EN13 Booklet LR
EN13 Booklet LR
EN13 Booklet LR
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Time Trials<br />
Time Trials<br />
Course Description<br />
All time trials will be conducted on Friday 11 January 2013,<br />
based at Lincoln University on Ellesmere Junction Road (see<br />
course map for details). Time trials will be run in the order:<br />
Elite Women – 25km<br />
Under 23 Men – 40km<br />
Elite Men – 40km<br />
Riders will start at two minute intervals, with a short break<br />
between grades and distance changes, starting at 10.00am.<br />
The time trial course is predominantly flat, straight and fast,<br />
although as it flanks the shores of Lake Ellesmere for most of the<br />
route, it can be exposed to winds from most directions.<br />
The course starts and finishes on Ellesmere Junction Road, at<br />
the Lincoln Childcare and Pre-School Centre, utilising a starting<br />
ramp, and heads out 2.7km to a left turn onto Leeston Road at<br />
Springston. Team Cars will be parked in the Lincoln Golf Driving<br />
Range car park, within metres of the starting ramp and can<br />
clearly see their riders starting to move out in support.<br />
From here it is a straight run out to 9.6km before crossing the<br />
Selwyn River Bridge and continuing on Leeston Road to the turn<br />
around points.<br />
800 metres after passing Selwyn Lake Road, as we approach<br />
the outskirts of Irwell, we reach the Elite Women’s turn<br />
around point at 12.5km. The return leg takes you back on the<br />
same route, turning right at Springston back on to Ellesmere<br />
Junction Road at 22.2km. The finish line will be opposite the<br />
start line at 25km.<br />
Meanwhile the Under 23 Men and Elite Men continue on Leeston<br />
Road through Irwell (13.7km) and Doylston (17.2km) to their<br />
turn at Leeston. As you approach the outskirts of Leeston the<br />
unmistakable War Memorial is clearly visible straight ahead.<br />
This landmark forms a large central traffic island on Leeston<br />
High Street and creates a fast and safe turnaround point at just<br />
a few metres over the 20km mark.<br />
The return leg follows the outbound leg, passing Doyleston<br />
at 23km, Irwell at 26km, crossing the Selwyn River Bridge<br />
at 30.4km and turning right back onto Ellesmere Junction<br />
road at 37.3km. Again the finish line is opposite the start line,<br />
measuring out at 40.1km.<br />
In 2010 we saw the Under 23 record fall, but in 2011 we saw<br />
both the Elite Men and Under 23 NZ records fall to below the<br />
Sub 50 Min mark for the first time in New Zealand’s history.<br />
4 PHOTOS: PETER BRUGGEMAN & BRUCE WILSON
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