We are Cycling in the Manawatu

Welcome to Issue 9: The Latest News from New Zealand track cyclist, Simon van Velthooven. SIMON VAN VELTHOOVEN When I ride my bike each day my tyres hum through the banked corners at the Keirin school training velodrome, the finish line looms and more often than not...

  On Thursday the 8th of May, Campbell Stewart, Chris Denholm, Carne Groube and I met at Palmerston North Airport. We were about to leave for Canberra, Australia for the Peter Blackshaw Real Estate 2014 Junior and Women's Canberra Tour. We flew to Auckland where...

Once again the weather for this time of the year couldn’t have been better. Although it was crisp at 8am as riders started arriving at registration, the garages and pit area soon started to warm up with people sitting on wind trainers. These were the serious...

Peter McCarthy competing in the Masters 5 age group finished 34th completing the course in 2 hours 13minutes and 37 secs In the Masters 3 men Stephen Stannard took out the silver medal in a time of 2hours 20mins 47 secs Also in this age category was John Stewart who...