Families across Melbourne are set for a fun-filled day on their bikes this Sunday March 18 at 'The Amazing Ride’.
With three ride options (1km - 14km - 32km) starting and finishing at the historic Hawthorn Velodrome, participants will have the opportunity to complete as many or as few of the routes as they wish over a three hour period.
On-line entries will close at midnight on Thursday March 15. And just a reminder that everyone who enters on-line will receive a free event T-shirt and rider pack.
Families across Melbourne are set for an ‘amazing’ day on their bikes, with Cycling Victoria’s ‘Amazing Ride’ event on Sunday March 18, 2018.
A magic day of family cycling fun will offer riders of all ages and abilities the opportunity to explore Melbourne by bike with three different courses, featuring iconic Melbourne locations, hidden gems and playgrounds.
There’s the 1km Baby Chino ride, perfect for the little ones in the family on their balance bikes or with training wheels. The 14km Milkshake ride, a great route for the bigger kids in the family with a stop at the Collingwood Children’s Farm along the way for a milkshake and a chance to pat the farm animals. Then there’s the 32km Latte Lap for the little kid in every big kid, following the Main Yarra Trail along a route perfect for intermediate riders.
With each ride starting and finishing at the historic Hawthorn Velodrome, riders will have the opportunity to complete as many or as few of the routes as they wish over a three hour period.
The Hawthorn Velodrome infield will be buzzing with fun activities to keep riders of all ages entertained, including an array of skill courses, Kiddimoto on the balance bikes, face painting and much more. The friendly crew from Bicycle Centre South Morang will also be on hand to provide free bike safety checks and advice, and Donald & Tuck will be dispensing quality coffee and everyone who enters to ride will be in the running to win a bike and helmet package.
The Amazing Ride is proud to have Very Special Kids as the Charity Partner for the event that will take place Sunday 18th March 2018, 10am-1pm from Hawthorn Velodrome.
Victoria is certainly the place to be for Cyclo-cross in 2018 with 7 Rounds of the Victorian CX Series plus the State CX Champs and National CX Champs set to take place.
Check out the Victorian CX Calendar on the links below...
Cycling Victoria is pleased to announce details of the 2018 'Towards Zero' Victorian Junior Road Series (VJRS), which will kick off in Bright on April 7 and 8...
Events April 7-8: Bright April 28-29: Leongatha May 12-13: Ararat June 30-July 1: Bendigo July 14-15: Eildon
There were many excellent performances at the Victorian U15 & U17 Track Champs - highlighted by Alex Jones and Max Leiner who both took home 4 gold medals.
Many thanks to John Gondek for this huge gallery of images from the weekend...
The 'Towards Zero' Victorian Road Series (VRS) will return for it's sixth year in 2018. Action kicks off at the Tour of East Gippsland over the weekend of February 17-18...
The second edition of The Amazing Ride is set to take place on Sunday March 18. Join us as we explore the bike paths of Melbourne in a fun, safe and family friendly way.
Victoria is certainly the place to be for Cyclo-cross in 2018 with 7 Rounds of the Victorian CX Series plus the State CX Champs and National CX Champs set to take place.
Check out the Victorian CX Calendar on the links below...
Cycling Victoria is pleased to announce details of the 2018 'Towards Zero' Victorian Junior Road Series (VJRS), which will kick off in Bright on April 7 and 8...
Events April 7-8: Bright April 28-29: Leongatha May 12-13: Ararat June 30-July 1: Bendigo July 14-15: Eildon
There were many excellent performances at the Victorian U15 & U17 Track Champs - highlighted by Alex Jones and Max Leiner who both took home 4 gold medals.
Many thanks to John Gondek for this huge gallery of images from the weekend...
The 'Towards Zero' Victorian Road Series (VRS) will return for it's sixth year in 2018. Action kicks off at the Tour of East Gippsland over the weekend of February 17-18...
The second edition of The Amazing Ride is set to take place on Sunday March 18. Join us as we explore the bike paths of Melbourne in a fun, safe and family friendly way.
The summer of cycling is certainly well underway in Victoria, with a very successful Road Nationals behind us, and many huge events such as the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and Herald Sun Tour looming large on the horizon.
The summer crits and track racing are also getting back into full swing after a brief break for Christmas.
Also, don't forget to renew your racing membership - 2017 race memberships expired on December 31st. You can do this via the following link: Membership - Renew or Join
Please feel welcome to call Cycling Victoria (03-8480 3000) or email us if you have any questions.
The 'Towards Zero' Victorian Road Series (VRS) will return for it's sixth year in 2018, with just a few changes, all aimed at maintaining the status of the VRS as the premier state-based road series in Australia.
Action kicks off at the Tour of East Gippsland over the weekend of February 17-18...
The second edition of The Amazing Ride is set to take place on Sunday March 18. Join us as we explore the bike paths of Melbourne in a fun, safe and family friendly way.
There are three ride options - 1km, 14km and 35km - all starting and finishing at the Hawthorn Velodrome.
The Hawthorn Velodrome infield will also host a variety of activities to keep those choosing not to ride entertained.
Austral formal champion Luke Parker
joins Life Cycle 55+ Adventure
On the 16th December, Cycling Victoria will host the Austral Wheel Race - Australia’s greatest track cycling event. It is held in the Hisense Arena and riders assigned handicaps according to ability over a series of heats.
Life Cycle 55+ Adventure couldn’t miss the opportunity to engage our members and enthusiasts in such a great event. The ride will be 30km and start from Hisense Arena and explores Melbourne via the Capital City Trail. To make it even more special we will have the 2012 Austral Champion Luke Parker join us and share with all participants some great stories and his experience in the cycling world!
“The Austral” Saturday Ride registration costs $49 and includes entry to the Austral, a coffee and cake stop, experienced leaders to take you through the ride and the opportunity to meet Luke and have a one-o-one time with the 2012 Austral Champion.
The ride will start at 3:30pm and riders will be able to enjoy a great cycling atmosphere after with us at the Hisense Arena!
Life Cycle 55+ continues to roll on with our weekly rides in Hawthorn, Albert Park, Geelong, and our new rides in Ferntree Gully, Fairfield and Bendigo. These rides are open to all, and start at the same time and place each week. The rides go for between one and two hours, and provide a fun, social riding opportunity that always involves a coffee stop! You can't go for a ride without a coffee (or tea!)
Austral formal champion Luke Parker
joins Life Cycle 55+ Adventure
On the 16th December, Cycling Victoria will host the Austral Wheel Race - Australia’s greatest track cycling event. It is held in the Hisense Arena and riders assigned handicaps according to ability over a series of heats.
Life Cycle 55+ Adventure couldn’t miss the opportunity to engage our members and enthusiasts in such a great event. The ride will be 30km and start from Hisense Arena and explores Melbourne via the Capital City Trail. To make it even more special we will have the 2012 Austral Champion Luke Parker join us and share with all participants some great stories and his experience in the cycling world!
“The Austral” Saturday Ride registration costs $49 and includes entry to the Austral, a coffee and cake stop, experienced leaders to take you through the ride and the opportunity to meet Luke and have a one-o-one time with the 2012 Austral Champion.
The ride will start at 3:30pm and riders will be able to enjoy a great cycling atmosphere after with us at the Hisense Arena!
Life Cycle 55+ continues to roll on with our weekly rides in Hawthorn, Albert Park, Geelong, and our new rides in Ferntree Gully, Fairfield and Bendigo. These rides are open to all, and start at the same time and place each week. The rides go for between one and two hours, and provide a fun, social riding opportunity that always involves a coffee stop! You can't go for a ride without a coffee (or tea!)
First of all - thank you to everyone for your understanding regarding the decision to cancel the Tour of Bright. We are clearly all on the same page - rider safety is paramount. All Tour of Bright entry fees will be refunded early this week.
Please also consider helping out the Alpine Cycling Club by donating to theirTour of Bright GoFundMe Page. The club incurred costs of around $15,000 prior to the cancellation and would greatly appreciate your support.
Also, we're now less than two weeks away from the 120th Austral Wheelrace & Australian Madison Championships at Hisense Arena. All of Australia's track cycling stars will be racing including Cameron Meyer, Leigh Howard, Annette Edmondson, Amy Cure, Matt Glaetzer and Danny Clark to name just a few - as well as a host of international track stars. It looks set to be huge. Get your tickets today!
Cycling Cares was established by Australian national Sprint Coach Gary West, champion cyclist Anna Meares and EFI International after Gary’s diagnosis with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in 2016. It aims to raise much needed funds and awareness for MND.
Cycling fans will have the opportunity to support Cycling Cares by donating to the Cycling Cares GoFundMe Pages set up for each of the riders taking part in the Austral Legends' Race - Danny Clark, Shane Kelly, Scott McGrory, Laurie Venn and Troy Clarke.
We're only days away from the Melbourne 6 Day - to be held from December 5 to 10 at DISC. Don't miss a great opportunity to see some of the world's best track cyclists as they prepare for the Austral at Hisense on Dec 16, and the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
It's also great to see a Women's 6-Day on the program - a world first!
Are you still looking for accommodation for the Melbourne 6 Day, Omnium Nationals, Austral or SuperCrit? If so, we recommend taking a look at Quest Ivanhoe. You won't be disappointed - they were recently named National Franchise of the Year at the company's annual Gala Awards Dinner...
We're excited to announce that Lumos Helmets have landed in Australia. As an exclusive offer, CV members will receive $50 OFF the Lumos Helmet range by using the coupon code CVLUMOSPROMO
Australia's best track sprinters are set to light up the boards of Hisense Arena on Saturday December 16.
The 120th Austral Wheelrace Carnival will feature UCI Category 1 Sprint and Keirin events, and Australia's top sprinters are all confirmed starters - namely Matt Glaetzer, Jacob Schmid, Pat Constable, Nathan Hart, Steph Morton, Kaarle McCulloch and Holly Takos.
And they are certainly in fantastic form judging by the outstanding times recorded in Sprint Qualifying at the Oceania Track Championships over the past 24 hours.
Matt Glaetzer recorded a flying 200 metre time of 9.68 seconds, which represents an average speed of 74.4km/hr.
Meanwhile in the women's sprint qualification, Stephanie Morton recorded 10.65 seconds (67.6 km/hr), one of the fastest times ever recorded.
All times and average speeds are listed below:
Rider
200m Qualifying Time
Average Speed
Matt Glaetzer
9.681 secs
74.4 km/hr
Jacob Schmid
9.736 secs
73.9 km/hr
Pat Constable
9.776 secs
73.6 km/hr
Nathan Hart
9.954 secs
72.3 km/hr
Steph Morton
10.654 secs
67.6 km/hr
Kaarle McCulloch
10.908 secs
66.0 km/hr
Holly Takos
11.125 secs
64.7 km/hr
While the Australians are in fine form, they certainly won't have it all their own way.
Keirin World Champion Azizul Awang (Malaysia) is "keen to put on a show in his rainbow jersey", and former Austral winner Zac Williams (New Zealand) is also in fabulous form having just won a third Oceania 'kilo' title in a row.
Rio Olympians Fatehah Mustapa (Malaysia) and Shannon McCurley (Ireland) will also test out the speed and tactical skills of our best female sprinters. An outstanding program of track cycling will also feature the 120th Austral Wheelrace finals, Australian Madison Championships, and the Austral Legend's Race.
More information and tickets are available on the links below...
Tour of Bright & Life Cycle 55+ partner up to give you an amazing experience!
On the 2nd December over 700 riders and 1,500 spectators and supporters will descend on the Ovens Valley for the Tour of Bright. Life Cycle 55+ couldn't miss the opportunity to partner up with this great event and host the Life Cycle 55+ Murray to Mountains rail trail.
This ride will be Life Cycle 55+'s first open age (18+ year old) opportunity
The ride will:
Be held on the 2nd December, starting (and finishing) at the former Myrtleford Railways (Cnr. Standish St & Rayner St, Myrtleford),
Lunch will be provided at the magnificent Bright Brewery, in Bright,
The ride will be approximately 60KM in length through the gorgeous countryside.
If you are going to be up there - you don't want to miss out on this opportunity. If you're not, It's a great excuse to 'get away' for the weekend and see some of Victoria's amazing landscapes!
Don't forget about these other fantastic riding opportunities we have coming up - The Timboon Rail trail, and the Austral 'Melbourne City Ride'.
Join us on the Cobden to Timboon Rail trail on 25th November. The ride will take in the beautiful forests and surroundings of the Otways as you make your way to the Timboon Gourmet Artisans Festival to experience the regions delicious fresh produce and gourmet offerings.
Come along to the Austral 'Melbourne City Ride' on the 16th December - and experience the fantastic sights of Melbourne along one of the cities premier riding trails, before joining some of Australia's top cyclists at Hisense Arena for 2017 Austral Wheelrace and Australian Madison Championhips.
Austral Legend's Race set to light up Hisense Arena
We're delighted to announce that a Legend's Race will take place on the Austral Program at Hisense Arena on Saturday December 16, 2017.
Track cycling royalty will take to the boards - Danny Clark, Brad McGee, Shane Kelly, Scott McGrory, Laurie Venn and Troy Clarke.
The group has won Olympic, World, Commonwealth, Australian and Austral titles aplenty - and they are set to put on a show for the Hisense crowd and to bring back more than a few memories.
There's also sure to be more than a little friendly rivalry between riders, as evidenced by some of the 'secret training' sessions which have been taking place across Australia in recent months.
Shane Kelly is excited to be returning to the track, and catching up with the other riders taking part.
"I've got great memories of racing on the Hisense track, and with the likes of Brad and Danny. Danny was a childhood idol of mine. And I was a mentor for Brad in his younger days. It should be great fun. I'm looking forward to it. And yes, I've certainly done a bit more training recently to get ready for it!"
An overview of each riders' achievements is listed below.
Danny Clark
3-time Austral champion (1977, 1986 & 1990).
5-time track world champion.
More than 50 Six-Day victories including 7 wins at the Gent Six-Day.
Olympic Silver Medallist.
Brad McGee
First Australian to wear the leader's jersey of all three Grand Tours.
Olympic Gold Medallist (Team Pursuit) as well as 4 other Olympic Medals.
2-time track world champion.
5-time Commonwealth Games Gold medallist.
Shane Kelly
4-time track world champion (13 world championship medals in total).
3 Olympic Medals.
Scott McGrory
Olympic Gold Medallist (Sydney 2000 Madison).
1994 Australian Road Race Champion.
Laurie Venn
Two-time Austral Champion (1979 and 1981).
1985 Australian Road Race Champion.
Troy Clarke
1996 Austral Champion. An outstanding program of track cycling will also feature the 120th Austral Wheelrace finals, Australian Madison Championships, and UCI Category 1 Sprint and Keirin Competitions.
Save the date - Saturday December 16, 2017. Hisense Arena.
More information and tickets are available on the links below...
Olympic Madison a giant step forward for Women's Cycling
It was recently announced that the Women's Madison will debut as an Olympic event at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
The elevated Olympic status of the women's madison has certainly had a flow-on effect to the field for the Australian Madison Championships at Hisense Arena on December 16. All of Australia's top track endurance women are set to take part and press their claims for Olympic selection - including Annette Edmondson, Amy Cure, Georgia Baker, Ashlee Ankudinoff, Alex Manly, Rebecca Wiasak, Danielle McKinnirey and Chloe Moran.
It's a race not to be missed - and complements a huge program of events that also includes the 120th Austral Wheelrace Finals, the Men's Australian Madison Championship and UCI Category 1 Sprints and Keirins.
The Transport Accident Commission and Cycling Victoria will be pedalling the road safety message together in the 2018 'Towards Zero' Victorian Road Series(VRS) and the 'Towards Zero'Victorian Junior Road Series (VJRS).
In 2017 the TAC stepped up as the VRS naming rights partner to further highlight Victoria’s Towards Zero plan to ensure no one is seriously injured or killed on our roads. And we are delighted to confirm that their support will also extend to the VJRS in 2018.
The Victorian Interschool Cycling Series (VICS) is back!
The Victorian Interschool Cycling Series (VICS) returns in just over two weeks.
VICS provides students with the opportunity to compete in Individual Time Trials, Team Time Trials, Criteriums and a Hill Climb.
All rounds will be held during Term 4 and Term 1, with the final being held at Caribbean Gardens on Sunday March 4, 2018.
Dates for the VICS Series are below: Round 1 - November 11th - Casey Fields ITT
Round 2 - November 18th - Kew Criterium
Round 3 - December 2nd - Casey Criterium
Round 4 - February 4th - Hill Climb (Venue TBA)
Round 5 - February 9th - Sandown Team Time Trial
Round 6 - February 17th - Kew Criterium
Round 7 - FINAL: Sunday March 4th - Caribbean Gardens
Entries for the incredibly popular Bright Brewery Tour of Bright (December 1-3) are filling up fast. Several grades (Masters C & Men's A) have reached the 100 quota and are now only accepting waitlisted entries. Masters B is approaching the limit too.
Don't miss a fabulous weekend in Victoria's high country!
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