After focusing on track in 2020 and 2021 in anticipation of the Tokyo Olympics, Alexandra Manley (Team BikeExchange-Jayco) returned to road racing in 2022, winning four stages and GC at the Thuringian Ladies Tour, and finishing She is having a breakthrough season, with a 4th place finish in the

Manley finished the Tour of Scandinavia on the overall podium with top-10 finishes in five of the six stages and a brilliant sprint win on stage 4 after a clever late attack.

"It was a very good week in Scandinavia. To finish 3rd in GC with this team is really special. To finish 3rd in GC with this team is really special. We bonded really well this week and everyone's teamwork was great. After the final stage, Manley said, "I'm really happy for the staff and everyone."

In a season of Classics, Manly has proven himself to be more than a track athlete. He showed that he is at his best after a hard race, finishing 18th, 12th, and 10th in the Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold Race, and Brabantspaille, respectively, the team's best results.

After a mid-May trip to the Track World Cup in Canada, the 26-year-old was back on the Thuringian Ladies Tour. Of the two stages she did not win, one was won by a teammate and the other was finished by a breakaway group. Needless to say, she took the overall win and the points jersey.

In the women's tour, Manley avoided a flat sprint and opted for a more challenging stage. She finished second behind super sprinter Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) on the hilly stage 3, then made a decisive breakaway on the harder stage 4 and finished 4th overall, just 3 seconds behind the winner at the summit finish of Black Mountain on stage 5.

In the Tour of Scandinavia, Manley stepped it up a notch. After finishing 22nd in a fast group sprint on the first stage, she never finished outside the top 10, finishing fifth and fourth behind stage winner Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo-Visma).

Stage 5 finished at the top of Norefjell, 11km from the finish. However, he was fortunate that there were no attacks until 3 km before the finish, allowing him to ride mostly at his own pace. On the final stage, Manly sprinted to eighth place.

Manly will be an important card for the Australian team at the World Championships in Wollongong in September.