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FINAL RESULTS - TOP TEN

1. DEMPSTER, Zak
TEAM: VIS – Jayco - Toyota United
GRADE: A GRADE
TIME: 07:18:15

2. CLARKE, Hilton
TEAM: VIS – Jayco - Toyota United
GRADE: A GRADE
TIME: 07:18:15 ~

3. PELL, David
TEAM: Savings & Loans
GRADE: A GRADE
TIME: 07:18:15 ~

4. JENNINGS, Cameron
TEAM: Budget Forklifts
GRADE: A GRADE
TIME: 07:18:15 ~

5. NEWELL, Dylan
TEAM: Praties
GRADE: A GRADE
TIME: 07:18:15 ~

6. MUNRO, Casey
TEAM: Radio Coast FM
GRADE: A GRADE
TIME: 07:18:15 ~

7. CLARKE, Jonathan
TEAM: VIS – Jayco - Toyota United
GRADE: A GRADE
TIME: 07:19:29 ~

8. LEAPER, Tom
TEAM: Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore
GRADE: A GRADE
TIME: 07:19:29 ~

9. HUGHES, Cameron
TEAM: Budget Forklifts
GRADE: A GRADE
TIME: 07:19:29 ~

10. DICKESON, Will
TEAM: Savings & Loans
GRADE: A GRADE
TIME: 07:19:32 ~

TEAMS CLASSIFICATION - TOP TEN

1. VIS – Jayco - Toyota United
TIME: 21:55:59

2. Budget Forklifts
TIME: 22:05:12

3. Praties
TIME: 22:05:20

4. Savings & Loans
TIME: 22:09:56

5. Brightstar/Bicycle Superstore
TIME: 22:12:39

6. Radio Coast FM
TIME: 22:13:11

7. Virgin Blue
TIME: 22:19:16

8. Carnegie Caulfield CC Elite
TIME: 22:21:17

9. Warrnambool Standard
TIME: 22:25:38

10. SRT Titans
TIME: 22:27:02

A Classic Winner
October 27, 2008
Article Courtesy of The Warrnambool Standard

Zak was able to withstand attacks from David Pell and Cameron Jennings to be in contention at the business end of the race as the leaders had been whittled down to six.

“I lined up last (in the sprint) and hit them with everything I had.”

One of the first to embrace Zak was his coach Tim Decker, the 2007 Melbourne to Warrnambool winner. He also coaches Darren.

Zak’s Italian experience followed outstanding 2007 domestic results, including victories in the Tour of Tasmania and Victorian Open Time Trial Championship.

Los Angeles-based Clarke said he tried to control the race and received good support from his younger brother Jonathan.

“It was just the last 50 metres we came up a bit short,” he said.

“What can I say about these 21-year-olds who keep beating me. I’m starting to feel like an old bloke.”

Savings and Loans team member Joel Pearson picked up the sprint and king of the mountain.

The first south-west rider to finish was Luke Aggett, of Port Fairy.

The first woman home was Nicole Whitburn, of Frankston.

‘Classic Women’

The Shotz Sports Nutrition Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic for 2008
provided near perfect racing conditions for the 203 competitors.
This years event saw 151 riders complete the grueling 299km road race
with two women as part of the field. Nicole Whitburn, Team: Carnegie
Caulfield CC Elite (Victoria), finished 111th place, whilst Turi Berg,
Team: Hawthorn Citizen’s Youth Club (Victoria),
finished in 148th place in a time of 09:06:39.

Nicole Whitburn, is the fastest woman ever to have completed the 299km
race in a record time of 07:48:25.

HOUSE DECLARES: “I WANT THE WARRNAMBOOL”
October 21, 2008

The nomadic Englishman Kristian House will have his fourth crack at winning the Shotz Sports Nutrition Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic on Saturday and is eager to prove he can conquer the world’s longest one-day bike race.

House, 29, a former member of Great Britain’s Olympic track endurance squad, and with more than 30 road race victories on the international pro circuit, is frustrated by his lack of success in the 299km “Warrnambool.”

He finished “down the track” at his initial attempt in 2005, was an honorable 12th the following year, and in 2007 was forced to surrender at the 140km mark with a broken wheel.

“The Melbourne to Warrnambool is the race I want to win,” House declared.

“The classic is well-known all around the world. I often get asked about it in England. It has a great reputation.”

Founded in 1895, the “Warrnambool” is the world’s second oldest bike race and will start at 7.30 a.m. at Sanctuary Lakes Resort in the Wyndham City municipality.

It has attracted a monstrous field of 204 riders, far surpassing the previous massed start record of 156 when the classic changed from a handicap format in 1996.

House was a member of England’s Rapha Condor team this year and won five races in the United States, France, Germany and England.

“It’s been a pretty good year for me, he said. At a guess, I’ve done about 90 races, so I don’t need to do much more training for the Warrnambool.”

House’s best season was in 2006 when his victories included the Tour of Ireland and the Tour of Tasmania.

He returned to Australia for the Caterpillar Underground Mining Tour of Tasmania earlier this month and wore the leader’s yellow jersey for four stages before an unforgiving Category One climb at scenic Gunns Plains thwarted him.

His victory plan for the Melbourne to Warrnambool is simple – try to establish at least a 30-second break on the tiring leading bunch about four kilometres from the finish and hang on.

“I am not relishing the final climb up Raglan Parade,” he said.

“I’ve got to be on my own as the finish line approaches – I doubt that I could win in a bunch sprint.”

House, who will ride for the strong Budget Forklifts line-up, will face an army of challengers from competitors representing 35 teams.

Bendigo’s Tim Decker, winner of the 2007 classic at his 14th attempt, will aim to become only the fourth rider to twice win the race.

Reigning Victorian open road champion David Pell, also from Bendigo, is in career-best form, having also won the prestigious Grafton to Inverell event last month. He will have strong support from his Savings and Loans team.

There are two women in the field – Frankston’s Nicole Whitburn, and Davina Summers, from W.A.

Whitburn, 30, a design engineer who won the 2007 Victorian open criterium championship, said it was “a bit of a dream” to finish the race.

All riders who complete the course will receive an ornamental medallion from Warrnambool City Council.

Other special awards include the SEW-Eurodrive sprint championship, the Action Fitness Centre King of the Mountains title, and the Wyndham City Council Victorian 200km championship which is decided at Pirron Yallock.

There are 30 sprints and hill climbs along the route.

Sprints will be at Sanctuary Lakes, Point Cook, Werribee, Little River, Lara, Moorabool, Bell Post Hill, Batesford, Stonehaven, Murgheboluc, Inverleigh, Hesse, Cressy, Lake Corangamite, Beeac, Alvie, Pirron Yallock (200km championship), Pomborneit North, Camperdown, Boorcan, Terang, Garvoc, Panmure and Allansford.

Hill Climbs are at Elcho Park, Dog Rocks, Murgheboluc, Inverleigh, Alvie and Camperdown.

Total prizemoney is $17,000, plus trophies.

FURTHER INFORMATION

John Craven : Race Director - Caribou Publications

Ph: 03 5224 2466

Mob: 0408 558 469

Madeleine Brialey : Event Coordinator - Caribou Publications

Mob: 0421 352 014

madeleine@caribou.net.au

Ron Smith : Media Communications and Public Relations - LinksLiving

Ph: 03 9818 5700

Mob: 0417 329 201

ronsmith@medialaunch.com.au

RECORD FIELD IN “WARRNAMBOOL”
October 16, 2008

A record field of 197 riders will contest the Shotz Sports Nutrition Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic on Saturday, October 25.

The field size surpasses the previous best massed start total of 156 when the classic changed from a handicap format in 1996.

Race director John Craven said today the Warrnambool Citizens’ Road Race Committee was overwhelmed by the entry.

“It’s an amazing result,” he said.

Craven said the introduction of a teams format for the 2008 classic was a major contributing factor to the escalated field size.

“Obviously, it’s what the riders want,” he said.

“There are a staggering 35 teams in the race.”

Bendigo’s Tim Decker, winner of the 2007 classic at his 14th attempt, will wear the No 1 saddlecloth this year.

Decker will face an uphill battle to regain his title from a talented line-up of rivals.

West Australian Benjamin King, runner-up to Decker last year, and reigning Victorian open road champion David Pell – second placegetter in the 2007 “warrnambool,” will again seek overall glory.

Englishmen Kristian House and Tom Southam, and recent Tour of Tasmania winner Richie Porte are also top contenders for victory.

The “Warrnambool” will start at 7.30 a.m. at Sanctuary Lakes Resort and is expected to finish around 3 p.m. in Warrnambool’s Raglan Parade.

The 299 km classic is the world’s longest one-day bike race, and is also the world’s second oldest cycling event, founded in 1895.

Total prizemoney is $17,000, plus trophies.

There are 30 intermediate sprints and hill climbs along the route.

FURTHER INFORMATION

John Craven : Race Director - Caribou Publications

Ph: 03 5224 2466

Mob: 0408 558 469

Madeleine Brialey : Event Coordinator - Caribou Publications

Mob: 0421 352 014

madeleine@caribou.net.au

Ron Smith : Media Communications and Public Relations - LinksLiving

Ph: 03 9818 5700

Mob: 0417 329 201

ronsmith@medialaunch.com.au

CLASSIC FIRES NEW SHOTZ
October 15, 2008

Shotz Sports Nutrition is the new major sponsor of the Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic.

The 300km classic, the world’s longest one-day bike race, will be held on Saturday, October 25, starting at Sanctuary Lakes Resort at 7.30am.

The event, also the world’s second oldest cycling race, founded in 1895, is expected to attract a top-flight field of about 140 riders from all Australian states and overseas.

It will be conducted as a teams race for the first time.

Shotz Sports Nutrition’s managing director Darryl Griffiths said his company was excited to be associated with such a legendary event as the Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic.

“This race is one of the icons of Australian cycling,” Mr Griffiths said.

“The endurance type aspect of the classic is tailor-made for the Shotz range of high energy portable products.”

Shot’z front-line products are an energy gel, an electrolyte tablet and an energy bar.

“Our products are specifically designed to keep pace with the body’s fuel needs and to satisfy hunger,” Mr Griffiths said.

“From sporting teams at the highest international level to the weekend warrior, Shotz is finding its way across a diverse range of activities and markets.”

Melbourne to Warrnambool director John Craven said the classic’s committee was honored to have Shotz aboard as the major sponsor.

“Shotz has an impeccable reputation in the sports nutrition field and is a most welcome addition to the classic’s line-up of excellent sponsors,” he said.

SEW Eurodrive, the tour’s major sponsor in 2007, has naming rights to the race’s sprint championship this year.

Wyndham City Council will again sponsor the Victorian 200km championship and Action Fitness Centre has naming rights to the king of the mountains championship.

The Sanctuary Lakes Resort will host the race start for the second time and CycleSport Victoria is again supporting the event through grade sponsorship.

The Gallery Bar and Dance Club and The Regal Warrnambool are the classic’s function sponsors.

Craven said all connected with the classic were indebted to the event’s two media sponsors – Radio 3YB and the Warrnambool Standard – for their superb coverage.

He said a further 100 companies and individuals had become members of the Melbourne to Warrnambool Society, a coterie-style group which generates funding for the classic.

The society’s annual prize draw will be held at The Regal on Friday evening.

FURTHER INFORMATION

John Craven : Race Director - Caribou Publications

Ph: 03 5224 2466

Mob: 0408 558 469

Madeleine Brialey : Event Coordinator - Caribou Publications

Mob: 0421 352 014

madeleine@caribou.net.au

Darryl Griffiths : Managing Director - Shotz Sports Nutrition

Mob: 0417 973 476

TOUR OF THE SHIPWRECK COAST RECREATIONAL RIDE 2008
Event Day : October 26, 2008

Four great rides to choose from!

* Take it easy, see the sites and stop in for lunch at the renowned Allansford Cheeseworld.

* If you hadn’t heard of Peterborough or Childer’s Cove before,after these rides you won’t forget them!

* Up for a real challenge!! - ride to heaven and back and see the apostles.

* Be in Warrnambool on Saturday, October 25 and see the finish of Australia’s premier one-day bikerace - Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic!

Ride Information:
Click Here to download Information about the ride. (Format: PDF)

For further information please contact: Caribou Publications
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October 29, 2007

Title: THE SWEETEST VICTORY OF ALL
Article by PETER FLETCHER
Article Courtesy of The Standard

SPORT doesn’t always deliver athletes what they deserve. On Saturday afternoon on Raglan Parade cyclist Tim Decker earned the prize he so richly deserved - victory in the Sew-Eurodrive Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic.

At his 14th start in the world’s longest one-day road race, Decker’s perseverance was finally rewarded when he found a way to outsprint young Western Australian rider Benjamin King and Mark Hooper, of Geelong.

The emotional 34-year-old Bendigo rider slumped onto the roadside after crossing the finish line and revealed he had been cramping for the last 80 kilometres of the 299km marathon.

“I can’t believe it,'’ Decker said. “All I can say is dreams do come true.

“This guy (Doug Issell) told me when I was 17 I could win this race and I’ve finally done it.'’

Decker had been close many times in the Classic since he first rode as a 19-year-old, with finishes of second (2000), third (1999), fourth (2005), sixth (2006) and seventh (2003).

His runner-up result to Hilton Clarke jnr came in a controversial finish and he protested unsuccessfully against the winner.

“If I had won six years ago today wouldn’t have been so sweet,'’ Decker mused.

“No one was taking it away from me today.

“This fulfils a lifetime dream for me, it is a race that holds a majestic place in my heart.'’

Decker was involved in the key mid-race breaks and although he was forced to spend large periods at the back of the leading group of nine riders, massaging movement back into his thighs, found a way to respond to every attack in the latter stages of the race.

Queenslander Cameron Hughes was able to break away approaching Bell Street and looked the winner for the approach to the finish from Flaxman Street.

He was caught in the final 100 metres by Decker, King, Hooper and Richard England, of Blackburn.

King, a 19-year-old law student contesting his first Melbourne to Warrnambool, thought he was the winner 50 metres from the line.

But Decker burst through to score by a bike length.

His winning time of seven hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds was the fastest since the Classic became a mass start in 1996, underlining warm but benign conditions.

Decker was modest in his acceptance speech, telling supporters and spectators he hoped he didn’t have to say too many words.

“I hope my ride today showed you what sort of person I am.'’

He acknowledged the support of his wife Michelle, who was at the finish with their six-month-old son Cohen. “She has sacrificed a lot for me,'’ Decker said.

“I hope today shows her how much I love her.

“The pinnacles of my life are marrying my wife and the birth of my child. But as far as cycling goes, this is it,'’ he said.
Decker’s previous biggest Australian win was the 1996 Bendigo Madison when he partnered Chris White to victory.

Last week he won two World Masters Games titles in Sydney but those results paled into insignificance after Saturday’s win.

Hooper, 27, was ecstatic with his podium finish, saying he would have been rapt with a top 10 result in his fourth Melbourne to Warrnambool start.

The Standard is a support sponsor of the Classic.

October 28, 2007

VETERAN Bendigo rider Tim Decker realised a dream when he won the Melbourne to Warrnambool classic in a tight finish yesterday.

After falling heartbreakingly close in the 299-kilometre race in recent years, including a number of top-five finishes, the 34-year-old finally secured top spot on the dais, edging out eight other riders in a sprint to the line.

It was Decker’s 14th attempt at the world’s longest one-day bike race, and he described the win as a dream come true when he led the field home in front of about 5000 spectators along Warrnambool’s Raglan Parade.

“I’m not the best rider in the world but I’ve stuck with it. This is my pinnacle — something I’ve wanted for so long,” Decker said.

“I had number 14 today, we had room 14 (at the hotel) last night and it was 14 times I’d ridden it.”

In a race full of attacks and breakaways, nine riders eventually rode clear of the field and were more than 10 minutes ahead at the finish.

Despite the mercury reaching 30 degrees and resulting in a high attrition rate among the 157 starters, Decker’s winning time of seven hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds was the fastest since the race was extended to 299 kilometres in 2004.

Former world champion triathlete Emma Carney was involved in a crash near Werribee and withdrew.

SEW-EURODRIVE TO SPONSOR WARRNAMBOOL CLASSIC 2007
Press Release

Click Here to download Press Release (Format: PDF)

Power transmission company SEW-Eurdodrive is the new major sponsor of the Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic.

SEW-Eurodrive is a prominent supporter of Australian sport, with heavy involvement in harness racing, V8 supercars, Australian rules and rugby league.

The 300km Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic, founded in 1895, is the world’s longest one-day bike race and second-oldest cycling classic.

The 2007 classic will be held on October 27 and will start at Sanctuary Lakes in the City of Wyndham.

Lyndsay Hill, president of the Warrnambool Citizens’ Road Race Committee, today welcomed SEW-Eurodrive’s major sponsorship.

“It is a tremendous boost to have such a well-respected company as SEW-Eurodrive joining forces with the classic,” Mr. Hill said.

“Sew-Eurodrive has a proud record of supporting a wide range of sporting events and the committee looks forward to a long and productive association with this company.”

SEW-Eurodrive’s managing director Robert Merola described the Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic as an Australian sports institution.

“SEW-Eurodrive is delighted to be associated with such a prestigious and long-established event,” he said.

“It is a supreme challenge for the competitors just to finish the classic. It is one of my favorite Australian events.”

The 2007 classic is expected to be contested by a top-flight field of around 200 cyclists from all Australian states and overseas.

The Victorian 200km championship, conducted in conjunction with the classic, will be sponsored by the City of Wyndham.

The classic will become a two-day festival of cycling, with the Tour of the Great Ocean Road Recreational Ride to be held on Sunday, October 28.

Participants will have a choice of three events:

• Warrnambool to Port Campbell: 71km
• Warrnambool to Lavers Hill: 120km
• Warrnambool to Apollo Bay: 168km

Full details of the ride are available via Caribou Publications Pty Ltd :
www.caribou.net.au

FURTHER INFORMATION:

Caribou Publications Pty Ltd

Phone: 03 5224 2466
John Craven
Leanne Freeman
Diana Nardi

Warrnambool Citizens’ Road Race Committee
Lyndsay Hill
Mobile: 0408 313 765

Classic cycling’s top event
By ANDREW THOMSON
November 28, 2005
Courtesy of The Warrnambool Standard Newspaper

The Melbourne to Warrnambool: Australia’s top cycling event

THE Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic has been named the Australian Cycling Federation’s event of the year. Classic director John Craven said he attended the event in Sydney but didn’t realise the Classic had been nominated for the award. To win the title, the Classic was rated ahead of the Herald Sun Tour, Tour Down Under and events like the Australian titles. Road star Robbie McEwen was awarded his second Australian cyclist of the year title on Friday night after a stunning 12 months that netted him 20 professional wins.

“It was a real surprise … it did come out of the blue,'’ Craven said.

“It is the night of nights for Australian cycling and to take home the award ahead of those other events was a big effort.'’ Craven said the Warrnambool committee deserved the major share of the credit.

“I’m very happy for some of the stalwarts on the committee. They put in a lot of work that goes unrecognised,'’ he said.

“This year we had a fantastic race. The new things we put in place worked, we had super entries and the race was a terrific contest.'’
Craven has been involved in the Classic for 10 years.

“We’ve made a lot of radical changes, changes that had to be made and most of the proposals have been backed by the committee,'’ he said.
“We’ve got the race where we want it.'’

Craven said changing the race to a mass start from a handicap and changing the route to bypass Geelong and Colac were massive alterations.
But he said making the trek 299km through different countryside had allowed the organisers to bring in a king of the mountain category.
“Changing the route has added much more variety through different terrain,'’ Craven said.

“This year we had fantastic entries and the Classic itself was a terrific contest … it was brilliant.'’
Craven said committee chairman Geoff Rollinson led a hard-working group who wanted to improve the race.

“Now it’s time to consolidate. We’ve had that many changes that I now think we have got it right,'’ he said.
“This year everything went right. The weather was perfect, we had one of the best crowds I’ve ever seen at Camperdown and there was a great crowd at the finish.’

Swede success
By GREG GLIDDON
October 24, 2005
Courtesy of The Warrnambool Standard Newspaper

JONAS Ljungblad completed the trifecta of Australia’s great races on Saturday when he took out the Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic.

Last year the Swede finished 10th in the Melbourne to Warrnambool just hours after stepping off the plane before he went on a three-week patch which saw him take out both the Herald-Sun Tour and the Tour of Queensland.

On Saturday, Ljungblad completed the big three by winning the world’s longest one-day race in a final desperate sprint to the line against South Australian Joshua Collingwood.

The pair got clear of the unlucky Queenslander Jason Phillips who was part of an early breakaway and held on to the lead group when challenged before running out of strength in the final race to the line.

The winner’s time was seven hours, 39 minutes and 21 seconds.

For Ljungblad, the Melbourne to Warrnambool success continues his excellent strike rate in Australia. He said his legs had always felt strong throughout the 299km epic, adding a group of his teammates had aided his victory. “We had two guys in the first break and they got a bit too much time (away),” he said.

“I’m not too sure exactly when I did the first move, but after 150km I thought we were making up some time on the breakaway group.

“I felt better and better. I had great legs.

“I always know that, if when it comes to the sprint, I have a big chance to win it.”

Ljungblad said he had initiated a chase with 70km to go, believing the two-minute gap to the leaders was starting to get out of hand.

“In the beginning I went alone,” he said.

“I knew it was two minutes to the front and I thought it was too much.

“Slowly we caught up to the breakaway group and it turned out to be a great group.

“Everyone worked together.”

Runner-up Collingwood could not hide his disappointment in coming so close to victory and missing out on the prize in a final sprint to the line.

“The plan was to ride away and win solo,” Collingwood said.

“Once he (Ljungblad) got the better of me the race was over.

“He was too quick for the finish.

“I put everything on that.

“I thought I had got rid of him on the line, but I wasn’t good enough.

“In the end it was getting too close and I had to start opening the race up, but it wasn’t quite enough.”

In his only other Classic, Collingwood finished seventh.

For third-placed Phillips, it was the second time he had finished on the podium in the race having also finished third in 1999. Phillips said his tactic was to go out hard believing an early breakaway was the key to success.

“I thought that was the right tactic to go with today,” Phillips said.

“The wind wasn’t too bad. Although it never really felt fast.

“I just kept plugging away and the group sort of fell apart a bit, which is normal. I was just hoping the guys behind were falling away too.

“I’ve been close a couple of times.

“I thought today it’s all or nothing and I may as well give it a big lash, but it just didn’t quite work out that way.”

CLASSIC RESULTS - TOP TEN

1: Jonas Ljungblad;
2: Joshua Collingwood;
3: Jason Phillips;
4: Tim Decker;
5: Dean Downing;
6: Tonny Nankervis;
7: Stephen Cunningham;
8: Simon Clarke;
9: Darren Lapthorne;
10: Peter Milostic.

SBS to make Cycling Classic Documentary
By GREG GLIDDON
October 12, 2005
Courtesy of The Warrnambool Standard Newspaper

AUSTRALIA’S premier cycling station, SBS, will produce a documentary about this year’s Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic and air it in November.

The brainchild of the 102 members of the Melbourne to Warrnambool society, the program has been funded through the membership of the group. It will be the first time the race has been broadcast in any way on television. Classic director John Craven said the time was right for a documentary about the race to be produced. “This is the 110th running of the race,” he said.

“Incredibly, in the 109 previous years there has never been any footage of what is one of Australia’s sporting institutions. “SBS will make a documentary of the event which will screen for an hour on November 13 at 11am."Craven said it was hoped that, one day, the Melbourne to Warrnambool could be televised on a regular basis but admitted that appeared to be some way off. “We’d all love to see that but it is an incredibly expensive exercise to televise such an event,” he said.

“The impetus for this was through the Melbourne to Warrnambool society and the funding for the documentary has come through the members.”
With the documentary scheduled, the race committee is searching for any footage or old clippings of the races history.

Committee chairman Geoff Rollinson encouraged anyone with footage of the race that could be used as part of the documentary to come forward. “The producers are keen to get a hold of any old footage of the race they can,” he said. “The organising committee would appreciate anyone who might have some film of previous races to bring it forward so the producers are able to use it.”

Super Classic
By LIZ McKINNON
October 4, 2005
Courtesy of The Warrnambool Standard Newspaper

Warrnambool Andy Graham was the first local home last year. He faces an even tougher challenge in this month’s Classic. What is shaping as the Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic’s strongest field in 110 years has been topped up by seven of the United Kingdom’s best riders. The British Olympic track endurance squad, consisting of five British and two Scottish riders, was confirmed yesterday for the 299km trek on October 22. Classic director John Craven said that this year the Classic looked likely to host its largest international field.

The British line-up includes brothers Russell and Dean Downing, Shaun Sodden, Kristian House and Ben Greenwood. Russell Downing is the current British road champion while Dean held the yellow jersey in stages of last year’s Herald Sun Tour.

Sodden was fourth in the British road title earlier this year while House has represented Great Britain at the world championships and is a regular on the Herald Sun Tour. A leader of the squad will be Ben Greenwood who is the current British under 23 road race and time trial champion. Completing the line-up is Scotland’s No. 1 rider Evan Oliphant and last month’s Scottish road title runner-up Jason MacIntyre. “It is a tremendous team,” Craven said.

“It will be the strongest team to contest the Melbourne to Warrnambool in years. I have been developing an association with them over the past two years and they have accepted by invitation and will be riding in the grand prix race as well on the Sunday. “This is a further boost to the international status of the event.”

The Classic, which is being run for the first time over two days to include the Sunday grand prix, will now feature 16 international riders. Craven said popular Canadian cyclist Eric Wohlberg was also a confirmed starter. “He was a gold medallist at the time trial at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games and has represented Canada at the past three Olympic Games,” Craven said. “He is tremendously popular and is a crowd favourite with the Australians.”

Also racing is the Swedish national road champion and last year’s Herald Sun Tour and Tour of Queensland winner Jonas Ljunglad. Italian Domenico Passuello, Poland’s Artur Krzeszowiec, Dainius Kairelis from Belarus and Lithuania’s Aliaksandr Kuchynski have also entered. Craven said he wasn’t expecting any other international riders but suggested that cyclists were known to make late decisions. “The cards have certainly fallen our way. We deliberately went after these riders to increase the quality of the field and it’s great that they have accepted our invitations,” he said. The Classic with be held later this year, on October 22, with the grand prix circuit around Warrnambool on October 23. Entries close on October 12.

Cycling trio set for Melbourne to Warrnambool
By GREG GLIDDON
September 30, 2005
Courtesy of The Warrnambool Standard Newspaper

SOUTH-WEST cycling stars will bypass this weekend’s Victorian Open Road Cycling Championships in Melbourne to focus on their own personal championship, the Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic on October 22. All three south-west riders who are setting themselves to tackle the Melbourne to Warrnambool, Andy Graham, Jade Frankel and David Tozer, have decided to miss this week’s state titles in Mansfield. Graham, who has been in heavy training during the past two months for a shot at winning the world’s longest one-day race, said the flat surface of the Mansfield track and the fact it was so far to travel had deterred him from racing this weekend.

“It’s a shame, they send the race to Mansfield and then put it over a dead-flat seven-kilometre circuit,” he said. “It’s a long way to go to race on a track like that."Graham said he felt he was ready for another tilt at the Warrnambool Classic. “I’ve been going really well and have been getting a heap of long, quality rides in,” he said. “Of course my training has all been dependent on work, but when I haven’t been working I’ve been doing between 200 and 230km a day.

“I had a seven-hour 40-minute ride the other day and I backed up the next day fine. The body is feeling a lot better than it did about six weeks ago.”

Frankel said he would concentrate on a club meeting at Footscray this week instead of the Mansfield event. “My training has been going as well as it can,” he said. “I just think a club race at Footscray is just as good a training run as the race in Mansfield."I think there are a few who are missing the Mansfield weekend. It just goes to show that you need to bring the races to the riders.”

Tozer is preparing for his first Melbourne to Warrnambool after taking up cycling following a football career. “I’ve been racing for about six or seven years now,” he said. “I just started off as a bit of cross training to keep me fit during the off-season of the football. In the end, I just started enjoying losing bike races more than playing football games.'’ Tozer has previously driven the Melbourne to Warrnambool as a member of Frankel’s support crew.

“It’s a great way to learn the race,” he said. “This year my number one aim is to finish. “Hopefully I can stay as close to the pointy end as I can and not spend too much energy early on,” he said.

Melbourne to Warrnambool Society
April 7, 2005

The Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic, which is the world’s second oldest and longest one-day bike race at 299.1 kms, and the Warrnambool Grand Prix will be held over the weekend of October 22 - 23, 2005. As part of the lead up for this years event a support group has been formed called the Melbourne to Warrnambool Society.

MELBOURNE TO WARRNAMBOOL SOCIETY PRIZE WINNERS
The Melbourne to Warrnambool Society would like to congratulate all the Prize Winners from our membership drive. Thank you for your valued support!

1. Number: 82. Global Sportsbet ~ Gary & Dianne Walsh

2. Number: 102. The Warrnambool Football Club ~ Andrew Robb

3. Number: 25. L. J. Hooker ~ Paul Harris

4. Number: 78. West Coast Spinal & Sports Physiotherapy ~ Margaret & Franco Cavalieri

5. Number 74. Tendob Constructions Pty. Ltd. ~ Damian Dobson

6. Number 71. John O?Sullivan & Family Funeral Directors

7. Number 20. Jade Frankel

8. Number 65. Bill Dove

9. Number 116. Premier Plumbing Service ~ Grant Donald

10. Number 15. Tudor Motor Inn ~ Barbara Porter

For further information about the Melbourne to Warranmbool Society please contact Leanne Freeman:
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Boost for Cycling Classic
By ANDREW THOMSON
February 16, 2005
Courtesy of The Warrnambool Standard Newspaper

The Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic is set to become a weekend cycling extravaganza with the introduction of a criterium series.

Race director John Craven said the criterium series would complement the Classic and encourage riders and their support crews to stay in Warrnambool overnight. “The Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic will remain the world’s longest one-day race and the second oldest bike race,'’ he said. “But riders and crews have not stayed in Warrnambool for the 110 years of the Classic and that’s the aim of the Warrnambool Grand Prix to be held on Sunday, October 23.'’

Craven said four criterium races would be held around Warrnambool streets and cater for A, B, C and D grade cyclists.

Total prizemoney for the Classic and the criteriums will be $25,000, with $8000 up for grabs in the criteriums, including $3500 for the A grade. The criteriums are proposed to be 30 laps of a 1.1 kilometre circuit starting and finishing at the Warrnambool Bowls Club around Timor, Banyan, Merri and Japan streets.

Craven said the tight circuit would make for spectacular racing.

“These sort of events are based on a European model. It’s great for spectators when you consider the crowd only gets to see the finish of the Melbourne to Warrnambool,'’ he said.

“Having four grades will cater for all cyclists and riders don’t have to compete in the Classic to take part in the criteriums.'’

The criteriums are planned to kick off with D grade at 10am, C grade 11am, B grade noon and A grade at 1pm.

Craven said there would be 11 sprint bonuses during each criterium.

He said a one-hour TV documentary was also planned by the same production crew which covered the Herald Sun Tour and the Tour of Queensland.

The documentary is expected to be shown on both SBS and Fox Sports.

Craven said the Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic had taken gigantic leaps forward in the past few years and the volunteer committee in Warrnambool deserved much of the credit.

He said a Melbourne to Warrnambool Society would also be established for 200 members costing $250 each.

“This is the most traditional and prestigious cycling event in the country. Part of the incentive for members will be prizes to the 2006 Tour de France and this year’s Tour of Queensland,'’ he said.

This story was found at: http://the.standard.net.au/articles/2005/02/16/1108500110196.html
Courtesy of The Warrnambool Standard Newspaper

A Classic Winner

The Tabaret Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic finished in sensational style with a record breaking win by 18 year-old cycling hero from Victoria, William Walker.

The youngest rider to win the event, Walker was joined by fellow VIS rider Jonathon Clarke who placed second and third place getter David Pell came along in the next pack of riders.

128 starters took to the start line at Kooringal Golf Club, Altona, for the longest bike race on the UCI calendar. At 299 kilometres long (extended by 32 kilometres this year for safety reasons), it provided a spectacle for onlookers and a huge challenge for the local, national and international riders.

End of line activities moved up a notch with the big increase in numbers in the second running of the Chevy Cars on Show, and a large field in the Timbercorp Community Bike Ride.

Dorothy the Dinosaur, the popular character from the Wiggles and sponsored by Tabcorp, was a huge hit with the crowd, drawing an estimated 3000 people to the finishing line during the course of the afternoon.

The free community BBQ drew a welcome response from the hundreds that lined up to receive their lunch courtesy of Tabcorp, and other entertainment ensured that the crowd lingered until the approx 3.30pm finish.

For further information about the Tabaret Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic please contact the Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic Committee via info@melbournetowarrnambool.com . If you have questions regarding the www.melbournetowarrnambool.com website then please contact: Ausvision: Australian Digital Media

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START: 7.30 a.m.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25

NO. KMS.

RACE START: SANCTUARY LAKES GOLF CLUB, CAR PARK.

SANCTUARY LAKES
(Facing Tennis Courts)

RACE UNDER CONTROL

1. 0.0 Right into Unnamed Road

2. 0.1 Left at roundabout into Greg Norman Drive

(Keep in left lane)

3. 0.15 Over speed hump

4. 0.2 Pass Swingers Green SCOUT

5. 0.3 Right at roundabout into Sanctuary Lakes

North Blvd SCOUT

6. 0.5 Pass Swingers Green SCOUT

7. 0.7 Pass Golf Course Maintenance SCOUT

8. 0.8 Pass Tournament Drive SCOUT

9. 1.0 Roundabout – keep straight. Cross Scenic Dve SCOUT

10. 1.2 Pass Rosebank Dve SCOUT

11. 1.6 Pass The Breezewater SCOUT

12. 1.9 Roundabout – keep straight. Cross Half Moon Tce SCOUT

13. 2.4 Pass Francisco Bay Point SCOUT

14. 2.5 Pass Vaucluse Blvd SCOUT

15. 2.7 Pass Bayside Dve SCOUT

16. 2.9 Right around roundabout. Pass Sanctuary Lakes East

Blvd & Pass North Shore Dve & back into Sanctuary

Lakes Nth Blvd SCOUT

17. 3.2 Roundabout. Pass Sandhill Rise SCOUT

18. 3.4 Pass Vaucluse Blvd SCOUT

19. 3.5 Pass Francisco Bay Point SCOUT

20. 4.0 Roundabout. Pass Rockefeller Way SCOUT

21. 4.3 Pass The Breezewater SCOUT

22. 4.6 Pass Rosebankd Dve SCOUT

23. 4.8 Roundabout. Cross Scenic Dve SCOUT

24. 5.0 Pass Tournament Drive SCOUT

25. 5.2 Pass Golf Course Maintenance SCOUT

26. 5.5 Roundabout. Cross Greg Norman Dve SCOUT

27. 5.8 Pass Lakeside Drive SCOUT

28. 6.0 Right at roundabout to Point Cook on

Sanctuary Lakes Bvd SCOUT

MELBOURNE TO WARRNAMBOOL Continued

29. 6.3 Left at roundabout into Point Cook Rd POLICE/SCOUT

30. 6.6 Pass middle Park Dve SCOUT

31 6.7 Pass Sneydes Rd SCOUT
32. 7.0 Pass Lincolnheath Bvd SCOUT
33. 7.4 Pass Yuruga Bvd SCOUT

RACE COMMENCES

34. 8.4 Pass Point Cook Homestead Rd SCOUT

35. 8.7 POINT COOK COASTAL PARK HOMESTEAD SPRINT
36. 9.2 Veer right at road fork into Aviation Rd SCOUT

at Point Cook Air Base

37. 10.4 Merging Traffic

38. 10.7 Pass Rifle Range Road SCOUT

39. 11.5 Pass Campbell’s Cove turn-off – Cunninghams Road SCOUT

40. 11.6 Pass Lignum Rd SCOUT

41. 11.9 CHRISTOU LOGISTICS – POINT COOK SPRINT

42. 12.3 Pass Dunns Rd SCOUT

43. 13.1 Pass Hacketts Ln SCOUT

44. 13.8 Right at T-intersection into Duncan’s Rd POLICE/SCOUT

CAUTION: TRAFFIC ISLAND

45. 13.9 Pass Aviation Rd

46. 14.2 Pass Hoppers Lane SCOUT

47. 15.1 Pass Digger’s Rd SCOUT

48. 15.7 Cross Harrisons Rd SCOUT

CAUTION: TRAFFIC ISLAND

49. 16.4 Pass K Rd SCOUT

50. 16.5 Over Princes Freeway bridge

51. 16.8 Pass Melbourne Freeway Entrance at Traffic Island SCOUT

52. 16.9 Traffic lights. Pass Werribee River Trail

53. 17.0 Pass Edwards Rd SCOUT

54. 17.2 Pass Jacqueline Cl SCOUT

55. 17.3 Pass Yalonga Ave SCOUT

56. 17.5 Pass Loyola Rd SCOUT

57. 17.9 Pass Sheringham Dve

58. 18.2 Pass College Rd lights POLICE/SCOUT

59. 18.3 Cross Gibbons & Dixon Sts SCOUT

60. 18.4 Pass Beamish St SCOUT

61. 18.6 Left to Geelong at traffic lights – Synnot Street POLICE/SCOUT

62. 18.7 Pass Pine Ave SCOUT

63. 18.8 Traffic lights – Cross Bridge St POLICE/SCOUT

64. 18.9 CAUTION: Pedestrian Lights POLICE

65. 19.0 WERRIBEE MITSUBISHI SPRINT

66. 19.1 Traffic lights – Cross Wedge St POLICE/SCOUT

67. 19.3 Pass Werribee Street South SCOUT

68. 19.31 Veer right to Geelong & Bacchus Marsh. POLICE/SCOUT

69. 19.4 Traffic lights - Cross Watton St POLICE/SCOUT

70. 19.5 Werribee River Bridge

MELBOURNE TO WARRNAMBOOL Continued

71. 19.6 Traffic lights – Pass Geelong turn-off POLICE/SCOUT

72. 19.7 Veer left after railway line into Cottrell St POLICE/SCOUT

73. 20.0 Pass Greaves St SCOUT

74. 20.1 Roundabout – Keep left at junction, parallel to railway

line in Bulban Road. CAUTION: TRAFFIC ISLAND POLICE/SCOUT

75. 20.9 Pass Werribee Race Course Entrance

76. 21.1 Pass Race Course Rd SCOUT

77. 21.5 Pass Walls Rd SCOUT

78. 21.8 Pass Thoroughbred Ave SCOUT

79. 22.7 Pass Browns Rd SCOUT

80. 25.9 Veer right towards You Yangs in Manor Rd SCOUT

81. 27.2 Pass Manor Rd SCOUT

82. 30.1 Pass Newtons Rd SCOUT

83. 33.4 Left at T-intersection to Little River on Edgars Rd SCOUT

84. 35.1 Pass McPherson Rd

85. 36.7 Pass Narraburra Rd

86. 37.0 Pass Williams Rd

87. 37.6 Pass Malcolm Rd SCOUT

88. 38.4 Right to You Yangs in You Yangs Rd POLICE/SCOUT

CAUTION: TRAFFIC ISLANDS

89. 38.6 LITTLE RIVER RESERVE SPRINT

90. 39.3 Grants Bridge

91. 39.5 Enter the City of Greater Geelong

92. 40.0 Pass Cherry Swamp Rd

93. 41.6 Intersection. Left to Geelong & Lara in Farrars Rd SCOUT

94. 43.2 Pass Branch Rd & You Yangs Entrance

95. 44.9 Cross Peak School Road

96. 46.9 Cross Plains Rd SCOUT x 2

97. 47.5 Pass Alison Dve SCOUT

98. 48.1 Pass Glenoe Dve SCOUT

99. 48.6 Pass Berice Dve SCOUT

100. 49.0 Pass McIntyres Rd SCOUT

101. 49.1 Pass Windermere Rd SCOUT

102. 49.7 Pass Lewton St SCOUT

103. 50.3 Pass Alkara Ave SCOUT

104. 50.5 LARA TABARET (Mill Rd) SPRINT

105. 50.8 Roundabout – Cross Walkers Rd – Keep straight

in Station Lake Rd SCOUTS

106. 51.1 Pass the Centreway & Divided road SCOUT

107. 51.2 CAUTION - Pedestrian lights POLICE/SCOUT

108. 51.3 Cross Turner Ave SCOUT

109. 51.6 Hume Bridge

110. 51.8 Pass Peak St SCOUT

111. 52.2 Pass Flinders Ave SCOUT

112. 52.3 Roundabout – Cross Forest Rd Nth & Sth POLICE/SCOUT

Keep straight to Bacchus Marsh in Patullos Road

CAUTION - TRAFFIC ISLANDS

MELBOURNE TO WARRNAMBOOL Continued

113. 52.8 Pass Benjamin Dve SCOUT

114. 52.9 Pass Bath St SCOUT

115. 53.1 Pass Gaunt St SCOUT

116. 53.4 Cross McHarry’s St & Ware St SCOUT

117. 54.0 Turn right into Patullos Road to

Bacchus Marsh POLICE/SCOUT

118. 54.0 Pass Geelong turn-off – Elcho Road

119. 55.9 Pass Links St

120. 56.3 Right from Patullos Road at T-intersection

to Bacchus Marsh on Geelong/Bacchus Marsh Rd

CAUTION – TRAFFIC ISLANDS SCOUT

121. 56.6 Left to Anakie into Staceys Road SCOUT

HILL CLIMB STARTS (Elcho Park) CAT 4

122. 58.6 Line of trees on right

HILL CLIMB ENDS

123. 62.8 Left to Geelong on Anakie-Ballan Road

124. 64.6 Cross Robbs Road SCOUT

125. 65.1 Pass Corio turn-off SCOUT

126. 65.2 MOORABOOL TOWN SIGN SPRINT

127. 69.7 Cross Steiglitz Rd & Purnell Road SCOUT X2

128. 71.0 CAUTION - Railway Crossing

(Moorabool Railway Station – Warners Rd) SCOUT

129. 72.1 Pass Evans Road SCOUT

130. 73.5 Pass Creamery Road

131. 73.6 Right to Ballarat at T-intersection on Midland Hwy

CAUTION – TRAFFIC ISLANDS POLICE/SCOUT

132. 74.3 BELL PARK SPORTS CLUB SPRINT

133. 74.5 Pass Lynnburn Rd SCOUT

134. 74.9 Pass Pennsylvania Ave SCOUT

135. 75.0 CAUTION - Koala sign – Descent starts SCOUT

136. 75.5 BATESFORD TOWN SIGN

137. 75.8 Cross Cross St

138. 75.9 Service Rd commences – keep on main rd

139. 76.0 Cross River Rd

140. 76.1 DERWENT HOTEL SPRINT

141. 76.2 Moorabool River bridge

HILL CLIMB STARTS CAT 4

142. 76.5 GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE SIGN

143. 76.6 Pass Dog Rocks Rd

144. 77.1 Left into Blackall Rd SCOUT

145. 77.6 Pass Cullinan Rd SCOUT

146. 78.4 Dog Rocks Summit

HILL CLIMB ENDS

147. 80.1 Intersection. Cross Fyansford-Gheringhap Road POLICE/SCOUT

at Stonehaven CFA in to Friend in Hand Road

MELBOURNE TO WARRNAMBOOL Continued

148. 82.1 T-intersection Right to Hamilton on Hamilton Highway

at STONEHAVEN TOWN SIGN POLICE/SCOUT

149. 82.9 Pass Dears Lane

150. 84.8 DALKEITH STONEHAVEN SPRINT

151. 87.1 Pass Pollocksford Road at Gnarwarre turn off SCOUT

152. 88.8 MURGHEBOLUC TOWN SIGN

153. 89.3 Montburg gardens nursery SPRINT

154. 90.4 Pass Burnside Road and Bannockburn turn off SCOUT

155. 91.0 Bruces Creek

156. 93.3 Murgheboluc Public Reserve on Right
HILL CLIMB STARTS CAT 4

157. 93.9 Pass Brislane Road

158. 94.7 Montards Homestead

HILL CLIMB ENDS

159. 95.7 Pass Bannockburn turn off and Windemere Road SCOUT

160. 96.9 Native Hut Creek

161. 97.4 CAUTION – Rail Crossing SCOUT

162. 98.9 Pass Hopes Plains Rd SCOUT

163. 99.7 Inverleigh Town Sign

164. 99.9 Pass Dunhill Court SCOUT

165. 100.3 Cross Peel Rd & Connon Rd SCOUT

166. 100.7 Leigh River

167. 100.8 Pass East Street SCOUT

168. 100.9 INVERLEIGH HOTEL SPRINT

169. 101.2 Cross Dundas Street SCOUT (X2)

170. 101.4 Cross Newman Street SCOUT (X2)

FEEDSTATION (Between Newman Street & Railway

Street – from left only. Parking in Service Road on left)

171. 101.6 Cross West Street SCOUT (X2)

172. 101.8 Pass Railway Street SCOUT

173. 102.5 Pass Phillips Road

174. 102.8 Pass Gibson Road

175. 103.8 Cross Terrier Road

HILL CLIMB STARTS CAT 4

176. 104.4 Cross Mahers Road SCOUT

177. 105.2 Pass Teesdale turn off – Teesdale & Inverleigh Rd

178. 105.6 Pass Barwon Park Road SCOUT

179. 105.7 Pass Shelford turn off – Inverleigh & Shelford Rd

180. 106.5 Rusting gates on left

HILL CLIMB ENDS

181. 107.5 Pass Flemings Road SCOUT

182. 109.2 Pass Ellingerrin Road

183. 112.2 Cross Brocks Road

184. 116.3 Cross Baileys Road

185. 117.3 HESSE TOWN SIGN

186. 118.1 Pass Barunah Plains

MELBOURNE TO WARRNAMBOOL Continued

187. 118.2 Warrambine Creek

188. 118.5 White mail box on Right (4520) SPRINT

189. 119.7 Cross Roads. Pass Birregurra turn off – Winged Rd SCOUT

190. 122.3 Mia Mia Creek

191. 123.0 WELCOME TO COLAC OTWAY SHIRE SIGN

192. 129.1 Pass Beeac-Colac turn off SCOUT

193. 137.1 Pass Shelford turn off SCOUT

194. 138.8 Pass Ballarat turn off SCOUT

195. 140.1 CAUTION – Rail Crossing SCOUT

196. 140.2 Left to Colac and Cressy POLICE/SCOUT

197. 140.5 Veer Right into New Station Street

198. 141.2 Pass Yarima Street SCOUT

199. 141.3 Pass Forrest Street

200. 141.7 Cross Tennant Street, Cressy SPRINT

(Hotel and General Store turn off to Right) SCOUT

201. 141.9 Pass Aerodrome Road & Duverney Street SCOUT (X2)

202. 150.2 Pass Barpinba Road SCOUT

203. 152.8 Pass Pierces Road

204. 154.5 Pass CORANGAMITE Lake Road SCOUT

Weering Ag Spray SPRINT

205. 155.4 Pass Hartneys Road

206. 157.6 Cross Eurack and Grassy Vale Roads SCOUT

207. 158.4 Pass Corbett Road

208. 159.5 BEEAC TOWN SIGN SPRINT

209. 160.1 Cross Lang Street SCOUT (X2)

FEED STATION (between Lang St and Wallace St)

210. 160.4 Pass Wallace Street SCOUT

211. 160.5 BEEAC HOTEL

212. 160.6 Cross Buchanan Street SCOUT

213. 163.5 Pass Troys Road

214. 165.2 Pass Morrells Road

215. 166.8 Right to Warrion on Ondit Warrion Road POLICE/SCOUT

216. 168.9 Cross Potters Road SCOUT

217. 171.2 Pass Ballantyne Road SCOUT

218. 171.5 Pass Inglis Road

219. 173.8 Junction. Left to Coragulac and Alvie POLICE/SCOUT

220. 176.2 Pass Farrells Road

221. 176.3 Pass Riccarton Road

222. 178.3 Pass Baggotts Road

223. 178.6 CORAGULAC TOWN SIGN

224. 178.9 Right to Alvie on Corangamite Lake Road

CAUTION – Traffic Island POLICE/SCOUT

225. 180.4 Pass Alvie Materials Recovery Facility turn off

HILL CLIMB STARTS CAT 4

226. 181.2 ALVIE TOWN SIGN

HILL CLIMB ENDS

227. 181.4 Pass Red Rock Scenic lookout turn off SCOUT

228. 182.2 Road Fork. Keep Straight on Wool Wool Road SCOUT

MELBOURNE TO WARRNAMBOOL Continued

229. 182.1 ALVIE PUBLIC HALL SPRINT

230. 183.3 Pass O’Sheas Road

231. 184.0 Road Fork. Left to Colac and Princes Hwy

on Baynes Road SCOUT

232. 187.2 Right to Princes Hwy on Nalangil Road SCOUT

233. 187.9 Pass Corunnun Road

234. 191.8 Pass Billens Road SCOUT

235. 192.6 Pass Williss’s Road

236. 195.3 Pass Mamre Road

237. 196.5 Right to Warrnambool on Princes Hwy at Nalangil

Road and Tomahawk Creek Road Junction POLICE/SCOUT

238. 198.4 Swan Marsh Road SCOUT

239. 199.1 MAMRE HOTEL (Pirron Yallock) SPRINT

WYNDHAM CITY VICTORIAN 200KM CHAMPION

240. 199.2 Pirron Yallock Creek

241. 199.4 STONY RISES SIGN

242. 200.0 CORANGAMITE SHIRE SIGN

243. 201.1 Merging Traffic

244. 201.2 Hawks Nest Road

245. 201.8 Pass Koala Motel Road House sign

246 205.0 Pass Swanmarsh & Stonyford Rd

247. 207.7 STONYFORD TOWN SIGN

248. 208.0 Pass Cobden turn-off SCOUT

249. 209.7 Overtaking lane commences

250. 211.1 Overtaking lane ends

251. 212.8 POMBORNEIT TOWN SIGN

252. 212.9 Pass Unnamed Road

253. 215.4 POMBORNEIT NORTH TOWN SIGN

254. 215.7 Pass Pomborneit Foxhow Rd

255. 215.8 POMBORNIET NORTH TELEPHONE BOX SPRINT

256. 15.9 Pass Kates Road SCOUT

257. 220.6 Pass Daradite Road

258. 220.7 WEERITE TOWN SIGN

259. 221.6 Koallah turn-off SCOUT

260. 223.1 Pass Wirdil Road SCOUT

261. 227.2 Dirt Driveway on Right.

HILL CLIMB STARTS CAT 4

262. 227.4 Pass Talindert Rd

263. 228.2 Cross Black Rock Rd

264. 229.2 WELCOME TO CAMPERDOWN SIGN

HILL CLIMB ENDS

265. 229.5 Pass Wright St

266. 230.0 Cross Adeney St SCOUT

267. 230.2 Cross Curdie St SCOUT

268. 230.5 Cross Leura St SCOUT

LEURA HOTEL SPRINT

269. 230.8 Cross McNicol St SCOUT

MELBOURNE TO WARRNAMBOOL Continued

270. 231.0 Cross Gibson St SCOUT

271. 231.1 Cross Brooke St SCOUT

272. 231.3 Pass Ware St

273. 231.4 Cross Walls St SCOUT

274. 231.8 Pass Bowen St

FEED STATION (Camperdown Cheese & Butter Factory)

275. 233.8 Pass Park Rd

276. 234.1 Pass Cemetery Rd

277. 235.2 Pass Darlington Rd SCOUT

278. 237.5 Pass Cross Forest Rd

279. 241.0 Pass Batemans Rd

280. 243.7 WHEELIE WASTE MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY SPRINT

(BOORCAN)

281. 243.9 Cross Roycrofts Road

282. 246.3 Mt Emu Creek

283. 246.5 Noorat Turn off – McKinnon Bridge Rd SCOUT

284. 249.9 Pass Spring Dam Rd SCOUT

285. 251.7 TERANG TOWN SIGN

286. 251.9 Pass Peterborough Rd SCOUT

287. 252.4 Cross Dow Street SCOUT

288. 252.6 Pass Hampden St SCOUT

289. 252.7 Pass Strong St SCOUT

290. 252.8 Pass Terang Mort Lake Turn-off

291. 252.9 Cross McKinnon St SCOUT

292. 253.1 Cross Estcourt St. Divided Road Begins SCOUT

293. 253.2 Pass Promenade SCOUT

294. 253.3 TERANG CIVIC HALL SPRINT

295. 253.8 Pass Terang College Primary Campus turn off SCOUT

296. 253.9 Divided Road Ends

297. 254.1 Pass Seymour Street SCOUT

298. 256.0 Pass Bend Rd SCOUT

299. 256.9 Pass Timboon-Ayersford Road SCOUT

300. 262.5 Rail Bridge – road narrows

301. 256.5 Pass Noogee Road SCOUT

302. 264.4 MOYNE SHIRE SIGN

303. 265.3 Pass Laang turn-off

304. 265.4 GARVOC TOWN SIGN SPRINT

FEED STATION Garvoc Hotel (from left side only)

305. 265.7 GARVOC HOTEL

306. 265.8 Yaloak Creek

307. 267.1 Pass Sampsons Ford Rd SCOUT

308. 270.5 Overtaking Lane Begins

309. 271.9 Overtaking Lane Ends

310. 273.2 Pass Framlingham Turn-off SCOUT

311. 273.4 PANMURE TOWN SIGN

312. 273.9 Pass School Road SCOUT

313. 274.3 PANMURE HOTEL SPRINT

MELBOURNE TO WARRNAMBOOL Continued

314. 274.8 Mt Emu Creek

315. 275.0 Pass Billett Street SCOUT

316. 275.4 Pass Station Street SCOUT

317. 277.3 Pass Wangoom turn-off

318. 278.2 Pass Naringal-Panmure Road SCOUT

319. 281.4 Brucknell Creek

320. 283.6 Pass Chisletts Rd

321. 285.1 Cross Swans Lane

322. 286.6 Pass Great Ocean Road turn-off SCOUT

323. 287.7 PASS ALLANSFORD TURN-OFF SPRINT/SCOUT

324. 288.0 CITY OF WARRNAMBOOL SIGN

325. 289.4 Pass Garibaldi Lane

326. 289.7 Hopkins River Bridge

327. 289.9 Divided Road Starts

328. 291.4 Pass Jubilee Park Road

329. 293.0 Cross Rowans Lane

330. 294.0 Pass Deakin University turn-off SCOUT

331. 294.7 Lights. Cross Mahoney’s Rd SCOUT

332. 295.2 WARRNAMBOOL TOWN SIGN

333. 295.7 Pass Selby Rd SCOUT

334. 295.9 Traffic lights – Gateway Plaze entrance POLICE/SCOUT

335. 296.5 Traffic lights – Cross Simpson St POLICE/SCOUT

336. 297.2 Pass Phillips St

337. 297.3 Cross Bell St SCOUT

338. 297.5 Pass Emma Ave

339. 297.8 Cross Flaxman St SCOUT

340. 298.1 Cross Foster St SCOUT

341. 298.4 Cross Japan St SCOUT

342. 298.6 Cross Kelp St SCOUT

343. 298.9 Traffic lights – Cross Banyan St POLICE/SCOUT

344. 299.0 RACE FINISH: CYCLING MEMORIAL, RAGLAN PARADE, WARRNAMBOOL

APPROXIMATE FINISH TIME: 3 PM

TOTAL NUMBER OF INTERMEDIATE SPRINTS: 24

TOTAL NUMBER OF HILL CLIMBS: 6

Rec Ride Supporters:

Homemaker Centre

3YB and Coast FM

Shipwreck Coast Marketing

Amy Gillett Foundation

Tourism Victoria

1895 A. Calder (2 hours start) 11.44.30
1895 W. Nicol (90 min) 13.34.00
1896 J. Carpenter (scratch)8.40.05
1897 W. C. Jackson (10 min)9.51.09
1898 W. Collins (90 min) 9.50.50
1901 W. Nioa (40 min) 9.20.40
1902 M. Chappell (55 min)9.00.08
1903 J. Arnst, NZ (scratch)7.43.00
1904 J. Wright (38 min) 7.53.57
1905 W. E. Hawley (25 min)7.52.26
1906 D. D. Riley (28 min) 8.58.50
1907 M. B. Dobie (42 min) 7.45.37
1908 J. T. Donohue, NSW (49 min)8.00.38
1909 W. Knaggs (41 min) 7.32.19
1910 C. A. Piercy (47 min)10.01.21
1911 J. Tebbs (42 min)8.53.12
1922 P. Hill, NZ (32 min)9.20.45
1923 P. Wells (56 min)8.37.05
1924 W. F. King (64 min)8.09.18
1925 E. E. Williamson (60 min)7.39.34
1926 L. Einsiedel (48 min) 8.16.09
1929 H. Marshall, WA (6 min)8.13.09
1930 J. P. Egan (52 min)9.03.00
1931 G. E. Lessing (63 min)7.13.18
1932 R. J. Reynolds (39 min)6.39.33
1933 L. Willoughby (48 min)7.05.55
1935 T. Reynolds, SA (57 min)7.01.04
1936 J. McEvoy, SA (43 min)7.17.28
1937 T. Brooks, TAS (24 min)7.39.19
1938 T. Rogers, QLD (31 min)7.05.56
1939 D. Toseland, SA (scratch)8.18.06
1947 A. Edwards, SA (45 min)7.19.15
1948 A. Saunders (33? min)7.32.02
1949 S. Bonney (33 min) 6.33.05
1950 M. Rowley (scratch) 7.53.28
1951 A. Julius (27 min) 6.36.54
1952 V. Beasley (50 min) 7.53.55
1953 M. French (17 min) 6.19.42
1954 W. Guyatt (27 min) 8.34.58
1955 E. Smith (scratch) 6.04.55
1956 R. Davis, WA (51 min)6.34.45
1957 S. Bonney (36 min) 6.18.45
1958 W. O?Brien (46 min) 6.24.15
1959 G. Daws (50 min) 8.08.53
1960 J. Sommer (15 min) 8.38.11
1961 T. Robson (34 min) 6.59.39
1962 W. O?Brien (20 min) 7.23.12
1963 J. Binding (40 min) 6.40.04
1964 P. Fry (40 min) 6.26.05
1965 W. Dove (28 min) 7.22.52
1966 L. Wearne (8 min) 7.20.15
1967 G. Gilmore, TAS (scratch)7.14.07
1968 R. Crowe, NSW (18 min)6.21.06
1969 B. Farmer (30 min) 6.53.55
1970 M. Giramondo (46 min)6.37.52
1971 B. Clark (20 min) 8.56.20
1972 L. Sedley (13 min) 7.15.14
1973 B. Clarke (10 min) 6.32.06
1974 J. Bylsma (5 min) 7.27.54
1975 M. Giramondo (45 min)8.01.36
1976 D. Allan (scratch) 6.38.31
1977 I. Grindlay (32 min) 6.20.59
1978 D. Shaw (4 min) 6.50.24
1979 D. Allan (scratch) 7.06.48
1980 J. Hine (amateur) 6.02.34
1981 P. Cox (10 min) 6.20.46
1982 D. Allan (scratch) 6.32.31
1983 A. Lindsay (40 min) 6.30.08
1984 P. Besanko (scratch) 6.36.43
1985 B. Leach (30 min) 6.18.09
1986 M. Lynch (scratch) 6.36.56
1987 P. Rugari (scratch) 6.32.50
1988 B. Burns (scratch) 7.18.59
1989 P. Besanko (scratch) 6.49.19
1990 R. Jordan (42 min) 5.49.33
1991 A. Stirling (scratch) 7.15.45
1992 P. Besanko (scratch) 7.01.28
1993 D. Woods (scratch) 7.36.08
1994 G. Parsonage, WA (scratch) 7.20.04
1995 B. McAuliffe (60m) 6.34.35
1996 C. White (Bendigo, VIC) 6.44.16
1997 D. Schnider (Switzerland) 6.17.54
1998 B. Heirwegh (Belgium) 7.20.56
1999 J. Drew (Warrnambool) 6.42.51
2000 H. Clarke Jr. (Carnegie) 7.34.36
2001 David McKenzi 7.01.55
2002 Jamie Drew (Warrnambool) 6.09.57
2003 Simon Gerrans 6.47.38
2004 William Walker 7.59.22
2005 Jonas Ljungblad 7.29.21
2006 Robert McLachlan (ACT) 7:54:15
2007 Tim Decker (VIC) 7:15:15

Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic
Blue Riband Winners

1895 J. Carpenter, VIC (scratch) 10.52.00
1895 J. Carpenter, VIC (scratch) 12.53.00
1896 J. Carpenter, VIC (scratch) 8.40.05
1897 W. C. Jackson (10 min) 9.51.09
1898 W. Adams, VIC (35 min) 9.08.45
1901 A. Ralston, NZ (scratch) 9.00.30
1902 H. G. O?Callaghan, VIC (10 min)8.46.23
1903 J. Arnst, NZ (scratch) 7.43.00
1904 T. Larcombe, NSW (20 min) 7.48.07
1905 W. E. Hawley, VIC (25 min) 7.52.26
1906 H. Mehrtens, NZ (10 min) 8.53.52
1907 T. Larcombe, NSW (scratch) 7.40.10
1908 M. Chappell, VIC (scratch) 7.46.27
1909 J. R. Munro, VIC (3 min) 7.12.51
1910 J. Pianta, WA (11 min) 9.30.46
1911 P. O?Shea, NZ (scratch) 8.08.44
1922 P. O?Shea, NZ (scratch) 8.59.08
1923 P. O?Shea, NZ (scratch) 7.51.41
1924 H. Opperman, VIC (scratch) 7.15.37
1925 H. K. Smith, WA (scratch) 7.25.01
1926 H. Opperman, VIC (scratch) 7.36.10
1929 H. Opperman, VIC (scratch) 8.07.10
1930 R. W. Lamb, VIC (scratch) 8.20.10
1931 M. Lynch, VIC (8 min) 6.31.28
1932 R. W. Lamb, VIC (scratch) 6.21.18
1933 W. F. Stuart, VIC (scratch) 6.27.56
1935 C. J. Beasley, VIC (scratch) 6.24.36
1936 A. Angus, VIC (scratch) 6.44.50
1937 A. Angus, VIC (scratch) 7.19.09
1938 D. Toseland, SA (scratch) 6.44.53
1939 D. Toseland, SA (scratch) 8.18.06
1947 K. Rowley, VIC (10 min) 6.57.43
1948 H. Guyatt, VIC (10 min) 7.09.10
1949 A. W. Saunders (scratch) 6.12.10
1950 M. Rowley (scratch) 7.53.28
1951 G. Stabell (scratch) 6.27.03
1952 G. Stabell (scratch) 7.27.08
1953 A. W. Saunders (scratch) 6.08.58
1954 D. Williams (4 min) 8.11.58
1955 E. Smith (scratch) 6.04.55
1956 R. Mockridge (scratch) 5.47.05
1957 R. Mockridge (scratch) 6.06.12
1958 G. Goodwin (scratch) 5.49.35
1959 P. Anthony (6 min) 7.30.15
1960 K. Stiefler (scratch) 8.32.47
1961 J. O?Sullivan (scratch) 6.43.02
1962 J. X. McDonough (5 min) 7.11.31
1963 W. Dalton (scratch) 6.09.33
1964 B. Waddell (scratch) 6.07.34
1965 B. Waddell (scratch) 7.11.06
1966 L. Wearne (8 min) 7.20.15
1967 G. Gilmore, TAS (scratch) 7.14.07
1968 B. Waddell (scratch) 6.12.33
1969 K. Hoole, NSW (scratch) 6.25.16
1970 K. Oliver, NSW (scratch) 6.03.25
1971 H. Clarke (scratch) 8.36.20
1972 F. Atkins, TAS (scratch) 7.11.18
1973 G. Wilson (5 min) 6.27.27
1974 J. Bylsma (5 min) 7.27.54
1975 H. Clarke (scratch) 7.24.24
1976 D. Allan (scratch) 6.38.31
1977 T. Stacey (scratch) 5.53.03
1978 T. Stacey (scratch) 6.46.24
1979 D. Allan (scratch) 7.06.48
1980 W. Hildred (scratch) 5.37.10
1981 D. Allan (scratch) 6.16.54
1982 D. Allan (scratch) 6.32.31
1983 T. Hammond (scratch) 6.00.25
1984 P. Besanko (scratch) 6.36.43
1985 T. Hammond (scratch) 6.01.02
1986 M. Lynch (scratch) 6.36.56
1987 P. Rugari (scratch) 6.32.50
1988 B. Burns (scratch) 7.18.29
1989 P. Besanko (scratch) 6.49.19
1990 D. Woods (scratch) Record 5.12.26
1991 A. Stirling (scratch) 7.15.45
1992 P. Besanko (scratch) 7.01.28
1993 D. Woods (scratch) 7.36.08
1994 G. Parsonage, WA (scratch) 7.20.04
1995 M. Wust, Germany (scratch) 5.39.27

Sprint Champions

1996 Ralf Grabsch Germany
1997 Dennis Rasmussen Denmark
1998 Eric Wohlberg Canada
1999 Jamie Drew Warrnambool
2000 K. Snorrason Carnegie
2001 E. Wakker Kyrgystan
2002 S. Guyton New Zealand
2003 S. Guyton New Zealand
2004 Trent Wilson
2005 Shaun Snodden
2006 Stuart Shaw (ACT)
2007 Trent Stevenson (VIC)