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TOUR OF GEELONG

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Victorian  Open  Road Cycling  Championships

August  12- 16, 2009

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GEELONG WINS NEW BIKE TOUR

   

Geelong has cemented its reputation as a top-flight cycling destination with the introduction of a new tour and the acquisition of the Victorian open road championships.

The five-day Tour of Geelong will be held for the first time from August 12-16.

This follows the formalisation of a three-year agreement between Geelong Major Events and the Geelong- based Caribou Publications, Australia's leading road cycling promoters.

City of Greater Geelong Mayor Cr. John Mitchell said the Tour of Geelong would be a" fantastic event " for the region.

" It will complement Geelong's hosting of the 2010 world championships, but will also be an important on-going event in its own right," he said.

" Cycling is a booming sport and recreational leisure activity, but this will become permanent because of the way modern society is evolving."

Caribou Publications managing director John Craven said he was "tremendously excited" to be working with Geelong Major Events on creating

a new tour.

" I am sure the Tour of Geelong will receive terrific support from the Australian cycling fraternity," he said.

" The Geelong region is ideally positioned to host a great tour - the range of courses are diverse, spectacular and challenging."

The Tour of Geelong will form part of the hugely-successful Scody Cup series, Australia's premier domestic road cycling competition.

Craven said the Tour of Geelong would adopt a unique format with the incorporation of the Victorian open road championships.

The Tour will have six stages - (see proposed course below).

The last three days - made up of time trials, criteriums and road races, would be raced as Victorian championships'.

The final three days will have separate races for women as Victorian titles.

Criterium races will also be held for veteran riders.

 

                        THE COURSE

                                    (as proposed July 24, 2009)

        

             SERIES

Men's races will be the second round of the 2009 Scody Cup Series.

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Events Calendar
 
Cycling

January 6-10, 2010
Scody Australian Open Road Championships, Ballarat/Buninyong

July 28 - August 1, 2010
Lakes Oil Tour of Gippsland

August 11-15, 2010
GMHBA Tour of Geelong
incorporating the
Victorian Open Road Championships


August 29 - September 5, 2010
ELGAS Tour of the Murray River

September 14, 2010
TasGas Launceston to New Norfolk Classic

September 16 - 21, 2010
Caterpillar Underground Mining Tour of Tasmania

Saturday, October 16, 2010
Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic

Sunday, October 17, 2010
Shipwreck Coast Classic


Athletics

May 15-16, 2010
Great Ocean Road International Marathon and Festival of Distance Running