South Australian cycling champion Stuart O'Grady will have a race named after him in the Adelaide Tour. Picture: Mark Gunter. Source: AFP
CYCLING Australia has rubber stamped the new Adelaide Tour for elite men and women on the 2013 National Road Series calendar.
Adelaide Tour race director Max Stevens was ecstatic after the three-day event in May was made official after Cycling Australia announced SA as part of the growing national league of cycling.
"It's been a couple of years in the making," Stevens said.
"Wayne Fazzalari from Rendition Homes has put this together when he targeted sponsoring a cycling event at a higher level.
"We've had a very good relationship with Cycling Australia, and the Campbelltown City Council has also been keen to become a hub for cycling.
"We want to make this event the second biggest cycling event behind the Tour Down Under and we're getting plenty of support from Events SA."
SA cycling legends Stuart O'Grady, Patrick Jonker and Mike Turtur will have races named in their honour for the three-day event.
The Patrick Jonker team time trial makes its debut from Cudlee Creek before the Stuart O'Grady road race takes precedence in the Woodside region with recreational cyclists also having a chance to participate on the 50km circuit.
The Adelaide Tour cycling festival culminates with the Mike Turtur Kermesse which starts and finishes at the Thorndon Park Reservoir.
"We're attracting the best domestic cyclists to the Adelaide Tour," Stevens said. "It gives these riders better chances of furthering their careers on the bike."
Meanwhile, Cycling SA's Bowden Elite Teams Series Individual Time Trial up Norton Summit pedals off from 10.15 tomorrow.
About 100 riders will pedal up Norton Summit Road in an effort to beat Damien Howson's record of 11:29.42.
The Lightsview rider also claimed bronze at this year's UCI World U23 Time Trial Championships.
George Tansley (Euride Racing SA Elite) is currently leading the series.
Men's National Road Series - Tour de Perth (WA), Battle on the Border (Nth NSW), Tour of Toowoomba, Adelaide Tour (SA), North Western Tour, Tour of Gippsland (VIC), Tour of the South Great South Coast (VIC), Tour of the Murray River (VIC), Goulburn to Sydney (NSW), Canberra Tour (ACT), Tour of Tasmania, Melbourne to Warrnambool (VIC), Shipwreck Coast Classic (VIC), Grafton to Inverell.
Women's National Road Series - Mersey Valley Tour (TAS), Battle on the Border (Nth NSW), Adelaide Tour, North Western Tour, Miranda Tour of the King Valley (VIC), Tour of the Murray River, Canberra Tour (ACT), Shipwreck Coast Classic, Tour of the Goldfields (VIC).
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