Wednesday night time trial results week 4

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.

Another fine night and more new faces. The use of the Horizons yard as an assembly point has worked very well.

next week we move to Linton Army Camp for a 4 week series of crit racing.

If you have gained points in the time trial series prizemoney for this will be awarded at the end of series prizegiving at Linton at the end of the 4 weeks.

Thanks to our helpers on the night Kirsty Kaihau at the turn point, Judith Elliot, Lenka Martin and Matt Levin on the start line and finish line.

Full explanation of how the crit races will work will be explained at next weeks breifing, but to give you an indication the races will be either 10 minutes plus one lap or 15 mins plus 1 lap.etc depending on the race that you are assigned to. Riders will be assigned to a race depending on the ave speed that they achieved in the time trial series. There will be at least 1 if not 2 sprints within each race and points will be awarded for intermediate sprints as well as the finish. Points will be totalled over the 4 weeks similar to the time trial series points. 1 point for riding as a minimum.

Full results for week 4 time trial available here.