An attack inside the final 1500 metres of the Australian national championships men's road race from former track world champion Miles Scotson saw the 22-year-old emerge triumphant ahead of a charging Simon Gerrans (Orica-Scott) and Nathan Haas (Dimension Data) to conclude one the best finishes the Buninyong circuit has witnessed.
The victory for Scotson added to BMC's win in the time trial with Rohan Dennis, and in the U23 time trial with Scotson's younger brother Callum on BMC Development.
Following an aggressive final two laps with numerous riders making moves and an ever-changing front group, Scotson was sitting near the rear of the 14-man leading group when he launched his attack on the right-hand-side of his rivals, powering down the descent into the Warrenheip St finish, with his exuberant celebration ensuring the chasers finished on the same time.
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"I waited behind on that last lap and just whacked them and wound the gear out and tried to tuck low on that descent," said Scotson, who had a bigger front ring placed on his bike yesterday. "When I got to the bottom of that hill land seeing the gap that I had, I couldn’t believe it. I was like ‘wow, this really going to happen’. There were so many different feelings coming into the line and I just couldn’t believe it."
With Luke Durbridge playing the policeman in the front group, after a day largely spent in the breakaway, and getting ready to lead out Gerrans for the sprint, Scotson made his move with only the Orica-Scott rider briefly giving chase before cramp got the better of both his arms and legs.
"Maybe they under estimated me, I don’t know. No one really jumped and I was just kind of winding. I know that you can carry your speed on that descent and I must have hit that downhill and kept the pace and the gap went out without pedalling. I was still doing the track mid-year last year for Rio and I think track power means something," said Scotson, who was the reserve for the team pursuit squad which won silver. "It paid off today. You think the ‘track affects your road’ and all this but it was perfect. It was a one and half kay pursuit at the end.
How it unfolded
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