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First week 2013 Wednesday time trial results

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. 

The first night in the summer series 2013 saw great weather and a good turnout of riders. A warm welcome to the new comers . Hope you enjoyed your time trial and that we will see you back again next week.

The new assembly point in the yard of Horizons Regional Council worked well and riders are reminded that they will need to stay in the yard until after the race briefing if they have already completed their warmup. Riders will be penalised if they are caught standing on the seal at the start area. There will only be the holder and the starter allowed on the seal. Everybody else is to be well off the seal.

Click here for full results. With such a lot of riders turning up for the first night it will be interesting to see whether numbers fade or grow in future weeks as points start accumulating.