Weekend warriors’ Raglan ride in the wild west featured in NZ Herald

The Saturday 14th July edition of the NZ Herald featured Raglan’s Karioi Classic with two articles about the cycling race. The first article ‘Weekend warriors’ wild ride in the west’, covered the race in general and featured a talk with Dr Mike Loten. A veteran of the 2010 and 2011 Karioi Classics, this year he is competing in the new double buster going twice round the mountain. To make sure he is ready each week, Mike is doing two short weekday rides and a long weekend ride. Dr Mike said,

“It has unrivalled scenery and a course that takes us around the Whaingaroa’s Mt Karioi. Varied riding, iconic Raglan culture, smaller, more intimate event, and the condition and age of some of the bikes and bikers entered make it a great day out.”

The second article covers the previous winner Sheldon Gorter.  Hamilton based 22-year-old Gorter has won the King of the Mountain twice before  and hopes to win it for the third time in the Karioi Classic in Raglan on July 29.

Event Information:

Saturday 28th July  at 10am, Wainui Road, Raglan

Cost:
Under 16 years                 $25 per rider;
Open                                $40 per rider.
Karioi Double Buster         $70 per rider
Tandem                            $70 per bike.
After 24 July registration   $10 late registration fee

Registration :
Registration will be open from 6.30am at the Raglan Fire Station, Wainui Rd.
No registrations will be accepted after 9.30am.
You can pre-register and pick-up your race apck on Friday, 27 July at the Speights Ale House, 30 Liverpool St Hamilton, from 5pm – 8pm.

Race Time:
Race will start at 10am sharp at the Raglan Fire Station. Karioi Double Buster will start at 7.30am. Finish is in Kopua Domain.