There was a flip side to the elation of surprise winner Josh Beikoff (RCA Bikes Online) at the Powercor Melbourne to Warrnambool, and that was the disappointment of so many others who had thought they were in with a strong shot of claiming victory at a race that looms large in the Australian cycling landscape.
The most obvious example was, perhaps, Australian road champion Patrick Eddy (Team Brennan) who, for good reason, had come into the race – which first ran in 1895 – as one of the key favourites.
