Surprise package Jackson Medway lands U23 men's Australian time trial title
Hamish McKenzie takes second as junior TT world champion Oscar Chamberlain places third on step up to new category

It was a tight battle for the victory in the U23 men's time trial at the Federation University Road National Championships, with just 15 seconds separating the top three, and the rider who came out on the top step was a newcomer to the course, triathlete Jackson Medway.
The Team BridgeLane rider had to face up to some fierce competition, with second-placed rider Hamish McKenzie (Hagens Berman Jayco) having stood on the U23 men's time trial podium at the Road World Championships in 2023 and third placed Oscar Chamberlain (Decathlon AG2R La Mondial) stepping up into the category after having claimed the junior world title last year.
"I definitely was the underdog," Medway told reporters after claiming the green and gold jersey.
"In triathlon you’re time-trialling for about the same distance and cross-country is that sort of threshold effort as well. So, it’s not really a surprise that I would specialise in this sort of an event, but I didn’t think I’d go so well. It’s a big surprise to me."
Medway covered the 28.6km Australian championships event at Mount Helen near Ballarat, which wound its way twice around a circuit with 180m of elevation gain, in 36:59.97. McKenzie was just five seconds back and Chamberlain 14 seconds in arrears.
"I was told by my coach to keep a lid on it and I think I did that pretty well and he supported me the whole way through in my ear," said Medway. "I was able to lift somehow and found those last couple of seconds in the end."
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Simone is a degree-qualified journalist that has accumulated decades of wide-ranging experience while working across a variety of leading media organisations. She joined Cyclingnews as a Production Editor at the start of the 2021 season and has now moved into the role of Australia Editor. Previously she worked as a freelance writer, Australian Editor at Ella CyclingTips and as a correspondent for Reuters and Bloomberg. Cycling was initially purely a leisure pursuit for Simone, who started out as a business journalist, but in 2015 her career focus also shifted to the sport.
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