The new dish is thanks to a south-west family, who fed the cyclist three eggs before he won yesterday's 100-kilometre Victorian Championship in Port Fairy.

"I haven't had eggs before a race before," the Horsham rider said.

"It's something I'll have to keep doing."

Witmitz stayed with Hamilton cyclist Brendan Schultz, having remained good friends after racing together as juniors.

"Whenever I come down this way, his family puts me up. They do my washing and cook my breakfast, it's really good of them."

The 24-year-old prepared for yesterday's state event by racing in Hamilton on Saturday in the 120km Cecil Shore Memorial.

"I didn't do very well," he admitted. "I didn't catch the lead group but I was feeling strong all day so I knew I would be pretty good (for the championship)."

The Titans RACE team member's role in the Port Fairy event was to win a few intermediate sprints.

He went one better, winning four.

Witmitz caught the lead bunch just after the halfway mark of the 40-lap race.

"It took about seven laps to get across to the main breakaway," he said.

"Once I got across, it was pretty congested. There were a lot of guys attacking and trying to ride away."

The final sprint to the finish line in front of Southcombe Park Stadium had spectators intrigued.

A bunch of about 10 riders were all a chance to claim victory.

"I was lucky to come away with the win," Witmitz said.

"In those last five laps, I wasn't sure I was going to finish."

The pain of the last 12.5km turned into pleasure as Witmitz crossed the finish line, when he threw his arm in the air after edging out New Zealander Brett Tivers.

"I came and watched (the championship) four years ago when Mark O'Brien was racing," the winner said.

"I thought, 'It would be great to have a crack at this'."

O'Brien is racing in Belgium.

Witmitz planned on ringing his mate from Horsham last night to deliver the good news.

"He would be jealous but he would be more happy for me," the champion said.

"He was the person who single-handedly got me back into racing full-time. He basically wrote my training program and helped me set goals."

Witmitz returned to cycling in September after a five-year break from the sport.

"I haven't trained the last three weeks," he admitted.

"That's why I'm surprised I did so well."

Third across the line yesterday was Brunswick's Stuart Grimsey, 2007 Melbourne to Warrnambool winner Tim Decker, of Bendigo, finished fourth.

Port Fairy Cycling Club president Richie Belleville said it was a quality race.

"It's probably the best race we've had in a while, having that bunch at the finish line," he said. "There was a fair bit of chasing and attacking."

Colac's Zac Shaw took out the under 15 criterium while his father Cameron Shaw triumphed in the master's race.

Darcy Woolley, of Port Fairy, pedalled his way to victory in the under 17 criterium while Geelong's Felicity Wilson was the top female.