Riding her very first race with the Liv AlUla Jayco Continental team, Lucinda Stewart achieved something many of the world’s top cyclists spend their whole career chasing when the 20-year-old swept up not just the U23 women’s title at the AusCycling Road National Championships but also the elite jersey as well.
The Victorian rider’s well-judged sprint from a break of five in the combined National Championships race means that as she says farewell to her life in Australia and hops on a flight from Perth to Girona, she’ll have to fit two gold medals and a set of Australian Championships jerseys into her luggage – something she’ll be wearing all year to bring back fond memories of home and that perfect beginning to the pursuit of life as a professional cyclist.
“As an Australian team, it’s so special to be able to take the jersey back to Europe.”
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