Thursday 7 November 2013

Tour of Margaret River - race schedule

The Tour of Margaret River starts today. It is a four-stage race over three days.

The first stage is a team time trial, our team starts at 3:20pm. We will do two laps of the course for a total distance of 25km. It is mostly flat with a few undulations.

The second stage is at 8am Saturday morning, a short road race. Again it is two laps, the total distance is 32.6km. We should be done in an hour.

The third stage is a kermesse, which is a short course that you do lots of laps of. The distance of the kermesse is around 30km, which is 8 laps of the course. The kermesse is also on Saturday morning at 11am. The first three stages are all based around Cowaramup town.

The final stage is a longer road race, 75km from near Cowaramup to Augusta. It is on Sunday morning starting at 8am.

Hall Cycling Training has five teams entered in total. Three female teams, including the Pink Unicorns, and two male teams,  including the Unicorn-Specialized Racing Team. It will be a fun weekend of racing and comraderie.