Bendigo’s Peta Mullens added another feature win to her brilliant cycling career when she won the Melbourne to Warrnambool women’s event on Saturday.
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Mullens was the first woman across the line in the gruelling 262km event in a time of six hours and 26 minutes.
“For me I was really, really excited about 160 kilometres into the ride and there was still six women in the race,” Mullens told the Warrnambool Standard after the race.
“I was like ‘oh my god, we are going to have six women finish the Melbourne to Warrnambool’ and that got me more excited than the win nearly.
“I think winning the bike race is all good and well but I have won a lot of bike races and I think for me today it was about the women achieving something special and completing the distance was more important than the win.”
Mullens defeated Taryn Heather and Rebecca Wiasak in a sprint finish.
It was just the second time Mullens has competed in the event.
She joins Zak Dempster (2008), Tim Decker (2007) and Chris White (1996) as Bendigo riders to win the great race in the past 25 years.
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