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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.
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.
Southland’s Nick Kergozou riding with the New Zealand men’s pursuit team in Jakarta.
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.
Over 400 riders from 125 schools will head to the deep south for the Skoda New Zealand Schools track cycling and mountain bike championships this week.
Southland’s Tom Sexton will ride for gold in the elite men’s individual pursuit at the Cycling NZ track nationals in Cambridge tonight.
Cycling Southland and Academy Southland riders Ciara Kelly and Ronan Shearing have taken out the under 19 keirin titles on the second night of racing at the Cycling NZ national championships in Cambridge.
Southland’s Nick Kergozou claimed his fourth national 1000m time trial on Tuesday night.
Southland elite riders Tom Sexton, Nick Kergozou and Emma Cumming will be in action in Cambridge from tomorrow.
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.
Corbin Strong started the new UCI Track Champions League in the best possible way with wins in both endurance events on the opening night in Mallorca.
Southland riders Emma Cumming and Bradly Knipe have been named amongst a seven-strong Cycling NZ development sprint squad.
Top New Zealand track cyclist Nick Kergozou is aiming to put the disappointment of missing out on the Rio Olympics three years ago behind him with selection for the Tokyo Games in 2020.
