Q Tour | Stage 3 Moreton Bay Hinterland Queens Stage Highlights

SBS Women's League

Starting under sunny skies, all eyes were on the battle between the League leader Sophia Sammons (Team Redcat) and her main challenger for the SBS Women's League overall title Sophie Edwards (Butterfields Ziptrak Racing). Edwards had been successful in securing bonus seconds on offer throughout the opening stages and entered as the overall race leader with a 20s gap over Sammons.

As the race settled in the heavens opened up, wreaking havoc on the peloton. The weather added another dimension to the challenging circuit, which was already clipping the ticket of a number of riders who found themselves watching on from the sidelines.

Following a large crash the race was forced to be shortened by a lap, creating urgency within the Redcat camp to launch Sammons and start clawing back the time they needed to secure the Q Tour overall and League victory. Sammons burst out of the remainder of the peloton on the final climb and continued along the ridge to the line with ferocious intensity, establishing enough of a gap to secure the overall win at the Q Tour and the SBS Women's League at the conclusion of the final round.

Let's Go Motorhomes Men's League

The men's race started on wet roads, which added additional pressure to the peloton as they traversed the twisty circuit around the Moreton Bay Hinterland. A number of crashes on the first lap did little to temper the nerves of the riders ahead of a difficult final stage.

Lucas Stevenson (VIS p/b K.O.M.P) went up the road in the early breakaway on lap one of six, establishing a lead of over a minute over the rapidly diminishing peloton. With his time out the front, Stevenson collected maximum points in the mountains classification, while Team Brennan_ managed to gap behind.

Stevenson was reeled in as the peloton came into the final lap, with a showdown set to take place on the final climb up to the finish. As the lead group of 15 riders hit the base of the climb, Oliver Sims, riding for the Brisbane based Cobra9 x Leigh Surveyors team went on the charge. He pushed ahead with a strong attack, while the group struggled to respond. Storming up the final climb, Sims extended his lead to one minute and moved into the provisional GC lead on the road.

The field behind was unable to respond to Sims incredible pace and he took a well earned solo victory in his team's home round, with his winning margin enough to secure the overall win in front of an animated crowd. Levi Hone and Oliver Bleddyn (Team Brennan_) led the main group home and rounded out both the stage and overall podium.

With second overall here, Brennan's Oliver Bleddyn secured the overall win in the Let's Go Motorhomes Men's League for 2026 after an impressive season.