18th Canberra Tour - NE

Australia, April 28-30, 2000

1999 Results    Past Winners

The Stages

  • Prologue - April 28: Parkes Way ITT 6.1 km men/women
  • Stage 1 - April 29: Cotter/Uriarra Circuit, 75 km men/38 km women
  • Stage 2 - April 29: Coppins crossing circuit, 75 km men/75 km women
  • Stage 3 - April 30: Duffy-Duffy, 148 km men/108 km women

Preview

The Canberra Tour is one of Australia's best known and toughest mini-tours, being held over three days (two for the lower grades), usually in April/May. Past winners include Gary Sutton, Scott Steward, Tony Gaudry, Nathan O'Neill and Peter Milostic in the men, and Kathleen Shannon, Kathy Watt, Tracey Gaudry (nee Watson) and Anna Wilson in the women.

The first day is simply a 6.1 km prologue for the elite men and women, but it's on the second and third days that the test begins. Day two is a split day, with the men covering two hilly 75 kilometre stages, and the women a 38 and a 75 kilometre stage. This day often sees a lot of riders legless by the end. However, the hardest stage is the final one on Sunday - 148 kilometres out to Namadgi National Park and back for the men, and 108 kilometres for the women. The extra 30 kilometres that the men do contain two very tough climbs: Fitz's hill (2 km at 15%) and one beyond this of similar difficulty. Then you have to come back, and it's not flat...

Peter Milostic will not be there in the A grade men to defend his title, but Kathy Watt will be in the women, and should take it in the absence of riders such as Gaudry, Wilson and the majority of the AIS road team.

Past Winners

Men 

Spokesman 2-day Tour

1983  Gary Sutton (NSW)
1984  Craig Beddome (S.A.)
1985  Gary Sutton (NSW)
1986  Scott Steward (Vic)
1987  Greg Clifton (NSW)
1988  John Cosgrove (Penrith)

Canberra Milk Race

1989  Stephen Blackburn (S.A.)
1990  Justin Grindal (Brunswick, Vic)
1991  Ian Goodwin (Qld)
1992  Stewart McKenzie (VIS)
1993  Tony Gaudry (Nowra)
1994  Matthew Goold (VIS)
1995  Deane Rogers (Canberra)
1996  Adrian Nolan (Canberra)
1997  Nathan O'Neill (QAS)

Canberra Tour

1998  Hayden Bradbury (Bendigo)
1999  Peter Milostic (Penrith)

Women 

Spokesman 2-day Tour
       
1984  Julie Speight (Randwick)
1985  Kathleen Shannon (St George)
1986  Julie Speight (Randwick)
1987  Kathy Watt (Vic)
1988  Debbie Kinnear (Sydney)

Canberra Milk Race

1989  Kathy Watt (Vic)
1990  Kathy Watt (Vic)
1991  Cathy Hart (Qld)
1992  Maryanne Shaw (Parramatta)
1993  Cathy Reardon (AIS)
1994  Kathy Watt (Vic)
1995  Tracey Watson (Gaudry) (AIS)
1996  Jo Lawn (New Zealand)
1997  Anna Wilson (VIS)

Canberra Tour

1998  Tracey Gaudry (Canberra)
1999  Kathy Watt (Vic)