One of Australian cycling's unsung heroes will be looking to become the third Clarke on the illustrious honour role of the Stan Siejka Launceston Classic on Sunday.
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After Victorian Hilton Clarke won early editions of the popular annual criterium in 2002 and 2008 and Will Clarke became one of the home-state winners in 2009, Simon Clarke is seeking to add the race to his impressive list of victories including stage wins in all three Grand Tours.
With Will also finishing third in 2010 and fellow Tasmanian Nathan Clarke equalling that achievement in 2007, the surname has become almost as integral to the race as Siejka.
As this year's men's and women's races also form the opening leg of Cycling Australia's National Criterium Series, two strong fields have assembled hoping to join the likes of Matt Goss (2004, '07 and' 10), Robbie McEwen (2003) and Caleb Ewan (2013) as champions.
Many riders competing in this week's Tour of Tasmania will be sticking around to compete including reigning champ Cam Ivory.
Tasmania's World Tour veteran Nathan Earle returns, hoping to improve on his second place in 2015, while reigning national criterium champion Brenton Jones is among the most suited to the format.
Another big crowd is expected to line the 1.1-kilometre circuit around City Park for the Launceston Cycling Festival.
The elite women's race returns with a field headlined by 19-year-old national road race champion Sarah Gigante.
A 5km elite running race features an invitation-only field of 13 including Launceston's world championship marathon representative Josh Harris fresh from riding the Tour of Tasmania.
The handicaps will be: Summer Dingemanse, Averyl Quinn (00:00 mins); Sam Talbot (1:00); Marc Hardy (1:15); Ethan Stretton (1:45); Matt Zegveld (2:00); Jono Butler, Abbas Ali, Brian Lyons (2:30); Ali Foot (2:45); Josh Harris (3:00); Jordan Tyler (3:15); Dave Thomas (3:30).