Saturday, January 20th, 2024
For the eighth year, the Gravel and Tar Classic UCI 1.2 event will be held over the beautiful roads of the Manawatu region.
The 135 km international elite men’s cycling race with five gravel sectors will be run on the 20th of January 2024. It has a reputation as Oceania region’s hardest single day road race on the UCI Calendar. The 2024 race route can be found here.
To enter your team, please contact Steve Stannard +64(0)226848718, steve@gravelandtar.com
The winner in 2023 year was Ben Oliver from the MitoQ - NZ Cycling Project. He was followed to the line 3 minutes 16 secnds later by the NZ Champ, James Fouche. 15 seconds further back was Paul Wright. Both James and Paul are from the strong NZ Black Spoke Cycling Team.
Toughness of the race was evidenced by the fact that of the 75 starters only 34 finished!
Results of the 2023 event can be found here and here.
Cycling New Zealand media coverage can be found here.
See the promo video below to get excited about this great gravel cycling event
