by Glenys Taylor | Sep 1, 2011 | Archive(News)
At a media conference held at the Rugby Institute at Massey University today, Jorge Sandoval, along with Mike Daisley, CEO Sport Manawatu, Jono Naylor, mayor of PNCC, and Lance Bickford, CEO Destination Manawatu announced that for the first time in the 25 year history of the UCI Mens Cycle Classic tour, it will be held in the Manawatu.
The 5 day event is being renamed the New Zealand Cycle Classic and is scheduled for 25 – 29 January 2012.
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by Glenys Taylor | Sep 1, 2011 | Event Reports
From the 6th to the 11th of July, I, along with around 40 other Junior New Zealand cyclists were involved with the Junior Tour of Canberra in Australia. We flew out of Auckland on a Wednesday afternoon and after a pleasant and excitement filled flight we arrived in Sydney at around 5pm. We soon gathered our bikes and baggage and after a lengthy wait, our truck arrived and we piled all the gear into the back of it, eventually managing to fit everything in. From here we divided ourselves into a few mini vans and set off for a three hour drive to Canberra. By this time it was close to 10pm so the drive was quiet and sleep-filled. We arose sleepily at around midnight as we arrived at the Australian Institute of Sport where we were issued individual key cards and soon were fast asleep in our individual rooms.
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by Glenys Taylor | Sep 1, 2011 | Event Reports
The first day we flew to Auckland and after a quick stop we jumped on a flight to Sydney. It was all jokes on the plane, with most of us being excited for the racing ahead. After a long wait for our vans we finally were off to Canberra to stay at the Australian Institute of Sport. We arrived late that night at 12am. The Thursday began with relaxing and getting our bikes ready for the time trial. This was the stage that I wasn’t looking forward to.
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by Glenys Taylor | Sep 1, 2011 | Archive(News)
Just to let you know in case you haven’t had a look at the calendar for this week we are holding the Essex Cup on Saturday.
Ian Gray has been out this morning and riden the course. He has informed me that the metal section of the road is in very good order so shouldn’t cause any problems.
The Essex Cup is an open handicap race. Ian Gray along with Mark Waterland are doing the handicapping so you need to have your entries to me by Friday morning please.
There is $400 in prizemoney up for grabs.
Registration is from 1pm at Ashhurst.
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by Glenys Taylor | Aug 26, 2011 | Archive(News)
On the day he was named in the long list squad for the upcoming world championships, Jesse Sergent claimed another stage win on the Pro Tour in France today.
Sergent, riding for his Radioshack team, was fastest in the 20km time trial on stage four at the Tour de Poitou-Charentes.
The kiwi was 18 seconds ahead of teammate Michal Kwiatkowski with fellow kiwi Sam Bewley sixth.
The win pushes Sergent into the tour lead with an 18 seconds advantage over Kwiatkowski with Peraud at 36s.
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