Georgia Williams (BikeExchange-Jayco) and Regan Gough (Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling) won the elite women's and men's titles respectively at the New Zealand National Championships in Cambridge on Friday. won the elite women's and men's titles, respectively, at the New Zealand National Championships in Cambridge on Friday.

It was the fourth time trial win for Williams, who is in her sixth year at Bike Exchange competing on the UCI Women's World Tour.

"I was especially careful in the corners, but I am glad the rain was not too strong. The track wasn't too technical so it wasn't a problem. I was a little bit more conservative on the way back," Williams said.

"It gave me good confidence for the road race. I got off to a good start and hopefully it will be a good start to the year for me."

Williams ran the women's 32.5km route, including the Te Milo climb, in a winning time of 46:08, 1:57 ahead of second place Bronwyn McGregor (Cabuyax Castelli Custom) and 2:31 ahead of third place Holly Edmondston (Mid-South Canterbury). Down.

She will look to defend her road race title on Sunday.

Bolton Equities Black Spoke swept the podium, with Gough running the men's 42.5 km in 52:32, beating second-place Michael Vink by 1:23 and third-place Tom Sexton by 1:27.

The elite men also faced wet conditions, with last year's U23 winner Finn Fischer-Black crashing early on and UAE Team Emirates teammate George Bennett finishing in seventh place, 2:30 behind.

"I wasn't expecting something like that. I was very happy to be on the podium. I tried not to push too hard, to do my own race. I listened to my body," Gough said.

"It will be very cool to wear the national jersey when I go abroad with Black Spoke. I may have to do a few more time trials. It's been a while since I've done a time trial.

"Riding a time trial bike and racing against the clock has always been in Gough's blood. Time trials are something special.