JOSH Corcoran’s final sprint delivered him a hard-earned victory in Bathurst Cycling Club’s racing action on Saturday.
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The GPM Stulz rider was aggressive throughout the event, breaking clear of the pack with his team mate Craig Hutton as well as Harry Carter.
Corcoran put himself in the winning move when he upped the tempo, bringing along Mark Windsor and Hutton.
The three man group became two on the final lap when Hutton succumbed to jet lag which left Corcoran and Windsor to battle it out for the win.
The in form Corcoran too strong, taking the win over Windsor with a determined Brad Rayner chasing hard for third.
A large B Grade field stayed together during the early laps of their race.
Tim Scott, Will Lesh and Dave Reece all rode strongly but on the final lap top class juniors Ben Anderson and Luke Tuckwell lifted the pace and put the entire field under pressure.
However, with the race decided in a bunch sprint, former Western Division Track Champion Drew Carter was too fast Anderson.
Kalinda Robinson continued her strong run to make the podium and be the top placed female on the day.
Fourth place went to NSW junior champion Luke Tuckwell, Jim Lavis was fifth in front of Steve Scott.
Excellent finisher Michael Foran won C Grade, defeating John Anderson and Glen Carter.
Graham Stait was fourth in front of Wayne Powell and Tony Shaw.
Brooke Tuynman was the top placed female rider.