Patrick Eddy beats Luke Plapp to elite men’s Australian road race title after Jayco AlUla’s strength in numbers fails in dramatic final kilometre

Continental rider Patrick Eddy (Team Brennan) claimed the elite men’s title in a dramatic Australian road race on Sunday, beating Luke Plapp to the line after Jayco AlUla went from a winning position to settling for the medals in the space of a kilometre.

With one kilometre to go, defending champion Luke Durbridge was in the lead after nearly 40km in the lead, and was caught by Eddy and Plapp, who had been with chasing with Ben O’Connor and Oliver Bleddyn (Team Brennan).