Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic

One-day cycling race

Melbourne to Warrnambool

Riders in the 2007 race, near Werribee on the outskirts of Melbourne

Riders in the 2007 race, near Werribee on the outskirts of Melbourne

General
Established | 1895
Held | October
Country | Australia
Region | South West Victoria
Type | One day classic
Data
Editions | 104
First Winner | Andrew Calder (NZ)
Most Recent | Mark O'Brien (AUS), Lucinda Stewart (AUS)
Most Wins | P.Besanko, D. Allan, 3 times
Record Time | 5 hours and 12 minutes
by Dean Woods in 1990 (267 km)

The Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic cycling race is a one-day road bicycle race. The race started in 1895 and is Australia's oldest one day race and the world's second oldest one day race, after the Liège–Bastogne–Liège Classic. Historically until 1938 the race started in Warrnambool and finished 165 miles (266 km) later in Melbourne. In 1895 the race was run in the opposite direction, from Melbourne to Warrnambool and then again from 1939.[1] The route started in the Melbourne central business district and followed the Princes Highway to Warrnambool on Victoria's western coast. This traditional route was the longest race on the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) calendar, the exact distance varying slightly over time.

The race was a handicap event from 1895 to 1995, with riders leaving Melbourne at different intervals. From 1996 the race has been conducted as a Scratch Race with a mass start with up to 250 entrants, categorized into A, B, C, and D grades over a distance of 267 kilometres (166 mi). In 2004 it was changed to 299.1 kilometres (185.9 mi). In the towns on route there are now sprint points to be earned for a sprint champion competition. With six climbs during the day, a King of the Mountains championship is also at stake.

While the race usually attracts Australia's best locally based road cyclists, the increasing number of Australians racing for European-based professional teams have rarely entered since 2010. The race is also open to amateur club cyclists who race for the prizes in the secondary grades, or just to finish before the designated cutoff time.

In 2009 the race start was shifted to Werribee, on Melbourne's outer south-western outskirts, and the race distance shortened to 258 kilometres (160 mi). Several additional hills were added to the route near Camperdown. The primary difficulty of the race remains its length and the strong crosswinds which affect the course. There was no race in 2018 as the event moved from its October date in 2017 to be held in February 2019. The course was also changed, starting at Avalon Airport, through Geelong, Winchelsea, Colac and Port Campbell, before finishing in Warrnambool.[2]

## History

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In 1895 Don Charlston conceived the first race after riding from Warrnambool to Melbourne in a personal time trial. The first race was held on 5 October 1895 and won by New Zealander Andrew Calder in 11 hours 44 minutes, with a two-hour handicap start for the 165-mile trip. He suffered a puncture near Geelong which lost him 20 minutes, but crossed the line with a lead of 31 minutes. The fastest time during this first race was recorded by Jim Carpenter from scratch who took 10 hours 52 minutes and finished in 4th place. Of the 50 riders that entered, 24 started and only 7 finished the race. A second race occurred ten weeks later over the same distance.

From 1901 to 1939 the title of Long Distance Road Champion of Australasia was awarded with the Blue Riband to the fastest time over the full distance of 165 miles (266 km). Riders attended from all over Australia and New Zealand.[3] From 1902 the fastest NSW rider in the Goulburn to Sydney Classic was selected to appear for NSW.[4][5] In 1923 a sprint point was introduced for the first 100 miles (160 km). The first winner was Jack Beasley from Fitzroy in what was claimed as a world record time of 4h 37' 57".[6]

In 1927 the Warrnambool to Melbourne was replaced by the Dunlop Grand Prix, a 690.5 miles (1,111.3 km) race over four stages, with the 4th stage being from Warrnambool to Melbourne.[7][8] In 1934 the Warrnambool to Melbourne was again replaced by a stage race, the Centenary 1000, a 1,102 miles (1,773 km) race over seven stages, with the 1st stage being from Melbourne to Warrnambool.[9] In 1946, the first year following the end of the second World War, the Warrnambool to Melbourne was replaced by the Victorian Cycling Grand Prix held over 195 miles (314 km) from Bendigo to Melbourne, the longest and richest one day event held in Australia that year.[10]

From 1947 to 1949 the title of 150-mile Professional Road Champion of Australia was awarded at a sprint point 150 miles (240 km) into the Warrnambool to Melbourne.[11] From 1950 the Australian national road race title was run as a separate event.[12]

Olympic medal winning cyclist, Dean Woods, set the race record time of 5 hours and 12 minutes in 1990 over the shorter distance than the race is presently 267 kilometres (166 mi) in 1990.

In 1995 a monument commemorating the race winners was unveiled near the finish line on Raglan Parade, Warrnambool by two times Blue Riband Winner, Sir Hubert Opperman. An honour board was added in 2001 in acknowledgement of the many volunteers involved in the race.

The first woman known to have entered the race was Pauline Walters in 1979. She did not complete the race on her first attempt, but in 1980 Walters and Beryl Burton became the first two women to finish the race.[13] In 2015, the Melbourne to Warrnambool established a separate category for female entrants in an effort by Cycling Victoria to make cycling more female friendly.[14] In 2022, a separate women's race, the Warrnambool Women's classic, was added.[15] The inaugural Women's Warrnambool Classic in 2022 was won by Maeve Plouffe.[16]

In 2021 the race was scheduled for 13 February. However, the day before the race it was postponed due to a snap lockdown declared by the Victorian government to control a coronavirus outbreak.[17] The race was rescheduled to 1 May.[18]

### Winners 1895–1995

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Winners 1895–1995  Year  | Winner  | Handicap  | Blue Riband  | Fastest Time  | Ref.

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1895  |  Andrew Calder (NZ) | 2 hours | Jim Carpenter, Vic  | 10h 52' 0" | [19]
1895  | William Nicol | 90 min | Jim Carpenter, Vic  | 12h 53' 0" | [20]
1896  | Jim Carpenter, Vic  | scratch | Jim Carpenter, Vic  | 8h 40' 5" | [21]
1897  | Bill "Newhaven" Jackson, Vic  | 10 min | Bill "Newhaven" Jackson, Vic  | 9h 51' 9" | [22]
1898  | W Collins | 90 min | Bill Adams, Vic  | 9h 8' 45" | [23]
1901  | Albert Nioa | 40 min |  Andy Ralston (NZ) | 9h 0' 30" | [24]
1902  | Matt Chappell | 55 min | HG O’Callaghan, Vic  | 8h 46' 23" | [25]
1903  |  Jack Arnst (NZ) | scratch |  Jack Arnst (NZ) | 7h 43' 0" | [26]
1904  | Jack Wright | 38 min | Tom Larcombe, NSW  | 7h 48' 7" | [27]
1905  | William Hawley, Vic  | 25 min | William Hawley, Vic  | 7h 52' 26" | [28]
1906  | DD Riley | 28 min |  Hermann Ellmers Mehrtens (NZ) | 8h 53' 52" | [29]
1907  | Meldrum Dobie | 42 min | Tom Larcombe, NSW  | 7h 40' 10" | [30]
1908  | JT Donohue, NSW  | 49 min | Matt Chappell, Vic  | 7h 46' 27" | [31]
1909  | W Knaggs | 41 min | Iddo "Snowy" Munro, Vic  | 7h 12' 51" | [32]
1910  | Charles Piercey, Vic  | 47 min | Joe Pianta, WA  | 9h 30' 46" | [33][34]
1911  | J Tebbs | 42 min |  Phil O'Shea (NZ) | 8h 8' 44" | [35][36]
1922  |  Peter Hill (NZ) | 32 min |  Phil O'Shea (NZ) | 8h 59' 8" | [37]
1923  | Percy Wells | 56 min |  Phil O'Shea (NZ) | 7h 51' 41" | [6]
1924  | WF King [n 1] | 64 min | Hubert Opperman, Vic  | 7h 15' 37" | [38]
1925  | Esmond Williamson | 60 min | Harold K. Smith, WA  | 7h 25' 1" | [39][40]
1926  | Les Einsiedel | 48 min | Hubert Opperman, Vic  | 7h 36' 10" | [41]
1927  |  Replaced by the Dunlop Grand Prix
1928  |  Not held
1929  | Horrie Marshall, WA  | 6 min | Hubert Opperman, Vic  | 8h 7' 10" | [42][43][44]
1930  | Jim Egan | 52 min | Richard Lamb, Vic  | 8h 20' 10" | [45]
1931  | George Lessing | 63 min | Matt Lynch, Vic  | 6h 31' 28" | [46]
1932  | Dick Reynolds | 39 min | Richard Lamb, Vic  | 6h 21' 18" | [47]
1933  | Les Willoughby | 48 min | Hefty Stuart, Vic  | 6h 27' 56" | [48]
1934  |  Replaced by the Centenary 1000
1935  | Tom Reynolds, SA  | 57 min | Clinton Beasley, Vic  | 6h 24' 36" | [49]
1936  | Jim McEvoy, SA  | 43 min | Alan Angus, Vic  | 6h 44' 50" | [50]
1937  | T Brooks, Tas  | 24 min | Alan Angus, Vic  | 7h 19' 9" | [51]
1938  | L Rodgers, Qld | 31 min | Dean Toseland, SA  | 6h 44' 53" | [52]
1939  | Dean Toseland, SA  | scratch | Dean Toseland, SA  | 8h 18' 6" | [53]
1946  |  Replaced by the Victorian Cycling Grand Prix
1947  | Arnie Edwards, SA  | 45 min | Keith Rowley, Vic  | 6h 57' 43" | [54]
1948  | Allan Saunders, Vic  | 33 Min 30 sec | Herb Guyatt, Vic  | 7h 9' 10" | [55]
1949  | Stan Bonney | 33 min | Alby Saunders, Vic  | 6h 12' 10" | [56]
1950  | Max Rowley | scratch | Max Rowley | 7h 53' 28" | [57]
1951  | Arthur Julius | 27 min | Graham Stabell | 6h 27' 3" | [58]
1952  | Vin Beasley | 50 min | Graham Stabell | 7h 27' 8" | [59]
1953  | Murray French | 17 min | Alby Saunders, Vic  | 6h 8' 58" | [60]
1954  | Billy Guyatt | 27 min | Don Williams | 8h 11' 58" | [61]
1955  | Eddie Smith, SA  | scratch | Eddie Smith, SA  | 6h 4' 55" | [62]
1956  | Bob Davis, WA  | 51 min | Russell Mockridge, Vic  | 5h 47' 5" |
1957  | Stan Bonney | 36 min | Russell Mockridge, Vic  | 6h 6' 12" |
1958  | Wally O’Brien | 46 min | George Goodwin | 5h 49' 35" |
1959  | G Daws | 50 min | Peter Anthony | 7h 30' 15" |
1960  | Jack Sommer | 15 min | K Stiefler | 8h 32' 47" |
1961  | T Robson | 34 min | John O'Sullivan | 6h 43' 2" |
1962  | Wally O’Brien | 20 min | JX McDonough | 7h 11' 31" |
1963  | J Binding | 40 min | W Dalton | 6h 9' 33" |
1964  | Peter Fry  | 40 min | Barry Waddell, WA  | 6h 7' 34" |
1965  | Bill Dove | 28 min | Barry Waddell, WA  | 7h 11' 6" |
1966  | L Wearne | 8 min | L Wearne | 7h 20' 15" |
1967  | Graeme Gilmore, Tas  | scratch | Graeme Gilmore, Tas  | 7h 14' 7" |
1968  | Ray Crowe, NSW  | 18 min | Barry Waddell, WA  | 6h 12' 33" |
1969  | B Farmer | 30 min | Kerry Hoole, NSW  | 6h 25' 16" |
1970  | Mario Giramondo | 46 min | K Oliver, NSW  | 6h 3' 25" |
1971  | Bruce Clarke | 20 min | Hilton Clarke | 8h 36' 20" |
1972  | L Sedley | 13 min | Frank Atkins, Tas  | 7h 11' 18" |
1973  | Bruce Clarke | 10 min | G Wilson | 6h 27' 27" |
1974  | John Bylsma, Qld  | 5 min | John Bylsma, Qld  | 7h 27' 54" |
1975  | Mario Giramondo | 45 min | Hilton Clarke | 7h 24' 24" |
1976  | David Allan | scratch | David Allan | 6h 38' 31" |
1977  | Ian Grindlay | 32 min | T Stacey | 5h 53' 3" |
1978  | Dennis Shaw | 4 min | T Stacey | 6h 46' 24" |
1979  | David Allan | scratch | David Allan | 7h 6' 48" |
1980  | J Hine | amateur |  Wayne Hildred (NZ) | 5h 37' 10" |
1981  | Peter Cox | 10 min | David Allan | 6h 16' 54" |
1982  | David Allan | scratch | David Allan | 6h 32' 31" |
1983  | Andrew Lindsey | 40 min | Terry Hammond, NSW  | 6h 0' 25" |
1984  | Peter Besanko, Vic  | scratch | Peter Besanko, Vic  | 6h 36' 43" |
1985  | Brad Leach | 30 min | Terry Hammond, NSW  | 6h 1' 2" |
1986  | Michael Lynch, Vic  | scratch | Michael Lynch, Vic  | 6h 36' 56" |
1987  | Paul Rugari | scratch | Paul Rugari | 6h 32' 50" |
1988  | Barry Burns | scratch | Barry Burns | 7h 18' 29" |
1989  | Peter Besanko, Vic  | scratch | Peter Besanko, Vic  | 6h 49' 19" |
1990  | Robert Jordan | 42 min | Dean Woods, Vic  | 5h 12' 26" |
1991  | Andrew Stirling | scratch | Andrew Stirling | 7h 15' 45" |
1992  | Peter Besanko, Vic  | scratch | Peter Besanko, Vic  | 7h 1' 28" |
1993  | Dean Woods, Vic  | scratch | Dean Woods, Vic  | 7h 36' 8" |
1994  | Gavin Parsonage, WA  | scratch | Gavin Parsonage, WA  | 7h 20' 4" |
1995  | B McAuliffe | 60 min |  Marcel Wüst (GER) | 5h 39' 27" |

### Male Winners 1996 onwards

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From 1996 the race was run as a scratch race.

Winners 1996 onwards  Year  | Rider  | Team  | Time  | Ref.

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1996  | Chris White, Vic  |  | 6h 44' 16" |
1997  |  Daniel Schnider (SUI) |  | 6h 17' 54" |
1998  |  Bart Heirweg (BEL) |  | 7h 20' 56" |
1999  | Jamie Drew, Vic  |  | 6h 42' 51" | [63]
2000  | Hilton Clarke, Vic  | Carnegie  | 7h 34' 36" | [64]
2001  | David McKenzie, Vic  |  | 7h 01' 55" | [65]
2002  | Jamie Drew, Vic  | iTeamnova.com  | 6h 09' 57" | [66]
2003  | Simon Gerrans, Vic  | Team Ringerike / Carnegie Caulfield CC  | 6h 47' 38" | [67]
2004  | William Walker | VIS / Jayco / Brunswick CC  | 7h 59' 22" | [68]
2005  |  Jonas Ljungblad (SWE) | Amore e Vita  | 7h 29' 21" | [69]
2006  | Robert McLachlan | Drapac Porsche | 7h 54' 15" | [70]
2007  | Tim Decker | Decked Out Coaching  | 7h 15' 15" | [71]
2008  | Zak Dempster | VIS / Jayco – Toyota–United  | 7h 18' 15" | [72]
2009  | Joel Pearson | Savings And Loans  | 6h 28' 25" | [73]
2010  | Rhys Pollock | Drapac Professional Cycling | 7h 49' 40" | [74]
2011  | Joel Pearson | Genesys Wealth Advisers | 7h 24' 14" | [75]
2012  |  Floris Goesinnen (NED) | Drapac Professional Cycling | 7h 00' 23" | [76]
2013  |  Sam Horgan (NZL) | Team Budget Forklifts | 6h 32' 12" | [77]
2014  | Oliver Kent-Spark | Search2Retain  | 7h 00' 21" | [78]
2015  | Scott Sunderland | Team Budget Forklifts | 7h 27' 29" | [79]
2016  | Nathan Elliott | KRD Racing  | 6h 38' 55" | [80]
2017  | Nathan Elliott | IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness | 6h 34' 23" | [81]
2019  | Nick White | Team BridgeLane | 6h 15' 06" | [82]
2020  | Brendan Johnston | Team CCS Canberra  | 6h 16' 03" | [83]
2021  | Jensen Plowright | Team BridgeLane | 6h 04' 44" | [84]
2022  | Cameron Scott | ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast | 6h 07' 41" | [85]
2023  | Tristan Saunders | Team BridgeLane | 7h 00' 17" | [86]
2024  | Mark O'Brien | Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club | 6h 24' 05" | [87]

### Female Winners

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From 2015 females were awarded official prizes.

Female Winners  Year  | Rider  | Team  | Time  | Ref.

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2015  | Lauretta Hanson | Fearless Femme Racing | 7h 50' 57" | [88]
2016  | Tessa Fabry | High5 Dream Team | 7h 45' 56" | [89]
2017  | Erin Nolan | Veris Women's Racing | 7h 38' 59" | [90]
2019  | Peta Mullens | Bendigo & District CC  | 6h 26' 22" | [82]
2020  | Matilda Raynolds | Specialized Women's Team  | 6h 25' 48" | [83]
2021  | Matilda Raynolds | Specialized Women's Team  | 6h 21' 31" | [84]

### Women's Warrnambool Cycling Classic Winners

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From 2022 a separate race for women was held.

Year  | Rider  | Team  | Time  | Ref.

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2022  | Maeve Plouffe | ARA Pro Racing Sunshine Coast  | 4h 14' 52" |
2023  | Sophie Edwards | ARA Skip Capital Sunshine Coast  | 4h 43' 02" |
2024  | Lucinda Stewart | ARA Skip Capital  | 4h 02' 39" | [91]

## Notes

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1. ^ WF King was 19 years old and his 44-year-old father, William A. "Buffer" King, also rode in the race, finishing 4th.[38]

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## External links

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* Official website
* A guide to riding the Warny (2006)
* The 2006 course route

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* Bicycle Network
* Melbourne Critical Mass

Events|

* Around the Bay in a Day
* Austral Wheel Race
* Amy's Ride
* Great Victorian Bike Ride
* Great Ocean & Otway Classic Ride
* Herald Sun Tour
* Hell Ride
* High Country Cycle Challenge
* Melbourne Autumn Day
* Melbourne Cycling Festival
* Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic
* Melbourne Summer Cycle
* National Ride to Work Day
* Oppy Family Fun Ride
* Rotary River Ride
* Shepparton Fruit Loop Ride

* Bicycle paths in Melbourne
* Cycling in Melbourne
* Cycling in Victoria

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*[GER]: Germany
*[SUI]: Switzerland
*[BEL]: Belgium
*[SWE]: Sweden
*[NED]: Netherlands
*[NZL]: New Zealand
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