Bike Manawatu Virtual Racing

Despite the current ‘cost of living challenges’ facing all community events, Bike Manawatu is 100% committed to ensuring the 51st year of the Novice Tour – once again provides a safe, fun, competitive cycle racing event.

We will adopt a high-quality assured approach in implementing the Local Roading Authority’s/Cycling New Zealand’s ‘Safe Traffic Management System’ (STMS) standards which ensure best practices and rider and spectator safety.

If the level of community funding secured is not sufficient to contract in external road management service providers with the ability to stop/go traffic, the Novice Tour will proceed on a ‘local club racing’ model, whereby our team of trained/experienced road marshals will, where necessary, pause racing in order to give way to traffic and ensure rider safety.

Although funding external road management services with the ability to stop/go traffic is ideal, if this is not feasible – we are confident that the event’s ‘Safe Traffic Management System’ (STMS) will provide a competitive, fair, enjoyable and importantly safe racing environment.

Irrespective of which model of traffic management/racing is finalised, as with all CNZ/Bike Manawatu events, normal road rules will apply and a full rider briefing confirming the event rules will be provided to all riders prior to the start of each race.

Bike Manawatu Virtual Racing

Introducing the Bike Manawatu virtual winter series. This series will run over 6 weeks and the races will be on local Manawatu routes. The courses will be between 18-25km, this will make for races round about 30min. It will be a mass start and will mainly be flat so everyone can stand a chance. Points will be awarded for each rider, the winner will get 100 point, second 99 and so on. There will be an open league and a Bike Manawatu league. Race results, report and video will be on www.jtcoachingcycling.com after the racer.

Start date: 24th May (Monday) and then every week for 6 weeks.

Time: 19:00 NZ time

Race 1: Monday 24th May – Manfield Crit Registration Link
Race 2: Monday 31st May – Akers road
Race 3: Monday 7th June – A1 Loops
Race 4: Monday 14th June – Colyton Loop
Race 5: Monday 21st June – Kiaranga TT
Race 6: Monday 28th June – Fielding Track (Eliminator race)

There will be a seperate link for each race and they will be posted on FB a few days before each race (uploaded to this article each week).

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Here is the link for the first race: http://app.rgtcycling.com/event?code=VPMrPe6ukm
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We will update the new ride links each week