GPTT - Time Trial Challenge
The festival schedule also provides other events to compete in or share with family and friends.
DISTANCES:
- Teams: 24 km.
- Individual: 20 km.
- Schools: 10 km.
TEAM & INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES:
The GPTT Challenge provides team categories, and individual age group challenge categories.
TEAMS CHALLENGE:
The GPTT Challenge is designed to engender both individual and team participation. It aims to provide companies, training groups, clubs and schools with the chance to share the experience of a unique and personally challenging ride with fellow team members.
ELITE TEAMS:
State or National Certified ranking: male and female.
(also see CSV website: www.cycling.org.au)
TEAMS:
- Elite.
- Corporate
- Club / Cycle Shop
- School
- Informal
- male or female or mixed (min. 2 females)
SCHOOLS TEAM CHALLENGE: 10 kms
A separate GPTT Challenge will be staged for School Teams.
School teams will commence after the individual participants.
Teams of five (5) either Male / Female or Mixed, riding in formation.
DISTANCES: 10 kms.
GPTT EVENT DAY INFORMATION
ROAD CLOSED at 7:45:
Road Closed to Bikes & Vehicles 7:45. All bike arrivals after this time can use the Lake path or enter via the Armstrong St. Entrance and use the tunnel under the track to enter the Registration area. If parking in the main carpark take a right turn at the road closure and follow the perimeter roadway to the tunnel. Or arrive before 7:45am.
GPTT - TEAMS & INDIVIDUALS:
The COURSE:
Due to minimum entry number requirements as stipulated by Parks Vic for all events, to close the entire Albert Park roadway, not being reached at this time, the TT course has been reduced from a 5km to a 4km loop.
(See Course MAP (on homepage) for full course layout.)
The event will start from pit lane and proceed south circulating in a clockwise direction.
The road will be divided with cones and the finish line will be situated on ‘Pit Straight’, directly adjacent to the start line, you are to ONLY pass through the finish line at the conclusion of the event not on each lap.
REGISTRATION:
Event registration will take place from 7:00am Sunday, at the Start /Finish area at the Indoor Sports Hall location on Aughtie Drive ( Pit Lane). (see Map attached or on Festival website homepage.).
EVENT START TIME:
GPTT TEAMS: 8:00am.
GPTT Individuals: 9:00am (approx) Immediately following on from the Teams event.
STAGGERED STARTS:
TEAMS: 1 min intervals.
INDIV: 30 sec intervals.
GPTT TEAM START TIMES:
START TIMES: 1 min Intervals.
TEAM No: START TIME: RESULTS: TEAM NAME:
1. 0.00. 34.14 Partners Cycle Edge
2. 1 min. 35.15 Swim Bike Run
3. 2 min. 33.21 CBD Cycles Powered by MTC
4. 3 min. 35.44 Team Monash Rowing Club
5. 4 min. 33.51 TKM-Slattery A
6. 5 min. 33.44 BIG HARTS
7. 6 min. 35.55 Team IG Markets
8. 7 min. 32.38 Podium Bike Hub
9. 8 min. 36.18 Nunawading Bike Hub
10. 9 min. (34.20 Unofficial) Bandidos
11. 10 min. 35.53 Brumby's B Team
12. 11 min. 36.07 MooooUBC
13. 12 min. 36.21 Montcycle Tours
14. 13 min. 34.47 TKM-Slattery
15. 14 min. 41.45 Bagley Bunch
16. 15 min. 33.53 Caltex Crew
17. 16 min. (TBC) (44.17 unofficial )Jayco Riders
18. 17 min. 36.31 MATAW
19. 18 min. 36.14 Team Kokanbals
20. 19 min. 47.26 Terra Firma
21. 20 min. 38.16 Parks Chargers
22. 21 min. 42.55 Pitcher Partners Grid Girls
23. 22 min. 41.06 Forty Somethings
24. 23 min. 46.34 Teamlife Lime
25. 24 min. 45.50 Teamlife Green
26. 25 min. 48.36 Teamlife Juniors
27. 26 min. 44.18 Teamlife Orange
28. 27 min. 42.37 On y va
29. 28 min. 38.58 FOSBy
30. 29 min. DNS AEIOU
31. 30 min. 40.47 Team MGS
32. 31 min. 41.11 Country Road
33. 32 min. 37.43 Malties last Ride
34. 33 min. 40.15 Max's
35. 34 min. 38.07 Demented Hyenas
36. 35 min. 36.03 Team Eclip
EVENT NUMBERS:
All participants will be supplied with single bib number to be pinned on the left rear jersey pocket. You are requested to hand the numbers back to the Registration desk at the conclusion of the event.
TIMING:
A new state of the art electronic timing system is currently being analysed and negotiated for use at the event, which will require transponders to be fitted to the front forks, as such we will have technical support on-site to assist with this.
Failing these negotiations we will revert to hand timing for both events. Team Times will be recorded on the third team member.
Official times will be recorded against the THIRD team member across the line. Three (3) team members must finish for a team result.
RESULTS:
Will be posted at Registration ASAP…and will also be available on the Festival website.
WARM UP - COOL DOWN:
As other participants will still be on the course when you finish, please remove yourself from the course and DO NOT continue riding.
Take care when crossing the start chute in Pit Lane.
Access to the park perimeter road is available via the road tunnel 100mts north of the finish area should you wish to use this area to cool down or warm up.
ROAD CLOSURES – PARKING:
Aughtie Drive will be closed from 6:00am.
Access will be provided for Expo patrons ONLY.
Competitor parking is available in the Lakeside Carpark – opposite Bob Jane Stadium. OR ride your bike.
CHANGING FACILITIES:
Change and toilet facilities will be available in the Pit Building No1. immediately behind Registration.
Supervised bike parking and bag storage will also be available.
Thank you for participating in the inaugural Festival of Cycling and the new concept of individual and team TT events. We will continue to provide further updates as required. We trust you will enjoy the events and festival activities which will continue through out the day.
Refer to the FAQs for further information.
CYCLE SAFETY & Time Trial Bars:
For the safety of all competitors please ensure that all your bike equipment complies with either TA or CA specifications.
SAFETY & DRAFTING:
Time trialling is an individual (team) event. Therefore similar DRAFTING Rules to those adopted by triathlon events will apply. Teams may not draft other teams, Individuals may not draft other individual riders.
SAFETY: The safety of all participants is paramount, please be aware of other cyclists and vigilent at all times, and adhere to the Cycling "Code of Conduct", and "share the road in harmony".
