On the opening day of the 2021 Australian road cycling championships in Victoria, two 20-year-olds who began their racing careers with the Brunswick Cycling Club claimed gold medals in the elite time trials.
Team Tibco-SVB’s young superstar, Sarah Gigante, averaged 42.2km/h for the 28.6km course to beat Grace Brown by 17 seconds, with Nicole Frain earning bronze almost four minutes behind Gigante.
– Photos by Jean-Pierre Ronco (Image Writer Photography) –
The podium of the 2021 elite women’s time trial (left to right, above): Grace Brown, Sarah Gigante and Nicole Frain.
| 1. | Sarah Gigante* (Team Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank) | |
| 28.6km in 40:41 | 42.2km/h | |
| 2. | Grace Brown (Team Bike Exchange) | +16.9 |
| 3. | Nicole Frain (Sydney Uni – Staminade) | +3:57.8 |
| 4. | Danielle De Francesco (Specialized Women’S Racing) | +4:06.7 |
| 5. | Alana Forster | +4:07.4 |
| 6. | Lisa Jacob (KOM Financial Knights Of Suburbia) | +4:09.8 |
| 7. | Jenny Pettenon | +4:20.7 |
| 7. | Emily Watts* (KOM Financial Knights Of Suburbia) | +4:20.8 |
| 9. | Anya Louw* (ARA – Pro Racing Sunshine Coast) | +4:45.0 |
| 10. | Amber Pate (SASI) | +4:46.4 |
| 11. | Bree Wilson (Roxsolt Liv SRAM) | +5:10.8 |
| 12. | Hayley Jones | +5:16.2 |
| 13. | Maeve Plouffe* (ARA – Pro Racing Sunshine Coast) | +5:53.4 |
| 14. | Catelyn Turner* (Sydney Uni – Staminade) | +6:23.9 |
| 15. | Sophie Edwards* (ARA – Pro Racing Sunshine Coast) | +6:42.1 |
| 16. | Imogen Alton | +8:07.9 |
| 17. | Katarina Chung-Orr* (SASI) | +8:20.5 |
| 18. | Stephanie Corset* (Veris Racing) | +8:37.9 |
| 19. | Liliana Mclennan* | +8:45.0 |
| 20. | Paula Schulz | +9:47.1 |
| 21. | Olivia Sens* | +10:07.5 |
| 22. | Ashlee Jones* (Specialized Women’S Racing) | +10:47.3 |
| 23. | Celia Cowan* | +16:33.9 |
