Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 March 2024
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In 2024 the Mansfield Mt Buller Cycling Club will host The Mansfield Hotel Tour powered by Orcoda on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 March. Just to get you in the mood, here’s a little video of the 2022 race…
Changes for 2024
New Stage 2
We are very excited that Race Director Jarrod Appleton has gained approval from the various authorities to use a new route for Stage 2, known as the Col du Tolmielet Circuit. It’s a 37km anticlockwise circuit which includes the climb up Old Tolmie Road and the magnificent flowing descent down Whitfield Road. Since the inception of the Mansfield Tour a decade ago MMBCC has dreamt of taking the race to Tolmie. These are the best roads in the Mansfield district and the ones the local cyclists use the most. We are delighted to offer the best Mansfield has to offer to participants in the 2024 tour.
Scroll down this page to Stage 2 for more details.
New start for Stage 3
Stage 3 to Mt Buller will be largely unchanged; but it will start on the Mt Buller side of Mansfield to make it easier to meet traffic management requirements.
Scroll down this page to Stage 3 for more details.
Masters Age Change
AusCycling Vic are limiting Masters Men B and Masters Men C to those 40 years old and over.
Start List and Results
The Start List and Results will be available here once we have a link.
Categories
J19, M23, Elite Men, Elite Womens, All MMas, All WMas
Grades
Open to Individuals and Teams in the following 11 grades:
Men's A, B, C & U19.
Women's A, B & C
Masters Men A, B (40+) & C (40+)
Fees
$185 to enter. Entries close at midnight Monday 11 March 2024.
Entries
Entries via Entry Boss using the links below…
For an Individual Rider entry use this link; or
For a Team Rider entry, for A-grades only, use this link.
Technical Guide
Click here to download the Technical Guide for the 2024 Tour.
Lights
As per AusCycling Victoria rules, ALL entrants need a constant beam, red tail light that is visible from 200 metres installed on either the seat post or seat stay for every stage of the Tour of Mansfield... yes, even the Time Trial!
Registration
Registration on Friday night, from 6pm to 9pm, will be at the Mansfield Hotel - this is where the presentations will be too.
Registration will also be available on Saturday morning at the Time Trial start/finish.
Prizes
The RANDOM PRIZE DRAW is back - bigger and better - at Presentations at the Mansfield Hotel on Saturday night from 7pm. All entrants are encouraged to attend to share in thousands of dollars worth of prizes from All Terrain Cycles.
Plus there’ll be thousands of $$$ in prizes for those on the podium from the Mansfield Mt Buller Cycling Club.
Here’s what’s was on offer in 2022:
Krush bike care kits; and
A whole heap of stuff from All Terrain Cycles:
Vittoria Corsa N.ext tyres and casquettes;
Smith Wildcat sunglasses;
Specialized bidons, hats and mussettes;
Trek Flare tail light;
Trek Solstice helmet;
Dynaplug tubeless repair kits;
Chaptah pumps;
Guee socks and computer mounts;
Merida t-shirts and umbrellas!
and more!
STAGE 1: Saturday Morning - 10km ITT
Start Location: Stoneleigh Road, Mansfield (near the corner of Monkey Gully Road). Yes, it’s right near the cemetery but please don’t take it as a sign of impending doom!
Start Times: from 8.00am (exact times TBA).
All grades: Start Stoneleigh Rd, Mansfield (just west of the Monkey Gully Rd intersection), veer left into Owens Creek Road, turn left onto Merinda Way, left onto Monkey Gully Road and finish near the start line.
This course is so new that Google Maps hasn’t even included it yet, so here is a rudimentary Course Map and basic Profile.
Stage 1 Course Map
Stage 1 Course Profile
There will be coffee and snacks available at the Mansfield Cemetery car park near Start/Finish area.
STAGE 2: Saturday Afternoon - Distance varies with grade - Col du Tolmielet Loop
Stage 2 starts 6km north of Mansfield on the Mansfield-Whitfield Road. (Parking is available.)
Start Location: 640 Mansfield-Whitfield Road, Mansfield. Parking is available, please follow directions from marshals.
Start Times: to be confirmed from 2.00pm.
All Grades: An anti-clockwise loop - south along Mansfield-Whitfield Road, then turn left into Barwite Road; left onto Old Tolmie Road; left on Mansfield-Whitfield Road and back to the finish line.
111km (3 laps): Men A.
74km (2 laps): Women A, Men B, Masters Men A, Masters Men B, J19 Men.
37km (1 lap): Women B, Women C, Men C, Masters Men C.
Click here for STAGE TWO Course Map and basic Profile on Google Maps. For a more detailed version, use this one on Map-o-Meter.
All Terrain Cycles Sprint
Sprint: 7.6km - 445 Old Tolmie Road, Barwite (900m after the left turn into Old Tolmie Road)
Mansfield Crushing KoM / Paton Air Helicopters QoM
To be confirmed.
STAGE 3: Sunday Morning - 46km - Mt Buller Road Race
Start Location: Mansfield Commercial Complex, 165 Mt Buller Road, Mansfield. Click here for Google Street View.
Start Times: to be confirmed from 8.00am.
Left onto Mt Buller Road; then proceed to Mt Buller Village.
For STAGE THREE Course Map and basic Profile on Google Maps, click here.
All Terrain Cycles Sprint
Sprint: 17.6km - Merrijig Motor Inn, Mt Buller Road, Merrijig.
Mansfield Crushing KoM / Paton Air Helicopters QoM
KoM/QoM: 46km - Stage finish, Mt Buller.
Spectator recommendations
Stage 1
The ITT course is open to traffic, so travel clockwise around the course (opposite to the riders) and choose a spot. From within the Merinda Park estate, there are beautiful views across and down the Owens Creek valley towards Mansfield.
Stage 2
Photographers, drive north along Mansfield-Whitfield Road towards Tolmie and turn right onto the dirt of Tabletop Road, about 10km north of Mansfield. There is event parking on the right just before you get to Old Tolmie Road. Watch all the riders as they crest the main climb of the day.
Or keep driving down the Old Tolmie Road and turn right onto Melba Road and park. The riders will be coming past you here on the steepest part of the climb.
Stage 3
Get up to Mt Buller to cheer the riders as they cross the line.
Need accommodation?
Visit the local Mansfield - Mt Buller website which has lots of accommodation options. There are many and varied options around the district - nothing is too far away!
Partner/Family wanting a weekend away?
Bring them along! There are lots of activities happening in Mansfield 16-17 March.
Mansfield Armchair Cinema will be open all weekend. Checkout their screening times and what’s on here.
Mountain biking at Mt Buller, including the awesome Australian Alpine Epic.
Plus, lots of bike-friendly cafes, retail therapy and plenty of outdoor activities. For more information, click here.
Many thanks to Ernesto Arriagada, Dion Jelbart, Jean-Pierre Ronco, Ed Hore and Bruce Halket for the images on this page.