National Road Series

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2013 National Road Series logo The National Road Series is a series of 14 races throughout all Australian states, featuring the country’s top individual and team cyclists.

Established by Cycling Australia, the National Road Series showcases Australia’s most promising domestic cycling talent and has been previously won by the likes of Will Clarke and Nathan Haas, both of whom have gone onto forge professional cycling careers. There are ten tour events and four one-day races on the NRS, with points being awarded for those finishing in the top ten in tour stages, and top six in one-day events.

In 2013 the National Road Series will be made up of 33 teams including top-tier teams such as Drapac, Budget Forklifts and Huon Salmon-Genesys as well as lesser-known outfits such as Target-Trek, search2retain and Charter Mason.

The 2013 National Road Series will be broadcast on SBS via a 30-minute highlight packages that will air on Sundays and be repeated the following day. The full details for the National Road Series broadcast schedule is as follows:

Event Date	Location	Broadcast Date	Broadcast Time	TV
11-14 April 2013	Tour de Perth	5 May 2013	4.00pm AEST	SBS
2-5 May 2013	Battle on the Border	19 May 2013	4.00pm AEST	SBS
9-12 May 2013	Tour of Toowoomba	19 May 2013	4.00pm AEST	SBS
24-26 May 2013	Adelaide Tour	2 June 2013	4.00pm AEST	SBS
19-22 June 2013	North Western Tour	30 June 2013	4.00pm AEST	SBS
31 Jul-4 Aug 2013	Tour of Gippsland	1 September 2013	4.00pm AEST	SBS
14-18 August 2013	Tour of the Great South Coast	1 September 2013	4.00pm AEST	SBS
3-8 September 2013	Tour of the Murray River	29 September 2013	4.00pm AEST	SBS
15 September 2013	Goulburn to Sydney	29 September 2013	4.00pm AEST	SBS
20-22 September 2013	National Capital Tour	29 September 2013	4.00pm AEST	SBS
29 Sept-6 October 2013	Tour of Tasmania	13 October 2013	4.00pm AEST	SBS
12 October 2013	Melbourne to Warrnambool	20 October 2013	4.00pm AEST	SBS
13 October 2013	Shipwreck Coast	20 October 2013	4.00pm AEST	SBS
26 October 2013	Grafton to Inverell	4 November 2013	4.00pm AEST	SBS