last year\u2019s champion Conor White<\/a> and Kaden Hopkins with three laps to go in the 62-mile race. His challengers were unable to catch him as he finished with a comfortable lead at Clearwater Beach.<\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019m relieved to finally win my first open male road race championship,\u201d Narraway told The Royal Gazette.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know you can do it, but for it to finally come together, it’s really nice. To win the time-trial again this year was really nice, it gave me a lot of confidence for the road race, being out there alone gives you that self-belief.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust trusting the process and training has brought me this success. I trust my coach and this year I was just a bit more patient, not attacking too early on and wasting energy, really leaving it to the decisive moments.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Nicholas Narraway crossing the finish line at Clearwater Beach (Photograph by Mehluli Sibanda)<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the first two laps there was just a lot of attacking. Conor did a pretty good attack, got a pretty big gap, then Kaden and I worked pretty hard to close it back.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew Kaden was suffering a little bit. He told me that he didn\u2019t quite have the legs today, so as soon as we caught Conor I just attacked over the boatyard hill. I don\u2019t really think any of us have a particular edge. It just comes down to who has it that day, who has the legs and just luck.\u201d<\/p>\n
The champion achieved his double in front of delighted family members.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t do it without my family,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s always nice to have support. My mum, grandparents and girlfriend were all here, so it means a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gabriella Arnold won the 41-mile women\u2019s open contest, with Panzy Olander and Charlotte Millington completing the podium spots.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels great to come back and take the win for the national championships,\u201d Arnold said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a small field out there today and it made for challenging and tactical racing, really keeping everyone on their toes.<\/p>\n
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Jackson Langley with his two trophies (Photograph by Mehluli Sibanda)<\/p>\n
\u201cI would say that the race was pretty aggressive in the first couple of laps. I was able to get away with a couple of riders that weren\u2019t willing to pull through, which made for some negative racing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had an opportunity to get away by myself and that seemed like the only answer. I was able to get away by myself for the last two laps, so for about half of the race.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe girls here are very strong. It\u2019s always really cool to see them improve year after year and raise the bar in Bermuda.\u201d<\/p>\n
There was cause for double celebration for the junior men\u2019s winner with Jackson Langley having also retained his national time-trial title three days earlier.<\/p>\n
Langley, of VT Construction, was engaged in a fierce battle with Winners Edge duo Gianluca Bortoli and Dylan Eiselt.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m super relieved to have come out with the win,\u201d Langley said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is one of my favourites to win and it\u2019s up there with the Sinclair Packwood Memorial. Obviously a lot\u2019s on the line, like wearing the national colours for a year.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the same time, two Winners Edge guys, Dylan and Luca, did a very good and tactical race where they tried to outgun me. I saw a couple times that they were actually talking to each other, working together and trying to reel me in.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a very well executed race by them because there was big communication. But when I got the chance, I broke away from them and never looked back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Langley is heading to Chile on Monday for the Americas Triathlon Championships Antofagasta, which is scheduled to take place on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Americas Triathlon Championships is going to be a very punchy and fast race,\u201d the 17-year-old said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s good to get the road cycling race done and I think all racing is good preparation. While Antofagasta is going to be a triathlon, it\u2019s always good to get some tactical race experience on the bike.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn triathlons, big groups come together and you have to have that analytical outlook, that skill to just sit back in the group and try to get off the front.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sofia Leclerc won the women\u2019s junior race ahead of Naomi MacGuinness and Riana Robinson. In her distinctive red helmet, the 15-year-old stuck with the senior women for the better part of the race.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels very exciting to win the race,\u201d Leclerc said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI worked really hard, especially with the heat and it was very cool to come first against Naomi and Riana, who are also really fast.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the first lap I think Naomi and Riana got dropped in a difficult attack from the older girls. I then stuck with them for as long as I could until I got dropped on the last lap.\u201d<\/p>\n
Darren \u201cShakee\u201d Glasford won the masters men, which had the highest number of entries at 16.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always nice to represent your team, I ride for Winners Edge and VT Construction is one of the strong dominant teams, so it\u2019s always nice to have a healthy competition,\u201d the 55-year-old said.<\/p>\n
\u201cVT had the dominant, strongest and most riders. One of their strong riders, Steve Smith, got a flat tyre on the first lap, so that really drastically changed the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody stayed together almost until the last lap, then there were a few attacks. In the end it came down to a sprint finish with five of us and I won it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nicholas Narraway with his two national titles (Photograph by Mehluli Sibanda) Nicholas Narraway celebrated his 24th birthday in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":767417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,272823,635,82],"class_list":["post-767416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-clearwater-beach","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/767417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}