Gold and Silver to Fly V australia
Ballarat, Australia – David Kemp claimed second place in the 2010 Australian National Championships, held last week (January 6-10) to claim Fly V australia’s second medal of the championships to go with Aaron Kemps Gold medal won earlier in the week at the Criterium.
Fly V australia’s race plan was laid out for all to see within half a lap of the 16-lap 160 km road race. In a catch me if you can strategy Fly V Australia placed 3 riders into the first break of the day. Five others joined David Kemp, Aaron Kemps and Hayden Brooks as they set about amassing a 7-minute lead. They got down to work in such a way that the lead they built up ultimately became insurmountable for the chasers.
In a well laid out plan inform riders; Bernie Sulzberger, Jonathan Cantwell, Jai Crawford and Darren Rolfe were given a ‘free’ ride in the peloton. Team DS Henk Vogels said “Having three in the move took the pressure off us and allowed us to be in a position to follow the expected moves from the ProTour riders.” Vogels added, “With 10 laps completed and the break with still almost 7 minutes it became evident that the chasers had a big job ahead of them, then at three laps to go and still over four minutes in front we knew the race would be decided from the break.”
Team owner Chris White added “What pleased me the most today was they way the Team yet again took the racing to the peloton and the display of excellent Team work in executing the race strategy.
Also pleasing was the display of the depth of our roster where we counted on David and Hayden to fight for the win. Ultimately having 3 riders finish in the top 8 ensured the score board recorded the team’s depth.”
A just reward for his superb ride today David Kemp was granted the final position by the National Selection committee in the National Team to contest the Santos Tour Down Under (TDU) beginning in Adelaide on 17 January. David will now join Fly V australia teammate Jonathan Cantwell in the National team to contest the TDU.
David Kemp said of the race, “The team strategy was for us to be there for when Bernie and Jai rode across to the break with 50 or so km to race. Those plans changed when our lead was still more than 4 minutes with a handful of laps remaining. I gave everything I had today and when Travis Meyer (Garmin) went at the bottom of the final climb I tried to close the gap but could only hold it at around 20 seconds from there to the finish.” Kemp went on to say, “Today’s result gives me great confidence as I head into our 2010 international race program that will include Asia, USA and the UK.”
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