Wednesday, April 8, 2009

2009 POWERCO CYCLE TOUR OF TARANAKI

Cycling New Plymouth Inc and Powerco Ltd present the
2009 POWERCO CYCLE TOUR OF TARANAKI
The Powerco Cycle Tour of Taranaki is a stage race held over Queens Birthday weekend,
30th May to 1st June 2009. Entry is open to all BikeNZ 2009 National and WCNI Centre licence holders. Racing consists of one individual time trial and four graded mass start road races, with four open grades and a novice category.
A maximum of 50 riders will be accepted into each grade on a first come, first served basis. Riders will be assigned to grades by the Cycling New Plymouth handicapper. Prize money will be paid for stage placings and general classification within each grade. Each grade will have a tour leader jersey, a sprint-points jersey, and a climbers points jersey. There will also be a leading womens jersey in some grades. U19 riders will contest A to D grades.
See www.cyclingnewplymouth.co.nz for further details and entry forms.