National Road Series
The National Road Series is a series of bicycle races held each year in Australia, constituting the chief domestic road racing competition for cyclists.
Overview
The series is organised by Cycling Australia.[1] It includes one-day races, multi-stage tours, and criteriums. Races have been broadcast on SBS in past years.[2] Since 2012, when Subaru became the naming rights sponsor, the series has also been known as the Subaru National Road Series.[3] The series has produced many major UCI World Tour riders including Caleb Ewan, Grace Brown and Patrick Bevin.[citation needed]
Events
Past events have included:[1][4][5]
- Adelaide Tour
- Amy’s Otway Classic, Amy's Otway Tour[6][7]
- Battle on the Border
- Battle Recharge (Queensland)
- Giro della Donna (Victoria)
- Goulburn to Sydney
- Grafton to Inverell (New South Wales)
- Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic, the world's second oldest one-day race.[8]
- Mersey Valley Tour
- National Capital Tour
- North Western Tour
- NRS on Zwift, during the COVID-19 pandemic[9]
- Shipwreck Coast
- St Kilda Super Criterium
- Stan Siejka Classic (Tasmania)
- Summer Criterium Series
- Tour de Brisbane
- Tour de Perth
- Tour de Tweed
- Tour of Gippsland (Victoria)
- Tour of King Valley (Victoria)
- Tour of Tasmania
- Tour of Toowoomba
- Tour of the Great South Coast (Victoria)
- Tour of the Murray River
- Tour of the Tropics
- Trek Night Riders
- White Bay Criterium
Teams
- As of 24 May 2020.[10]
Men's teams
- ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast (UCI Continental)
- Avantias Pro Racing
- Butterfields – Insurance Advisernet p/b Van D’am Racing
- GPM Stulz
- InForm TM Insight MAKE
- Nero Continental (UCI Continental)
- Oliver's Real Food Racing (UCI Continental)
- Phoenix Cycling Collective
- Rauland Development Cycling Team
- South Australia Sports Institute
- St George Continental Cycling Team (UCI Continental)
- Subaru-Giant Racing Team
- Team BridgeLane (UCI Continental)
- Team CCS Canberra Men’s
- TRS Racing Team
- Velofit Australia
- Veris Racing Men’s Team
Women's teams
- ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
- Knights x LMLY Racing
- Roxsolt Attaquer
- South Australia Sports Institute
- Specialized Women’s Racing
- StepFWD Suzuki
- Sydney Uni-Staminade
- Team CCS Canberra Women’s
- Veris Racing Women’s Team
References
- ^ a b Finch-Penninger, Jamie (9 March 2018). "National Road Series 2018 calendar confirmed". SBS. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "Subaru National Road Series Season 1 Episode 9". SBS. Special Broadcasting Service. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Subaru National Road Series". Subaru Australia. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Historical Rankings". National Road Series. Cycling Australia. 2016–2019. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "National Road Series". The Roar. Sports 3.0 Pty Ltd. 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "Amy's Otway Classic set for a Great Ocean ride this September". Amy Gillett Foundation. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "Classic race becomes a Tour; Amy's Otway Tour to feature two stages in Victoria's picturesque Surf Coast Shire". Amy Gillett Foundation. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "National Road Series: Melbourne to Warrnambool". SBS. Special Broadcasting Service. 23 February 2020. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "Upcoming Events: National Racing Series on Zwift – Round #3". National Road Series. Cycling Australia. May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ "Meet the teams". National Road Series. Cycling Australia. Retrieved 25 May 2020.