road national champs – elite & u23 women January 7, 2012 peter bridie o’donnell signing on (ex-olympic champ kathy watt now taking photos) wa’s jess allen at sign on commonwealth gold medalist rochelle gilmore waiting for the start the green girls getting edgy all ready for the start lap 2 and wa’s melissa hoskins on domestique work early attacks came from vic’s cait fraser-jones the group was happy to leave her out there lauren kitchen getting assistance from the cars the long climb lap 7 and the hammer goes own hammer goes down, so bridie sits up chloe hosking keeps fighting on (not a sprinters course) lap 9 and amanda spratt breaks clear with 34sec lead final lap and spratty has a +1:30 min lead with so many greenedge riders left, it made it hard for anyone to bridge across carla ryan attempted to break free but was pulled back the under 23 podium rebecca werner, sinead noonan, rebecca henderson elite women’s podium tiffany cromwell, amanda spratt, rachael neylen champagne showers