The 17-year-old, riding off 100m held off Australian scratch race champion Luke Plapp (scratch) and City of Burnie Cycling Club teammate William Eaves (160m) .

"I had a look back with about a lap and a half to go and saw there was a bit of a gap so I sort of dropped the hammer from there and came around the top corner hoping they weren't coming around and got to the line and I was pretty happy," he said.

"I knew Luke would have been coming very hard and they had four or five boys at the back and I knew they'd be coming pretty quick so when I got to the line and they didn't come around I was very happy."

A member of the Australian Cycling Team pathway as an emerging endurance athlete, Stretton will have his focus on March's track nationals following the Christmas Carnivals.

Georgia Baker proved to be too strong in her Tasmanian return, taking out the women's wheel race in fine style.

Starting off scratch alongside Alexandra Manly, the 26-year-old team pursuit world champion made her move with a lap remaining and blitzed past the field, cruising to what looked like an easy victory.

But Baker was quick to downplay her performance and credit Manly and fellow Tasmanian Lauren Perry.

"I don't think a wheel race is ever easy, it's definitely full gas otherwise we won't catch the front markers - I had a few good teammates that helped me get to the front markers as well," she said.

"I didn't know what was behind me either, who was there, so I just went out as hard as I could and just looked for the finish line."

Describing the Christmas Carnival Series as a huge part of her journey to the Australian Cycling Team, Baker admitted she hadn't raced too much at George Town before Wednesday's event.

"It's a little bit different especially like the gear ratios, you have to under-gear a little bit given the corner behind me (finish straight turn)."