BROTHERS Dylan and Kurt Eather, Luke Ensor and Haylee Fuller travelled to Kurri Kurri at the weekend to compete in the Hunter District two-day junior cycling tour, with the four Dubbo juniors all finishing on the general classification podium in their respective divisions.
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Dylan Eather won every stage of the under-13 boys division and reaffirmed his reputation as one of NSW's best young riders in taking out another general classification win.
Eather put paid to his rivals in all three events - winning the time trial by almost 30 seconds, the criterium by 30 seconds and the road race by one minute and ten seconds.
Fuller finished third in the stage one individual time trial, the stage two criterium and the stage three road race to secure her overall third placing in the overall general classification in the under-13 girls division.
Ensor narrowly missed the overall general classification title for the under-15 men's division, which was won by Coffs Harbour CC's Will McClennon.
Ensor won both the stage two criterium and stage three road race, however McClennon's win in the individual time trial and consistent finishes in the criterium and road race, as well as claiming a time bonus saw him edge out Ensor for the overall title.
Kurt Eather finished third in the overall general classification and was again consistent across the three events - finishing fifth in the time trial, fifth in the criterium and third in the road race.
Dubbo Cycle Club also had a strong representation at Mudgee over the weekend, with a number of riders competing in the Mark Dwyer Classic Handicap on Saturday and the Oatley Scratch Race on Sunday.
Adam Mitchell (+26 minutes), Michael Ticehurst (+18 minutes), David Gerrish (+10 minutes), Darrell Wheeler (+4 minutes), Max Newton (+4 minutes), Maurice Ashford (+0 minutes), Craig Granger (+0 minutes) and Heather Ticehurst (+0 minutes) tackled the 90km handicap event.
A strong contingent of National Road Series (NRS) riders fought out the top 10 positions, with Team Budget Forklifts rider Jacob Kauffman crossing the line first, ahead of Charter Mason Giant's Ben Hill and Mudgee-local Ayden Toovey (Subaru NSWIS Development Team) in third.
While Dubbo riders missed out on a top-10 finish, Max Newton was the first rider across the line in the intermediate Gulgong sprint.
Sunday's Oatley Scratch race was again dominated by NRS riders - Kauffman taking out the A-grade event (120km) ahead of former Team Budget Forklifts rider Peter Milostic and Toovey.
Mitchell finished 12th in the A-grade event and finished ahead of a number of the state's best riders, including a number of current NRS riders.
Michael Ticehurst finished 8th in the B-grade event (85km) and claimed points by being first across the line on the King of the Mountain climb on the second lap.
Gerrish was the only Dubbo rider to be rewarded with a podium placing for the weekend by finishing third in the D-grade event (45km).
This weekend riders will vie for the honour of being crowned club champion in their respective grades and disciplines, with graded road races being held on Saturday on the South Geurie course and individual time trials (Mogriguy Road course) and graded criteriums (Fletcher's Estate) being held on Sunday.
