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, it was announced the series would be retired at the end of 2024 with the launch of 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 have included:[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 teams

Women's teams

  • 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