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Saturday, April 04, 2009 7:00 AM
Saturday, April 04, 2009 5:00 PM |
| Event Name: |
The Forrest Estate Graperide |
| Description |
The Forrest Estate Grape Ride traverses a 101km circuit through some of the most stunning scenery New Zealand has to offer. From the Forrest Estate Winery stone wall which is located in the capital of the New Zealand wine industry, Renwick, it’s a flat route to Blenheim. Riders then head north and gently climb into Picton with an exhilarating descent into the centre of the town. Climbing out of Picton, the route follows the picturesque Queen Charlotte Drive around the head of Queen Charlotte and Pelorus Sounds, literally a ride through nature’s photo album. The stunning scenery of Ngakuta and Momorangi Bays passes as the ride winds and twists to The Grove.
A flat ride to Linkwater leads onto Mahakipawa hill and more breathtaking scenery, followed by a descent to the outskirts of the mussel capital, Havelock. Left turn onto SH 6 and it’s homeward bound across gently rolling terrain, hopefully with the prevailing breeze at your back (we hope) and home to Renwick. Off the bike and you’re in the grapes with our celebrity guests, treading grapes for processing into an exclusive Forrest Estate vintage for next year’s event.
Like all previous Forrest Estate Graperides the 2008 event was simply a stunner. 2009 will again be limited to a field of 2,500 riders. Online entries are now available. We will again have new, returning, elite and international riders fronting up on April the 4th for the 5th edition of this great event. New categories will be "The Ultimate" a 10 lapper seeing riders complete 1010kms and we are also considering "The College" which is a category for riders attending college.
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| Time Table |
The new Ultimate 10 lapper will start the morning of the Thursday the 2nd of April Thursday. All other categories to start on Saturday the 4th. |
| Location |
Renwick, Marlborough, New Zealand.
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| Admission |
$85 individuals |
| Country: |
NEW ZEALAND |
| Region |
MARLBOROUGH |
| City: |
BLENHEIM |
| Email Address: |
Click Here |
| Website Address: |
http://www.graperide.co.nz |
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