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JANUARY 2017

ONCE AGAIN, cyclists descended upon Westbury for the Criterium. Held on Boxing Day, the Westbury Criterium forms part of the Christmas Carnival Series held annually across Northern Tasmania.

This year saw a veteran’s and women’s criterium as well as the traditional men’s elite races.

Riders from nine different countries competed in the women’s race which, at 18 laps around Westbury, covered 23.4 km before ending at the Village Green. Strongly contested, the race was eventually won by Japanese representative Miho Yoshikawa with Nicola McDonald of NSW second and Yumi Kajihara third, also from Japan.

Adam Hartley from Burnie took out the veterans race leading Jason Rigg of Western Australia in second place with Launcestons’s Andrew Margison third.

West Australian Sam Welsford won the elite race from Germany’s Christian Grasmann with Swiss competitor Gael Suter placing third.

Photo | Mike Moores