Dominant Display by Tank Guy/ Bike Box in Trust House Series.

Round 3 of the Trust House Series took place over a testing hilly circuit featuring a gravel sector, but Josh Page continued his fine form from last weeks Hawkes Bay Tour in taking a fine win and elevating himself into the series leader.

The race started with plenty of attacking, but the field was kept together a fine team effort with the riders marking moves and working well together. Things stayed that way until Jack Compton escaped on the climb, but his lead never exceeded beyond a minute, and a controlled effort by the Tank Guy / Bike Box riders brought the field back together as they entered the gravel sector. Then it was Page and Matt Webb-Smith who took control of the race escaping and finishing clear of the field for a 1-2 finish.

Back in the main bunch U23 series leader Madi Hartley-Brown took out the sprint, from Tank Guy Bike Box Team mates Dylan Simpson and Matt Frecklington.

The result was an unprecedented 1-2-3-4-5 finish for the Team. That wasn’t all, Page taking the lead in the Series for the Elite men, while Hartley-Brown consolidated his lead in the U23 standings.
K1 couple take out U23 titles.

Up in the Coromandel Deborah Paine rode herself into 2nd in the elite womens K1 event, also taking out the title as fastest U23 rider.

Her Partner Steffan Fuller finished in the top 10 in the same race for the mens field, also finishing as the top U23 rider.

SBS Tour of Southland kicks off with 4.2 km prologue.

The other members of the Tank Guy/ Bike Box team started with a strong showing in the SBS Tour of Southland The team rode a solid Team TT, without incidents, to finish only 25 secs down on the leading Powernet riders. Tomorrow the tour gets underway proper with a 170km stage from Invercargill to Lumsden.
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