Winter Series Race 5 – Cheltenham Cup

by KateS | Oct 1, 2016 | Event Reports

1.10.16

Ckick here to view the winter series road race results, including the Cheltenham Cup, won by Chris Denholm.

Winter Series Race 4 – Essex Cup

by KateS | Sep 3, 2016 | Event Reports

3.09.16

Click here to view the winter series road race results, including the Essex Cup.

Well done to the 23 riders that took on the Essex Cup challenge today in Pohongina. The winner was our world champ trackie Cam Stewart showing his sprint legs ahead of Jacob Sievwright and Carne Groube. Thanks to our helpers Steve Perry, Rebecca Allan, Catriona Pirie and Mike Groube. We take a break now, round 5 on 2 October. A few more photos.

Winter Series Race 2 – Sutton Cup Results

by KateS | Aug 21, 2016 | Event Reports

Winter Series Race 2, Saturday 20th August 2016. Huge thanks to Kevin Laskey for organising the race, with 37 riders taking part.

Click here for full results and winner of the Sutton Cup. Woolworths Cup next weekend (27th August) at Halcombe.

Report – Carne Groube

by Vaughan Hunt | Jul 14, 2016 | Event Reports

Firstly I’d like to thank Bike Manawatu for their contribution which helped me to travel to Australia to compete at the International Track Series in Melbourne as a member of the U19 Track Development Squad. This event involved 4 days of Track Racing at the Darebin Velodrome with a number of countries making last ditch effort for Olympic Selection.

This was an awesome experience with Australia fielding a strong U19 Team also, with their Junior Worlds Team in attendance. The New Zealand squad performed strongly in both the men’s and women’s fields. This week of training and racing clearly set me up well for my road racing the following weekend!

A big thanks must go to Cycling New Zealand for providing this opportunity and in particular to Jon Andrews for the organisation.

Once the racing in Melbourne was over I flew to Canberra arriving 4 days out from competition. After spending a couple of days in Canberra riding around the courses and adjusting to the negative temperatures, John Rippon (the NZ U19 men’s road coach) and 4 other kiwi boys arrived. Much welcomed company after a few days by myself.

I placed a bit of pressure on myself to perform going into all of the races as it was an important stepping stone before I headed to Canada a week after arriving back in NZ. The build-up was going really well so I thought I would have a chance to place quite high. The Aussies are quite well known for aggressive racing and quite big bunches with lots of talented riders so I knew if I wanted to go well I really had to be at my best.

The first event up was the individual time trial on Friday. The course was quite a hilly one which meant it would be impossible to find a rhythm. The conditions were almost perfect. Wasn’t too cold with not a breath of wind. I had high expectations going into this event but was disappointed to only get 16th.

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Road Race Results – 4 June

by KateS | Jun 5, 2016 | Event Reports

Results Bike Manawatu Handicap Road Race – Ashhurst to Highland Home ( out and back). 4 June 2016.