Australian cyclist Melissa Hoskins has continued to bounce back from a training crash, winning her second stage in the Santos Women's Tour.
Orica-AIS teammate Valentina Scandolara capped an outstanding tour for the top Australian women's road team when she claimed the overall title.
Last week, Hoskins was hit by a car while training and was left with sore shoulders, hips and knees.
She won the opening stage on Sunday and on Tuesday night claimed the criterium at Victoria Park outside the Adelaide CBD.
Hoskins also finished six seconds behind Scandolara in the overall standings for an Orica-AIS one-two result.
"I had a brush with death - maybe I'm still running off the adrenaline," Hoskins said.
"It's been awesome riding back with the girls.
"I haven't been with them since last year and they backed me 100 per cent today.
"We wanted to keep the (overall) jersey, and we did that and we walked away with the stage win. We're happy tonight."
Hoskins outsprinted Italian ace Giorgia Bronzini, who won stage three, for the win.
Scandolara finished third behind Bronzini, her compatriot, to secure the tour title.
It is the first overall stage race win of Scandolara's career.
The domination of the tour is an important morale boost for Orica-AIS after they failed to win any gold medals earlier this month at the Australian road championships.
"All these people saw how great Orica-AIS is," Scandolara said of the healthy crowd at the Victoria Park circuit.
"Its amazing - once again we kept the jersey and got the win so I'm really, really happy.
"I saw on Twitter some men of the professional field in the Tour Down Under wrote about the race and invited people to come - I'm very thankful to them."
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