With the Australian 'summer of cycling' coming to a close on Sunday with the conclusion of the Herald Sun Tour, Lucas Hamilton brought the curtains down on a successful five-week block of a racing.
The 20-year-old was pre-selected for the Tour Down Under, Cadel Evans great Ocean Road, and the Herald Sun Tour last November after impressing in his first year as a U23 rider in Europe.
"I didn't peak as much as I did the year before for nationals to make sure leading into Herald Sun that I would still be in good form. Coming off the racing we've had, we've only gotten better and better as a team," Hamilton told Cyclingnews of his start to the year. "I am really happy with where I am at and it's been a pretty good summer."
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Second at last year's U23 national road race, Hamilton was third in January before heading to the Tour Down Under where he placed 24th overall. Hamilton then claimed the young rider prize at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race by finishing 14th. Eighth place on the 29km climb up Falls Creek on stage 1 of the Herald Sun Tour further demonstrated his capabilities in the high mountains and ensured he finished seventh overall on GC.
One place lower than Team Sky's Chris Froome and two places ahead of Orica-Scott's Esteban Chaves.
"It's a little bit surreal when you're racing up against Chaves and Froome and on you're on the climb with three kilometres to go and it's just them two and yourself," he recounted of the Falls Creek climb. "It's surreal and a little bit intimidating but at the end of the day, we are all here to race and that is a priority for us."
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