Road approval issues forced the series opener to be moved to Uranquinty, with the scratch riders dominating the rest of the field in windy conditions.

Tolland Cycling Club's Treloar, who won the series title in 2013, beat home teenagers Zach Owen (Albury-Wodonga) and Zac Barnhill (Wagga Cycling Club) to claim maximum points.

Treloar completed the slightly shorter 65km course in just over an hour-and-a-half, with Griffith's Jenny Massey the first female finisher.

Tolland Cycling Club president Will Silver said class prevailed on the less protected Uranquinty circuit.

"The scratch guys broke up the field on the last lap and finished a fair bit in front of the main bunch," he said.

"It was carnage. It was windy out there and the course is quite lumpy, so it was pretty testing for most riders.

"We didn't get the road approval in time so we had to move it to our club route, but it probably would have ended up being a similar result anyway.

"Numbers were really strong. A lot of people travelled from Cobram and there was a good showing from Griffith and Albury."

Silver expects Treloar to race most legs of the series, but he is unavailable for the Tolland Open on March 7-8.

"We're expecting 120-plus each day and if we could get 250 riders for the weekend that would be a good result," Silver said.

The next stage of the Tour de Riverina is Big O Dirnaseer Dash over a new course at Cootamundra.

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