They call him King Caleb in Geelong – and Caleb Ewan (ORICA-GreenEDGE) showed that he’s earned the nickname with his win on day two of the Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic. Ewan beat out Brenton Jones (Drapac) and local boy Leigh Howard, on loan from IAM Cycling to Chain Reaction Cycles, in a reduced bunch sprint in Eastern Gardens on Saturday.
Having won three of the four days of racing in last year’s series, Ewan, who has twice won the series overall, has now won a staggering six of the last seven races at the Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic.
“I can’t get any happier than this,” said Ewan. “We rode perfectly.”
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Ewan won stage one with only Jack Haig for support. Alex Edmondson, Mitch Docker and Luke Durbridge started stage two alongside Ewan and Haig. Durbridge’s day was short-lived, a broken crank sidelining him on lap one. Edmondson proved a crucial part of the team’s victory with a bold bridge across to a dangerous late race breakaway.
Shortly after the second of three intermediate sprints, Nathan Haas, guest-riding for VTWO, and Avanti IsoWheySports duo Pat Shaw and Pat Lane broke clear of a seven rider group. The trio stretched out their advantage to 28-seconds with four laps of the 1.9-kilometre circuit remaining. Edmondson burst out of the reduced bunch to join the breakaway with three laps left in the hour-long race.
“It was handy having Alex up there in the breakaway,” noted Ewan. “I think he was just sitting on, making sure it didn’t get too far. It took a lot of pressure off us.”
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