Cyclists have travelled from far and wide to Bendigo for the BDCC's annual Christmas Track Carnival.

The club has put a lot of hard work into the organisation of the event, but as BDCC president Garry Pontelandolfo says, it's well worth it.

"Now that restrictions in Victoria have eased considerably this is the perfect opportunity for both adults and juniors to get back into cycling," he said.

"Our entry numbers are really good which shows that people from the cycling community are eager to race.

"We're all really looking forward to a good day of cycling."

The event at the Tom Flood Sports Centre is part of a three-day series, with day one at Castlemaine on Tuesday and the final leg on Thursday at Shepparton.

The Bendigo event has typically been a two-day carnival in the past, but due to the ongoing situation in relation to COVID-19, the club made the decision to condense it to one day,

"With all that's going on, as well as volunteer numbers being lower than usual, we've decided to make it bigger and better and do it all on one day," Pontelandolfo said.

The feature event of the Bendigo meet is none other than the 2000m Lindsay Harrington Memorial Wheel Race.

Pontelandolfo said the memorial race was an honourable way to celebrate a BDCC life member.

"it's a race that a lot of riders want to win as it's quite a prestigious event," he said.

"It's also strong recognition for all of the hard work that's gone into our club to make it into what it is today."

Other races at Bendigo include under-15 State Championships, under-17 Scratch State Championships, the Godfrey Family Omnium, 10-Mile Motor Pace, Women's 1600m Wheel Race and the Men's Keirin.

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Pontelandolfo said the regional Victorian Christmas carnivals were a great way for cyclists to commence the summer competition season.

"Normally we'd have even more entries from other states such as South Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania and all over the place," he said

"This year it's a little bit harder given other states have restrictions, so we've seen an influx of Victorian rider entries.

"A lot of cyclists couldn't make it down to Tasmania for their carnival and have remained in Victoria."

The action on Wednesday starts at 2pm for the juniors before senior riders hit the track from 5pm.

The event will be conducted in accordance with the state government and AusCycling's COVID-safe guidelines.

"We will have our own COVID-19 officer and several protocols in place at the event," Pontelandolfo said.

"Throughout the past few months we've been running the same protocols at our Thursday night track meets and other events and this will be the same - just on a slightly bigger scale."

As rules and restrictions change so frequently, please visit https://www.auscycling.org.au/page/covid-19-resource-centre to get the most up to date advice directly from the sport's peak body.

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