BUDDING Australian cyclists Scott Law and Alex Carver, impressed and surprised to claim the under 23 six day event in Gent, Belgium.

Law and Carver were one of the youngest teams to contest the Memorial Noel Fore

Carver, who just turned 18 on November 25, was one half of the junior World Champion team in the Madison this summer with Luke Durbridge. He and Law used the expertise of Six Day legend Matthew Gilmore to secure the overall win in Gent.

They admitted being surprised  of how the race went for them.

After the opening day, the pair were leading by two laps on the competition as they dominated from the outset to finish three laps ahead of a French team.

The Australian duo wowed the crowds with record-breaking performances in the flying lap and 500m time trial.

Their 8.94 second lap would have placed them fourth in the elites, and the 28.59 500m time would have also been competitive against the world’s best.

Gilmore, a five-time elite Six Day winner at the Kuipke Velodrome, was the man behind the win.

“His expertise was very important for us,” Law said on cyclingnews.com.

“It was the first time we rode such a steep track, and because it was the first time we have raced a real Six Day.”

“We trained here for the first time only the day before the race … Matthew was patient and gradually taught us how to race without wasting too much energy. It’s really different than a 250m track, and without him it would have been harder, especially when we had our lead and had to consistently maintain it. ”

with cyclingnews.com