Kiwi professionals Jesse Sergent (Radioshack- Nissan) and Jack Bauer (Garmin Barracuda) highlighted the advances NZ cyclists have made in the big league by finishing 9th and 14th respectively in the Giro d Italia 8.7km time trial prologue. Never have we seen such strong individual TT performances in a Grand Tour and the duo are poised for opportunities to take the pink jersey within the first >>

Trotman graduates in style at RaboDirect national club road cycling Dunedin’s Reta Trotman gave up attending her university graduation today but she has well and truly graduated to the top echelon of cycling in this country with victory in the RaboDirect national club road championships in Hawkes Bay. The 23-year-old was to graduate from a degree in nutrition to add to her physical education >>

New Zealand has two riders confirmed to start in the Giro D’Italia this weekend. Olympic-bound Jesse Sergent was confirmed yesterday in the powerful Radioshack Nissan Trek team and today Jack Bauer was named in the Garmin Barracuda lineup. It will be the first Grand Tour for both young riders. The three week tour begins with a prologue in Denmark on Saturday (NZT). “I’m really looking >>

New Zealand has named its biggest and arguably strongest track cycling team ever for the London Olympic Games. The New Zealand Olympic Committee today announced a 15-strong team plus reserves for London. The team is built around the riders who achieved podium performances at the recent world championships in Melbourne and reflects Bike NZ’s continual gains on the world’s stage.  >>

Cyclocross Hawke's Bay is proud to present the 2012 Specialized National Cyclocross Champs, to be held on the 8th July, at EIT, Taradale. This is the first time cyclocross will be a official sanctioned BikeNZ event in New Zealand. BikeNZ have recongnised the importance of having another form of exciting cycle racing and have endorsed the national event for the first time. In the past Hamilton >>

Alison Shanks celebrated her second rainbow jersey with an emphatic victory in the individual pursuit to seal New Zealand’s most successful ever world track cycling championships.Shanks dominated her final of the 3000m individual pursuit over old adversary Wendy Houvenaghel (GBR) to repeat the world championship title won in the same event in 2009.It brought the New Zealand tally to five medals, >>

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.The men’s team pursuit quartet of Marc Ryan, Sam Bewley, Aaron Gate and Westley Gough rode a splendidly judged race to claim the bronze medal over Russia, after being behind by 1.5 seconds at the halfway mark in the 4000m >>

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.The quartet of Aaron Gate, Sam Bewley, Westley Gough and Marc Ryan clocked 3:59.156 in the 4000m team pursuit and will meet Russia in the bronze medal ride at the Hisense Arena tonight.World champions Australia take on the Olympic champions Great >>

Rolleston School was still excited well after two riders from the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling visited on Thursday. “The school was just buzzing,” school spokesperson Alison Twentyman said. It was a great morning having the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team visit; it was inspirational.” Twentyman said it was great to give the children the opportunity to meet and be inspired by two of the team’s riders, >>

The Cycling Advocates' Network (CAN) and BikeNZ say it is common sense for government and business to fight high fuel prices by investing in cycling. As petrol hits $2.20 a litre, people are looking for alternatives to driving. CAN spokesperson Patrick Morgan says local councils and the government need to shift up a gear to soften the impact of high fuel prices. "New Zealanders >>