Durbridge put his TT skills to good use, leaving the breakaway for a solo win
After getting caught behind a crash and being tailed off from the lead group as a result in his first race as a professional yesterday, Aaron Buggle put in a strong ride today in the second race of the Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic.
Buggle was in the thick of the action in Australia right up until the closing stages, eventually coming home in 28th place just 31 seconds down on winner Luke Durbridge (Orica GreenEdge).
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The field split on what was a testing course in Portarlington, with Australian strongman and former World U23 TT champion Durbridge grabbing the win from Buggle’s Rapha Condor team mate Kristian House, who was in a small breakaway with the eventual winner until the Australian jumped and soloed to victory.
House, the former British national road champion, was just two seconds adrift of the young Australian at the finish, to take a great result for the UK-based Continental squad. Buggle’s other team mate and fellow Irish international, Felix English was among almost half of the 70-man field who failed to finish the fast one-hour race.
The series ends tomorrow in Williamstown.
Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic
(Race 2 – Portarlington, January 2nd)
| Position | Rider | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 1:01:10 |
| 2 | Kristian House (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT | 0:00:02 |
| 3 | James Oram (NZl) Grays Online | |
| 4 | Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Huon Salmon – Genesys | 0:00:19 |
| 5 | Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:00:21 |
| 6 | Caleb Ewan (Aus) Bikebug | |
| 7 | Graham Briggs (GBr) Great Britain National Team | |
| 8 | Anthony Giacoppo (Aus) Huon Salmon – Genesys | |
| 9 | Rico Rogers (Aus) Total Rush / Hyster Racing | |
| 10 | Shaun Mccarthy (Aus) Team Budgetforklifts | |
| 11 | Joseph Lewis (Aus) GPM /Data #3 | |
| 12 | Josh Atkins (NZl) Grays Online | |
| 13 | Brenton Jones (Aus) Huon Salmon – Genesys | |
| 14 | Robbie Hucker (Aus) Drapac Professional | |
| 15 | Samuel Witmitz (Aus) Team SASI | |
| 16 | Simon Yates (GBr) Great Britain National Team | |
| 17 | Alastair Slater (GBr) Great Britain National Team | 0:00:25 |
| 18 | Michael Northey (NZl) Grays Online | |
| 19 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge | 0:00:30 |
| 20 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Degani Bakery Café | 0:00:31 |
| 21 | Robert-Jon Mccarthy (Aus) Team SASI | |
| 22 | Richard Lang (Aus) Bikebug | |
| 23 | Richard Handley (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT | |
| 24 | Stuart Grimsey (NZl) Grays Online | |
| 25 | Harry Carpenter (Aus) Team SASI | |
| 26 | James Boal (Aus) Target - Trek Racing | |
| 27 | John Walker (Aus) Drapac Professional | |
| 28 | Aaron Buggle (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT | |
| 29 | Vaughan Bowman (Aus) Target - Trek Racing | |
| 30 | Greg Henderson (NZl) Degani Bakery Café | 0:00:36 |
| 31 | Blair Windsor (Aus) Team Budgetforklifts | 0:00:44 |
| 32 | Peter English (Aus) Degani Bakery Café | 0:00:52 |
| 33 | Thomas Scully (NZl) Grays Online | |
| 34 | Thomas Palmer (Aus) Drapac Professional | 0:00:54 |
| 35 | Dean Windsor (Aus) Degani Bakery Café | 0:01:01 |
| 36 | George Tansley (Aus) Team SASI | 0:01:31 |
| 37 | Julian Hamill (Aus) GPM /Data #3 | 0:01:38 |
| 38 | Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Bikebug | 0:03:53 |
| DNF | Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | |
| DNF | Alex Edmondson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | |
| DNF | Samuel Lowe (GBr) Great Britain National Team | |
| DNF | Christopher Latham (GBr) Great Britain National Team | |
| DNF | Luke Grivell-Mellor (GBr) Rapha Condor JLT | |
| DNF | Felix English (Irl) Rapha Condor JLT | |
| DNF | Tom Robinson (Aus) Huon Salmon – Genesys | |
| DNF | Jack Beckinsale (Aus) Huon Salmon – Genesys | |
| DNF | Luke Davison (Aus) Drapac Professional | |
| DNF | Malcolm Rudolph (Aus) Drapac Professional | |
| DNF | Alex Wohler (Aus) Team Budgetforklifts | |
| DNF | Jesse Kerrison (Aus) Team Budgetforklifts | |
| DNF | Peter Loft (Aus) Team Budgetforklifts | |
| DNF | Ryan Macanally (Aus) Degani Bakery Café | |
| DNF | Scott Law (Aus) GPM /Data #3 | |
| DNF | Joshua Taylor (Aus) GPM /Data #3 | |
| DNF | Caleb Jones (Aus) GPM /Data #3 | |
| DNF | James Butler (Aus) Target - Trek Racing | |
| DNF | Dean Sanfilippo (Aus) Target - Trek Racing | |
| DNF | Nicholas D'ambrosio (Aus) Target - Trek Racing | |
| DNF | Russell Gill (Aus) Team SASI | |
| DNF | Jayden Copp (Aus) Pro Team Downunder | |
| DNF | Sean Whitfield (Aus) Pro Team Downunder | |
| DNF | Jake Klajnblat (Aus) Pro Team Downunder | |
| DNF | Alexander Smyth (Aus) Total Rush / Hyster Racing | |
| DNF | Dean Heathcote (Aus) Total Rush / Hyster Racing | |
| DNF | Shannon Johnson (Aus) Total Rush / Hyster Racing | |
| DNF | Craig Johnson (Aus) Total Rush / Hyster Racing | |
| DNF | Jack Edwards (Aus) Bikebug | |
| DNF | James Mowatt (Aus) Bikebug |
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