It’s arguably the strongest field seen in Wagga for some time.
- Paul Wright
ALBURY cyclist Jesse Featonby will start among the favourites in this weekend’s $5000 Wagga Cycle Classic.
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Some of the best domestic cyclists in Australia will be among the 141 entries in the two-day event.
Wagga teenagers Myles Stewart and Jake Brooker have been included in division one, where they will go up against the likes of Featonby, Sydney’s Rylee Field and Canberra’s Kris Johnston.
Wagga Cycling Club official Paul Wright expects Stewart and Brooker to perform well.
“They’ll be up there, they’re both riding really well,” Wright said.
“It’s still early in their development at this level but to be thrown in there with some of the best riders in Australia is a real credit to them.
“It’s arguably the strongest field seen in Wagga for some time.”
The Wagga Classic Road Race will be held on Saturday afternoon. Divisions one to three will complete a 102 kilometre course, starting at the Gap Road. Division four and five will perform a 60km course.
On Sunday, criterium racing will begin from about 8.30am around central Wagga with division one likely to be held between 11.30am and midday.
Emma Vitto, Emma Heath and Megan Scott will take beating in the women’s action.
