{"id":154458,"date":"2025-02-07T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=154458"},"modified":"2025-02-06T13:03:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T02:03:52","slug":"wollaston-schmid-win-at-cadels-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/wollaston-schmid-win-at-cadels-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Wollaston, Schmid win at Cadel&#8217;s race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AN ESTIMATED 120,000 spectators watched the world&#8217;s best male and female cyclists push it to the limit across the Geelong region during this year&#8217;s Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (CEGORR).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/SurfCoastClassic_40961.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tobias Lund Andresen (Team Picnic PostNL) held off the pack to win the men&#8217;s Surf Coast Classic on Thursday. Photo: JAMES TAYLOR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The five-day festival of cycling included not only elite point-to-point and circuit races but also mass participation rides in the GeelongPort Family Ride and TAC People&#8217;s Ride.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/B07K3826-Horseshoeb_94023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Elite Men&#8217;s Race peleton on Horseshoe Bend Road in Torquay. Photo: PETER MARSHALL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the women&#8217;s side of the event, Kiwi young gun Ally Wollaston (FDJ &#8211; Suez) capped off an incredible festival on Saturday, becoming the first cyclist to win both the Surf Coast Classic and CEGORR events in the same week.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/IMG_8015_04636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Pacquot (Intermarche-Wanty) applauds the crowd for cheering him up the Challambra climb. Photo: JAMES TAYLOR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wollaston won the Elite Women&#8217;s Race in a bunch sprint similar to her win in the Surf Coast Classic on Wednesday last week, again showing off her sprinting prowess and narrowly edging out Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team ADQ) and Noemi Ruegg (EF Education &#8211; Oatly).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2197032_85690.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ally Wollaston (Team FDJ &#8211; Suez) celebrates as she wins the Elite Women&#8217;s Race. Photo: DARIO BELINGHERI\/GETTY IMAGES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were riding pretty easy to be honest in between the laps and I knew it would be all out on the [Challambra] climb,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2197029_80219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Elite Women&#8217;s Race podium (L-R): Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team ADQ), second; Ally Wollaston Team FDJ &#8211; Suez), first; and Noemi Ruegg (Team EF Education-Oatly), third. Photo: DARIO BELINGHERI\/GETTY IMAGES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I knew I had to move up right in the last run up to the climb and I did that, and I actually felt super strong today so to make it over a second time was a really happy surprise today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/IMG_8134_01245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mauro Schmid (Team Jayco AlUla) crossed the finish line all alone to win the Elite Men&#8217;s Race. Photo: JAMES TAYLOR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Swiss rider Mauro Schmid (Team Jayco AlUla) broke away for a solo victory ahead of Aaron Gate (XDS Astana Team) and Laurence Pithie (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) in extremely hot conditions in the Men&#8217;s Elite Race.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/SurfCoastClassic_79583.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"748\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The women&#8217;s Surf Coast Classic podium-getters celebrate with sparkling wine (L-R): Chlo\u00e9 Dygert (CANYON\/\/SRAM zondacrypto), second; Ally Wollaston (FDJ &#8211; Suez), first; Georgia Baker (Liv AlUla Jayco), third. Photo: JAMES TAYLOR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Schmid crossed the finish line first as Team Jayco AlUla fought hard and played their cards well, notching their first win as a team in the race&#8217;s 10-year history.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/SurfCoastClassic_99299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ally Wollaston also won the women&#8217;s Surf Coast Classic, held on Wednesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think in the last climb I saw everybody was on the limit,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/IMG_5137_69252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Elite Women&#8217;s Race riders took on the gruelling Challambra climb twice. Photo: JAMES TAYLOR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I still had quite good legs on the climb.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/IMG_4763_39514.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Elite Women&#8217;s Race peleton crosses Barwon Heads Bridge and prepares to turn left. Photo: JAMES TAYLOR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With Chris [Harper] in front, he did an amazing ride today. He also was a big part of this win because I could just sit back and then when we caught him on the last climb, I knew now was the moment and I&#8217;d see if I could get a gap, and it worked out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/SurfCoastClassic_26915.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The men&#8217;s Surf Coast Classic podium (L-R): Sam Welsford (RedBull-BORA-hansgrohe), second; Tobias Lund Andresen (Team Picnic PostNL), first; Tim Torn Teutenberg (Lidl &#8211; Trek), third. 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