	{"id":126573,"date":"2026-01-30T14:36:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T03:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/surf-coast-welcomes-elite-women-cyclists-at-welcome-wave\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T04:13:13","slug":"surf-coast-welcomes-elite-women-cyclists-at-welcome-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/surf-coast-welcomes-elite-women-cyclists-at-welcome-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"Surf Coast welcomes elite women cyclists at Welcome Wave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE sound of cowbells again greeted the world&#8217;s best female cyclists to the Surf Coast yesterday (Thursday, January 29) at this year&#8217;s edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/female-cyclists-welcome-wave\/\">Welcome Wave<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dignitaries and special guests gathered at the top of the steps at the Jan Juc SLSC clubhouse to ring in the UCI Women&#8217;s WorldTour riders and team officials as they arrived at the annual celebratory event, hosted by the Surf Coast Shire and staged as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/cadel-evans-road-race-kicks-off\/\">Cadel Evans Road Race<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After a Smoking Ceremony, attendees enjoyed catering by Truffleduck, an AFL handball competition, and getting up close and personal with some native Australian animals provided by Wildlife Xposure.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_179620\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179620\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179620\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/ww3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-179620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wildlife Xposure brought several animals to display, including this snake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speakers included event MC and Surf Coast local Nicky Buckley, shire mayor Libby Stapleton, race director Scott Sunderland and race founder Cadel Evans.<\/p>\n<p>Stapleton said the shire was happy to be able to welcome the female riders again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a council, we&#8217;re just really to be able to support and put on a special event for you and celebrate what you bring &#8211; and it&#8217;s not just what you bring to world cycling, but what you each bring as female athletes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_179621\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179621\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179621\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/ww2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-179621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R: Maggie Coles-Lyster (Human Powered Health), Brodie Chapman (UAE Team ADQ) and Amanda Spratt (Lidl-Trek) played a spirited game of Celebrity Head and won metre-long bars of chocolate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sunderland apologised for the cancellation of the Surf Coast Classics on Wednesday this week and yesterday (Thursday, January 29), which were initially shifted from their Lorne-Torquay course to a Torquay-Torquay loop and ultimately called off entirely and replaced with yesterday&#8217;s Cadel&#8217;s Criteriums.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re so looking forward to the weekend, but we&#8217;re looking forward to being back here next year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After three or four years of hard, hard work to be a ProSeries level, next year&#8217;s race is going to be fantastic; 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