Brodie Chapman crowned as Australia’s new elite women’s time trial champion, Alli Anderson takes U23 title

Brodie Chapman (UAE Team ADQ) claimed the Australian time trial throne left vacant by a retiring Grace Brown, winning the elite women’s race against the clock at the AusCycling Road National Championships in emphatic style.

In her very first race in UAE Team ADQ colours Chapman delivered a time of 39:53 on the 38.4km course on Thursday, more than 32 seconds ahead of second-placed Amber Pate (Liv AlUla Jayco) and a minute ahead of Anya Louw (AG Insurance-Soudal).

The race against the clock took place on a course around Bold Park in Perth, as the National Championships moved across the country, ending a more than two decade long run with Ballarat as host. The elite and U23 women took on three laps of a 9.8km loop with 109m of elevation gain per lap. The finish line was just off the loop delivering a final corner that brought some riders unstuck in the Junior and men’s U23 categories on Wednesday.