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.
2012 Oceania Track Championships
Some exciting news is happening for Manawatu at the Invercargill Velodrome for the Oceania Track Champs 2012 being held this week.
Local track cyclists from Manawatu are bringing in medals and NZ National records with outstanding efforts and huge commitment to their teams and some exceptional individual efforts have paid off for Simon van Velthooven and Jesse Sergent, both winning gold in their races last night.
First medal of the night went to Levin rider, Gemma Dudley, who’s won bronze in the women’s 3000m team pursuit.
Jesse Sergent’s team pursuit team then went on to win gold in the same night in an incredible race against the Australian team. Warm conditions inside the velodrome added an awesome night of racing with many records being broken.
It was then Simon van Velthooven’s turn on Monday night to ride for the gold medal in the individual 1000m time trial, in which he also broke the NZ record previously held by Southland rider Eddie Dawkins.
Jesse Sergent tipped it off last night with an outstanding gold winning race in his 4000m individual pursuit smashing his his own NZ record in 4:16:139, which he previously won in 2009. (photo’s in next email)
All photo’s taken by Kirsty Kaihau
