Caleb Ewan and Gracie Elvin have completed the double for ORICA-GreenEDGE and ORICA-AIS on day two of the Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic, winning the men’s and women’s events in tough conditions at Eastern Park Geelong.
20-year-old Ewan made it look easy to make it two wins in as many days after his ORICA-GreenEDGE teammates controlled the hour-long criterium to set up the young sprinter in the finish.
Earlier, on the eve of her national title defense, Australian road race champion Elvin also put on a dominant solo display to win the women’s race.
Young gun Caleb Ewan has continued his fairytale start to 2015, his first full season as a professional, taking out the second criterium at the Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic this afternoon.
Unlike yesterday’s victory, which came from a two-man breakaway, Ewan sat back until the final moments to take the sprint victory courtesy of his team’s lead-out.
Sheltered from the belting winds by his teammates all day, the 20-year-old said his job was easy in the finish after a strong ORICA-GreenEDGE controlled much of the day’s action.
“As you saw the boys pretty much rode on the front from start to finish and blew the race to pieces,” Ewan said. “I didn’t have to touch the wind the whole race.”
“That was the plan for Mitch (Docker) to lead me out at the finish. The other guys took Mitch, Heppy (Michael Hepburn) and I to 500metres to go and once they hit the front the race was done.”
