Eight of the 15 starters wouldn't reach the finish line in the demanding criterium and after the main bunch dropped another rider Ryan had himself among an exciting six-cyclist sprint for the podium places.

Manly's Ben Treble broke off the front to take the gold, with Sam Muldoon the next across the finish line, while Ryan got his wheel just ahead of both Clemens Timm and Alwyn Miller to take the last step on the podium.

Meanwhile, the other Bathurst Cycling Club entrant at the event, Luke Tuckwell, had a mixed day on the bike in the under 19s race.

Tuckwell went off the front of the pack to see if he could complete a rare breakaway success, and while that didn't come to fruition he did come away with the most aggressive rider award for his efforts.

His Team Rauland mates ended up having a great day out, with Bayden Bloch taking the gold and Ryan Britten winning bronze.

"We had strength in numbers so it was nice for us to get the win, third place and for me to get most aggressive rider," Tuckwell said.

"We were riding the crit on a sprinter's course and I'm not much of a sprinter. There was massive slowing of the bunch when I was sitting fifth wheel so I kicked really hard.

"I ended up being out in front for about 10 minutes before I was brought back but my team hadn't spent any energy, which helped them. I had the biggest attack of the race so that meant it required more energy from other teams to bring me back, and that was my tactic to go solo and just see what happened."

The Orange rider unfortunately didn't make it through the event unscathed, crashing out of the event and causing a brief neutralisation of the race.

Tuckwell avoided any major injuries and won't miss out on any upcoming racing, thanks to planned gap in his schedule that was already planned out.

"I had a crash later in that race, with around five minutes to go, and I wasn't able to finish," Tuckwell said.

"I lost a heap of skin on my left side and injured my left shoulder a bit, but it's all intact. I was scheduled now to have a two week break so I guess that crash has conveniently fallen at the right time for me."

Former Bathurst Cycling Club rider Emily Watts narrowly missed out on the elite women's crown, finishing third in the event behind Nicole Wilson and Grace Brunton-Makeham.

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