The month of August doesn’t just mean winter is on its last legs. It also means the traditional NRS mid-year break is nearly over, with the series set to kick back into gear with a busy second half of the year. According to Team Director, Russell Menzies, the AMR Renault Racing boys are raring to go.
“The season always has a bit of a winter break, but this year it’s been exacerbated by the cancellations of both the Gippsland and Murray tours. That was unfortunate, but the one upside is the opportunity it’s given our guys to train and race hard closer to home,” he said. “Except, of course, for Dylan and Matt who’ve been doing the team proud over in Belgium with multiple top 10s, several podiums and a fine win for Dylan last month. The break’s been a great chance for the guys to sort out any niggles and recharge their batteries for what promises to be a pretty full-on climax to the 2015 domestic season.”
The next NRS outing for AMR Renault Racing will be the 4-stage Sam Miranda Tour of the King Valley from 21-23 August, recently upgraded to full NRS status. It’s then all systems go for the National Capital Tour in Canberra.
“Like many of the squads we’ll be using Canberra as a key build-up race for the Tour of Tasmania,” explains Menzies. “We’ll certainly be sending a powerful team down to Tassie, loaded with climbers of course, it’s a real highlight of the season for us. We’ll be defending the polkadot jersey we claimed in 2014, together with top 10 finishes on both the overall and young rider classifications, and top 5 placing on the team’s classification.”
The NRS season then rounds out with two brutal one-day tests in mid-October – the Melbourne to Warrnambool and Grafton to Inverell classics.
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