{"id":86494,"date":"2022-12-02T04:55:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T17:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?p=86494"},"modified":"2022-12-01T12:50:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T01:50:06","slug":"roadnats-ready-to-roll-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/roadnats-ready-to-roll-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"RoadNats ready to roll in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BALLARAT is set to be a city of bikes for another summer as the Federation University Road National Cycling Championships roll back to the region.<\/p>\n<p>Cyclists will battle to become Australian criterium, time trial or road race champions when the RoadNats are staged between Friday, 6 and Tuesday, 10 January, and the event is expected to attract 15,000 visitors to town.<\/p>\n<p>Central Ballarat will come to life on Friday afternoon with the criteriums raced on the spectacular Sturt Street boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>The next day the best amateurs in the country will take part in the Gran Fondo ride on the Mount Buninyong course along with the under 19s and under 23 men in the road race.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday it\u2019s the para-cycling, under-23 women, and elite men and women battling it out for road race glory.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_86496\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86496\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-86496\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/12\/2022114-0M0A9357-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/12\/2022114-0M0A9357-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/12\/2022114-0M0A9357-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/12\/2022114-0M0A9357-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/12\/2022114-0M0A9357-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/12\/2022114-0M0A9357-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/12\/2022114-0M0A9357-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruby Roseman-Gannon salutes on the Sturt Street boulevard as she wins the elite women\u2019s criteriums green and gold jersey. Photo: FILE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then on Monday and Tuesday focus switches to the time trials that\u2019ll set off from FedUni\u2019s Mount Helen campus.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Plapp, the 2022 elite men\u2019s national road champion, said the RoadNats now hold a special place in his heart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one of the first things I pencil into a season calendar and work towards,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been a year to remember, taking the green and gold to Europe and trying to showcase the jersey as best as I could.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year is sure to be one of the most star-stacked fields we have seen in some time with the majority of Australia\u2019s best WorldTour riders returning, and also the high quality of riders that are coming out of the domestic scene and peaking for Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen a number of young Aussies turning pro after successful summers, and I look forward to seeing who stands out this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_86499\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86499\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-86499\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/12\/2H3A5578-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/12\/2H3A5578-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/12\/2H3A5578-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/12\/2H3A5578-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/12\/2H3A5578-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/12\/2H3A5578-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2022\/12\/2H3A5578-scaled.jpg 1708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luke Plapp claimed his first elite men\u2019s Australian national championship on Mount Buninyong last summer. Photo: FILE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ruby Roseman-Gannon, last summer\u2019s elite women\u2019s criterium champion, said she\u2019s motivated to return to the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no other race in Australia that has the crowds, atmosphere and community enthusiasm that Ballarat\u2019s RoadNats hosts every year,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>City of Ballarat mayor Cr Des Hudson said the return of the RoadNats cements Ballarat\u2019s position as the country\u2019s home of road cycling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether it\u2019s the criterium thrills on Sturt Street, or the endurance events in Mount Helen and Buninyong, or perhaps some of the mass participation events, there really is something for everybody,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo host the event for 17 consecutive years shows just how valuable it is to us as a city.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BALLARAT is set to be a city of bikes for another summer as the Federation University Road National Cycling Championships roll back to the region. 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