Ewen Makes It Two Out Of Two In Mtchelton Bay Classic

Last updated : 15 January 2016 By CNS Sport

Orica GreenEdge's Caleb Ewen took the second race in the Mitchelton Bay Classic in Eastern Gardens, Australia.

Ewen, the winner of the first race, took the criterium race in a time of 59.09 ahead of Brenton Jones, Leigh Howard who was riding for Chain Reaction, Steele Van Hoff riding for Avanti Isowhey Sports and Alex Frame of JLT Condor Mavic.

On a 1.9km circuit, a seven man break got away but  Nathan Haas, guesting for VTWO, and Avanti IsoWheySports' Pat Shaw and Pat Lane broke away with four lap left.

They were joined by Alex Edmondson a lap later and he ensured that his team mate, Caleb Ewen could get to the front and take the sprint.

“I can’t get any happier than this,” said Ewan to cyclingnews.com. “We rode perfectly.

“It was handy having Alex up there in the breakaway. “I think he was just sitting on, making sure it didn’t get too far. It took a lot of pressure off us.”

“People were going everywhere because teams were running out of guys. “There wasn’t much organisation in the last lap, and it was really windy out there as well. That makes it a little more dangerous.”

“There was a lot of pushing and shoving,” Ewan added. “I had Alex Edmondson with me the whole last lap. He guided me through perfectly and put me in great position in the final corner.”

Ewen has a four point lead going into the final stage.