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Australian Open Road Championships - NE, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, January 7-11, 2009

January 10: Elite/Under 23 Women's Road Race, 102 km

The women's Championship road race rolls out of Buninyong.
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Eventual winner, Carla Ryan (Cervélo Test Team)
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Big smiles
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Judith Arndt (Team Columbia)
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The women's peloton climbs Mount Buninyong.
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The race was run in hot, sunny conditions on the Buninyong circuit.
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The peloton descends towards Yankee Flat Road.
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Judith Arndt (Team Columbia).
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The peloton was tight.
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Nikki Butterfield (Webcor)
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Silver medalist from 2008, Briton, Sharon Laws
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Laws, Butterfield and Ryan
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The leaders in the women's Championship road race.
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Sharon Laws (Halfords Bike Hut)
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Nikki Butterfield (Webcor)
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Tiffany Cromwell (SASI)
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Alexis Rhodes (Webcor) was an aggressive solo breakaway
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Kathy Watt and Emma Mackie (Lotto Belisol)
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Peta Mullens (VIS)
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Alexis Rhodes (Webcor)
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The bunch climb after Rhodes.
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Amber Halliday (SASI) rode her first road race Championship
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The leading bunch descends towards the finish line
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Sharon Laws (Halford Bikehut) leads the race
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Peta Mullens (VIS) rode confidently
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Carla Ryan (Cervélo Test Team) enjoyed her win,
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Ryan (Cervélo Test Team) was overjoyed with her win,
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Ruth Corset (QAS) and Nikki Butterfield (Webcor) sprint for second place.
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Peta Mullens (VIS) arrives in a small group
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One – or should it be two? – from Carla Ryan
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The under 23 podium:
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The elite women's podium,
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Carla Ryan spoke to Cervélo Test Team manager
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