The favourites were out of luck at the Powercor Melbourne to Warrnambool on Saturday as the early break survived and Josh Beikoff (RCA Bikes Online) delivered a surprise victory in the historic race, which this year is also the third round of the Hertz ProVelo Super League.
An early break of seven went out around 20km from the start of the 267km race stretching out the gap at some points to over 12 minutes. The pursuit was well and truly on in the closing quarter of the race but the strong and cohesive break held, with three of the original seven charging toward the finish line on Raglan Parade to decide the podium places.
