2016 Road Series Race 19 – ACT Road Championships

Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/09/2016
10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Location
Corner of Smiths Road and Naas Road

Course start/finish is corner of Naas and Smiths Rd
Riders will ride to and turn at Apollo Rd and return to the start/finish. Each lap is approx. 18km

Open/Elite Mens and M1/2/3 four laps. M4/5 three laps

Open/Elite Womens and W1/2/3 four laps. W4/5 three laps

U19 Mens and Womens four laps

Juniors one lap (not a Champs event for Juniors)

• Course: The course profile can be viewed here: https://www.strava.com/routes/4850684
• Registration: Registration opens one hour before race start and is open for 45min
• Fees: CCC Members with a permanent CCC race number $10, all other entrants $15
• An Australian approved helmet must be used in the race and be presented at race registration
• New members can refer to the following link to find out how to join the CCChttps://www.canberracyclingclub.org.au/membership/ alternatively a three race permit can be purchased on the day for $44.
• Upcoming races can be found at https://www.canberracyclingclub.org.au/calendar-list/

Race Report:

With a soggy 48mm of rain recorded in 24hrs, riders were reluctant to leave the comfort of their warm homes

There was a brief period where the skies cleared (in Tuggeranong) and all seemed like it would go to plan. Mother nature had other ideas…. With a wet start, the ACT Champs saw a turnout of 38 riders

Em Viotto, the solo female entrant who was “keen for some training” rolled out with the Elite Mens. Dropping a chain up the first climb, it would be a tough day out. Nonetheless, there was Gold waiting at the end

Elite Mens was split in the first lap. Barker, Williams and Wilson did what they could to go with the leaders but the end saw Rizzo and Hill in a sprint finish. Rizzo taking the glory. Booth almost held on to them, taking 1st in U23

It was barely a lap into the four, when M1/2/3 had enough of the mayhem and let the Elite Men do their thing and disappear into the distance. From there the main Masters bunch was caught by a smaller group of Masters, which made for some close action towards the finishing lap. A sprint finish saw Gordo nab Bridge on the line and Trent taking 3rd

M4/5/6 rolled away in a gentlemen like way until the big-man Byatt was keen to “get my interval training done for the day” and rode away to finish four minutes ahead of the pack

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