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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.
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.
New Zealand’s leading cyclists produced excellent performances in their return to the track both at the Aon Cambridge 3-Day carnival and in Australia over the weekend.
While the rest of New Zealand is lining up Christmas holidays, for Cycling New Zealand elite track riders it signals the start of a hectic and vital summer with Paris Olympic qualification at stake.
Southland professional Corbin Strong was rewarded for his bunch riding nous with a silver medal in the elimination race on the final day of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Paris.
Southland riders make up a third of the nine-strong New Zealand team heading to Paris in two weeks to compete in the UCI Track World Championships.
Tom Scully, Corbin Strong and Hamish Beadle amongst a record 16 cyclists who are set to compete in the sport’s highest professional level of the UCI WorldTour in 2022.
Southlander Corbin Strong has claimed a podium placing in the overall rankings at the completion of the newly minted UCI Champions Track League in London.
Southland’s Corbin Strong and Aaron Gate combined to finish ninth in the gruelling 50km men’s madison at the world track cycling championships.
Vantage New Zealand team riders Corbin Strong and Ally Wollaston scored top-10 finishes at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Roubaix, France.
Southlander and reigning world points race champion Corbin Strong is part of a small Cycling NZ squad for the rescheduled world champs in France.
Southland riders Tom Scully, Corbin Strong and Mitchel Fitzsimons named in Cycling NZ team for world road champs.
Following a whirlwind year of racing around the world, international track and road cyclist Corbin Strong will be returning to his home track next month.
