Wednesday night time trials week 3

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 weather condition this week certainly played a part in the results. Everyone who completed the 12 km time trial on the last day of October was able to improve on their previous best time – some by as much as 4 minutes.

Thanks to the helpers on the night – Kirsty Kaihau, Sean Cousins, Lenka Martin, Stu McKenzie,and Ross Rainham. Without these helpers this evening would not be able to be held.

Special thanks this week goes to Manawatu District Council and Wayne Keightly for organising the permanent signs that have now been erected for us to use on time trials night. Hopefully next week we will have the sign at the other end of the course erected also.

There was an incident reported of a vehicle trying to force a rider off the road. If any other riders saw this incident or had problems with any vehicle can they please contact me.

Click here for full results.