Only days after stepping off a 24 hour plane ride from the UK, the riders in the JLT Condor team dominated their Aussie rivals to win the Bay Crits in Victoria with Ian Bibby and Matt Gibson second.
Bay Crits – Race 3 – Bibby Wins Series
Only days after stepping off a 24 hour plane ride from the UK, the riders in the JLT Condor team dominated their Aussie rivals to win the Bay Crits in Victoria with Ian Bibby and Matt Gibson second.
Whilst the races did not have the depth of competition the Tour Series does in Britain, there was a WorldTour team in Orica Scott and also a smattering of European based pros there to be beaten and the British team with the help of an Irishman and Aussie, did just that.
The final race was in the bay outside Melbourne (Williamstown) and on a straight forward pan flat circuit, the ‘men in blue’ controlled the front of the race. They had ten riders to work with which helped. Each team has six riders in the race but with numbers down, the British team was invited to field a second team which they did and they raced in white jerseys.
Caleb Ewan wins the sprint ahead of new JLT signing Brenton Jones well clear of the rest
And with Mat Gibson from the ‘white’ team in second place, they had the perfect opportunity to use all ten riders to control all but the final few laps when Orica Scott took it up for their man Caleb Ewan. The British team, winner of the team award as well, then used their experience to help the local Aussie Brenton Jones into position to take on Ewan.
This he did well in the sprint, finishing second to Ewan, and getting closer than he has in the past to the young Aussie speedster and showing what speed he has before he comes to Britain to race there.
Here is a selection of video interviews we did at the race
Series winner and winner of the first race, Ian Bibby
New Signing for JLT Condor, Brenton Jones (2nd in final race)
New signing Matt Gibson (2nd in series, three third places)
Olympic Legend Ed Clancy
Slo Mo Video of the JLT Condor team controlling the race
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Race 3 Result
1 Caleb EWAN (Orica Scott) 1h00:00
2 Brenton JONES (Condor JLT) 0
3 Mathew GIBSON (Condor) 0
4 Ian BIBBY (Condor JLT) 4
5 Anthony GIACOPPO (IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness) 4
6 Samuel SPOKES (Total Rush) 4
7 Ed CLANCY (Condor JLT) 6
8 Mitch DOCKER (Orica Scott) 6
9 Alex FRAME (Condor JLT) 10
10 Ali SLATER (Condor JLT) 14
11 Benjamin HILL (GTR) 16
12 Jake MAGEE (Total Rush) 16
13 Michael HEPBURN (Orica Scott) 19
14 Joel WALSH (Team 7 Eleven RBP Continental) 21
15 Neil VAN DER PLOEG (IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness) 31
16 Koen DE KORT (GTR) 31
17 Jon MOULD (Condor JLT) 31
18 Edmund BRADBURY (Condor) 46
19 James GULLEN (Condor) 48
20 Nathan HAAS (VTWO Team) 54
Number of starters: 40
Riders abandoning the race: 20
General Classification
Final Result
1 Ian BIBBY (Condor JLT) 29
2 Mathew GIBSON (Condor) 24
3 Caleb EWAN (Orica Scott) 18
4 Brenton JONES (Condor JLT) 17
5 Anthony GIACOPPO (IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness) 16
6 Samuel SPOKES (Total Rush) 14
7 Michael HEPBURN (Orica Scott) 12
8 Jesse KERRISON (IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness) 10
9 Cameron BAYLY (IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness) 9
10 Patrick LANE (VTWO Team) 5
11 Ed CLANCY (Condor JLT) 4
12 Mitch DOCKER (Orica Scott) 3
13 Ali SLATER (Condor JLT) 3
14 Benjamin HILL (GTR) 3
15 Alistair DONOHOE (GTR) 3
16 Alex FRAME (Condor JLT) 2
17 Nathan HAAS (VTWO Team) 1
18 Scott SUNDERLAND (IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness) 1
Teams Classification
Final Result
1. Condor JLT 52 pt
2. IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness 35
3. Orica Scott 33
4. Condor 24
5. Total Rush 14
6. GTR 6
7. VTWO Team 6
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