Jay Vine victorious in men’s Australian TT championship
Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates) has taken the win in the men’s elite time trial at the Australian Road Nationals, taking the green and gold jersey for a second time since his breakthrough win in 2023.
Vine was the fastest on the road for the majority of the intermediate splits, riding the lumpy 39.1 km circuit at a blistering average speed of 50.0 km/h and putting more than 30 seconds into second place finisher Oliver Bleddyn (Team Brennan) and Kelland O’Brien (third, 40.9 seconds back).
In one of the bigger surprises of the 2026 nationals, multiple-time national champion Luke Plapp failed to feature, finishing 2.44” off the pace in eighth position.
Vine’s rise in the discipline was confirmed at last year’s World Championships in Rwanda, where he finished second behind Remco Evenepoel.
The Australian road champs continue with the road races this week.
