Tour de Tableland

The Cairns Cycling Club has announced the 9th annual Cairns Bicycle Works Tour de Tableland, supported by Eacham Shire Council, to be held from April 30-May 2, 2005, in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The stages are as follows:

Stage 1 - Saturday, April 30
56 km approx. Start 12.30pm, Lake Eacham Hotel.
Race begins outside the hotel and heads towards Kiari, turning left to Tolga, turn around in Tolga and return to Kiari, left to Tinaroo and back to Kiari and return finishing at Yungaburra

Stage 2 - Saturday, April 30
4 km approx. Starts 4.00pm, Bean Tree Road, Tolga.
Individual Time Trial along Bean Tree Road.

Stage 3 - Sunday, May 1
44 km approx. Start 8.30am Lake Eacham Hotel.
Two lap road race around the Curtain Fig Tree Circuit starting in Yungaburra to Marks Lane, Atherton/ Malanda Road then into Curtain Fig Tree Road on 2nd lap return and finish in Yungaburra.

Stage 4 - Sunday, May 1
Starts 2.00pm. Criterium.
A closed circuit in Yungaburra
A Grade 45 mins + 3 laps
B Grade 45 mins + 3 laps
C & D Grade 30 mins + 3 laps

Stage 5 - Monday, May 2
Start 7.30am Lake Eacham Hotel.
Road race from Yungaburra towards Lake Eacham, Malanda, onto Malanda/Atherton Road, left onto Kennedy Highway to a roundabout point and return.
C & D Grades turn at the intersection with the Kennedy Highway.
A & B Grade approx. 91km
C & D Grade approx. 60km