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Melbourne to Warnambool no longer the longest one day race!

Mar 11, 2009
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Wow, didn't realise it used to start in Bourke St Mall and go over the Westgate! That would be hard work at the start surely?!
 
Apr 8, 2009
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Will make it a different race, just as the extra feed station changed it last year. Won't make it any easier though
 
May 2, 2009
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The classic distance was always 260km. When they changed the route it became a longer race. It was often run in the opposite direction up until the 1950's. The discrepancy in times comes from the wind. A bad head wind has added hours onto the time in some years.