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The 176km Cadel Evans Nice Ocean Highway Race, which begins and finishes in Geelong, will happen on Sunday, January 28, 2024.
After making some changes from earlier years and operating the race in the wrong way in its 2023 return after a two-year hiatus, the organisers have continued with the identical route for this 12 months’s race.
Heaing out from the beginning on the Geelong waterfront, the course winds and climbs its method by means of Highton, Ceres with the primary uphill problem, Barrabool and Moriac earlier than diverting to the coast. Echelons might strike because the peloton transverses the uncovered Thirteenth Seashore stretch earlier than turning inland from Ocean Grove, and heading by means of the Bellarine Peninsula again towards Geelong metropolis.
The ultimate 68 kilometres might be contested throughout 4 laps on the ending circuit, with the steep ascent of Challambra. The a number of 830m climb sequence might be a pivotal part within the race and presents an excellent alternative for breakaways within the flip for the end.
After capturing these King of the Mountain factors on Challambra, the riders velocity down Scenic Highway into Queens Park. After a left flip and climb of Melville Avenue, the race then continues up Minerva Highway, connecting by means of to Church Road to the end line on the Geelong waterfront.