FIVE Bendigo cyclists have helped Victoria claim the state honours at Cycling Australia's Track National Championships for the first time since 2006.
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The Victorian team featured the Bendigo quintet of Alessia McCaig and Jackson Hadden in the under-19s, plus Pat Eddy, Ned Pollard and Blake Agnoletto in the elite class.
Combined, Bendigo's representatives won five gold medals and a bronze at the nationals, which were held at the Anna Meares Velodrome in Brisbane.
McCaig had a sensational meet, winning four gold medals and setting three Australian records.
Rising star McCaig broke her own national record by racing to gold in the under-19 women's 500m time trial in a time of 34.354 and finishing 1.66 seconds clear of her nearest rival, New South Wales' Kalinda Robinson.
McCaig broke her previous national record for the 500m time trial of 34.816 she had set in December last year.
The time trial was one of two gold medals McCaig won on day two of the championships.
She also won the under-19 women's keirin final in 12.07.
McCaig's third gold medal came in the under-19 women's flying 200m sprint.
Again, McCaig broke her own national record as she raced to a brilliant victory in a scorching time of 11.186 seconds.
McCaig rounded out her campaign on the final day when she stepped up alongside Caitlin Ward and Hayley Jenkins (also an under-19 rider) to win the elite women's team sprint, beating Queensland by 0.37 seconds.
The trio also set a new national record of 49.849 seconds given it was the first women's team sprint contested in the new three-rider format recently introduced by the UCI.
McCaig was a key factor behind by Victoria winning gold in every under-19 women's event it had a rider compete in.
Meanwhile, Bendigo's other two medals were won by Eddy.
Eddy won gold in the elite men team pursuit (4000m) alongside Henry Dietze, Jensen Plowright and Graeme Frislie, which dominated in the final against Queensland, winning by 4.92 seconds.
Eddy also won a bronze medal in the elite men individual pursuit (4000m), finishing behind Western Australia's Conor Leahy and Queensland's James Moriarty.
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