16,000 Melbourne Riders (and Some International Ones) Go Around The Bay This Sunday 19/10!

MEDIA CALL/ PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

19th October


What: Aviva Investors Around the Bay in a Day 2008 Get
Sponsored for The Smith Family is Australia's largest
mass-participation cycling event with over 16,000
riders registered across five distance options 250km,
210km, 80km 100km and 50km

When: Sunday October 19 2008 5.30am onwards (key times below)
Where: Port Phillip Bay start/finish at Alexandra Gardens,
Melbourne

PHOTO/FOOTAGE OPPORTUNITIES ON THE DAY

Who: Rumour has it that Pro Team CSC-Saxo Bank will be first off
at the start of the 50km ride at 8am at Alexandra Gardens

Pro Team CSC-Saxo Bank (Stuart O'Grady, Bradley McGee,
Mathew Goss, Lars Bak, Lasse Bochman, Jon Axel Hansen
(Sports Director))

Other celebrity riders include:

Ryan O'Keefe, Sydney Swans 2008 premiership player, 210km
ride option

Simon Gerrans, 2008 Olympian and Tour De France Stage
winner, 210km ride option in Aviva Investors team

Katie Mactier, Individual Pursuit Track Cyclist World
Champion, 210km ride option in Aviva Investors team

Paul O'Brien, Home & Away star, 50km ride option

Demi Sorono, So You Think You Can Dance Australia grand
finalist, 100km ride option

Emma Carney, Two-time World Triathlon Champion, 250km ride
option

KEY TIMES AND LOCATIONS

250km ride option start: 5.30am cnr Linlithgow and Alexandra Avenue
anti-clockwise around Port Phillip Bay. 210km ride
option - start: 6.00am Alexandra Avenue Between Swan St Bridge & Anderson
St anti-clockwise or clockwise around Port Phillip
Bay.
100km ride option start: Sorrento 8.00am Point Nepean Road b/w Bowen Rd & St Pauls Rd to Melbourne.
80km School Challenge `new' ride option start: 7am Alexandra Avenue
Between Swan St Bridge & Anderson St to Patterson River and back.

50km ride option start: 8.00am Alexandra Avenue between Swan St
Bridge & Anderson St.

ALEXANDRA GARDENS

5.30am & 6.00am Lord Mayor of the Melbourne City Council John So will
start the 250km and 210km rides.
8.00am Pro Team CSC- Saxo Bank at start of 50km ride

1.15 pm Pro Team CSC-Saxo Bank at CSC corporate tent.
2.30 6pm Great mass finish shots of thousands of cyclists, from the slick to the silly, crossing the finishing line and resting at Alexandra Gardens (ref. to map on page 2 of
release)

Beach Road will also provide great shots of riders throughout the day as this is the main route for the ride options.

SOURCE: Bicycle Victoria



















Event Ambassadors; Ryan O'Keefe, Paul O'Brien, Demi Sorono and Emma Carney are taking on the
sponsorship challenge to raise money for The Smith Family, which provides educational programs to
disadvantaged Australian children.
The public can show their support and sponsor Ryan, Paul, Demi and Emma online at
www.thesmithfamily.com.au/atbsponsoronline.
The Smith Family is aiming to raise $600,000 through rider sponsorships to provide education support for 1600
disadvantaged Aussie kids.

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Media enquiries: Sarah Dalley, Bicycle Victoria, T: 03 8636 8875, M:0403 224 090 or E: [email protected]
Event spokesperson: Michael Rose, Development Director, Around the Bay in a Day, T: 0412 761 370
The Smith Family spokesperson: Belinda Griffiths on 03 9473 4308 or 0407 688 675

























Maps sourced from 08 Ride Guide which is available upon
email request: [email protected]