Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge

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Relay bikes being prepared for transport (2007).
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Relay riders waiting for their teammates (2007).
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The bagpiper on Hatepe Hill (2007).
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Aftermath crowds on the Taupo Domain (2007).

The Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge is New Zealand's largest mass participation cycling event.[1] First held in 1977, it takes place on the last Saturday of each November and circumnavigates Lake Taupō, a volcanic crater lake in the centre of the North Island. The ride starts and finishes in Taupō with one full circuit being approximately 160 km. Around 7,000 riders take part each year.[2]

Categories

The event aims to cater for all riders, from the elite racers to those just wishing to make it around. This is reflected in the range of finishing times - from under 4 to over 10 hours. Riders are asked to nominate finishing times and staggered starts are used to group riders by ability.

Subcategories of the event are (2022 data):[3]

  • Round The Lake: A one lap circuit of Lake Taupō, starting and finishing in Taupō and following Poihipi Road and State Highways 32, 41 and 1. Approximately 160 km.
  • Length Of The Lake: One half of the full circuit, starting at Tūrangi and finishing in Taupō. Approximately 80 km.
  • Lakesider: A 16 km leisure ride for recreational cyclists, mostly off-road.
  • Enduro: An option for individuals who ride multiple laps of the lake circuit (normally either two, four or eight, - this is certified as a qualifying brevet for Paris–Brest–Paris and RAAM).
  • Huka Mountain Bike: Mountain bike challenges of 35 km, 60 km or 85 km, and an 85 km elite licensed rider race.
  • Men's Classic Road Race: An official BikeNZ sanctioned race. Participants set off before the rest of the riders, competing in a full-on race, with a current racing license required, and entry limited to 100 riders. Riders must have a previous best time in the main event of under 4:30.
  • Women's Classic Road Race: A women's only 100 km race for licensed riders from Taupō to Tūrangi and return.

Records

Source:[4]

  • Fastest Round the Lake (male): Sam Gaze 3:37 (2017 Men's Classic winner)
  • Fastest Round the Lake (female): Susy Pryde 3:57 (1999) [5]

Past winners

Source:[6]

Year Men's winner Women's winner
1998[7] Template:Flagicon Darren Murray Template:Flagicon Susy Pryde
1999[8] Template:Flagicon Lee Vertongen Template:Flagicon Susy Pryde
2000[9] Template:Flagicon Jason Kelly, Patrick Kelly & John Barry (Tridem) Template:Flagicon Susy Pryde
2001[10] Template:Flagicon Marcel Hollenstein Template:Flagicon Michelle Hyland
2002[11] Template:Flagicon Paul de Rijk Template:Flagicon Melissa Pilla
2003[12] Template:Flagicon Matthew Yates Template:Flagicon Roz Reekie-May
2004[13] Template:Flagicon Jeremy Yates Template:Flagicon Nadene Boyle
2005[14] Template:Flagicon Peter Latham Template:Flagicon Meshy Holt
2006[15] Template:Flagicon Hamish Bond Template:Flagicon Brei Gudsell
2007[16] Template:Flagicon Gordon McCauley Template:Flagicon Kerri-Anne Torckler
2008[17] Template:Flagicon Peter Latham Template:Flagicon Kaytee Boyd
2009[18] Template:Flagicon Jeremy Yates Template:Flagicon Melissa Holt
2010[19] Template:Flagicon Roman Van Uden Template:Flagicon Karen Fulton
2011[20] Template:Flagicon Michael Torckler Template:Flagicon Kaytee Boyd
2012[21] Template:Flagicon Mike Northey Template:Flagicon Rushlee Buchanan
2013[22] Template:Flagicon Michael Torckler Template:Flagicon Reta Trotman
2014[23] Template:Flagicon Patrick Bevin Template:Flagicon Ruby Livingstone
2015[24] Template:Flagicon Dion Smith Template:Flagicon Racquel Sheath
2016[25] Template:Flagicon Aaron Gate Template:Flagicon Racquel Sheath
2017[26] Template:Flagicon Sam Gaze Template:Flagicon Matilda Raynolds
2018[27] Template:Flagicon Hamish Bond Template:Flagicon Ione Johnson
2019[28] Template:Flagicon Kees Duyvesteyn Template:Flagicon Sharlotte Lucas
2020 No race due COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
2021[29]
2022[30][31] Template:Flagicon Michael Torckler Template:Flagicon Claudia Weidekam

References

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