Cycling Southland News Archive

Sweltering heat in Southland produced some fast times for the opening session of the Elite and Under-19 Track Cycling National Championships in Invercargill today.

Olympic medallist Simon Van Velthooven dug deep to break his New Zealand record on the opening night of finals at the BikeNZ National Track Cycling Championships in Invercargill.

The Invercargill Environment Centre is organizing the a number of events for Bikewise month.

The Elite time trials promise to be two of the highlights of the opening night of competition with the medals to be decided on Thursday evening at Stadium Southland velodrome.

This week’s national track cycling championships promise to be the most competitive and important for several years. The four-day elite and under-19 championships take place at the Stadium Southland Velodrome in Invercargill starting on Thursday.

World champion cyclist Alison Shanks has withdrawn from the track nationals in Invercargill this week, meaning she won't defend her rainbow jersey at this year’s UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Belarus next month.

Held over 3000 (Women) and 4000 (Men) metres, riders will qualify two at a time with the fastest two qualifiers riding for gold and the third and fourth fastest riding for bronze. Qualifying will be held in the Thursday morning session with evening finals on the opening night of competition.

A single lap of the velodrome out of the starting gate, riders will blast around the 250 metres one at a time in a straight final. We preview the first event to have medal decided at NZ Track Nats.

With riders still in recovery mode after a big weekend of racing, short and sharp racing was on the agenda for the Junior riders, while lighter numbers after a four day block of track, criterium and road racing, meant a tired 25 seniors lined up for racing, with the sprinters looking the freshest of them all after skipping the Gore to Invercargill on Monday! 

Mid South Canterbury's Nathan Adams claimed the 83rd Gore to Invercargill Road Classic tonight in a bunch sprint finish on Tay Street.

Cycling Southland's annual ILT New Year Cycling Series continued today with the Ascot Park Hotel Criterium. After early morning rain the day cleared nicely for the 10am start although riders had to contend with blustery conditions throughout racing.

Cycling Southland's Matt Archibald has recorded the fastest time ever recorded by a New Zealander in a Flying 200 setting 9.737 in qualifying at the UCI World Cup in Mexico this morning.

Southlander Jeremy Presbury has capped an incredible campaign at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney with a second gold medal.

Southland sprinter Eddie Dawkins has finished seventh in the keirin at the UCI World Cup in Mexico today.

Full results and video highlights from the second night of racing at the ILT New Year Carnival at Stadium Southland Velodrome on Saturday night.

Southland sprint cyclists Eddie Dawkins and Matt Archibald have earned gold medals with a stunning victory in the team sprint at the UCI World Cup in Mexico today.

Cycling Southland's New Year track cycling carnival featured thrills and spills on its opening night at Stadium Southland Velodrome tonight. Riders across all grades fought fiercely throughout the programme, putting on a great show for the crowd and testing themselves in the lead in to Track Nationals.

With another great turnout and racing so ferocious you would have thought you were at Elite Nationals - the spectators were well entertained.

Cameron Karwowski continued his fine recent form with victory in the Browns Handicap on Saturday. The annual road race held in conjunction with the Browns Sports Day was raced in blustery conditions.

A challenging course and quality field made life hard for the Southlanders lining up in the Calder Stewart Elite Road Nationals in Christchurch over the weekend.