Tour of Margaret River 2017. It begins.

Here we go again – it’s ToMR time!!! Get ready, because Expressions of interest are about to open.

Shameless publishing of that time we met Marianne Vos. Shameless, I say.

The Tour of Margaret River is an annual, raced over three stages and three days, 9th to 12th November 2017, in the iconic South West region of WA. SPR has been represented at ToMR since…… forever. ToMR is in a Pro Race-like environment with a bigger-than-ever-before “Pro-Register”, where current top level and retired legendary pro riders are amongst the teams. Speak with the
SPRouleurs who have raced it previously, or read here, here,  here, here, here or here and you’ll hear how this is one of the best run events going around. So much fun, and if I haven’t mentioned it before, last year we rode with Marianne Vos. The one and only. True story.

This year the ToMR Village is based in a new location – the town of Nannup for the duration of the three days of racing. So we’re looking at 50 minutes’ drive to the start/finish location in Nannup. Teams of six riders, racing three stages, different formats and different courses to previous years:

  • Stage 1 40km Team Time Trial sees a start and finish in Nannup. The teams are seeded for subsequent stages, recorded at the 5th team rider crossing the line – tactics count, as you cannot drop (or sacrifice) your team mates.
  • Stage 2 50km Road Race doesn’t let up, following the start of last year’s stage 3 from Nannup to Greenbushes. It’s a hilly course with 2 significant climbs (and needing a ride or a car shuttle back).
  • Stage 3 110km of hills is a tough day, starting  in Nannup via Balingup, Kirup and back to Nannup.

Take a look for yourself…. http://www.tourofmargaretriver.com/

Mid-Tour Transition stage – transitioning from hungry to full and sleepy.

As with previous years, SPR will be staying in team houses. We are booking self-contained houses of a generous size and based in Dunsborough where we can locate all the team houses nearer each other – this is an SPR Club outing, after all.  This year we will be running a package-only arrangement inclusive of accommodation and race registration, expected to be somewhere between $600 and $650.

We will open expressions of interest soon, from which will be formed an “SPR Squad”, with graded teams to be nominated dependant on form and speed – graded by the *APRC and the SPR ToMR Team Manager.

Get ready………………………..

*APRC – All-Powerful Race Committee

KB. Focus.