by Bike Manawatu | Apr 19, 2026 | News, Road Results
What a stunning morning it was for our Graded Road Race at Glen Oroua. Summer made a welcome return, treating the ~50 riders out on the course to beautiful conditions.
Huge thanks to Sam Richardson for Timing, Rachel O’Dea for sag wagon, Tim Lloyd for traffic management, and the 9 amazing mentor riders who did a brilliant job looking after our younger riders.
It was fantastic to see the next generation of cyclists enjoy the event, with nearly 20 primary & intermediate aged kids taking part across D & E Grades. Some of these kids tackling their very first Road event – fantastic effort to all of you for giving it a go. Hannah Peel continues to impress in D Grade crossing the line in first.
In A grade Filip Martin broke away early on and rode solo to a well-deserved victory.
B and C Grades delivered exciting sprint finishes. Carl Dickason claimed the win in B Grade, while Julia Hutchinson edged ahead of Maggie Lintott in a tight finish to take out C Grade.
Full results: https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=428392
Next up is the Cheltenham Cup on Sun 26th April, a ~35km graded handicap race with a lot of history and cups up for grabs for Bike Manawatu members. Non-members are of course welcome to participate. Event details & registration here: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=427096
Enjoy the sunshine and the rest of your weekend!
by Bike Manawatu | Mar 31, 2026 | News, Road Results
Great night out to finish off our Twilight Daylight savings season.
Massive thanks to Sam Richardson for Timing, Ross O’Dea for marshalling and numerous other duties this evening, and Tim Lloyd for traffic management set up and pack up in the dark. Of course none of this happens without the Board and our sponsors.
Congratulations to Mark Hudson for the win tonight. Mark put in a last ditch sprint to take the honours from Carl Dickason and Chris Grant. The Woolworths Cup will be officially presented to Mark at our End-of-Year Prize Giving.
C Grade held off a blistering pursuit from A Grade. The Handicapper is expecting a bit of flack from the A graders. Great to see Adam Martin make a return, Joseph Steer hopping in with A grade for the first time and coming home with Liam O’Dea in the bunch. Lili Rowe is a definite threat to handicap honours and Hannah Peel for punching on and learning her trade.
Results: https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=426438
Good luck to our members doing Age Group Road Nationals in the Tasman region next weekend!
At the end of the school holidays we’ll be back at Glen Oroua for a graded road race on Sun 19th April, suitable for new and returning riders with a focus on mentoring our Juniors. Please pre-register here: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=425665
Wishing everyone a great long Easter weekend! The forecast is looking perfect for getting out on a bike!
by Bike Manawatu | Mar 22, 2026 | News, Road Results
Thank you to everyone who came out to Glen Oroua for today’s road race, it was another stunning morning for riding. Massive thanks to our volunteers: Jo Coxon for running the Timing, John from Wellington on the Stop/Go paddle on the bridge, Tim Lloyd for traffic management, and Marty Baker for Sag Wagon.
It was fantastic that Brendan Bateup from Wellington RCC and Brendan Clarke from Kapiti travelled up for our event. We also applaud all the incredible families who took the opportunity and rode with their young kids, and Lizzie and Hannah Peel for looking after and encouraging other riders.
Results https://www.webscorer.com/race?pid=1&raceid=425275
Sealed Handicap results will be published Monday evening!!!
Next up are our second Junior Cycling Skills session and the Woolworths Cup!
Sun 29th March at 4pm – Junior Cycling Skills #2
Please pre-register here: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=423062
Tue 31st Mar at 6pm – Woolworths Cup (Handicap)
Back in 1968 this cup was won by F. Martley on a course from Tremaine Ave to Rongotea. The event has since been moved to Feilding onto a 32.2km course starting on Makino Rd.
Please pre-register here: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=424944
by Bike Manawatu | Nov 19, 2025 | News, Road Results
It was a great night for yesterday’s Manfeild Circuit Race! Thank you to Sam Richardson for running the timing, and many others for offering to help out.
The Handicap race was at hot pace! Gaps were worked out on 40,36 and 32 kph average over the three grades. However, it turns out 45, 42 and 37 is the new normal. The great thing is we now have lap times and data to get actual performance data for our individual riders. Great to see Toshi and Ash rocking up, with Ash smashing lots of personal bests. It was also fantastic to see the mentoring happening through the bunches.
Results can be found HERE
We are looking forward to the second Criterium at the CET Arena next Thursday 27th November. Registrations are now open: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=413794
by Bike Manawatu | Nov 14, 2025 | News, Road Results
It was a fantastic afternoon for our first Criterium event at the CET Arena yesterday, with 39 riders across the 4 events. We had a lot of positive feedback and are going to run a second criterium in a couple of week’s time, on Thursday 27th November, mark your calendars. Registrations will open shortly.
A shout-out to our volunteers Andy and Sam Richardson, Jo Coxon, Jonathon Hannon and Tim Lloyd, and to all those riders who have not participated in our events before and gave the criterium a go. We hope to see you again at our upcoming events.
Unfortunately the brief rain interfered with the Open Men’s race. In the future we may change the course layout depending on weather conditions. We are also going to split the Men’s event into two separate races, A grade and B grade, as long as registration numbers allow.
Next up, on Tuesday 18th November is the Manfeild Circuit Race. This will be run as a Handicap race. Please pre-register here, https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=409918, and remember to bring your race number if you have been issued one.
by Bike Manawatu | Nov 5, 2025 | News, Road Results
Beautiful evening for racing last night! It was nice to see Toshi and Tyler return to racing in the B grade. Big shout out to our volunteers Sam and Laura Richardson, Helen Mumby and Tim Lloyd!
Results can be found HERE
Next up are a couple of very exciting events:
A new Criterium event at the CET Arena on Thursday 13th November: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=410960
Manfeild Circuit Race on Tuesday 18th November: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=409918
Entries for both events are open and we encourage you to enter early to help us with the planning. Due to the low numbers of entries at our events it has become very difficult to run quality graded races. Therefore, the Manfeild Circuit race will be a Handicap Race, and both the Criterium and Manfeild events will see a separate Women/Girls Only category.
