Elite & U23 Women's Road Race - Text Updates
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Start List
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Text Updates:
This afternoon we have the Elite & U23 combined Women's Road race kicking off! These riders will be racing 5 laps of the circuit at 117.6kms.
Text updates will appear with the latest update at the top of the table:
| Time | Event |
| 4.17pm | For full results, head to https://eliteroadnationals.nz/ |
| 4.16pm | Rhylee Akeroyd, provisional U23 Women's winner, Kirsty Watts 2nd, Ava Maddison 3rd |
| 4.15pm | Kim Cadzow, provisional Elite Women's winner, Niamh Fisher-Black 2nd, Kate McCarthy 3rd |
| 4.13pm | Heading up the hill to the finish line, Cadzow had a 1 minute and 8 second lead on the peloton |
| 4.10pm | The lead is now 46 seconds for 108 Cadzow ahead of the peloton |
| 4.05pm | The gap has pushed to 33 seconds from 108, Cadzow to the peloton |
| 4:03pm | Heading towards the hill, time gap of 25 seconds between the peloton and leading rider |
| 4:00pm | 3 hours of racing, 107km |
| 3:59pm | Peloton is chasing hard to bring the gap down |
| 3:57pm | Riders 108, Cadzow, off the front, 22 seconds behind two chasers |
| 3:51pm | Lead rider, Cadzow, with a 10 second lead over the chasing peloton |
| 3.49pm | 108 Kim Cadzow has 10 seconds on the chasing peloton |
| 3.42pm | 108 Kim Cadzow has ridden off the front with the rest of the peloton pushing to catch up |
| 3:35pm | Peloton about to turn onto the hill for the fourth climb |
| 3:31pm | Peloton on the 3km to go |
| 3:26pm | The peloton are all in single file, with pace going up by Sammie Maxwell |
| 3:22pm | Riders are heading down to the Fairview turn, still altogether |
| 3:17pm | Peloton turning right into Sutton road, still altogether |
| 3:09pm | All the peloton are back together, cruising at 30km/h |
| 3:07pm | 1 rider breaking from the peloton at about 30m, peloton quickly chasing behind |
| 3:04pm | Injection of pace coming up along the hall- pace of 50km/h. |
| 3:00pm | After 2 hours of racing, 70km of racing covered. Main peloton cruising along at 30km/h |
| 2:56pm | Crash between two riders reported |
| 2:55pm | As we climb the hill for the third time, most of the peloton are still together |
| 2:52pm | Peloton on the hill for the third time, still together and climbing nicely |
| 2:47pm | Group of 16 riders still together |
| 2:44pm | Group of 16 riders altogether. 12 Elite women and 4 U23 women |
| 2:42pm | Peloton still in tac- starting to approach the hill for the third climb |
| 2:36pm | Riders pass the 57km mark, riders cruising at 30km/h |
| 2:35pm | Lone rider has been swollowed up by the chase group, 10 meters behind is the second chase group |
| 2.32pm | On Fairview road at 50kph, everyone is coming together and within 400 meters |
| 2:26pm | Lead rider Maxwell, 55s back we have 6 chase riders of 101 Clarke, 109 Christie, 110 Wollaston, 112 McCarthy, 114 Fisher-Black and 115 Wyllie. Then at 1;20 we have another big bunch of 8 riders |
| 2:21pm | Lead rider, 6 riders chasing 101, 110, 112, 109, 115 and 114. The a gap of 400m with another chase group |
| 2:15pm | Second hill climb for the women- Maxwell still in the lead |
| 2:09pm | Peloton is sitting just under 30km/h |
| 2:05pm | 1:54 between lead rider and peloton |
| 2:04pm | Wentz has made her way back to the peloton, Maxwell 1:54 ahead of the peloton |
| 2:02pm | Lead rider, Maxwell, at 1:50 in front of the peloton, Wentz hovering 100m in front of the peloton |
| 2:00pm | One hour of racing, 35.5km for the peloton |
| 1:58pm | Lead rider, Sammie Maxwell, has a 1:29 gap on rider 103, Alia Wentz, and a 1:50 gap on the peloton |
| 1:55pm | Rider 107 still in the lead, Sammie Maxwell |
| 1:50pm | Rider 107, Maxwell, and 112, McCarthy, in front and the peloton at 1:41. |
| 1:43pm | First lap done at 44 minutes for the women |
| 1:42pm | Sammie Maxwell 1:32 ahead of the peloton, 32 seconds behind Alia Wentz |
| 1.05pm | Riding along all together |
| 1.00pm | The race starts! |
Results:
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