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Giro finale
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Australian Open Road Championship, Adelaide, South Australia, January 11-14, 2006

Oenone Wood (ACT)
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(Click for larger image) Oenone Wood (ACT) makes her way to the start line
The front row
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(Click for larger image) The front row of the grid
Jennifer Manefield (NSW)
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(Click for larger image) Jennifer Manefield (NSW) leads the peloton on lap 2
Helen Kelly (VIC)
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(Click for larger image) Helen Kelly (VIC) Decends in front of Katie MacTier (VIC)
The Bates sisters
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(Click for larger image) The Bates sisters worked for a while together to make a break on lap 4
Olivia Gollan (NSW)
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(Click for larger image) Olivia Gollan (NSW) pushing the pace once more
Katie Bates (NSW)
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(Click for larger image) Katie Bates (NSW) talks tactics with Oenone Wood (ACT) at the start line
A perfect day for racing
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(Click for larger image) A perfect day for racing
Sarah Carrigan (QLD)
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(Click for larger image) Sarah Carrigan (QLD) in thought at the start line
…and the race is under way
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(Click for larger image) …and the race is under way
Natalie Bates (NSW)
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(Click for larger image) Natalie Bates (NSW) leads the peloton early on
The peloton
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(Click for larger image) The peloton up one of the many small climbs
Olivia Gollan (NSW)
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(Click for larger image) Olivia Gollan (NSW) attemps a break
Kate Bates (NSW)
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(Click for larger image) Kate Bates (NSW) worked hard for the win today
Jesse MacLean (ACT)
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(Click for larger image) Jesse MacLean (ACT) relises her break attempt was about to be caught on lap 4
Sarah Carrigan (QLD)
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(Click for larger image) Sarah Carrigan (QLD) and Oenone Wood (ACT) had a go late in the 4th lap
Katie Mactier (VIC)
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(Click for larger image) Katie Mactier (VIC) at the start of the last lap trying to bridge the gap to Bates
Katie Bates (NSW)
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(Click for larger image) Katie Bates (NSW) took the win by outsprinting Sarah Carrigan (QLD)
Oenone Wood (ACT)
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(Click for larger image) Oenone Wood (ACT) took the sprint for 3rd place
Kate Bates (NSW)
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(Click for larger image) Kate Bates (NSW) faces the media after becoming the Aussie Champ
Kate Bates (NSW)
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(Click for larger image) Kate Bates (NSW) was pleased with her win
The podium
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(Click for larger image) The podium (l-r): Sara Carrigan, Kate Bates and Oenone
Kate Bates (NSW)
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(Click for larger image) Kate Bates (NSW) standing tall on the winners podium
Three medallists
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(Click for larger image) Three champions
Sara Carrigan (QLD)
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(Click for larger image) Sara Carrigan (QLD) waits for the start
There are a few spares
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(Click for larger image) There are a few spares for any of the riders into retro jerseys
The early crash
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(Click for larger image) The early crash involved about eight riders
Deborah Fagg was a victim
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(Click for larger image) Deborah Fagg was a victim of the early crash
The women's peloton
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(Click for larger image) The women's peloton passes through some of Mt Torrens' farmland
Carrigan and Bates
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(Click for larger image) Carrigan and Bates lead it away from the pack