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Te Awamutu duo win national criterium titles |
 Sep 28th, 09. Te Awamutu riders Peter Latham and Rushlee Buchanan used their international experience to win the Raboplus National Criterium championship in Hastings yesterday.
Raboplus National Criterium Champs Men's podium (c)Ivan Aplin
The Te Awamutu rider was prominent in the pack and proved the strongest in the sprint finish, edging out leading junior Patrick Bevin (Taupo) and Auckland's Mike Northey. Latham has just returned from a successful season with the professional Team Bissell Pro Cycling, based in the USA. Third placed Northey is also a kiwi international having finished a season with three other kiwis in the Land Rover Orbea US team. He won the U23 classification. New Zealand road champion Gordon McCauley, who won the Taupo Napier Classic on Saturday, attacked early to gain a break but his efforts and those of numerous riders who attempted to ride clear, were closed down by the pack. 
Rushlee Buchanan wins women's Raboplus National Criterium title (c)Ivan Aplin
Buchanan dominated the race, riding clear and holding off the bunch, coming home ahead of National Road Series champion Serena Sheridan (Hawkes Bay) and another promising Te Awamutu rider, Emma Petersen.
RaboPlus NZ Criterium National Championship results (full results ....)Open Men
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Thumbnail photo: Peter Latham (c) Marco Quezada
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