Alpe d’Buffalo Junior Tour

Posted by administrator, on 05/04/2011 10:38 am

Incorporating the 20110 Cycling Australia Mountain Climbing Championship Individual Time Trial and Road Race

Written by Kevin Andrews

Carnegie Caulfield riders were prominent in the annual Alpe d’Buffalo Junior Tour on the weekend of April 2 and 3. The two-day Cycling Australia Junior Mountain Climbing Championship attracted 140 riders from throughout Australia.

Eight Carnegie Caulfield riders posted top ten finishes in the events.

In the Junior Women’s 15 competition, Courtney Field finished fourth in the 6 km individual time trial on the Saturday afternoon.

The following morning, the field was still together nearing the top of the 10 km climb to the Gap, promising an intense struggle up the final two kilometre climb to the summit at Dingo Dell.

In the race to the line, Courtney narrowly defeated Ashleigh Hocking (Camperdown), with both riders credited with the time of 47.03 for the 15 km race. Courtney finished third on the GC to Hocking and Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Brunswick).

Ben Andrews was fifth in the Junior Men’s 15 individual time trial, two places ahead of Lex Munoz, who came seventh.

In the 23 km road race up Mt Buffalo, Ben was with the lead group of four until just before the Gap and held fourth to the summit. His climbing effort won him fourth placing on the GC for the weekend.

In the Junior Men’s 17, Ross Mathew finished 11^th in the 10.4 km TT and eighth in the 42 km road race to claim eighth on GC, one place ahead of Drew Morey. Drew finished 14^th in the TT and 9^th in the road race.

The Junior Men’s 19 events were closely fought contests between Alex Morgan (Blackburn) and Calvin Watson (Carnegie Caulfield). Alex took the 14.4 km TT on the Saturday. Calvin reversed the order with a narrow win in the 67 km road race the following day and finished second on GC.

Jake Klanjnblat was sixth on GC with a fifth in the TT and sixth in the Road Race, while Clement Boydell finished a credible 10^th overall, with a ninth and an 11^th placing.

Twenty-two CCCC riders competed on a beautiful Autumn weekend.