31/05/2026
🏆 MYRIDE LAUNCESTON SAWPIT HILL GRAVEL REPORT & RESULTS
We had a great mix of racing today with something for everyone accross all grades, from the winner in A grade crossing the line in 1:22:45, all the way through the field to the last rider finishing in just under 3 hours.
The gravel course was super smooth and running well after some overnight rain. The course was dry by 10am and the field rolled out for the mass start behind the lead car.
With 50km to go, racing got underway and the attacks started from kilometre zero with Caleb McKenzie leading a group of A and B grade riders away from the rest of the field.
By 42km to go, the front of the race had come back together but it wasn’t long before Tom Cheesman and Alex Lack attacked off the front and extended their lead up over the Bryant’s Lane climb and down the long descent into Deddington.
Through Deddington, McKenzie moved clear of the chase group to bridge across to the front two. After a solid effort on the smooth gravel sector between Deddington and Patterdale he made the junction with Cheesman and Lack at the Paterdale intersection.
With 29km to the finish, the gap to the chasing group of 12 riders was around 500 metres and continuing to grow. The decisive move though, came with 26km to go on the first significant climb of the day, when the pressure from Cheesman saw McKenzie go backwards, followed soon after by Lack.
By the top of the climb Cheeseman was on his own and looked to be building an unassailable lead as he turned onto Sawpit Hill Road with 20km to go. He continued to extend his lead down the high speed Sawpit descent and on the final stretch along Logan Road.
It was a solid ride by Cheesman at the front of the race, pushing all the way to the line for a deserved win, finishing 3:13 ahead of McKenzie in 2nd and Lack in 3rd on the same time.
There were some really standout performances today, from first time participants, mates who came to race together, and established racers.
All of the placings, finish times, grade, age and gender based results are available now at myRaceResult by clicking on the link below 👇🏼
https://my.raceresult.com/403115/results
🏆 RESULTS
Fastest Time
Open Male: Tom Cheesman 🏅
Open Female: Alana Forster 🏅
U17 Male: Archie Martin 🏅
U17 Female: N/A
A Grade
Tom Cheesman 🥇
Caleb McKenzie 🥈
Alex Lack 🥉
B Grade
Harrison Tait 🥇
Marlon von Moger 🥈
Angus Paynter 🥉
C Grade
Andrew Poynter 🥇
Alana Forster 🥈
Any Wells 🥉
D Grade
Archie Martin 🥇
Stuart Keep 🥈
Stewart Williams 🥉
E Grade
Paul Guest 🥇
Stewart Williams 🥈
Katheryn Woolston 🥉
F Grade
Amelia Barwick 🥇
Pete Smith 🥈
Leigh Heather 🥉
Thanks to Chief Commisaire Riley McGovern, Race Director and Lead Car Martin Simpson, Tail/Medical Car Daz Turner, Race Set-up Kaine Arkley (and Belinda - thank you for the food!), Marshals and Volunteers Leigh Pridmore, James Nevin and Laurie McKeon, and last but not least Brooke Ledvay and Luke Moore who were out on the couse taking photos for us today.
We hope everyone enjoyed MyRide Launceston Sawpit Hill Gravel. We're looking forward running more open races and gravel races in future.
As always, we have tons of photos and video to share and will post some more tomorrow 📸
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