Ayers Rock TT is a Time Trial in Australia's outback. It started out as a mountain bike race, and was featured regularly in the MTB WT circuit. However, in 1985, the Australian government gave the rock back to the Aboriginals, to whom it has great religious meaning.
After almost 20 years of absence on the cycling calendar, Ayers Rock TT made its comeback in season 18, however as a road race TT. Obviously, this c...
Read moreAyers Rock TT is a Time Trial in Australia's outback. It started out as a mountain bike race, and was featured regularly in the MTB WT circuit. However, in 1985, the Australian government gave the rock back to the Aboriginals, to whom it has great religious meaning.
After almost 20 years of absence on the cycling calendar, Ayers Rock TT made its comeback in season 18, however as a road race TT. Obviously, this changed the parcours drastically. The start lies now at the local airport, from where the riders Uluru Road south which runs straight for 20 kilometres.
After 4 kilometres on Uluru Road, they enter the Uluru-Kata Tjuta national park, home of the Anangu people. While the road goes straight the whole time, the riders won't be bored, because they see Uluru (the Aboriginal name for Ayers Rock) loom on the left and the rock formation of Kata Tjuta on the right.
Uluru Road loops around Ayers Rock, showing the rider every side of it. The loop ends in the small village of Mutitjulu, where the finish line is.
