Kim Cadzow (EF Education-Oatly) will be walking away from the Cycling New Zealand Road National Championships with two titles, completing the sweep on Friday with a solo victory on the uphill finish of the combined elite women and under 23 road race.
The 23-year-old had already swept up the elite women’s time trial title for a second year in wet and windy conditions on Thursday, before riding off the front in the final lap of the road race.
“My teammate Henry (Henrietta Christie) was amazing all day, attacking, putting everyone in the box in the right moment and gave me a lot of confidence and just told me to go,” said Cadzow in a statement from Cycling New Zealand.
Fisher-Black, McCarthy and Wyllie had all gone off in pursuit of Cadzow but it was with a powerful show of force on the climb that the EF Education-Oatly rider held her ground and continued to turn around her start to the year – which included a crash on stage 3 of the Tour Down Under.
“It feels amazing. It’s what I came here to do,” said Akeroyd, who started her race season in Australia with ProVelo Super League’s opening round at SA Kick It and is aiming for a place at the World Championships in her last year in the U23 category.
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