2. Briefing Agenda
1. Event Overview
2. The Route
3. The Sites
4. Volunteer
Information
3. Event Overview
Sunday 19th October
www.springcycle.com.au
• 31st year of Spring Cycle
• 10 000+ participants
• 3 ride options
• The Real Insurance SPRING CYCLE is the
flagship event for the Cycling &
Wellbeing Festival and Sydney Rides
Festival.
Ride the Bridge. Ride Sydney.
8. Spring Cycle’s 100km Challenge Ride is designed for everyone (including
young adults aged 16yrs+) looking to test themselves and challenge their
long-distance cycling endurance. After taking in 50kms of Sydney’s iconic
landmarks including riding across the Sydney Harbour Bridge and traversing
the Inner West, Challenge Riders test their skill and endurance repeating a
4km loop around a Sydney Olympic Park circuit. Compete against yourself,
your friends, your colleagues – or be in it for the fun of an event not seen
before in NSW.
Cut off times
• 9:30am – Sydney Olympic Park (finish of first 55kms)
• 11:30am – Criterium loops completed (finish of final 45kms)
9. Spring Cycle’s 55km Polygon Classic Ride is ideal for everyone looking for an
adventure and takes in the best of Sydney’s iconic landmarks including
riding across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, before taking riders through the
Inner West and onto the festival finish at Sydney Olympic Park.
Cut off times
• 9:30am – Pirrama Park Rest Stop
• 12.00pm – Sydney Olympic Park cycleway (Victoria Road
entrance) (short-cut route activated)
***11.30am advertised to riders
• 1:00pm – Olympic Boulevard Finish
10. Spring Cycle’s 15km Sydney Rides the City is a family-friendly ride ideal for
the novice and social rider who want to experience the thrill of riding through
some of Sydney’s most iconic landmarks. It starts at St. Leonards Park in
North Sydney, rides over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and finishes at the
festival finish site Pirrama Park, Pyrmont.
Cut off times
• 8:30am – North Sydney Train Station (riders redirected to
bridge)
• 9:00am – Sydney Harbour Bridge
• 10:30am – Cahill Expressway
• 11:00am – Sussex Street at King Street (redirected over
Pyrmont Bridge)
• 11:30am – Pirrama Park Finish
11. Sectors Page 6 manual
Roles Team Leaders Start Point End Point
Hours of
Operation
Meeting Point Volunteer Shift
Train Station Assistant
Di Fielding
Jack Hammer
North Sydney Train Station North Sydney Train Station 6am - 8.30am
Station Masters Office - North
Sydney Train Station
5am - 9am
Start Site Assistant
David Anderberg
Alan Randal
Danny Mok
St Leonards Park St Leonards Park 6am - 8.30am Volunteer Tent St Leonards Park 5am - 10am
Registration Desk
Abigail Sia
Mary Bagtas
St Leonards Park St Leonards Park 6am - 8.30am Volunteer Tent St Leonards Park 5am - 9am
Sector A Route Marshal - 4.7kms Joe Farrugia
START - Miller Street nr. Carlow
Street, North Sydney
Conservatorium Rd/
Macquarie Street
6am - 9.15am Nth Sydney Train Station 5.30am - 9.45am
Sector B Route Marshal - 4.2kms
Doug Draper
Conservatorium Rd/Macquarie
Street
Bridge Street/
Conservatorium Road
6am - 10.30am Martin Place Train Station 5.30am - 11am
Sector C Route Marshal - 4.8kms Philip Johnston
Bridge Street/Conservatorium
Road
Sussex Street/ Hay Street 6.15am - 10.45amObservatory Hill 5.45am - 11.15am
Sector D Route Marshal - 5km Gordon Mai Sussex Street/Hay Street
Harris Street/ Thomas
Street, Pyrmont
6.30am - 10.45am Exhibition Centre Light Rail Stop 5.50am - 11.15am
City Finish Site Assistant Noel Patterson Pirrama Park Pirrama Park 6.30am - 2pm Volunteer Tent Pirrama Park 5.30am - 12pm
Sector E Route Marshal - 3.6kms Kirsten Karbowiak
Harris Street/Thomas Street,
Pyrmont
Jubilee Park Oval (prior to
bridge cross)
6.45am - 11.30amWentworth Park Light Rail 6.00am - 12pm
Sector F Route Marshal - 4km Lencia Macleod
Jubilee Park Oval (after bridge
crossing)
Canal Road/ Hawthorne
Canal Bridge Crossing
6.45am - 12pm
Central Station - driver pick up to
meet. Alternatively Jubilee Park
Oval (after bridge crossing)
5.50am - 12.30pm
Sector G Route Marshal - 5.2kms Les Robinson
Hawthorne Canal bridge
crossing/Richard Mudden
cycleway
Halliday Park Water Stop/
Udall Avenue, Five Dock
7am - 12pm Strathfield Train Station 6.10am - 12.30pm
Halliday Park Water Stop Site Assistant Maureen Robinson Halliday Park Halliday Park 7.15am - 12pm Volunteer Tent Halliday Park 6am - 1pm
