Race three of this year's Trust House North Island Series on Saturday around the Carrington circuit in Wairarapa proved to be more demanding than riders expected. The race started from the outskirts of Masterton in Norfolk Road in a clear day but after one hour of racing, strong winds made it difficult for many riders in the race with many of them being left behind and eventually pulling out >>

Tradition and common wisdom says that endurance events are the realm of older more experienced athletes. But a host of young cyclists turned tradition on its ear in New Zealand's toughest road cycling race, the Cranleigh K2. More than 1200 riders from six countries and all ends of New Zealand lined up for the 13th Cranleigh K2 cycle classic. The gruelling 200k lap of the Coromandel Peninsula is >>

Double Olympian Westley Gough makes his return to international competition after selection for the BikeNZ track team for the opening UCI World Cup in Mexico next month. Gough, Southland's Cameron Karwowski, Waikato's Rushlee Buchanan and Otago's Katie Schofield make their return to international track competition while Waikato's Racquel Sheath will make her World Cup debut. The 16-strong >>

Drapac Professional Cycling welcomes the return of riders Will Clarke, Darren Lapthorne, Travis Meyer, Lachlan Norris and Bernard Sulzberger to the squad for 2015.The five were instrumental to the success of the Australian-based UCI Professional Continental outfit this season and management is buoyed by their decision to re-sign.Will Clarke –The 29-year-old's consistency has gone a long way >>

Drapac Professional Cycling's Wouter Wippert returned to the podium at the Tour of Hainan on Saturday, claiming third place on Stage 6 after 182.1km. Wippert finished in the bunch sprint behind winner Niccolo Bonifazio (Lampre-Merida) and runner-up Barry Markus (Belkin). It was the third time this week that the Drapac rider has finished among the place-getters at the Tour of Hainan. A group of >>

Holden New Zealand is swapping the technology and comfort of their cars to support the largest cycleevent in the country. The popular iconic car brand has teamed up with the Contact Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge and More FM and will participate in the Holden Corporate Challenge on November 29. Holden has also challenged all Holden dealerships around the country along with other Corporate >>

With their successful Commonwealth Games behind them, BikeNZ is gearing up for the final two year campaign to the 2016 Rio Olympics. A key is to complete their high performance track coaching structure to allow Dayle Cheatley to focus on his role as Head Coach over the three track squads that BikeNZ is targeting towards Rio 2016. Today BikeNZ announced that Tim Carswell is appointed as men's >>

Wouter Wippert's stellar season for Drapac Professional Cycling has continued with the Dutchman winning the bunch sprint for Stage 4 of the Tour of China II.It's the 24-year-old's eighth victory of the year and the first since his return from pneumonia which had left him hospitalised. Prior to the Tour of China I, Wippert had not raced with the team since the Tour de Kumano where he won two >>

New Zealand's leading cyclists will put their Commonwealth Games endeavours behind them, as they prepare to take the first steps towards the Rio Olympics at the Avantidrome this month. Most of the Glasgow medallists will be in action in the first Olympic qualifying event, the Avanti BikeNZ Cup and Avanti BikeNZ Classic from 18-20 September in Cambridge. The event has drawn entries from >>