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Spoilt for choice Cairns to Karumba Bike Ride
A ‘bucket list’ ride and the longest
EVENTS road & mountain biking event of its
kind in Australia.
With so many elite-level events Number of participants | 250+
on offer, it’s not hard to see why Economic value | Around $600,000
the world's best racers come MORE c2kbikeride.com.au
from far and wide to take on Croc Trophy
FNQ’s courses. Australia’s longest-running
mountain biking event.
Number of participants | 120+
Port Douglas Gran Fondo Economic value | $250,000
Held for the first time this year, it MORE croctrophy.com
features timed 136km & 100km return
rides along the Captain Cook Highway. Tour of the Tropics
Number of participants | 3,000 An 8-day cycling festival with the
expected main event part of the National
Economic value | $7 million Road Series.
MORE portdouglasgranfondo.com.au Number of participants | Around 280
Economic value | 3 million+
Crankworx MORE tourofthetropics.com.au More than 2,600 bikes were
The world’s most watched mountain flown into Cairns for this
bike event, the World Tour is coming Reef to Reef year’s IRONMAN Cairns.
to Cairns in October. A 4-day mountain bike stage
Number of participants | 1,200 race in mid August. It also Source: Cairns Airport
(plus 34,000 spectators and 17.8m incorporates the Triple-R (Rurual.
viewers globally!) Rainforest, Reef), Australia's longest
Economic value | In the many millions running point-to-point MTB race.
MORE crankworx.com MORE reeftoreefmtb.com
MULTISPORT EVENTS
AusCycling BMX State QSuper Cardiac Challenge
Championships Queensland
A ride from Cairns to Cooktown IRONMAN Cairns
The BMX State Championships raising money for the FNQ 3,000 people participate in the Asia-
are this year being held at the Cairns Hospital Foundation.
BMX Club. Number of participants | Around 260 Pacific Championship triathlon event
each year, injecting around $10 million
Number of participants | 1,000 Economic value | It raises between
Economic value | Around $1.5 million $300,000 - $500,000 per year. into the economy.
MORE ironman.com/im-cairns
MORE auscycling.org.au MORE cardiacchallenge.com.au
Coral Coast Triathlon
One of the longest running Olympic
distance triathlons in Australia, it’s
held at Yorkeys Knob each year.
MORE cairnscrocs.org.au

Red Bull Defiance
A 3-day multi-sport event at Mission
Beach including MTB, trail running,
rafting, kayaking and ‘mystery’
challenges.
MORE defiance.events

Ona Mission Multisport
Adventure
A paddle, run and mountain bike
ride taking in Dunk Island and
Mission Beach.
1 MORE adventurerace.com.au

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