Club Road Race Champs results held on Saturday 12/11/11

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.

Whilst there wasn’t much wind there was a few light scattered showers that passed over during the running of the event. The course started at Hiwinui School and headed north along Watershed Rd, turning left on to the Colyton Rd. Once the riders were at Colyton they turned left again and made their way back to Hiwinui along Reids Line. First to leave the start was the under 19, under 23, senior, master 1 and 2 men. They were to complete 4 laps. Five minutes after them the under 17 men who were to complete 3 laps headed away along with the under 15 boys who were completing 2 laps. They were followed a further 5 minutes back by the rest of the masters men who had 3 laps to complete.

The final group away was all age groups of woman with 2 laps to complete. It was a tough course and the rate of riders pulling out showed how tough it was.

click here for full results