Young sensation Ruby Roseman-Gannon, team ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast, has returned triumphantly from injury, winning the inaugural Gibraltar to Inverell one-day NRS race on Saturday.
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In her comeback after knee surgery, the 22-year-old won the bunch sprint on Vivian Street ahead of Josie Talbot from Camden CC and Peta Mullens from Roxsolt Liv SRAM.
There was poignant symmetry to the feat, following in the shadow of her childhood coach Alan Grindal, who won the first edition of the men's Grafton to Inverell and was in attendance to see her win the first women's event.
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"Alan Grindal is from my club, Brunswick Cycling Club, and he actually ran my first clinic when I was five years old, so he was sort of my first coach," Roseman-Gannon said.
"He once said that I looked like I was riding to school, and I wasn't competitive enough, so perhaps I am now.
"It's a pretty special moment!"
Leaving her charge late, Roseman-Gannon found a path through the middle to thrust her front wheel across the line ahead of the rest, taking a memorable win.
"There were a few moves off the front at times, but I think the slight headwind really neutralised things," she said.
"We as a team were happy to keep things together because they backed me in the sprint.
"I was shocked going across the line, I don't know how I did it."
Nicole Frain won the QOM classification while Nicola Macdonald from Roxsolt Liv SRAM took home the intermediate sprint prize.
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