{"id":2200,"date":"2016-10-18T09:33:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T22:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyclingclassics.com.au\/bowral\/2016\/10\/18\/kom-segment-information-new-echapee-segment\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T14:44:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T03:44:33","slug":"kom-segment-information-new-echapee-segment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyclingclassics.com.au\/bowral\/2016\/10\/18\/kom-segment-information-new-echapee-segment\/","title":{"rendered":"KOM Segment Information and New Echapee Segment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prepare yourself for a leg-burning trip up the Old Hume Highway in Yerrinbool on Sunday for the KOM segment. Conquer this beast then you&#8217;re on the home straight.<\/p>\n<p>The KOM segment starts at the entrance to the rail bridge at 122km in &#8211; going up the hill in the direction of Bowral &#8211; soon after this old brick rail bridge it becomes two lanes going up the hill.<\/p>\n<p>The KOM will finish approximately 1.4km up the hill from the KOM start where the road goes from two lanes into one again.<\/p>\n<p>Give it your all going up this climb, the average gradient is just a touch under 6% with an elevation of 824 meters so it shouldn&#8217;t take longer than 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>We also met with NSW Police last week and they have required us to make changes to the sprint sections of the course. In lieu of these we have added a new uphill sprint section to the mix &#8211; the Echapee section starting at 98.4 km.<\/p>\n<p>This segment is 1.4km long up a small incline to replace the sprint segment.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2095 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bowralclassic.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/160km-Map-1.jpg\" alt=\"Web\" width=\"581\" height=\"667\" \/>Get the low down on the Maxi course at the Bowral Classic website here, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bowralclassic.com.au\/the-course\/maxi-classic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bowralclassic.com.au\/the-course\/maxi-classic<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepare yourself for a leg-burning trip up the Old Hume Highway in Yerrinbool on Sunday for the KOM segment. Conquer this beast then you&#8217;re on the home straight. 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