National champion James Fouche completed a dominant display from New Zealand riders at the Oceania Road Race on the streets of Brisbane today.

The 23-year-old Fouche had planned to set-up the sprint for one of his Bolton Equities Black Spoke teammates in the 124km race, but when the gap opened on the technical turns off the freeway, and with a perfect lead-out from an Australian under-23 rider, he sprinted to the elite title.

Fouche’s teammate, Tom Sexton finished second in the elite race to complete an excellent week in Queensland with honours on the track, and runner-up in the road time trial near Ipswich on Saturday.

It has proved a massively successful weekend for the New Zealand riders, led by Aaron Gate, who followed his outstanding feats on the track, with a dominant display to win the time trial by over a minute with an average speed of over 53kph.

Other podium performances in the time trial went to the Paralympic pairing of Nicole Murray, with a win in the C5 time trial, and Sarah Ellington, runner-up in the C2 classification.

National under-23 time trial champion Kim Cadzow, from Wanaka, again showed her burgeoning prowess over the timed distance with second place with Counties Manukau’s Ella Wyllie fourth, after an impressive debut in the elite track team during the week.

New Zealand under-23 champion Logan Currie, another standout from the Bolton Equities Black Spoke team, claimed the under-23 time trial honours in 42:59.03, a time that would have been good enough for top-five in the elite race. Nelson’s Keegan Hornblow, another to make his mark on the track last week, was third.

Sunday’s road races, part of the Tour of Brisbane, was based in the central city before venturing out to the tough climbs to the west.

The New Zealanders, led by the Bolton Equities Black Spoke team, were always attentive not to let several breaks become race-defining.

A small group pushed away on the final climb, which was technical on the tight corners off the freeway, but Fouche had the final say, sprinting home for the victory. Sexton was just behind in runner-up with Aaron Gate in ninth, finishing in the peloton 50m behind the winner.

“We were hoping to do a big lead-out around the back for Gatey or Tom Sexton but a few gaps opened up around the chicane and the under-23 rider pushed away to give me a good lead-out,” said Fouche.

“Gatey has been in great form with a few gold medals on the track and then backed it up with the time trial.

“The right-hand turn off the motorway we felt was crucial as it was slightly uphill the whole way. We wanted to be first into that which we managed. When one of the boys behind me told me to go, I put my head down. When I looked back there was only the under-23 rider on the wheel so I went for it.”

The women’s race splintered on the climb on both laps of their 89km journey, led by Cadzow, a noted climber.

On the second climb the bunch had reduced to 10 riders with Josie Talbot out-sprinting the group in the technical run into the final for the elite victory in an Australian shut-out of the podium.

Ella Wyllie showed outstanding form to hold on to the bunch, using her track speed to good effect, to sprint home to claim the under-23 victory.

Annamarie Lipp, another who competed strongly on the track last week, finished on the under-23 podium just ahead of Cadzow.

Hawkes Bay rider Toby Evans finished on the podium in the junior men, leading home the peloton sprint for third in the 89kms race, with five kiwi riders in the top 10, while Auckland’s Bonnie Rattray was the best of the New Zealand junior women in fifth.

In Para-cycling, Murray completed a successful campaign across the Tasman with victory in the women’s C5 road race over 49kms ahead of Australian Bronwyn Dolman.

The road races completed two weeks of Oceania Championships in and around Brisbane that also featured mountain bike, track and BMX.

Results, Time Trial:

Paracyclists, Women, C2 (16.4km): Sarah Ellington (NZL) 29:17.70, 2. C5 (16.4km): Nicole Murray (NZL) 24:40.74, 1; Bronwyn Dolman (AUS) at 1:04, 2.

Women, Junior (16.4km): Isabelle Carnes (AUS) 23:11.94, 1; Sophie Marr (AUS) at 8.20s, 2; Bronte Stewart (AUS) at 33.87, 3. Also: Muireann Green (NZL) at 1:13.10, 6; Bonnie Rattray (NZL) at 1:29.34, 7; Bee Townsend (NZL) at 2:22.21, 10.

Women, Under 23 (25km): Anya Louw (AUS) 34:40.33, 1; Kim Cadzow (NZL) at 14.91, 2; Alyssa Polites (AUS) at 42.62, 3. Also: Ella Wyllie (NZL) at 54.50, 4; Annamarie Lipp (NZL) at 2:39.84, 7.

Women, Elite (25km): Georgia Howe (AUS) 32:49.67, 1; Amber Pate (AUS) at 1:16.63, 2; Dnna Davis (AUS) at 1:59.77, 3.

Men, Junior (25km): William Eaves (AUS) 32:05.92, 1; Tyler Tomkinson (AUS) at 1.85s, 2; Oscar Chamberlain (AUS) at 6.09s, 3. Also: Lewis Bower (NZL) at 13.9s, 4; Tom Stephenson (NZL) at 25.89, 5.

Men, Under-23 (40km): Logan Currie (NZL) 42:59.03, 1; Dylan George (AUS) at 47.79, 2; Keegan Hornblow (NZL) at 52.55, 3.

Men, Elite: (40km) Aaron Gate (NZL) 40:41.03, 1; Tom Sexton (NZL) at 1:32, 2; Michael Freiberg (AUS) at 1:41, 3. Also: James Fouche (NZL) at 3:14, 7.

Road Race, Sunday, Brisbane:

Women, Junior (76km): Belinda Bailey (AUS) 2:09:21, 1; Bronte Stewart (AUS) same time, 2; Mackenzie Coupland (AUS) same time, 3. Also: Bonnie Rattray (NZL) at 4:30, 5; Muireann Green (NZL) at 8:27, 8.

Under-23 (89km): Ella Wyllie (NZL) 2:32:27, 1; Anya Louw (AUS) at 1:33, 2; Annamarie Lipp (NZL) same time, 3. Also: Kim Cadzow (NZL) at 1:35, 5; Ella Wollaston (NZL) at 3:18, 6.

Elite (89km): Josie Talbot (AUS) 2:32:27, 1; Danielle de Francesco (AUS) same time, 2; Amber Pate (AUS) same time, 3.

Men, Junior 89km: Oscar Chamberlain (AUS) 2:14.52, 1; Cameron Rogers (AUS) same time, 2; Toby Evans (NZL) at 13s, 3. Also: Lewis Bower (NZL) same time, 4; Max Preece (NZL) st, 5; Tom Stephenson (NZ) st, 6; Jaxson Whyte (NZL) st, 8.

Under 23, 124km: Brady Gilmore (AUS) 2:53:09, 1; Dylan George (AUS) at 2s, 2; Matthew Dinham (AUS) st, 3.

Elite 124km: James Fouche (NZL) 2:53:09, 1; Tom Sexton (NZL) at 2s, 2; Zack Gilmore (AUS) same time, 3. Also Aaron Gate (NZL) at 7s, 9.

Paracyclists, Women, C2 (48.5km): Sarah Ellington (NZL) 1:30:27, 2. C5 (48.5km): Nicole Murray (NZL) 2h14:15, 1.