The Grafton to Inverell Classic is an annual one-day road cycling race held between Grafton and Inverell in New South Wales, Australia. The race was first held in 1961, and is considered one of the most difficult and historic races in the country. The race features both open and professional races, along a 228-kilometre course. Since 2025 it has been a round in the ProVelo Super League.
Winners
Year Winner Second Third 1961 Alan Grindal G. Garden T. Tolley 1962 Phil Chapman G. Brown F. Fransen 1963 Norman Burnell H. Summers C. Kruf 1964 John Ferranda N. McDonough K. Long 1965 Leon Cook R. Barron Terry Moore 1966 Max Redman B. Johnson P. Markham 1967 Donald Wilson Kevin Brindle D. Garrett 1968 Kevin Morgan D. Browne T. Savimaki 1969 Bruce Ryalls P. Littlejohn D. Thompson 1970 Don Strahley Ted Wixen Terry Moore 1971 Ross Bush R. Davis M. Kautto 1972 Kevin Brindle M. Kautto K. Bartlett 1973 Vince Breen P. Brown L. Roe 1974 Brian Ferris R. Bates K. Bartlett 1975 Bob Hines T. Parks M. Glindeman 1976 Remo Sansonetti Alan Spokes Greg Parkes 1977 Robert Glindeman G. Stone Rick McCorkell 1978 Ray Riper H. Berkery M. McKinnell 1979 Graham McVilly Vernon Hannaray M. Nicholls 1980 Wayne Hammond Gary Hammond M. Blythe 1981 Alan Gill G. Oliver Gary Brooks 1982 Stephen Cox Jack Swart Blair Stockwell 1983 Rick McCorkell Michael Lynch C. Walsh 1984 Michael Lynch Eros Poli Robert Crossley 1985 Paul Curran Michel Ansermet Lars Wahlqvist 1986 Andrew Logan Ian McKenzie Scott Sunderland 1987 Atle Pedersen Thomas Dürst Tiziano Mancini 1988 Gianluca Pierobon Barney St. George Rick McCorkell 1989 Nate Reiss Uwe Winter John Groom 1990 Nigel Perry Glen Wilson David Perry 1991 Stephen Fairless Justin Grindal Scott Steward 1992 Billy-Joe Shearsby Glen Wilson M. Elliott 1993 Stephen Drake David Perry T. Jordon 1994 Craig Saunders Damien Forster Paul Rugari 1995 Tim Christopher Wayne Kestle Craig Saunders 1996 Damien Forster Duncan Smith Craig Saunders 1997 Jamie Drew David McKenzie Ben Litchfield 1998 Benjamin Brooks Steve Williams Hayden Bradbury 1999 Jamie Drew Steve Williams Simon Gerrans 2000 Benjamin Day Hank Vaassen Dennis Mungoven 2001 David McKenzie Peter Milostic David Pell 2002 Lee Godfrey Paul Redenbach Trent Wilson No race 2004. Peter McDonald Jorge Libonatti Richard Vollebregt 2005. Greg Henderson Simon Clarke Matthew Lloyd 2006. Robert McLachlan Chris Jongewaard Peter McDonald 2007. Cameron Hughes Robert Carter Patrick Shaw 2008. David Pell Chris Jongewaard Cameron Hughes 2009 Malcolm Rudolph William Clarke 2010 Nathan Earle Brendan Brooks Sam Rutherford 2011 Mark Jamieson Chris Jory Brian McLeod 2012 Peter Herzig Michael Cupitt Malcolm Rudolph 2013 Jack Anderson Benjamin Johnson Nathan Elliott 2014 Sean Lake Olivier Kent-Spark Kristian Juel 2015. Sean Lake Cyrus Monk Tom Davison 2016. Patrick Lane Nathan Elliott Patrick Shaw 2017. Neil van der Ploeg Mathew Ross Ayden Toovey 2018. Nathan Elliott Raphael Freienstein Cameron Scott 2019. William Hodges Dylan Sunderland Nicholas White annulé 2021. Rudy Porter Samuel Hill Ryan Cavanagh 2022. Drew Morey Mark O'Brien Samuel Hill 2023. Zac Marriage Max Campbell Rhys Robotham 2024. Bentley Niquet-Olden Ben Carman Oliver Stenning
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