William Holmes (Hagens Berman-Jayco) claimed the U23 men's time trial in a tight battle with Julian Baudry (Team Brennan) on the opening day of competition on Wednesday at the Westbridge Funds Road National Championships.
Holmes delivered a time of 36.38.58 in the 29.3km men's time trial on the 9.8km circuit in Bold Park with a relatively flat start, stepped climbs delivering just over 100m of elevation gain a lap and a hairpin turn. That was just one second faster than Baudry, who last year claimed the U23 men's road race title, while Lucas Stevenson (Team Brennan) was third 33 seconds back.
