Georgia Baker and Alex Manly’s last minute heroics in the women’s Madison led the ARA Australian Cycling Team showing on the second day of racing in Adelaide at the Tissot UCI Track Nations Cup.
In stifling conditions, Baker and Manly continued to prove themselves as one of the best Madison pairings in the world, winning Australia’s only medal for the day.
Their 27 points earned them a silver medal behind Great Britain duo Elinor Barker and Katie Archibald, with the Australian taking a big chunk of learnings from another vital Madison performance before the Paris Olympics.
“It was a solid ride out there. It was really hot in the velodrome as well, but I thought we raced a pretty technically good race, and we learned a lot,” Baker said.
“The main thing for us is like a lot of our strong competitors are here, and so it's also learning how they race as well.”
“Also, how we like felt on the gears, because that all goes into what we're going to choose to do at the Olympics,” Manly added.