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This year's Launceston Cycling Classic on Decem💙ber 27 promises to be the toughest race since its inception in 2002, with multiple track world champion and recent Australian Cyclist of the Year Cameron Meyer hea♑dlining the field with his brother and Garmin-Transitions teammate, Travis.

With sponsorship from local cycling company 'Rapi▨d Cycling' (run by national MTB champions Rowena Fry and Ben Mather), the event will feature some of Tasmania's best cycling e𝓀xports, including Wes and Bernie Sulzberger, neo-pro Will Clarke, HTC-Columbia team member Matthew Goss and best young rider at the Giro d'Italia, Richie Porte.

Aaron Kemps will also be racing for Pegasus Sports and as holder of the national criterium jersey it ensures 🅺that all t𒊎hree current national road champions will be present.

Australian sprinters Graeme Brown and Leigh Howard will also start the race in addition to a host of local talent from the Genesys Wealth Advis🐻ers team, which took out the 2010 National Road Series championship this year. Australian National Road Series and Scody Cup champion Pat Shaw will also ride, with former team-mates Scott Law and Michael Freiburg taking part.

Drapac Porsche will take a three-pron❀ged attack spearheaded by 𒀰former junior world champion Tom Palmer with stalwarts Stuart Shaw and David Pell in support.

The building block for the careers of rideﷺrs such as Goss and Clarke, the Launceston🧸 Cycling Classic is an important part of the Australian calendar and race director Tom Sawyer is thrilled with the startlist. "The race is getting bigger every year and it's great to see so much interest from some of the Australia's best cyclists," said Sawyer.

"We'd love to see a home town winner⭕ again. Richie Porte - 'Mr People's Choice' - would look good on the honour roll. He's in good shape and we are hopeful one of the locals will claim victory."