Strong sprints to 6th in the scorching summer sun 🇦🇺
Excellent teamwork from the boys all day, culminating with Simon Clarke and Mike Woods both chasing multiple moves in the finale, set Corbin Strong up in the sprint for second place at the cadelroadrace after Swiss rider Mauro Schmid took the win with a late solo attack after the final ascent of Challambra Hill. Despite efforts to close the gap in the final kilometers, ultimately, Strong settled for sixth place to continue his run of top-ten finishes at the closing race of the Australian summer season.
“The heat added another element to the race,” explains Strong. “I think it made it really hard from lap two. Our plan was to make it really hard on the climb to get rid of the best sprinters but I think I already knew from lap two onwards it would just be about getting myself over the climb because with the heat, it was just a really hard race. In the end, I think it played out perfectly for us, we just ran out of numbers and leg...
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