Cycling Southland News Archive

Wanaka’s Mikayla Harvey will be the first of the Vantage Cycling New Zealand team in action when the re-arranged UCI Road World Championships begin in Italy overnight. The 22-year-old, who turned cycling heads with a top-five finish in the Giro Rosa last week where she won the young rider classification, will join Commonwealth Games medallist Georgia Williams in the women’s individual time trial. The pair will be joined by 21-year Niamh Fisher-Black for the weekend road race. Read Article

The 2021 Elite Road Cycling National Championships could prove a test of the toughest, after organisers released course details today. Read Article

Rotorua will host the Age Group Road National Championships in 2021, it was announced by Cycling New Zealand today. The event, to be held on 16 to 18 April 2021, attracts around 1000 competitors, supporters and officials incorporating the best age-group riders from under-15 to Senior along with the leading Masters riders from 35 years to over 75 years including a number of world champions and former leading professional riders. Read Article

World championship and Commonwealth Games medal-winning and Olympic cyclist, Racquel Sheath has decided to step away from track cycling as an athlete in the High Performance programme. Read Article

There will be some strong Southland riders lining up when road cycling returns to the sporting calendar with around 600 riders set to compete in the Vantage Age Group Road Nationals in central Hawkes Bay this weekend. Read Article

While the Vantage New Zealand Elite team added the glamour, a number of exciting young cycling talent emerged from the National Track Series at the Avantidrome in Cycling New Zealand’s first post-Covid competition. Read Article

Many of New Zealand’s leading cyclists will be expected to race around the inner-city streets at the Vantage Criterium National Championships which will return to Christchurch in November. Read Article

One of New Zealand’s most celebrated and colourful track cyclists, Eddie Dawkins, has today announced his retirement from the sport. Read Article

Ollie Jones took out an emotional win in the opening round of the Calder Stewart Elite Series, while Emily Paterson took out the women's division after a gutsy solo ride. Jacob Grieve took out the masters' division. Read Article

Mitchell Fitzsimons claimed a tightly contested sprint finish in the Stonewood Homes Gore to Invercargill Classic on Saturday. Read Article