Cycling Southland News Archive

Alison Shanks will ride off for the gold medal on the final night of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne.

And so it ends. Five days of incredible competition, endless conversations with teams event organisers, volunteers and officials drew to a close today at Melbourne's Hisense Arena. This week has provided a huge amount of information and ideas which we can utilise immediately for our upcoming hosting of Junior Worlds, but also further develop across all of the events we at Cycling Southland deliver during the year.

Hawkes Bay rider Westley Gough had the weight of a nation on his shoulders to stop an Australian clean sweep in the individual pursuit at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne tonight.

Hawkes Bay rider Westley Gough will ride off for the bronze medal in the individual pursuit on the fourth night of finals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne.

Cycling Southland's Cameron Karwowski has been named a powerful BikeNZ-Pure Black team to tackle the first of the Nations Cup road cycling classics in Belgium on Sunday (NZ Time).

Saturday had some living up to after Good Friday turned in to great Friday for the Southland sprinters - Eddie, Matt and Tarsh all qualifying with new personal bests, all of which were new fastest times for a New Zealander ever.

Southland sprinter Eddie Dawkins believes the New Zealand sprint programme has earned respect from the sport’s superpowers at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne.

Southland’s Big Whopper, Eddie Dawkins moved into sprint cycling’s rarefied air on the third day of qualifying at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne.

Friday was a pretty special day to be a Southlander at the World Cycling Champs as firstly Matt Archibald and then Eddie Dawkins set new low times for a New Zealander in the Men's sprint qualifying.

New Zealand will fight it out for the bronze medal in the women’s team pursuit on the second night of finals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne.

Nicknamed Rhino, Manawatu’s Simon Van Velthooven produced a beast of a performance to win the bronze medal in the gruelling 1000m time trial at the UCI Track Championships in Melbourne tonight.

Another one off the bucket list – Thursday morning allowed for a small window to visit the famous old lade of Australian sport, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, or as the Aussies affectionately call it, the ‘G.

New Zealand are through to the medal ride in the men’s team pursuit on the first day of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne today.

All that glitters is not gold as the New Zealand team found out with two outstanding bronze medals on the opening night of the UCI Track Championships in Melbourne tonight.

A morning pre-Breakfast run to Hisense Arena confirmed that my B&B Accommodation is only 10 minutes from the venue. Olympic Park is a truly amazing precinct writes Nick Jeffrey in Melbourne.

The UCI Track Cycling World Championships beginning in Melbourne tomorrow will be an important litmus test for New Zealand riders towards their London Olympic aspirations.

Our accreditation for the Worlds was only confirmed a week ago, so I haven't really had the chance to get excited about the trip. But after meeting with UCI officials in Invercargill over the weekend I now realise what a great opportunity we have over the next week to learn about the mechanics of delivering major event, plus the racing should be quite good too.

Southland's Eddie Dawkins will anchor the New Zealand men's team sprint at the World Track Cycling Champs in Melbourne starting tomorrow.

Congratulations to our 2012 Road Champions after the Southland Road Championships were held at Te Tipua on Saturday 31 March.

This year’s event is shaping up to be the best yet; event organisers Events Manawatu and Destination Manawatu have come up with a modified course and new innovations.