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After placing third and runner-up at the last two nationals, Brodie Chapman has replaced Grace Brown as the top Australian in the women's individual time trial.
Brodie Chapman has fulfilled her Australian cycling destiny, succeeding Grace Brown as the national time trial champion.
The 33-year-old comfortably took out the elite women's time trial on day two of the nationals in Perth, after finishing third in 2023 and runner-up last year.
Chapman, the '23 Australian road race champion, was the favourite to claim the championship and she duly delivered.
The new recruit for the UAE Team ADQ squad clocked 39 minutes 59.51 seconds over the 28.8km course at Bold Park.
She beat Liv AlUla Jayco rider Amber Pate by 32.7 seconds, while Anya Louw (AG Insurance Soudal) was 1:00.99 back for third.
Brown retired from cycling at the end of a stellar 2024 campaign, highlighted by the Olympic gold medal and her first world title in the time trial.
She and Chapman were in the Australian team that won the mixed relay event last year at the worlds.
Also on Thursday, Alii Anderson joined Zac Marriage as the national under-23 time trial champions.
Meanwhile, Australian para cycling great Carol Cooke has competed in her last time trial at the nationals.
The 63-year-old, a three-time Paralympic gold medallist and nine-time world champion, will also compete on Saturday in the para cycling road races.
She was the only competitor on Thursday in the women's T2 category.
"I have no qualms about finishing up, it's time and I'm really happy that I get to be in beautiful Perth, somewhere different, to finish it off," Cooke said.
"I just hope that I've left a legacy, it doesn't matter, a number attached to you - if you enjoy doing something, you can do doing it.
"I've seen para cycling change from 2011 until now and I'm very proud of how I've been able to help get it to where it is now.
"There's still a long way to go and I will probably still be around, bugging people until the day I die, most likely."
The road nationals have moved to Perth after more than a decade at Ballarat and nearby Buninyong.
The men's elite time trial was also being held on Thursday afternoon.
