No clear favorite today - Yates might be the best pure puncheur, McCormick has the best sprint, but a bunch of riders are also in the mix.
No break of the day, so Kennett attacks just before the final ramp from a group of 62 riders.
Kennett has a decent gap inside the final kilometer, but he’s struggling. Smith, Duyvesteyn and Mudgway lead the peloton.
Smith passes Kennett with 700 meters to go. Marryatt and Gaze are closest.
Smith still leads with 400 meters to go but Pithie comes with great speed on the right.
And the youngster wins it! Incredible achievement in just his second year as a pro. Brown beats Smith to second place as many other main contenders fall short.
Result
1
Laurence Pithie
Bolt - Eesti
1h13'56
2
Connor Brown
Air New Zealand-Prada
s.t.
3
Dion Smith
Bianchi Enel
s.t.
4
Jake Marryatt
Spark Team NZ
s.t.
5
Hamish Schreurs
Everesting
s.t.
6
Samuel Gaze
Air New Zealand-Prada
s.t.
7
Tom Scully
Air New Zealand-Prada
s.t.
8
James Fouche
Xero Racing
s.t.
9
Joel Yates
Aker - MOT
s.t.
10
Nate Pringle
Ekoi - Le Creuset
s.t.
11
Ryan Christensen
Polar
s.t.
12
Hayden McCormick
Sony - Force India
s.t.
13
George Bennett
Spark Team NZ
s.t.
14
Finn Fisher-Black
Los Pollos Hermanos
s.t.
15
Kees Duyvesteyn
Spark Team NZ
s.t.
16
Luke Mudgway
Spark Team NZ
s.t.
17
Reuben Thompson
Spark Team NZ
s.t.
18
Dylan Kennett
Specialized
s.t.
19
Nick Reddish
Air New Zealand-Prada
s.t.
20
Josh Kench
Specialized
s.t.
21
Finnegan Murphy
Air New Zealand-Prada
s.t.
22
Logan Currie
Cedevita
s.t.
23
Josh Atkins
Fastned
+ 27
24
Alex Frame
SEE Turtles
s.t.
25
Kiaan Watts
Peugeot - Bancolombia
s.t.
27
Tom David
Fastned
s.t.
30
Campbell Stewart
MOL Cycling Team
s.t.
32
Alexander White
Air New Zealand-Prada
s.t.
138
Guy Yarrell
Bianchi Enel
s.t.
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New Zealand National Championships
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Time Trial
Should be a very tight race today with three fairly evenly matched contenders.
Marryatt is the first of the big three to be out on the road and as expected, he crushes everyone who had ridden before him. Looking at the time checks, it still becomes clear quickly that this won’t be as close a race as we might’ve thought.
And that’s because Atkins is on a mission today. This may be his last go as a title contender and he makes the most of it, distancing Marryatt by almost a minute at the finish line.
Currie is even further away and only ends up third.
New Zealand National Championships 
