Sam finds early form

The team turned out to the Murarrie Criterium on Saturday morning and knew it would be a hard race given the strong wind around Brisbane. We knew it would be important to ride at the front from the start so that we could stay out of trouble, which would be guaranteed with the wind.

From the gun a move went and Matt Murray was in the break. The bunch let this group go and for the first 20min of the race, the group worked really well to stay away. This group gained an advantage of more than 30 seconds, however this was all the chasing group wanted to let get away. Just before the Prime, this first break away was brought back. Matt then settled into the group to try and recover for the last part of the race.

Soon after the Prime, another break with some strong riders got away and Sam was there with them.

Sam was super strong today and did some great work in the break to make sure it stayed away. In the closing stages, Sam new he was going to have to attack if he was going to beat the likes of Jon Cantwell (Aussie Crit Champ - Pro rider) and Jack Anderson (Pro Rider) in a sprint. So with 1km to go, Sam attacked hard with Cantwell. Unfortunately the other riders in the break didn't want to let this go and Sam was brought back to the group. The race was then decided in a small group sprint with Cantwell taking an easy win. Sam came in for 5th, which was a really good result.