Qld State Criterium Championships

The Sunshine Coast Cycling Club was host to the Queensland State Criterium Championships for 2013. The tough circuit was to ensure a worthy winner in each category was to come to the fore, and the team was ready for action.

Elite Women's Title

The women's team was certainly the strongest of the day, and the results will reflect that. Jazzy continued her amazing form to win with ease, while Lou showed her form was also on the improve, by taking 3rd. Sally was also in the action by doing a great job of softening the field up and also monitoring any dangerous moves.

The race started with Sally attacking the first time up the hill. This allowed for Jazzy to counter attack, which proved to be decisive. Jazzy quickly opened a gap and looked to be riding away solo. However, Jemma Brown quickly decided to try and bridge across, and soon made contact with Jazzy, where they worked to build a lead.

The gap opened up quickly, and it was obvious the win would be from these two. In response, Sally and Lou traded counter attacks, with Lou managing to get away and begin a solo journey.

Jazzy was able to escape on the final lap for a great win, while Lou soloed in for third place. Another dominant display.

Elite Men's Title

With a previous winner in Dan and Matt taking second last year, the Elite Men's Title had every chance of coming the teams way. With a depleted team, and some local sunshine coast teams present, the race would be difficult to control.

Immediately the race was aggressive, with the new Tineli team sending rider after rider off the front in the hope a break would stick. Dan did plenty of good work to control the race, while Matt waited for the right move.

After much attacking, it came down to a two man break that formed in the final 5 minutes of the race. With 3 laps to go, Matt attacked in an attempt to bridge across to the two up front. Despite his best efforts, Matt couldn't make the final junction, and was taken up by the fast moving pack.

Into the final lap, there was a significant crash, which halted many riders progress, while one of the break away riders held on to win, as the remainder of the bunch took the rest of the podium places.