TOUR DE GONG:
DAY 2
TIME TRIALS & CRIT

Sunday 18th May 2025

Course: Starting point: Marine Drive, Wollongong

Event: Tour De Gong – Time Trials & Criterium

Location(s)
Sunday – Marine Drive, Wollongong
Entry Fee: $150 (covers 3 events)

Age Categories & Eligibility
Age Categories: A – E Grade Men & A – D Grade Women
Financial AusCycling ‘Race All Discipline’ members only.
This event is not open to Temporary or Recreational Memberships

Technical Regulations
vents will be run according to AusCycling Technical Regulations

Weather conditions
The event will proceed as planned unless the conditions are deemed to be unsafe by the Race Organiser and Chief Commissaire on the morning of the event

Race 1: Individual Time Trails
TT Racing at Lang Park. This course starts and finishes at Marine Drive to Flagstaff Hill, formerly the Kermesse in 2023. The TT racing completes either 1/2/3 laps per grade and are racing for time advantages for the next race in the afternoon. ie. 1st place gets 10 seconds headstart, 10th place gets 1 second and 11th onwards gets nothing.

Race 2: Criterium
Completing the same loop as the TT racing.

Event Schedule: INDIVUAL TIME TRAILS

START

FINISH

EVENT

LOCATION

7:00am

5:30pm

UCI Bike City Expo

Lang Park, Marine Drive

7:00am

Registration opens

Lang Park, Marine Drive

7:45am

Welcome to Country and UCI Legacy Rides Opening

Marine Drive, Wollongong

9:15am

12:35am

Ride Wollongong Tour, Day 2: TT Race

Marine Drive, Wollongong

9:15am - E Grade Men (3.6km / 2 Laps)

9:35am - E Grade Women (3.6km / 2 Laps)

9:55am - D Grade Men (3.6km / 2 Laps)

10:15am - D Grade Women (3.6km / 2 Laps)

10:35am - C Grade Men (3.6km / 2 Laps)

10:55am - C Grade Women (3.6km / 2 Laps)

11:15am - B Grade Women (3.6km / 2 Laps)

11:35am - B Grade Men (5.4km / 3 Laps)

11:55am - A Grade Women (5.4km / 3 Laps)

12:15am - A Grade Men (5.4km / 3 Laps)

12:40pm

2:10pm

Ride Wollongong Tour, Day 2: Lighthouse Critt

Marine Drive, Wollongong

12:00pm - D & E Grade Men - 25mins +3

12:40pm - C & D Grade Women - 25 mins +3

2:10pm

2:40pm

Presentation - D/E Grade Men & C/D/E Grade Women

Lang Park, Marine Drive

2:40pm

5:30pm

Ride Wollongong Tour, Day 2: Lighthouse Critt

Marine Drive, Wollongong

2:30pm -B & C Grade Men - 35 mins +3

3:20pm - A & B Grade Women - 35mins +3

4:10pm - A Grade Men - 40mins +3

5:30pm

6:00pm

Presentation - A/B/C Grade Men & A/B Grade Women

Lang Park, Marine Drive

Event Pricing

The price below cover ALL 3 RACES
Saturday: Road Race
Sunday: Time Trials & Criterium

ENTRY

21/08/2024 to event date

Individual

$150pp

Course Map

ROAD RACE REQUIREMENTS
All riders MUST enter their current annual AUS Cycling licence number at time of registration and display it on the day at registration.

Presentation & Prizes

Male and Female A to C grade each get $1500 cash to split between the grades.
D to E Grade Male and Female have upto $1000 each in sponsor prizes

Presentations for the overall tour winners will be held at the end of the final stage, as per the schedule above.
Prize Money will be awarded based on the table below

Male – $1500 Prize Money Total

Start

Info / Age Category

Prize Awarded

Grade Total

A GRADE

1st

350

800

2nd

275

3rd