Cycling Southland News Archive

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.

Our first night of racing for 2013 was full of the promise of things to come as we enter the business end of the season.

After a hugely successful 2012 on the bike, Paralympian Phillipa Gray and her pilot Laura Fairweather have started 2013 by earning significant accolades off the bike.

As usual, my final column for the year look back on some of the highlights from the Cycling Southland year writes CEO Nick Jeffrey. 

Cycling Southland's Tom Scully will join an all-star cast, led by Lotto Belisol professional Greg Hendersonin a New Zealand team in the new year Jayco Herald Sun Tour in Melbourne next month.

Invercargill's top sprinters Eddie Dawkins and Matt Archibald will make up half of a four-strong NZ team to head to the third round of the UCI World Cup in Mexico next month.

We had some good fields for the last night of Junior Racing for 2012, and it was awesome to see some of the ‘new’ riders, who have spent the year playing catch up on the ‘old’ riders, mixing it up and finishing in the top 3 – great work you guys!

The Southland skinsuit will again be prominent at the Calder Stewart Elite Road Championships in Christchurch next month with a total of 9 southern riders contesting the 2013 titles from January 11 to 13.

Our Summer Road Programme is now finalised. Please note when you have been rostered on for race management and marshalling, and thank you in advance for helping with this! We couldn’t run our racing without your help.

There's little doubt that 2012 has been a massive year for Cycling Southland, headlined by our hosting of the UCI Juniors Track World Championships in August writes CEO Nick Jeffrey.