GUTSY RIDE: Bendigo's Jack Haig was the leading Aussie in Austria.
Bendigo cyclist Jack Haig showed his class to finish inside the top 20 in the elite road race at the world championships in Austria.
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Haig finished 19th in the gruelling event, just one minute and 21 seconds behind the winner Alejandro Valverde.
Haig, who rides for Mitchelton-Scott, was the leading Australian in the brutal six-and-a-half hour race.
Fellow Bendigo rider Chris Hamilton also made his world championship debut.
Hamilton did plenty of work for his team-mates in the early stages of the race.
