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Individual time trials will run all day on Wednesday, 12 January from 8am, beginning with the all-abilities athletes from 8am, before the masters at 10am, the under-19 men at 1pm, under-19 women at 1.50pm, the under-23 men at 2.45pm, the under-23 and elite women at 3.45pm, and the elite men from 5.30pm.<\/p>\n
The time trials for club teams will begin at 10am on Thursday 13 January, before the criterium action starts on Sturt Street at 10.30am on Friday morning, 14 January.<\/p>\n
The masters\u2019 30-minute race will kick things off, before the under-19 women compete at 2.20pm over 15 laps of the 1.1-kilometre course.<\/p>\n
The under-19 men will start at 3pm, completing 20 laps, the under-23 men take off at 3.50pm, racing for 30 laps, while the under-23 and elite women will complete 40 laps from 5pm.<\/p>\n
At 6.30pm, the elite men will begin their 40-lap criterium and wrap up the day\u2019s program.<\/p>\n
From 7.30am on Saturday, 15 January, intellectually impaired and para-cyclists will race up to seven laps of their 10.2-kilometre Mount Buninyong road race course.<\/p>\n
The under-19 women and men will ride from 9.40am and 9.50am, completing six and nine laps of the regular 11.6-kilometre course respectively, before the under-23 men compete at 1.20pm for 12 laps.<\/p>\n At 5.15pm, amateur riders from age 16 to seniors will participate in the Gran Fondo, tackling the road race course for themselves, over five laps.<\/p>\n The ultimate day of competition, Sunday, 16 January, will begin at 8.50am with the under-23 and elite women\u2019s road race over nine laps. At 12.30pm, the elite men will take off, ride for 16 laps, and conclude the RoadNats for 2022.<\/p>\n To be broadcast for another year on SBS, and internationally through the Global Cycling Network, the National Championship program will spotlight and celebrate the Ballarat region as a tourist and cycling destination.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a fantastic opportunity to highlight both the sport and our city\u2019s beautiful landscape across the world,\u201d Cr Moloney said.<\/p>\n \u201cBallarat is a cycling city. We have the\u202froads,\u202fwe have the\u202fracetracks,\u202fand we have the trails for every level\u202fand every form of cycling.<\/p>\n \u201cThe\u202fCity of Ballarat\u202frecognises not only the value\u202fof\u202fcycling as healthy social\u202frecreation,\u202fbut it also recognises the\u202ftremendous\u202fsporting value and its global popularity across its many forms.\u201d<\/p>\n Visit roadnationals.org.au\/schedule<\/strong> for more information.<\/p>\n A free community movie night will be held on Saturday, 15 January, in conjunction with the Gran Fondo.<\/p>\n The Gran Fondo starts at 5.15pm, with live music and food trucks from 5.30pm in De Soza Park, and a free showing of Space Jam: A New Legacy<\/em> on the big screen from 7.30pm.<\/p>\n The movie stars basketball legend LeBron James and a huge variety of Looney Tunes characters, including old favourites Bugs Bunny, Sylvester the Cat, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Marvin the Martian and Speedy Gonzales. The running time for the movie is just under two hours.<\/p>\n Organiser Justin Lane from GTR Events says this year\u2019s RoadNats is a welcome return to some sort of normalcy compared to last year\u2019s heavily restricted and postponed event.<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s all coming along really nicely,\u201d he said. \u201cSome of the restrictions that we had to have last year we no longer need. It’s all looking really, really positive, and everyone’s getting pretty excited about it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFor the Friday and Sunday events, we’re expecting anything up to 10,000 spectators. For the Gran Fondo on the Saturday night, we\u2019re looking at about 700 or so.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/DSC_0730-200x300.jpg\")