Photos from the Road Nationals (Saturday)
Photos from the Saturday afternoon racing with U19 men and MM1 and the senior womens race.
Photos thanks to Kirsty Kaihau
2011 Club National Road Championships in Wanganui
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Club National Road Championships in Wanganui last week. This, the premier event in NZ for the age group road riders, was well represented by the green jerseys of Bike Manawatu.
In the road races, held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, good fields and very hard racing was the order. Friday’s races were marred by accidents mainly due to a slippery decent before the uphill to the finish. Mark Findlay and Michaela Drummond stamped their authority on the U17 men’s and U15 women’s races respectively with strong wins, outsprinting the leading groups.
Results from Club Road Nationals in Wanganui
Below are the results as confirmed on the Bike NZ website. Listed here are the 1st place getters along with the results for the Bike Manawatu riders. Highlighted are Bike Manawatu medal winners. Congratulations to all that took part. Time trial results are listed after the road race results.
National Development Squad Selected
Following the National Clubs Champs held in Wanganui Peter McCarthy the National Development selector has named the following development squads
The squads will take part in a range of events with all coming together in the first instance for the major NZ camp to be held in Stratford over Queens Birthday weekend in conjunction with the tour of Taranaki.
A large team of U17 and U19 riders will compete in the DBR Tour of Canberra; this is the premier junior tour in Australia.
Waikato given more time for cycling centre
National Sports funding body Sparc have given the proponents of a successful bid to house the nation’s cycling centre of excellence in the Waikato/Bay of Plenty region more time to secure the money they need to establish the centre.