Track Club Championships Information and Rules

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.

Club championships will be run in the following categories for track bikes.

U15 Boys, U15 Girls 6.00m maximum gear roll out (U15 Boys A and B grade)
U17 Boys, U17 Girls 7.00m maximum gear roll out
Senior Men, Senior Women
Masters Men, Masters Women

Events – Track Bikes

500m Individual Time Trial, 1km for U19 & Elite Men
2000m Individual Pursuit (5 laps of the track less 6.25m) except for U19 men and senior men will be run over 3000m (7.5 laps)
200m Flying Time Trial
Scratch races
1. U15/U17 : 2000m (5 laps)
2. All others : 5000m (12 laps)

Points to be awarded in each event for all grades.

1^st 6 points

2^nd 4 points

3^rd 3 points

4^th 2 points

5^th 1 point

Every rider receives 2 points for each event they ride. Points are to be accumulated over all events in each grade and medals will be awarded to the first three in each category.

Notes:

Cycling New Zealand rules apply for all events. In 500m and individual pursuits, release start. Riders must start inside the sprinters line and not below the pole line.
Timekeeping. Three watches must be used. If only two watches agree, this is recorded. If three watches agree this is taken as the time, if no watches agree, middle watch is taken as the recorded time. Recorder to record all three watch times.