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UCI Road World Championships
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Sale Price -Brand Model Year Sizes Available Features Watch the best from around the world test their prowess on the skinny tyres!
In 2010, Melbourne will welcome the 77th UCI Road World Championships. This event is second only to the legendary Tour de France in terms of importance and prestige in international cycling and it will bring the best riders in the world to Australia.
The popularity of the Tour de France in Australia and the excitement created by it will flow on to create unprecedented interest in the World Championships.Taking Place in Geelong between September 28th and the 3rd of October 2010.
Course Familiarisation
Tuesday 28th September All Riders 22.9km 13:00 - 15:00
Time TrialWednesday 29th September Under 23 Men 31.8km 10:00
Wednesday 29th September Elite Women 22.9km 15:00
Thursday 30th September Elite Men 45.8km 13:00
Road Race
Friday 1st October Under 23 Men 159km 13:00
Saturday 2nd October Elite Women 127.2km 13:00
Sunday 3rd October Elite Men 262.7km 10:00 -
2010 Wold Solo 24 Hour Championships
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Sale Price -Brand Model Year Sizes Available Features For the first time in the events 12 year history the World Solo 24 Hour MTB Championships will be held outside of the U.S.A and will be hosted by one of Australia's Mountain Bike Mecca's - Mt. Stromlo, Canberra.
Over the 8th, 9th and 10th of October 2010 the CORC MTB club will host the best 24hr riders from across the globe competing for the coveted 24hr Solo World Champion Jersey that has been dominated by Australians in 2006, 2008 and 2009.
Australia will be well represented by Jason English (2009 World 24Hr Solo Winner), Craig Gordon (2006 World 24Hr Solo Winner), Andy Fellows (3rd 2009 World 24Hr Solo Champs), Jess Douglas (4th 2009 World 24Hr Solo Champs) and local boys Scott and Sam Chancellor as well as a host of other riders vying for elite and age group success.
The 24 Hr Solo Worlds is an event not to be missed so get set to pack the percolator, hit the Hume and give our Aussie riders all the bleary eyed support they need to stand on the top step once again in 2010.
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Round the Bay in a Day
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Sale Price -Brand Model Year Sizes Available Features Around the Bay in a Day is a recreational cycling event organised by Bicycle Victoria. Cyclists register to ride a 210km course starting and ending in Melbourne around Port Phillip, either clockwise or anti-clockwise, catching the ferry between Queenscliff and Sorrento.
For those brave enough to tackle the 210km, their journey begins and ends at the Docklands precinct. Half of the riders head towards the east-side of the bay, riding to Sorrento, and the other half head west towards Queenscliff. Riders cross the bay on ferries to complete the ride.
In 2005 entrants were also offered less strenuous alternatives of a 100km ride from Sorrento to Docklands, or a more leisurely 50km ride to the Western suburbs and return using the West Gate Bridge in both directions.
The event was first run in 1993. In 2005 almost 11,000 people registered for the ride and raised about $300,000 for The Smith Family charity for disadvantaged children. In October 2004, over 8,600 riders took part.
Responding to the growing number of cyclists wanting to take part in Australia's biggest one-day challenge ride, Bicycle Victoria devised four options for the ride on October 15 2006.
In 2006 organisers expected 9000 participants to choose from the Legend 250km or the Challenge 210km ride. Less experienced riders could pick the Classic, which included the West Gate Bridge, or the Bay Ride. A post ride count put the number of total entrants to more than 14,000, raising $440,000.
The Legend starts at Docklands, heads down to Queenscliff via Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula, crosses on the ferry to Sorrento, then back to Melbourne.
The Challenge takes the opposite tack down to Sorrento, cross to Queenscliff on the ferry, then back to Melbourne, without the Bellarine Peninsula section.
The Classic starts in Sorrento, heads back to Melbourne via the Mornington Peninsula.
And the 42km Bay Ride starts at Docklands, pedals to Williamstown, over the West Gate Bridge and back to the cycling festival.
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Tour Down Under
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Sale Price -Brand Model Year Sizes Available Features The dates for cycling's Tour Down Under in South Australia next year have been set for January 16-23.
The Santos Tour Down Under is the first stop on the world cycling calendar and attracts thousands of fans from across Australia and around the world to Adelaide each January.
The 2010 Santos Tour Down Under was one of the biggest and most successful races Australia has seen yet. Thousands of visitors from across the world came to Adelaide last year to see cycling legends such as Lance Armstrong and Cadel Evans compete on South Australia's roads. Cycling legends including Tour de France winners Oscar Pereiro and Australian heroes Allan Davis, Michael Rogers, Robbie McEwen and Stuart O'Grady, all competed in the six-stage road race in 2010.The winner was Andre Greipel of Germany riding for the HTC-Columbia team who also won the race in 2008. Greipel finished ahead of Spain's Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse D'Epargne) and New Zealand sprinter Greg Henderson (Sky).In January an influx of visitors will descend upon Adelaide once again to see the world's best as they race past South Australia's beautiful beaches, picturesque countryside and world famous wine regions.
The event will begin with the Down Under Classic prologue on Sunday January 16 followed by the six daily stages.
