Katrin Garfoot wasn't the only Orica-Scott rider to do the double in Buninyong at the 2017 Cycling Australia Road National Championships. Alexandra Manly repeated her teammate's success in the women's Under 23 category.
Manly was the quickest in Thursday's time trial, stopping the clock at 48:30.29 after an undulating 29.3 kilometres. Three days later, she won the race within the race on "Super Sunday" amongst the 12 under-23 starters in the elite women's race. Four of those U23 riders remained in the race following 10 laps of the 10.2 Mount Buninyong circuit.
"I was confident," Manly told reporters, including Cyclingnews, about the under-23 road race title. "I'm not really a sprinter, but I have a track background, and I was like: ‘Maybe I can out-sprint them.' That was my strongest point out there. I didn't have them on the hills."
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"I came here wanting to win, to win them both, so I'm really happy," Manly said.
A two-time 2014 junior track world champion in the individual and team pursuits, Manly moved up to the senior ranks the year after winning her world titles. With a dual focus on both the track and the road, she opted out of elite road nationals in 2015-2016.
Her participation in the 2017 Road National Championships gave Orica-Scott a clean podium sweep of the time trial and road titles.
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