Heinrich Haussler wins Australian road race championship

Heinrich Haussler out-paces Caleb Ewan to take 2015 Australian road race championship title

Heinrich Haussler wins the 2015 Australian Road Race championships

(Image credit: Graham Watson)

An old though infamous loss to Mark Cavendish served as motivation for Heinrich Haussler who announced a return to form besting another pint-sized sprinter to win the elite men’s Australian national road championship today.

Haussler out-sprinted hyped neo-pro Caleb Ewan as well as Neil van der Ploeg to claim gold at the end of the 183.6km circuit race in Buninyong, Victoria, despite a mechanical at the finish.

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