Course & Race Day Info
The Course: fast start, honest middle, savage finish
This is classic North Canterbury racing: big skies, grippy roads, and nowhere to hide.
Loburn School roll-out → 20 km flat blast. Find your rhythm (and your bunch). Left onto German Road → fast, flowing, then a stinger over Summer Hill. Push almost to Cust, U-turn, and point it home. German Road return → a 2.5% grinding drag where watts and willpower do the talking. Right towards Loburn, then a cheeky left and 500 m sprint to the line. Commit early or get swamped.
Terrain & tactics
- Flats : aero matters, rolling turns keep it tidy.
- Rollers & Summer Hill : split-making territory.
- 2.5% drag : if you’re on the rivet here, you’re not alone.
- Sprint : 500 m that feels like five k. Pick your gear, hold your line.
Race day schedule
7:45–8:30am — Sign-on at Loburn School
8:45am — Briefing (don’t be that rider who missed it)
9:00am — First bunch off~
12:00pm — Finish & prizegiving back at the school
What to bring
A road-worthy bike, helmet, your best legs, a jacket for the changeable Canterbury weather, and a sense of humour.
Safety (open-road racing in NZ)
We race on open roads. Obey NZ road rules at all times.Marshals guide and warn; they don’t stop traffic.
You’re responsible for safe riding and giving way.
Approved helmets, safe road bike, no aero bars in bunches. Be predictable, signal, and play nice.
