News and Results

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 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.

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.

It was podium finishes all round for Southlanders on the first day of competition with U19 Makayla Smith, Emma Cumming and Nick Kergozou all securing golds, along with a silver for Elite sprinter Steph McKenzie.

The spectacular keirin competition produced plenty of drama on the second morning of the Avanti BikeNZ Classic at Cambridge today.

The Australians served notice that they have little regard for Commonwealth Games medals when they took it to the Kiwis on the first morning of the Avanti BikeNZ Classic at Cambridge.

Hello for another week and a reminder that there will be some tight and rather enclosed space around the track over the coming week as the Smiths City Expo sets up and opens to the public from Friday to Saturday, while we largely have full use of the track (without motorbike use sorry) during this time there is the one exception of the following:

Olympic medallist Simon van Velthooven has cut short his competitive sojourn in Japan to line-up in the first Rio 2016 qualifying event in Cambridge starting tomorrow.

Four talented Southland cyclists are attempting to put their best foot forward for selection in the New Zealand team for future Junior World Track Cycling Championship events.

Hello everyone for another sunny Tuesday in the south!
A wee bit of last minute business this weekend with track arrangements sorry due to late notice of the Great NZ Craft Show being in residence in the Velodrome.

A busy weekend of racing for everyone!

BikeNZ boss Andrew Matheson stresses New Zealand's two indoor velodromes - Invercargill and Cambridge - will both see top level racing in the future.

Howdy doody everyone and an official welcome to Spring – Yay!!

Well our superstar para pilot couldn’t help herself again over the weekend when Laura Fairweather teamed with partner Emma Foy to take out silver at the 2014 UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships in Greenville, USA.