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Road cycling pair share WorldTour podium ahead of national championships

New Zealand riders Aaron Gate and Laurence Pithie both earned podium places in the UCI WorldTour Cadel Evans Great Ocean Race in Geelong, near Melbourne.Following on from the debut WorldTour victory for Ally Wollaston in the women’s race on Saturday, Gate and Pithie finished second and third respectively in a sprint finish of the men’s race today.Swiss rider Mauro Schmid held off the favourites to win in blistering conditions that peaked over 40C deg, with Gate (XDS Astana) and Pithie (Red B...

Pro cycling aspirations heat up for road championship hopeful

Noted climber and time triallist, Kim Cadzow would love nothing more than taking the national champion’s jersey back to the UCI World Tour.The reigning elite time trial champion believes the move to make the notable climb to finish the road race will still not tilt things in favour of the pure climbers for the upcoming Cycling New Zealand National Elite Road Championships in Timaru on 6-8 February.Cadzow, who competed at the Paris Olympic Games, is excited to be returning to Timaru and believe...

Strong challenge to New Zealand BMX Racing riders for Oceania titles

A 36-strong Australian contingent has crossed the Tasman looking to test the best of the New Zealand BMX riders in the 2025 UCI Oceania BMX Racing Championships in New Plymouth this weekend.In the elite and under-23 competition, the Australians will out-number the hosts in the important BMX Racing international event that provides invaluable UCI ranking points.Two highly experienced riders lead the Kiwi men’s charge in North Harbour’s Michael Bias and Cambridge rider Dan Franks.The pair are ...

Taupo pair best in big wet, while Gale takes dusty gravity victory

It proved a Taupo double for Paris Olympian Sammie Maxwell and talented teenager Coen Nicol who slid their way to cross-country honours in the final round of the Mountain Bike New Zealand national series at Te Miro, near Cambridge today.Heavy and persistent rain turned the cross-country course into a slippery and muddy challenge for all, with Coen making full use of his cyclocross skills to claim the elite and under-23 race in 1:23.06.After placing runner-up last weekend at his home track in Tau...

Celebrated New Zealand cyclist looks forward to UCI WorldTour debut

New Zealand Sportsman of the Year, Aaron Gate will round-out his significant cycling achievements when he makes his first official start as a UCI WorldTour rider at the UCI Tour Down Under in Adelaide.The 34-year-old has joined XDS Astana team on the back of an outstanding palmares on the track and road. On the track, Gate is an Olympic medallist, double world champion and triple Commonwealth Games gold medallist, while on the road he won the 2022 Commonwealth Games gold. He has also scored 13 w...

Maxwell, Wilson superb in Taupo, gravity riders impress in Queenstown

Paris Olympian Sammie Maxwell turned up the heat on home turf to dominate the second round of the MTBNZ National Series in Taupo today.Mountain Bike New Zealand is promoting a three-round national series for both cross-country and downhill which leads to the national championships in Rotorua next month.Maxwell, who overcame Australian star Rebecca Henderson to win the opening round in Dunedin last weekend, produced a dominant display in Taupo today.The Decathlon Rockrider Ford Team professional ...

Oliver, Lucas add criterium victories to their palmares

Commonwealth Games silver medallist Ben Oliver and Hokitika’s Sharlotte Lucas have taken out the elite ILT Criterium National Championship titles in Invercargill.Raced cool and blustery conditions on a 1.6km circuit around the James Hargest College senior campus, both the women’s and men’s races were a demanding 50-minute and three lap affair.For Lucas, the chance to pull on the winner’s jersey made the eight-hour trip from the West Coast worthwhile.“It’s a bit of a privilege to be h...

World Tour kiwi road cyclists set to race at national championships in Timaru

The opening UCI World Tour event in Australia will have a positive flow-on effect for February’s Cycling New Zealand Road Championships in Timaru.Ten New Zealand riders on initial start lists for the Tour Down Under in Adelaide starting next week have also indicated they plan to race the Elite Road National Championships in Timaru from 6-8 February.They include 2022 national champion George Bennett and fellow World Pro Tour teammate Corbin Strong, who was runner-up in the road race last year.L...

Young guns and establish stars shine in mountain bike opener

Kaikoura teenage Oli Clark fired the first shot for the 2025 season with the overall win in the opening downhill round of the Mountain Bike New Zealand national series in Dunedin.The national series began on Saturday with cross-country which doubled as the first round of a new UCI Continental Series which attracted several riders from Australia including triple Olympian and two-time world championship medallist, Rebecca Henderson.Clark, 18, produced a stunning ride down the drying track after we...

Kiwi cyclists named for Halberg Award Finals

Cycling New Zealand has confirmed that four riders and one coach are finalists for the 62nd ISPS Handa Halberg Awards.The Halberg Trust announced that Ellesse Andrews is a finalist in the Sportswomen of the Year, after her record performance at the Paris Olympic Games where she won two gold medals and a silver in the Individual Sprint, Keirin and Team Sprint respectively.Sprint Coach, Jon Andrews, is a finalist in the Buddle Findlay Coach of the ...

Te Awamutu Club to host Elite Road Cycling Nationals from 2026

Cycling New Zealand has confirmed that the Elite Road Cycling National Championships will be based in the Waikato for two years from 2026.The 2025 championships will be staged for a second straight year in Timaru on 6-8 February before the championships head to the North Island for 2026 and 2027.The event will be in partnership with the Te Awamutu Sports Cycling Club with the dates and courses to be confirmed.The Te Awamutu club has a rich heritage in the sport and hosts successful club racing t...

Cycling New Zealand salutes Bevin for distinguished cycling career

New Zealand rider Patrick Bevin has called time on his outstanding cycling career after 15 years as a professional around the globe.Bevin enjoyed success on the road and track, dating back to finishing leading junior at the Oceania road championships and national criterium championships in 2009. The same year he also impressed winning two stages of the Tour of Southland and named junior road cyclist of the year.He enjoyed a brief stint in USA, where he was spotted by USA Continental professional...

Cyclocross Championship double-header set for Marlborough in 2025

The burgeoning cyclocross interest in Marlborough is expected to boom with a double-header championship weekend next year.Cycling New Zealand has confirmed that the Marlborough Mountain Bike Club and CX Marlborough  will host the CX National Championships in Blenheim on Sunday 31 August 2025.The race weekend will also include the South Island Secondary Schools CX Championships with the support from Cycling New Zealand Schools, to be staged on Saturday 30 August.Cycling New Zealand are pleas...

Josh Burnett adds name to elite list with second SBS Bank Tour of Southland victory

Winning a second SBS Bank Tour of Southland in the space of three years is something that will take some time to sink in for Josh Burnett.The 24-year-old produced a strong final day in the 68th edition of the Southland tour to add his name to an elite list of riders who have won the fabled event multiple times.Burnett was third in the morning’s individual time trial in Winton, before his Creation Signs-MitoQ-NZ Cycling teammates delivered him safely to Invercargill’s Queens Park over the fin...

Former teammates go head-to-head in SBS Bank Tour of Southland

Two-time national road champion James Fouche and home town hero Josh Burnett shape as the pre-race favourites for the 68th edition of the SBS Bank Tour of Southland.First contested in 1956, New Zealand’s most enduring multi-stage cycle race gets underway on Sunday, November 3 and concludes back in Invercargill’s Gala St six days later.Fouche, 26, who rides for Spanish UCI Pro Team Euskaltel–Euskadi, and 24-year-old Josh Burnett, who starts a two-year deal with Spanish Pro Continental team ...

Waikato rider claims UCI Esport World title in Abu Dhabi

Hamilton rider Kate McCarthy has become the latest kiwi cyclist to become a world champion, claiming the UCI Esport World Championship in Abu Dhabi today.McCarthy had qualified as one of the 20 female finalists for the new MyWoosh-powered competition, with the qualifying process done individually in the homes of each rider.The 20 top riders from the semifinals were flown to Abu Dhabi for the finals, staged over three different races comprising a timed sprint multi-lap race, a hilly climb road ra...

New Zealand cyclist joins Grand Tour select group in Giro d’Italia

Auckland professional rider Dion Smith becomes just the eighth New Zealander to compete in all three cycling Grand Tours when the Giro d’Italia begins in Turin at the weekend.The 31-year-old from Taupaki has enjoyed over a decade as a professional rider based in Europe, last year rejoining Intermarché-Wanty, who he competed for in 2017-2018. Smith rode for WorldTour team Mitchelton-Scott/Team BikeExchange-Jayco for four years from 2019-2022.Smith joins emerging star Laurence Pithie (Groupama-...

Cambridge riders mark successful UCI BMX Racing World Cup series

The future of BMX Racing for New Zealand looks strong with young Cambridge riders Bennett Greenough and Leila Walker impressing in the final round in Tulsa, USA today.Greenough, who enjoyed a win in the opening stop in Rotorua, finished second overall behind Australian Oliver Moran on the season standings in the UCI BMX Racing under-23 men’s World Cup.Cambridge teenager, Walker made her first elite women’s final after jumping directly from the junior ranks this year. She placed third in her ...