling peloton. Spratt took up the chase in a world-class nine-rider breakaway which included 2015 world champion Lizzie Deignan (GBR), reigning Olympic and world champion van der Breggen (NED), recently crowned 2019 time trial world champion Chloé Dygert Owen (USA) and Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA). 

With little cohesion in the chasing group, the powerful Dutchwoman established a lead of two minutes as she entered Harrogate for three laps of the challenging 14-kilometre town circuit. 

"Suffer suffer suffer. It was about who could suffer the most. I predicted it would be before the race and it was," said Spratt. "The race really opened after only 45 kilometres, and it was full gas racing which doesn't really happen very often.  

"I tried to play it smart, I chose to not participate in all the attacks but conserve and save my energy for the circuits, which was the smarter move. You only had some many bullets you could fire on this circuit and be careful how to use them, so I chose to wait to use them until later."

With the chasing group exploding as it approached Harrogate, Dygert launched a solo attack on Van Vleuten's lead. Spratt and Van Der Breggen shook the rest of the peloton including Deignan and Borghini, before absorbing a fading Dygert on the penultimate lap.  
With Van Vleuten's spectacular victory nearly complete some two minutes ahead, Van der Breggen attacked Spratt inside the final six kilometres and rode to the silver just seconds ahead of Spratt. 

"Once we got to the final circuit, everyone was dropping like flies," Spratt explained. "It was attack, after attack, after attack. One rider was dropped, then the next rider, then the next. It was survival of the fittest. 

"When Chloe (Dygert) was away, we weren't sure we could get her back, but once we did, we knew we were racing for a medal. In the end, Anna (van der Breggen) was just a little too strong in those last five kilometres."

"I really feel like I have won this bronze medal. I have hit my stride last two to three years, and it shows that all the hard work is paying off.”@AmandaSpratt, Bronze #Yorkshire2019 pic.twitter.com/araSqNZLah

— AusCyclingTeam (@AusCyclingTeam) September 28, 2019
Following her second straight World Championship medal, Spratt was content with what she considered an exhaustive performance.  
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"It was a brutal, brutal race and everyone finished with the tank completely empty," said Spratt. "There is not a lot I could have changed. Yes, you come here, and you want to win, but honestly, no one coming here today was going to beat her. 

"Sometimes you have to realise when someone is having an exceptional performance as Annemiek did today. Congratulations to her, she is a worthy world champion. She was on another level today." 

Moments after crossing the line, Spratt paid tribute to her teammates for delivering her to the crucial part of the race in position. 

"Anyone watching the race saw how amazing the team were. We knew that Lofthouse climb would be supercritical and they did a great job of looking after me and protecting to that climb where it all exploded, so I am really grateful to the team," said Spratt. 

"I am so proud of this medal, but also of the work the girls, also the staff, put in this week. It has been a really incredible feeling within the group and the whole team, all the staff and the riders, boosted all of us up this week." 

Following her second medal at the past two World Championships, Spratt reflected on her performances. 

"I have to pinch myself sometimes because I don't think of myself as of one of those riders," Spratt admitted. "But it has happened twice now.  

"I have hit my stride last two to three years, and it shows that all the hard work is really paying off. I did put a lot of pressure on myself, but I had excellent preparation. 

"I will take a lot of confidence out of this heading towards Tokyo 2020." ​
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TOKYO 2020 | Aussies descend on Mt Fuji

7/8/2019

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Members of the Australian Cycling Team have wrapped up a reconnaissance trip to Japan for a test run on the official Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games cycling road race courses. 

Rohan Dennis and Amanda Spratt, both aiming for a third Olympic Games team selection, and Paracyclist Paige Greco who is gunning for a maiden first Paralympic Team nod, covered parts of the course almost a year out from the Games. 

“Little bit more humid than what we were expecting, it is obviously quite a nice track, going to be quite fast. I believe it is going to be a race of attrition on this course,” said 2018 time trial world champion Dennis. 

The road races will start at Musashinonomori Park in Chofu, western Tokyo, with a 10km neutral zone through urban areas of Tokyo, roads with mountain views and attractive lakes against the backdrop of Mt. Fuji. 

After leaving the Tokyo metropolitan area, the routes will take in three prefectures to the west of the capital before the race hits the lower slopes of the iconic Mount Fuji, Japan's highest mountain.  

The final stretches of the course will feature challenging terrain before the race culminates with circuits in and around the Fuji Speedway, a motorsport race track located immediately below Mount Fuji. 
“Pretty cool to be here, it is an amazing place to have the finish line for the Olympic Games, will certainly be a great spectacle with the grandstands,” Amanda Spratt, 2018 World Championship road race silver medallist. 

“It is very different having such wide roads to race on, this is very different for us. But it is about picking which lines to take, so it has been really valuable to be here and ride the course.”

Greco who is aiming for selection to the Australian Paralympic team which will contest the Paralympic Games road race, individual time trial and team relay events, could picture the atmosphere expected in twelve months time. 

“Good to come here ahead of the Games to learn about the heat, to feel the atmosphere of being at the track, it is exciting knowing how big it will be next year with the crowd.” ​
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2018 JLT Australian Cycling Moment of the Year.

9/11/2018

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What was your favourite cycling moment in 2018?

There were so many incredible moments for Australian cycling in 2018 it was difficult to narrow it down, but we have twelve amazing moments which make up our 2018 JLT Australian Cycling Moment of the Year.  

The Australian Cycling team figures prominently in the list via Rohan Dennis, Alistair Donohoe, Matthew Glaetzer and Luke Plapp's world titles, Steph Morton's triple gold at the Commonwealth Games, our team pursuit's stunning 3:49.804 ride at the Commonwealth Games, Logan Martin’s BMX-factor at the FISE World Series, and Amanda Spratt's stellar silver at the UCI Road Worlds!

Choose your favourite moment via the survey and you could be celebrating another fantastic year at the 2018 Cycling Australia Awards in Melbourne on Friday 23 November.  

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ROAD | Australian Team​ ends World Championships third on medal tally

3/10/2018

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The Australian Team has departed the 2018 UCI Road World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria, finishing equal third on the medal table behind the Netherlands and Belgium. Three medals; gold in the elite men’s ITT, silver in the elite women’s RR and a silver in the junior men’s ITT making this one of the best all-around performances in recent years.

Rohan Dennis etched his name into the record books with a storming ride to claim his maiden individual time trial world title, finishing some 1:21 ahead of warm favourite Tom Dumoulin. Dennis became just the second Australian to win the event after Michael Rogers claimed three consecutive titles between 2003 and 2005.

Amanda Spratt rode alone for the final 40km of the women’s road race on her way to a silver medal. She had been one of the main protagonists in a competitive and entertaining race and is just the sixth Australian woman in sixty years to reach a World Championship road race podium.

Spratt was supported as a protected leader for the first time at the World Championships, and all assembled impressively rose to the occasion. Lucy Kennedy called it “showtime” when she lit up the race on the first ascent of Igls while keeping something in reserve to nullify attacks before Spratt slipped into what was the start of the winning move.

Earlier in the week, Luke Plapp claimed silver in the junior men's time trial, adding to his dual track world titles won at the 2018 UCI Junior Track World Championships in Switzerland in August.

The final race of the World Championships saw the men's road race, with the super demanding course profile delivering on its promise of pain, pain and more pain.

The pressure and strain were evident at 90 kilometres to go with several riders being dropped from the main peloton including three-time reigning world champion Peter Sagan. The finale was a hotly contested affair with Valverde (Spain) winning from Romain Bardet (France) and Michael Woods (Canada).

Jack Haig capped off a strong 2018 season with 19th place, 1min 21secs behind the winner, after being in all the right moves in the final 20 km. Rob Power (70th) was the only other Australian finisher on a day which saw more DNFs than riders cross the finish line. In both road races, the teamwork and commitment to the race strategy were impressive, with all riders playing their part in the race results.

In other results, Callum Scotson finished tenth in the under 23 time trial, and Jai Hindley was the best placed Australian in 11th in the under 23 road race, both bagging good results amongst high-quality opposition.

Debutants Sarah Gigante and Anya Louw gained useful experience in their junior time trial and road race campaigns, with the two 17-year olds producing top 20 Time Trial results.

Australian Cycling Team Performance Director Simon Jones:

“Overall we had a really pleasing World Championships, and it is very satisfying to see the result of good pre-planning that led to good delivery on the day.

“It’s been a terrific collective effort, and I want to pay tribute to all involved this week in Austria. The manner in which the riders came together as a team and the way the staff worked as a unit in the lead-up and throughout the week in Innsbruck. It was excellent.

“Having said that, we have already started reviewing and looking at areas for improvement, with an eye on Yorkshire in 2019 and Tokyo 2020."
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ROAD | Spratt’s stunning silver

30/9/2018

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Australia’s Amanda Spratt soloed the final 40km to claim a stunning silver in the women’s road race the 2018 UCI Road World Championships in Austria.

Reigning Olympic champion Anna Van der Breggen (Netherlands) soloed the final 39 kilometres of the race to to claim one of the most dominant victories ever seen at a World Championships. She finished over three minutes ahead of Spratt, with former world champion Tatiana Guderzo (Italy) taking bronze.
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“I honestly I think I can be really proud with the silver medal. It caps off a great season for me,” said Spratt, who became just the sixth Australian woman in sixty years to reach the World Championships' road race podium.

□□□ “The whole team did a great job through the sole race. I honestly think I can be proud of the silver medal. It caps off a great season.” @AmandaSpratt #AusCyclingTeam #InnsbruckTirol2018 @AUSOlympicTeam pic.twitter.com/nv8IVKhWFi

— AusCyclingTeam (@AusCyclingTeam) September 29, 2018
Spratt, Grace Brown, Brodie Chapman, Tiffany Cromwell, Shara Gillow, Lucy Kennedy and Sarah Roy, were among the 149 starters to set out on the 156km course which featured an 85km loop before three punishing laps of a 24km circuit with 2400m of vertical climbing.

Spratt was caught up in a early crash but recovered and with the help of team mate Kennedy, was able to remain at the front of the race and in touch of the pre race favourite Dutch team and form part of the crucial breakaway.    

On the penultimate lap, Van der Breggen launched herself from the main field to join Spratt's group, and despite her best efforts, Spratt was unable to keep the wheel of the Dutchwoman.

Van der Breggen soloed to the biggest winning margin in thirty years (3mins 42secs), while Spratt powered the final 40km home on her own to finish two minutes ahead of Guderzo. 

“It was a tough race out there, the whole team did an incredible job throughout the first stage to get me fresh to the final,” said Spratt, whose season has included victory at the Santos Women's Tour Down Under and Emakumeen Bira, a stage win at the Giro Rosa and podiums at Amstel Gold and at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
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“That meant I could get into that break before the second last climb where I knew the Dutch would attack. I was waiting for that move. 

“Anna came across so quickly, I really tried to hold her wheel up that climb. She was honestly on another level today, she really deserves that title.”

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ROAD | Grand victory for Spratt & Mitchelton-Scott

16/7/2018

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Australian Cycling Team members Amanda Spratt, Gracie Elvin and Sarah Roy are celebrating after a dominant performance at the most prestigious women’s Tour on the calendar, the Giro Rosa. 
 
The three members of the Australian women's outfit Mitchelton-Scott combined with fellow Aussie Jess Allen, world time trial champion Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) and Jolien D’hoore (BEL).

I’ve just been told I’m the first Aussie female in 24 years to stand on the final GC podium of the Giro. So many years of hard work has gone into this by so many people. I’m so grateful for all the people in my corner near and far that help me achieve my goals ☺️ https://t.co/61PjrnbqBM

— AmandaSpratt (@AmandaSpratt) July 15, 2018
van Vleuten made history by winning the final stage and securing the Tour win for the first time in the team’s seven-year history, while Spratt became the first Australian in 24 years to finish the Tour on the podium.

Spratt, who won stage six, grabbed third on GC and the green points jersey. 

“We came here wanting to win the Giro-Rosa as a team and Annemiek has done it and it is really thanks to the entire team. The riders, the staff, everyone has worked so hard for this, it’s giving me goosebumps to see how well we have all worked together," said Spratt. 

PHOTOS: A huge 10days for the women's team taking the first Grand Tour victory and six stage wins along the way. It will certainly be a tour to remember. #GiroRosa18
Album: https://t.co/usLzdpA2z2 - @GettyImages pic.twitter.com/vaOVGk2bsW

— Mitchelton-SCOTT (@MitcheltonSCOTT) July 15, 2018
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