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Fast Facts about Le Race in Christchurch Venue of Le Race in Christchurch: Leaves from Cathedral Square Venue Address of Le Race in Christchurch: Cathedral Square to Akaroa Location of Le Race in Christchurch: Christchurch City, Canterbury Website of Le Race in Christchurch: www.lerace.co.nz Features of Le Race in Christchurch Le Race in Christchurch is New Zealand's popular hill cycle event. Essentially unchanged since its inception in 1999, the 100km course begins in Cathedral Square and takes competitors along a stunning scenic route before finishing in the French settlement of Akaroa. Le Race in Christchurch 2006 gained a record number of over 2,000 entries. It had the strongest field of cyclists than ever before, with top cyclists from New Zealand and Australia and the course record broken by Mark Bailey (2:44:37). Le Race in Christchurch Le Race is organized by The Events Company, the South Island's leading events management company. A team of over 200 are involved in producing the event. The Le Race office is based in Christchurch, New Zealand. Safety and first aid is provided by The Environment Canterbury Rescue and Technical Support Team and The Order of St John. The various features of Le Race in Christchurch include: The race consists of 100km of fast flats, challenging hill climbs and exhilarating downhills that take cyclists from Christchurch, across an extinct volcano, to the French surrounds of Akaroa. During the race, the hills above Christchurch are alive with the sound of cyclists, as there are impressive numbers of female cyclists taking to the hills on their bikes all over the country. There has been massive success of female only triathlons throughout New Zealand. Many women are going from successfully completing their first triathlon to then looking for their next challenge – a road cycle event. Road cycling is seeing a huge increase in participation that has seen record numbers at events all over the country.
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