Raising funds for Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service.
Celebrating it’s 11 year offering the following ride options:
Relatively flat
The Ruapehu Gran Fondo is an epic 164km long ride with over 2800m of climbing! This ride is not for the faint hearted. This is your chance to join the select few cyclists who have previously raced to the Top of the Bruce.
The start and finish will be the Whakapapa Ski field car park at the top of the “Bruce Road” Whakapapa Village is on the lower slopes of the western side of Mount Ruapehu. Whakapapa Village marks the base of the Bruce road and the gateway to the Whakapapa ski field.
The ascent is 13 km long. Over this distance, the elevation gain is 959m with an average gradient of 7.37% but with some very steep section (17 & 21%) along the way, at the finish you will reach 1,619m (5311ft) above sea level. The Bruce Road is one of the highest roads in the country.
Why would you not want to take on this epic challenge!
Gentle to Challenging
This amazing event is different than any other bike race because you can’t do what you can in this event any other day of the week. You will ride across the Rakaia River Bridge with up to 1,000 other cyclists all at once! The peloton will be approximately 1 kilometre long and will be in a controlled start until you have crossed the Rakaia River Bridge and the Rakaia Overhead Bridge on State Highway one.
Spectacular
Counties Cycle Classic will be held each year just prior to the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge – another Rotary initiative. Our event which runs through some of New Zealand’s richest growing country with spectacular scenery gives cyclists a chance to blow out the cobwebs in preparation for Taupo, or just enjoy a day’s ride in the picturesque Franklin countryside. 3 ride lengths and electric bikes allowed!
Varied
Pedal4Prostate is an exciting and fun one-day endurance cycling event at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park in support of the Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand as part of Blue September. An event not to be missed!
Race as fast as you can to complete as many laps as possible while manoeuvring around the various bends and angles of the track. It’s a race against time, strategizing how you or your team will win this 4-hour endurance race.
By taking part you’ll be helping raise funds to enable the Prostate Cancer Foundation to raise public awareness of this disease; provide peer support to men who are dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer, as well as their partners and families, to advocate for patients fund New Zealand-based research to improves diagnosis and treatment outcomes.
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