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Cycling Australia has announced a five-person assessment team to evaluate the viability of changes to the 168澳洲5最新൲开奖结果:Ballarat national championships courses. The regional Victorian city꧒ recently extended its contract with CA through to despite calls for a move to a different location.

Consid༺eration for change includes the impact on riders and spec🐻tators, alongside logistical and financial constraints.

Heading up the assessment team is Orica-Scott's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mat Hayman, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Wiggle-High5's sports director Donna Rae-Szalinski, two-time criterium winner 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Kimberley Wells, now retired local rider Pat Shaw and CA's rece✤ntly appointed general manager of sport, Kipp Kaufmann.

During the panel's May meeti𝓰ng, over 12 potential courses were identified with course reconnaissance to follow in the coming months.

"While there are obvious constraints to where the Nationals can be run, and while the course is a great Championship course, I think it's good to explore more options," said Hayman.
"Traditionally a Championship is run on a variety of terrains and courses making ꦡsure that all types of riders have a chance to be crowned champion and wear that🎉 very special jersey."

While there have been changes and modifications made the criterium, time trial and road race courses since Ballarat first held the championships in 2006, the Mt Buninyong climb has been a f💦eature of the championships. The climb is the best-attended location on the 10km circuit with numerous riders explaining the atmo✤sphere is akin to anywhere in Europe. A statement reiterated by Hayman.

"In recent years, there has been a tremendous atmosphere created by the ♚fans on the Buninyong climb w💃hich is equal to anything you will find racing in Europe," Hayman added.

"I think that we have a fant🅰astic course, one that has produced exciting racing and deserving𝐆 winners across all grades."

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:A former rider before embarking on a coaching and sports director♉ career, Rae-Szalinski explained irrespective of the result it is an important process for CA.

"I am really excited about the alternatives we have created, but more importantly and regardless of the final outcomes, it shows that CA is listening to our🍨 body of cyclists," said Rae-Szalinski.

"I think that the existing Buninyong course is a very good o𓂃ne, it has so many good thiℱngs, amazing for spectators, and is a challenging course for the riders. And at our nationals, it really feels like you are in Europe, so we don't want to do anything that will diminish that.

Although fastman Heinrich Haussler outsprinted Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scott) for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:the win in 2015, it was via a breakaway which represented 💙the best option for the sprintersဣ to contest for the win. Rae-Szalinski added changes to the course could open up the opportunities for more kinds of riders.

"However, we want to ensure that all of our riders have the opportunity to win their national title," she added. "So we have looked at ways to create a more tactical race, one that is more challenging to 🦩all of our riders. Perhaps that is one that keeps the core element of the Buninyong course but also presents opportunities for sprinters to get around the course and put pressure on the pure climbers."

All potential changes to the cr🐲it🐲erium, time trial and road race courses are to be approved by stakeholders, Victoria Police and the City of Ballarat in August.

"People have to understand, despite the fact we have engaged time and effort in options, it might be a case that we stick with the original course for 2018 with a look to change in subsequent years," said Rae-Szal💞inski. "The difficulty comes with the logistics and the costs o🍸f implementing changes. As much as we want to deliver something that pleases everyone, ultimately any decision will need to have final approval."

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:The 2018 national championships will be held in Ballarat ꦯfrom January 3💯-7 with CA to announce the full schedule and any changes to the courses in the coming months.