National Road Series

The National Road Series (NRS) is a series of bicycle races held each year in Australia, constituting the chief domestic road racing competition for cyclists. In March 2024, organizers announced it would end after 2024 to make way for the ProVelo Super League.

Overview

The series is organised by Cycling Australia.^[1] It includes one-day races, multi-stage tours, and criteriums. Races have been broadcast on SBS in past years.^[2] Since 2012, when Subaru became the naming rights sponsor, the series has also been known as the Subaru National Road Series.^[3] The series has produced many major UCI World Tour riders including Caleb Ewan, Grace Brown and Patrick Bevin.^{[citation needed]}

Events

Past events include:^[1][4][5]

• Adelaide Tour
• Amy’s Otway Classic, Amy's Otway Tour^[6][7]
• Battle on the Border
• Battle Recharge (Queensland)
• Giro della Donna (Victoria)
• Goulburn to Sydney
• Grafton to Inverell (New South Wales)
• Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic, the world's second oldest one-day race.^[8]
• Mersey Valley Tour
• National Capital Tour
• North Western Tour
• NRS on Zwift, during the COVID-19 pandemic^[9]
• Shipwreck Coast
• St Kilda Super Criterium
• Stan Siejka Classic (Tasmania)
• Summer Criterium Series
• Tour de Brisbane
• Tour de Perth
• Tour de Tweed
• Tour of Gippsland (Victoria)
• Tour of King Valley (Victoria)
• Tour of Tasmania
• Tour of Toowoomba
• Tour of the Great South Coast (Victoria)
• Tour of the Murray River
• Tour of the Tropics
• Trek Night Riders
• White Bay Criterium

Teams

As of 24 May 2020.^[10]

Men's

• ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast (UCI Continental)
• Avantias Pro Racing
• Butterfields – Insurance Advisernet p/b Van D’am Racing
• GPM Stulz
• InForm TM Insight MAKE
• Nero Continental (UCI Continental)
• Oliver's Real Food Racing (UCI Continental)
• Phoenix Cycling Collective
• Rauland Development Cycling Team
• South Australia Sports Institute
• St George Continental Cycling Team (UCI Continental)
• Subaru-Giant Racing Team
• Team BridgeLane (UCI Continental)
• Team CCS Canberra Men’s
• TRS Racing Team
• Velofit Australia
• Veris Racing Men’s Team

Women's

• ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast
• Knights x LMLY Racing
• Roxsolt Attaquer
• South Australia Sports Institute
• Specialized Women’s Racing
• StepFWD Suzuki
• Sydney Uni-Staminade
• Team CCS Canberra Women’s
• Veris Racing Women’s Team

References

1. Finch-Penninger, Jamie (9 March 2018). "National Road Series 2018 calendar confirmed". SBS. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
2. "Subaru National Road Series Season 1 Episode 9". SBS. Special Broadcasting Service. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
3. "Subaru National Road Series". Subaru Australia. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
4. "Historical Rankings". National Road Series. Cycling Australia. 2016–2019. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
5. "National Road Series". The Roar. Sports 3.0 Pty Ltd. 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
6. "Amy's Otway Classic set for a Great Ocean ride this September". Amy Gillett Foundation. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
7. "Classic race becomes a Tour; Amy's Otway Tour to feature two stages in Victoria's picturesque Surf Coast Shire". Amy Gillett Foundation. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
8. "National Road Series: Melbourne to Warrnambool". SBS. Special Broadcasting Service. 23 February 2020. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
9. "Upcoming Events: National Racing Series on Zwift – Round #3". National Road Series. Cycling Australia. May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
10. "Meet the teams". National Road Series. Cycling Australia. Retrieved 25 May 2020.