Green Bottle Ruapehu Cycle Classic

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 11, Issue 533, 26 April 1994, Page 8

Green Bottle

Ruapehu Cycle Classic

The cream of New Zealand's top road racing cyclists, including several Olympic prospects will converge of Ohakune this Friday, 29 April, for the Green Bottle Round Ruapehu Classic Cycle Race. The event will start at the Ohakune Hotel on Friday night at 7.00pm with the DB Draught Indoor Roller Racing Championship where top cyclists will ride on rollers. Local Ohakune residents can enter and test their fitness and speed against the top riders. This promises to be a real crowd thriller. At the last race an Ohakune local Richard " Joe" Taua, came close to winning and this year there is over $2000 in cash and prizes to be won. Top riders who have indicated they will be coming to tackle the mountain include; Gary Anderson (Wanganui), Tim Pawson (Auckland), Paul Leitch (Auckland), Mark Rendell (Hamilton), Ric Reid (Auck), Brendon Cameron (Ham), Julian Dean (Ham), Jarrod Alty (Wang), Nathan Dahlberg (Nelson), John Harris (Auck), Paul Galbraith (Wellington). Confirmed for Friday night' s roller racing are Leitch, Dean and Cameron. Anderson, Pawson, Leitch and Rendell are in the 100km Team Time Trial for the Commonwealth Games. Reid is in the road race at The Games. Cameron and Dean are in the track squad for The Games and are two of the new exciting riders

on the senior scer Dahlberg is a v the United States halt to his sportin period of 18 mont Rid Reid, who new set trying to Leitch. All want t so they will now 1 contestants. That Mountain Classic The calibre of previously unrace races which genei Four primes (s Desert Road Sum Entries for the due in about 1.45 Over $4000 in single stage bike i Ohakune business Hotel with prize g Band. The leadin^ presentations at 3

n is a very capable rider on both road and track. ixperienced rider who raced professionally in Europe and n horrific mountain bike smash put what seemed to be a ;r. However his determination saw him recover over a >e back at the top of New Zealand road racing. ly won the Tour of Wellington (Easter) is another of the le the current established names like Fowler, Millar and the 100km road race at The Games, however only one can, lg to show the selectors that they are the worthy dual mted to intense (but fair) rivalry in races such as the msures this will be a memorable inaugural race, over ory. Previous rides were 'fun rides' and therefore not npetition. with prize money) in the race will be at Karioi Mill, the ingipo, and Makatote Viaduct. m race are expected to be between 75-80. First home are n. nd prizes is up for grabs making the Classic the richest New Zealand, thanks to many sponsors including the DB Group. The event will conclude at the Ohakune ind entertainment by the popular Ruamahunga River s presentation will be about 2.00pm with the main