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atl sEPTEMBER 2
A massive night of racing with a nice little Winter crowd in the Adelaide Superdrome! Full results below.
Results: September 2 ATL
ATL X SFOC 2022: WHAT A WEEKEND!
An absolute monster of a weekend of track racing out here at the Adelaide Superdrome saw our first foray into UCI C2 racing and some stellar fields from across the country taking part in - dare we say it - some of the best racing we’ve ever seen at Adelaide Track League.
Full replays are available to watch at your leisure, with Friday’s stacked program of Keirins, Women’s Omnium, Men’s Endurance racing (and we really do mean endurance in this case) and Para showcase racing all present on the 7Plus website, and Saturday’s quieter program of Sprint and Men’s Omnium now available to watch on our Facebook Page.
Highlight performances of the weekend include Maeve Plouffe’s commanding Omnium performance, Conor Leahy’s blistering win in the marathon Points Race, Matthew Richardson’s venue record in the Flying 200 (9.553s) followed by a flawless two evenings of racing taking wins in the Keirin and Sprint, Bree Hargrave’s upset victories in the Keirin and Sprint over Kristina Clonan, and Paralympic athletes Meg Lemon, Paige Greco and Darren Hicks taking to the boards on their home track.
ANNOUNCING ATL X SFOC 2022 - A TWO-DAY UCI C2 SPECTACULAR
Adelaide Track League, Australia’s newest and most exciting track racing series, is back again as part of the 2022 Santos Festival of Cycling. The racing will be bigger than ever, now a two-day, UCI-listed track event hosting the best riders in the country as well as some from the rest of the world. Everything you know and love about Adelaide Track League will remain the same, with Adelaide’s best food trucks rolling up and a host of SA-owned drinks available from the ATL bar. Two DJs across the two evenings of racing will be spinning up the tunes, and what better way to kick of a Festival of Cycling and Adelaide’s festival season in general than some world-class bike racing at the world-class Adelaide Superdrome!
Our race programs are still being locked down, but expect to see a full run of Sprint and Endurance events with international-level fields featuring riders who competed for Australia at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Friday will see a full 4-event Women’s Omnium and Keirin as well as a Men’s Scratch Race, Elimination Race, Points Race, and Keirin for an action-packed program of racing across the evening. Saturday’s program will be all about the Sprint, with Men and Women both taking part in UCI Sprint events to see who’s the fastest around 3 laps of the 250m Superdrome. With the Women’s Ziptrak Stage 1 taking place on Sunday morning, the Women’s Endurance riders will get the night off from UCI racing but the Men will compete in an Omnium in between the Sprint events on Saturday evening.
With a host of food trucks including Gang Gang, Sookii La La, Staazi & Co, and TacoCat having graced the ATL crowds with their delicious food we’re excited to keep them coming along to Gepps Cross, with more information about food to come. Rest assured there’ll be plenty of options for all dietary requirements! An all-South-Aussie lineup of refreshments will keep the beaks wet, with beers (including a new NA option) from Big Shed Brewing Co, wine from Alpha Box & Dice, pre-mix G&Ts from Prohibition Liquor, locally-made sodas from Mischief Brew and coffee by Deja Brew Specialty Coffee.
Music-wise it’s two big names in the Adelaide music scene, with local vinyl legend Oisima taking to the decks on Friday evening for the big dance, and following it up on Saturday’s Sprint-heavy program with former Fresh FM host and sought-after DJ Ryley Smithson completing the weekend’s tune deliveries.
AusCycling’s GM of South Australia, Lachie Ambrose, says it’s a great opportunity to see international racing without having to get on a plane.
“Adelaide Track League has kicked every goal we’d hoped it would in 2021, and this time around will be no different. Everything that people loved about what we’ve been doing, with a little more spice to fight for the win. In addition, I think it shows our direction where we want to go with ATL making it bigger and better every year – don’t think it will stop at this!”
Spectator Tickets will be available soon via Eventbrite, with links throughout our social channels and website, as well as full info and a detailed schedule. Please check back soon to grab your tickets!
ATL June 4 - THE ELIMINATOR
Full (as they can be) Results Available Here
(please note, due to some technical difficulties, some events do not have results, we apologise!)
Scratch + points state champs
May 7 saw another round of Adelaide Track League racing take over the Superdrome, with the Aussie Olympic team out in force!
In the first race of the night a storming Alex Manly took out the Elite Women’s Points Race from fellow South Australian Annette Edmondson and Olympic TP squad compatriots Ash Ankudinoff and Georgia Baker. Meg Marker took the State U19 crown ahead of Eloise Sandow and Jacqui Voltz.
Kell O’Brien was the only rider to take a lap in the Elite Men’s Points Race, and subsequently took the win over the first-placed SA rider, Alex Porter and fellow TP squad teammate Sam Welsford who showed off some horsepower to take the final sprint and leapfrog Luke Plapp and Oliver Bleddyn for the third spot on the podium. Zac Marriage took the U19 gold medal ahead of Leo Zimmermann and Aston Freeth.
Keirins for our Junior and Support riders saw Henry Pearce, Charlie Abel, Ava Schmidtke and David Miller take high-speed wins, before the Elite Women lined for a couple of keirins of their own - and almost completely Endurance field made for interesting racing with PPA athlete Chloe Moran taking the win in Keirin 2 and fellow Academy athlete Lauren Perry upsetting the women’s Olympic squad with a massive turn of speed to take out the win in Keirin 1!
It was a frenetic Scratch Race for the Elite Men in the penultimate race of the night with an average speed of 52 km/h for 11 minutes before a late attack from Kell O’Brien looked sure to hold on for victory before an inhuman final lap from Sam Welsford (and by my watch, a 10s final 200m) saw him reach the line first over the top of O’Brien.
Not to be outdone, the two South Australian women from the Olympic Podium squad had a hard-fought battle in the final race, the Scratch Race State Championship, with a late attach from Nettie enough to hold off a charging Alex Manly and Lauren Perry came home third to cap off a successful night for the young Tasmanian.
A great night of racing and great food and drink! Another Adelaide Track League in the bag, and only a month to wait until our next one on June 4. Kicking off a big weekend of racing out here at Gepps Cross with the National Cyclocross Series on Saturday and Sunday, and with plenty of interstate riders in Adelaide for a Madison camp the program is sure to see some fireworks!
NATIONAL MADISON CHAMPIONSHIPS
A Beneath the lights of the Adelaide SuperDrome, the nation’s best board-surfing-hand-slingers battled it out for the right to wear the hallowed green and gold of national champions. Adelaide inherited the 2021 AusCycling Elite Track Madison National Championships from the Austral Carnival in Victoria after some untimely COVID restrictions, and off the back of South Australia’s excellent track record holding events during COVID-19.
The home ground advantage of the Australian Cycling Team would make them the heavy favourites heading into the event and they all put on a show that won’t be soon forgotten.
THE FORM GUIDE
Both Men’s and Women’s Madison entry lists were a veritable who’s-who of dominant riders from the Australian 2020/21 summer of cycling and former Madison medal winners.
Highlights from the men’s starters were the intimidating pairing of Cameron Meyer and defending Madison champ Kel O’Brien. Meyer and O’Brien also occupied first and second at the thrilling Australian Road National Championships weeks earlier. Santos Festival of Cycling winner and 2020 Madison silver medalist Luke Plapp joined young Team Bridgelane sprint powerhouse Jensen Plowright, and 2020 Madison co-champ Sam Welsford and Leigh Howard made up the final
The Women’s field might have been smaller, but was no less stacked with talent. National Criterium Champion Annette Edmondson paired with co-defending madison champ Georgia Baker. The other co-defending Madison champ Ash Ankudinoff paired with 2020 silver medalist Alexandra Manly, and 2020 silver medalist Maeve Plouffe joined Alexandra Martin-Wallace.
WOMEN’S MADISON
The Women’s Madison was thrilling, with the final points gap hiding just how close every sprint was. On paper, Ash Ankudinoff and Alexandra Manly had a decent lead over Georgia Baker and Annette Edmondson, but an accumulation of inches won this race as much as points. Ankudinoff and Manly were imperiously consistent, only missing the top-3 in the first sprint of the night.
The tone was set early as the teams of Plouffe / Martin-Wallace, Manly / Ankudinoff, and Baker / Edmondson began their race-long slugfest. Those pairings dominated the early sprints, occupying the top-3 slots from start to podium presentations.
At half-distance, Baker / Edmondson and Manly / Ankudinoff were tied on 20 points apiece and began to push Plouffe / Martin-Wallace further in arrears. Those mid-distance sprints were some of the most aggressively fought as the top two pairs began to realise just how closely matched they were.
With 40 laps to go, Manly and Ankudinoff eeked out a slender 4-point lead over their rivals, but Sophie Edwards and Lauren Perry established themselves as consistent disruptors. Edwards / Perry sat comfortably in fourth place but regularly clawed into the top-3 in the sprints, which added pressure to the podium battle.
Two critical sprints late in the race fell to Ankudinoff but the margins were minuscule both times, and ultimately, the points gained on those would make for the crucial lead. Lauren Perry attacked with 3 laps to go and launched teammate Sophie Edwards to take the final sprint, with Alexandra Manly in hot pursuit taking second on the line and Edmondson third.
Ash Ankudinoff would leave the night having successfully defended her 2020 Elite Madison title, and Alexandra Manly improved on her silver medal in 2020. Baker and Edmondson took home a gritty second place and silver medal, while Alex Martin-Wallace and Maeve Plouffe fought hard for third.
Ash Ankudinoff: “We knew that coming into this race that we just had to be consistent, and be present in all the sprints and that was how we were going to win it. We made sure in the last 50 laps we made sure to put each other in strong positions so we could make the most of the opportunities to get those 5 points.”
Alex Manly: “It was nice to pair up with Ash, because in the past she’s beat me for the title. It was really nice to be able to do it together. By the time we came to the final sprint we were pretty stoked to have done it!”
MEN’S MADISON
The Men’s race was one for the ages. Lengthy post-race deliberations eventually saw Leigh Howard and Sam Welsford winners by a single point (121) over Cam Meyer and Kell O’Brien (120), with Luke Plapp and Jensen Plowright two points back in third place (118).
The Australian Cycling Team members immediately emerged as the podium favourites. They began to dominate, with NRS mainstay Jensen Plowright riding exceptionally as the only non-track squad member in the podium chase. Plapp and Plowright dropped points early on but slowly closed the gap to Meyer / O’Brien as the race neared halfway. Plowright shone, putting in some well-timed jumps through heavy traffic to hit the line first and take some large points.
The leading trio of teams was buried among the following pack at mid-race, which added to the tactical intrigue. Liam Walsh / Declan Trezise and Cooper Sayers / Blake Agnoletto added some extra flavour to the sprints deep into the race and began to disrupt the leading three teams’ quest for maximum points. The final points tally was so tight that these pairings would end up making a sizable impact on the race.
The leading trio was cagily marking each other as fatigue was visibly taking its toll on the field. Only 7 points covered first to third, with Meyer / O’Brien incrementally edging ahead of Plapp / Plowright, swapping second place with Howard / Welsford.
A critical sprint at 20 laps to go saw Welsford win by a tyre-width over Plowright and reduce the gap to 2 points. But Plowright then slung Plapp, who buried himself to find a big stretch of empty boards and re-launch Plowright, who took the 10-lap sprint and a bag of points.
The leading teams dropped into the pack, which made the chasers eligible to challenge for the final sprint points, despite being laps down. Sayers / Agnoletto capitalised on the situation and were credited with first over the line and bagging the final points. Walsh / Trezise crossed second with Plowright third.
It took the Commissaires considerable time to dissect the final 10 laps and award Leigh Howard and Sam Welsford the win by a single point over Cam Meyer and Kell O’Brien. Luke Plapp and Jensen Plowright took home bronze, only 3 points behind gold.
Sam Welsford quotes “Gnarly race! I think everyone was still questioning the scoreboard at the end as you saw. We knew Plapp and Jensen were up the track and we knew we didn’t have to worry about the last sprint, just get around the pack and score a point to win on count-back. I just knew there was another lap so I had to keep going again. I think the best thing about it is that it could have gone either way in the top three teams so it just shows the depth we have in the Madison.”
Leigh Howard on competing with his Australian Cycling Teammates: “Sometimes it’s difficult when you’re competing against your own team mates but we all try and walk away happy with each other. It’s pretty easy to have arguments in races, and so far we’ve always walked away mates at the end of it and that’s far more important than any results.”
SFOC EDITION - JAN 19
A part of the Santos Festival of Cycling, the third-ever Adelaide Track League was a huge hit! Selling out the weekend before the event at a reduced COVID-19 capacity, the stands were full (every second seat, of course) all the way around the track and 5 of Adelaide’s best food trucks kept everyone fed while Pirate Life supplied the brews, Alpha Box & Dice poured the wines, and Deja Brew coffee kept the energy high all night. DJ Nelya spun the tunes while the best cyclists in the country took to the boards to flex some muscle!
The State’s best juniors got a scratch race in before the night started in earnest, Kristina Clonan drawing first blood in the Women’s Elite Keirin before Leigh Hoffman did the same in the Men’s. Paralympian Darren Hicks took out the All-In Para Scratch Race before local Para athlete Daniel Van Der Laan’s back straight team won the Para Italian Pursuit. Ash Ankudinoff and Kell O’Brien would win the warm-up Elite Elimination races, with Nettie Edmondson and Sam Welsford taking line honours in the Scratch Races.
The headliner races saw a tight finish in the Women’s Points Race with Alex Manly taking the full 10 points in the final sprint to secure the win, and Ash Ankudinoff and Georgia Baker both finishing within two points of her. In the Sprints, Leigh Hoffman won his chance to Challenge the Champ but was bested by a flying Matthew Glaetzer in his first appearance at ATL, and Kristina Clonan beat all comers in the Women’s Sprint to take line honours.
The Men’s Madison was a real nailbiter to close out the night’s racing, with two Plapp and Plowright taking a lap early with Porter and Leahy, only to have the team of Kell O’Brien and Sam Welsford take not one but to consecutive laps in the middle of the race. Alex Edmondson and Damien Howson completed taking their second lap with just a single lap of the race to go to shoot them to the top of the leaderboard, but a second place in the final by team O’Brien/Welsford was enough to lift them clear of Team BikeExchange by a meagre 3 points by the time the points had been tallied up.
round 2 - sep 4
Round 2 and it was a celebration! A great vibe throughout the night with some new race formats including a Team Elimination - which turned into a 2v2 match sprint on the final lap in both the Men’s and Women’s Elite with the teams Georgia Baker/Ella Sibley and Sam Welsford/Conor Leahy taking line honours.
Another great night DJ’d by Nelya with food from Sookii La La, Nugg Lyf and the Rolling Pizza Oven and we even had the venerable Mark Kamleh come and MC for us!
ROUND I - JUL 31
Our first ever Adelaide Track League and we couldn’t have asked for a better launch! 700 spectators and plenty of food and drink to go around with tunes by DJ Nelya.
Fans were treated to a great night of racing with the Aussie Olympic Endurance Squads showing off in front of the home crowd!