Martina Fidanza (Visma-Lease a Bike) sprinted to victory in the 40km women’s Cadel’s Criterium on Thursday, capitalising on an ideally timed lead out to hold off the pursuit of a duo of SD Worx riders.
Marta Lach came second, after having to find an alternate route the front after been squeezed off the lead out of her SD Worx-Protime teammate Barbara Guarischi who ended up coming third.
The criterium was introduced to replace Wednesday’s cancelled Surf Coast Criterium, with the decision to not go ahead with both the women’s and men’s 1.Pro events announced on Tuesday with a fire burning in the Otways, temperatures soaring to 45°C and fire conditions at Extreme levels.
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