• FREE Coffee for a Year!

• Official Event Guide

• Event Details and Features

• Course Familiarisation

• Event Kit Mailout and Jersey

• Bike Service, Safety and Ethics

• Medical & Insurance Cover

• Ride Rebuild Revive

• Kinglake Hill Climb Simulator

• AFL Legend Garry Lyon Chats to Will Walker

• Sponsor Messages

FREE coffee for a year is on offer at Degani Bakery Cafe's for ALL participants who enter the Degani Kinglake Ride 2009*! Simply show up at any Degani Bakery Cafe store in your 2009 event jersey to receive your free coffee... and you have an entire year to continue taking advantage of this offer!

Offer is valid for 12 months from 1st July 2009 to 30th June 2010, at any one of their 25 stores!

Click Here for Degani Store Locations

*please note, the official event jersey must be worn when redeeming free coffee.

The Official Event Guide will be emailed to all registered participants of the Degani Kinglake Ride 2009 during the first week of September.

The Event Guide is an important tool to help you prepare for and enjoy the event. Please make sure you read the information carefully, from what to do on event day, emergency numbers and procedures, course details and more.

SuperSprint recommend detaching the back page of the Official Event Guide upon receiving via email, consisting of the Course Map and Emergency Details. Keep this in the back pocket of your official Nalini event jersey for reference.

Date: Sunday 13th September 2009
Location: Start/Finish - Whittlesea (Melways 246 H8). Start/Finish - Digger Hall Reserve
Time: from 7:30am
Distances: 120km and 70km
Entry Fees: 120km ($130)   70km ($105)
Entry: Entries CLOSE 4th September 2009, or earlier if field limit of 3,000 is reached . No entries on race day. NB - Minimum age 16 years for the 70km; 18 years for the 120km course - as of event day 13th September 2009.

+ Click Here for More Details

+ Click Here to Enter

+ Click Here for Start Zones and Recommended Ability

What you get...

• Exclusive Degani Kinglake Ride 2009 cycling jersey by Nalini (RRP$139)
• Free coffee for a year at Degani Bakery Café's
• Official event race bib, helmet sticker and wristband
• Ascend Sports Nutrition products on course and post event
• Degani Event Drink Bottle
• The National Confectionary Company Lollies
• 2-4-1 Hotham hydro pass voucher (valued at $40) for use at the Onsen Retreat & Spa, Dinner Plain
• RIDE Magazine
• Sunday Herald Sun newspaper
• Fruit on course and at the Finish
• The best on-course mechanical support from SRAM
• High level oncourse medical support (including 3 ambulances)
• Sponsor products and offers

Course Description

Take the opportunity to familiarise yourself with the spectacular course featuring two challenging climbs - the first being the 7.2km climb to the top of Kinglake National Park - 546m above sea level! The second climb kicks in as you leave Flowerdale, drawing you closer to the peak of Kinglake West!

Click Here for a Course Description

Course Maps and Profiles

120km Course Profile

70km Course Profile

Course Maps

Course Cut Off Times

There will be a Sag Wagon on both the 120km and 70km courses, leaving locations at specified ride cut-off times. All cyclists must stay ahead of the sag wagon.

Click Here for Ride Cut Off Times

The final mailout for event kits and jerseys for all participants who entered after June 30th will be during the first week of September.

What's in your Event Kit:

• Official Nalini Event Jersey: we encourage you to wear this at the event. A random prize will be awarded to one lucky winner on the day for wearing the official event jersey!
• Event Bib Number: This is to be pinned to the BACK of your top and should be visible throughout the entire ride. Please write your name, emergency contact details and any medical conditions on the blank side of your event number.
• Event Helmet Sticker: To be placed at the FRONT of your helmet.
• Event Wristband: This is to go on either wrist. The colour indicates the Start Zone you are to start the ride in.

Jersey Sizing

To help ensure you receive a jersey that fits the way you like, all participants have the opportunity to try on a Nalini jersey at selected Degani Bakery Cafe stores and to use the Nalini sizing chart to ensure the perfect fit is ordered.

*Note, due to overwhelming popularity, as of 9am 20th June, the XXL and XXXL sizes are no longer available in the final entry spots. Please chose an alternate size.

+ Click Here for Sizing Chart

+ Click Here for Degani Bakery Cafe Store Locations with Jersey Sizes

Bike Service

Your bicycle must be roadworthy. It is important that you take responsibility to ensure all items are in good working order. SuperSprint recommend that your bike is serviced prior to the event and that you carry spare tubes, patch kit, tyre levers and a pump.

CBD Cycles are the official bike shop for the event.
You can get your bike serviced at CBD Cycles (03) 9639 2299 or email sales@cbdcycles.com.au

Bike Safety & Ethics

When you ride as a group, your conduct will directly affect the flow of the group on the road. Riding in a group such as this will have a mix of experienced riders, and those who have not fully developed their pack riding skills. It is important to recognise which category of rider you fit into, and act accordingly.

• Strong riders need to protect the weaker – don’t expose them to the dangers on the road.
• Weaker riders need to make the group aware they are struggling, uncomfortable with the current situation or unsure of how to handle the current conditions.

Below are a number of key points to be aware of throughout the ride:

• keep your eyes forward
• make the group "aware" of obstacles
• do not overlap wheels
• keep left unless overtaking
• do not overtake on descents
• use correct water bottles
• learn the pack dynamics of turning

+ Click Here to Read More on 'Rules and Safety'

Ambulance Cover

SuperSprint contract Ambulance Victoria to provide paramedic and ambulance support on course - three will be in attendance. Mobile Medical support will also be on course, including Doctors, Sports Trainers, Paramedics and a Medical Support Vehicle. It is strongly recommended that participants have ambulance cover – ambulances will be in attendance at the event, however if you require transport by ambulance you will be charged for this service

Insurance

The Degani Kinglake Ride 2009 is covered by public liability insurance but this does not cover accidents caused by individuals or other riders. It is therefore strongly recommended that you have personal accident insurance (Cycling Australia, Bicycle Australia, Triathlon Australia) or medical cover along with ambulance cover, or a suitable level of health insurance.

All riders entering the 2009 Degani Kinglake Ride will have the opportunity to raise funds for CFA Volunteer Leadership and Training programs so that they can continue to assist those affected by the bushfires in the Kinglake region.

Details regarding the fundraising execution for participants will be confirmed in detail in personalised emails within the next month, as well as information posted on the website.

The CFA will also be volunteering their time at Refreshment Stations on course and the Finish area - so don't forget to carry some spare change in your pockets to pop in their tins!

Cycling Specific Strategies [CSS] will be in Melbourne from 28th Aug – 9th Sept and will be conducting a number of activities, these include;

• Time Trial Clinic/s for Triathletes/Cyclists.
• Degani Ride Simulator – ride the hill indoors, don’t  get any surprises on the day.
  • Correct Gear selection. This is an area that is overlooked by many riders, get the right advice.
  • Be advised what cluster [rear cogs] will be needed.
• Ensure gears are shifting effectively and adjust as required.
• One on One Cycling advice.
• Hill Climbing Clinic/Session.
• Computrainer Testing/Session.

The first 25 participants to sign up will receive a 1 month Complimentary Online Cycling Program developed by CSS.

For dates and details contact CSS on cyclingspecificstrategies@live.com.au or call 0413 867 440

AFL Legend Garry Lyon chats exclusively with cycling sensation Will Walker about all things 2 wheels including the 2009 event, the illness that's keeping him out of the saddle and just how good those Kinglake climbs really are!

Will Walker is the Degani Kinglake Ride 2009 event ambassador and one of Australia’s rising stars!

+ Click Here to Watch the Exclusive Interview

Degani Bakery Cafe

Degani Bakery Cafe Cycling Clothing Offer to Degani Kinglake Ride 2009 participants! 

Great opportunity to purchase Melbourne’s most popular cycling kit made by the worlds leading cycling clothing manufacturer Nalini.

• Degani Bakery Cafe Jersey – RRP  $139  Special $79
• Degani Bakery Cafe Bib Knicks – RRP $199  Special $ $99  
• 3/4 Degani Bakery Cafe Bib Knicks – RRP $220 Special $139
• Full Thermal Degani Bakery Cafe Bib Knicks – RRP $249 Special $159

To take advantage of this offer, click on the following link http://www.degani.com.au/specials and purchase online.    

Ascend

At ASCEND we’ve delivered a breakthrough in sports protein technology, with the discovery of new bioactive components from milk that improve strength recovery and muscle function.

Clinical trials by internationally recognised sports physiologists and biochemists show that 100% muscle strength recovery can be achieved within a staggering 24 hours!*  So get on your bike and make ASCEND a part of your training strategy.

To find out more on the science of ASCEND or to purchase, visit www.ascendsport.com.au

ASCEND.  Train harder.  More often.

*Buckley,J.D., Journal of Science & Medicine in Sport, 2008.

Hotham

If you need an excuse to get to the snow…Hotham’s Village is at 1750m – so just being here means you’re training for the Degani Kinglake ride at altitude! And we have an awesome offer just for you…

Spring into Schnapps

• 5 night’s accommodation in a 2 bedroom Schnapps apartment
• 5 day all mountain lift pass
• 5 days equipment hire at Hotham Sports
• 5 adult group lessons or
• 5 half days at the Kids Snowzone
• From $792 per adult & $616 per child.

Valid from 30 August – 27 September 2009. Based on 6 share. Subject to availability.
Quote code: V5DHOTSCH

If you only take one holiday – make it Hotham!

To book call 1800 hotham or email holidays@hotham.com.au

SRAM

SRAM started in 1987 with the vision to make the riding experience better. Today they have three complete road gruppos each with different materials, combinations and details but all sharing the same purpose, to bring precision, durability and ease of actuation to you in a light ergonomic and aerodynamic package that has no match.

2009 Tour de France GC 1st, 2nd and 3rd place all rode SRAM Red. What do you chose to ride?

+ Click Here for SRAM Website

RIDE Magazine

Issue 45 of Ride Cycling Review is on sale now!

Another huge issue of RIDE Cycling Review is on sale now featuring a full 26-page Giro d’Italia review including interviews with Denis Menchov and Simon Gerrans, Mark Cavendish, Lance’s Grand Tour return and Michael Rogers, an in-depth look Cadel Evans’ second at the 2009 Dauphiné Libéré, a selection of stunning images from April’s Classics, six of the latest bikes stripped, critiqued, rebuilt and reviewed and much more!

On sale now or subscribe at: www.ridemedia.com.au