Harbour City GP | Stage 3 Southern Highlands Queens Stage | Lets Go Motorhomes Men's Recap
The men's race set off under cloudy skies but with mostly dry roads the scene was set for an aggressive opening. There was an open battle for the days early breakaway, with most teams looking to book a ticket for the bunch up the road. In the end it was Lucas Stevenson (VIS p/b K.O.M.P), Ollie Sims (Cobra9 x Leigh Surveyors) and Finlay Walsh (CCACHE X BODYWRAP) who managed to extend their advantage to around a minute.
Behind, the main field split and a group of 13 riders set off in pursuit of the leaders. After catching the leading three, the front selection pushed ahead to pull the gap out to over three minutes to the main peloton. Notably absent from the front group which now looked set to take the stage and the overall were the top three overall at the start of the day, Pat Eddy (Team Brennan_), Oscar Gallagher and Kurt Eather (CCACHE X BODYWRAP).
There was a flurry of activity at the front of the lead group, but in the end they stayed together to sprint out the Harbour City GP. Rounding the final bend and launching early was Will Heffernan (Randwick Botany CC) who had Olympic gold medallist Oliver Bleddyn locked on the wheel. Bleddyn didn't have the legs to come around a storming Heffernan who took an emphatic win in Kangaloon.
With the bonus seconds earned throughout the stage, Bleddyn stepped into the overall lead and with an enormous haul of points will take the League leaders jersey into next week's Squadron Energy Grafton to Inverell.
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