Olympic team pursuit champion Conor Leahy (Australia) and Bronwyn MacGregor (New Zealand) claimed the elite time trial titles on the opening day of competition at the 2026 Oceania Road Championships in Brisbane, Australia.

Sophia Sammons (Australia) defended her under 23 women’s title, Thomas Waites (Australia) picked up the under 23 men’s, with Alistair Forsyth (Australia) and Megan Moore (Australia) winning the under 19 crowns.

Elite

Leahy was too strong over the 17.8-kilometre course, as he stopped the clock in 21 minutes and 23 seconds, 21 seconds clear of Olympic gold medal winning teammate Oliver Bleddyn (Australia). Alastair Christie-Johnston (Australia) rounded out the podium a further minute back.

MacGregor claimed a maiden title having finished second in 2023 with a time of 25mins 54secs, just 12 seconds clear of Katelyn Nicholson (Australia) who was forced to settle for second again. Bronze went to Ula Chrabaszcz (Australia).

Under 23

Sammons was in a league of her own on route to a second consecutive under 23 title. The Australian rider posted the fastest women’s time of the day to win gold by over two minutes on Miriam Sinnerbrink (Australia) and Piper Karras (New Zealand).

The battle for gold in the under 23 men went down to the wire with less than a second splitting the top two. Waites was marginally quicker taking the title ahead of Julian Baudry (Australia), with Dylan Proctor-Parker (Australia) completing the top three just 10 seconds back.

Under 19

After finishing second at the Australian National Championships Forsyth was too strong on this occasion to stand on the top step of the under 19 men’s podium ahead of Andre Free (New Zealand) and Oscar Schoff (Australia).

In the women’s it was a reverse of the Australian National Championships with Moore taking the title by 33 seconds over Neve Parslow (Australia), with Jesse Thomson (New Zealand) collecting bronze.

Para-cycling

Some of the world’s best Para-cyclists were in action with Darren Hicks (Australia) men C2, Kyle Willis (Australia) men C3, Korey Boddington (Australia) men C4, Patrick Best (Australia) men C5, Rhys Tappenden (Australia) men H2, Alex Welsh (Australia) men H3, Thomas Walvin (Australia) men H4, Steven Kemp and Hugh Harvey (Australia) men tandem, Tahlia Clayton-Goodie (Australia) women C1, Amanda Reid (Australia) women C2, Meg Lemon (Australia) women C4, Alana Forster (Australia) women C5, Lauren Parker (Australia) women H3 and Emma Foy and Jessie Hodges (New Zealand) women tandem claiming gold.

Results – Full Results
Elite Men
Gold: Conor Leahy (Australia) 21:23
Silver: Oliver Bleddyn (Australia) +21
Bronze: Alastair Christie-Johnston (Australia) +1:22

Elite Women
Gold: Bronwyn MacGregor (New Zealand) 25:54
Silver: Katelyn Nicholson (Australia) +12
Bronze: Ula Chrabaszcz (Australia) +2:04

Under 23 Men
Gold: Thomas Waites (Australia) 22:34.94
Silver: Julian Baudry (Australia) +0.5
Bronze: Dylan Proctor-Parker (Australia) +10

Under 23 Women
Gold: Sophia Sammons (Australia) 25:11
Silver: Miriam Sinnerbrink (Australia) +2:20
Bronze: Piper Karras (New Zealand) 2:44

Under 19 Men
Gold: Alistair Forsyth (Australia) 22:50.18
Silver: Andre Free (New Zealand) +24
Bronze: Oscar Schoff (Australia) +44

Under 19 Women
Gold: Megan Moore (Australia) 26:40
Silver: Neve Parslow (Australia) +33
Bronze: Jesse Thomson (New Zealand) +33

Para-cycling
Men C2: Darren Hicks (Australia)
Men C3: Kyle Willis (Australia)
Men C4: Korey Boddington (Australia)
Men C5: Patrick Best (Australia)
Men H2: Rhys Tappenden (Australia)
Men H3: Alex Welsh (Australia)
Men H4: Thomas Walvin (Australia)
Men B: Steven Kemp and Hugh Harvey (Australia)
Women C1: Tahlia Clayton-Goodie (Australia)
Women C2: Amanda Reid (Australia)
Women C4: Meg Lemon (Australia)
Women C5: Alana Forster (Australia)
Women H3: Lauren Parker (Australia)
Women B: Emma Foy and Jessie Hodges (New Zealand)