Yunca Junior Tour

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.

Hi All,
This is to remind Riders that entries for the Yunca Junior Tour and Junior Track Carnival that follows are filling quickly. As it part of the Junior NPS series it is highly recommended to enter.
There are limited places in every category for road safey management reasons.
If riders have not yet entered they should go to the following link.
http://www.cyclingsouth.org.nz/index.php?pageLoad=128
Entries are only accepted online and there will be no late entries

Please note that due to the short nature of the TT course (2.6km for all categories) at this year’s Yunca that the organising committee has decided that aero helmets, disc wheels, fixed wheels and aero bars (clip on or otherwise) are NOT PERMITTED in the opening prologue. The same bike is required to be ridden throughout the Yunca Tour.
This also will help the large contingent of Australian riders who will not incur the expense of bringing a specialist TT bike or extra gear over for such a short first stage.