Alex Manly: I'm finally in a position to help the girls win big races
14 November 2018 04:42
Alex Manly – the reigning Australian under-23 road race and time trial champion – says that she's excited about the 2019 season and that, having worked out a plan that will best combine her road and track ambitions, she'll be able to assist her Mitchelton-Scott teammates to win some major races next year. Manly has always managed to combine both the road – for Mitchelton-Scott – and the track, representing Australia, but does neither by half. The 22-year-old from Kalgoorlie, in Western Australia, won both the under-23 road race and time trial titles, for the second year in a row, at the road national championships in January, and has been a key member of her pro team's team time trial squad in 2018.ADVERTISEMENT On the track, meanwhile, Manly was part of the South Australia team that won the team pursuit at the national championships in February, and then went on to represent Australia at the Commonwealth Games in April, winning gold in the team pursuit. "It can be difficult to jump between the two," Manly admitted on her team's website, "but I've gotten better at handling the jump over the years. "This year I'm confident with the plan in place: I'll focus on the track leading into the track Worlds [in Poland, in late February and early March], and then head over to Europe to support the girls on the road.
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