Sunday`s Tour of Guangxi women`s race will be Amanda Spratt`s first race since taking the silver medal at the World Championship road race in Innsbruck, Austria, last month, and her last race of the 2018 season. Spratt will head a strong Mitchelton-Scott squad for the final round of the UCI Women`s WorldTour in China, and will be accompanied by fellow Australians Gracie Elvin, Lucy Kennedy and Alex Manly, as well as New Zealand road race champion Georgia Williams. `En route to China. A new experience for me but I`m excited for my last race of the season with Mitchelton-Scott and looking forward to supporting my teammates,` Spratt tweeted on Thursday.ADVERTISEMENT While Spratt and Kennedy will enjoy the day`s main climb that comes just over 100 kilometres into the 145.8-kilometre-long one-day race based around Guilin, Elvin and Williams will be waiting in the wings for if the race comes down to a bunch sprint. Mitchelton-Scott directeur sportif Martin Vestby said that he believes the team`s five-rider squad is a good combination of both climbers and sprinters. `It`s a race that can be quite open, with a mix of teams and riders, so I think we can follow a little bit but not be too aggressive,` Vestby said on the team`s website. - AmandaSpratt (@AmandaSpratt) October 18, 2018
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