The season-opening round of the Australian National Road Series may well set the standard for the bolstered 14-event calendar with the🐽 Woodside Tour de Perth attracting a primed and motivated field for the four-day t🔜our that kicks-off on Rottnest Island from 11 April.

It's the first race of the New Year for many of Aust🍎ralia's top domestic riders and while some racers have filled the early months of the 2013 with some Asia-based tours most will be stepping into their first multi-day race of the year.

The number one squad from the NRS in 2012, Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisers has local Perth rider Anthony Giacoppo who will be motivated to get his first NRS win of 2013 while a number of other squads like Budget Forklifts, GPM-Data#3,ꦅ search2retain, Target-Trek and Perth-registered squads Satalyst-Giant and Bianchi-Lotto-Arbitrage will be looking to get the season off to a winning start.