Defending champion Dilawar Singh from Haryana and a many of the country's top cyclists will be seen in action in the Giant-Starkenn 52nd Mumbai-Pune Cycle Race on March 25.
The race will be carrying a total prize fund of ₹6 lakh.
The event has been organised by the Cycling Association of Maharashtra and Kreeda Jagruti Sports Pvt Ltd.
The winner of the race will pocket ₹1 lakh.
Dilawar Singh will look to win back-to-back titles with competitors being Manhar Lal, Arvind Panwar, Pankaj Kumar (Railways), Rajbir Singh (Services) and homeboy Ashish Patil in fray.
There are a handful of others who are capable of springing a surprise or two. Ganesh Pawar, the winner of the grueling Bor Ghats section on the old Mumbai-Pune highway, is a dark horse along with Dilip Mane, the King of the Ghats in the 2013 edition of the race.
In all, 157 cyclists from across the country have confirmed their participation and they hail from Rajasthan, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, besides the home state of Maharashtra along with a few national campers who will also be part of the action.
The race will be flagged off from Kala Ghoda in South Mumbai at 7:00 am and the competitors will wind their way through the non-competitive route first before the competitive section beginning from the R K Studios in suburban Chembur.
As is the convention, the race is split into two legs, the Mumbai-Khandala and Khandala-Pune.
The winner will be decided on the combined time registered by the cyclists.
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