Cootamundra Annual Classic

Cootamundra Annual Classic

Race details
Date	August
Region	New South Wales, Australia
Nickname(s)	Coota Annual, Coota Classic
Discipline	Road
Competition	State Open
Type	Road Handicap
Organiser	Cootamundra Cycling Club
History
First edition	1955 (1955)
Editions	55
First winner	Jim Bumdy (AUS)
Most wins	Garry Crowe (AUS) 3 wins
Most recent	Shaun Lewis (AUS) (2011)

The Cootamundra Annual Classic, also known as the Coota Classic or Coota Annual is a bicycle handicap race starting and finishing in the New South Wales town of Cootamundra. First ran in 1955, race is traditional held on the last weekend in August. Today it's one of the oldest open road race in New South Wales.

History

The race has run every year since 1955, making is one of oldest races on the Cycling NSW open calendar. Organised by Cootamundra Cycling Club, past winners have include road professional Graeme Brown and 2010 Melbourne to Warrnambool winner Rhys Pollock.

Course

Starting in Cootamundra, race travels north through the small town Wallendbeen to Young along the Olympic Highway. The race then turns south, travelling to Harden, then west back to Wallendbeen before returning to the finish in Cootamundra. The course in 120 kilometres long.

Past winners

Year	Distance	Winner	From	Fastest Time	From
2011	106km	Shaun Lewis	Southern Highlands CC	Stephen Fairless 2:27'21"	Shepparton Cycling Club
2010	120km	Rhys Pollack	Albury Wodonga CC	Rhys Pollack 2:49'21"	Albury Wodonga CC
2009	120km	Stuart Shaw	Canberra CC	Stuart Shaw 2:54'47"	Canberra CC
2008	120km	Matthew Carmellotti	Norwa Velo Club	Blair Windsor 2:48'35"
2007	120km	Joe McDonnell	Sutherland Shire CC	Joe McDonnell 2:44'35"	Sutherland Shire CC
2006	120km	Charles Gascoyne/Kevin Nicholls	Orange CTC/?	Rob McLachlan 2:41'45"	Canberra CC
2005	120km	David Whyman	Randwick Botany CC	Stuart Shaw 2:41'00"*	Canberra CC
2004	120km	Rob McLachlan	Canberra CC	Rob McLachlan 2:42'30"	Canberra CC
2003	120km	Hector Morales		Hector Morales 2:55'59"
2002	120km	Craig Metcalf	Albury Wodonga CC	Josh Collingwood 2:46'46"
2001	120km	John Leary		Brian Appleyard 2:46'49"
2000	120km	Darren Rolf		Darren Rolf 2:48'07"
1999	120km	Marcus Hayman		Trent Wilson 2:48'19"
1998	120km	Graham Brown		Graham Brown 2:46'07"

External links

• Enter online at Cycling NSW