Amanda Spratt (ORICA-Scott) soloed to victory in Portarlington on the second day of the three-day Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic series. With the stage win, the Australian national road champion jumped up to second on the overall classification, two points behind stage one winner Valentina Scandolara (Alé).
"I've done 12 or 13 Bay Crits now," said Spratt. "This course is my favorite. I've been trying to win every year here and never have – and finally! I've only ever won one other one, in Williamstown, and every year I came here and say: ‘This is the year for Portarlington' and it's just never happened. I'm really happy."
Spratt's emphatic victory was a result of total domination by her team. The Australian squad split the race within the opening 10 minutes, putting all five riders in a 10-rider move before eventually sweeping the podium with Jenelle Crooks in second and Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten in third.
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"Yesterday we made a few mistakes," said Spratt. "We didn't use the numbers as best we could. Today we really wanted to make amends for that.
"Basically everyone on the team could have gotten away on the circuit," Spratt explained. "The main aim was to create a situation where there was a number of us on the front, and we could play to our numbers a bit more. We had the strongest and fittest team for the course."
ORICA-Scott perfectly played their numerical advantage on Monday. Having put the entire team in the initial split, Spratt and her teammates immediately set out to capitalise on their early work.
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