Cycling Southland News Archive

New Zealand’s leading track cyclists won’t need much rocking to sleep at this week’s Oceania Championships in Adelaide.

Hi everyone and another Yunca Junior Tour of Southland is done and dusted for another year. While the weather didn’t play ball on day two with Saturday’s two stages having to be cancelled there was still some great racing and results

World master IP champ Erin Criglington has today successfully defended her rainbow jersey at the Worlds Masters Championships in Manchester.

Junior world track cycling medallist Nick Kergozou has made a clean sweep of a weather-affected Junior Tour of Southland.

Invercargill accountant Erin Criglington will try to defend her individual pursuit title at the world masters track cycling championships next week.

Eddie Dawkins hopes to add a pair of world records to his collection of medals before contesting the Rio Olympics.

Three Southlanders - Hamish Keast, Corbin Strong and Nicole Shields - have just been named in the BikeNZ U17 first year Academy and second year road cycling development programme.

Happy Wednesday everyone and the sunshine and warmth continues in the Deep South the day after a NZ shared the top temperature of 19 or so the past couple of days!

Cyclist Nick Kergozou is eager to add a Junior Tour of Southland title to his list of wins.

Southland will be represented by some quality young track riders at next month's Oceania Championships in Adelaide.

11 Southlanders are set to represent the 30-strong NZ track cycling team heading  to contest the all-important Oceania Cycling Championships in Adelaide next month.

The always popular 2015 Tour de Vineyards is back for the coming New Year and will run from 30 December 2014 to 3 january 2015.

The selectors are happy to name the following riders to ride for Southland at the 2015 Elite and Under 19 Track Nationals.

A maximum field of 120 riders from 20 teams are expected to take part in this year’s 58^th Tour of Southland cycle race, which commences in Invercargill on Sunday 2 November.

Here is the draft programme for Wednesday and Thursday's National Principals Conference, obviously dependent on numbers, timing and capabilities of the Principals this may alter. 

Hi everyone and hope you are keeping grounded if you are in the gusty south today!

Well, the first BikeNZ Classic and Tier 1 Cup events are done and dusted in Cambridge with some outstanding results across the board from many of our Southland riders. It was awesome to follow your successes everyone and good luck with your final build up to those venturing on the Oceas in Adelaide next month

In perfect conditions an average size field set off into the hills over the 102km course. A gap of 36min separated the seven groups of riders for the 2014 Gorge Road Memorial Classic.

Nick Kergozou won't find it hard making friends when he decides to base himself in Cambridge with BikeNZ's high performance programme.

The Olympic qualifying event in Cambridge this week has provided an ideal litmus test for New Zealand cycling coaches as they plot their path to the 2016 Rio Olympics and beyond.

Olympic medallist Simon van Velthooven showed a glimpse of his world class abilities to win an exciting keirin final at the Avanti BikeNZ Classic in Cambridge tonight.