Tasmanian cyclist Scott Bowden has helped his team to a stage win and the overall lead in Le Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc.
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The Hobart 24-year-old played a support role as Team BridgeLane teammate Chris Harper took the win in the 44.8-kilometre fourth stage from Saint-Martin to d'Arc to Les Karellis in southern France.
Bowden came 58th on the stage and sits 35th in general classification with one stage remaining.
Harper, who won by nearly a minute, was also the winner of the elite men's road race at the Oceania championships in Railton last year and came third this year.
Regular Tasmanian track teammates Georgia Baker, Amy Cure and Macey Stewart have been teaming up on the roads of Europe.
Baker, of Perth, claimed a victory in the elite women's 98.6km road race in Belgium and finished with the leaders in 11th place in the Diamond Tour of Flanders.
Cure, of West Pine, was 120th in the one-day race while Stewart, of Devonport, has been having issues with a knee injury.
Josh Duffy has claimed two wins in the US.
The Launceston rider won the 10km international tempo and points race in Pennsylvania to move up to second overall in the event's rider of the year standings.
Fellow Tasmanian Michael Astell was fourth in the points race.
Launceston riders Zack Gilmore and Lauren Perry are both contesting the 11-day Tour of America's Dairyland, the country's largest road cycling series which runs through the state of Wisconsin.
Gilmore is in the Pro Racing Sunshine Coast squad and Perry in the Fast Chance team contesting the women's event.
Perry finished 25th and claimed the sprinters' leader jersey after the second day while Gilmore came in 11th and was the leading rider for his team.
The event continues until next Sunday, June 30.
Perry had previously secured a fifth place finish in the Harlem Skyscraper Criterium.
Wyena's world championship representative Alex Lack came third in the elite men's race at the mountain bike marathon national championship in Queensland.
Dutch courage
Eddie Ockenden was in the Kookaburras team that defeated The Netherlands 4-1 to cement their status at the top of the FIH Pro-League standings.
Doubles for Blake Govers and Jeremy Hayward secured the win in Amstelveen.
Ultimately, it did not affect Australia's place on the standings, with top spot already secured. However, it does mean that Colin Batch's team will finish at least four points clear of second place.
Their next match will be the semi-final, with the opposing team still to be confirmed.
Heat is on
Launceston's James Hansen will be in the thick of the action at next week's Oceania Athletics Championships in Townsville.
With World Athletics introducing a new global ranking system for athletes with Olympic aspirations, the continental titles attract a high level of points with Hansen among a trio of top Aussies locking horns in the 1500m.
Fresh from a second place at the Leonora Gift road mile, Hansen will take on compatriots Matt Ramsden and Rorey Hunter plus Kiwi junior Sam Tanner.
Watkins fastest
Daniel Watkins had a career-best result in the men's C1 at the second ICF canoe slalom world cup, but it could have been even better for the Tasmanian paddler.
Watkins finished 11th in the Slovakian capital Bratislava. He picked up eight seconds in penalties, but still only missed the final by one place as his raw time was almost two seconds faster than the fastest qualifier.
"Bar the really silly touches, I was feeling really good on the water," he said.
"I'm still happy, very surprised when I found out I had finished 11th. Happy to set a new personal best, even with eight seconds in penalties.
"I feel good on this course. I've loved this course from the first time I paddled on it."
Watkins and compatriot Jessica Fox will both fancy their medal chances in their races on Sunday, with the same gate settings remaining in place. Fox will contest the semis of the women's C1, while Watkins will set out in the men's K1.
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