Mitchelton-Scott’s Amanda Spratt has won the Santos
Women’s Tour Down Under.
Spratt was in the ochre jersey for the
final stage of this race which took part in East End, Adelaide and was a hour
criterium over 25 laps of a 1.7km circuit.
The peloton was together until lap six
when Booth attacked but she was caught and ALE’s Chloe Hosking took the first
sprint.
There was a four rider crash before
Sarah Roy beat Hosking to the second sprint with Hosking taking the third
sprint with five laps remaining.
Two trains formed with the race leader
in a front group of ten riders and up came Chloe Hosking to take the win in
1.03.38 ahead of Letizia Paternoster of Trek.
Spratt finished safely and
took the overall victory for the third time and said: “I’m so excited and so thankful to my team. It was
much smoother sailing than last year, I stayed upright and I'm really happy to
be involved in the end to try to help (Sarah) Roy.
"This race is so special. When I sat down
with my coach Gene Bates in October, he asked me what my goals for the season
were and the first thing I said was to win the Tour Down Under.
"It’s a home race, we’re an Australian
team so it’s really special. Mum and dad are here and I’ve got people from the
Blue Mountains here as well.
"I think what I’m loving is that it’s not
just one rider getting the results, every one in the team is strong in their
own right but when we are all coming together for a team goal everyone is
really executing and committing and it’s nice to be a part of.".read full article
