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===Cycling=== In July 2015, former [[UCI Road World Championships β Men's road race|World Road Cycling Champion]] and [[Tour de France]] winner [[Cadel Evans]] announced that the Great Ocean Road would play host to the [[Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race]] in early 2015, including elite races for men and women and a [[Cyclosportive|mass participation]] People's Ride.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/55596/cadel-evans-great-ocean-road-race-announced|title=Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race announced|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=17 July 2014|website=[[sbs.com.au]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219030302/http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/55596/cadel-evans-great-ocean-road-race-announced|archive-date=19 December 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=18 December 2014}}</ref> As of 2019, the People's Ride includes three distance optionsβ35 km, 65 km, or 115 km.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cadelevansgreatoceanroadrace.com.au/peoples-ride/overview/|title=Overview|website=Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race|access-date=2019-05-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bikeexchange.com.au/blog/cadel-evans-great-ocean-road-peoples-ride-overview-2019|title=What To Expect at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race People's Ride|website=bikeexchange.com.au|access-date=2019-05-14}}</ref> [[Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling|Wiggle]] Amy's Gran Fondo cycling event is held in September and uses the section between Lorne and Skenes Creek.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://amysgranfondo.org.au/go-long/|title=Amy's Gran Fondo β Wiggle Amy's Gran Fondo 2019|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-14}}</ref> One of the only cycling events in Australia held on a fully closed road, it is named for [[Amy Gillett]], who was killed in a collision between the Australian women's cycling squad and a driver in Germany in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://biketourbuzz.com/amys-gran-fondo-great-ocean-road|title=Riding Amy's Gran Fondo β Great Ocean Road, Australia {{!}} Bike Tour Buzz|website=biketourbuzz.com|access-date=2019-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227175517/http://biketourbuzz.com/amys-gran-fondo-great-ocean-road|archive-date=27 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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