Television Schedule for the RaboPlus Elite Track Nationals

BikeNZ are looking for someone to be our new Bike NZ Road and Track (BRT) Relationship Manager. In this role you will be the vital link between the BikeNZ team and the Road and Track Council. Your role is to help the continued growth and development of competitive road and track cycling in NZ.

BikeNZ is excited about its burgeoning track sprint programme which received a significant boost with the award to world champion Sam Webster at the Halberg Awards in Auckland.

Entries are currently low for this prestigious event which has this year grown due to the sponsorship provided by Harcourts Kevin Deane Real Estate.

North Island Leg of the Series Under Way this Weekend

Entry lists now available for the 2010 RaboPlus Elite Track Champs.

Not content with zipping down a mountainside for a living, a group of adrenaline-fuelled Queenstown workers have come up with an extreme way to get to their office – and get paid for it.

When Eddie Dawkins rolls his bike onto the track the first thing you notice is how he looks. Big. Strong. Scary.

Defending champion Serena Sheridan made a winning start to the RaboPlus National Points Series when she took out the Yarrows Taranaki Cycling Challenge in New Plymouth today

Olympian Cath Cheatley begins her 2010 campaign for selection for the Commonwealth Games when she competes in the Yarrows Taranaki Cycling Challenge tomorrow.

New International Travel Insurance Rates

2010 RaboPlus Age Group National Track Championships Newsletter #1 is now available to download as well as the revised programme (updated Jan 28th)

Nelson threw all it could weather wise at the RaboPlus NZ MTB Cup competitors in Nelson this weekend, but it wasn't enough to dampen some extremely close competiton in the South Island MTB Cup Finals.

This weeks NZ premier bike race the Trust House Cycle Classic- 25 January 2010.

BikeNZ has two opportunities for U23 road riders to develop their careers in 2010, one in Europe and one in the United States.

Big Southland sprinter Eddie Dawkins produced a golden finish for the New Zealand cycling team on the final night of the UCI World Cup in Beijing.

A young New Zealand cycling team grabbed two medals and a fourth placing on the second night of finals at the UCI World Cup in Beijing.

World champion Alison Shanks comfortably took out the gold medal in the individual pursuit on the opening night of finals at the UCI World Cup in Beijing.

Entry Form and racing information is now available for the RaboPlus Age Group Track National Championships taking place on March 3rd-6th.

New Zealand has a mix of proven and potential in the squad to contest the third round of the UCI World Cup in Beijing starting tonight (NZL time).

World champion cyclist Alison Shanks topped qualifiers in the individual pursuit on the opening day of heats at the UCI World Cup in Beijing.

New Zealand riders will be pressing hard to break Australia’s recent dominance in next week’s Trust House Cycle Classic in the Wairarapa and Wellington.

The RaboPlus 2010 NZ MTB Cup continues this weekend in Nelson. The six event national series in MTB Cross Country and Downhill disciplines takes competitors all over NZ in January and February, culminating in the RaboPlus MTB National Championships at the end of February in Wellington.

Brutal weather conditions tested riders to their limit in the Egmont Seafood sponsored Event on Saturday. In the end however it was the riders who emerged triumphant after the grueling but satisfying 153 km ride.

Nick Jeffrey to Head Cycling Southland

The event Timetatable for the RaboPlus Junior/Masters & Paracycling National Track Championships is now available to view.

Newsletter # 2 is now available for the RaboPlus Elite Track Championships.

The RaboPlus NZ MTB Cup completed Round Two of the six race series today in Dunedin. Wet and changeable weather in the week leading up to the event, and threatening rain right through the weekend didn't prevent some close racing in both Saturday's Cross Country event and todays Downhill race.

The revised timetable and racing details for the 2010 RaboPlus Elite Track National Championships are now available to download.

Morrinsville Wheelers is proud to announce Harcourt’s Kevin Deane Real Estate (www.kdre.co.nz) has come on board as the major title sponsor for the 21st edition of the Harcourts KDRE Bev May Women’s Cycling Tour for 2010. The club has a proud history of promoting well organised and well attended cycle races since 1960.

RaboPlus MTB Series Online Entry has been extended

Wellington-based rider Jack Bauer snatched a thrilling victory from two major stars of New Zealand cycling in a sprint finish at the 2010 RaboPlus national road race in Christchurch today.

Round One of the RaboPlus NZ MTB Cup was completed today at the Living Springs Farm Park in Christchurch.

Te Awamutu’s Rushlee Buchanan turned in a gutsy performance to capture her first RaboPlus national road racing title on a testing course in Christchurch today.

Experienced Gordon McCauley and Melissa Holt staked their claims for inclusion in the Commonwealth Games when they upset more fancied rivals to win the time trial at the RaboPlus National Elite Road Cycling Championships in Christchurch today.

European-based professionals Julian Dean and Hayden Roulston are unlikely to receive any latitude in this weekend’s RaboPlus National Elite Road Cycling Championships in Christchurch.

The RaboPlus national elite road cycling championships will get off to high profile start in Christchurch on Friday.The time trial, which so often plays second fiddle to the road race, has received a significant boost with entries from world championship bronze medallist Linda Villumsen and world track champion Alison Shanks.

New Zealand’s Greg Henderson has won the second stage of the four-day Jayco Bay Cycling Classic criterium series near Melbourne.Henderson, a stage winner on the Tour of Spain last year and recently named 2009 NZ Road Cyclist of the year, has moved to third place overall at the midway point of the tour.

Three BikeNZ cyclists and one coach have been selected as finalists for the Halberg Awards.The finalists in each category were announced at the weekend for the annual awards to celebrate excellence in sport in 2009.

BikeNZ’s chances of success at the Commonwealth Games have received a significant boost with the news that one of the world’s best riders, Linda Villumsen has secured New Zealand citizenship.

Startlists and Communique # 1 can now be viewed for the RaboPlus 2010 Elite & U23 Road and Time Trial National Championships.

The 2010 RaboPlus Elite Track Championships entry form, newsletter and Timetable are now available to download.

BikeNZ is pleased to acknowledge their newest International Road and Track Commissaire, Zac Prendergast.

Newsletter # 1 for the 2010 RaboPlus Elite Road National Championships is now available to view.

BikeNZ have named a strong squad to contest the UCI track cycling World Cup in Australia this week. Meanwhile the Oceania Championships were wrapped up when the road race

The Beijing Olympic medal winning team pursuit set the track alight with a brilliant performance on the final night on the track at the WHK Oceania Cycling Championships in Invercargill tonight.

Triple world junior champion Sam Webster made an impressive debut in the elite ranks on the penultimate night of finals at the WHK Oceania Road & Track Cycling Championships in Invercargill tonight.

Two high profile Australians with different motivations dominated the time trials on the third day of the Oceania Cycling Championships.

Triple junior world champion Sam Webster will lead the kiwi sprint hopes after the second morning of heats at the Oceania Cycling Championships in Invercargill.

Waimate professional Heath Blackgrove regained the tour leader’s yellow jersey on a pivotal, penultimate day of the PowerNet Tour of Southland.

Bev May Women's Tour Entries Open.For entry form click here

Role model students from around New Zealand will receive brand new bikes and helmets as part of Variety - The Children’s Charity’s annual Bikes for Kids tour from November 23-29 which sees 1000 children from around the country benefitting from this activity.

Perth-based kiwi Logan Hutchings had consigned himself to water boy before a “lucky break” led to victory in stage three of the PowerNet Tour of Southland today.

Mountainbike NZ and BikeNZ are pleased to announce confirmed venues and dates for 2010's national and international level competitive summer mountainbike events.

Rotorua cyclist Sam Bewley wants to go out in style when he tackles the 53rd edition of the PowerNet Tour of Southland starting Monday.

World track champion Hayden Godfrey showed his versatility when he sprinted to his maiden victory in the RaboPlus national club road cycling title near Nelson today.

Full Results from Thursday's road racing at the 2009 RaboPlus Club Road Championships, held in Upper Moutere near Nelson.

The BikeNZ Road and Track Junior Development Plan is now available to be downloaded.

Kiwis win gold at the World Masters Games- Track Cycling event being held in Sydney, Australia.

Results are available for the Te Awamutu Open held on October 11th.

Results are now available for the South Island Secondary Schools Mountain Bike Championships

Olympic cycling medallist Sam Bewley will ride alongside seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong next year.

BikeNZ Road & Track is seeking expressions of interest to host national road and track championships 2011 - 2013

The BikeNZ Road and Track Technical Panel is conscious of the current concerns of our members regarding the “1:3 ratio” rule that is part of UCI Regulation

BikeNZ Road and Track is actively seeking two enthusiastic and dedicated individuals with a strong background in Development Road Coaching to fill the role of Junior U 17 Boys and Junior U17 Girls Coach.

Think you’ll need a little motivation to ride up Hatepe Hill in November’s Wattyl Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge? Well read on because Heart Children New Zealand, the official charity of this fabulous event, can give you all the inspiration you need.

Racing information is now available for the RaboPlus Club Road National Championships.

The event programme for the RaboPlus NZ Secondary Schools Road Cycling Championships is now available to download.

Entries are still open for the RaboPlus National Criterium Championships taking place on Sunday September 27th in Hawkes Bay.

Entry forms, maps and the proposed programme are now available for the 2010 Oceania Road and Track Championships taking place in Invercargill on November 11-15th 2009.

Paula Tesoriero wins GOLD at UCI Paralympic World Cyling Championships in Borgogno, Itlay on Sunday evening NZ time.

Schools can now download entries received for the RaboPlus NZ Secondary Schools Road Cycling Championships taking place in Levin/Feilding 26-28th September.

Results are now available for the Wanganui Spring Festival of racing.

The New Zealand riders finished well off the pace set by the Europeans in the elite crosscountry events at the UCI Mountainbike World Championships in Canberra on Saturday.

Results are now available for the 2nd day of racing at the National Secondary Schools Individual Cycling Championships.

Would you stand on the edge of a busy road with your back turned towards a 30 tonne articulated truck as it drives towards you at 100km/h, knowing it’s going to pass within a metre of you? Plain lunacy? Well, BikeNZ is appealing to all New Zealanders to consider this frightening challenge

New Zealand’s campaign in the 2009 UCI Mountainbike World Championships kicks off in Canberra tomorrow. Their chances were dented in final training today when Rotorua’s talented Monique Avery broke her arm after an accident on the feared rocky step nicknamed The Hammerhead.

Entries have been extended for the Wanganui Grand Prix, taking place this weekend. Entry information is available here.

McCauley and Burke were too strong at the Hudson Gavin Martin Auckland 1000 held over the weekend in Karaka. Full results of the race are now available.

The New Zealand Schools Cycling Association will be holding their Annual General Meeting on Sunday September 27th in Palmerston North

Two weeks to go... The best mountain bikers and trials riders are gathering in Canberra in Australia for the World Championships...The trials riders will then travel to Rotorua for round 5 of the 2009 UCI World Cup series...

The 2009/10 BikeNZ Road & Track Racing Rules are now available to download.

Entries are now available for the Manawatu Novice Tour and the Manawatu Standard Festival of Cycling.

Two more young New Zealand Trials riders will test themselves against the world's best on home territory. Patrick Dillon from Nelson and New Plymouth's Matt Foster will join fellow Kiwi rider Tim Jurgens in Rotorua for the 2009 UCI Trials World Cup.

Meeting notes from the 2009 MTBNZ summit currently being held on Hawke's Bay

Want to hear what is happening in the Road & Track space? Click here to read the August Newsletter from BikeNZ Road & Track.

Entry forms are now available for the South Island Secondary Schools MTB Championships

The August edition of the NZ Schools Cycling Newsletter is now available including updates on entries, rules and event reports.

BikeNZ are launching two very exciting initiatives with an aim of adding further competitive opportunity and cycling engagement to the growing cycling community.

It's David vs the Goliaths of international Trials.Young Kiwi rider, Tim Jurgens, is on the entry list for the fifth and final round of the 2009 UCI Trials World Cup series in Rotorua, September 11-13, and he couldn't be happier.

Entries are now open for the RaboPlus NZ Secondary Schools Road Cycling Championships taking place on September 26-28th 2009.

Results from the 8th event in the Forsyth-Barr Winter Series, raced on the 2009 Club Road Nationals course are now available.

Entry forms are now available for the 2009 Cuddon South Island Secondary Schools’ Two Day Tour

Entries are now available for the 2009 Yunca Junior Tour of Southland. This event is taking place in October 2009.

Sarah Walker, who turned 21 this month, definitely came of age when she claimed the UCI BMX World Championship in Adelaide tonight.

New Zealanders Sarah Walker has won the UCI BMX World Championships in Adelaide.

New Zealanders Sarah Walker and junior Alexandra Williams are through to their respective finals at the BMX World Championships in Adelaide.

Beijing Olympian Marc Willers has bowed out of the BMX World Championships in Adelaide.

Beijing Olympian Marc Willers has qualified for the quarterfinals at the BMX World Championships in Adelaide.

Two time world championship medallist Sarah Walker remains unbeaten after two rounds of qualifying motos at the BMX World Championships in Adelaide this afternoon.

The BikeNZ team have got off to a good start at the BMX world champs in Adelaide today

Entries are now open for the Hudson Gavin Martin Auckland 1000 Road Race taking place on August 30th at Karaka.

Results from the Perry Foundation NI and SI schools Road Cycling Championships are now available.

Newsletter # 2 is now available for the 2009 RaboPlus Club Road National Championships

Hawkes Bay will host a BikeNZ Road & Track Commissaires Course in early September.

The 2009 RaboPlus Club Road National Championship Time Trial courses are now available to view online.

Managers Meeting information is now available for the Perry Foundation North Island Secondary Schools Cycling Championships taking place this weekend in Ngaruawahia.

BikeNZ are excited to announce Christchurch has been awarded the RaboPlus Elite and Under-23 Road National Championships for a 3 year period from January 2010.

New Zealand will have two riders in the Tour de France for the first time with Hayden Roulston today confirmed in the Cervelo Test Team.

Entry forms are now available for the Cuddon Cycling Schools Junior 2 day Tour of Marlborough.

The event programme for the Perry Foundation North Island Secondary Schools Cycling Championships is now available to download.

BikeNZ is seeking four new Board Directors to provide governance, assist it in achieving its strategic goals and help guide its future direction.

Official Opening - Sunday 3rd May @ midday - all welcome

The Ocean Ridge 4th Hanmer Springs to Kaikoura will take the field along the Inland Route that feature a number of short-sharp climbs punctuated along its twisting-narrow road.

BikeNZ will be holding the following Australian Level 1 and 2 Coaching Courses

Jeremy Yates, Serena Sheridan and Elliot Crowther will have their names on the Open Men, Open Women and Under 23 BikeNZ National Points Series Cups after 10 rounds of the 11 rounds

Entry forms are now available for the North Island Secondary Schools Cycling Championships.

Dunedin-based Scott Lyttle (Cycle Surgery – Scott Race Team) scored his second consecutive Benchmark Homes Tour win on Sunday winning Round Four in Upper Moutere.

Young Canterbury cyclist Michael Vink used his track speed to good effect to win the 101km Graperide near Blenheim today, the penultimate round of the Lion Foundation National Points Series.

This weekend is set for some extreme mountain biking in Rotorua, New Zealand’s mountain biking Mecca’s with some of New Zealand’s hardest mountain bikers line up for the 2009 National Marathon title.

Dunedin-based Scott Lyttle (Cycle Surgery – Scott Race Team) scored his second consecutive Benchmark Homes Tour win on Sunday winning Round Four in Upper Moutere.

New Zealand completed their most successful campaign at the UCI World Track Cycling Championships that finished in Pruszkow, Poland today.

New Zealand has won their third medal at the UCI World Track Cycling Championships at Pruszkow, Poland today (NZ time).

The fledgling New Zealand women’s team pursuit have assured New Zealand of a second medal on the second day of the UCI World Track Cycling Championships in Poland.

The PNP Cycling Club of Wellington are combining with Wellington College Sport, running their annual Club Champs Cross Country Mountain Bike Event in conjunction with the College Sport MTB Champs.

New Zealand cyclist Alison Shanks has won the gold medal in the individual pursuit on the opening night of finals at the UCI World Track Cycling Championships in Poland.

New Zealand’s Alison Shanks will ride-off for gold in the final of the women’s individual pursuit on the opening night of the UCI World Track Cycling championships in Poland.

Former France-based cyclist Scott Lyttle and his Cycle Surgery – Scott Race Team rode away with the spoils on Sunday winning the main prizes in Round Three of the six-round Benchmark Homes Tour.

New Zealand riders are quietly optimistic of success in the UCI World Track Cycling Championships that begin in Poland on Thursday NZ Time.

Podium photos from the 2009 RaboPlus Track National Championships are now available for cyclists to purchase.

The 2009 RaboPlus BMX National Championships presented by Southern Trust and Pelorus Trust will take place on April 11th- 12th in Whangarei.

Here at the Odyssey team, we're buzzing - entries are flowing in and the excitement's really building!

The countdown clock has started for Hawkes Bay's first Junior 2 Day Road Tour.

RaboPlus Big Coast riders were treated to two of Wellington’s best days in a month over the last weekend, completing the 100km course from Tunnel Gulley in Upper Hutt, over the Rimutaka Incline, and round to finish on the beach at Eastbourne.

Feedback is now being sought for the 2009 RaboPlus MTB Island Cups.

The 2009 BMX Outward Bound Scholarships are now available. This is the 6th year that Scholarships have been offered to BMX riders throughout NZ

The RaboPlus Big Coast 2-day mountain bike event kicks off this Saturday and covers around 100kms of the Wellington region’s most spectacular and otherwise not available trails, from the Rimutaka Rail Trail through tunnels and gully’s, to finish in Eastbourne on Sunday.

The entry of former world junior champion and national points series leader Jeremy Yates confirms this year’s Le Race will have its strongest field ever.

Please click here to download the entry form for all grades at the BMX World Champs 2009.

The sponsored teams of the six-round Benchmark Homes Tour will face its toughest test yet of 2009 when they compete in the round three 3rd Aquados Tour of Selwyn on Sunday, March 22nd

A 12-strong New Zealand team has been named for track cycling’s biggest event of the season, the UCI World Championships in Poland starting on March 25.

The New Zealand Men’s Pursuit Team has smashed the national record during a special attempt on the 6th and final day of the RaboPlus New Zealand Track Championships in Invercargill.

New Zealand’s gun men’s team pursuit line up has taken to the track this morning on the 6th and final day of the RaboPlus New Zealand Track Championships in Invercargill.

Waikato Bay of Plenty have been crowned the first New Zealand Women’s Team Pursuit champions on day six of the RaboPlus New Zealand Track Championships in Invercargill.

The women’s team pursuit has made its debut at the RaboPlus New Zealand Track Championships in Invercargill with Waikato Bay of Plenty qualifying fastest for tonight’s final.

Another New Zealand record has fallen at the RaboPlus New Zealand Track Championships with Southland’s Eddie Dawkins smashing his previous 1000m Time Trial record in tonight’s final in Invercargill.

After a stunning day on the track yesterday, Otago’s Alison Shanks will be back in action tonight at the RaboPlus New Zealand Track Championships in Invercargill.

Olympian Alison Shanks has lowered her New Zealand Individual Pursuit record for the second time in a day at the RaboPlus New Zealand Track Championships in Invercargill.

Olympians Alison Shanks and Jesse Sergent have smashed the New Zealand men’s and women’s Individual Pursuit records at the RaboPlus New Zealand Track Champs in Invercargill.

Southland has claimed another elite men’s title at the RaboPlus New Zealand Track Championships, with Eddie Dawkins dominating the men’s sprint final much to the delight of the Invercargill crowd.

Former world track champion Greg Henderson has grabbed his first win of the pro cycling season in Europe.

Day two of the RaboPlus New Zealand Track Championships in Invercargill has gone to plan so far today for the favoured sprinters in action.

Invercargill’s Tom Scully has taken out the first elite title of the RaboPlus New Zealand Track Championships much to the delight of a boisterous Invercargill crowd

World No 5 ranked Justin Leov produced a stunning performance to win the downhill title at the RaboPlus New Zealand Mountainbike Championships in Nelson today.

Lower Hutt’s Stuart Houltham handled the atrocious conditions best to claim his sixth national title at the RaboPlus New Zealand Mountainbike Championships in Nelson today.

Round 9 points are now available for the BikeNZ Road National Points Series

Wanganui’s Sam Blenkinsop kicked off the RaboPlus New Zealand Mountainbike Championships presented by Nature Valley with victory in the dual slalom competition in Nelson tonight.

The points are now available for the RaboPlus NZ MTB Cups and Island Cups presented by Nature Valley.

SPARC has announced today that BikeNZ will receive $3m per year for the next four years for their high performance investment programme.

UCI Continental registered Subway – Avanti Cycling Team scored its second one-two finish in as many rounds when Joseph Cooper and Gordon McCauley rode clear to finish together in Round Two of the Benchmark Homes Tour on Sunday.

Paul Charteris and Jo Petersen aren’t what you’d term weekend joggers. The two Eastern Bay of Plenty men have entered this Easter’s 270km Whakatane to Taupo mountain bike Odyssey – and they’ll be running the whole way.

Olympic bronze medallist Sam Bewley finished strongly to win the gruelling RaboPlus New Zealand Ominium title Wanganui today.

New Zealand road cycling champion Gordon McCauley catapulted into reckoning for the Lion Foundation National Points Series after winning the latest round in Hamilton today.

National champion Gordon McCauley has the chance to chase the double in the ninth round of the Lion Foundation National Points Series in Hamilton tomorrow.

Blenheim hosts the sixth round of the Raboplus NZ Downhill Cup on Sunday on the Strachan Peak downhill course, on SH1 between Blenheim and Picton.

It's an opportunity to get out on your mountain bike and participate in a legendary phenomenon along with riders from all age groups and all levels of experience.

The list of world class riders entered in next week’s NZCT Women’s Tour of New Zealand and the International Cup of Cycling continues to grow.

Auckland cyclist Gordon McCauley (Subway – Avanti Cycling Team) will this Sunday swap his national elite road champion jersey for that as leader of the six-round Benchmark Homes Tour that he leads.

The 2,500 rider limit is fast approaching for the 2009 Graperide. Entries are expected to hit the capacity by the start of March so you better be quick!

Australian Woman’s elite road race Champion and 2007 Le Race winner Carla Ryan will be on the start line again next month for the gruelling 100 kilometre Christchurch to Akaroa event.

New Zealand’s team came away from the Oceania Road Championships in Geelong on Sunday with a great win in the U19 Mens road race.

Coronet Peak skifield was the venue for the third and final round of the NZCT South Island Cross Country Cup as part of the Raboplus MTB Cup series presented by Nature Valley. The race course was a 5.3km lap with stunning views

An international field took out the top three spots on the Elite Men podium today after an extremely close race at Round Five of the Rabolpus MTB Cups presented by Nature Valley.

The Commissaires for the upcoming RaboPlus National MTB Championships and RaboPlus Track National Championships have been confirmed.

Mountain Bike Australia has today announced a contribution towards the bush fire appeals following the devastating events in Victoria.

The New Zealand Team to compete at the NZCT International Womens Tour of NZ has been named.

Taupo's Patrick Bevan and Christchurch's Sam Horgan were medalists in the TT at the Oceania Road Championships in Australia yesterday. Jeremy Yates currently leads King of the Mountain at the Tour of Langkawi

The Raboplus NZ MTB Cup, presented by Nature Valley continues this weekend (Feb 14/15th) in Queenstown, on the Coronet Peak skifield.

Entries are already flowing in for this legendary road cycling event which takes competitors on a fast, fun and scenic 100km journey from one world famous tourist destination to another.

The largest number of Australian women cyclist ever to take part in a cycling event in New Zealand, are making their way across the ditch later this month. They will try and emulate their male counterparts and take the NZCT Women’s International tour and the One Day International Cup of Cycling, announced Jorge Sandoval today.