Cycling Southland News Archive

Josh Haggerty was the man to beat on Tuesday night, with a fast finishing Josh van den Arend close on his heels. Meanwhile, a new two hour race slot for Juniors on Fridays, meant the night comprised of a roll around as well as a bit of speed work with a Motorpaced Points Race for each junior grade. 

Last week's Elite and U19 Track nationals held at Invercargill's Stadium Southland Velodrome was another outstanding success. Great racing, great crowds and the great atmosphere which has become a hallmark of the velodrome over recent years, all added up to four great days of racing.

The Tour of New Zealand is on again for 2013.

Hot and windy weather welcomed the 41 riders to the start of the new road season. A last minute change of location to the Te Tipua circuit wasn’t the easiest race to start the season off.

Cycling Southland's Liam Aitcheson and Georgia Vessey will quickly switch their attention to the road after today being named in BikeNZ's Under-19 team to contest next month’s Oceania Road Cycling Championships in Canberra.

Southlanders Cameron Karwowski and Pieter Bulling have been named among a six-strong young development team to join several Olympic incumbents in a five-month European based training and racing programme to develop a men’s endurance track team for the world championships and Commonwealth Games next year and on to the Rio Olympics.

New Zealand’s in-form sprinters will lead a BikeNZ team that will chase medals in next month’s UCI track cycling world championships in Belarus.

The sensational sprinters were again the big hit on the final morning of qualifying at the BikeNZ national track cycling championships in Invercargill today.

BikeNZ riders are sprinting their way to the top with seven national records this week at the track cycling championships in Invercargill.

Teenager Georgia Williams heads to her first European cycling experience buoyed in the knowledge her elevation to the elite ranks has met with considerable success over the summer.

Olympic medallist Simon Van Velthooven showed his class to dominate the heats of the keirin on the third day of qualifying at the BikeNZ national track cycling championships in Invercargill today.

The cyclist known as Rhino – Simon Van Velthooven - charged through a world class field to claim an exciting keirin final at the BikeNZ national track cycling championships in Invercargill tonight.

BikeNZ’s world class sprinters produced some world class times as the records continued to tumble on the second day of qualifying at the national track cycling championships in Invercargill.

Auckland’s Sam Webster prevailed from the bevy of world class sprinters to claim the men’s sprint title on the second night of finals at the national track cycling championships in Invercargill.