Venue: Kentish Municipality
The U19 National Selection Race has been awarded by Cycling Australia to Mersey Valley Devonport Cycling Club for the third year in a row.
The race will see the cream of Australia's Road Cyclists compete for a position on the team to be selected to represent Australia at the World Junior Road Cycling Championships in Italy later this year.
We are expecting 150 cyclists with their crews, parents and sporting institutes from all around Australia.
The race this year comprises of 3 stages:-
- Stage 1 - Individual Road Time Trial at Wilmot Road at Forth
- Stage 2 - Road Race heading from Forth to Moina. This will be on Saturday 27th March 2010. The U19 & Elite Women will ride a 15km time trial and the U19 & Elite Men will cover 24kms. The Road Race sees women race over 58.3 kms and men race over 93.7 kms with some of the North West Coasts best hills.
- Stage 3 - Commences on Sunday 28th March in Sheffield and finishes in the Main Street with the women covering 80kms and the men 116kms.
The Kentish Council is the sponsor of the U19 Queen of the Mountains. For further information, please see the Cycling Tasmania website http://www.tas.cycling.org.au