By Lachlan Ellis<\/p>\n
A local cyclist has claimed Australia\u2019s oldest cycling title, narrowly beating two rivals off scratch.<\/p>\n
Bacchus Marsh\u2019s Graeme Frislie won the 126th Austral Wheelrace at Darebin International Sports Centre Velodrome last month, at a record time to boot, clocking in at 1:55.03, three seconds faster than Kellan O\u2019Brien\u2019s win the year before.<\/p>\n
But despite crossing the line in record time, Mr Frislie said it was a close race, with both O\u2019Brien and Liam Walsh close behind him as he put on the jets.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was pretty cool. I\u2019ve been watching that race for years now, so even to race in it was amazing. To win it was super special,\u201d Mr Frislie told the Moorabool News.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was pretty close, it was full gas the whole way, and I didn\u2019t know until I crossed the line that I\u2019d won it. It\u2019s been years and years that I\u2019ve put into the sport, so this win was a combination of all that really.\u201d<\/p>\n
The weekend also saw Frislie claim gold at the Elite Men\u2019s National Championship Omnium, and silver in the Madison. <\/p>\n
Around this time last year he won the National U23 Championships Criterium for the second consecutive year, but he says there\u2019s no secret to his success.<\/p>\n
And his success, of course, is fuelling his ultimate ambition.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s not really any secret, just keep your head down and work hard. The Christmas period was still pretty full-on for me, I had Christmas day off which was nice, then I flew down to Tassie on Boxing Day and raced through the Christmas Carnivals through until New Years, and straight up to Ballarat basically for Road Nats, and just got to Adelaide last Wednesday, so yeah, no rest,\u201d Mr Frislie said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Paris Olympics are definitely a big goal for me. The next race we\u2019ve got coming up is the Nations Cup in Adelaide, so that\u2019ll be a big selection event. I\u2019m looking forward to that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Lachlan Ellis A local cyclist has claimed Australia\u2019s oldest cycling title, narrowly beating two rivals off scratch. Bacchus Marsh\u2019s Graeme Frislie won the 126th Austral Wheelrace at Darebin International Sports Centre Velodrome last month, at a record time to boot, clocking in at 1:55.03, three seconds faster than Kellan O\u2019Brien\u2019s win the year before. […]<\/p>\n