To raise funds and awareness for the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand, Jonathan Douglas in association with Hayden Roulston (Ex professional Tour De France rider and NZ Olympic Silver Medallist) are searching for amateur cyclists who want the challenge of a lifetime by riding every stage of the 2018 Tour De France route, one day ahead of the actual race itself. Jonathan has first-hand >>

North Otago cyclist Tim Rush wants to build on his elite men’s lead while a real battle looms in the women’s race for individual honours in the fifth round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Small Business Accounting Methven Grand Prix, being held in the Methven District for the first time on Saturday. Riding for the Mike Greer Homes cycling team Rush leads the men’s elite series >>

The Avantidrome in Cambridge is up in lights yet again as Tirau cyclist Jim McMurray attempts to set a new UCI World Record in the masters 55 - 59 age group. McMurray will take to the track on the 19th of March 2016 at 4.30pm to challenge the current record of 45.0189kms, set in 2012 by Keith Ketterer from America. Living just 15kms from the Avantidrome in Cambridge, McMurray’s training >>

The New Zealand National team gave locals plenty to cheer about in the Wairarapa today when Brad Evans won Stage 2 of the New Zealand Cycle Classic. Evans, a previous winner of the five-stage tour and winner of the 2015 Tour of Tasmania and Tour of Southland, overcame a puncture to win the 136km stage in 3hrs04mins15secs a bike length ahead of runner-up Alex Frame, a New Zealander racing for >>

New Zealand sports fans will be treated to top-level road cycling next week when the New Zealand Cycle Classic is held in the Wairarapa. The international five-stage tour, being held from January 20th â€" 24th, is a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) 2.2 accredited tour and has attracted a top field of elite male riders says Race Director Jorge Sandoval. “This year’s field is beyond >>

A strong New Zealand men’s national road cycling team has been named for this month’s UCI 2.2 stage race, the New Zealand Cycle Classic, held entirely in the Wairarapa. The five man strong team to compete in the five stage race being held from January 20th â€" 24th 2016 is made up of New Zealand pro riders and track riders â€" many of whom are focusing on the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. >>

With the new race season fast approaching, fi’zi:k is proud to confirm the UCI WorldTour teams it partners with for 2016. They are: • AG2R La Mondiale (FRA) • BMC Racing Team (USA) • Team Cannondale-Garmin (USA) • Team Dimension Data (RSA) • FDJ (FRA) • Orica GreenEDGE (AUS) • Movistar Team (ESP) • Team Sky (GBR) All of the teams are fully equipped with fi’zi:k >>

The first ever Professional Continental road cycling team to come out of Britain will make their world debut in New Zealand next year. The ONE Pro Cycling team, who recently gained an UCI Pro Continental licence for 2016 making them eligible to receive invites to the world's biggest races including the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia, will compete in the New Zealand Cycle Classic held >>

Top saddle manufacturer fi’zi:k and triple Tour de France-winning Team Sky will continue working together for at least two more seasons Italian saddle maker fi’zi:k has worked with Team Sky since 2012, supplying saddles for the whole team. This relationship has seen three Tour titles together â€" two with Chris Froome and one with World Hour Record holder Sir Bradley Wiggins â€" along >>

More than 1200 riders from five countries and all ends of New Zealand lined up for the 14th Cranleigh K2 cycle classic. The gruelling 200k lap of the Coromandel Peninsula is unique in cycling circles in that it starts from a different Coromandel township every year. This year racing got underway in Thames, which put riders straight into K2's signature hill climb, the 14k long, 425m high >>

To the wider world K2 is one of the world's toughest mountains. But in cycling circles, "K2" is renowned as New Zealand's toughest road race. On Saturday more than 1200 riders from all ends of New Zealand, Australia, China and the United Kingdom will take on the gruelling 200k lap of the Coromandel Peninsula. Saturday marks the 14th Cranleigh K2. Combining superb surroundings and a >>

Today 13 Management racing as CharterMason Giant is proud to announce our first signed rider for season 2016, with UK born rider Mike Cuming joining the team from JLT/Condor where he has been a General Classification contender for the last four years. "I'm really looking forward to racing in a different environment and with some new faces for 2016, from what I've seen CharterMason Giant have >>

All eyes will be on a 1.1km section of gravel road in the Wairarapa this weekend when it is ridden on during the third round of the Trust House North Island Team Cycling Series. Race director Jorge Sandoval says for the first time in any men's road cycling race held in the Wairarapa, a section of the 17km circuit located on the outskirts of Carterton, will feature 1.1km of gravel road. Mr >>

Linda Villumsen has take her stocks another notch higher than last years Commonwealth Games time trial win when this morning she smashed the Women's field at the UCI World Championships to take the gold medal. Favourite for the race and two-time world champion Kristin Armstrong posted the early time to beat with a scorching 40:50 making that stick until the last few riders finished the course. >>

The'Aerodynamics and Weight Limitation Working Group' has been installed as part of the Bicycle Committee of the World Federation Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI). The new working group is to take on changing UCI's 3:1 rule and the 6.8kg weight limit for road bikes in close collaboration with the UCI.  >>

Steve Bale, from Karori, Wellington, has set a new New Zealand track cycling Hour Record in the open and masters' grade, battling to cover 47.697km. The 38-year-old was disappointed to have missed the world masters' mark, set by Australian Jayson Austin in 2009, by just two laps, but satisfied to have claimed two national records. Setting off at 11am on Saturday August 22 at the >>

A challenging 152km hill climb is one of the highlights of next year's New Zealand Cycle Classic, a premier international men's road cycle tour to be staged entirely in the Wairarapa. The full route for the 29thrunning of the UCI Sanctioned international stage race, to be held in the Wairarapa from January 20th – 24th 2016, was released today. Race Director Jorge Sandoval says the 663km route >>

Christchurch teenager Max Jones won the biggest race of his young cycling career, winning today's elite race of the fourth round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Kings Electrical Ashburton Classic. Well supported by his Modus Construct team, Jones (19) out sprinting Brodie Catterick (TotalPOS Solutions) to win the 133 kilometre race held in calm wet conditions in three hours and nine >>

After a winter that included racing in Canada and the United States Sam Horgan is the favourite to build on his elite series lead in round four of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Kings Electrical Ashburton Classic, being held on Saturday. Riding in the strong Mike Greer Homes Racing team on Saturday, Horgan raced for his Australian Continental team Budget Forklifts in Canada's Tour de >>

Drapac Professional Cycling is set to launch the second half of the 2015 season off at the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey Classic on Sunday 2 August. Britain's greatest one-day bike race is back and this year's fast and furious showdown will see 150 of the world's top pro cyclists take on a 200km route through London and Surrey. The route is a variation on the London 2012 Olympic Road Cycling Race >>

Bad news for Lotto Soudal this morning: Greg Henderson won't stand at the start of the seventh stage. The rib injury of the New-Zealander is so painful that it isn't an option to continue the race. Henderson was involved in the big crash on Monday in the stage from Antwerp to Huy. Team doctor Jan Mathieu: "It's not easy to race with an injury like Greg has. As rider and team doctor you hope >>

Etixx - Quick-Step rider Tony Martin will fly to BG Hospital in Hamburg immediately for surgery, and must withdraw from Le Tour de France. Martin, in the yellow jersey as race leader since a Stage 4 solo victory, was diagnosed with a collarbone fracture on the left side of his body that was suffered during a crash inside the final kilometer of the 6th Stage. "Unfortunately, the >>

In partnership with top athletes, crankbrothers has launched the Crankbrothers for Others charitable giveback initiative to support bike-related causes around the world. "Giving back has always been an important part of our business practices," said Kellen Trachy, Global Marketing Manager, crankbrothers. "We've enjoyed a longstanding relationship with Hans Rey and his Wheels 4 Life charity, >>

The world leader in automatic road pedals, which designs and manufactures its flagship product entirely in France, sees its French roots and commitment firmly established. Recognition of strong territorial roots Inventor of the automatic road pedal in 1984 and world market leader since then, LOOK designs, develops, assembles and tests 100% of its pedals in France. 1 million pedals are >>

Seven time NZ Road Champion Gordon McCauley and the GMC brand of cycle coaching has partnered with the Worlds number one Road specialist brand Cervelo. PRV the NZ distributor see the association as a natural fit bringing together two great brands in GMC and Cervelo. McCauley who raced his first event last weekend aboard the 2015 S5 took first place in the Cape to Kaitaia putting in a strong >>

The RICOH Legends of Cycling dinner on January 28 in Auckland next year will be the highest profile gathering of world famous cycling identities ever seen in New Zealand with organisers saying it will also be a celebration of all things cycling. Featuring one of the greatest cyclists of all time American Greg LeMond, a three time Tour de France winner and two time world champion, the >>

The New Zealand women's endurance track team have enjoyed further success on the roads at the Tour of Dairylands in USA. Omnium specialist Racquel Sheath finished second in yesterday's fifth stage at the Milwaukee Mile Speedway, in the Wisconsin State Fair Park, while teammates Alysha Keith and Lauren Ellis both finished on the podium in the stage six criterium at Schlitz Park in downtown >>

Cycling coach Steve Collins has gone on the rant in the wake of British Cycling poster boy Bradley Wiggins Hour Record ride calling it illegal. Collins who helped prepare former holder Alex Dowsett has taken aim at the bike used by Wiggins calling it illegal as it is not currently in production for purchase as is stated as a must by the UCI within 9 months of the race, time it appears is on >>

George Bennett has made the team for the Dauphine, the week long mini Tour de France where the favourites who did not take part in the Giro hone their form for the Tour. Pulled from the LottoNL Jumbo team a day before the Giro for returning a low cortisol reading in a standard UCI test the Nelson rider is now back in the fold after finding the answers to his situation through independent >>

New Zealand cyclist Aaron Gate has won the sprinters' green jersey after the final stage of the An Post RAS Tour of Ireland overnight. Gate, who rides for the An Post Chain Reaction UCI Continental team, finished in the peloton seconds behind the breakaway trio in the eighth and final stage into Skerries near Dublin. Gate and the New Zealand endurance track team were competing as part of >>

Drapac Cycling closed out a successful first run in the Amgen Tour of California with another podium today in the iconic finish at the Rose Bowl. With a near perfect lead out by the team, Wouter Wippert sprinted to second, with Mark Cavendish taking the win and Peter Sagan third."We came to California to race the best riders and we showed we can ride with them. I, of course, wanted the win today >>

ORICA-GreenEDGE has claimed the opening team time trial at the Giro d'Italia in San Remo this afternoon, seven seconds faster than nearest rivals Tinkoff-Saxo. The Australian outfit finished the 17.6km race against the clock in 19minutes 26seconds, 2014 Liege-Bastogne-Liege champion Simon Gerrans the first rider across the line to claim first honours in the pink 'maglia rosa' leader's jersey.  >>

Sam Horgan soloed to an impressive elite win today in round three of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the CYB Construction Hokitika Classic, on the South Island's West Coast, to also claim the elite series lead. Horgan, riding for the Mike Greer Homes Racing team, attacked the leaders on the final climb of the Blur Spur Ridge taking L & M Group RICOH NZ's Liam Aitcheson with him. >>

In a surprise announcement today by Kiwi Pro George Bennetts Team LottoNL-Jumbo it was revealed that the talented climber will not be taking the start line in the Giro due to turning in a standard UCI blood test showing low cortisol levels. Low cortisol levels can be indicative of the use of cortisone or due to other health issues. Bennett recently completed a long training camp at altitude on >>

To celebrate the 15th edition of the Castelli 24-hour cycling race, Castelli is offering you the chance to race in our Squadra Corse Team. The Castelli 24-hour race ticks all the boxes for a great cycling party central, its fun, sociable, enjoyable, sociable, fast and exhilarating as 100 teams of 12 riders tackle the 24 hour race, amongst them iconic cycling champions and professionals.  >>

Drapac Professional Cycling heads to the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey and Tour of the Gila for the month of April. Both rosters feature a dynamic, diverse Drapac squad of general classification riders, climbers and sprinters.Drapac Professional Cycling has raced previously at the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, debuting last year at the event. Drapac will make its first appearance at >>

Sam Horgan out kicked his breakaway companions to win the second round of the elite race of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series, the Moore Stephens Markhams Classic, in Pleasant Point near Timaru today. Horgan, riding for the Mike Greer Homes racing team, managed to get across to the 8 leaders well into the second lap of the 148 kilometre race to put himself in a position to win, while Justin >>

The BikeAid app is the global bike store locator. With thousands of bike stores listed globally, the power is in users' pockets. It is available to download for free now at the Apple or Android app stores. (Download link on the homepage of website) ; http://www.bikeaidapp.com The BikeAid app is designed to take the hassle out of finding bike stores. It's an online platform that will help >>

The Cycling Australia National Road Series has kicked off in Perth, Western Australia and CharterMason Giant Racing Team (powered by Brennan IT) have hit the road in fine style taking victory in the opening two stages. Former UCI MTB Eliminator World Champion (and 2015 Australian Champion!) Paul Van Der Ploeg used his impressive bike handling skills and unbelievable 2,400 watt peak power to >>

Dan Barry won todays Coffee Culture Le Race outsprinting Richard Lawson to win in two hours and forty seven minutes. Barry (Budget Forklifts) was 'absolutely stoked' to grab what he called was an 'unexpected' win in the Christchurch to Akaroa 100 kilometre event after he manufactured the days' key break as riders approached Little River after 25 kilometres of tough winds on the flat. Tom >>

Seventeen year old South African born Christchurch cyclist Keagan Girdlestone is one year stronger and wiser and keen to defend his break through win in last year's Coffee Culture Le Race on Saturday. Girdlestone, the youngest ever winner in the event's history, knows he carries a bigger target on his back this year and is very aware it will be harder than last year to make it two wins in a >>

Stewart Island will create history when it hosts the opening 20 kilometre stage of the Tour of New Zealand on Friday the 10th of April. It will be the first ever competitive cycle race held on the island which Tour Director Peter Yarrell says makes a unique event even more special. "We've been really encouraged by the support shown from the locals on Stewart Island," he said. A group of local >>

The iconic 100 kilometre Christchurch to Akaroa Coffee Culture Le Race will have its largest field since the 2011 earthquakes. New owner Sheree Stevens from Not Just Events is 'very happy' about entry numbers that are tracking towards 770, exceeding the previous largest post-earthquake field of 734 cyclists that entered in 2013. The event had 550 entries last year and has not had more than 800 >>

More than 800 riders from 10 countries took on the 30th anniversary the Karapoti Classic this weekend, with the winners of New Zealand's longest running mountain bike event reigniting sport's oldest debate. Established in 1986, the Karapoti Classic is thought to be the Southern Hemisphere's longest running mountain bike race. Based in Upper Hutt's Akatarawa Ranges, approximately 40k north of >>

Ben Leslie scored a massive 23 Burkes Cycles Speed League points at round six of the weekly track racing Summer Series, held at Wellington Velodrome on Sunday March 8, to put him top of the under 13 overall competition. While Ben won all four D grade events from the 4 lap Handicap Scratch to the more complex Devilish Point-a-lap - a combination of a points and elimination race - he was pushed >>

Tom Hubbard backed up a sixth place finish in a strong field in the UCI 1.2 REV Classic race yesterday in Cambridge to win the opening round of the elite race of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series in Oxford near Christchurch today. Hubbard, riding for the Breads of Europe team, managed to get across to 11 leaders at a critical time in the 159 kilometre race to then take a leadership role with >>

Three years after selling his stake in Cervélo - the high-end road bike manufacturer he cofounded– Dutch engineer and inventor Gerard Vroomen has teamed up with CEO René Wiertz to acquire all shares in iconic bicycle component maker 3T."It gives me great pleasure to tell the world that Gerard has agreed to join me as a partnerin 3T. We've grown into a very successful company in the last few years >>

Christchurch cyclist Michael Vink is keen to use Sunday's opening round of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series as a tester of his form before he heads to Europe to race. Vink, riding for the Bread of Europe team, is the series defending elite champion, winning the last round in Canterbury's Selwyn District in October to claim the title. Under new ownership with a new naming rights sponsor – it >>

In front of a very large crowd, Lauren Hall from USA national team won the final stage, her second in the tour after a perfect lead out by her team into the middle of Masterton city centre earlier today. It was a great finale for a great tour and Team USA show why they are the best in the world, they won four of the five stages, lead the tour from start to finish and never seem to be in any >>

New Zealand has smashed their national record on the way to victory in the men's team pursuit on the second day of the UCI Track World Championships in Paris. It is the first time in their history that New Zealand has won the team pursuit gold medal, edging out Great Britain in a thrilling final by half a second in the 4000m final. Winning gold were - Dylan Kennett, Pieter Bulling, Alex >>

The New Zealand men's team sprint trio had a dominant victory over-turned on the first day of the UCI track world championships near Paris. The trio of Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins looked to have prevailed in the final over the hosts France, but were relegated back to the silver medal for a technical infringement in the changeover. "It's a technical rule that did not affect >>

New Zealand representative Jordan Castle (Bike Manawatu) played his cards perfectly to win the prestigious Laykold Cup held at the Wellington Velodrome on Sunday February 15, out sprinting Dan Waluszewski (Wellington) and James Denholm (West Coast North Island) at the end of a tactical race.Now held as a 10km scratch, the Laykold Cup has a history running more than 80 years and is one of the >>

The Trust House Women's Cycle Tour of New Zealand received a boost last night, with confirmation that 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Linda Villumsen is entering next week's international tour to be held in the Wairarapa. Villumsen, the 2014 Commonwealth gold medallist and 2015 New Zealand national road champion, will race the five-day tour as member of the Ramblers Cycling Club and is >>

Team named for UCI Track World Championships - With a weather-eye fixed on the 2016 Olympics, Cycling New Zealand will invest in youth for this month's UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Following strong performances at the national championships, Cycling New Zealand has included newcomers Alex Frame (Canterbury) 21, and Regan Gough (Hawkes Bay) 19, in their 18-strong team to compete at >>

Depth in numbers and talent is exciting Cycling New Zealand after the conclusion of the Skoda Track Cycling National Championships at the Avantidrome in Cambridge. While the big guns, led by the team sprint world champions, shone on the final day, the championships also celebrated the emergence of some serious young talent. Cycling New Zealand head coach Dayle Cheatley said there were good >>

Wouter Wippert left nothing to question today at the line, taking a sounding victory in Stage 6 at the Santos Tour Down Under, earning Drapac Professional Cycling its' first WorldTour Victory. After two, third-places earlier this week. Wippert edged out Australian National road champion, Heinrich Haussler (IAM Cycling) and Belgian Boris Vallee (Lotto-Soudal)."We did it. The team put it >>

Top international road cyclist, American Evelyn Stevens is set to appear in next month's Trust House Women's Cycle Tour of New Zealand being held in the Wairarapa. The appearance of the former team time trial world champion, as well as winner of numerous international races around the world, is a major coup for the event organisers. The five-day international cycle tour will take place >>

RCS Sport today unveiled the Official Dubai Tour 2015 leader's jersey, designed by the British fashion designer Paul Smith and produced by the innovative Italian clothing partner Castelli. The four race jerseys, will be worn by the leaders of each race classification. Sir Paul Smith himself, who is arguably the most successful designer in British history, was behind the decision to partner with >>

The BDO Wellington to Auckland Cycle Challenge is now very much established on the cycling calendar as one of the 'must do' cycling events for riders of all abilities, a 7-day stage tour that engages with the competitor in everyone, whether it is a competition just to get to the finish as fast as possible near the front of the field, or to finish high amongst a riding category, or simply to >>

New Zealand U23 time trial champion James Oram will lead the NZCT -New Zealand national team in the NZCT Cycle Classic starting next Wednesday 28th January in Palmerston North. The team is made up of New Zealand pro riders who are not allowed to take part in the tour unless their team is taking part in the race or as members of the New Zealand national team. 21-year-old James Oram is >>

Drapac Professional Cycling's William Clarke delivered an instrumental attack in Stage 3 of Santos Tour Down Under, establishing a day long break to earn Most Competitive Rider. Rohan Dennis (BMC) took the stage victory with Cadel Evans (BMC) second and Tom Dumoulin (TGA) third. Clarke launched at 3km and was joined by fellow Australian Calvin Watson (Trek Racing), Lasse Norman Hansen >>

Southland rider Cameron Karwowski went close without glory on the final day of the UCI track cycling World Cup in Cali, Colombia today. The 23-year-old jumped into the lead after the penultimate round of the six-discipline omnium, but could not prosper in the final points race, finishing sixth overall. Karwowski and Waikato's Racquel Sheath have been new to international omnium competition >>

Olympic medallist Simon van Velthooven found finals form on the second day of the UCI track cycling World Cup in Cali, Colombia. Van Velthooven, in his first World Cup competition of the season, finished fifth in the final of the men's keirin. The Manawatu rider was third in his opening heat but fought his way back by winning the repechage. He was second in the second round clash behind >>

To receive a wild card for the Tour de France is a dream come true for the entire MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung team, while it is also a historic moment for African and world cycling. In all the 101 previous editions of the Tour de France, this will be the first time an African registered team will take part in this, the biggest cycling race in the world. "We can light up stages of the Tour and we >>

While many were looking to the star World Tour professionals, it was the homegrown Avanti Racing team riders led by Wellington's Joe Cooper, who took a clean sweep of the Calder Stewart elite national road championship men's race in Christchurch today. Cooper led local Christchurch teammate Tom Davison home after a superb break late on the penultimate lap of the 183km race, that comprised 12 >>

Commonwealth Games medallist Jaime Nielsen gave her upcoming track hopes a boost when she defended her time trial title at the Calder Stewart elite national road championships in Christchurch today. Fresh off winning every stage of the Tour de Vineyards, Nielsen powered home in strong nor-easterly winds to claim the women's 25km time trial ahead of Commonwealth Games gold medallist Linda >>

World Tour professional rider, Greg Henderson will head a New Zealand team in the annual Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic near Melbourne in the New Year. Henderson, who rides for Lotto Belisol team based in Europe, will lead a group of mostly endurance track riders who will use the four day tour as foundation for January's all-important Skoda Elite National Track Championships in Cambridge to >>

New Zealand's top track cyclists including Olympic medalists, World Championship and World Cup riders will compete against each other as they vie for national titles at the Skoda Elite & U19 Track National Championships. The event will be held at Cambridge's Avantidrome from 29 January – 1 February 2015 with tickets now available online. It is the final opportunity for Kiwi athletes to >>

Top professionals teams are releasing their line up for New Zealand's premier cycle race and only UCI 2.2 sanctioned event in Oceania next January, The NZCT Cycle Classic. Avanti Racing Team is the first to announce their line up and they are presenting a strong team including retired Christchurch triathlete Tom Davison who will have his first cycling test after being nominated in the team for >>

Burkes Cycles Speed League Spring Series winners were named following round seven of the track cycling league which was held at Wellington Velodrome in Hataitai on Sunday December 14. Grant Perry won the senior men's/ under 19 category with Ione Johnson heading up the women's, both categories supported by Coffee Supreme.Grace Saywell dominated the under 15 category while George Jackson was the >>

Cycling New Zealand is pleased it can complete vital resources for its campaign to the Rio Olympics and beyond. High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) today allocated an additional $400,000 over the next two years to meet the additional needs for key coaching resource, equipment, medical and nutrition. "The added investment will allow us to purchase equipment and bring on board >>

The Trust House North Island cycling series is set for a thrilling finale this weekend, with overall victory in the Series on the line. With just three points separating series leader Sam Horgan (Bike Manawatu) and Dan Waluszewski (Rivet Racing Team), in the men's elite, a postrace tie-breaker may be required to determine the overall series winner. A top two finish for Horgan will clinch the >>

Double Olympic Gold medalist and world-class sprinter Graeme Brown will race in the colours of Drapac Professional Cycling in 2015. In his 13-year career Brown has taken a number of major international victories, including nine stages of the Tour of Langkawi, as well as three stages of Australia's biggest race the Tour Down Under. An out and out sprinter in his youth, in recent years Brown has >>

Martin Kohler of Switzerland will join Drapac Professional Cycling in 2015 having spent the past seven seasons with BMC Racing Team. The former Swiss Time Trial (2011) and Road Race (2012) champion is the sixth new signing for Drapac Professional Cycling bringing the roster to 17 riders."Since I started racing I dreamt about winning races. I've done that in juniors and U23 but it became rare >>

Those who missed registering for the 38thContact Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge need not panic, with late entries being accepted. Late entries for the event this coming Saturday will be available online at www.cyclechallenge.comfrom 6am Wednesday until 6pm Thursday, or on event day at the Great Lake Centre in Taupo from 10am–10pm on Friday, 28 November (the day before the event). Organisers are >>

Drapac Professional Cycling is pleased to welcome up-and-coming South African Dylan Girdlestone to the squad from 2015.The 25-year-old raced with Garmin-Sharp as a stagiaire over the back half of the current season having previously ridden at the Continental level with MTN-Qhubeka.Girdlestone said he was excited by the opportunity to ride for Drapac and the move to Australia for the UCI >>

BikeNZ Track star Shane Archbold's new team for the 2015 season BORA-Argon18 has been rewarded by the UCI with a successful application into the Pro Continental ranks. The team formerly known as NetApp-Endura rode the Tour de France this year performing well above expectations putting many of the higher ranked World Tour teams to task. Archbold a solid performer on the road will dedicate all of >>

Grant Perry achieved a clean sweep of all A grade races plus the mixed grade Team Scratch at the Burkes Cycles Speed League track racing meeting at Wellington Velodrome in Hataitai on Sunday November 9, 2014 to take the lead overall. It's only the second time a sweep in the A grade has been completed in the history of the Speed League - the other was by Louis Higgison last season. This time it >>

2013 Tour de France winner Chris Froome will join fellow Team Sky rider & best mate Richie Porte in this year's Stan SiejkaLaunceston Cycling Classic on the 6th& 7th December. Arguably the best duo in world cycling at the moment, Porte &Froome will commence their 2015 campaign in Tasmania after their much needed season ending break. We are excited & honoured to not only have >>

Floris Goesinnen has decided to call time on his cycling career, following his final appearance with Drapac Professional Cycling at last month's Tour of Hainan. Goesinnen, now 31, represented the Australian-based team from 2011 through 2014. Nine years after his cycling career as a professional began with Skil-Shimano, the Dutchman has decided to return to university to obtain his Master's degree >>

It was a day of déjàvu on day one of the 2014 SBS Bank Tour of Southland as Joe Cooper secured the yellow jersey after taking out the fastest time in team trial today. Cooper, returning as one of this year's Tour favourites again this year and riding for the new Avanti Racing Team, completed the 4.2km lap of Invercargill's Queens Park in 4 minutes, 57 seconds in wet, greasy conditions.  >>

Avanti Racing Team is excited to announce the signing of Patrick Bevin to the team for the 2015 season. The talented Kiwi burst on to the National Road Series midway through the year with wins in both the National Capital Tour and the Tour of Tasmania and quickly became the target of every team in the region. Team co-owner Andrew Christie-Johnston made no secret of his desire to have Bevin on >>

It's been three years since a driver plowed into Megan Odett and her one-year-old son in a Washington, D.C. street, and even now, she can't fully straighten her leg. "They never caught the person who left me lying in the crosswalk, curled up around my son," Odett, 35, told The Huffington Post by phone last week. The three witnesses to the crash couldn't agree on the driver's license >>

It was a day for World Champions in Wairarapa on Saturday for race two of the Trust House North Island Series. World Junior Champions Regan Gough from Waipukurau and Palmerston North Luke Mudgway finish first and second in the men's elite of the Trust House North island series after a very aggressive race around the Masterton, Carterton and South Wairarapa region in near perfect weather.  >>

Drapac Professional Cycling is pleased to announce that up-and-coming sprinter, Brenton Jones, will join the squad from 2015.Jones, 22, is the second new signing for the Australian Professional Continental outfit for next season, following the news that Dutchman Peter Koning also comes on board.Drapac's Director of Performance Keith Flory, said Jones would be a valuable addition to the >>

This Saturday's second round of the Trust House North Island Cycling Series in the Wairarapa has attracted 28 teams and a total of 212 riders from all over the country and the elite grade is featuring some big names of New Zealand cycling. Making their debut in the race is the L&M Group RICOH New Zealand team who just returned from three months racing in USA. L&M Group - Ricoh NZ is a >>

With three weeks until race day, entries are still flowing in for Coromandel's prestigious Cranleigh K2, with defending champions Nick Lovegrove and Hannah van Kampen the latest to confirm for what is renowned as New Zealand's toughest road cycling event. In mountain climbing circles, K2 is renowned as the world's toughest peak. But in New Zealand "K2" is a gruelling 200km road cycling event >>

With three weeks until race day, entries are still flowing in for Coromandel's prestigious Cranleigh K2, with defending champions Nick Lovegrove and Hannah van Kampen the latest to confirm for what is renowned as New Zealand's toughest road cycling event. In mountain climbing circles, K2 is renowned as the world's toughest peak. But in New Zealand "K2" is a gruelling 200km road cycling event >>

With an influx of quality riders targeting track cycling and fresh new sponsors, the Burkes Cycles Speed League, which begins on November 2 at the Wellington Velodrome in Hataitai, is preparing for its biggest season yet. During the summer-long, weekly track cycling competition which is organised by the Port Nicholson Poneke (PNP) Cycling Club, riders can pick up points in races graded >>

Michael Vink won the final elite round of the Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series in Canterbury's Selwyn District today, also wining the overall elite series individual classification by the slimmest of margins. Riding for the strong Scotty Browns Cycling team, Vink was part of an early break of five riders that grew to 10 that at once stage had a lead of over four minutes. Racing featured two >>

It's one of the toughest and most prestigious races on the Australian calendar and Drapac Professional Cycling has assembled a strong line-up to take on the 2014 Melbourne to Warrnambool on Saturday, October 11.Drapac previously won the one-day classic in 2012 off the back of a powerhouse ride from Floris Goesinnen, in 2010 via a courageous Rhys Pollock, and in 2006 through Robert McLachlan who >>

The New Zealand Schools Road Cycling Championships wrapped up in windy, but sunny conditions today with points races at the Manfeild Auto Course in Manawatu. Sophie Pulford (Saint Peter's Cambridge) worked hard in the 24km women's under-20 points race and stayed in the game winning the last two points laps and winning in style with a big lead, to take away the national title. "It was really >>

The iconic 100 kilometre Christchurch to Akaroa Coffee Culture Le Race will provide another boost to Christchurch's rebuild in the central city, when it will start again in Cathedral Square on 21 March next year for the first time since the regions devastating earthquakes. It's been four years since the event started with the 8am bells of Christchurch Cathedral ringing and new owner Sheree >>

The first race in the Trust House North Island series was dictated by the weather conditions,with wet, cold and windy conditions throughout the day made it difficult for all riders.With forecast of 120km/h wind, cold southerlies and rain welcome the 228 riders in the raceone of the series.Race organisers decide to cut the distance of the Men's elite form 150 to 120km and thisprove to be most >>

This Saturday's opening round of the new Trust House North Island Elite CyclingSeries in the Wairarapa has attracted a total of 27 teams and over 200 ridersfrom all over the country, the race will feature some very big names of cycling.With five races in the greater Wairarapa between September and December, riders of all abilities willget a taste of high level competitive 'teams' racing only seen >>

Previous experience on the Moutere course near Nelson played an important role in Tom Hubbard's (Breads of Europe- All About Plumbing) winning effort in the elite race of the Benchmark Homes Cycling Series near Nelson today. Christchurch based Hubbard, who won in three hours and 11 minutes, won a stage of January's Tour de Vineyards on the same course, saying the success gave him valuable >>

New Zealand's Jesse Sergent signalled to the professional world he has arrived as a serious contender for the biggest of stages this morning when he took a tantilisingly close second place in the Vuelta a Espana final stage time trial to Adriano Malori of Movistar. The fielding native riding for Trek Factory racing finished just eight seconds off the pace taking his best every Grand Tour result. >>

The fifth round of the Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling series, The Tasman Classic in Moutere near Nelson, is shaping up on Saturday as an exciting battle with a number of riders still in contention for overalls series honours across several classifications with only two races left. The Neudorf Hill Circuit has a number of climbs on narrow winding roads and features some rolling terrain and fast >>

Hawkes Bay professional Brook MacDonald has finished fifth at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Norway today. It is the best finish at a world championship for the 22 year old professional from Trek World Racing who produced a top ride on a challenging day of downhill racing at Hafjell. There were three kiwis in the top 15 with the super-consistent Sam Blenkinsop seventh and >>

British Cycling has today confirmed the six riders who will represent Great Britain at the forthcoming Friends Life Tour of Britain, taking place from 7th – 14th September 2014. Dan McLay, who recently won stage three of the prestigious Tour de l'Avenir, has made selection as has Tao Geoghegan Hart who finished tenth overall at the same race. Germain Burton, Chris Lawless, Chris Latham and Dan >>

David Millar's final season as a pro is being celebrated by unique shoes designed for charity – and for the season's final Grand Tour, the bar has been well and truly raised! David Millar and his official shoe supplier, fi'zi:k, have teamed up with a number of designers for a season-long celebration of David's last year as a pro. This celebration – An Eloquence of Movement – takes the form >>

Organisers have plans to bring the Benchmark Homes Festival of Cycling back to Christchurch to inject some international cycling racing action back into the city which they say will have some real benefits for Christchurch. The event, which started in 2005 and has been running for nine years, started with the Saturday road race held on the iconic harbour bays route, and was followed by a >>

Former Commonwealth Games representative Jason Allen seized the leadership opportunity on offer with his cycling team today, stepping up and winning the elite race of the fourth round of the Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series near Ashburton. In recent years Allen has ridden in a support role for his Scotty Brown Racing's leaders Sam Horgan, Robin Reid and Michael Vink, but with these riders >>

Hawkes Bay cyclist Regan Gough made it a golden night for New Zealand team on the third day of the UCI Juniors Track World Championships in Korea today. Gough, from Waipukurau, won the 25km points race at the Gwang Myeong Speedrome, which follows on from a bronze medal in the team pursuit on the first day and his silver medal in the individual pursuit yesterday. The outstanding prospect rode >>

Bauer grabs silver in the rain A tenacious Jack Bauer picked up a hard-earned silver medal in the men's road race in atrocious conditions today. The 140 starters had to contend with torrential rain for much of their 168km journey and conditions were so hazardous the riders had to be really careful on some of the sharp and slippery off-camber corners. Bauer, 29, looked good throughout, and >>

After so many near misses, Linda Villumsen finally won a major race when she outclassed the strong women's road time trial field in Glasgow today. Villumsen was a silver medallist in the event four years ago in Delhi and was fourth in the London Olympics. At world championships, she has been second twice in the time trial and third three times, so her gold medal was certainly more than deserved. >>

The good times continued for the New Zealand track cycling squad at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome today, with another gold medal, a silver and two bronzes. In the men's 40km points race, Tom Scully was brilliant, winning both his morning heat and then the final in the afternoon. There was more good news when Aaron Gate claimed the points race bronze. Scully, Gate and Shane Archbold, who all >>

Marcel Kittel capped off what was a brilliant Tour de France for his Giant / Shimano sponsored team taking an incredible four stage wins backing up his equally successful 2013 Tour. Kittel showed amazing power as he came up alongside two stage winner Alexander Kristoff with 20 metres to go to edge ahead taking the victory by half a length. With the remaining two of eight laps up and around the >>

It was Shane Archbold's turn to take centre stage on the final day of track action at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow today. Archbold timed his sprint perfectly in the men's 20km scratch race to edge out fast-finishing Australian Glenn O'Shea, and also his room-mate at the professional An Post Sean Kelly professional team in Belgium. Tom Scully, the recipient of Archbold's selfless work >>

Romain Navardauskas became the first Lithuanian to take a Tour de France stage win when he ripped into Bergerac five seconds clear of a charging peloton hungry for a sprint win. The Garmin Sharp professional built the foundation of his victory off his team mate Tom Jelte Slagter who had been away in a stage long break away and was the sole survivor with 10 km remaining. Seeing his Dutch team >>

Vincenzo Nibali unashamedly stamped his authority all over the Tour de France peloton as he rode away at will from the pack of riders duking it out for the second through fifth positions. The rider known as the Shark showed no mercy for his peers on the slopes of the Hautacam as he gobbled up everyone in his sight to take his fourth stage win of the 2014 race. "I wanted to win the stage for >>

With the second half of the National Road Series looming the Avanti Racing Team are keen to take up where they left off and keep the wins rolling. A dominant first half of the season with numerous stage victories and overall wins at the Tour De Perth, Battle of The Border and Tour of Toowomba see the team top the national rankings in both the team and individual competitions. With the departure >>

Defect & potential hazard:Sheppard's is conducting a consumer level recall on the above product due to the possibility that the head stemclamp can fracture causing the handle bar to become unstable. This failure may lead to the handle bar looseningand could cause immediate loss of rider control over the bicycle. This can cause accidents with severe injuries.In the interests of public safety, >>

Rafael Majka made it two Tour de France wins today atop the Pla d' Adet, racing solo ahead of the GC contenders the Polish star added more points to his King of the Mountains cause, something he was expecting to lose on the day to the more experienced J Rod.Majka who rode to an impressive sixth place overall in the Giro now seems to have fully recovered from his Italian adventure and has shown >>

Garmin Sharp's Jack Bauer had all of NZ on the edge of anticipation in becoming the first ever New Zealander to take a road stage in the Tour early this morning as he bore down on the Tour de France finish line in Nimes after a 222km long breakaway with Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling). The Swiss and the Kiwi swapped equally strong turns for the stage long break going away in km zero. As the duo >>

Rafael Majka scored an important victory for his Billionaire Boss Oleg Tinkoff when he took out the Tour de France's toughest stage so far that finished up the gruelling 12km climb to Risoul. Majka who had been a member of the day long breakaway had the best legs when the group started the final climb after pretenders Rodriguez, Serpa looking somewhat Mexican with the moustache, and the ever >>

Vincenzo Nibali showed today that there is a new Don of the peloton when it comes to the Tour de France when he quashed all attacks up the days final 12km climb to Chamrousse. With 197km of racing already in the legs Nibali showed no weakness as he surged ahead of the select group containing Valverde and French sensation Pinot, and rode on to his third stage victory whilst increasing his overall >>

Having already impressed with his race into the yellow jersey for Bastille day French hope Tony Gallopin not satisfied with just a day in yellow set out with incredible determination on stage 11 to capture and individual victory. With the lumpy terrain on the run into Oyonnax after 187 km the front of the peloton proved too much for the sprinters teams to control and the perfect catalyst for a >>

Alexander Kristoff has been banging on the door of greatness all season after an impressive win in Milan San Remo at the start of the year the Norwegian can now add Tour de France Stage winner to his palmares. With Peter Sgan being the nearly man of the tour it was looking like stage 12 into Saint Etienne may be the sprint finish that turned the tables but with the line fast approaching and >>

No one could have predicted the horror day Contador was about to encounter even with the trail of destruction this Tour de France has been all about. Smashed bike, broken shoes, broken Tibia and road rash the Spanish Grand Tour God had it all going on, with such a courageous style that he is known for Contador re mounted and attempted to chase his way back onto the peloton now some five minutes >>

Three time World Time trial Champion Tony Martin (OPQS) gave gave his 27 breakaway companions a lesson in solo riding today as he sped off the front of the days break with Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale) on the descent of the days first climb the Col de la Schlucht, and then dropped his Italian companion on the big one of the day, the category 1 Markstein, with some 59 kilometres remaining.From >>

As the Tour emerged from the flatter fast paced roads of the first week we saw the slighter built riders come to the fore as the Tour saw its first taste of the medium mountain stages. French riders were up for the task to get points on the board for the home nation and none more so than the mountain goat Blel Kadri (AG2R) and the ever combative Sylvain Chavanal (IAM). With a lead on the >>

With no dedicated team leader for the sprints aboard the bullet train that is Omega Pharma Quick Step Matteo Trentin took matters into his own hands as the shredded peloton bore down on the finish line in Nancy on stage seven of the Tour de France. Duelling against none other than the man in Green Peter Sagan (Cannondale) Trentin even congratulated the young star as they crossed he finish line >>

It took six stages but the man mountain from Germany finally got one back on his countryman by taking the sprint to the line in Reims. With the Lotto Belisol leadout team being somewhat beheaded with the loss of Greg Henderson Greipel had to fight it out alone in the final 200 but with Kittel disposed of and off the back of the lead group there was still Sagan, Kristoff, Renshaw and Coquard to >>

One rider relishing the opportuning to race on the pave in July was Dutchman Lars Boom, the former world cyclocross champion had the look of shear determination across his face as he stomped clear of the days big favourites Fabian Cancellara and Peter Sagan on his way up to the head of the field to link up with the Astana Mafia whos day had gone from good to great as the sectors of pave ticked >>

Marcel Kittel romped home in dominating fashion to claim the coveted Tour de France stage three finish into London. The German lead by his powerful Giant-Shimano team were all over the competition as the other teams struggled to match the horsepower of the Dutch unit.Jan Barta of the Net App Endura team lead a brave breakaway attempt through the London streets as the last surviving member of the >>

The Brilliant Marcel Kittel did it again at the Tour de France making it three in Lille. Alexander Kristoff threw everything including the kitchen sink at the German by going long, up until five metres from the line it was looking like the Norwegian might have pulled off the big one but a second later it was Kittel by a wheel. The messy run in to the finish through the streets of the Euro tech >>

Italian Grand Tour specialist Vincenzo Nibali turned a so far lack lusture season on its head by winning the hotly contested 201km stage two of the Tour de France into Sheffield. Nibali who along with el Pistolero Alberto Contador has also won the Tour of Spain and Giro d Italia now sits atop the leader board with the Tour's Yellow jersey sitting proudly on his shoulders.After receiving a >>

German Powerhaus Marcel Kittel (Giant Shimano) became King Kittel on British soil for a day today when he sprinted clear of the world's best cyclists to take stage one of the Tour de France. Kittel who was lead out seamlessly to the line by his well drilled team kicked hard on the incline to the finish line putting Cannondales Peter Sagan into second place and Navardauskas (Garmin Sharp) into >>

The Fulcrum Zero wheel has come to be the standard for performance in aluminum racing wheelsets for roadracing and as such there was little room for improvement. However, the engineers at the Fulcrum researchand development department are never content to leave good enough alone and their consistent drive toimprove each and every product by examining even the smallest detail would not allow them >>

New Zealand cyclist Jack Bauer will have the ideal build-up for the Commonwealth Games road race, when he was confirmed as a starter in his second Tour de France. Bauer was named in the nine-strong Garmin-Sharp line-up for the Tour de France that starts this Saturday in Leeds, England. The Tour finishes in Paris on 27 July, a week before the road race in Glasgow, set for the final day of the >>

Commonwealth Games-bound Greg Henderson will start in his third Tour de France in England next weekend. Henderson has been named in the Lotto-Belisol team, demanding his spot on the back of some outstanding recent form including a stage win in the Ster ZLM Toer in the Netherlands this week. He made a brilliant solo break that led to victory for his teammate and ace sprinter Andre Greipel in the >>

Drapac Professional Cycling has wrapped up its 2014 Tour of Iran campaign with Will Clarke claiming points classification victory and his second runner-up finish of the UCI 2.1 event on the final stage on Sunday.The Stage 6 result mirrors that of the opener, with Clarke second behind Fabian Schnaidt (Team Vorarlberg). Alois Kankovsky (Team Dukla Praha) was third in the 38-man strong bunch >>

We have 4 vacancies currently advertised: High Performance Assistant Track Coach - Cambridge Junior Performance Analyst Position - Cambridge High Performance Rider Development Leader - Cambridge Physiotherapist, BikeNZ, Cambridge, Waikato For full details of all positions, please visit our vacancies page. High Performance Assistant Track Coach - Cambridge This is an exciting >>

With the Tour de France just over a month away and the horrific behaviour of overzealous fans at the Giro still fresh in the riders minds, the organisers of Le Tour the ASO have reached out to the soon to be roadside viewing public in a series of advertisements aimed at curbing dangerous behaviour.In this clip the popular German sprint star Marcel Kittel tells it like it >>

In a move many were expecting but hoping would not materialise, Team SKY management have buckled to the emotions of the 2013 Tour winner Chris Froome and left the 2012 winner on the sidelines for the 2014 event that is just over a month away. Rubbing further salt into the wound is the fact the first four days are in England and many of the sports fans were hoping get a view of the Tour and >>

Fresh of their recent wins at the Battle of The Border and Tour of Toowoomba the Avanti Racing Team will now focus on the Asian circuit while the NRS take a hiatus for the next two months. Half the team will saddle up for the tough Tour of Korea a UCI 2.1 with the other half in West Sumatra for the Tour De Singkarak both starting on the 8th June. Korea will be Jack Haig's last race with the >>

Drapac Professional Cycling has finished off the Tour de Kumano in style, claiming another 1-2 finish, again through Wouter Wippert and Will Clarke.Wippert won the sprint finish in Taiji Hanto ahead of Clarke with Hayato Yoshida (Shimano Racing Team) rounding out the podium. The Drapac double mirrors the pair's performance on Stage 1 earlier this week.The 100 kilometre, 10-lap final stage was >>

Will Clarke has capped a fantastic week for Drapac Professional Cycling at the Tour of Japan by securing yet another podium in the final stage held in Tokyo. Clarke, who held the race lead for the opening two days of the UCI 2.1 event following victory in the prologue, sprinted to third place on Sunday behind stage winner Niccolo Bonifazio (Lampre-Merida) and Grega Bole (Vini Fantini Nippo). The >>

Wouter Wippert has continued Drapac Professional Cycling's dream start at the Tour of Japan, taking out the bunch sprint to win the second stage in Mino on Tuesday.The result follows Drapac's 1-2 finish in Sunday's Prologue where Will Clarke and Jordan Kerby proved unbeatable. Clarke retains the green leader's jersey heading into day three with a one-second advantage over Wippert and Brenton >>

On 31 January-15 February 2015 a re-vamped Bikefest Nelson will bring a thrilling mix of biking events for adventurous through to leisure riders. There will be some tried and true events along with some exciting new concepts! Riding a bike in Nelson Tasman has never been better. Will you take a helicopter to a wild peak and ride down, or take a more gentle approach and treat your taste buds on >>

Dylan Kennett's Commonwealth Games campaign took another step in the right direction as the South Canterbury rider won today's elite round of the Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series, the Parry Field Lawyers-Ocean Ridge Classic, from Hanmer Springs to Kaikoura. The 19 year old Bike NZ endurance track team member is focused on a good result in Glasgow but showed he is tracking well with a strong >>

Fresh from his elite men's national club championships winning effort, Dunedin cyclist Alex McGregor (Team Calder Stewart Road) will be keen to carry that form into Saturday's third round of the Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series, the Parry Field Lawyers-Ocean Ridge Classic from Hanmer to Kaikoura. McGregor won the previous elite men's round on the South Island's West Coast last month with >>

The NZ Transport Agency has joined with CAN to support cycling in NZ via the Cycle Friendly Awards. The Cycle Friendly Awards celebrate NZ achievements creating a more cycle-friendly environment. We invite individuals, companies, organisations, governmental bodies to nominate (self-nominations welcome!) a project, facility or person that showcases cycling excellence and deserves national >>

Winston-Salem, NCPut in a strong overall performance to help land Joanne Kiesanowski on the podium in 2nd place in the Winston-Salem Criterium Saturday afternoon. In what was destined to be a bunch sprint at the end, Team TIBCO shut down a dangerous late break, and then put the three-time New Zealand Olympian into good position for the final turn and short sprint to the line. She was just edged >>

Team TIBCO sends a six rider squad, including 3-time Olympian Jo Kiesanowski, 11-time U.S. National Champion Samantha Schneider, Andrea Dvorak, Sara Headley, Amanda Miller and Lauren Stephens.For 2014, the Winston-Salem Classic road race will be classified as a UCI 1.2-category race -- one of only two UCI women's races held in the United States. The race is also a part of the National Racing >>

Alex McGregor (Team Calder Stewart Road) won today's elite round of the Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series on the South Island's West Coast near Hokitika. The Dunedin rider attacked on the final lap of the energy sapping Blue Spur circuit managing to break free of a large bunch as riders hit the main road 10 kilometres from the finish. H&J's Outdoor World Avanti Plus led the chase trying >>

BikeNZ has named a 13 strong team of junior track riders to contest the Oceania Championships in Australia in October. The team will form the basis of the next echelon of development riders to be considered for the 2015 UCI Juniors Track Cycling Championships. Coach Ross Machejefski said he and his fellow selectors were impressed with the emerging talent at the recent national age group >>

Drapac Professional Cycling will send an ambitious line-up to the second round of the 2014 National Road Series (NRS), the four-stage Jarvis Subaru Adelaide Tour which begins this Thursday. Taking to the start line will be Jack Anderson, Jai Crawford, Ben Johnson and Lachie Norris – all backing up from the Tour de Perth – while Jonathan Cantwell and Bernie Sulzberger return from the winning OCBC >>

Sixteen year old South African born Christchurch cyclist Keagan Girdlestone won today's gruelling 100 kilometre Christchurch to Akaroa Coffee Culture Le Race, the youngest ever winner in the event's history. A group of 16 riders lead after the first climb of the day through the Christchurch hillside suburb of Cashmere and stayed together until Auckland cycling coach Aaron Strong attacked after >>

Four New Zealand cyclists have been included in the new SKY Next initiatives launched today. Sprinters Sam Webster and Ethan Mitchell, top rating mountain biker Anton Cooper and Paralympian Phillipa Gray have been included in the programme aimed to up and coming young Kiwi athletes as they strive for success on the world stage. They are part of 18 talented young Kiwi sports stars to receive >>

Drapac Professional Cycling will make its debut at the Woodside Tour de Perth next week, the first event on the 2014 National Road Series (NRS) calendar. It's set to be a bumper week of racing for the team with a squad also taking on the OCBC Cycle Singapore Criterium. Jack Anderson, Will Clarke, Jai Crawford, Ben Johnson, Travis Meyer, Lachie Norris and Tom Palmer will all line up for the >>

Southland cycling may have ventured north for the first time but it did nothing to diminish their success at the BikeNZ Track Cycling National Championships that finished at the new Avantidrome in Cambridge today. The Southlanders picked up wins tonight in the team sprint national titles for men, women and men's under-19 as the province that has developed so much since the development of the SIT >>

The Wairarapa region is once again been considerate as the venue for top cycling event later this year. The new North Island Cycling Series has today confirmed Trust House as the title sponsor for the inaugural five round series which takes place this year. The series will be run as teams and as well as top New Zealand riders, the series will cater for women and master riders. Trust >>

The world championship medallist, fresh from battle in last night's sprints, returned to the fray in the keirin events on the third morning session at the BikeNZ Track Cycling National Championships in Cambridge today. Olympic bronze medallist in this event, Simon van Velthooven dominated his heat, and joining him among the eight riders who automatically progress to tonight's semifinals were the >>

A world champion and a former Olympian set the standards as records tumbled in the BikeNZ Age GroupTrack Cycling Championship in Invercargill. Local Southland rider Erin Criglington, the current age group World Champion in the individual pursuit, rode superbly in the women's masters 1 division to win five titles. She won the 2000m individual pursuit, the keirin, the 4000m scratch race and the >>

As a part of the National Junior Development programme, BikeNZ will be giving a team of 12 riders the opportunity to ride as a part of a New Zealand team, at the Canberra Tour, 9-11th of May, 2014. The BikeNZ Junior Development Selection Panel will be selecting a team of a maximum of 12 riders to attend the Championships, as a part of a New Zealand Team. "The Canberra tour is a great stepping >>

Competition continued at the BikeNZ Age Group & Omnium Track National Championships yesterday. The first two U19 Men's and Women's Omnium events occurred during the morning session, along with 2000m Individual Pursuit qualifying events for Masters 1 & 2 Women and U17 Men and Women. A couple of U15 Points Race Heats completed the morning programme, leaving the evening clear for a series >>

New Zealand cyclist Aaron Gate had to settle for fourth place in defence of his omnium title on the penultimate day of the UCI Track Cycling World in Colombia. Fourth overnight, Gate won the 4000m individual pursuit in 4:23.698 to move up to third, but reverted to fourth after finishing seventh in the scratch race. The Auckland rider clocked 1:03.655 in the final 1000m time trial, which was >>

Cameron Karwowski from Southland's H&J's Outdoor World Team won the elite men's 159 kilometre race in today's opening round of the Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series in Oxford, North Canterbury. After team mate Matthew Zenovich and his breakaway companion Reon Nolan (Scotty Browns Racing) were caught with 18 kilometres to go it was a frantic run in to the finish line which saw Scott >>

A blistering final 1km helped Marc Ryan secure a thrilling bronze medal in the men's individual pursuit on day two of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Colombia. Ryan, who also took bronze as part of New Zealand's men's team pursuit team on day one, repelled a mid-race charge from Irishman Ryan Mullen to ride to victory in 4:22.895 in the race off for the minor medal. Over the first >>

New Zealand celebrated an historic opening day of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Colombia by blitzing to their first ever men's Team Sprint gold and also banking a bronze medal in the men's 4000m Team Pursuit during an rollicking session in Cali. The crack Team Sprint trio of Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins avenged last year's World Championship defeat to Germany be >>

It forms another part of the burgeoning coverage of road and track cycling by Sky Television who also provided live coverage of the BMX World Championships in Auckland last year. BikeNZ High Performance Director Mark Elliott said it was excellent news for the developing profile of the sport. "Sky has been a strong supporter of cycling and we've worked with them in the past for delayed coverage >>

Reigning World and Olympic Road Race Champion Marianne Vos will take part in The Women's Tour this May, Britain's first UCI ranked international stage race for women. The news marks the first high profile rider announcement for the inaugural race, which takes places from 7th to 11th May, with Vos' Rabobank Liv team currently ranked number one in the UCI's world rankings. Vos will be returning to >>

The BDO Wellington to Auckland Cycle Challenge reached its final destination in Pukekohe on the weekend, with close to 200 riders making their way safely through the final two stages from Hamilton to Glen Murray and then on to the finish line to waiting family, friends and supporters, each with their own tale of achievement and goals achieved in a remarkable kiwi recreation event. Organised >>

The BDO Wellington to Auckland Cycle Challenge continued on its way up the North Island today, with riders completing two stages from Palmerston North to Hunterville and then on to Wanganui for the overnight stopover tonight with prize giving at the Velodrome. For the first time this week the weather played its part, with the rain and cold giving way to overcast but warmer and dry conditions >>

Drapac Professional Cycling has wrapped up its 2014 Jayco Herald Sun Tour campaign with victory in the Sprint Classification for Jack Anderson. Racing on the final stage was cancelled due to extreme weather conditions and the concerns of emergency services personnel, meaning the results at the end of Stage 3 stood. Drapac also placed two riders in the top 10 of the General Classification with >>

A new report shows that businesses and communities in areas served by the New Zealand Cycle Trail (NZCT) are making great progress, with increased economic activity and more visitors to the trail regions. Nga Haerenga, the New Zealand Cycle Trail Evaluation Report shows that visitors using the NZCT are staying one to three nights and spending between $131 and $176 a day per person. The >>

It was a New Zealand 1 -2 at the opening stage of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour as Garmin Sharp's Jack Bauer scorched through the 2.5 course to claim honours one second ahead of Tom (Scud) Scully riding for the NZ national team."Tom is a pretty awesome bike rider - he's just come off the track, so I knew he'd be one of the men to beat today," Bauer said."It's a bit of a pity to knock a fellow Kiwi >>

Wouter Wippert claimed a second victory for Drapac Professional Cycling at the New Zealand Cycle Classic Saturday, sprinting to the Stage 4 win by a bike length ahead of Tom Scully (NZCT New Zealand) and Graham Briggs (Rapha Condor JLT). Earlier in the week, the flying Dutchman won the second stage in what is his first appearance for Drapac in New Zealand. Narrowly beaten on the finish line on >>

Dutchman Wouter Wippert has claimed Drapac Professional Cycling's first stage victory of the 2014 season, winning Stage 2 of the New Zealand Cycle Classic. Wippert had just days to prepare for his debut with the Professional Continental team, rushed into the five-man squad after Ben Johnson was hit by a car towing a caravan on Sunday morning while training. Wippert, 23, won the bunch sprint by >>

Drapac Professional Cycling's Ben Johnson will not be on the start line at the New Zealand Cycle Classic this week after he was hit by a vehicle towing a caravan while training on the David Low Way, Peregian Beach on the Sunshine Coast Sunday morning. Johnson will be replaced at the event by Dutchman Wouter Wippert who will be making his debut for the team. Johnson sustained a deep gash to his >>

s Manawatu sports fans will be treated to top-level cycling when the New Zealand Community Trust Cycle Classic Tour of Manawatu is held in the region next week for the third year running. The international tour has once again cemented its position as New Zealand's premier stage race as the twenty seven edition has attracted the strongest-ever field contesting the UCI 2.2-rated event.  >>

Drapac Professional Cycling heads across the ditch for the New Zealand Cycle Classic with a versatile team ready for the notoriously tough conditions. Raced over five stages, the UCI 2.2 event gets underway on January 29 in Palmerston North. Two riders spearhead General Classification hopes – Jai Crawford and Adam Phelan with Directeur Sportif Henk Vogels suggesting that fast man Mal Rudolph >>

Christchurch-based professional Hayden Roulston claimed his fourth victory after a colossal battle at the Calder Stewart Elite National Road Cycling Championships on home turf today. The win, after a long-range battle with fellow World Pro Tour pro Jack Bauer and 23-year-old local rider, Tom Davison, means he is now equal with Jack Swart and only one title behind ebullient Aucklander Gordon >>

Arguably one of the biggest talents to come out of NZ cycling Josh Atkins has announced he has hung up his wheels for good in an interview with sbs. Atkins who won the Tour of Southland in 2011, placed third in the Jayco Herald SunTour in 2013 and wore a classification jersey in the prestigious Tour of California all by the age of 20, stands by his decision to leave the sport he has achieved so >>

Organisers of the NZCT New Zealand Cycle Classic have received a welcome Christmas present, with the confirmation that several Australian teams are once again making a strong bid for honours in New Zealand's premier cycle tour. Seven high-quality teams from across the ditch have entered the five-day NZCT Cycle Classic. It will be the 27th anniversary of the race, which runs from January 29 to >>

Rotorua's Ryan Wills has scored big at the Tour de Vineyards taking the overall Classification and getting his 2014 season off to brilliant start. With a high class field getting in final preperation for the upcoming Elite road nationals Wills win was all the more impressive.With a 1.16 margin over the seasoned Daniel Barry and 1.56 on the evergreen Robin Reid Wills cemented a solid hold on the >>

Pescadero, California – Team TIBCO/To the Top, the number one team in the 2013 USA Cycling NRC rankings, returns with a re-loaded roster for 2014. "2014 marks our 10th year of racing," said Team founder and manager Linda Jackson. "I believe we are now the longest running women's cycling team. We're proud to have had the support of TIBCO and SVB throughout this period. Our longevity and >>

BikeNZ is delighted with the additional investment into the organisation's high performance programme which will increase by $400,000 per year in 2014. Initial funding levels announced in April, coupled with significantly increased costs demanded by the new UCI qualification process forced BikeNZ to cut programmes for 2013 that included the women's endurance track programme, with the hopeful aim >>

Drapac Professional Cycling can announce more partnerships ahead of the team's ground breaking 2014 season.On board with the team on its new era as a UCI Professional Continental outfit will be Bont Cycling, le coq sportif Oceania, Next, Speedplay, Training Peaks and WD-40 Bike.Drapac has already announced that bike manufacturer SwiftCarbon and SRAM have joined the team while Kask helmets, >>

Top emerging riders Alex Ray and Dion Smith have been named as part of the USA registered Hincapie Sports Wear - Holowesko Cycling Team. The two Kiwi riders make up part of the 14 rider UCI squad. The team is holding a training camp in Greenville in February as it prepares for first major objective of the season, the Redlands Cycling Classic. Fleetwood RV and Freightliner have joined the team >>

Included in the list are World champion Aaron Gate and world championship medallist Simon van Velthooven for Sportsman of the Year; five-time world road champs medallist Linda Villumsen for Sports Women of the Year; Emma Foy and Gabrielle Vermunt who medalled at the worlds for Para Cycling; world silver medallists, the Men's Team Sprint; junior world medallists Hannah Sarton (BMX), Liam Aitcheson >>

Sophie Williamson reversed last year's result in the Benchmark Homes Festival of Cycling's elite women's 90 kilometre road race, beating last year's winner Reta Trotman in an exciting sprint finish today in Waipara, North Canterbury. Seven women, that included pre race favourites Williamson (H & J Smiths/Vanderkitten), Trotman (MaxxSOLAR), Linda Villumsen (Benchmark Homes/Wiggle Honda), >>

Saddles worth about 1 million euro have been stolen from Selle San Marco warehouses in Rossano Veneto (VI) during the night between Friday November 29th and Saturday 30th.This is the market value of the 6.000 saddles stored in more than 300 boxes ready to be shipped, that the thieves robbed introducing themselves within the factory after having forced the gate of the shipment storehouse, which >>

Tom Palmer took his 2013 podium tally to six on Saturday with third place in the Cronulla round of the NSW Grand Prix Series.Drapac Professional Cycling was represented by Palmer and Bernard Sulzberger, the pair fiercely contesting or creating moves throughout the 30 lap, 40km race in blustery conditions on the coast.Recent Orica GreenEdge signing Caleb Ewan was first across the finish line, >>

A third international team, the Synergy Baku Cycling Project, of Azerbaijan, will make its debut in the NZCT Cycle Classic in the Manawatu from January 29 to February 2.The team is part of a Government-led strategy to improve the standard of the Azerbaijani cyclists and its domestic racing scene, in 2013 the multi-national squad has included well-travelled New Zealand rider Rico Rogers. Though >>

Ten of the top fifteen riders on the under 17 girls NZ junior points series table are confirmed to compete in the Novice tour in December in the Manawatu. With the confirmed entries for the under 19 men including names like Regan Gough, Jake Marryatt, George Roberts, Harry Elworthy, Charles Michel all on the top of the National Points series table for the under 19 men there is going to be good >>

Big Southland sprinter Eddie Dawkins brought the local crowd to their feet with a superb performance to win the keirin final at the UCI Festival of Speed event at Invercargill tonight. It is the first time New Zealand has hosted a UCI Tier One event which offers qualifying points ultimately to the 2016 Rio Olympics. Dawkins reeled in Olympic bronze medallist Simon van Velthooven, who went with >>

Drapac Professional Cycling will partner with SRAM as the team enters its new era as a UCI Professional Continental outfit in 2014.An expanding race program, taking in not only Australia and Asia but also the United States will put increasing demands on the Drapac team, a challenge that SRAM is all too ready to take up.General Manager of SRAM Australasia, Rob Eva, said that Drapac will be >>

Newly crowned Tour of Southland winner James Oram is none the wiser about his chances in tomorrow's Jerry Clayton BMW Criterium National Cycling Championships in Auckland. The 20 year old, who rides professionally for US-based Bissell Development Cycling, is unsure of his chances around the tight and technical street circuit in downtown Takapuna after having his wisdom teeth removed. "I'll see >>

Kiwivelo Armstrong Prestige's James Oram finished safely in the final stage bunch finish to claim his first SBS Bank Tour of Southland victory, following the final stage from Winton to Invercargill on Saturday. With solid team support through the tour and on the final stages, Oram first claimed the Tour's yellow jersey on Tuesday's climb up Bluff Hill and he never looked like relinquishing his >>

The Kiwi Velo-Armstrong Prestige team took full control of the SBS Bank Tour of Southland today, with Matt Cronshaw claiming the stage victory and the yellow jersey still sitting firmly on the shoulders of James Oram with just one day of the 2013 Tour to come. Cronshaw left his run to stage honours untilthe final 200m of the 158km Stage 5 from Invercargill to Lumsden, leading the bunch over the >>

Taylor Gunman has conquered one of the most anticipated stages of this year's SBS Bank Tour of Southland, powering up the 8km Coronet Peak climb for a stage victory. Sam Lindsay (Barry Stewart Builders) finished second, overtaken in the final500mof the 187km stage from Te Anau to Queenstown. James Oram (Kiwi Velo-Armstrong Prestige) was third across the line, meaning he will stay in the Tour's >>

Matt Zenovich became the first Southlander in 10 years to win a stage in the SBS Bank Tour of Southland today, when he stormed home to win the 148km Stage 3 from Riverton to Te Anau but James Oram will stay in yellow for tomorrow's highly anticipated fourth stage. Zenovich, part of a locally-based H&Js Outdoor World Avanti Plus team, did a huge amount of work as part of a group of seven >>

James Oram has climbed his way into the yellow jersey in the SBS Bank Tour of Southland, with a stage victory and a powerful climb up the infamous Bluff Hill. Buoyed by words of wisdom from his Kiwi Velo-Armstrong Prestige team mate, and last year's Tour winner Mike Northey – who also won the Bluff Hill stage last year – Oram didn't take today's stage lead until late in the piece. "Coming into >>

Joe Cooper will go into Stage 1 of the 2013 SBS Bank Tour of Southland in the yellow jersey after taking out the fastest time in the team time trial today. Cooper, one of this year's Tour favourites and riding for Australian-based team Huon Salmon Genesys Wealth Advisors, completed the 4.2km lap of Invercargill's Queens Park in 4minutes, 46.28 seconds in warm, sunny conditions. In a tight >>

A second place finish in Stage 1 of the SBS Bank Tour of Southland has been enough to propel Southland cyclist Cam Karwowski into the tour's yellow jersey. PowerNet's Roman van Uden took out stage honours; finishing the 167km stage from Invercargill to Gore just two seconds ahead of Karwowski, and Pure South's TherySchir who led the bunch over the line. But it is Karwowski, riding for H&Js >>

Auckland sprinter Sam Webster says the New Zealand track cycling team will be keeping their powder dry in the opening UCI World Cup meet starting in Manchester on Saturday (NZ time). The 22 year old, fourth in the world in sprint and part of the silver-medal winning team sprint at the world championship, has arrived in Manchester as part of a 10-strong New Zealand team taking on 54 nations in >>

Drapac recruit for the 2014 season, Ben Johnson, showed he is in great shape for his return to the professional peloton with his runner-up placing at the 2013 Grafton to Inverell on Saturday. Johnson, 30, was second to Budget Forklifts' rider Jack Anderson, another who will wear Drapac colours next season, in a sprint finish having powered away from the breakaway of six with around 20km of racing >>

Drapac Professional Cycling will round out its 2014 roster with the signings of Australian trio Will Clarke, Travis Meyer and Adam Phelan. The announcement comes following previous news that the 16-man squad will include Jack Anderson, Jonathan Cantwell, Jai Crawford, Floris Goesinnen, Robbie Hucker, Ben Johnson, Jordan Kerby, Darren Lapthorne, Lachlan Norris, Tom Palmer, Malcolm Rudolph, >>

Kiwi Professional Jack Bauer has finished an impressive second place in the rain soaked season ending Japan Cup. The Garmin Sharp rider sprinted clear of his breakaway companions 44 seconds behind Michael Rogers (Saxo Bank) but just clear of Damiano Cunego (Lampre). The decisive group formed as the riders tackled the last lap of the hilly Utsunomiya circuit with Rogers going clear 10 km from >>

The country's leading cyclists take their first serious pedal strokes this weekend towards next year's Commonwealth Games in a critical campaign. BikeNZ will stage one of its biggest camps ever from Sunday in Invercargill to prepare for the upcoming international season. Twenty-four riders, both male and female, across all track disciplines, will target a massive summer of competition including >>

Drapac Professional Cycling welcomes the Union Cycliste Internationale's announcement that the team's application to upgrade from Continental to Professional Continental status for the coming season is underway. "It is great to have this official confirmation from the UCI that the application has been accepted and all the necessary documentation has been presented," said Team Manager, Jonathan >>

A mutual agreement between Gordon McCauley and Drapac Professional Cycling will see the New Zealand rider released from the team effective immediately.Injured following the Tour of Murray River, it is important for McCauley's future that he develops his business, GMC Coaching, in order to support himself in life post-racing. The release of McCauley removes any restriction in procuring personal >>

Drapac Professional Cycling is excited to announce that current team members Floris Goesinnen, Robbie Hucker, Darren Lapthorne, Tom Palmer, Malcolm Rudolph and Bernard Sulzberger will continue to ride in red and white. "We are excited to be able to be taking this step forward as a team and this is credit to all the hard work of the riders and staff of the last couple of years. It is great that >>

The Manawatu region is the beneficiary of a decision of the UCI, cycling's governing body, to continueto grant the New Zealand Cycle Classic international status.The five-day tour from January 29th to 2nd February 2014 is the only UCI 2.2 sanctioned event inOceania; as such Sandoval is intent on assembling the best field in the history of his events."With the 27th version of the tour in 2014 we >>

An ill Linda Villumsen produced a courageous display to finish sixth in the road race at the UCI Road Cycling World Championships in Florence, Italy today. Despite suffering from a heavy cold and sore throat, the 28 year old from Auckland backed up from her silver medal in the time trial to complete her most successful world championship campaign. Her sixth placing today bettered her previous >>

New Zealand cyclist Linda Villumsen proved all that glitters is not gold as she earned a record fifth straight medal in the time trial at the UCI World Road Cycling Championships in Florence, Italy today. The diminutive 28 year old rode her heart out on the flat and open course to earn the silver medal and become the first woman to win a time trial medal in five consecutive years at the world >>

The tenth edition of Britain's biggest professional cycle race has concluded with a double success for British riders, as Mark Cavendish took the final stage in London with Sir Bradley Wiggins winning the race overall and the IG Gold Jersey.Cavendish held off fellow stage winners Sam Bennett and Elia Viviani on Whitehall for his third stage victory of the week long race, winning the final stage >>

Sir Bradley Wiggins retained his lead in the IG Gold Jersey following Stage Five through the heart of Wales. The Sky Pro Cycling rider finished seventh as Irishman Sam Bennett took the stage win in Caerphilly, heading Michal Golas and Martin Elmiger in the sprint outside Caerphilly Castle.Bennett was part of a 15 rider group that came together on the final descent of another hilly day, which >>

Simon Yates moved up into a podium position in The Tour of Britain with victory on Dartmoor in The Tour of Britain's first ever summit finish at Haytor.Yates outsprinted Martin Elmiger, who moved up to second place overall, and Sky's David Lopez, as an elite group of nine riders contested the stage win in Devon, including Sir Bradley Wiggins among their number.Wiggins retains his hold on the IG >>

MTN Qhubeka's Gerald Ciolek took victory in The Tour of Britain's Cumbria, the Lake District Stage in Kendal to move into a 20 second lead in the race. The German mastered horrendous weather conditions and a testing route to best Sam Bennett in the final sprint up the steep gradients of Beast Banks in the South Lakeland town, taking victory in Stage Two."It was a hard day, rain all day so tough >>

Sir Bradley Wiggins swept to victory in Knowsley, heading a Sky Pro Cycling 1-2 in The Tour of Britain's individual time trial on Stage Three, moving him into the race's overall lead.Wiggins beat teammate Ian Stannard by 36 seconds, recording a time of 19:54 over the 10-mile course starting and finishing in Knowsley Safari Park, with Garmin Sharp's Jack Bauer third. British National Time Trial >>

While all the attention is on the return of 2012 Tour de France champion bradley Wiggins and the appearance of super sprinter Mark Cavendish, there's a big contingent of New Zealand riders on the start line for the Tour of Britain. Nine Kiwis are in Scotland for the first day of the Tour which is a long 209km grind to England, Wales before returning to the south of England and a final in >>

Elia Viviani claimed victory on the opening stage of The Tour of Britain in Scotland in a gruelling opening stage to the race.Viviani outsprinted compatriot Alessandro Petacchi and 2013 Milan San Remo winner Gerald Ciolek at the end of the 209-kilometre, which lasted over six hours.On the rising final kilometre through the Buccleuch Estate in Dumfries & Galloway, Viviani jumped clear of >>

Christchurch cyclist Tom Hubbard from the Homestyle Cycling team will face some strong challenges to retain his elite men's lead as the fifth round of the Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series, the McKenzie & Willis Classic, is raced near Queenstown on Saturday. Riders in the elite, masters and women's races face a challenging 25 kilometre circuit in the Wakatipu Basin that features two key >>

The stars of the Tour de France's sprints and mountains head the start list for The Tour of Britain's tenth anniversary, which gets underway in Peebles in just over a week's time. Reigning British Champion and former World Road Race Champion Mark Cavendish leads the Omega Pharma Quick-Step team, which includes fellow sprinter and treble Tour of Britain stage winner Alessandro Petacchi alongside >>

Four-time medallist Linda Villumsen and climber George Bennett will head the New Zealand team for this month's UCI Road Cycling Championships in Florence. BikeNZ today named a 14-strong team to tackle what many believe is among the toughest of tests for the championships that run from 22-29 September. The men's road course of 272kms includes 10 laps of a 16.5km circuit in Fiesole after an >>

Experienced Kiwi racer Jo Kiesanowski delivered a fierce performance at the Steamboat Springs Stage Race this weekend, clinching overall victory after winning today's Stage 3 criterium. Kiesanowski moved into the general classification lead after winning yesterday's Stage 2 road race and kept going full gas until the finish of today's stage.The three-day race in the Colorado ski town took place >>

Pat McQuaid's hopes of re-election as President of the International Cycling Union (UCI) have been dealt a further blow after Swiss Cycling confirmed it has withdrawn its backing of the embattled Irishman.The U-turn comes on the eve of a hearing, which has now been cancelled, of a legal challenge launched against the nomination. "The director of Swiss Cycling committee returned to the decision >>

Double Olympic medallist Sam Bewley will become the latest New Zealand cyclist to compete in a Grand Tour event. Bewley has today been named in the Orica GreenEDGE team for the Vuelta a Espana (Tour of Spain) to begin in a week. The Rotorua rider joined GreenEDGE fulltime after winning his second Olympic medal in the team pursuit at the London Olympics, with his 2013 season disrupted with a >>

Kiwi Sam Horgan has pulled off an incredible NRS victory for his Budget Forklifts team at the Tour of the Great South Coast in Australia. Horgan who dominated the leader board from start to finish made it the second stage race victory in a row for his Australian team. With the cream of Australian domestic cycling lining up Horgans win is one of significance. 1 Samuel Horgan (Budget >>

Christchurch cyclist Sam Horgan won the Hokitika Classic round of the Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series today. Coming off recent racing in the Tour of Gippsland near Melbourne for his UCI Australian Continental team Budget Forklifts, Horgan rode smartly and says he 'sensed the time was right' to bridge across to a dangerous looking break on the first lap of the 135 kilometre elite men's >>

BISSELL ignited the action minutes into the opening stage of the Tour of Utah when Michael Torckler attacked just kilometers from the start in Brian Head. Torckler and Chris Jones (United Healthcare) dominated the race action on the 179 kilometer stage where they were able to maximize a ten minute lead over the chasing peloton. The two worked well together even negotiating the intermediate >>

In an exciting finale to the National Racing Calendar's Tour of Elk Grove, Team TIBCO clinched overall victory with Shelley Olds taking first place in the general classification after placing 2nd in today's Stage 3 circuit race. The Team produced 5 podium finishes over 3 days of racing, earning the top spot in the Team Classification."The team was incredible today and everyone was amazing," said >>

The mighty Thor Hushovd is again a winner in the Tour of Poland, this time the stage into Zakopane. Second place for Frenchman Matthieu Ladagnous (Francaise des Jeux) and third for the Italian Daniele Ratto (Cannondale). After Rzeszow the Norwegian owned the fifth stage of the Tour de Pologne as well, giving team BMC Racing their third consecutive victory. There's also been an upheaval in the >>

After Trentino and a day of rest, the Tour de Pologne took off again today right on time in Polish territory, with the third stage from Krakow to Rzeszow for 226 km.After the major climbs on the Dolomites, according to the race schedule it was time for the sprinters to get into the action and they didn't miss their chance to play for success in this stage. Scoring the prize on the roads of >>

RadioShack's Jesse Sergent is currently rolling the roads in the Tour of Poland supporting his team and getting in the racing miles for his upcoming ride in the world championships. 35 minutes down in the first stage and 27 today after a mountain top finish in the Italian Dolomites Sergent has been riding in support of Fabian Cancellara who is also honing his for the world TT championships.  >>

Chris Froome confirmed himself as the winner of the 100th edition of the Tour de France as the race came to spectacular close in Paris. The Brit crossed the line safely under the lights on the Champs-Elysees to secure back-to-back Tour victories for Team Sky by a commanding margin of four minutes and 20 seconds. Froome won three stages along the way, climbing to mountain-top victories on Ax 3 >>

With Chris Froome and Team Sky one step away from success in Paris the achievement is slowly starting to sink in for the team. The Brit's team-mates and Team Sky performance staff displayed a mix of joy of relief following stage 20 at the summit of Annecy-Semnoz, with just a largely ceremonial run into Paris remaining. With the team on the brink of a second successive yellow jersey, Sports >>

Holden is pleased to announce its support for New Zealand's premier and largest bike event, the Contact Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge. The iconic car brand has become the new major vehicle sponsor of the Contact Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge and will also provide the major spot prize, a brand new Holden Trax. Holden New Zealand Communications and Sponsorship Manager, Julie Southall is excited >>

Chris Froome put in an emphatic climbing display to take victory on Mont Ventoux and extend his lead at the Tour de France. The Team Sky Brit benefited from the huge work rate of his team-mates on the famous climb before attacking hard with 7.2 kilometres to go. The 28-year-old bridged across to the lone attack of Nairo Quintana (Movistar) before forging onwards to become the first British >>

Finally the fans saw a victory from a breakaway that went the distance, and in it the gracious winner of his first Tour stage victory in the guise of Matteo Trentin. Trentin added to the huge success of his Omega Pharma QuickStep team in giving them their fourth stage victory of this year's race.Entering the finale it looked as if Julien Simon (Sojasun) was about to take the honour of the first >>

Alberto Contador and his Saxo Bank - Tinkoff team were the biggest winners of the day at the Tour de France, perhaps more so that actual stage winner Mark Cavendish. The Spaniard and his blue train pulled back 1:09 on Froome who had a stranglehold on the yellow jersey going into stage 13 when they dropped the hammer in the strong crosswinds splitting the Tour to smithereens on what was to be a >>

It's a rare occasion when Mark Cavendish has to concede that he got beaten by a faster man but that is just what the Manx Missile had to do when asked to comment about his loss to German Marcel Kittel soon after the Tour de France stage finish into Tours today."I was just beaten today, yeah, that was it," Cavendish said. "We gave everything we could. The team did everything really perfect. We >>

World Time Trial Champion showed his class today in taking out the stage ten individual time trial in the Tour de France. The German who crashed early in the first week is more scab than skin on his back but still managed to churn out a world class performance in beating yellow jersey Chris Froome to the top step of the podium by 12 seconds. It was a long wait for the OmegaPharma Quickstep rider >>

In a controversy marred sprint finish Marcel Kittel showed the field a clean pair of heels and romped in for his second stage victory in this year's Tour de France. The young German on Argos-Shimano bettered his more favoured countryman Andrei Greipel and the Missile Mark Cavendish. Cav was looking particularly out of sorts as he crossed the line for third after he brought down Kittels lead out >>

From the drop of the flag on today's 168.5km stage from Saint-Girons - Bagnères-de-Bigorre team Garmin had a plan, the geography for the day was incredibly difficult but such is the mastermind of team boss and strategist Jonathan Vaughters they pulled of the long shot.First up and to the cheer of Kiwi fans it was the hard hitting Jack Bauer, the Nelson resident escaping the peloton and sparking >>

Team SKY and their esteemed leader Chris Froome have dashed the GC hopes of many of their rivals on the first day in the mountains in this year's Tour de France. In a day that crossed the highest point of this year's Tour and featured a mountain top finish team SKY rode their hearts out and the legs off everybody.With Movistars U23 sensation Nairo Quintana motivated to throw down the challenge to >>

Peter Sagan understood the sacrafice his Cannondale team mates made along the route of the seventh stage of the Tour de France. The men in green, intent of delivering their captain to the top step of the podium today after a string of top four places in the first week rode hard on the front of the peloton for over 160km, and in doing so destroyed the chances of the pure sprinters engaged in a >>

It was a text book lead out that Kiwi Greg Henderson delivered for his German team captain Andre Greipel in stage 6 of the Tour de France this morning, the sprinter nicknamed the Gorilla had little to do other than finish off the incredible work that had been laid down by his team mates in the final dash for the line. Henderson's Belgian team had been looking for some good fate after a rocky >>

In just 24 hours at the Tour de France Simon Gerrans and his Orica-GreenEDGE cycling team have achieved double the results that were expected of them in this year's event. Getting the win in yesterdays road stage was a milestone commented Sport Director Matt White but winning the TTT and donning the yellow jersey is certainly history making for the Aussie team.In what was a reasonably straight >>

The never say die Simon Gerrans ticked a big box for his Aussie Orica-GreenEdge team today when he took their first stage victory at the Tour de France. The Punchy stage win specialist took on the biggest of rivals in the sprint to the line and not even Peter "Hulk" Sagan could come around him. Lead out to prefection by his South African team mate Darryl Impey Gerro finished off in style >>

Belgian Jan Bekelants took lived his biggest moment today in taking a stage win in his very first Tour de France. Placing third in the Belgian championships the previous weekend was his ticket to Corsica after being seemingly in the wilderness since 200 when he shot to prominence by winning the mini Tour de France the Tour de L'Avenir. The last minute inclusion in the Radioshack-Leopard team has >>

German sprinter Marcel Kittel has taken his first ever Tour de France Stage victory and with it the coveted yellow jersey. In a stage marred with crashes in the closing stages many of the races fastest finishers had been left in the pile ups at the side of the road. With Cavendish, Sagan and Greipel all left in the wreckage the golden opportunity was left to the "other" German and his >>

"Whilst cycling recovers from continuing doping controversies and the admission that Lance Armstrong cheated during his career, most notably during the Tour de France, we are in a transition period for the sport. However, we feel there remain areas in which the sport can move forward in repairing previous doubts about riders performances and ensuring that those performances are genuine and >>

Lead out man supremo Greg Henderson has once again been named in the Lotto-Belisol Tour de France squad. The Otago fastman takes up his pivotal posting as last man off before German superstar Andre Greipel lights it up with 150 metres to go. Lotto Belisol bring a mix of riders to the start in Corsicato support their two goals of a podium place with Jurgen Van den Broeck and stage wins from >>

Kiwi strongman Hayden Roulston has finished the Tour of Switzerland in solid condition riding home in 82nd place for his Radioshack Team, riding in a support role to get leader and Tour de France hopeful Andy Schleck to the finish in condition that he can capitalise on in two weeks time. Finishing just 49 minutes behind race winner Costa of Movistar the South Islander may be riding himself into >>

Christchurch cyclist Michael Vink has finished a commendable fifth place in the week-long International Thuringen Rundfahrt in Germany. The prestigious Under-23 Tour attracted national teams from 12 countries as well as development squads from several professional teams. Vink made his mark with a third placing on the opening prologue and remained in yellow jersey contention for much of the >>

Recently resigned New Zealand Sprint cycling coach Justin Grace has been snapped up by the French federation to lead the coaching program for their world leading sprint program. With the frustrating conditions placed upon his funding leading up to 2016 Olympics in Rio by BikeNZ Grace was facing a difficult challenge in having his riders constantly exposed to world class conditions under >>

Christchurch cyclist Michael Vink has made a strong start to the latest tour race for the BikeNZ squad in Germany today. Vink has finished third in the 4.2km prologue in the International Thuringen Rhundfhart Under-23 tour of Germany. This follows his victory in the recent UCI 1.2 category Philippe Coningsloo Memorial in Belgium. Vink clocked 4:56.15 to finish three seconds behind winner >>

1) Auckland Council wants feedback on its Unitary Plan by 31 May. Click here to tell Council why you want SkyPath in its plan as a key project for the Westhaven precinct. Include your support for greater priority for walking and cycling across the Auckland region too! 2) St Mary's Bay Residents Association are opposed to SkyPath because the Westhaven Marina Users Association are opposed. The >>

Fallen Italian cycling star Danilo Di Luca had been given a lifeline by the Vini Fantini-Selle Italia team in order for him to be on the start line for the 2013 Giro. Coming back from his previous two year suspension for EPO-CERA in 2009 and his second suspension in the oil for drugs scandal the 34 year old was desperate to compete in his national tour again claiming his condition was excellent >>

BikeNZ Olympian Shane Archbold has taken no time to strike for his new professional team with victory in stage two of the An Post Ras Tour of Ireland today. The former world championship medallist in the omnium sprinted his way to a narrow victory for his new Belgium-based UCI Continental team An Post Chain Reaction Sean Kelly. The Kiwi rider led the sprint coming into the final stretch and >>

It was redemption for Tom Hubbard from the Homestyle Cycling Team as he won the third round of the Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series, the 133 kilometre the Parry Field Lawyers-Ocean Ridge Classic. Hubbard was second in the previous round last month in Nelson and had 'sleepless nights' thinking about the mistakes he made so was very keen to make amends on today's challenging Hanmer Springs to >>

Touring professional and multiple world championship medal winner Linda Villumsen, Olympian Lauren Ellis and Sophie Williamson, who has signed with US based women's pro team Vanderkitten, head the largest women's field ever assembled for a Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series round on Saturday, the Parry Field Lawyers-Ocean Ridge Classic. A strong women's field of six teams is tackling the 99 >>

Christchurch's push to become a premier cycling city is gaining momentum with ambitious plans for separating cyclists and motorists on busy routes.Ambitious new guidelines for the design of cycling facilities in Christchurch have been approved by the city council's environment and infrastructure committee and should get approval from the full council this month.The guidelines map out how new >>

Dan Underwood defended his individual Tour of New Zealand title today, beating Tim James in a close and exciting criterium in the shadow of the Beehive in the grounds of Parliament House in Wellington. Both riders had been the dominant solo individuals in the North and South Islands as the tour made its way towards Wellington for today's title deciding racing. James had been the first solo rider >>

While the leading individual riders in the Tour of New Zealand further consolidated their leads, things are tighter at the top of the leader boards in the team's classification after day four of racing.Defending teams champion Christchurch Boys High School holds a two minute lead over the Pablos Wanaka team while North Island teams Hikurangi and Six Gardner Brothers continued their close battle >>

Irishman Dan Martin took his career biggest victory this weekend when he stormed clear of Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez in the final few hundred metres claiming the win in Liege Bastogne Liege for his Garmin Sharp Team. Martin who had 2012 Giro winner Ryder Hesjedal as his wingman throughout the 261km journey was quick to praise the efforts of his team mates claiming their assistance >>

With no standout classics specialist present for the 2013 Liege Bastogne Liege the Grand Tour kings Contador, Nibali and Rodriguez have been thrust into the limelight for the oldest of Belgian Monuments. With a parcours favouring the rouler and a distance edging toward 270km the last man standing may well be one not feeling overdone in the week before the depart. With the absence of Classics >>

Riders had to overcome wintry conditions as well as a demanding course on day three of the BikeNZ Club Road National Championships in Queenstown today.Blustery winds, rain, and cold temperatures made for a tough day on the bike, as riders battled it out for national champion titles on the road. Central Otago-Wakatipu local Sophie Williamson seemed to dismiss the tough conditions, riding >>

BikeNZ will be looking for a new leader to guide them into a centralised administration and high performance organisation based in Cambridge. Current CEO Kieran Turner has resigned to take up a new position in Christchurch from the end of May, giving BikeNZ a longer notice period to assist with the additional challenge of establishing the new centralised base. "It is with some regret that we >>

Full time triathlete Tom Davison (Scotty Browns-Vision Systems) had his best road racing result winning the second round of Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series in Nelson today, the Tasman Classic, with an impressive display of climbing in the last 500 metres.Davison won the 132 kilometre race in three hours and twenty four minutes, making his winning move at the top of a tough 20 percent final >>

Kiwi professional Jack Bauer sets off this weekend in the 111th edition of the Queen of the Classics, Paris-Roubaix, which will set off from Compiègne this coming Sunday, April 7th, and feature twenty-seven sections of cobbles – the feared Pavé du Nord – adding up to a total of 52.6km. These will range sections such as the iconic Trouée d'Arenberg, and the "Carrefour de l'Arbre" whereBauer's >>

With more than 25 professional teams in the peloton running smooth on Morgan Blue low friction Lubricants and preperation products the team leaders of the world's best teams are all on an equal footing. One of the best prepared teams on the Wold Tour would have to be Omega Pharma Quickstep. Sporting star riders such as Tom Boonen, Mark Cavendish, Tony Martin and Peter Velits these riders leave >>

Michael Vink had the perfect send off for his overseas campaign with BikeNZ men's track endurance squad when he rode away from the field to win Le Race in two hours and thirty one minutes today. Vink leaves for Belgium on Tuesday and showed he is in good form sitting a fast pace up the early climb through the Christchurch suburb of Cashmere and then dominated the final 40 kilometres of racing >>

A strong men's field will mean Christchurch cyclist Sam Horgan will have a tough job defending his title in the gruelling 100 kilometre Christchurch to Akaroa Le Race on Saturday.The former Subway Pro Cycling team member, who now rides for Australian Continental team Budget Forklifts, has five Kiwi members of the UK UCI Continental team Node4, Mike Northey, Daniel Barry, James Williamson, Roman >>

Four of New Zealand's best professional riders have been selected by their World Tour squads for tomorrows 298km Milan Sanremo. Jack Bauer (Garmin Sharp) Greg Henderson (Lotto Belisol) and the Radioshack duo of Hayden Roulston and Jesse Sergent will be looking to ensure the arrival of their team leaders at the famed Poggio climb in the best possible condition for the races decisive moment. The >>

Drapac Professional Cycling (DPC) will return to the UCI 2.1 2013 Tour de Taiwan as the defending champions after Rhys Pollock won the 2012 edition. The Tour de Taiwan will mark DPC's first UCI race in Asia for 2013 where the team is now focusing most of its resources and energy. The team is hence highly motivated to not only start their Asian campaign successfully but to also continue the >>

In a stunning charge for the line Kiwi cyclist Emily Collins has taken out the Womens Classic Omloop het van Hageland. Showing her speed to the pro peloton the 22-year-old Collins put into second place Shelly Olds [TIBCO To the Top] and an in-form Emma Johansson [Orica-AIS] into third. Raced over 122km through the rolling Belgian countryside the victory is standout in Collins palmares. Collins >>

Otago University student Brad Evans had his best win on the road in the opening round of the Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling series in Oxford, winning a sprint finish from Bradley Tuhi and Joseph Chapman. Evan's, who is fresh from an intensive race programme on the track, including the elite track nationals three weeks ago, paid tribute to his Fitlab team for playing a major role chasing down the >>

Twenty eight years ago 45 hardy souls lined up in Upper Hutt's Akatarawa Ranges for New Zealand's first annual mountain bike race. More than a quarter of a century later, almost 800 riders from 10 countries will line up for what has become the Southern Hemisphere's longest running mountain bike event.Established in 1986, the Merida Karapoti Classic is the event that kick-started the mountain bike >>

Recently the UCI have changed the format for the Masters World Championships (www.uciworldcyclingtour.com). These used to be held in Austria and anyone could attend if they entered and paid their own way. In 2011 the UCI brought in a format that sees a number of qualifying events held around the world with athletes who finish within a certain percentage of the winners earning the right to >>

Twenty-two year old rookie Aaron Gate had an agonising wait before being crowned track cycling world champion in Minsk, Belarus today. Gate won the gruelling six-discipline with a magnificent display on the second day, winning two of the three events and beating his two key rivals in the other. It was a stunning performance in his first omnium at international level, beating off the challenges >>

Fourth year university student Chris Callus of Victoria University and Lecturer Kah Chan of Media Design have been working to produce a video series that helps new cyclists navigate Wellington's streets. The informative resource shows the routes between various suburbs and the Wellington CBD; and features experienced local cyclists who provide great tips for cycling safely and making the most of >>

David Ware of New Zealand Company TeamTalk which sports such brands as , FleetLink, ActionNet, RTMax, LocalNet and EasyPlan has incited public vigilante harm against cyclists at all levels in his recent "TeamTalks" news editorial. (Attached). In his column "David's Editorial" the very important big man of TeamTalk rants about his hatred against cyclists and people of all walks of life that >>

World junior champion Anton Cooper recovered from a crash on the final lap to edge out home town rider Dirk Peters to win the BikeNZ national cross country mountain bike title in Rotorua today. The pair, both still in the under-23 ranks, spread-eagled the combined field of elite and under-23 riders as they fought a tight battle throughout the arduous seven-lap contest in the superb >>

Perhaps the most beautiful work of cycle art that has graced the offices recently would have to be the LOOK 695 Heritage. Resplendent in La Vie Claire team colours of the 80s the emotions could not help be felt as we reminisced over the dominant Tour de France victories of Bernard Hinault and Greg Lemond aboard the famous French brand for what was the first of cyclings "super teams". Featuring >>

A survey is your chance to have a say on the future sporting facilities in the Auckland region. There is wide acceptance within the sports sector of the increasing importance for a more strategic and planned approach to the provision of facilities. This has been acknowledged at a national level with Sport New Zealand (formerly SPARC) investing in a number of national facilities strategies. The >>

BikeNZ will look to youth in its bid for Olympic success in the 2016 Rio Games. They have named six young riders to join several Olympic incumbents in a five-month European based training and racing programme to develop a men's endurance track team for the world championships and Commonwealth Games next year and on to the Rio Olympics. BikeNZ has bypassed taking a team pursuit to next months >>

The sensational sprinters were again the big hit on the final morning of qualifying at the BikeNZ national track cycling championships in Invercargill today. Olympic medallist Simon Van Velthooven joined with Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster for Auckland to clock 44.112 in the mens team sprint, which was just 37/1000 th of a second outside the record set by the national combination. The trio will >>

Auckland's Sam Webster prevailed from the bevy of world class sprinters to claim the mens sprint title on the second night of finals at the national track cycling championships in Invercargill. The 21 year old, who missed out on a spot in the team for the London Olympics, showed the speed and nous to prevail over Southland comer Matt Archibald in two-straight rides in the best of three finals. >>

Olympic medallist Simon Van Velthooven dug deep to break his New Zealand record on the opening night of finals at the BikeNZ National Track Cycling Championsh ips in Invercargill. The keirin bronze medallist clocked a stunning 1:00.973 to claim the 1000m time trial on a super-slick Stadium Southland Velodrome tonight. Fellow Olympian Eddie Dawkins set the standard with a strong 1:01.543 before >>

World champion cyclist Alison Shanks has withdrawn from the track nationals in Invercargill this week, meaningshe won't defendher rainbow jersey at this years UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Belarus next month. Shanks has carried a hip injury over the past 12 months but pushed through considerable pain during training and racing in the lead up to Olympics. However it was always >>

Australia Day turned out to be quite symbolic for the Huon Salmon- Genesys Wealth Advisers team today at the 2013 NZCT Cycle Classic in Manawatu. Once again they showed why they are the number one ranked cycling team in Australia. It was a show of strength and professionalism from the riders as they controlled the peloton through out the day. Racing over a 135.3km course and finishing on what >>

Joe Cooper has come to the 2013 NZCT with victory on his mind. The talented stage racer showed the elite field in yesterdays 7.1km prologue time trial why he is considered one of the countries best multi day riders when he topped the leader board wih a blistering 9 minutes 10 second ride putting some of Australasias best names into the minor placings. In second place was the talented up and >>

Australian team Huon Salmon-Genesys Wealth Advisors showed how important team racing is today with a show of real professionalism. Starting the day, Huon-Genesys had the upper hand with all their five riders sitting in the top ten on General Classification. Stage One winner Kiwi Joesph Cooper held the yellow jersey from team member Campbell Flakemore and Darren Lapthorne (Drapac), third.  >>

New Zealand's George Bennett was on the attack on stage two of the Santos Tour Down Under with the Radioshack climber opening up a gap on the field on the famed Corkscrew hill. With a hard charging Gerraint Thomas in pursuit the lead of Bennett was soon diminished with a regrouping of the leaders on the climb Bennett, Ben Hermans (RadioShack Leopard) and Javier Moreno (Movistar) joined Thomas on >>

New Zealand cyclists Sam Webster and Matt Archibald have grabbed top-eight finishes on the final day of the UCI World Cup in Mexico today. Webster (Auckland) finished fifth overall in the mens sprint and Archibald (Invercargill) eighth, after both riders set stunning times in qualifying. Archibald qualified fifth in 9.737s, the fastest time that any New Zealand rider has achieved, assisted by >>

The New Zealand junior track cycling unit made a solid start to the Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) in Bankstown, NSW today with a silver medal in the Team Sprint. The under-18 men's trio of Quinn Karwowski (Tasman), Zac Williams (Auckland) and Jeremy Presbury (Southland) finished second behind Australia in a time of 46:09. The fourth team member Callum Saunders (Tasman) rode in the >>

Auckland teenager Georgia Williams will join Italian professional cycling team BePink next month after signing a one-year deal today. The 19-year-old has enjoyed a fantastic summer on the bike, highlighted by winning the New Zealand Criterium Championships in November and more recently, claiming second in the road race at the Elite Road National Championships in Christchurch on the weekend.  >>

Rosters for New Zealand domestic teams, the newly formed Meridian Cycling, and the more familiar Ricoh, have come together for the New Zealand Community Trust Cycle Classic of the Manawatu from January 23 to 27. Meridian is lead by a former New Zealand criterium champion, Alex Ray, sometimes referred to as the "Pocket Rocket". Ray, who started out in the Auckland Grammar School third form >>

Six months ago twenty-year-old Tauranga cyclist Courteney Lowe thought her young career may have been over. Yesterday she bounced back from surgery to claim the womens road race honours at the Calder Stewart national championships in Christchurch. In her first race since the surgery in August last year, Lowe out-sprinted a select group of proven professionals to claim the victory in a desperate >>

Hometown favourite Hayden Roulston rode down professional teammate George Bennett in the final 3kms to claim his third victory in the Calder Stewart national road cycling championships in Christchurch today.Roulston overcame a 48 second deficit on the final of the 12 laps in the 180km elite men's race before the Radioshack Nissan Trek pair rode together to the finish. Roulston claimed the win to >>

World championship medallist Linda Villumsen set an allcomers' record to claim her first New Zealand title at the Calder Stewart road cycling championships near Christchurch today. Villumsen blitzed the field to win the elite women's time trial over 25kms at Lincoln, taking more than a minute off the course record in the process. It proved a record-setting day with outstanding 21-year-old >>

Kiwi downhill mountain bikers will look to get one back off the British riders this weekend at round two of the New Zealand Mountain Bike Cup series at Mt Hutt in Canterbury. The opening round of the series in Bluff last weekend saw both the elite men's and women's races won by visiting British riders, Bernard Kerr and Jess Stone; both of whom will be on the start line in Canterbury this >>

New Zealand road cycling champion James Williamson will lead the NZCT -New Zealand national team in the NZCT Cycle Classic – Tour of Manawatu from January 23 to 27. The 23-year-old from Alexandra in central Otago is the class act in a squad that tour director Jorge Sandoval believes contains several of the most promising road riders in the country for New Zealand's only event on the UCI >>

Christchurch cyclist Josh Atkins led the New Zealand team, finishing third in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour that finished near Melbourne last night. The 20 year old completed Australias oldest stage race 1min 18sec down on overall winner Calvin Watson (Victoria Institute) on general classification, third in the under-23 classification, sixth in the sprint jersey points and ninth in the King of the >>

Olympian Linda Villumsen lay down an early warning that she will mean business in next weeks Calder Stewart national road cycling championships. The four-time world championship medallist has won the Tour de Vineyards near Nelson this week. Canterburys Michael Vink, who won the under-23 and overall honours in the national championships last year, showed he is approaching top form in winning the >>

The Lotto Belisol world tour rider was keen to compete as a lead-in to the New Zealand road championships and the Tour Down Under in Adelaide next month. The Herald Sun Tour is Australias oldest stage race, and has been revived for its 60 th anniversary as a four day event from January 3-6 on the back of the annual Bay Criterium series starting on January 1. Henderson will lead a national team >>

Liam Sherlock moved into the overall lead in the under 15s competition after he won two events and rode cunningly in the final 15-lap handicap at the Burkes Cycles Speed League Round 6. Given a near-lap headstart as a C grade rider, Sherlock jumped onto the back of the A graders on the gun, along with William Findlay, and held on for five laps to his much older rivals before dropping back. >>

North Canterbury 18-year-old Anton Cooper capped off an incredible year today, in signing a two year deal with international mountain bike team Cannondale Factory Racing (CFR). Cooper will be based in Germany for five months each year during the New Zealand winter, racing UCI cross country World Cups across Europe and in North America. "The team at Cannondale are such high class, with a couple >>

After a successful second season competing on the international stage PureBlack Racing and Avanti confirm that they are still looking at options for 2013 and beyond. "With economic conditions remaining tough and the sponsorship market in New Zealand contracting we have been forced to look internationally for a long-term major sponsor to help us with our future plans," said Greg Cross, Business >>

Ollie Jones dug deep to produce a terrific sprint at the end of a fast night's racing at round five of the Burkes Cycles Speed League to win the 15-lap all-in Handicap Scratch. Jones just pipped seniors' championship leader Nick Warren on the line. Starting nearly a lap down the A grade riders had to work hard to catch the B and C graders, but didn't work smoothly as a team, the group fragmenting >>

The 2013 version of the UCI 2.2 Women's tour of New Zealand planned to take place from 20 to 24 February 2013 has been postponed until 2014.One of the main reasons for this decision is that race organisers found it financially difficult to comply with the new UCI rules regarding drug testing; this will imply a high cost to the organisers for both the men and women's tour.Race Director Jorge >>

New Zealand picked up its first ever UCI Cyclocross World Cup points on the weekend at the Koksijde World Cup in Belgium. BikeNZ riders Alex "Zander" Revell and Angus Edmond both scraped inside the top 50 finishers of the elite men at the internationally renowned event to claim their places on the UCI Cyclocross points table. Wellington's Revell has shown tremendous improvement since arriving >>

The NZCT New Zealand Cycle Classic's standing as New Zealand's only UCI registeredtour is reflected in the quality of the overseas teams entered each year and 2013 will be noexception.One of Australia's most successful Continental teams, theDrapac Professional Cycling team, has finalised their line upfor the 26th version of New Zealand's premier cycle tour in2013. Given the consistent success of >>

A terrific atmosphere and some ferocious racing marked round three of the Burkes Cycles Speed League, with top professional Peter Latham making his debut, and Olympic bronze medalist Jesse Sergent among the spectators. Ollie Wood and Jon Barnes picked up where they left off in the previous round, scoring a clutch of points to solidify their lead in the under 15 and under 17 Burkes Cycles Speed >>

Auckland cyclist Myron Simpson will join Luxembourg-based UCI Continental cycling team Differdange-Magic SportFood next season. The 22-year-old has a packed European racing calendar ahead of him, including the five-stage Tour of Luxembourg, which was won by Hayden Roulston's Radioshack-Nissan teammate Jakob Fulsang last year. "It'll be great to line up against the top European professional >>

Wellington's premier track cycling event, the Laykold Cup Carnival, will take place on Sunday December 2 at the Wellington Velodrome in Hataitai and with the defending title race champion unable to attend, the title is up for grabs. The prestigious 84-year-old cup was originally presented to the Petone Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club in 1928 for the winner of a five mile handicap race held at >>

Te Awamutu cyclist Hayden McCormick was crowned National Criterium Champion in front of 10,000 spectators in Takapuna, Auckland last night. In a rapid-paced and brutal elite men's race, 18-year-old McCormick outstretched defending champion Mike Northey on the line to claim the New Zealand title. "I was just trying to set Michael Vink up for the win, but to come away with it myself, I'm stoked, >>

Tomorrow night's National Criterium Cycling Championships in Takapuna will be the last opportunity for the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team to add to its collection of national titles. Olympic medallist Westley Gough lines up with five of his team mates including the experienced Paul Odlin and rising under 19 star Dylan Kennett, winner of four medals on the track at the UCI Junior World Championships >>

Olympic cyclist Shane Archbold has finished the PowerNet Tour of Southland about half a kilo lighter than when he started it – and it has had little to do with the racing.Archbold, whospent the week racing inPowerNet colours, might not have crossed the line first in the final day's racing on Saturday, but he was certainly the centre of attention as his trademark mullet was cut off in front of a >>

Auckland's Mike Northey has won the 2012 PowerNet Tour of Southland after a decisive final stage from Winton to Invercargill today.Northeywas 17 seconds behind Tour leader American Carter Jones (Bissell Pro Cycling) after the morning's individual time trial in Winton, but the Tour's defining moves were made in the final stage. Led by Calder Stewart's Hayden Roulston and Michael Vink, a break was >>

American Carter Jones of Bissell Pro Cycling has climbed his way into the lead in the PowerNet Tour of Southland, after winning the 179km stage from Te Anau to the Crown Range, near Arrowtown. It was a day of mixed fortunes for the Bissell team with Paddy Bevin, who had already won two stages during the week's racing, forced to withdraw from the Tour due to a lung infection. While that will make >>

A commanding climb up Bluff Hill has earned Node 4-Subaru's Mike Northey a stage win and the yellow jersey after Stage Two of the PowerNet Tour of Southland.The Auckland-based rider was strong throughout the 137km stage and now takes an eight second lead going into tomorrow's double stage.The final climb up the infamous Bluff Hill was brutal, Northey said."I rode up the other day with the boys >>

Heath Blackgrove started the 2012 PowerNet Tour of Southland exactly the same way he finished it in 2009 – in the yellow jersey.Blackgrove, riding for PowerNet, crossed the line first in the team time trial around Invercargill's Queens Park in the cold and windy conditions that have come to be expected of the Tour, and was pleased to take the yellow jersey on the opening day."We had a great ride, >>

The 2012 Tour of Southland begins on Sunday 30th of October and PureBlack Racing is ready to pit itself against some of the best New Zealand, and international cyclists. The Tour of Southland is an important milestone in the PureBlack Racing calendar. Business Director, Greg Cross said: "It is the biggest tour on New Zealand's racing calendar and it's a race that has a special meaning for >>

Dylan Kennett from the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team beat a strong field that included national champions James Williamson and Michael Vink to win the final round of the current elite Benchmark series on Saturday. The 155 kilometre race held in north Canterbury was full of riders in final preparation for the Powernet Tour of Southland that starts on Sunday and further confirmed the promise of the >>

In the wake of the recent USADA report into doping by Lance Armstrong and Co within the USPS and Discovery Channel cycling teams, professional cyclings longest serving team sponsor Rabobank has announced this evening it will leave the sport. The icing on the cake was the news that disgraced doper and recently sacked Quick Step rider Levi Leipheimer was loading up with EPO and performing blood >>

Drapac Professional Cycling (DPC), have finished their 2012 National Road Series (NRS) campaign in dominant fashion by winning both the Campolina Melbourne to Warrnambool Cycling Classic and the Shipwreck Coast Cycling Classic. The team showed their strength and superior tactics by always being represented in the breakaways and splits enabling them to ride in our characteristically aggressively >>

New Zealand's longest standing World Tour Professional Julian Dean has publicly denied any knowledge of systematic doping practices at former team United Postal Services. Despite the coming forth and prosecution of nearly a dozen riders from the once great team Dean has stated these practices we amongst a select squad in the team and one focussed around the Tour de France hopefuls. In an >>

Over 700 cyclists will bask in the Hawke's Bay sunshine on Sunday for the 105km Strata Group Tour of the Bay cycle event.In its 22nd year, this annual recreational ride will kick off the 2012/13 BikeNZ Summer Series as the first of 11 rides around New Zealand.Although it is still early in the summer cycling calendar, event director Vanessa van Kampen is confident in attaining a quality field and >>

LOOK now offers an application for its new bike, the LOOK 675. This application can be downloaded for free on the App Store and on Google Play for the Androïd version,and will allow you to discover the integrated technology of the 675*.Available now for Iphone, Ipad and Androïd.* The LOOK 675 came about from the will to integrate. The latest monocoque carbonframe stands out as a bike that is >>

The New Zealand Schools Road Cycling Championships wrapped up in gusty conditions today with points races at the Manfeild Auto Course in Manawatu. Devon Hiley (St Cuthbert's College) broke away early in the 24km women's under-20 points race and stayed away to win every sprint contest and a national title. "It was a tough race but I had a few of the girls working to keep the bunch together and >>

Hamilton Boys High School successfully defended their Team Time Trial national title in perfect weather conditions today at the New Zealand Schools Road Cycling Championships in Manawatu.The five-strong team of Corby Price, Danyon Inwood, Stephen Brunskill, Sam Dobbs and Nick Reddish broke the men's under-20 New Zealand record as they powered through the 16km course in a time of 22:05.42, to beat >>

The Warmup Pushbikes Cycling Team won the Masters 25 kilometre Canterbury Team Time Trial event on Saturday. The Warmup Pushbikes Black Team of John McKenzie, Lee Johnstone, David Roche and Stephen Mark won in a time of 33 minutes and 20 seconds, beating the Velocity 1 team of Nigel Pink, Ben Hillery, Dave Sullivan and Chris Brooks by 35 seconds. Team spokesperson John McKenzie said the team >>

PureBlack Racing is excited to announce participation in the charity event 'The Crank', a 12-hour RPM charity ride, on Friday 28th September. All Auckland-based PureBlack Racing riders will participate, along with management for the full 12 hour relay effort. Business Director, Greg Cross, says with such a young cycling team, Canteen's relevance to PureBlack Racing is profound, and something >>

The Warmup Pushbikes Cycling Team hopes to repeat last year's winning performance in tomorrow's Canterbury Team Time Trial Championships. The team has entered two teams in the masters 25 kilometre category. The Warmup Pushbikes Black Team includes national and regional masters time trial champions and medallists and has high hopes of another team time trial title to go with the 40 kilometre >>

New Zealand cyclist Linda Villumsen, denied an Olympic medal by less than two seconds last month, has finished on the podium at the UCI Road World Championships in the Netherlands today. The 27 year old Danish born rider placed third in the elite women's individual time trial around a challenging 24.1km course near Limburg that included the telling climb of the famous Cauberg Hill. It is the >>

The Belgian team of Tom Boonen, Sylvain Chavanel, Tony Martin, Peter Velits, Kristof Vandewalle, and Niki Terpstra have raced into the history books by taking the first ever World TTT Championships by teams and in the process heading off heavyweights BMC and Orica - GreenEdge. The challenging course and general fatigue of the riders as they entered their ninth straight month of competition were >>

Dylan Kennett moves from the track to racing on the road for his SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team in tomorrow's Twizel to Timaru Classic cycling race. Kennett won four medals last month's junior world track championships in Invercargill. He is joined by his SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team mates Tayla Harrison, who also raced in the Junior World Track Championships and Nick Lovegrove for the South Canterbury >>

Sam Horgan from the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team won category one of the R & R Tour de Taieri near Dunedin at the weekend. Horgan's teammate Tayla Harrison won the Under 19 tour which moves him into the lead in the BikeNZ Junior National Points Series. Horgan and Harrison were joined by SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's Invercargill based Dillion Bennett during the five stage tour. Horgan won the >>

The popular Festival of Cycling is back in its eighth year with a new naming sponsor, Benchmark Homes, and new events to cater for all cycling enthusiasts. Benchmark Homes is a Canterbury-based home design and building company that has a proud history of supporting cycling. It has taken over the reins from the Armstrong Motor Group who had partnered with the event since its inception in 2005. >>

World champion mountain biker Anton Cooper is already plotting for bigger and better things in the sport. The Christchurch schoolboy, who turned 18 years one month ago, became the first New Zealand crosscountry rider to win a rainbow jersey after his brilliant victory at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Austria. Kiwi mountain bikers have previously won four world titles which have all >>

PureBlack Racing have shown they can survive the aggressive Australian racing at the Tour of Murray River with results in both of yesterday's stages leaving them on both the individual, and team, General Classification podium. In Stage Three of the tour, PureBlack Racing Captain Roman van Uden, took his first criterium podium in Australia, finishing third in the 25km circuit race. Van Uden >>

As of this Friday the elite cycling team under MICO PROTRAIN will cease to exist, a late in the piece call revealed that new ownership has declined to uphold the previously allocated funding. This was no reflection on the team management or the riders, but a change in marketing direction – the disappointment evident through a series of meetings with Mico that has made significant brand awareness >>

After eight successful years as naming rights sponsor of SUBWAY® Pro Cycling, SUBWAY® Restaurants will be concluding its sponsorship of New Zealand's only professional cycling team at the end of 2012. General Manager of SUBWAY® Pro Cycling Hayden Godfrey says that he could not have wished for a better sponsorship partner in SUBWAY® restaurants, but like everything there comes a time when changes >>

New Zealand wrapped up their UCI Junior Track World Championships campaign this afternoon with an impressive total of seven national records and 10 medals in Invercargill. The 10-medal haul equalled their record number achieved in last year's world championships, with sold-out crowds packing the Stadium Southland Velodrome throughout the championships. Waimate's Dylan Kennett and >>

New Zealand's Dylan Kennett will race for gold tonight after smashing the national junior individual pursuit record in qualifying at the UCI Junior Track World Championships in Invercargill this afternoon. The 17-year-old from Waimate clocked a time of 3:16:467 over the 3000m distance to be the second fastest qualifier of the field of 26 riders at Stadium Southland Velodrome. "It was a great >>

Dylan Kennett from the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team represents New Zealand's best chance of being crowned an under 19 World Champion since Sarah Ulmer achieved the feat twice in the 1990s. On Wednesday, a 16-strong New Zealand team takes on 154 riders from 24 countries at the UCI Junior Track World Championships in Invercargill. The team also includes Subway® Pro Cycling's Tayla Harrison from >>

The 2008 Beijing Olympic Road Race Champion Samuel Sanchez will make his Tour of Britain debut this September as he leads the Euskaltel Euskadi squad's return to Britain's national Tour. Sanchez, who was the Tour de France's King of the Mountains in 2011, will ride The Tour of Britain ahead of his attack on the World Championship Road Race, which follows a week after The Tour culminates in >>

Five time New Zealand Champion Gordon McCauley proved he still has the gas during his recent racing foray in Australia. The Auckland resident took the eye of Drapac team manager Jonathan Breekveldt and this week lines up in the famous red jersey at the Tour of the Great South Coast. Drapac's sport director, Agostino Giramondo explained that while the team would like to maintain Drapac rider >>

New Zealand's emerging track cyclists will get a chance on the international stage later this year when the BikeNZ under-19 team travels to Australia for the 2013 Oceania Track Championships. Eighteen riders have been named to compete at the Adelaide velodrome this November, in an event which New Zealand junior track cycling coach Ross Machejefski said will have a distinct development focus.  >>

Manawatu cyclist Simon van Velthooven won a cycling bronze medal today in the most thrilling manner. Riding in the keirin, van Velthooven found himself in exalted company, his opposition including British cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy. But the New Zealand camp rated van Velthooven a good medal chance. He'd finished third in the event at the world champs, before being demoted to sixth after an >>

BikeNZ has an announced a star-studded line-up for next month's 2012 UCI Road World Championships in the Netherlands, yesterday. Eighteen of New Zealand's finest cyclists have been pre-selected as part of a 'long-list' of under-23 and elite riders for this event. The squad is headlined by Olympians Jack Bauer (Christchurch), Greg Henderson (Dunedin), Jesse Sergent (Manawatu) and Linda >>

It completed a remarkable few weeks for the 32-year-old Team Sky rider after he became the first Briton to win the Tour de France and was also given the honour of starting the opening ceremony at Olympics. Wiggins underlined his position as favourite for Olympic gold as he produced another dominant performance against the clock, winning by 42 seconds from world time trial champion Tony Martin >>

The South Island cycling fraternity is set to receive a welcome boost with BikeNZ's recent appointment of a new and exciting position in the Canterbury region. Feilding-based Scotsman James Sagar will provide an active link between BikeNZ and his new base of Christchurch as he takes up the role of Canterbury regional development coordinator. This spells only good things for the region, as the >>

Road safety advocate Bevan Woodward has asked Auckland Transport to withdraw the report it provided to the Coroner's inquest that blames cyclist Jane Bishop for her own death. If it chooses not to, then a 'Friends of Jane Bishop' campaign will commence until her name is cleared. Mr Woodward says "The report is highly flawed, each of the reasons it gives for Jane Bishop being responsible for >>

Alexandre Vinokourov has made a career out of it and last night's Olympic gold medal performance from the Kazakh was no doubt his best. Known affectionally as Vine the stocky Eastern European has been a performer at the highest level for over a decade and stole the show from the pre race favourites but spring boarding to the race breakaway during the stamina sapping 248km road race. With the >>

With the Olympic ceremony just over a day away the cyclists contesting the road race have the honor of taking part in the first event of the Games. General opinon has been divided over whether the race will come down to a bunch sprint benefiting the likes of Cavendish and Sagan or if perhaps Box Hill will split the race apart favouring the one day specialists such as Boonen and Chavanal.UCI >>

Team Sky's Bradley Wiggins has been confirmed as the first British Tour de France winner. The 32-year-old triple Olympic champion made it safely through the final 120-kilometre 20th stage from Rambouillet to Paris - indeed he did much more than that, being a key part of the lead-out which delivered team-mate Mark Cavendish to his fourth successive sprint victory on the Champs-Elysees. It was >>

Team Sky's Bradley Wiggins all but confirmed an historic Tour de France victory in the best possible style as he powered to an emphatic win in the penultimate stage time trial. The 32-year-old underlined his superiority over all his rivals with another sublime display in the 'race of truth', stopping the clock in one hour, four minutes and 13 seconds for the 53.5-kilometre route from Bonneval >>

Manx Missile Mark Cavendish showed the world why he has been dubbed the worlds fastest man when he lead the best cyclists home on stage 18 of the Tour de France. The 18th stage stage to Bive la Gaillarde gave Cavendish his 22nd victory in the Tour with his SKY team mates rallied round him in the finale it was the opportunity for team captain Wiggins to repay the World Champion for his hard work >>

Alejandro Valverde experienced a special day in his comeback year to the Tour de France, the Spaniard soloed to victory high in the Pyrenees saluting his sponsor Movistar and his loyal team that helped set the day up for him.Valverde who was part of the day's early breakaway was assisted by team mate Rui Costa before going solo with 35km remaining on the day. Chased all the way by Team Liquigas >>

The hero of France Thomas Voeckler made his Tour de France Doubly good today with a classic victory on stage 16 as the Tour entered the Pyrenees. Voeckler who was part of an escape group that was almost a third of the remaining peloton was out on an all day raiding mission to take over the lead in the King of the Mountains competition. The Europcar professional after taking the top spoils on >>

Frank Schleck had the rest day that no rider would welcome, the Radioshack Nissan Trek rider was informed by the UCI that he had failed his doping test from the 14th of July for the substance Xipamide. The WADA accredited laboratory in Châtenay-Malabry detected the presence of the diuretic in Schleck's urine sample and now Schleck has up to four days to organise his legal affairs and decide if >>

Perrick Fedrigo make it lucky number two into Pau today on stage 15 of the Tour de France mirroring the last Tour stage he won and making it his fourth overall. From a quality breakaway of Fédrigo, Vande Velde, Dumoulin, Voeckler and Devenyns the group quickly built up a massive 12 minute lead taking advantage of the lack of interest from the peloton in neutralising the day for the sprinters.  >>

Loius Leon Sanchez has had a never say die attitude in this years Tour de France having come close to the win on two occasions already. The 191km journey from Limoux - Foix provided the Spaniard with all the ingredients he needed to get one of his trademark breakaway victories. Having crested the summit of the ferocious final climb of the day at 18% gradient the Rabobank rider quickly regrouped >>

Andre has truly become the giant of the sprints in this year's Tour de France taking his third win in the race today from Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux - Le Cap d'Agde over 217km. In a super close battle to the line the German just bettered Green jersey leader Peter Sagan (Liquigas Cannondale) and Edvald Boasson Hagen (SKY). In a rare sight in the Tour the crowd were treated to Yellow Jersey >>

David Millar utilised his 15 years experience as a professional to take an emotional stage win on the challenging leg from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Annonay Davézieux. The 226km haul was the longest of the tour and Millar and his four breakaway companions saw all bar six km of it in the lead.With the break working seamlessly until 10km from the finish and a sold 12 minute advantage over the >>

Pierre Rolland lived up to his team managers expectations when he touted the Frenchman as the man to watch out for on stage 11 of the Tour de France. Rolland who was part of a solid breakaway group for the majority of the stage slowly but surely rode all of his companions off his wheel to finish alone at the summit of the La Toussuire 55 seconds clear of the biggest names in this year's >>

Home country New Zealand and last year's host Russia will both field capacity squads of 16 with Australia confirming a 14-strong team including four defending junior world champions for next month's UCI Juniors World Cycling Championships in Invercargill. Cycling powerhouses such as France, Belgium, Great Britain, Russia and Australia will send teams of varying sizes to the championships to be >>

Bradley Wiggins (SKY) has dominated the stage nine time trial at the Tour de France a la Miguel Indurain style. The multi time Olympic track cycling champion set about the course at a blistering pace leading at every time check along the way leaving no doubt to his favourite status in this year's race.Losing time at every check was Australian defending champion Cadel Evans ultimately conceding >>

Thibaut Pinot the youngest rider in this year's Tour de France pulled off his biggest career victory to date in soloing to the finish line in Porrentruy Switzerland ahead of a chase group that was more star studded than a Hollywood Boulevard.The young Thibaut saw his chance come 25 km out from the finish on the day's final climb when he accelerated clear of the breakaway group to catch lone >>

Chris Froome (SKY) put in an astounding effort on the slopes of the La Planche des Belles Filles today, not only was he Bradley Wiggins last team support rider doing an incredible job pacing his leader up the last two km of the climb but out of nowhere he mustered up enough energy to take the victory atop the 20% gradient finish.This display of brilliance was made even more so when looking at the >>

Peter Sagan took an emotion filled victory in today's stage six of the Tour de France victory saluting a la The Incredible Hulk and dressed head to toe in trademark green as the leader in the points competition. Sagan crossed the line a full two lengths clear of second placed Andre Greipel with Australian Matt Goss taking another third place.With 50 metres to go the day once again was looking >>

There would have been one thought lingering in the mind of German sprinter Andre Greipel after his stage four victory yesterday, could he have taken World Champion Mark Cavendish on the line. The Lotto Belisol sprinter put that thought to rest on today's 196.5km journey to Saint Quentin as he was once again lead to perfection into the sprint by his team mates and in particular Kiwi Greg >>

German sprinting giant Andre Greipel took his stage win in the Tour de France today in what was the perfect execution to a perfect display of team riding from his Lotto Belisol team. Hitting 2km to go the team was perfectly formed in single file on the front of the peloton with Kiwi fastman Greg Henderson charged with the job of being Greipels final wheel to fly off. Hendy nailed it sprinting >>

The exceptional Mr Sagan (Liquigas Cannondale) took his second stage win in just his first Tour de France today in the tough uphill battle into Boulogne Sur Mer as the race entered France for the first time this year. Sagan who is somewhat of a specialist in uphill finishes bettered another star of the future in Edvald Boasson Hagen (SKY) and Peter Velits (Omega Quick Step) in the finale with >>

World Champion Mark Cavendish showed the critics he hadn't lost any of his sprinting speed at the finish of stage two of the Tour de France. Despite a text book perfect lead-out from Kiwi Greg Henderson from the team of Cavendish's nemesis Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) the Manxman used his ability to the utmost and shot off the Germans wheel with 50 metres remaining to take the win by a wheel.  >>

It was a series of firsts today for the classy young Slovak Peter Sagan, the liquigas Cannondale rider racing in stage one of the Tour in his first shot at the event bettered a charging Fabian Cancellara to claim first place on the tough 198km stage in Seraing Belgium. The demanding ascent to the finish rendered most of the pure sprinters as spectators as those with a flare for power climbing >>

Canada Day has turned black for Canadian cyclists with PureBlack Racing taking a clean sweep of the podium with first, second and third at the CHIN Picnic Criterium in Toronto. James "Jimmy" Williamson, Roman van Uden and Taylor Gunman rode a powerful race to win the annual criterium which is a highlight of the Canada Day celebrations. "It was pretty hard being out in the front the whole time >>

Swiss time trial powerhaus Fabian Cancellara has put his tough early season behind him by taking first blood at the Tour de France today. Cancellara who crashed out early season set the fastest time on the Liege course by seven seconds putting overall favourite Bradley "Wiggo" Wiggins into second place on the 7.1km technical circuit.Defending Tour Champion Cadel Evans signalled he too has >>

PureBlack Racing cyclist Michael Torckler is in hospital after a collision with a car in what is reported to be a hit and run accident during a training ride in California this morning. PureBlack Racing Business Director, Greg Cross, said Michael has improved since being admitted to hospital in critical condition and is now listed as serious but stable condition in intensive care. "The best >>

BikeNZ announced today the top two road racers in the country that will represent NZ at the London Olympic Games. The popular Greg Henderson (Lotto - Beilisol) will headline the NZ campaign in the road race with support from the talented World Tour deutant Jack Bauer (Garmin-Sharp). Bauer will will also line up as New Zealand's sole entrant in the time trial, after finishing 14th in the final >>

Lotto Belisol has revealed his selection for the upcoming Tour de France. The selection: Lars Bak, Francis De Greef, André Greipel, Adam Hansen, Greg Henderson, Jürgen Roelandts, Marcel Sieberg, Jurgen Van den Broeck, Jelle Vanendert. Reserve: Jurgen Van de Walle. Sportive Manager Marc Sergeant: "We 've put our nine names for the Tour on paper. I think I might say we have a balanced and >>

RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK rider Andy Schleck suffers from a fracture in the sacral body (segment S3) due to his crash in last Thursday's time trial of the Critérium du Dauphiné. Schleck will be out for four to six weeks and will not be able to start in the Tour de France, the race in which he was set to start as one of the favorites.At a press conference in La Maison des Sports in Luxembourg, Andy >>

Luxembourg cycling fans have been rocked by the news Andy Schleck may be out of this years Tour de France as a result of his time trial crash in the recent Dauphine tour. Schleck who crashed due to a large gust of wind was thought to be suffering bruising but now appears to be reeling from a broken pelvis. Team Radioshack Nissan plan to hold a press >>

Castelli bring to our readers the opportunity to win! This week we are giving away two autographed jerseys from Garmin-Barracuda squad from The Amgen Tour of California. One Team Garmin-Barracuda jersey signed by the whole crew and one signed only by Captain America Dave Zabriskie!!!It works like this. 1. Be a fan of Castelli on Facebook. All people who are fans of Castelli by the end of day >>

New Zealand's Olympic-hopeful cyclist Linda Villumsen grabbed her first time trial win of the season, winning the third stage of Emakumeen Euskal Bira in Spain today. Posting a time of 18:21 over the 13.4km course, the silver medallist in the time trial at last year's world championships and the 2010 Commonwealth Games, finished three seconds faster than her Green Edge-AIS teammate and world >>

New Zealand Aid and Development agency TEAR Fund, has announced the names of eight elite athletes who have signed up to be part of the Poverty Cycle Campaign. Endorsed by Triathlon New Zealand and Bike NZ, this initiative aims to raise funds for the world's most vulnerable and at-risk children both here and overseas. Leading triathlete Clark Ellice, World Junior Champion Silver Medalist, James >>

Orica GreenEdge professional Julian Dean has had a difficult start to his 2012 season. The Rotorua native was supposed to be enjoying the kms with his newly formed Australian World Tour team and right about now be putting the final polish on his leadout for the likes of Matt Goss for the Tour de France before heading across the channel for the London Olympics. But that all changed when in March >>

The Waikato Regional Council today confirmed that the Home of Cycling Charitable Trust had met all Council conditions and that its $6m investment, approved in September 2011, will now be paid over the duration of the construction of the Avantidrome.Most significantly, following recent receipt of its Resource Consent, the Trust can now sign the construction contract with Livingstone Building Ltd >>

Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) delivered a solid final-day effort to become the first Canadian rider to win a grand tour when he finished 47 seconds ahead of Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha). Hesjedal finished sixth in the 28.2km time-trail in Milan. Taking calculated risks on every corner the all rounder took out nearly all of the time needed by the first time check of the TT taking his overall >>

PureBlack Racing will travel to North America next week for their second block of racing this year after a successful three months in Asia. The team will travel to Canada on June 7 for seven weeks, racing in three stage races and three major criterium. The major races include Tour de Beauce (UCI 2.2), CHIN Picnic Criterium, Tour de Delta, UBC Grand Prix, Gastown Grand Prix, Giro de >>

Ryder Hesjedal threw down the gauntlet atop the feared mountain top finish of Alpe di Pampeago and raced clear of Pink jersey Joaquim Rodriguez pulling 13 seconds out of an already scant 30 second lead held by the Spaniard. In a stage won by pre race contender Roman Kreuziger who was out for some revenge to salvage something from his failed campaign for the overall title all eyes were on the >>

The big climbs caught out the young New Zealand cycling team on stage five of the An Post Ras Tour of Ireland today. Today's route from Bundoran to Buncrana in the north west of Ireland was earmarked as the most challenging and punishing stage in recent Rás history with five categorised climbs, including the category one backbreaking ascent of Mamore Gap, the steepest road climb in the country.  >>

Can Ryder Hesjedal make Canadian cycling history and win the Giro is the big question Grand Tour followers are asking themselves coming into the final three days of this year's event. The Canadian diesel sits just 30 seconds adrift of the Maglia Rosa of Spain's diminutive climber Joaquim Rodriguez, and with the final stage in Milan being an individual time trial of some 30km the Garmin >>

Olympic-bound cyclist Sam Bewley has joined Orica-GreenEDGE upon the departure of Australian icon, Robbie McEwen. Bewley, 24, will represent New Zealand in the team pursuit in the 2012 London Olympics before switching his focus 100 percent to a road career. He raced for two years with RadioShack and spent the first half of this season focussing on his track racing with the BikeNZ track team.  >>

With an average age under 20 years, a youthful BikeNZ-Pure Black Racing team will take on their ultimate test that will sort the men from the boys in the An Post Ras Tour of Ireland starting on Sunday. The five-strong group will take on 34 teams of hardened professionals and promising amateurs in the eight day tour covering 1168kms and 28 categorised climbs to the north and west of Ireland to >>

PureBlack Racing have arrived home in New Zealand after three months of racing in the UCI Asia Tour, with a number of great results in their first season on the circuit. The highlight was Michael Torckler's victory at the inaugural Tour of Borneo, following up a 1-2-3 finish on Stage 1 to hold the yellow jersey for the duration of the tour. Louis Crosby secured the >>

The genuine team strip and casual wear of the team that has lead for the first week of the Giro has hit the net and cyclingnzshop.com brings it to it's readers at value that surpasses even that of the european big boys. Kit yourself out in the impressively fitting race gear or impress the lads at the after race with the Garmin Barracuda >>

Talented Auckland semi professional Tom David has come up trumps racing in Belgium taking out the overall classification of the Triptyque Ardennais. Known as Belgiums premier Amateur stage race held over three days the event attracts the best teams from across Europe as the young riders look to springboard themselves into the professional ranks.David struck his killer blow to the field on stage >>

Garmin-Barracuda swept to victory on the 33,2km Team Time Trial course in Verona in 37 minutes, 04 seconds to claim the teams first stage win and the leaders jersey for Ramunas Navardauskas at the Italian tour. The TTT was a special stage for Kiwi fans with Nelson rider Jack Bauer playing a strong roll in driving the USA team to >>

PureBlack Racing's Michael Torckler has continued his strong form on the bike with a 2nd place finish on the first stage of Jelajah Malaysia 2012. A week shy of winning the inaugural Tour of Borneo, Torckler saw himself in a breakaway which stuck to the end of the 161.5km stage from Merdeka Stadium to Bandar Baru Kampar. Torckler said, "The first hill climb felt much harder than a category >>

Christchurch rider Sam Horgan can enjoy a well earned break after claiming the RaboDirect national club road championship in Hawkes Bay today. Horgan has put together the best five months in his career, starting with the elite time trial title against some of the country's best professionals in January, the Oceania time trial honours in Queenstown last month as well as runner-up in the road >>

Official Olympic Games sponsor and Proud Sponsor of Mums, Procter & Gamble (P&G) today announced its support of New Zealand cyclist Alison Shanks as part of its campaign for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Alison Shanks is an Olympic hopeful and with her place in the New Zealand Olympic team for 2012 she will take the hopes of a nation to London. Shanks was recently crowned >>

Waikato's Jaime Nielsen won the bragging rights over her Olympic teammates on the first day of the RaboDirect national club cycling road race championships in the Hawkes Bay today. Nielsen gave Te Awamutu Sports its only victory of the day with nearly 600 riders competing in the time trials held in Waipawa, in the Central Hawkes Bay. The London Olympic women's endurance squad are taking part in >>

PureBlack Racing's Michael Torckler has won the Tour of Borneo, holding out Genesys Wealth Provider's Nathan Earle by just four seconds to retain the yellow jersey in the final stage today. Torckler, 25, delivered a mammoth five-day performance, assisted admirably by a determined and committed display from his teammates who ensured the yellow jersey, and orange points jersey, remained under >>

BikeNZ PureBlack Racing are proving to be a dominant force in the Tour of Borneo. The team delivered the ultimate start to the tour with Michael Torckler, Roman van Uden and Louis Crosby taking all three podium spots in an unprecedented 'blackwash' in the 102.8km stage from Semporna to Tawau.After making a break at 30km, Torkler guaranteed himself the yellow jersey with a powerful solo ride with >>

Auckland inner city cycle specialist CYCO are bringing the bicycles to the people tomorrow (28th April). If you are in the market for a luxury high tech work of art from LOOK France then 228 Ponsonby Road is the place you need to be for a test ride of the latest 695s. Complete with their electronic shifting systems it is your chance to see just how good going to the next level can be! Test >>

Australian cycling made history this season by landing a team into the prestigious UCI World Tour League. Now just some four months on the incredibly successful fledgling outfit has announced they will reveal their title sponsor this coming Tuesday, the team announced on Facebook. Happy to race under the guise of their company name "GreenEdge" for the first two seasons the team backed by Aussie >>

Te Awamutu teenager Hayden McCormick has won a prestigious road racing tour in France today. McCormick, racing for a Belgium-based team, won the three-stage Le Trophee Centre Moribhan, becoming just the fifth non-French rider to claim this prestigious tour for junior riders in Europe. Many of the previous winners have gone on to earn contracts for the Pro World Tour. McCormick is >>

Professional mountain biker and junior world champion Anton Cooper lead his Christchurch Boys High School team to overall victory in the Tour of New Zealand's final stage, a criterium in Wellington on Saturday. After over 700 kilometres of racing and seven stages in the North and South Islands, teams and individuals went head to head to decide overall honours in the technical criterium. The >>

Individual rider Geoff Williamson stormed home first with the Christchurch Boys High School team on his wheel on the South Islands stage six of Tour of New Zealand from Hanmer Springs to Kaikoura today. Williamson completed the 126 kilometre stage in three hours twenty six minutes and 47 seconds to build on his dominant lead in the South Island's individual solo rider standings. Third >>

The Christchurch Boys High School team continued its dominating form as the Tour of New Zealand passed through Canterbury today. The school boy team of professional mountain biker Anton Cooper and competitive cyclists Daniel Whitehouse, Olly Marshall, Max Jones and Harry Buttle won today's Methven to Oxford 80 kilometre stage five in two hours two minutes and six seconds. The Christchurch >>

The SUBWAY® Pro Cycling leaves tomorrow to race in the UCI 2.2 Tour de Korea where it hopes to have similar success to last year. Oceania Champion Paul Odlin won the tour's sprint jersey and the team's General Manager Hayden Godfrey is confident the team will again perform well continuing its fine run of form as it tackles its second international event of the year. "We have racked up a >>

Sequoia Cooper from the H & J's Outdoor World team and Paul Odlin from SUBWAY® Pro Cycling won the Around Brunner cycle race in Greymouth today. Cooper defended the title she won last year out sprinting Christchurch cyclist Julie Grant from the Benchmark Homes team to win in three hours and 27 minutes. Odlin continued his run of fine form to beat his SUBWAY® Pro Cycling teammates >>

An ambitious eight day nationwide cycling event that starts from both ends of New Zealand kicks off tomorrow morning. The tour begins simultaneously in Cape Reinga or Bluff at 10am finishing about 700 kilometres or eight days later at the Beehive in Wellington. Teams or individuals have chosen to begin at the top of the North Island or at the bottom of the South Island. Invercargill >>

Southland's Cameron Karwowski was the best of the BikeNZ-Pure Black Racing team with a top-25 finish in the prestigious UCI Nations Cup Under-23 Tour of Flanders today.The 21 year old battled superbly in the peloton throughout the gruelling 173km test involving a number of telling climbs and significant sections over the famed cobbles in Belgium in a race that features the best under-23 cyclists >>

Aucklander track cyclist Aaron Gate showed a never say die attitude in last nights Points race at the World Cycling Championships in Melbourne last night treating Kiwi supporters to one of the most exciting displays of bike racing seen thus far over the four days. Gate who was often present on the sprint laps was picking up regular points for finishing in the top five knew however that to get >>

Hawkes Bay cyclist Westley Gough has fulfilled the promise BikeNZ saw in him with his selection for the Individual Pursuit at the Melbourne Worlds. The former Junior World Champion in the event took on Australian sensation Rohan Dennis in the ride off for Bronze and whilst leading for the first 1500 metres looked to be fading in the second half as Dennis went out to a 1.422 second lead heading >>

Louis Crosby has secured the first stage win on the UCI Asian Circuit for BikeNZ PureBlack Racing on the third stage of Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhon's Cup Tour of Thailand 2012. Crosby beat the field home in a sprint finish in the 164.10 km race with a time of 3:17:03. John Harris, Director Sportif, BikeNZ PureBlack Racing said, "It's a great achievement for Louis and the BikeNZ PureBlack >>

The Home of Cycling Charitable Trust is proud to announce a ten-year naming rights partnership with Sheppard Cycles, with the National Cycling Centre of Excellence velodrome to be called the Avantidrome. "We are delighted with this significant new partnership with Sheppard Cycles and their Avanti brand – a name synonymous with New Zealand cycling. Sheppard Cycles has an outstanding reputation >>

SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's Paul Odlin is keen to add tomorrow's tough 100 kilometre Christchurch to Akaroa Le Race to his growing list of recent wins. Odlin won the Oceania Road Racing elite title near Queenstown two weeks ago and was crowned National Time Trial champion in January. He is currently the number one ranked rider in the UCI Oceania Tour rankings and the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling Team >>

International interest in a quirky Kiwi cycling event is hotting up, a month out from the start of this 'world first' national tour. Lifestyle-publication writers from Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, China and the UK have had their interest piqued by news of the imminent inaugural Tour of New Zealand. Tourism New Zealand's Brand and International PR General Manager Catherine Bates says the >>

Nick Lovegrove from SUBWAY® Pro Cycling won the 101 kilometre Forrest Graperide on Saturday to secure his first win of the season. The Auckland based cyclist was very happy to cross the line first after a series of recent podium finishes where he had failed reach the top step. "It was great to finally post a win after a number of misses," he said. "The team rode a great race and I >>

New Zealand cyclings favourite son Julian Dean has experienced a nightmare in his comeback event the Volta a Catalunya since breaking his shoulder in Australia in December. The Rotorua based kiwi was avoiding a multi rider pile up in the Pyrenees but collided with a parked resulting in a broken leg. "We are especially distraught about this loss," GreenEdge sports director Neil Stephens reported >>

Newly crowned Oceania elite road racing champion Paul Odlin leads a strong SUBWAY® Pro Cycling line up for this weekend's 101 kilometre Forrest GrapeRide in Marlborough. Odlin is keen to defend the elite GrapeRide title he won beating his team mate Sam Horgan into second place last year. Horgan and Odlin both come off a very successful campaign at last week's Oceania Road Cycling >>

Paul Odlin from SUBWAY® Pro Cycling won the Oceania elite road racing title to complete to very successful championships. His win follows the time trial victory by his SUBWAY® Pro Cycling teammate Sam Horgan on Friday, where Odlin finished runner-up. A strong Australian contingent dominated the championships, winning 22 of the 30 medals, with Horgan and Odlin providing the New Zealand >>

Sprint finishes decided both women's honours in the UCI Oceania road cycling championships near Queenstown today. Australians prevailed in both the junior and elite women's titles raced in ideal conditions around a challenging circuit near Arrowtown. Canberra mountain biker Gracie Elvin prevailed in the sprint finish from her Australian Institute teammate and GreenEdge professional Shara >>

Sam Horgan and Paul Odlin from SUBWAY® Pro Cycling are New Zealand's best medal hopefuls in the Oceania Road Championships kicking off in Queenstown tomorrow. Horgan is fresh from winning the Silvester Motor Company Tour of Canterbury last weekend and breaking the Canterbury Time Trial Association 16 kilometre record. Odlin beat Horgan to win the elite National Time Trial title in January. >>

Sam Horgan (SUBWAY® Pro Cycling) won the A grade Silvester Motor Company Tour of Canterbury as part of his final preparation for this week's Oceania Road Championships being held in Queenstown. Horgan says he is in good form and feels he is peaking at the right time. Horgan broke the Canterbury Time Trial Association 16 kilometre record last week and won the weekend's tour on the back of a >>

Sam Horgan (SUBWAY® Pro Cycling) lowered the Canterbury Time Trial Association 16 kilometre record by 11 seconds on Tuesday night. Horgan's team mate Paul Odlin lowered the record in January and Horgan said he has had the record in his sights ever since, and was "stoked" to finally get it this week. "I have been working hard on my time trialling with next week's Oceania Champs in >>

Simon Acker (Warmup Pushbikes Cycling Team) won the inaugural 103 kilometre Ride the Rakaia cycle race in impressive fashion in very challenging conditions on Saturday. Held in high winds and heavy rain the 19 year old Christchurch rider attacked his breakaway companions Darrell Kircher, Andre Chappell and Graeme Nuttridge, all from the Thule Racing Team, and Wellington's Kevin McCormack, >>

Four members of SUBWAY® Pro Cycling Team got pampered and 'groomed' yesterday in a photo shoot with leading international men's lifestyle magazine FHM in Singapore yesterday. The team races in its first international event of the year tomorrow night, the OCBC Cycle Singapore Professional Criterium . The pro criterium is raced on Singapore's 1.7 kilometre F1 motor racing track under lights and is >>

The SUBWAY® Pro Cycling Team carries good form into the OCBC Cycle Singapore Professional Criterium on Friday night, its first international event of the year. Competing against a strong international professional field of over 70 riders including Australian sprint star and three time Tour de France Green Jersey winner Robbie McEwen, SUBWAY® Pro Cycling Manager Graeme Miller says he is >>

A broken spoke didn't slow down SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's Sam Horgan who dominated the elite race in the Canterbury Cycling Development Trust Charity Ride in North Canterbury yesterday. Horgan initiated a three person break after 25 kilometres of racing and then dropped his only remaining break away companion Neil Sutherland in the closing stages after realising he had broken a spoke. "I >>

Kiwi pocket rocket Emma Crum set the NZCT alight for kiwi fans as she took out stage four today just ahead of fellow New Zealander Amy Bradley. The duo seeing the opportunity in escaping to take the stage whilst the big teams battled for the yellow jersey read the race right finishing 22 seconds ahead of the field. Whilst overnight leader Kristin Armstrong relenquished the yellow jersey she was >>

Long time top performer in New Zealand cycling Joe Cooper has smoked to a top six finish in the opening 20.5km time trial in the UCI Tour of Langkawi. This years years Langkawi event fields some of the biggest names in the sport as many of the established names are returning to the event that launched their carears. Cooper riding for the PureBlack / BikeNZ squad managed by the experienced John >>

Reigning Olympic TT Champion Kristin Armstrong finished third on the second stage of the NZCT retaining the yellow jersey as the field heads in to tomorrows stage three. Chasing her up in second position overall is the classy German Judith Arndt riding for the new GreenEdge cycling project but sits some 15 seconds back, team mate and top Kiwi Linda Villumsen sits close in 4th position at 27 >>

With the start of New Zealand's premier women's bike race just days away from starting the stars of world cycling are set to land on NZ soil. GreenEdge-Ais have compiled at star studded roster that includes New Zealand's Linda Villumsen. Start List 2012 NZCT Women's Tour of NZ 22 to 26 February 2012 – UCI 2.2 Green Edge-AIS 1 Judith Arndt  >>

The New Zealand team pursuit quartet have put in a performance in London that will see them regrouping to gain back valuable seconds they have lost to arch rivals Australia and Great Britain. The Australian team romped home in a blistering 3.57 for the 4000m with GB less than one secon behind with NZ a full seven seconds off the mark. Notably missing from the NZ squad however was the world >>

United States women's cycling great Kristin Armstrong's confirmation in the NZCT women's tour of New Zealand in the Manawatu from February 22 to 26 is music to the ears of race director Jorge Sandoval.The appearance of the 2008 Olympic gold medallist and two-time world champion time trialist comes hard on the heels of the securing of another former world champion Judith Arndt, of Germany. With >>

Greg Henderson is being lauded as one of the best aquisitions of the transfer season by his new Lotto-Belisol team as the Kiwi lead-out specialist has taken his team leader Andre Greipel to a victory in stage one in Oman. "We hit the front the last 15km to put me in a good position for the end, and we stuck to our plan with 2km to go," Greipel said. "Adam Hansen went, then Jens Debusschere, >>

German Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich has finally been handed his sentence from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) some four years after the fan favourite retired from cycling in the wake of the Operation Puerto blood doping investigation. Ullrich whose blood was a DNA match to that held in blood bags code named "Son of Rudy" (referring to his longtime mentor and manager Rudy Pevenage) >>

New Zealand's leading woman road cyclist, Linda Villumsen, will ride for Australian professional team, GreenEdge-AIS, in the NZCT women's tour of New Zealand in the Manawatu from February 22 to 26.Villumsen, a silver or bronze medallist in the individual time trial at the last three world road championships, is a member of Australia's first top level professional team, whose women's squad also >>

Two years on from the US Federal Investigation Bureau digging deep into Lance Armstrongs past at the USPS cycling team and trying to bring a case to trial that the team and its owners had used government funds to purchase doping products has ben dropped with no charges being filed. A press release from United States Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. stated his office "is closing an investigation into >>

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Australian talent Jay McCarthy (Jayco-AIS) had the biggest win of his young career today when he took out the New Zealand Cycle Classic in Palmerston North today.McCarthy was strong enough in the final sprint to beat off rival Darren Lapthorne (Drapac) to seal his overall Tour win, in New Zealand's only UCI sanctioned road tour. "I'm very happy to come away with the win. It's been a great >>

SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's Nick Lovegrove placed second on an exciting stage three of the New Zealand Cycle Classic in Manawatu today. Lovegrove escaped early in the 155 kilometre stage with New Zealand track cycling representative Sam Bewley, riding for the BikeNZ National team, and with Brodie Talbot (Expert Team). The three riders quickly established a comfortable lead in cold and wet >>

SUBWAY® Pro Cycling feels confident the New Zealand classic road cycling tour's move to Manawatu will suit its riders when it starts on Wednesday. The UCI 2.2 international cycle tour started in Wellington and the Hutt Valley, and more recently has concentrated in the Wairarapa. This year it has moved to Manawatu, attracting what Race Director Jorge Sandoval says is the strongest field in >>

The new venue of Mt Hutt provided an exciting addition to the NZ MTB Cup national series this weekend. Holding a top level downhill event for the first time proved a very popular attraction for the 175 competitors and a vocal, partisan Ashburton district crowd. Competition was furious across all categories, with a Friday practice day giving all competitors ample opportunity to dial the >>

On form Australian Champion Simon Gerrans has backed up his win two weeks ago in the National championships by taking out the Santos Tour Down Under today. Although Gerrans and his GreenEDGE team failed to win a stage he was the most consistent over the six days and beat Spanish rival Alejandro Valverde home in todays criterium, with the pair equal on time going into today it was a winner takes >>

Spaniard Alejandro Valverde signalled his return to World Tour cycling in the Santos Tour Down Under taking the Queen of stages up Old Willunga Hill. In a two up battle to the finish line the Movistar rider edged slightly ahead of Australian Champion Simon Gerrans to take his first victory since serving his suspension in the Operation Puerto blood doping investigation.Gerrans however did not >>

SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's elite National Time Trial Champion Paul Odlin continued his fine form against the clock lowering the Christchurch Time Trial Association's 16 kilometre record by two seconds on Tuesday night. Odlin recorded 19 minutes and 40 seconds on the Tai Tapu course, taking two seconds off Michael Vink's record set in 2010. Racing has only resumed on the Tai Tapu course this >>

Out for a fast start in 2012 is German sprinter Andre Greipel, having racked up three wins in almost as many days the Lotto Belisol rider has taken back his grip at the top of the field in the Santos Tour Down Under. Greipels win shows the work he has put in over the off season and also dedication the new team have for their leader in Australia with them being a man down to just five riders with >>

Uni-SA Rider Will Clarke made it a long day at the office for stage two of the Tour Down Under going away just 1.1 kilometres into the 148 kilometre stage and soloed to the finish in the most dramatic of ways, covered in sweat, and salt as he pushed across the finishing line celebrating an amazing victory. "This is unbelievable really," said Clarke. "This is the biggest win of my career. It's my >>

In form German sprinter Andre Greipel has made it two from two at the Santos Tour Down Under. The Lotto Belisol rider ripped past Italian Superstar Alessandro Petacchi with just metres to go after losing 15 places in the crash marred finale.Greipel will wear the ochre jersey tomorrow courtesy of the 10 second time bonus he earned on the finish. "I'm lucky that I won today," said Greipel. "There >>

Kiwi cyclist Greg Henderson has been lauded as the missing ingredient for giant German Andre Greipels 2011 season. With the 2012 season seeing the duo reunited under the Belgian Team Lotto Belisol umbrella they wasted no time in racking up Greipels first win against the first World Tour field of the season at the Tour Down Under Classic that takes place on the streets of Adelaide before the >>

Slipstream Sports, today announced it will become Team Garmin-Barracuda with the addition of Barracuda Networks as a new sponsor of the team. The changes to the 2012 kit are more than cosmetic. The Castelli Speed Research Unit has done its part to make sure the riders have the most comfortable and technically advanced clothing for racing in extreme conditions, from the cold spring classics to >>

New Zealand cycling legend Gordon McCauley has turned his attention from winning races to guiding the future of New Zealand cycling. BikeNZ announced today that McCauley has been appointed to the role of national under 19 men's road coach. McCauley, who has an extensive cycling career including a Commonwealth Games medal, is excited by the volunteer position as it's the chance to give back to >>

Twenty-year-old Michael Vink created cycling history with his solo victory in the RaboDirect Road Cycling National Championships in Christchurch today. The Mico Protrain rider from Christchurch held off the chasers to win the gruelling 183km race by just six seconds to claim the overall honours and successfully defend his under-23 crown. He is the first rider to take out the under-23 national >>

Canterbury's Paul Odlin upset the field to win the men's time trial at the RaboDirect Elite National Championships in Christchurch today. Odlin clocked 49 minutes 35 seconds for the 40km journey near Lincoln College to finish 21 seconds ahead of his Subway Pro Cycling teammate Sam Horgan with favourite Jesse Sergent third. BikeNZ's leading women's track pursuit team of Lauren Ellis, Jaime >>

Nicky Samuels thought so little of her chances of winning the RaboDirect Elite National Road Cycling Championships in Christchurch today that she planned a training run for immediately after she finished. The triathlete with Olympic ambitions had hoped to jump straight off her bike and go for a short run, but the victory podium, media attention and medal presentation put an end to that >>

SUBWAY® Pro Cycling kicks off its 2012 season at the RaboDirect National Road Cycling Championship's that start tomorrow in Christchurch. SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's Westley Gough is not available to defend his time trial title due to track commitments with the BikeNZ national track team but the team is still targeting podium results with Sam Horgan and Paul Odlin in the elite Time Trial race and >>

The eyes of the world will be again watching Adelaide this month, with only three days untilthe first two international cycling teams arrive in preparation for the 2012 Santos Tour DownUnder.Preparations for the event are well underway. The event will see the some of the world'sbest sprinters including Alessandro Petacchi, Andre Greipel, Oscar Freire, Edvald BoassonHagen, Daniele Bennati and >>

Lining up for the first time in a World Tour event is Garmins new professional signing Jack Bauer. The former Kiwi National Champion has made the cut for the first big event of the year the Santos Tour Down Under. Garmin-Cervélo for the Tour Down Under: Ryder Hesjedal, Jack Bauer, Robbie Hunter, Nathan Haas, Heinrich Haussler, Andreas Klier, Martijn >>

Kiwi cyclist Greg Henderson riding for (Degani Bakery Cafe) has opened his account early taking the victory in stage one of the Jayco Bay Cycle Classic series. The fact that Hendi won speaks volumes for the Otago sprinters condition as he took on nine riders from the new Australian World Tour outfit the GreenEdge Cycling Project with the riders wearing their new jerseys for the first time in >>

The UniSA-Australia team for the 2012 Santos Tour Down Under features some of the young guns of Australian road cycling. South Australian Rohan Dennis returns to the team along with Steele Van Hoff, Jay McCarthy, Lachlan Norris and Tom Palmer, all young riders wanting to make an impression. Graham Fredericks, CEO, Cycling Australia says this is an outstanding opportunity for talented >>

The Santos Tour Down Under is almost here – with construction starting today on anexpanded Adelaide City Council Tour Village for 2012.Acting Premier John Rau today announced that due to increasing demand the Adelaide CityCouncil Tour Village will be expanded from the southern side of Victoria Square to thenorthern side, which will include an interactive bike expo.Mr Rau said the village, which >>

With the launch of the world famous Bont shoe line in New Zealand Nationwide distributor is fitting one lucky Facebooker to a free pair of top of the line Vaypors as used by Thor Hushovd. All you have to do is visit the PRV facebook page and click like too add. Bont is the only manufacturer of anatomical fitting cycle shoes, elimination pronation and supernation of the foot whilst locking in >>

Swiss Rubens Bertogliati will be the centre of attention when the Team Type 1 Sanofi road team arrives in Auckland on January 21 for the New Zealand Cycle Classic in the Manawatu.Race director Jorge Sandoval has long wanted to have a rider in the classic with a strong connection to the sport's biggest race, the Tour de France, and approaching 25 years of running the event he now has that in >>

SUBWAY® Pro Cycling has announced its team line up for 2012 which includes a strong mix of youth and experience. Returning to the elite team are Westley Gough, Pete Latham, Paul Odlin, Sam Horgan, Ian Smallman, Nick Lovegrove, Matt Gorter and Dillion Bennett. New signings are Scott Creighton and Simon Binney. Also joining SUBWAY® Pro Cycling as development riders are leading New Zealand >>

Australian team Genesys Wealth Advisers to arrive early.Australian UCI Professional team, Genesys Wealth Advisers, has signposted its intentions by deciding to arrive six days early for the New Zealand Cycle Classic around the Manawatu from January 25 to 29.It will enable the riders to become fully familiar with the terrain with the classic's 25th edition touring the Manawatu for the first >>

This week, the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge Trustees received a 136 page audit report on the event, carried out by an independent auditor and are currently reviewing the findings. The alleged misconduct by the former Event Director concerning spot prizes was investigated as part of the audit and was substantiated. The report also includes a number of recommendations around governance and >>

Kiwi fastman Greg Henderson has been named as part of the powerful Lotto-Belisol squad for the Tour Down Under. The squad which has been formed largely from the ashes of the Omega Pharma Lotto formation will bring two time winner Andre Greipel who will be hunting for a record third victory. Henderson will form part of the leadout train for the giant German along with Australian Adam Hansen.  >>

PureBlack Racing announced today it is increasingly likely it will be unable to pursue plans to race internationally in 2012 due to the lack of sponsorship funding available. "Tough economic conditions combined with the impact of the Rugby World Cup and the Christchurch disaster have made it a really tough year to raise funding for emerging sports like cycling and international programmes >>

Two of New Zealand's professionals aboard the Radioshack-Nissan-Trek freight train get to commence their World Tour seasons early at the Tour Down Under. NZ Champion and 2010 revelation Sergent have both been named in the team line up. "RadioShack-Nissan-Trek has selected an impressive line-up to include a mix of Grand Tour experience and youthful competitiveness in their Santos Tour Down Under >>

The New Zealand Cycle Classic's standing as the country's only UCI registered tour is reflected in the quality of two Australian professional teams entered for next month's 25th edition of the event in the Manawatu.The Australian national team, Jayco-AIS, and Drapac Professional Cycling, both with UCI Continental status, have joined the impressive United States-based Pro Continental team, Team >>

SUBWAY® has confirmed its sponsorship of the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team for its seventh year. "We're really thrilled to be supporting the SUBWAY Pro Cycling team for another year, ´ SUBWAY® National Marketing Manager David Herrick said. "They've had some incredible team successes >>

Jorge Sandoval's bid to have a team of UCI Professional Continental status in January's men's road cycling Tour of Manawatu has borne fruit."I've been lucky enough to secure my first Pro Continental team, Team Type 1-Sanofi," the race director said yesterday. "It's the first overseas team confirmed for the tour, and the first continental team to come to New Zealand."It's pretty exciting for me >>

New Zealand's top cycling teams were expected to dominate day one of the Armstrong Motor Group Festival of Cycling in Christchurch today. But it was several surprise individuals who stole the show. Christchurch awoke to perfect cycling weather this morning as almost 900 riders lined up at Waipara for the opening races of the 2011 Armstrong Motor Group Festival of Cycling. In just seven years >>

A who's-who of New Zealand cycling are in Christchurch this weekend for the prestigious Armstrong Motor Group Festival of Cycling. In just seven years Christchurch's Armstrong Motor Group Festival of Cycling has become one of New Zealand's premier cycling events. But this is also an event providing something for everyone with almost 900 riders of all age and ability taking on a weekend of >>

Over 9,000 cyclists from around New Zealand and the world 'Faced the Challenge' and rode the 35th Contact Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge in sunny but windy conditions. The Avanti Men's Classic was won comfortably by Michael Torckler from Pure Black Racing in a time of 3:48:53, two minutes ahead of team mate Mike Northey and Joseph Cooper from Wellington. Despite the wind, a great battle >>

The line up for next weeks Armstrong Motor Group Festival of Cycling continues to heat up as more and more of New Zealand's top riders have put their hand up for the annual Christchurch event. Held for the first time in 2005, the Armstrong Motor Group Festival of Cycling brings together the many sides of cycling for a weekend long celebration that sees Olympic champions rubbing shoulders with >>

Held for the first time in 2005, Christchurch's Armstrong Motor Group Festival of Cycling brings together the many sides of cycling for a weekend long celebration that sees Olympic champions rubbing shoulders with recreational riders, kids and keen club cyclists across every cycling option from road to mountain bikes and BMX. Past winners have included world champions Greg Henderson and Katie >>

Paul Odlin from the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team won the final race in the Benchmark Homes Elite Tour series, and the team secured three series titles after the fourth and final round held in North Canterbury yesterday. Odlin rode aggressively from the start of yesterday's 142 kilometre CFO and SWG 7th Oxford Grand Prix race, making the first break of five riders that managed to stay away from >>

The SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team is set to win three titles after the fourth and final round of the Benchmark Homes Elite Tour is held in North Canterbury on Saturday. The team has dominated the series with a comfortable lead in the teams classification, Sam Horgan leading the individual riders classification and his teammate Tom Hubbard lying second and leading the under 23 competition.  >>

New Zealand's ground breaking Pure Black Racing are the latest entry for the Armstrong Motor Group Festival of Cycling. Held for the first time in 2005, the Armstrong Motor Group Festival of Cycling brings together the many sides of cycling for a weekend long celebration that sees Olympic champions rubbing shoulders with recreational riders, kids and keen club cyclists across every cycling >>

Continued landsides in the Manawatu Gorge has forced race director Jorge Sandoval to dramatically change stage two in the New Zealand Cycle Classic Tour of Manawatu from January 25-29, 2012.With the gorge closed, traffic now diverted over the Saddle Road, and uncertainty over when the gorge will be open, Sandoval has had to scrap plans to use the road as a key part of the stage on January 26. To >>

Kiwi cyclist George Bennett joins the elite ranks of cycling next year as he embarks on a journey into the World Tour with the star studded Radioshack Nissan - Trek team. In a move that Bennett himself says came a year earlier than expected the neo pro will line up with such notaries as the Schleck brothers and Fabian Cancellara. Bennett's biggest result of 2011 came in the Ronde de l'Isard >>

BikeNZ is getting back to the grassroots, (or concrete tracks) with Omnium Coaching Workshops designed to develop the capabilities of riders and coaches alike. Junior riders and regional coaches will have the opportunity to engage with and learn from BikeNZ High Performance Coaches Stuart MacDonald and Ross Machejefski in eight workshops across the country in November and December. With the >>

Christchurch teenager Josh Atkins has etched his name in the history books as the youngest rider to be crowned the 2011 PowerNet Tour of Southland champion. Atkins and his PowerNet team of young guns Tom Scully, Shane Archbold, Myron Simpson, Alex Frame and Cam Karwowski did a sublime job of controlling the Tour's final stanza from Winton to Invercargill today, shutting down numerous attempts >>

An utterly courageous effort by Pure Black Racing's Tim Gudsell not only earned him an impressive stage win but thrust him into contention for the 2011 PowerNet Tour of Southland crown. Heading into today's the 167km stage from Invercargill to Gore, the Te Awamutu rider was 2min 21sec off the pace in 9th place overall but now trails PowerNet's Josh Atkins by just 1min 5sec in the yellow >>

The PowerNet Tour of Southland was blown wide open today following the withdrawal of leading contender Hayden Roulston. Suffering from kidney stones, the Ashburton rider was forced to relinquish the coveted yellow jersey just 30km into the 179km stage from Te Anau to the Crown Range. His father, Brian, said Roulston was "devastated". "He's a bit dejected at the moment but he'll live >>

Defending champion Hayden Roulston's grip on the 2011 PowerNet Tour of Southland yellow jersey has been shaved to just six seconds – and he's not fazed one bit. The Ashburton rider finished 1min 27sec behind stage winner Alex Meenhorst, of Auckland, in the 100km stage four trek from Tuatapere to Te Anau today. "I'm pretty happy to be still in yellow but I wouldn't have been disappointed >>

Hayden Roulston's foot remains firmly planted on the accelerator in his PowerNet Tour of Southland quest, dubbed "the drive for five". The Calder Stewart rider powered to just his second Bluff Hill Climb victory in 10 Tour appearances today, effectively laying down the gauntlet for the rest of the field and reclaiming the yellow jersey from team-mate Jeremy Vennell, of Hastings. "I'm >>

Dominating the sprint finish in stage one of the 2011 PowerNet Tour of Southland saw Ascot Park Hotel's Clinton Avery avenge a "one inch loss" he suffered last year. After enduring 160km of energy-sapping crosswinds, the Rotorua rider held off a strong challenge from the chasing group to claim the win in Lumsden. "Long, hard, miserable – that pretty much sums up that stage," he said. >>

Hayden Roulston launched his quest for a fifth PowerNet Tour of Southland title in commanding fashion today. Propelled by his Calder Stewart team-mates, Roulston secured the yellow jersey after the opening 4km team time trial at Queens Park in Invercargill with a time of 4min 38sec – nearly four seconds faster than the PowerNet team. "The goal was to win and we did that so that's one to >>

Road cycling is often referred to as "the new golf" and in the last decade Coromandel's 200k K2 has become known as the country's toughest course. With over 40k and 2300 vertical metres of climbing, the K2 combines the rigours of European cycling with New Zealand's supreme surroundings to produce a challenge that is a favourite amongst elite and recreational cyclists alike. Past winners have >>

Kiwi big hitter Hayden Roulston has lifted the lid on the team he will pedal his 2012 season for with the Cantabrian announcing his signing for the Radioshack Nissan - Trek team. Roulston will team up with his former Team manager Johan Bruyneel whom he rode for under the Discovery Channel >>

Geox confirms the end of its sponsorship agreement with the professional cycling team leaded by Mauro Gianetti at the end of the current season. After a year of experience in professional cycling, the company considers its presence in this sport not strategic anymore. Geox wants to thank Mauro Gianetti for his work with the team, that reached its peak with the Vuelta a Espana >>

New Zealand's double Olympic medallist Hayden Roulston has signed on with a World Tour team in Europe for next season after much speculation the giant of Canterbury was to ride the season in BikeNZ colors in order to carry out his unfinished business at the Olympic games on the track. Roulston one of the best opportunists in the sport came close to victory on a number of occasions in the Pro >>

After its best season as the No. 1 team in the NRC, the BISSELL Pro Cycling Team is bringing back its core roster for 2012 and will be adding U23 powerhouses Chris Barton and Carter Jones. The team will continue its fifth season with BISSELL Homecare Inc. as title sponsor. Additionally, Glen Mitchell will return as team manager and Omer Kem as team director. BISSELL will have strong >>

Hamilton Boys' High School domination of the team trial event was complete when they won the U20 men's team time trial for a second time in 2011 at the North Island Secondary Schools cycling competition in Levin on 8 Oct. The win also handed them the coveted Sir Bernard Fergusson Trophy to the School's extensive sporting trophy cabinet. Scott Creighton, a member of the Pure Black development >>

SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's Paul Odlin hopes to go one better than the second place he finished in last year's Christchurch to Akaroa event, Le Race, being held on Saturday. Odlin was two minutes behind Michael Vink who set a new course record of two hours and thirty seven minutes, and is joined by SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team mates Matt Gorter, Sam Horgan, Tom Hubbard and Nick Lovegrove in the tough >>

For a few brief minutes the official Tour de France site www.letour.fr mistakingly posted the 2012 race route well ahead of the official presentation. With officials back tracking and not being able to either confirm or deny the route cycling fans are able to deliberate over whom the course favors for the upcoming edition. With two reasonable time trials 38km and 52km the Schecks had better >>

New Zealand representative Lauren Ellis from the Warmup Pushbikes Cycling Team won the third round of the woman's Benchmark Homes elite cycling tour held in North Canterbury on Saturday, collecting the tour leader's jersey in the process. Ellis, a World Championship Silver Medallist and Commonwealth Games medallist on the track, won round two of the series in Timaru, rode strongly to make >>

Track star Shane Archbold proved he could foot it with the best on the road when he won the 5th Parry Field Lawyers Open, Round Three of the Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series in Cust yesterday. Archbold (Reiker Cycles) slipped away from the peloton in a break of 11 riders in the first half of the 140 km race. The break included top contenders under 23 national road champion Michael Vink >>

PureBlack Racing have been invited to race in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour a UCI 2HC race in Melbourne on 12-16 October. The PureBlack Racing team of Tim Gudsell, Glen Chadwick, Roman Van Uden, Mike Northey, James Williamson and Shem Rodger are one of 18 teams contesting the race this year. "The Jayco Herald Sun Tour is one of the highest UCI classification events we'll do this year. It's a >>

The undisputed hardman of New Zealand cycling Julian Dean has made public his confirmation of his move away from the Garmin Cervelo Team and to the fledgling Australian GreenEdge outfit. Dean one of the pioneers from the Garmin team has enjoyed some of his best years on the American team and now becomes a pioneer on the first team from Downunder that aims to secure a World Tour licience in >>

Dan Barry has won Taranaki's Round the Mountain race in its centennial year. The win at the cycling classic is a continuation of the strong form PureBlack Racing demonstrated in their debut season in the US this year. While the team returned seven weeks ago the race was only the second back on home soil for the team. Last week PureBlack Racing secured all the podium spots and six of the top >>

The SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team is looking to repeat Nick Lovegrove's win last year when it lines up in Saturday's Round the Mountain Classic in Taranaki. Lovegrove had his biggest win in SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team colours last year when he won the event and SUBWAY® Pro Cycling General Manager Hayden Godfrey says the team will have to use their efforts sparingly to record a similar result this >>

PureBlack Racing secured all the podium spots in the Taupo to Napier race yesterday, the first race since the end of their US season six weeks ago, with Tim Gudsell winning in a sprint finish from team mate Mike Torckler and Dan Barry taking third. PureBlack Racing took six of the top ten spots with Mike Northey in 4th place, Mark Langlands in 6th and Taylor Gunman in 7th place to complete a >>

Westley Gough, Pete Latham, Nick Lovegrove and Tom Hubbard will be looking to make their mark for the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team for Saturday's twenty first running of the Taupo Napier Classic road race. The race is notorious of being a tough ride with long hard climbs, technical descents and energy sapping flats before finishing in Napier. Hubbard had his best result in SUBWAY® Pro >>

USA Cycling is proud to announce that Richmond, Virginia was selected to host the 2015 UCI Road World Championships. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), competitive cycling's international governing body, selected Richmond today following a competitive bid process that included the country of Oman. It will be the first time the UCI Road World Championships will be held in the U.S. since >>

Kiwi riders Jack Bauer and Julian Dean are in top shape for this week's world championships after solid performances in the Tour of Britain that finished in London this morning. Bauer (Endura Racing) was an excellent 17th in the individual time trial in the morning before finishing in the peloton in the final 80km criterium in central London with Dean safely in the pack as a sudden >>

The people of Christchurch were given a major boost today with the news that the garden city will host the official Welcome Home Event of the New Zealand Olympic Team after the London Olympic Games next year. Olympic athletes Alison Shanks (cycling), Valerie Adams (athletics) and Mahe Drysdale (rowing) have already pledged their support. Christchurch athletes are also right >>

Seven-time Tour de France cyclist Julian Dean will spearhead a small but potent team in this month's UCI Road World Championships in Denmark. Dean (Garmin Cervelo) will be joined by fellow Pro Tour rider Greg Henderson (Team Sky) and Jack Bauer (Endura Racing) to form the three-strong men's team for the world championships in Copenhagen on 21-25 September. Radioshack's Jesse Sergent >>

A joint decision has been taken by Tour of Britain organisers, in conjunction with teams and riders, officials and police that Stage Two of The Tour of Britain, from Kendal to Blackpool will not take place in light of the extremely high winds in the Northwest of England. Explaining the decision, Tour of Britain Race Director Mick Bennett said; "In my thirty years of organising cycling >>

Tour de France sprint star Mark Cavendish took victory on his return to The Tour of Britain after four years away, sprinting to victory at Whitesands in Dumfries. Cavendish led home teammate Mark Renshaw for a HTC Highroad one-two, with Rabobank's Theo Bos coming third on the opening stage of The Tour of Britain, the UK's biggest professional cycle race. Thanks to his victory, Cavendish >>

SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's Tom Hubbard made it two from two with a win in the second round of the Benchmark Homes Tour in Timaru today, and dedicated the result to his grandfather who recently passed away. SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's Sam Horgan won the opening race in Nelson and the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team was focused on keeping the tour series leader's jersey and its lead in the team's >>

The defence by GEOX-TMC worked and now there's one less day to go to Madrid. A historic day that saw the Vuelta return to the Basque region after many years culminated with the triumph of Igor Anton, who won the stage in the heart of Bilbao, and with Juanjo Cobo holding on to the red jersey at the head of the classification. The "Bison from la Pesa" had no problem defending his lead the entire >>

Joanne Kiesanowski used a potent combination of power and intelligence to finish 2nd overall in the four-race Gateway Cup series in St. Louis over Labor Day weekend. Racing without teammates, the New Zealander racked up consecutive 2nd places in the first three races en route to her 2nd overall finish. "It's a bit harder when you're on your own," she said. "You have to be really smart and >>

The SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team is focused on defending its lead in round two of the Benchmark Homes Tour in Timaru on Sunday. SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's Sam Horgan won the opening race in Nelson ahead of team mate Ian Smallman and with SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team riders also filling fifth, sixth and seventh positions, the team comfortably won the teams classification. "The first round's >>

Woodend's Anton Cooper made New Zealand proud today with a storming silver medal at the UCI World Mountainbike Championships in Champery, Switzerland. The Junior Mens Cross Country race lined up with 98 starters, and Cooper in the middle of the front row for five hard laps of the super technical course at the Grand Paradis event venue. 17 year old Cooper got away to a clear start, but found >>

For the first time in its 25 year history the UCI Men's Cycle Classic Tour will be held in the Manawatu. Formerly the Tour of Wellington, the five day event will be renamed the New Zealand Cycle Classic and is scheduled for 25-29 January 2012. Race director, Jorge Sandoval says he is looking forward to reviving the Cycle Classic thanks to the support of Palmerston North City Council and Sport >>

Joanne Kiesanowski of Team TIBCO/To the Top narrowly missed out on the victory at the Chris Thater Memorial in Binghampton, New York this past weekend. The 2nd place finish to Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Colavita) provided a strong close to the Team's North American program."The girls rode one of their best races of the season," said Team Directeur Sportif/Manager Lisa Hunt. "We wanted to be aggressive >>

Treble Tour de France stage winner Jens Voigt will lead the Leopard Trek team in this September's Tour of Britain, in a six rider line which also includes 2006 Tour of Britain winner Martin Pedersen. Riding alongside Leopard Trek in the 96 rider peloton will be fellow UCI World Tour team Rabobank, whose star studded line-up includes Olympic Silver medalist and five time World Track Champion >>

On the first weekend of December every year the Armstrong Motor Group Festival of Cycling confirms Christchurch as the epicentre of New Zealand cycling. But in 2011 the annual event finds itself with the same earthquake woes shared by the rest of the region. Following the February quake, the traditional Festival of Cycling venues and routes have been unusable. But to ensure the longevity and >>

2011 saw triathlon aerodymic accessory company Profile Design release it's range of Carbon race wheels onto the international market. With triathletes quick to pick up on the race benefits of the real world tested designs that were first developed utilising Computational Fluid Dynamic technology the focus has now turned to allow road racers to enjoy the benefits too. This week saw the >>

On a stage sponsored by the Team's title sponsor, the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team's Brad White (USA) earned "Most Aggressive Rider" honors earlier today following his massive effort in Stage One of the 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, the peloton's first test in the high altitude of the Colorado Rockies. White, along with South Africa's Jay Thompson of Team Bissell, spent 134km of the nearly >>

Robert Förster rocketed through the 5-mile course earlier today at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge's Opening Prologue in Colorado Springs, Colorado, enabling the fearless sprinter to finish fourth on the day behind winner Patrick Gretsch (GER) of HTC who won the Prologue in a time of 8:27. Runner-up Christian Vandevelde (USA) of Team Garmin-Cervelo, and third place finisher Brent Bookwalter (USA) >>

Alexandra's Sophie Williamson added to New Zealand's medal haul on the second night of finals at the UCI Junior World Track Cycling Championships in Moscow today. Williamson showed plenty of nous to finish third in the 20km points race on the big Moscow track, picking up points in five of the 10 sprints. Italy's Maria Giulia Confalonieri proved the class of the race, eventually lapping the >>

The New Zealand team has secured two medals in a brilliant start to their campaign at the UCI Junior World Track Championships in Moscow this morning (NZ time). The Auckland pairing of Stephanie McKenzie and Paige Paterson secured their medal in the ride-off for bronze in the team sprint. It was the second medal for McKenzie who won silver in last year's world championships in Italy when paired >>

Mark Cavendish (GBR) took the sprint victory in the London-Surrey Cycle Classic on The Mall in London on Sunday. American Tyler Farrar (Wenatchee, Wash./Garmin-Cervelo) finished 87th after getting caught up in crash with less than three kilometers remaining. "I came here to try and win," said Farrar. "It wanted to do this sprint for the win to get a feel for it. It is a pity, but that is >>

Roman van Uden of PureBlack Racing has won the XO Communications Sprint Jersey at the 2011 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. PureBlack Racing displayed their aggressive attitude again, which has seen van Uden in most breaks in the tour, in today's 171.6km fifth and final Stage. The PureBlack Racing team dominated much of the early action allowing van Uden to take the first and second intermediate >>

Sam Horgan had his biggest win racing for the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team as the team dominated the opening round of the Benchmark Homes Tour near Nelson on Saturday. Horgan won the 130 kilometre race in three hours, twelve minutes and sixteen seconds, 14 seconds ahead of team mate Ian Smallman. SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team riders also filled fifth, sixth and seventh positions resulting in the >>

Starting in the first hour of racing at the Eneco Tour on Friday proved to be just the ticket for Team RadioShack's Jesse Sergent who stormed the 14.7km/9.1mi course in Roermond, Netherlands to take his third win of the season. Sergent (23) rode the technical course in mostly dry conditions to post an early time to beat that held up throughout the stage. An untimely flat yesterday was bad luck >>

Jack Bauer surprised the sprinters at the end of the Tour of Utah's second stage in Provo today as he jumped clear with 500m to go and powered all the way to the line. Jack's attack opened up a clear gap in just a few pedal strokes and Elia Viviani (Liquigas Cannondale) and Jake Keough (UnitedHealthcare) were unable able to catch the charging Kiwi at the end of the 160km stage. Bauer's win >>

PureBlack Racing's Roman van Uden made his presence felt in stage one of the UCI 2.1 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah today spending much of the race in the break-away and collecting all the intermediate sprint points on offer. Van Uden was the instigator of the early break at the start of the 187km course, which took in three laps of Ogden Pass with 2500 metres of climbing up to an altitude of just >>

PureBlack Racing started its biggest tour yet as the Tour of Utah kicked off with a 2km uphill prologue that ran uphill alongside the Bob-sleigh track at Olympic Park the site of the 2002 Winter Games. Roman Van Uden who finished in the teams best time of 4mins and 28secs to finish in 33rd place and 23 seconds behind the winner provided the following insights on the days racing. "Today was >>

SUBWAY Pro Cycling's Westley Gough did the black and white National time trial champion colours proud making the podium in the prologue today at the Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove in the United States. The Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove is a three day UCI 2.2 tour event featuring 15 professional teams, including Bissell Pro Cycling, V Australia, United Heathcare and the Jelly Belly >>

PureBlack Racing's strong performance in their debut US season has earned them an invitation to next week's 2011 Tour of Utah. Deemed America's Toughest Stage Race, The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah will be the final race for PureBlack Racing in the US this year. The 409 mile race, a UCI 2.1 sanctioned stage race for the best professional cyclists in the world, runs August 9-14. "This is our >>

SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's Westley Gough will wear his black and white National time trial champion colours for the first time when the team races its last North American event this week. Starting on Friday in the greater Chicago area, The Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove is a three day UCI 2.2 tour event featuring 15 professional teams, including Bissell Pro Cycling, V Australia, United >>

On the completion of an extraordinary Tour de France for Team Europcar, Jean-René Bernaudeau said a few words of thanks about each of the riders in his team. For him it's clear that the whole team, without exception, has been exceptional in their team effort and individual performances. Thomas Voeckler: "Everything has already been said about his Tour which was quite simply extraordinary. He >>

While PureBlack Racing's Pro team is taking the US racing scene by storm their Development team have made their mark in their first Australian Tour, the Tour of Gippsland, with Alex Ray winning the Most Aggressive Rider jersey. Ray also recorded PureBlack Racing's first ever win on Australian soil winning yesterday's stage. The five day Tour of Gippsland, which covers 520km over nine stages, had >>

PureBlack Racing's Shem Rodger has finished third in the final stage of the Cascade Cycling Classic in Oregon. Rodger got away in a break of nine to take his first podium in the US this season in the five lap Circuit race. Despite a fast and furious start it wasn't till the beginning of the fourth lap that a break including Rodger finally got away. The break quickly extended their lead out >>

Christchurch city has been given a confidence boost with BikeNZ awarding the Elite Road National Championship to the city for another three years from 2013. The RaboDirect Elite Road National Championships, New Zealand's premier road cycling event, have been held in Christchurch since 2010 as part of a three year allocation. The event attracts New Zealand's top road cyclists as they >>

Pierre Rolland sensationally won stage 19 of the Tour de France at Alpe d'Huez to take the white jersey and move into the top ten in the GC. But it was a hard day for Thomas Voeckler who lost his yellow jersey after 10 fabulous days in the race lead - despite yet another brave effort. What more can we write about this exceptional Europcar team on this thrilling Tour de France? Having held the >>

The brothers Schleck stamped their mark on the Tour de France by finishing an incredible one-two on the Queen Stage of the 2011 Tour de France. Andy Schleck soloed to victory atop the Galibier in a magnificent display of strength and defiance. Sixty kilometers from the mountaintop finish, Andy broke away from the other race favorites on Col d'Izoard and stayed away to the line. "I like to have >>

The 24-year-old Norwegian, runner-up to compatriot Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) 24 hours earlier, worked himself into a 14-man escape group on the 179-kilometre route as the Tour headed into Italy. Boasson Hagen, who sprinted to victory on stage six for Team Sky's first Tour stage success, underlined his climbing talents this time when he made the decisive attack on the day's final ascent >>

Whilst Norwegian Thor Hushovd was nailing out a second stage win in this years Tour Alberto Contador showed his rivals that they would be wise not to bury him yet after a slow start to the race. The Spaniard let rip with an attack along with Australian Cadel Evans on the Col de Manse and pushed it so hard on the descent into Gap they put a cool 1:06 into Andy Schleck and 18 secs into brother >>

Mark Cavendish ramped his tally of wins in this years Tour de France up to four with a text book victory into Montpellier. Taking his career total to 19 in just four editions of the race is mind boggling for his rivals who bank everything on taking a single victory in the event. After a slow start to the race for the Manxman he looks to be on target for equalling his record at five wins in a >>

Today PureBlack Racing announced that Atlantis Healthcare, one of New Zealand's most successful international companies, has joined the team as a Foundation Sponsor. "This is a very exciting partnership for us and we're delighted Atlantis Healthcare is part of the PureBlack Racing team. When we launched the team we were determined to provide New Zealand companies competing on the world >>

The last Pyrenean stage was by far the hardest. The 168.5 km from Saint-Gaudens to Plateau de Beille. included Col de Portet d'Aspet (2nd cat.), Col de la Core (1st cat.), col de Latrape (2nd cat.), col d'Agnes (1st cat.), Port de Lers (3rd cat.) and t he ascent to Plateau de Beille (out of cat.). In spite of the heavy programme, a 24-wheel break took off after several attacks. They passed >>

SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's Matt Gorter had a podium finish in the 100 kilometre South Shore Classic in Wisconsin in the United States on Friday. The pro race was the ninth event in the 43rd annual International Cycling Classic Superweek Pro Tour, a 17 day series of international races in Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. Gorter, from Hamilton, was second with an average speed of 46 kilometres >>

Champion of the World Thor Hushovd impressed everyone today as he took a magnificent victory in to Lourdes after a 158km journey through the Pyrenees. The Norwegian more known for hi sprinting prowess went on the attack early with nine others including the instigator Jeremy Roy (FDJ)Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank), Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervélo), Dmitriy Fofonov (Astana), Edvald Boasson Hagen >>

If today was considered the first true test for the overall contenders, LEOPARD TREK passed with flying colors. Using the entire team to set a blistering pace up the Col du Tourmalet, Joost Posthuma, Fabian Cancellara, Stuart O'Grady, Linus Gerdemann, Maxime Monfort and Jens Voigt forced a selection on the hors categorie climb to set up the Schleck brothers to assert their authority on Luz >>

You can't expect to steal the Manx mans thunder two days in a row and that is exactly what happened for the giant German sprinter Andre Greipel who pulled off his surprise win yesterday. Mark Cavendish was back to his most organized and had his team well drilled in the finale outpacing the Garmin lead-out of Tyler Farrar. But the stage victory against Greipel wasn't where it stopped for Cav on >>

The mountains may be looming in the Tour de France as Thursdays showdown on the high roads nears but today saw the opportunity for a showdown between other great rivals of the Tour on the transitional stage. Andre Greipel bagged his first win at the Tour but perhaps making it even sweeter was the the fact he put his old team mate Mark Cavendish to the sword and proved to the world of ycling that >>

Seven years after wearing the fabled maillot jaune for 10 days in 2004, Thomas Voeckler is once again on the summit of the Tour de France. While the former national champion did not have the legs to take the stage victory in Saint-Flour, he was rewarded for his hard work and dedication with one of the most highly sought-after prizes in cycling: the yellow jersey. The Team Europcar >>

Portuguese rider Rui Costa has won the eighth stage of the Tour de France in style after a 180k breakaway to Super-Besse and has recorded the first ever Movistar Team victory in cycling's most important event in the world, 18th success of the season for the "telephone squad." Overcoming all possible difficulties in a season marked by tragedy with the death of team mate Xavi Tondo and >>

PureBlack Racing's Dann Barry has won the third stage in the 2011 Tour de Toona in Pennsylvania completing a unique treble for the team as the third PureBlack Racing rider in three days to win a stage. Roman van Uden won the tour opener and Scott Lyttle triumphed in the second stage and is the tour leader going into the fourth and final day of the tour. Barry triumphed in the 150km road race, >>

The fiery Mark Cavendish has taken his second stage of this years Tour de France into the town of Châteauroux, the site of his first Tour victory in 2008. His HTC team mates knew the significance of leader winning today and rallied around him providing the Manxman with an unrivaled lead out to the finish line. Coming home in second place was Italian legend Alessandro Petacchi, showing that >>

PureBlack Racing's Roman van Uden has won the opening-day in the 2011 Tour de Toona - the Altoona Sunset Individual Time Trial in Pennsylvania. The team made their mark in spectacular fashion on the first day of the four day stage race with a further five PureBlack Racing riders posting top-ten times in the 4.2km Time Trial. 22-year old van Uden won the Time Trial finishing in 5 minutes, 5 >>

PureBlack Racing's Scott Lyttle has taken the lead in the 2011 Tour de Toona after winning the second stage in the four-day tour. The 117km road race, with a mountain top finish at the end of an 8km climb, was perfectly suited to Lyttle an expert climber. Lyttle's success follows that of team mate Roman van Uden who was riding in the yellow leader jersey today after winning the tour opener Time >>

Britain's Mark Cavendish has claimed his first stage win of the 2011 Tour, the 16th of his career in cycling's biggest bike race. Cavendish's victory, his fifth of 2011, came in a hotly disputed bunch sprint at the end of stage five from Carhaix to Cap Frehel ahead of Belgium's Philippe Gilbert and Spain's Jose Joaquin Rojas."I'm just passionate about my sport, I love to win and the team gave it >>

The spectators of the Tour de France in Brittany were treated to a special sight yesterday as two of the biggest names in the Tour battled it out for line honors up the Mur de Bretagne, with the Tour still some days away from the Spaniards beloved mountain terrain he saw this as no obstacle as he attempted to rip the field apart mid way up the 10 percent gradient. His acceleration was enough to >>

Team Garmin Cervelo's Tyler Farrar has kept the magic coming for his American team in taking his first individual stage victory in the Tour de France. Always the gracious team mate Farrar was quick to point out that the win belonged to the team and in particular Yellow jersey wearer and World Champion Thor Hushovd and New Zealand's own superstar of cycling Julian Dean, with the pair ensuring >>

Team Garmin-Cervelo took a much deserved victory in the decisive 23km team time trial last night in the Tour de France. The event that can weight heavily on the overall result come Paris was a target for all of the top GC squads with the top four on the stage being separated by a mere five seconds.The day belonged to Jonathan Vaughters Garmin team whom came to the event with a victory in sights >>

Belgian cycling superstar Phillipe Gilbert has continued his unbeaten winning streak from the Ardennes Classics and brought that same dominating form to the Tour de France. The newly crowned Belgian Champion gave his home fans something to cherish as his stormed past Fabian Cancellara 150 metres from the line on the tough uphill finish. Coming home in second place was Gilbert's former team mate >>

Slipstream Sports, LLC, today unveiled its limited edition team kit for the 2011 Tour de France, created by its innovative Italian clothing partner, Castelli. The new jersey and shorts retain the distinctive Garmin and Cervélo logos, but reverse white with black on the jersey. The signature Slipstream Sports argyle is prominently displayed. "We're really excited about the Tour de France kit," >>

Team Garmin Cervelo were one of the last teams to announce their roster for the 2011 Tour de France keeping Kiwi cycling fans anxious until this morning when they annound the squad. With Greg Henderson and Hayden Roulston not named in their respective teams line ups it was looking grim for the chances of seeing a New Zealander riding le Tour this season. Garmin Cervelo have named one of the >>

HTC-HIGHROAD, the number one ranked team in the world, with 46 Grand Tour stage victories and 467 wins in the last 3.5 years, will race for daily stage wins while aiming its developing young GC riders at a Top-10 overall finish in Paris. Bernhard Eisel will act as road captain for the nine rider team and will pilot sprinters Mark Cavendish (GBr) and Matt Goss (AUS), lead-out extraordinaire Mark >>

Bradley Wiggins will lead Team Sky at this year's Tour de France after his commanding victory in this months Dauphine. Wiggins who narrowly missed on a podium spot in Paris in 2009 will be backed up by fellow Brits Geraint Thomas and fast finisher Ben Swift. Swift who was going head to head with New Zealand's Greg Henderson for the sprinters position will make his Tour debut no doubt >>

Matt Scoles wins at Italian Cup, Abertone, Pistoia Alexandra's finest mountainbike export, Matt Scoles won the Abetone round of the Italian Cup on Sunday. The Cingolani-Trek athlete, based in Italy for the second year with his professional team has been a consistent top 20 competitor at this season's World Cup events, and demonstrated his pace and always improving form to demolish the Elite >>

Todays 125km stage was on a circuit course through old Quebec City with 9 laps of a 13.9km course. "The teams day started with a 1.5 hour drive to Quebec City from Beauce to a course which was reminiscent of Philadelphia although obviously a bit shorter" said Carl Williams PureBlack Racings Sporting Director. "Once again thousands and thousands of people lined the course to cheer the teams on >>

Todays stage was an individual Time Trial a race against the clock for every single rider in the peloton. After 3 hard road stages this means a switch of gear to Time Trial bikes, aerodynamic disc wheels, skinsuits and aero helmets as everyone looks for that few seconds of improvement. It's a change up from endurance riding to power riding with today's winner local Canadian rider Svein Tuft of >>

After yesterday's big win in the Tour de Beauce opener, with Scott Lyttle and Tim Gudsell delivering PureBlack Racing a one-two finish, Lyttle is still in the yellow jersey as the tour leader. After a hard day of racing over 162km of rolling hills Lyttle also retains the King of the Mountain and Sprint jerseys and Gudsell is sitting in second overall on general classification. So for the second >>

Today's victory for PureBlack Racing's Scott Lyttle, in a tough first stage of the Tour de Beauce in Quebec, saw him complete an amazing treble as he won the yellow Tour Leader jersey, King of the Mountain jersey and Sprint jersey. Lyttle led home a breakaway that he had initiated just 15km from the start to win the stage with Tim Gudsell just behind in second place. "It's been an amazing >>

The SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team kicks off its North American campaign next week with the Tour of America's Dairyland. Matt Gorter, Dillion Bennett and Tom Hubbard will fly the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team colours in the 11 day event that starts on Thursday in Wisconsin. The three riders will be joined by Jason Allan, Sam Horgan and Westley Gough next month for Speedweek, America's longest >>

PureBlack Racing's Louis Crosby has notched up two second places after four days of racing in the 2011 Mt. Hood Cycling Classic in Oregon. Crosby's efforts earned him 9th overall on General Classification for the tour. Crosby earned his first second place on the first stage of the tour over a challenging 136km course which provided the riders with the first climbing opportunities of the >>

Injury has cut short the European training campaign for Commonwealth Games cycling medallist Eddie Dawkins. The big Southland sprinter has not responded sufficiently to treatment following a crash at a meet in Tula near Moscow last week. Dawkins is part of the BikeNZ sprint team that are training and competing in Europe for eight weeks, along with Aucklanders Sam Webster and Ethan >>

Team Sky produced a storming display on the first stage of the Tour de Luxembourg and claimed four of the top six positions after Denis Galimzyanov had snatched a narrow sprint victory in Bascharage. The squad pitched in to help bring the day's breakaway back inside the final four kilometres and then hit the front with a vengeance as the action neared its conclusion. And although it >>

Today Tim Gudsell of PureBlack Racing secured his first United States win in America's oldest major bicycle race the Kugler-Anderson Memorial Tour of Somerville. Gudsell's victory in the 50-mile Criterium, known as the "Kentucky Derby of Cycling", which fell on Memorial Day in the US marks a great start to summer for PureBlack Racing. "With a massive field of riders and a massive crowd, >>

Young New Zealand cyclists Shane Archbold and Aaron Gate have claimed two jerseys at the An Post Ras Tour of Ireland that finished in the seaside town of Skerries near Dublin today. Archbold (Timaru), the world track silver medallist, took out the sprinter's points competition while Aaron Gate (Auckland) won the honour of the tour's best under-23 rider. The BikeNZ under-23 team >>

It was a case of nearly but not quite for New Zealand cyclist Shane Archbold on the penultimate day of the An Post Ras Cycling Tour of Ireland today. The Timaru rider, who briefly claimed the leader's yellow jersey on the road, had been the main aggressor to lead a select bunch on a break that could have catapulted him into the lead in today 161km stage to Kildare, just south of Dublin.  >>

New Zealand riders Shane Archbold and Aaron Gate have retained their grip on two leader's jerseys with two days remaining in the An Post Ras Cycling Tour of Ireland today. Archbold, 10th in today's 172km sixth stage to Tramore on Ireland's southern coast, has now claimed the outright lead in the sprinters' points jersey while teammate Aaron Gate, 18th in the peloton, remains the clear >>

With High profile Christchurch Cycle Industry personality Scotty Brown recently forming sports management company SBSM he was on the lookout for a high profile athlete to work with. As far as New Zealand endurance cyclists go they don't get much bigger than National Champion and HTC Professional Hayden Roulston who has joined the team. Hi Scotty tell us a little about where the idea came >>

Auckland cyclist Aaron Gate has claimed the Under-23 leader's jersey after stage three of the Ras Tour of Ireland today. Gate is part of the BikeNZ endurance track squad who are competing on the roads in Europe in preparation for next year's campaign towards the London Olympics. The Delhi Commonwealth Games representative finished in a lead group of eight riders in today's 174km >>

World track silver medallist Shane Archbold has moved into the leader's yellow jersey on the second day of the Ras Tour of Ireland today. The Timaru rider is part of the BikeNZ endurance track squad who are competing extensively on the roads in Europe in preparation for next year's campaign towards the London Olympics. Archbold got himself into a key break with four riders >>

Nearly every rider from Team TIBCO/To the Top will be in action this weekend as the team takes on races in three locations across North America. The action kicks off Thursday with the second Chrono Gatineau, part of Le Grand Prix Cicliste Gatineau in Gatineau, Quebec, just across the Ottawa River from the hometown of Team TIBCO founder Linda Jackson.Team TIBCO will have a six-rider squad for the >>

Stage four of the Amgen Tour of California saw Kiwi sprinter Greg Henderson of the British team SKY claim the squads second victory after just three stages with the leadership also shifting to the Kiwi's shoulders from team mate Ben Swift. Swift got pushed off Hendersons wheel in the final stage of the leadout with Hendi having no ideathat his captain his charge had dropped back. "I went >>

At the Tour de Grove in St. Louis, Mike Northey (PureBlack Racing) surmounted inclement low temperatures, rain and gusty wind to earn a sprint victory in the men's race on Saturday. The young New Zealander broke ahead of runner-up Jacobe Keough (Sandwich, Mass./UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team p/b Maxxis) and Christian Helmig (Highland Village, Texas/ELBOWZ Racing), who would finish >>

Mike Northey notched up his first win in America for PureBlack Racing taking out the Tour De Grove's NRC Criterium in St Louis, Missouri this evening (US time). Northey beat a field of over 150 riders from the best teams in America, with many of the top teams including United Healthcare and Team Type 1 fielding squads of specialist Criterium riders. Raced over 75 minutes the Criterium took >>

Team TIBCO/To the Top heads a little bit north after a strong Joe Martin Stage Race in Arkansas for three days of racing in St. Louis, highlighted by Saturday's NRC race, the Tour de Grove. Team Captain Meredith Miller will be joined by two of her teammates from the SRAM Tour of the Gila, Carlee Taylor and Serena Sheridan, as well as Megan Guarnier and Joanne Kiesanowski."The team had a really >>

The BikeNZ Sprint team left NZ shores yesterday for Europe. Team coach Justin Grace, accompained by the core of the teams sprinters Sam Webster, Ethan Mitchell, Eddie Dawkins and Simon van Velthooven are heading for the traditional training base of arch rivals Australia in Cottbus Germany. They will race in Germany and Russia over the next month, with the intention of doing a solid block of >>

SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's Nick Lovegrove (Counties Manukau) and Dillion Bennett (Cycling Southland) picked up bronze medals on the final day of the RaboDirect National Club Championships in Wanganui on Sunday. Lovegrove was involved in an exciting sprint finish in the senior men's elite 154 kilometre road race that saw Counties Manukau rider Matt Sillars inching past Lovegrove in the final metres >>

PureBlack Racing are second overall in the team General Classification going into the fourth and final day of the Joe Martin Stage Race in Arkansas after notching up two podiums in two days and a several top ten finishes. Roman van Uden was back on the podium yesterday after taking second place and today Louis Crosby took out third place and the white U23 overall leader jersey. Yesterday Roman >>

After four days of aggressive riding in the Joe Martin Stage Race in Arkansas, PureBlack Racing has been rewarded with second overall in the team General Classification. After today's 90 minute Criterium, the final stage, Louis Crosby walked away with the white U23 overall leader jersey in his debut professional race. Mike Northey crossed the line fifth in the Criterium today to secure fourth >>

The future of New Zealand road cycling looks bright after some outstanding racing at the RaboDirect Club Road National Championship in Wanganui yesterday. The under 19 men proved a race of attrition. From the first climb the tempo set by a dominant group of riders including Fraser Gough (Hawke's Bay), Dion Smith (Auckland), and James Oram (Auckland), all members of the Pure Black Racing's >>

It was a fast but soggy race for the under 17 girls to kick off the second day of racing at the 2011 RaboDirect Club Road National Championships in Wanganui today. Counties Manukau's Devon Hiley broke free of the bunch of the second lap to establish a 20 second gap. She was able to hold this for nearly a lap before being caught. Pegasus riders were aggressive, attacking on lap three but the >>

Tomorrow, Saxo Bank-SunGard will be on the start line for Giro d'Italia with an overall victory as the main objective. Naturally, it increases the pressure on the Danish squad:Kasper Klostergaard explains:"Of course, I'm getting a little excited. Tomorrows team time trial is a rough welcome which I kind of like but I'm the not the expert in this discipline and I do not want to slow down the team. >>

SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's Sam Horgan won the senior time trial on the opening day of the RaboDirect National Club Championships in Wanganui today. Horgan, from Canterbury's Pegasus Club, won in a time of 52 minutes with an average speed of 46.15 kilometres per hour. Former double Olympian in ice skating and cycling and past national time trial champion Chris Nicholson from Tasman was second, >>

Tough recent racing at the Tour de Korea will have four riders from the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling primed for performing at this week's RaboDirect National Club Championships that start in Wanganui tomorrow. Matt Gorter, Sam Horgan and Nick Lovegrove all played important roles in helping their SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team mate Paul Odlin win the sprinters classification at the gruelling Asian tour >>

The SilverCity Criterium was a race that heavily featured all 8 of PureBlack Racing's riders with every single one of them taking a turn on the front. The team stood out as the most aggressive team on the day and they continued to establish themselves as crowd favourites in the American racing scene. Right from the start Roman Van Uden made the teams intention clear jumping out to a lead on the >>

The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team enjoyed an outstanding performance this afternoon during the double-stage day of the Vuelta a Asturias, as the Blue Train's Robert Förster (GER) and Rory Sutherland (AUS) led the US-based squad to two podium finishes. Förster won Stage 2a, emerging victorious from the 82.9km road race culminating in a bunch sprint finish and giving the first year Pro >>

For the third season running a strong Kiwi cycling contingent took to the start line in Gila New Mexico. With Pure Black racing upping the ante with their latest US campaign strong performances were seen by our riders including Pure Black team veteran Glen Chadwick who took 12th on the 151km opening stage finishing atop the brutal Mt Mongollon 10km ascent. Hard on his heels was team mate Scott >>

PureBlack Racing today announced its starting line-up for the SRAM Tour of Gila in New Mexico which runs 27 April to 1 May. The 8-man team led by Glen Chadwick and Tim Gudsell also includes Daniel Barry, Taylor Gunman, Scott Lyttle, James McCoy, Mike Northey and Roman Van Uden. The 5 days of racing is made up of 3 road stages an individual time trial and a Criterium. The event starts >>

Paul Odlin from New Zealand's SUBWAY® Pro Cycling won the sprinters classification at the Tour de Korea that ended in Seoul today. Odlin's team mates lead him out well on the only sprint on the stage that was a 47 kilometre circuit race that saw the Christchurch rider pick up second to secure the title of the tour's best sprinter. "My team mates did a great job," Odlin said. "They rode >>

The SUBWAY® Pro Cycling made it through very cold conditions and remains focused on bringing home the sprinters jersey being worn by Paul Odlin. With only two stages of the 10 day tour left SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's Odlin leads Nakajima Yasuharu from the Asian Racing Team by two points in the race for the tour's best sprinter. Today's 192 kilometre stage seven had three mountain climbs and >>

The GEOX-TMC announced the roster of 12 riders pre-selected for the race of the pink jersey. In the coming days the list will be slimmed down to the final nine riders who will be deployed in the Giro d'Italia.The riders pre-selected are: Mauricio Ardila, David Blanco, Gianpaolo Cheula, Juan Jose Cobo, Fabio Duarte, Arkaitz Duran, Dmitriy Kozontchuk, Denis Menchov, Daniele Ratto, Carlos Sastre, >>

A successful day at the Tour de Korea saw SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's Paul Odlin pull on the blue jersey of the tour leader's sprint ace, and the team's focus now is to bring it home. After four days of racing Odlin was second going into today's stage five, just one point off sprint leader Nakajima Yasuharu from the Asian Racing Team. SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's General Manager Hayden Godfrey said >>

Just last month Latham was a member of the New Zealand pursuit team racing the Track Worlds Championships in Netherlands, and on Saturday those sprinting legs gave the Te Awamutu rider an extra burst of speed to win the sprint to the line to take out the inaugural Country Road Manawatu Cycle Classic. The Manawatu Cycle Classic was full of action and breaks during the days racing. 5x National >>

The SUBWAY® Pro Cycling Team is focused on the sprint classification at the Tour de Korea that enters its fourth day of racing today. After three days of racing which included two stages of over 200 kilometres, SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's Paul Odlin lies second equal, just three points off the leader in the sprint competition. SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's General Manger Hayden Godfrey said the team >>

The SUBWAY® Pro Cycling Team made a strong start yesterday to its second international event of the year, the Tour de Korea. After the first 108 kilometre stage SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's Paul Oldin is lying second in the sprint competition after managing to make the front bunch with teammate Westley Gough. SUBWAY® Pro Cycling General Manger Hayden Godfrey said the stage started with a "hot >>

The Waikato Bay of Plenty has put up a staunch bid and out gunned the rest of the rest of the country to be named as the preferred tenderer for a $29 million national cycling centre but it's not clear yet whether the W-BOP councils will support the facility. The announcement by Sport and Recreation NZ (SPARC) was made today after the Waikato/Bay of Plenty bid was selected over other bids >>

The SUBWAY® Pro Cycling Team is excited about tackling its second international event of the year at the Tour de Korea that starts on Friday. The tour is raced over 10 days and 1,335 kilometres and SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's Jason Allen says the team is "strong and ready to fight to get on the podium." Allen is the only team member to have raced in the tour before and says it will be tough, >>

Johan Van Summeren (Garmin Cervelo) the man usually responsible for the victories of others took on the role of race winner yesterday in the 258km Paris Roubaix as the favorites failed to reel in all of the days survivors of the main breakaway. The riders going for early time over the field swelled to 21 at one point with all of the major teams represented, but when push came to shove from the >>

Early today (NZT) PureBlack Racing riders were back on their bikes for the Foothills Classic, the second of two races this weekend in Alabama. In a sprint finish the PureBlack team set Mike Northey up for another dash to the line to claim second with Shem Rodger placing fifth. All the major teams were in action again today after yesterday's Criterium where Northey also placed second. While >>

Fresh from success at Redlands, PureBlack Racing has finished on the podium again with Mike Northey taking second place in a sprint finish at the Sunny King Criterium in Anniston, Alabama this afternoon. The team was invited to Sunny King, the first NRC Criterium event of the season, after Roman van Uden won the Criterium and the team placed fourth overall at the Redlands Classic in California >>

PureBlack Racing will start in the Sunny King Criterium in Anniston, Alabama this weekend, the first NRC Criterium event of the season. The race is a change in schedule for the team who were ready to race in the Vuelta a Mexico, which has now been delayed until later in the year. Greg Cross, Business Director, PureBlack Racing said, "We were keen to race this weekend after such a strong >>

New Zealand road cycling champion Hayden Roulston will find out overnight how bad his injuries are after being hit by a car while training in Spain over the weekend. The accident happened only metres from his home after he had just finished a training ride. "We just didn't see each other," Roulston said. "We were both going slow which was probably a good thing. I was seconds from home."  >>

In 2010, the Tour of Flanders World Cup was Team TIBCO/To the Top's initiation into European racing. "It's a hard race to get your feet wet in," said Team TIBCO's European race director, Chris Georgas. "Last year, the girls raced really well. They learned a lot about how to race that day."For the 2011 edition, which rolls Sunday, the team comes in with more experience, plus one World Cup under >>

Paul Odlin from the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling Team won the elite race at today's Forest Estate 101 kilometre Graperide in Marlborough. An aggressive display of teamwork saw Odlin win his second Graperide title from his SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team mate Sam Horgan in a time of two hours and twenty six minutes. SUBWAY® Pro Cycling riders also filled the fourth spot with Jason Allen and seventh with >>

Renowned Italian bike maker Pinarello from Treviso has issued warnings on imitation Pinarello bikes entering the markets. According to Pinarello they originate from online stores, mostly from Asia. A Pinarello Dogma for half the regular retail price or even less? Lots of road race enthusiasts are attracted by such prices and there are number of cases in Europe and North America with buyers >>

The 4 day Redlands cycle classic got underway today with a 3.1km TT Prologue held in 30 degrees plus heat. Redlands is the oldest stage race in the US and the TT is followed by a 120km Road Race on Friday a 60k criterium on Saturday and a 90k Road Race on Sunday. All the top teams in the US are here and it will be an early opportunity for PureBlack Racing to test where it stands at the start of >>

It was a gallant effort from defending champion David McCann of the Giant Kenda team on the penultimate Stage Eight of the Tour de Taiwan 2011 but he was unable to prevent Japan's Taiji Nishitani from taking the stage or prevent Mehdi Sohrabi of Tabriz Petrochemical team from inching closer to the overall crown. In another bunch finish, Nishitani had just that extra half a wheel to win ahead >>

Barring any unusual or unexpected incident in the next two days, Mehdi Sohrabi of the Tabriz Petrochemical team is almost certain to lift his first ever individual title of the Tour de Taiwan. As Rico Rogers of the Giant Kenda team picked up the first stage win this year for the 2010 champions, the Iranian again showed his determination to win the Tour de Taiwan when he finished among the top >>

Women's Individual Pursuit In Friday night's gold medal final, Sarah Hammer USA had to dig deep as she found herself down by 3/10ths of a second to the reigning Olympic silver medalist, Kiwi Alison Shanks, heading into the final 1,000 meters of the race. Just as she did in 2006, 2007 and 2010 Hammer laid it down in the closing meters and earned her fourth women's individual pursuit world title; >>

It was almost leisurely but the uphill climb for the Stage Six finish of the Tour de Taiwan 2011 made sure that the peloton were well driven as Adam Semple of the Drapac Professional Cycling team raced a wheel ahead of Dean Downing (Rapha Condor) for the win. With today's stage finishing at the same point in Changhua City, the fabulous Baguashan Buddha, the peloton seemed to be taking it a >>

Driven by the will to provide some solace to earthquake-affected Japan, rider Shinichi Fukushima of the Japan national team put up a splendid display of determination and prowess to take Stage Five of the Tour de Taiwan 2011 – a 111.2km ride round the cultural city of Taichung. Japan were recently hit by a devastating earthquake with the subsequent tsunami resulting in not only loss of lives >>