Flood water has forced the Griffith City Council to close multiple roads in the city and surrounding areas, making the job Windsor and the Bathurst contingent has just getting to this weekend’s championships in the Riverina all the more difficult.

They’re not deterred though, not in the slightest, Windsor tipping the Bathurst bunch has all the makings of a medal-winning group over the course of three days at the national championships.

“At these sort of events you need things to fall your way, so I don’t think you can ever be too confident heading into a nationals,” he said.

“But the riders we have going over have all won medals at a state or national level in the past; they’ve got that experience. I’d say we’re a shot at a few medals this weekend.”

Windsor believes the deluge of rain the area has received in the last month will make running the event difficult, but he’s been assured the Griffith Cycle Club has worked overtime to ensure the championships are a hit.

“It’s certainly going to be interesting getting over there,” he said.

“The road closures will break the trip up a bit, and the conditions of the road, all the rain we’ve had will make them pretty difficult

“We’ve had a few withdrawals because of the expected weather and the water on the roads but the (Griffith) club has worked 12 months for this, so I’m expecting it all to be fine.”

With uncertainly on the exact make-up of the Bathurst contingent headed to Griffith for the opening road race event on Saturday, Windsor said he expected Bruce Goddard to be the strongest of the club’s riders gunning for a national medal.

Goddard is back from the Grand Fondo World Championships in Perth, Windsor predicting the decorated masters cyclist to again turn heads in the Riverina.

“Given where Bruce has been racing recently, the form he’s show, he’ll more than likely be our lead rider,” Windsor said.

“(Rosemary Hastings) is as tough as nails, I think she’d be there to ride every day,” he added.

The Cycling Australia Masters Road National Championships in Griffith will be raced over three days, with the road race on Saturday, the criterium on Sunday and the time trial on Monday.

Richard Hobson, Tim Roebuck, Rob Stephen, Kevin Bell, Jim Lavis, Stacey Fish and Jillene Harris will join Hastings, Goddard and Windsor in Griffith for the titles this weekend.