Goulburn to Sydney Cycling Classic

[weiyun]

Anyone know anything more about this 170km race?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id= ... n_sydney07

It sounded to be a race aimed at pro teams rather than the amateur ranks.

[mikesbytes]

Eugen does this race.

From what I can gather you need to sit in the bunch at low to mid 40's to stop yourself being eliminated.

[weiyun]

From what I can gather you need to sit in the bunch at low to mid 40's to stop yourself being eliminated.

End of interest.

[mikesbytes]

Discussed this one with sideshow_bob in depth

[weiyun]

It's a long way home if you get eliminated too early.

[mikesbytes]

You can continue as normal traffic if you are eliminated, so its not all bad.

Providing there isn't a head wind, I don't see the first 80k being anymore difficult than what I did out at Penrith Lakes or the Ride for Life in 2 weeks time. The real race will happen after the elimination point.

[geoff m]

Citigroup have sponsored it, so its now called Goulbourn to Citi.

They are encouraging charity based teams to ride earlier in the day. 10 to a team, and minimum of $25,000k charity money raised per team to be able to compete.

There is a chance this will turn into a true classice of another 80kms right into the City, which is what Citi wants. These discussions are underway.

[Glenno]

I have historically sponsored some of the citi stock brokers who have done this ride. if you enter a team then you can ride with your team. last year there were 2 distances. a shorter distance was for the less serious riders. was still a hard ride from what i heard.