By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
THE Yarra Valley will be host to a new cycling event this November, when the inaugural Giro Della Donna Gran Fondo comes to Warburton.
The race begins in the centre of Warburton and encompasses over 107 kilometres of closed and traffic-managed roads before finishing at the summit of Mount Donna Buang.
The route begins in Warburton with cyclists heading through the bush towards Reefton and continuing up the Warburton-Woods Point Road.
Cyclists will make the trek all the way up to Marysville before returning south down Marysville Road and on to Acheron Way before they start the gruelling climb up the mountain.
The event is created and owned by Cycling Tips, an Australian cycling website that hosts events and news about all kinds of cycling through Australia.
The Giro Della Donna is being made possible though delivery agency Limelight Sports who have worked with companies such as Red Bull, Nike, and the Olivia Newton John Foundation.
Any cyclists over the age of 18 are welcome to participate in the event by signing up at giro-della-donna.eveyevents.com but numbers are strictly limited, so be sure to get in quick.
