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Cycling New Zealand has selected a 10-strong teenage team to compete in the UCI Track Cycling Junior World Championships in China in August.
Aaron Gate added to his array of titles to claim the Cycling New Zealand Elite Road Nationals in Timaru today.
Caption: Laurence Pithie on the podium with Cadel Evans at the Great Ocean Race in Geelong. Pithie’s win was the first by a New Zealand in a WorldTour one-day race. Photo: Groupama-FDJ.
Southland’s Josh Burnett, with an accomplished background both on and off road, claimed arguably New Zealand’s toughest one-day cycle race with victory in the Gravel &Tar race in Manawatu.
Summer holiday festivities have been kept in check for New Zealand’s leading track cyclists, who take their first serious pedal-stroke towards the Paris Olympics when the Nations Cup series begins in two weeks.
International assignments are next on the agenda for Southland track cyclists Caitlin Kelly, Marshall Erwood and Magnus Jamieson.
Auckland-based Dan Gardner has become the first Englishman since 1957 to win the SBS Bank Tour of Southland.
Aucklander Dan Gardner will carry a 15sec lead into the final stage of the 2023 SBS Bank Tour of Southland.
Dan Gardner has survived a furious day of racing to retain the orange jersey heading into the final day of the 2023 SBS Bank Tour of Southland.
A second quality climbing performance in as many days has helped Dan Gardner into both a stage win and the tour lead on the 2023 SBS Bank Tour of Southland.
Former Southlander Elliot Crowther’s homecoming couldn’t have been better as he pointed to the sky and celebrated victory on the Remarkables at the end of the 2023 SBS Bank Tour of Southland’s fourth stage.
Cambridge’s Zakk Patterson has capped a tough year with his second Te Anau stage win on the SBS Bank Tour of Southland, with Regan Gough retaining the leader’s orange jersey for a second day.
Australian professional Sam Jenner has claimed a fast and frantic stage two on the 2023 SBS Bank Tour of Southland with Regan Gough taking over the tour leaders’ orange jersey.
New Zealand track cycling representative Nick Kergozou has carved a small piece of history for himself on the opening day of the 67th SBS Bank Tour of Southland.
Southlanders Tom Sexton and Nick Kergozou are adding their experience to the New Zealand men’s endurance squad at the UCI World Championships track event.
Despite three world championship medals on the track including a rainbow jersey, Southland professional Corbin Strong will instead focus on this weekend’s road race at the historic UCI Cycling World Championships in and around Glasgow.
Cycling New Zealand has named a 17-strong team to contest an historic UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Glasgow from 2 to 9 August.
Southland riders feature prominently in the Cycling NZ team for the junior world track cycling championships.
Southland rider Tom Sexton heads to his European cycling base buoyed with a bunch of podium performances on the track and road as he begins his journey to next year’s Paris Olympics.
