Mount Gambier hosted the 30th stageing of the Soldiers memorial on Anzac day.
The Mount Gambier & Districts RSL has sponsored this event since its inception.
64 starters lined up for the event, with limit getting a 24 minute start on scratch in what turned out to be a well handicapped event.
Scratch started 2 riders down with 2 late withdrawls, so from the Start Richie Belleville, Chris Eichler, Xavier Gstrien & Timshel Knoll-Miller had a hard task catching a very strong bunch of 6 on block at 1 minute 30seconds, with Mann, Koopman, Noonan,Anderson, Wood, Frankel & Richardson combining exceptionally well chasing down an equally strong 3rd scratch Schilling, Mclaughlin, Chant, Bartlett, woolley, Nolte & Mutch.
Once these 2 bunches combined the entire field was eventually reeled inn about 5km from the finish.
As the catch was made on a slight uphill section road space was a limiting factor, enabling the outmarkers to hold on to this fast moving bunch.
After the turn back onto the finishing straight around 40 riders were jostling for position in a fast moving bunch.
David Chant from Mt Gambier made the initial move coming up to the finishline starting an all out sprint for line honours.
16 year old Darcey Wooley from Pt Fairy outsmarted a far stronger rider in Jade Frankel from Warrnambool to take the win Jade riding from second scratch came in 2nd also taking fastest time.
Tim Koopman Mt G. 3rd, Rob Mann Mt G 4th , John Anderson Portland 5th, Rowdey Bartlett Mt G.6th, Richard Wood Mt G 7th, Lachlan Nolte Portland 8th, David Jones Mt G 9th and Tim Angus Mt gambier rounding out the placings in 10th place.
First female rider Cathy Nunn Mt Gambier.
The next event in the South West Series will be the Frank Long at Hamilton next Saturday the 1st of May followed by the Hamilton to Port Fairy on Sunday May 2nd
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