Corruption tinged the event in 1901 when the American, "Plugger" Bill Martin, won from scratch, to allegations of fixing by John Wren.
•
Past competitors include distinguished Australian and international cyclists, including Gordon Johnson, Steele Bishop, Sid Patterson, Russell Mockridge, Danny Clarke, Brett Aitken, Gary Neiwand and Shane Kelly.
•
The first race in 1887 held at Melbourne Cricket Ground over 3 miles (4800m), with first prize of a grand piano valued at 200 pounds.
The Amazing Race | Relay race | Graded stakes race | Pimlico Race Course | Caucasian race | Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race | Death Race 2000 | Volvo Ocean Race | The Amazing Race (U.S. TV series) | Ferris wheel | Saratoga Race Course | Nordic race | race | Four Wheel Drive | The Wheel of Time | race track | RuPaul's Drag Race | Race (United States Census) | Race to the Top | Hialeah Park Race Track | Head of the River Race | Four-wheel drive | four-wheel drive | Catherine Wheel | Aryan race | Race and ethnicity in the United States Census | Oaklawn Park Race Track | Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's road race | Chicago Race Riot of 1919 | The Great Race |