TERANG is back on the route for the Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic, a year after it was controversially bypassed.
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Riders were largely kept off the Princes Highway in 2013, with the Cobden-Warrnambool Road used - a decision which upset long-time spectators in Terang.
But the course for October’s 99th road race, which was launched on Wednesday afternoon, ignores the Cobden-Warrnambool Road and instead will continue down the Cobden-Terang Road. It will re-joining the Princes Highway in the centre of Terang.
Riders will leave the highway at Ayresford Road, travelling to Panmure via Howards Road, Garvoc-Laang Road and Heathmarsh Road, then rejoining the highway for the final stretch to the finish line. The reworked course extends the race to 273 kilometres, up from 256 kilometres last year.
A 10 kilometre “neutral zone” zone at the start means riders are faced with a mammoth 280-kilometre trek.
More in tomorrow's edition of The Standard
