Tom Chapman rolls the dice and wins in CIC Cervelo Super Series

TOM Chapman rolled the dice in an eight-man breakaway and was rewarded by winning the opening round of the CIC Cervelo Super Series at Victoria Park on Thursday night.

The peloton makes its way past the grandstand at Victoria Park during round one of the CIC Cervelo Super Series. Picture: Chameleon Photography.

TOM Chapman rolled the dice in an eight-man breakaway and was rewarded by winning the opening round of the CIC Cervelo Super Series at Victoria Park on Thursday night.

Riding for the Swiss Wellness Team, Chapman was the beneficiary of the chief commissaire’s decision to call an early end to the criterium due to wet weather.

He jumped the seven other riders in the breakaway and held on for a narrow win in a sprint finish from Shaun O’Callaghan (Van D’am Racing) and Tristan Jones (Lightsview).

Together they upstaged world track champions including Alex Edmondson who tried to bridge the gap from the peloton to the escape group, Glenn O’Shea, Mitch Mulhern and Miles Scotson.

“I’m stoked,” Chapman said after the round win also put him in the series lead.

“I got on the podium a couple of times last year but it’s good to finally break through with that first win.

“We’ve (team) had our best year in terms of results and now we’re looking forward to having a great series.”

Cycling SA’s elite teams series continues with round two featuring the ‘Hell of the North’ road race on the Yorke Peninsula on November 14.

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