Venue information for the Road Races based at Matapiro Hall Crownthorpe
Browse to Nationals Page for all information including race booklet http://www.ramblers.co.nz/nats2012.asp
or Download PDF Here http://www.ramblers.co.nz/Nats_2012/MatapiroHall.pdf
Monday, April 30, 2012
Wanted: Flat Bed Truck
Does anyone associated with Ramblers have a flat-bed truck we could use during the 3 days of road racing over the Club Nationals weekend?
The truck would be based at Matapiro Hall on Friday 4th, Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th.
If you can help, please contact Gavin gabush@xtra.co.nz or 021744034
The truck would be based at Matapiro Hall on Friday 4th, Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th.
If you can help, please contact Gavin gabush@xtra.co.nz or 021744034
Club Road Race Nationals: 3rd-6th May
There is no club racing this weekend, as CHB and RCC are hosting the Nats.
Thank you in advance to all our helpers: drivers, mechanics, runnners, cleaning teams, team manager, crews & supporters, event directer & organising team, traffic management & marshals and commissaires.
All the best to all our members who have entered in the event.
ITT: CHB Cycling is hosting the Time Trial which is being held on Thursday 3rd. It is based from Coronation Park in Waipawa and is an out and back course along Tikokino Road.
If you can, please go and support our club riders.
Road Race: RCC is hosting the 3 days of road racing held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. These races are all based from Matapiro Hall, Matapiro Road in the Crownethorpe District. Pukehamoamoa School will selling food and cold drinks, and a coffee cart will be there all day Friday and Sunday, and on Saturday afternoon.
For course maps, please go to the RCC website http://www.ramblers.co.nz/nats2012.asp
A reminder to all participants and supporters to be cordial and polite to all road-users and to encourage our visitors to do the same.
Thank you in advance to all our helpers: drivers, mechanics, runnners, cleaning teams, team manager, crews & supporters, event directer & organising team, traffic management & marshals and commissaires.
All the best to all our members who have entered in the event.
ITT: CHB Cycling is hosting the Time Trial which is being held on Thursday 3rd. It is based from Coronation Park in Waipawa and is an out and back course along Tikokino Road.
If you can, please go and support our club riders.
Road Race: RCC is hosting the 3 days of road racing held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. These races are all based from Matapiro Hall, Matapiro Road in the Crownethorpe District. Pukehamoamoa School will selling food and cold drinks, and a coffee cart will be there all day Friday and Sunday, and on Saturday afternoon.
For course maps, please go to the RCC website http://www.ramblers.co.nz/nats2012.asp
A reminder to all participants and supporters to be cordial and polite to all road-users and to encourage our visitors to do the same.
Found: Toyota Key
A toyota key has been found in the HUB van. It may have been there for several weeks (or longer). If you have lost a toyota key, please contact Rob at the HUB the.hub@airnet.net.nz
CX Nationals
Cyclocross Hawke's Bay is proud to present the 2012 Specialized National Cyclocross Champs, to be held on the 8th July, at EIT, Taradale.
This is the first time cyclocross will be a official sanctioned BikeNZ event in New Zealand. BikeNZ have recongnised the importance of having another form of exciting cycle racing and have endorsed the national event for the first time. In the past Hamilton and Queenstown have run numerous successful National events. BikeNZ have also gained a UCI status for the 2012 event. This is the first time a UCI cyclocross event will be held in Australasia. The UCI recently decided they needed to grow the sport on a worldwide stage, and with the strong growth of Cyclocross in New Zealand and Australia it looks to be a new breeding ground for international cyclocross talent.
With cyclocross in its first development stage's in New Zealand, we would like to ask for your support to help promote this exciting new winter sport. With 7 regions offering Cyclocross series racing of 4-6 races each, including a 5 race National points series. Hawke's Bay will hold the national champs, including a all-comers race for anyone wanting to try out this new sport.
For those thinking ahead and keen to be involv ed in the CX event being held on the last day of Napier’s ‘Ride of Your Life’ weekend, the course map is now availble online. Simply copy and paste this link into your browser
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=400385276651843&set=a.217436228280083.63389.197709920252714&type=1
This is the first time cyclocross will be a official sanctioned BikeNZ event in New Zealand. BikeNZ have recongnised the importance of having another form of exciting cycle racing and have endorsed the national event for the first time. In the past Hamilton and Queenstown have run numerous successful National events. BikeNZ have also gained a UCI status for the 2012 event. This is the first time a UCI cyclocross event will be held in Australasia. The UCI recently decided they needed to grow the sport on a worldwide stage, and with the strong growth of Cyclocross in New Zealand and Australia it looks to be a new breeding ground for international cyclocross talent.
With cyclocross in its first development stage's in New Zealand, we would like to ask for your support to help promote this exciting new winter sport. With 7 regions offering Cyclocross series racing of 4-6 races each, including a 5 race National points series. Hawke's Bay will hold the national champs, including a all-comers race for anyone wanting to try out this new sport.
For those thinking ahead and keen to be involv ed in the CX event being held on the last day of Napier’s ‘Ride of Your Life’ weekend, the course map is now availble online. Simply copy and paste this link into your browser
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=400385276651843&set=a.217436228280083.63389.197709920252714&type=1
CXHB Series
CXHB is offering a 6 race regional series (see below), building on last years 4 events. One of our main focus's in Hawke's bay is the development of kids racing, called Bike-X. This is a free event for the kids, who last year all loved getting dirty in the mud!
June 17 - Blackbarn, HavelockNorth.
July 8 - EIT Taradale. (NZ Champs)
July 22 - Roy's Hill, Hastings.
August 12 - BlackBarn, TukitukiValley, Havelock North.
September 2 - Clearview Winery, Napier.
September 16 - Chesterhope Park,Hastings.
June 17 - Blackbarn, HavelockNorth.
July 8 - EIT Taradale. (NZ Champs)
July 22 - Roy's Hill, Hastings.
August 12 - BlackBarn, TukitukiValley, Havelock North.
September 2 - Clearview Winery, Napier.
September 16 - Chesterhope Park,Hastings.
CXHB Information
If you would like any more info, or event flyers, please feel free to contact Dan cyclocrosshawkesbay@gmail.com
Dan’s Youtube Recommendation (in-case you haven't seen this yet) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MzmCWyN9ow
Dan’s Youtube Recommendation (in-case you haven't seen this yet) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MzmCWyN9ow
RCC Club Winter Dinner
When: Saturday 21st July, 2012
Where: War Memorial Hall, Marine Parade, Napier
Time: from 6pm for drinks (buy your own at the bar) - 7pm buffet dinner ($40 per head)
Guest Speaker: Gordon MacAuley
Contact mark.pauline@vodafone.co.nz to confirm your booking and arrange payment.
Where: War Memorial Hall, Marine Parade, Napier
Time: from 6pm for drinks (buy your own at the bar) - 7pm buffet dinner ($40 per head)
Guest Speaker: Gordon MacAuley
Contact mark.pauline@vodafone.co.nz to confirm your booking and arrange payment.
Upcoming Events
3rd-6th May: RaboDirect Club Road National Championship, Hastings
20th May: Laskey Cycles Manfield 6 hour challenge
6th July: Ramblers Club Criterium, Marine Parade, Napier
6th – 8th July: Ride of Your Life Cycling Festival, Napier
8th July: Cyclocross National Championships, Napier
August: Reiker 2 Day Tour, Timaru
22nd – 23rd September: R & R Sport Tour, Otago
30th September: Novice Tour of Manawatu
5th – 7th October: Yunca Junior Tour, Invercargill
14th October: Tour of the Bay, Hastings
20th May: Laskey Cycles Manfield 6 hour challenge
6th July: Ramblers Club Criterium, Marine Parade, Napier
6th – 8th July: Ride of Your Life Cycling Festival, Napier
8th July: Cyclocross National Championships, Napier
August: Reiker 2 Day Tour, Timaru
22nd – 23rd September: R & R Sport Tour, Otago
30th September: Novice Tour of Manawatu
5th – 7th October: Yunca Junior Tour, Invercargill
14th October: Tour of the Bay, Hastings
Friday, April 27, 2012
Club Nationals Update
Venue information for the Individual Time Trial based at Coronation Park Waipawa
Browse to Nationals Page for all information including race booklet http://www.ramblers.co.nz/nats2012.asp
or Download PDF Here
http://www.ramblers.co.nz/Nats_2012/CoronationPark.pdf
Browse to Nationals Page for all information including race booklet http://www.ramblers.co.nz/nats2012.asp
or Download PDF Here
http://www.ramblers.co.nz/Nats_2012/CoronationPark.pdf
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Hastings Sunday Ride 29th April
Leaving Outside Rebel Sport Heretaunga Street 8:00 am
Short Ride: Camp David Return 60km
Long Ride: Camp David, Te Aute Trust, SH2 until Te Onepu, Torrins, Raukawa return 95km
Short Ride: Camp David Return 60km
Long Ride: Camp David, Te Aute Trust, SH2 until Te Onepu, Torrins, Raukawa return 95km
Te Awamutu cyclist wins tour in France
Te Awamutu teenager Hayden McCormick has won a prestigious road racing tour in France today.
McCormick, racing for a Belgium-based team, won the three-stage Le Trophee Centre Moribhan, becoming just the fifth non-French rider to claim this prestigious tour for junior riders in Europe.
Many of the previous winners have gone on to earn contracts for the Pro World Tour.
McCormick is racing in Europe to build-up for August’s World Junior Track Championships in Invercargill.
He won the opening 110km stage from Ploërmel – Plumelin in a sprint finish before finishing second with the same time as the winner in the 7.2km individual time trial on stage two. The Waikato rider then finished safely in the peloton in the 99km final stage today to claim the overall honours by 11 seconds from Piotr Havik (NED).
The kiwi also took out the points title, was equal fourth in the sprint jersey classification and eight in the kin of the mountain honours.
For further information contact:
IAN HEPENSTALL
Media Liaison, BikeNZ High Performance
Sports Media NZ Ltd
McCormick, racing for a Belgium-based team, won the three-stage Le Trophee Centre Moribhan, becoming just the fifth non-French rider to claim this prestigious tour for junior riders in Europe.
Many of the previous winners have gone on to earn contracts for the Pro World Tour.
McCormick is racing in Europe to build-up for August’s World Junior Track Championships in Invercargill.
He won the opening 110km stage from Ploërmel – Plumelin in a sprint finish before finishing second with the same time as the winner in the 7.2km individual time trial on stage two. The Waikato rider then finished safely in the peloton in the 99km final stage today to claim the overall honours by 11 seconds from Piotr Havik (NED).
The kiwi also took out the points title, was equal fourth in the sprint jersey classification and eight in the kin of the mountain honours.
For further information contact:
IAN HEPENSTALL
Media Liaison, BikeNZ High Performance
Sports Media NZ Ltd
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Nationals Booklet
For updated Nationals Information go to http://www.ramblers.co.nz/nats2012.asp
and/or download booklet with startlists and race information http://www.ramblers.co.nz/Nats_2012/booklet.pdf
and/or download booklet with startlists and race information http://www.ramblers.co.nz/Nats_2012/booklet.pdf
Monday, April 23, 2012
Saturday Racing, 28th April
Circuit: Swamp/Omaranui/Swamp/Dump
Distance: A-D 43km; E-G 25km
Venue: Puketapu School
Race start time: 2pm
Race Starter: Don Kennedy
Emergency Phone: 027 426 6895
Distance: A-D 43km; E-G 25km
Venue: Puketapu School
Race start time: 2pm
Race Starter: Don Kennedy
Emergency Phone: 027 426 6895
ANZAC Day Time Trial
As a final time-trial dust-off for the Club Nationals, the committee has organised a time trial on ANZAC Day
Where: Ohiti Road
When: 2pm
Distance: 18km
There is no race fee and all riders are welcome.
Please note: due to fading light, this replaces the Thursday evening time trial
Where: Ohiti Road
When: 2pm
Distance: 18km
There is no race fee and all riders are welcome.
Please note: due to fading light, this replaces the Thursday evening time trial
Race Protocol
Please note that we will be having race briefings 5 minutes earlier at 1:45pm. Please ensure you are there, even if you have ‘heard it all before’. It is vital for compliance issues that all riders are briefed prior to every race we hold.
Due to ongoing issues with dropped riders, it is now required that dropped riders do NOT join other grades – even to just ‘sit on the back’. If you have been dropped, you may not join other grades. Instead, you must ride back to the venue on your own, or with other dropped riders.
Due to ongoing issues with dropped riders, it is now required that dropped riders do NOT join other grades – even to just ‘sit on the back’. If you have been dropped, you may not join other grades. Instead, you must ride back to the venue on your own, or with other dropped riders.
Rostered for Race Duty?
Ramblers relies heavily on volunteers each Saturday Race Day to assist on the road, in the start and finish areas as well as the sign-in desk and the kitchen.
However, the roster means that each member should only be rostered on for one Saturday in a calendar year.
If you unable to do your duty, it is your responsibility to find a replacement if you are unable to fulfil it.
During the Autumn Series, 2 races have come very close to being cancelled due to a shortage of marshals.
If you do not ensure your duty is fulfilled (by yourself or a replacement) you may be docked points on the current series table.
However, of more concern to your fellow riders, it may ultimately mean that you are a contributing factor to a race being cancelled.
Please be responsible and ensure your duty is covered.
However, the roster means that each member should only be rostered on for one Saturday in a calendar year.
If you unable to do your duty, it is your responsibility to find a replacement if you are unable to fulfil it.
During the Autumn Series, 2 races have come very close to being cancelled due to a shortage of marshals.
If you do not ensure your duty is fulfilled (by yourself or a replacement) you may be docked points on the current series table.
However, of more concern to your fellow riders, it may ultimately mean that you are a contributing factor to a race being cancelled.
Please be responsible and ensure your duty is covered.
Nationals ITT: Camping Accomodation
This event is based from Coronation Park in Waipawa, and people are welcome to camp there overnight if needed. Toilet facilities are available.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Hastings Sunday Ride 29th April
Leaving Outside Rebel Sport Heretaunga Street 8:00 am
Short Ride: Camp David Return 60km
Long Ride: Camp David, Te Aute Trust, SH2 until Te Onepu, Torrins, Raukawa return 95km
Short Ride: Camp David Return 60km
Long Ride: Camp David, Te Aute Trust, SH2 until Te Onepu, Torrins, Raukawa return 95km
Friday, April 20, 2012
Start List for Saturdays ITT 2:00pm Start
| NUM | START | Tikokino Road ITT | NUM | START | Tikokino Road ITT |
| 1 | 00:00 | John Higgins | 45 | 44:00 | Lindsay Sheppard |
| 2 | 01:00 | Nicholas Kelly | 46 | 45:00 | Steve Watson |
| 3 | 02:00 | Sue Hobbs | 47 | 46:00 | Tobias Robertshawe |
| 4 | 03:00 | Tanya Winter | 48 | 47:00 | Danyon Inwood |
| 5 | 04:00 | Gap | 49 | 48:00 | Patrick Barry |
| 6 | 05:00 | Gap | 50 | 49:00 | Steven Holdsworth |
| 7 | 06:00 | David Marsh | 51 | 50:00 | Roger Burns |
| 8 | 07:00 | Lindsay Kay | 52 | 51:00 | Barry Gilliland |
| 9 | 08:00 | John McDowell | 53 | 52:00 | Alex Heany |
| 10 | 09:00 | Jo Baker | 54 | 53:00 | Kerri-anne Torckler Page |
| 11 | 10:00 | Peter Trotter | 55 | 54:00 | Neil Baker |
| 12 | 11:00 | Graham Dunne | 56 | 55:00 | Ian Seddon |
| 13 | 12:00 | Colin McDonald | 57 | 56:00 | Markus Mutscheller |
| 14 | 13:00 | Dave Chote | 58 | 57:00 | Bob Puru |
| 15 | 14:00 | Kelly Tandem | 59 | 58:00 | Gap |
| 16 | 15:00 | Gap | 60 | 59:00 | Gap |
| 17 | 16:00 | Gap | 61 | 00:00 | Patrick Kelly |
| 18 | 17:00 | Vaughn Heeney | 62 | 1:01:00 | James Lochhead |
| 19 | 18:00 | Darrell Simpkins | 63 | 1:02:00 | Ben Ross |
| 20 | 19:00 | Rosemary Weskett | 64 | 1:03:00 | Zane Alexander |
| 21 | 20:00 | Dave Marett | 65 | 1:04:00 | Logan Bean |
| 22 | 21:00 | Mick Cull | 66 | 1:05:00 | Jason Kelly |
| 23 | 22:00 | Ingrid Perols | 67 | 1:06:00 | Damien Lysaght |
| 24 | 23:00 | Stu McKie | 68 | 1:07:00 | Doug McIntosh |
| 25 | 24:00 | Gap | 69 | 1:08:00 | Bret Harte |
| 26 | 25:00 | Gap | 70 | 1:09:00 | Josh Torckler Page |
| 27 | 26:00 | Graeme Ewart | 71 | 1:10:00 | Andrew Townsend |
| 28 | 27:00 | Brett Chapman | 72 | 1:11:00 | Dan Warren |
| 29 | 28:00 | Kevin Hein | 73 | 1:12:00 | Peter Murphy |
| 30 | 29:00 | Ryan Hulena | |||
| 31 | 30:00 | Susan Tunnicliff | |||
| 32 | 31:00 | Owen Cleverton | |||
| 33 | 32:00 | Rangi Tawhai | |||
| 34 | 33:00 | Glenn Baker | |||
| 35 | 34:00 | Todd Summers Tandem | |||
| 36 | 35:00 | Gap | |||
| 37 | 36:00 | Gap | |||
| 38 | 37:00 | Allister Beets | |||
| 39 | 38:00 | Dean Gough | |||
| 40 | 39:00 | Gavin Bush | |||
| 41 | 40:00 | Craig Hill | |||
| 42 | 41:00 | Su Daniel | |||
| 43 | 42:00 | Gap | |||
| 44 | 43:00 | Gap |
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Linda Villumsen Climbs to Third at La Flèche Wallonne
Judith Arndt Provides Second Top-Ten Finish In Sixth
Linda Villumsen climbed to third at La Flèche Wallonne Feminine. While eventual World Cup winner Evelyn Stevens (Specialized - lululmeon) and Marianne Vos (Stichting Rabo Women) battled it out for the top step on the podium, Villumsen won the sprint behind to take third. Judith Arndt gave GreenEDGE-AIS another strong result to come in solo for sixth.
"A podium finish is a reward for how hard the team rode," said Sports Director Dave McPartland. "Basically, apart for last final kilometers, the whole race went exactly to our plan."
The first part of the 123 kilometer race were fairly quiet. The bunch stayed together until Amanda Spratt managed to sneak away from the field, 35 kilometers into the race.
"Spratty built up a minute lead straightaway," noted McPartland. "After gaining the minute, she slowly built up the rest of her advantage. She went up to 2:30 at the 80 kilometer mark and this set us up offensively and forced other teams to have to react."
The bunch caught Spratt after the first time up the Mur de Huy.
"We anticipated that the field would bring back Spratty, so as we started the final loop of 30 kilometers, we got ready to launch more attacks up the road," explained McPartland. "The field splintered coming through the feed zone, and Linda put in a move that provided the impetuous for the finale."
Clara Huges (Specialized - lululemon) and Lucinda Brand (AA Drink - leontien.nl) joined Villumsen in a three-rider move.
"Again, this set us up beautifully because I was confident that if those three came to the line together, Linda would win it," said McPartland. "On the second to last climb on the circuit, with nine kilometers left to race, Vos attacked. No one could go with her but Stevens."
"I heard on the radio that Marianne Vos and Evelyn Stevens had gapped the bunch," added Villumsen. "When they were within ten seconds behind us, I knew I would need to go with them when they passed."
Vos and Stevens bridged up and rode past Villumsen's break with ease.
"I tried to go with them and get away from the break, I was in," Villumsen said. "I gave it everything. I knew this was my only chance to win the race. It didn't work."
Realizing the chase was futile, Villumsen decide to conserve energy in the three-rider break to preserve her chance for the podium.
"When I couldn't chase down Vos and Stevens, I did everything I could to save myself for the finish," noted Villumsen. "I drafted to save my legs. I drank as much as I could take in. I mentally reviewed the sprint. This paid off."
Stevens took her first World Cup win over Vos while Villumsen was the best of the rest from her break.
"It was a great ride by the team and a huge effort by Linda," said McPartland. "She maybe wasn't the rider we had in mind for the finish but she was still able to deliver the result when it mattered."
Brian Nygard
Communications Director
GreenEDGE Cycling
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Thursday Night Individual Time Trial
Thursday Time Trials have been extended for the month of April with the intention of supporting Ramblers riders intending to ride the Club Nationals in May.
The last two evenings have seen some riders finishing in near-darkness.
This week, 19th April, the start time will be 10 minutes earlier from 5:20pm.
Please attach a rear red light to your TT bike if possible to ensure car and truck drivers can see you.
21 April - Saturday Racing: Individual Time Trial over Nationals Course
Circuit: Tikokino Road ITT
Distance: 25km all grades
Venue: Coronation Park, Waipawa
Race start time: 2pm
Race Starter: Mark Coombe
Emergency Phone: 027 426 6895
You must pre-enter if you are intending to ride the Time Trial this coming Saturday (21st April).
We are running this as a dress-rehearsal for Nationals so riders will need their transponders.
Send your name and current Ramblers grade to Ken at cycle@ruralkiwi.com
Close-off time for entry is Thursday 19th at midnight.
Start lists will be available on Friday.
For the Nationals ITT you will need to comply with current UCI regulations regarding ITT bikes. To assist with this, bikes can be measured and scrutinised on Saturday.
This will not affect riding on the day, but will enable riders participating in the Nationals event to arrange to modify their bikes or purchase equipment if necessary.
To see the current TT regulations in a diagram format, copy and paste this link into your web browser.
http://www.facebook.com/ramblerscycling/posts/290316754369914?ref=notif¬if_t=share_wall_create
Sunday 22nd April: Bike Polo
On Sunday 15th, the first cycle polo (bike polo?) "event" was held at the Soundshell in Napier under glorious blue skies and the gaze of bemused passer byes. There were about 20 people participating. There was an interesting assortment of bikes (and people) and there was loads of fun.
This Sunday 22nd at 3pm, round two of HB Cycle Polo is being held.
Where: Ride through the yellow and black barrier gates at Splash Planet, continue beside the little stream and into the rink.
What do you bring: mallet (if you have one), a yard broom (if you have one), your bike, a great attitude.
What sort of bike: any type (as long as its OK if it drops on the concrete)
In July, there will be a bike polo tournament as part of the Napier "Ride of Your Life" weekend which is intended to draw people from outside the area to HB to raise the profile of cycling in general as well as to boost tourism.
Any comments or queries please contact Richard Mills rich@pacgro.co.nz or 021632559
ANZAC Day Time Trial
As a final time-trial dust-off for the Club Nationals, the committee is organising a time trial on the afternoon of Wednesday 25th April.
The course will be on Ohiti Road.
There is no race fee and all riders are welcome.
This will replace the Thursday Night Time Trial (26th) due to issues with fading daylight.
The time and distance will be confirmed in the next eNews.
The course will be on Ohiti Road.
There is no race fee and all riders are welcome.
This will replace the Thursday Night Time Trial (26th) due to issues with fading daylight.
The time and distance will be confirmed in the next eNews.
Riding Nationals? ENTER NOW
Entries for the 2012 RaboDirect Club National Championships close on the 20th of April (2 days away).
BikeNZ will not accept any entries after this date.
As per previous years, the club will cover the cost of your entry.
All riders who compete will be reimbursed their entry fee.
Nationals 2012: Call for 2 Drivers
Thank you to everyone who has volunteered their time for the Club Road Nationals over the 4th-6th May.
We only require two more drivers – one for Friday 4th and one for Saturday 5th.
If you are able to help please contact Brett bretthooker@me.com
Include the day you can drive, your T-shirt size, your cell phone number and if you are able to use your own private vehicle or not (petrol vouchers will be provided for private vehicles).
Races start at 9am & we helpers need to be there at 8am.
It is a full day commitment & lunch will be provided.
We only require two more drivers – one for Friday 4th and one for Saturday 5th.
If you are able to help please contact Brett bretthooker@me.com
Include the day you can drive, your T-shirt size, your cell phone number and if you are able to use your own private vehicle or not (petrol vouchers will be provided for private vehicles).
Races start at 9am & we helpers need to be there at 8am.
It is a full day commitment & lunch will be provided.
Need to Upgrade Your Licence for Nationals?
Anyone who wants to upgrade their licence to a National one should do so via the BikeNZ website. With such a short time-frame, this will be the quickest way to ensure this change is made.
If anyone wants their BIkeNZ username and login, email info@ramblers.co.nz with your name and birthdate and it will be sent to you so you can access BikeNZ and upgrade your licence.
If anyone wants their BIkeNZ username and login, email info@ramblers.co.nz with your name and birthdate and it will be sent to you so you can access BikeNZ and upgrade your licence.
WHO Tool: Calculates Cycle/Walking Infrastructure Health Savings
The World Health Organization (WHO) has come up with a tool to help conduct an economic assessment of the health benefits of walking or cycling, by estimating the value of reduced mortality that results from specified amounts of walking or cycling.
For more information or to use HEAT, go to http://www.heatwalkingcycling.org/
Heretaunga Building Society Most Consistent Rider Award
A reminder that participation for the Heretaunga Building Society MCR Award began this series. The award is based on consistency of participation at club events (one point allocated to every rider each week they attend a club race or assist in a club event).
At the end of each series, the rider from each grade with the most MCR points will receive a certificate to acknowledge their effort. At the end of each calendar year, the rider with the most points over all grades for the year will receive a trophy to keep for the next year and a Heretaunga Building Society term deposit account loaded with $250.
Your Club Licence
Please check the details on your club licence are correct. If there are inaccuracies (for example, birth date) please email info@ramblers.co.nz with the relevant details.
If you applied for your club licence more than 4 weeks ago and have not yet received it, please email info@ramblers.co.nz with the relevant details.
If you applied for your club licence more than 4 weeks ago and have not yet received it, please email info@ramblers.co.nz with the relevant details.
Club Kit
e have some jerseys and skinsuits available for purchase as well as previously advertised uniform items.
Please email info@ramblers.co.nz stating the item wanted.
1 jersey - $75 (XL)
4 skinsuits - $160 (2x small, 1x large, 1x XL)
2 Leg warmers - $40 (1x small, 1x medium)
2 Vests - $85 (1x medium, 1x large)
5 Shoe Covers - $30
4 Caps - $20
RCC drink bottles - $5
Payment can be made by cheque or internet banking.
Please email info@ramblers.co.nz stating the item wanted.
1 jersey - $75 (XL)
4 skinsuits - $160 (2x small, 1x large, 1x XL)
2 Leg warmers - $40 (1x small, 1x medium)
2 Vests - $85 (1x medium, 1x large)
5 Shoe Covers - $30
4 Caps - $20
RCC drink bottles - $5
Payment can be made by cheque or internet banking.
Upcoming Events
14th - 21st April: Tour of New Zealand, Cape Reinga to Wellington OR Bluff to Wellington
21st April: Country Road Manawatu Cycle Classic
21st April: West Coast North Island Championships, Manawatu
22nd April: WBOP Club Championship Road Race, Taupo
3rd-6th May: RaboDirect Club Road National Championship, Waipawa & Hastings
20th May: Laskey Cycles Manfield 6 hour challenge
6th July: Ramblers Club Criterium, Marine Parade, Napier
6th – 8th July: Ride of Your Life Cycling Festival, Napier
8th July: Cyclocross National Championships, Napier
August: Reiker 2 Day Tour, Timaru
22nd – 23rd September: R & R Sport Tour, Otago
30th September: Novice Tour of Manawatu
5th – 7th October: Yunca Junior Tour, Invercargill
14th October: Tour of the Bay, Hastings
21st April: Country Road Manawatu Cycle Classic
21st April: West Coast North Island Championships, Manawatu
22nd April: WBOP Club Championship Road Race, Taupo
3rd-6th May: RaboDirect Club Road National Championship, Waipawa & Hastings
20th May: Laskey Cycles Manfield 6 hour challenge
6th July: Ramblers Club Criterium, Marine Parade, Napier
6th – 8th July: Ride of Your Life Cycling Festival, Napier
8th July: Cyclocross National Championships, Napier
August: Reiker 2 Day Tour, Timaru
22nd – 23rd September: R & R Sport Tour, Otago
30th September: Novice Tour of Manawatu
5th – 7th October: Yunca Junior Tour, Invercargill
14th October: Tour of the Bay, Hastings
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Cycle polo
This Sunday just gone the first cycle polo (bike polo?) "event" was held at the Soundshell in Napier under glorious blue skies and the gaze of bemused passer byes.
There were about 20 people participating as well as a few dragged in off the pavement. A strange assortment of bikes and a wonderfully strange assortment of people -really cool people and loads of fun. The thought is to repeat this exercise in a months time.
Our thanks to Steve McDonald who provided the expertise, a couple of bikes and a pile of mallets - cheers Mate.
I have been and checked our the skating rink at Windsor Park in Hastings and it looks pretty close to ideal to play on, on an ongoing basis; and the president of the Skating Club has given a verbal OK for this to happen. So this Sunday at 3:00pm we will have round two of HB Cycle Polo in HB. Park at Splash Planet, ride through the yellow and black barrier gates, beside the little stream and into the rink. On the assumption that Steve will be there we should have enough mallets but feel free to build your own. Please also bring a yard broom if you have one as we will need to remove the broken glass before use. Many brooms - small time; few brooms - long time.
What sort of bike: well whatever you like as long as its OK to drop it on the concrete. Come along and have a look at what Steve has built, as a good starting point. Old Steely, single speed (1-1ratio), chopped down handle bars, rear brake only as the other one is holding a mallet.
In a little while we will be hosting a bike polo tournament as part of the Napier "Ride for Your Life" weekend. The idea is to draw people from outside the area to HB to boost tourism. As part of this I anticipate that we will need a team or two to fill up the draw. Idea one is to make Steve a team captain and let him pick a team to practise a little so we don't look like complete chumps.
So ta very much to those who turned up on Sunday, to Steve for the kit, to Vicki and Steve for getting it organised and Anna for doing the initial admin stuff. I had a blast and am looking forward to this Sunday.
Any comments, queries, questions or grumbles please let me know. Feel free to forward this rather long winded note to whoever and I would love for the established bike clubs (Ramblers, HBMTB, BMX, Cyclocross etc) and bike shops to put a note on their blogs and news letters.
cheers
Ricko
(AKA Richard Mills)
There were about 20 people participating as well as a few dragged in off the pavement. A strange assortment of bikes and a wonderfully strange assortment of people -really cool people and loads of fun. The thought is to repeat this exercise in a months time.
Our thanks to Steve McDonald who provided the expertise, a couple of bikes and a pile of mallets - cheers Mate.
I have been and checked our the skating rink at Windsor Park in Hastings and it looks pretty close to ideal to play on, on an ongoing basis; and the president of the Skating Club has given a verbal OK for this to happen. So this Sunday at 3:00pm we will have round two of HB Cycle Polo in HB. Park at Splash Planet, ride through the yellow and black barrier gates, beside the little stream and into the rink. On the assumption that Steve will be there we should have enough mallets but feel free to build your own. Please also bring a yard broom if you have one as we will need to remove the broken glass before use. Many brooms - small time; few brooms - long time.
What sort of bike: well whatever you like as long as its OK to drop it on the concrete. Come along and have a look at what Steve has built, as a good starting point. Old Steely, single speed (1-1ratio), chopped down handle bars, rear brake only as the other one is holding a mallet.
In a little while we will be hosting a bike polo tournament as part of the Napier "Ride for Your Life" weekend. The idea is to draw people from outside the area to HB to boost tourism. As part of this I anticipate that we will need a team or two to fill up the draw. Idea one is to make Steve a team captain and let him pick a team to practise a little so we don't look like complete chumps.
So ta very much to those who turned up on Sunday, to Steve for the kit, to Vicki and Steve for getting it organised and Anna for doing the initial admin stuff. I had a blast and am looking forward to this Sunday.
Any comments, queries, questions or grumbles please let me know. Feel free to forward this rather long winded note to whoever and I would love for the established bike clubs (Ramblers, HBMTB, BMX, Cyclocross etc) and bike shops to put a note on their blogs and news letters.
cheers
Ricko
(AKA Richard Mills)
Monday, April 16, 2012
Fraser and Ben Mentioned in La Cote Picardie Race Report
Click Here for BikeNz U23 La Cote Picardie Race Report
Week 6: Daryl got a mud guard.
Hi there Bros. First of all big Congrats to all the Ramblers and CHB riders who competed at the TE A and Rotorua tours over the weekends, we look up all the results. Very proud! Go Team Coach!
Here we are, watching Amstel Gold race, not. One TV is conveniently black and green and the other is a pretty blue. Rats! Where are those techno savvy males when you need them?
We have had an enjoyable week, although not as eventful as those past. Tuesday saw us training with the boys once again, although this time Daryl was absent. We missed him cough not cough. The pace was down considerably which was nice given the effort of the race the day before. Hannah and I were on the front, and planning to peel off in about 200m (it works much the same as Sunday Bunch and everyone takes a couple of Ks on the front).. WHEN! Someone decided to wind the sprint up 2ks out.. BOOM. TT effort time. So not cool! Bullies. We made it back to them eventually though and snuck in the back of the bunch to pretend we were never missing.
We braved the one-two-three.one-two-three.one-two-tree rapid speed of the windmills to do some interval training on Wednesay. We strategically went via the town and did our supermarket shop at the same time so that we would only have to face outside once all day. haha. The exception being our continued attempts in the garden to save Mr Mole. That evening we found ourselves at a group Core training session. Watch out all those doing core on a Monday, we know some killer exercises now! We are still undecided whether we should share them or keep them for ourselves and smash you all when we get back.
Thursday was our chance to get back at the kiddies for their early sprint wind up on Tuesday. We had some Team Time Trial training with the club. It certainly was spew bucket worthy. In the morning we had been to the market and discovered (thanks to the talkative personality of the local street magician) that there are fines here for all sorts of things, like 350euros for unnecessarily tooting your horn or you just 100 euro for shoplifting. Hmmmm. So this knowledge gave us something to make plans with and joke about; at least distracting us from a little bit of the pain... Because Daryl was back. We discovered that perhaps the reason for his absence was a new mud guard on his bike. We believe he was unable to attend training because this was being installed.
We should have had a nap Friday afternoon because we went to a film with some generous Dutch boys (still playing the being from NZ novelty card). When they invited us out, little did we know that the screening wasn’t until 9.45. Luckily there was an intermission during which we had 15mins to leave our thrones and consume alcohol, coffee or cola, which ever tickled your fancy. Note to all: never never let Ashleigh have coke at that time of night, it was neit goed. Nee.
Needless to say we slept in on Saturday. Woke up. Ate. Took several hours to take apart chains, brakes, wheels etc, clean them meticulously. Put it all back together again. (Proud of us Andy and Dan?) We then went to the race, with enough time to pin up numbers on the neutral lap.. cutting it fine much! It was a local crit where the Dames are run with the men, so it is very fast and they are relentless. The race was really good. We finally both positioned in the bunch well and finished as happy campers. We also gave our details to a manager of a Women’s Team at his request. We will update you if and when this story develops. Check out the photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/wielerploegolbersenijlstra/sets/72157629816267143/show/
Today we have been for a Sunday Bunch ride, except an hour later and with just 4 of us. The windmills are back at one-two-three. one-two-three. one-two-three again so it was 2 hours out with “wind in the face” and 1 hour home with “wind in the back”. We managed to catch the end of the Amstel Gold Race after staring and a Black and Blue screen for an hour and a half after pushing many many buttons and managing to get both TVs doing strange things. Then the boys came home. Yay! Poeple who know technology! They were not impressed with what we had done. Hehe. We tried to tell them we hadn’t touched it, I don’t think they were buying it though.
We have a National Time Trial next week! Looking forward to that..
That’s us
Here we are, watching Amstel Gold race, not. One TV is conveniently black and green and the other is a pretty blue. Rats! Where are those techno savvy males when you need them?
We have had an enjoyable week, although not as eventful as those past. Tuesday saw us training with the boys once again, although this time Daryl was absent. We missed him cough not cough. The pace was down considerably which was nice given the effort of the race the day before. Hannah and I were on the front, and planning to peel off in about 200m (it works much the same as Sunday Bunch and everyone takes a couple of Ks on the front).. WHEN! Someone decided to wind the sprint up 2ks out.. BOOM. TT effort time. So not cool! Bullies. We made it back to them eventually though and snuck in the back of the bunch to pretend we were never missing.
We braved the one-two-three.one-two-three.one-two-tree rapid speed of the windmills to do some interval training on Wednesay. We strategically went via the town and did our supermarket shop at the same time so that we would only have to face outside once all day. haha. The exception being our continued attempts in the garden to save Mr Mole. That evening we found ourselves at a group Core training session. Watch out all those doing core on a Monday, we know some killer exercises now! We are still undecided whether we should share them or keep them for ourselves and smash you all when we get back.
Thursday was our chance to get back at the kiddies for their early sprint wind up on Tuesday. We had some Team Time Trial training with the club. It certainly was spew bucket worthy. In the morning we had been to the market and discovered (thanks to the talkative personality of the local street magician) that there are fines here for all sorts of things, like 350euros for unnecessarily tooting your horn or you just 100 euro for shoplifting. Hmmmm. So this knowledge gave us something to make plans with and joke about; at least distracting us from a little bit of the pain... Because Daryl was back. We discovered that perhaps the reason for his absence was a new mud guard on his bike. We believe he was unable to attend training because this was being installed.
We should have had a nap Friday afternoon because we went to a film with some generous Dutch boys (still playing the being from NZ novelty card). When they invited us out, little did we know that the screening wasn’t until 9.45. Luckily there was an intermission during which we had 15mins to leave our thrones and consume alcohol, coffee or cola, which ever tickled your fancy. Note to all: never never let Ashleigh have coke at that time of night, it was neit goed. Nee.
Needless to say we slept in on Saturday. Woke up. Ate. Took several hours to take apart chains, brakes, wheels etc, clean them meticulously. Put it all back together again. (Proud of us Andy and Dan?) We then went to the race, with enough time to pin up numbers on the neutral lap.. cutting it fine much! It was a local crit where the Dames are run with the men, so it is very fast and they are relentless. The race was really good. We finally both positioned in the bunch well and finished as happy campers. We also gave our details to a manager of a Women’s Team at his request. We will update you if and when this story develops. Check out the photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/wielerploegolbersenijlstra/sets/72157629816267143/show/
Today we have been for a Sunday Bunch ride, except an hour later and with just 4 of us. The windmills are back at one-two-three. one-two-three. one-two-three again so it was 2 hours out with “wind in the face” and 1 hour home with “wind in the back”. We managed to catch the end of the Amstel Gold Race after staring and a Black and Blue screen for an hour and a half after pushing many many buttons and managing to get both TVs doing strange things. Then the boys came home. Yay! Poeple who know technology! They were not impressed with what we had done. Hehe. We tried to tell them we hadn’t touched it, I don’t think they were buying it though.
We have a National Time Trial next week! Looking forward to that..
That’s us
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Hastings Sunday Ride 15th April
leaving outside Rebel Sport Heretaunga Street 8:00am
Long Ride: Omahu road, Swamp Road,Apley, Seafield return via Port (coffee at Hep Sep Mooch) 90km ?
Short Ride: Omahu road, Swamp Road,Apley return via Puketapu, Meeanee 60km
Long Ride: Omahu road, Swamp Road,Apley, Seafield return via Port (coffee at Hep Sep Mooch) 90km ?
Short Ride: Omahu road, Swamp Road,Apley return via Puketapu, Meeanee 60km
Friday, April 13, 2012
BikeNZ U23 Mens Endurance Program
BikeNZ U23 Mens Endurance Program
UCI Nations Cup – Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften (BEL)
7th April 2012
Click Here For Entertaining Report
UCI Nations Cup – Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften (BEL)
7th April 2012
Click Here For Entertaining Report
BikeNZ-Pure Black riders including Fraser Gough battle world’s best and weather in Europe
The BikeNZ-Pure Black Racing Under-23 cycling team will be looking for more favourite conditions when they take on their third Nations Cup race in eight days this weekend.
The six-race European leg is part of the UCI Nations Cup, which is an international series for the world’s best under-23 riders and is regarded as the ideal springboard for young riders to gain experience against top class competition and come under the eye of the professional team scouts.
Twenty-six nations have entered the Nations Cup this year, bringing in their best under-23 rides from professional and amateur teams alike to contest the series.
The BikeNZ-Pure Black Racing team head north from their base in Belgium to contest the 190km ZLM Tour in The Netherlands on Sunday (NZ time).
The in-form Cameron Karwowski (Southlandl), Fraser Gough (Hawkes Bay) and Tour of Southland champion Josh Atkins (Canterbury) were the leading kiwi riders finishing in the peloton in yesterday’s second race, the La Cote Picarde. The 160-strong field battled a tough course in the Somme region of France, with much climbing amid harsh conditions with driving rain and strong winds that resulted in numerous crashes.
The kiwi trio rode strongly and out of major trouble in the large peloton with a group of five riders going clear with 80kms remaining. Two riders survived the break with Norway’s Vegard Breen claiming the title from Leopard Trek professional Bob Jungels (LUX), the 2010 world junior time trial champion.
Karwowski, Fraser and Atkins rode strongly to finish mid-pack in the peloton in the brutal conditions.
They head to the Dutch coast for Sunday’s race, which is a 190km loop starting and finishing in Goes, which is between Rotterdam and Antwerp. It is a flat and fast course with riders expecting better weather conditions.
BikeNZ coach Daniel Healey has brought in Invercargill’s Pieter Bulling and Hamilton’s Scott Creighton for their first start in the Nations Cup. Both have strong backgrounds on the track with Creighton winning a medal at last year’s junior world champions and Bulling picking up two fourth placings the previous year.
“Scott and Piet have been building a solid base and since both are still teenagers it was important that they race at this level in an event that is suited to their track background,” said Healey.
“ZLM is flat and fast and both Piet and Scott will be reliable teammates as well as earn invaluable international experience.”
US-based Team Bissell professional Patrick Bevin (Taupo) will lead the way with Karwowski, Dion Smith and Taylor Gunman along with the two newcomers.
“We have a few guys carrying injuries from crashes who needed a break and it’s a very tough week for these guys with three big races of the highest calibre in a week.
“They are responding well and Sunday’s course will favour the likes of Patrick and Cameron if we can position them well in what looks like another incredibly strong field filled with world champion medallists and riders already well experienced in professional teams.”
There will be no rest for the BikeNZ-Pure Black Racing team who will travel immediate from the Netherlands race for the next Nations Cup event, which is a five-day tour in Italy.
The BikeNZ-Pure Black Racing Under-23 squad is an initiative with Avanti to create an international road racing development programme with the aim of the group forming a nucleus working towards the 2016 Rio Olympics on both the track and road.
Results, Under 23 UCI Nations Cup, La Cote Picarde 176km: Vegard Breen (NOR) 4:11.03, 1; Bob Jungels (LUX) at 2 secs, 2; Jonas Ahlstrand (SWE) at 12 secs, 3. Also: Cameron Karwowski (NZL) at 12 secs, 67; Fraser Gough (NZL) same time, 68; Josh Atkins (NZL) same time, 77.
For further information contact:
IAN HEPENSTALL
Media Liaison, BikeNZ High Performance
The six-race European leg is part of the UCI Nations Cup, which is an international series for the world’s best under-23 riders and is regarded as the ideal springboard for young riders to gain experience against top class competition and come under the eye of the professional team scouts.
Twenty-six nations have entered the Nations Cup this year, bringing in their best under-23 rides from professional and amateur teams alike to contest the series.
The BikeNZ-Pure Black Racing team head north from their base in Belgium to contest the 190km ZLM Tour in The Netherlands on Sunday (NZ time).
The in-form Cameron Karwowski (Southlandl), Fraser Gough (Hawkes Bay) and Tour of Southland champion Josh Atkins (Canterbury) were the leading kiwi riders finishing in the peloton in yesterday’s second race, the La Cote Picarde. The 160-strong field battled a tough course in the Somme region of France, with much climbing amid harsh conditions with driving rain and strong winds that resulted in numerous crashes.
The kiwi trio rode strongly and out of major trouble in the large peloton with a group of five riders going clear with 80kms remaining. Two riders survived the break with Norway’s Vegard Breen claiming the title from Leopard Trek professional Bob Jungels (LUX), the 2010 world junior time trial champion.
Karwowski, Fraser and Atkins rode strongly to finish mid-pack in the peloton in the brutal conditions.
They head to the Dutch coast for Sunday’s race, which is a 190km loop starting and finishing in Goes, which is between Rotterdam and Antwerp. It is a flat and fast course with riders expecting better weather conditions.
BikeNZ coach Daniel Healey has brought in Invercargill’s Pieter Bulling and Hamilton’s Scott Creighton for their first start in the Nations Cup. Both have strong backgrounds on the track with Creighton winning a medal at last year’s junior world champions and Bulling picking up two fourth placings the previous year.
“Scott and Piet have been building a solid base and since both are still teenagers it was important that they race at this level in an event that is suited to their track background,” said Healey.
“ZLM is flat and fast and both Piet and Scott will be reliable teammates as well as earn invaluable international experience.”
US-based Team Bissell professional Patrick Bevin (Taupo) will lead the way with Karwowski, Dion Smith and Taylor Gunman along with the two newcomers.
“We have a few guys carrying injuries from crashes who needed a break and it’s a very tough week for these guys with three big races of the highest calibre in a week.
“They are responding well and Sunday’s course will favour the likes of Patrick and Cameron if we can position them well in what looks like another incredibly strong field filled with world champion medallists and riders already well experienced in professional teams.”
There will be no rest for the BikeNZ-Pure Black Racing team who will travel immediate from the Netherlands race for the next Nations Cup event, which is a five-day tour in Italy.
The BikeNZ-Pure Black Racing Under-23 squad is an initiative with Avanti to create an international road racing development programme with the aim of the group forming a nucleus working towards the 2016 Rio Olympics on both the track and road.
Results, Under 23 UCI Nations Cup, La Cote Picarde 176km: Vegard Breen (NOR) 4:11.03, 1; Bob Jungels (LUX) at 2 secs, 2; Jonas Ahlstrand (SWE) at 12 secs, 3. Also: Cameron Karwowski (NZL) at 12 secs, 67; Fraser Gough (NZL) same time, 68; Josh Atkins (NZL) same time, 77.
For further information contact:
IAN HEPENSTALL
Media Liaison, BikeNZ High Performance
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Saturday Racing: 14th April 2012 (Early Start Times)
PLEASE NOTE EARLIER START TIME THIS WEEK – 1pm
Circuit: Crownthorpe
Distances: A-B 86km; C-D 58km; 30km
Venue: Pukehamoamoa School
Race start time: 1pm
Race Starter: Ken MacKenzie
Emergency Phone: 027 426 6895
We start earlier this week as these are longer distances to assist riders preparing for the Club Road Race Nationals.
Circuit: Crownthorpe
Distances: A-B 86km; C-D 58km; 30km
Venue: Pukehamoamoa School
Race start time: 1pm
Race Starter: Ken MacKenzie
Emergency Phone: 027 426 6895
We start earlier this week as these are longer distances to assist riders preparing for the Club Road Race Nationals.
Riding Nationals? ENTER NOW
Entries for the 2012 RaboDirect Club National Championships close on the 20th of April (8 days away) and because of the tight schedule, BikeNZ will not accept any entries after this date.
Need to Upgrade Your Licence for Nationals?
Anyone who wants to upgrade their licence to a National one should do so via the BikeNZ website. With such a short time-frame, this will be the quickest way to ensure this change is made.
If anyone wants their BIkeNZ username and login, email info@ramblers.co.nz with your name and birthdate and it will be sent to you so you can access BikeNZ and upgrade your licence.
If anyone wants their BIkeNZ username and login, email info@ramblers.co.nz with your name and birthdate and it will be sent to you so you can access BikeNZ and upgrade your licence.
A Reminder for Nationals Time Trial Riders
For the ITT you will need to comply with current UCI regulations regarding ITT bikes.
To assist with this, bikes will measured and scrutinised on the 21st April at the Coronation Park Time Trial.
This will not effect riding on the day, but will enable riders participating in the Nationals event to modify their bikes or purcahse equipment if necessary.
To see the current TT regulations in a diagram format, copy and paste this link.
http://www.facebook.com/ramblerscycling/posts/290316754369914?ref=notif¬if_t=share_wall_create
To assist with this, bikes will measured and scrutinised on the 21st April at the Coronation Park Time Trial.
This will not effect riding on the day, but will enable riders participating in the Nationals event to modify their bikes or purcahse equipment if necessary.
To see the current TT regulations in a diagram format, copy and paste this link.
http://www.facebook.com/ramblerscycling/posts/290316754369914?ref=notif¬if_t=share_wall_create
BikeNZ Coaching Forums
This year BikeNZ is starting regional coaching forums. These will be two-hour workshops to help local club and coaching development.
These are open to all coaches, of any level, of any cycling code, whether or not BikeNZ accredited. Those not currently coaching, but interested in getting involved in this side of the sport are also very welcome at these forums.
Forums will include a coaching professional development module, a guest speaker, a chance for you to give us feedback and much more!
The next BikeNZ coaching forum is on Wed May 23rd at SportHB, Pettigrew Green Arena, Taradale, Napier. Please register at the BikeNZ website.
These are open to all coaches, of any level, of any cycling code, whether or not BikeNZ accredited. Those not currently coaching, but interested in getting involved in this side of the sport are also very welcome at these forums.
Forums will include a coaching professional development module, a guest speaker, a chance for you to give us feedback and much more!
The next BikeNZ coaching forum is on Wed May 23rd at SportHB, Pettigrew Green Arena, Taradale, Napier. Please register at the BikeNZ website.
Frockers and Stoker Vintage Time
A ride has been planned to take in the new pathway extension out back of Park Island and heading out to Crab Farm Winery for lunch, then back along the water-front to your desired finishing point.
When: Sunday April the 15th
Time: 10.00 meet at Park Island 10.15am ride time!
Lunch: approximate arrival 12.00pm Crab Farm
An added extra for those that want to part take in and have a go at bike polo: meet at the Napier sound shell at 2.30 pm
More details at: http://frocksonbikes.wordpress.com/hawkes-bay/vintage-ride-april-15th-2012/
When: Sunday April the 15th
Time: 10.00 meet at Park Island 10.15am ride time!
Lunch: approximate arrival 12.00pm Crab Farm
An added extra for those that want to part take in and have a go at bike polo: meet at the Napier sound shell at 2.30 pm
More details at: http://frocksonbikes.wordpress.com/hawkes-bay/vintage-ride-april-15th-2012/
Ride of Your Life Cycling Festival
Napier City Council is supporting a cycling festival of many codes over the weekend of July 6th to 8th. This will be a weekend of cycling treats for Hawkes Bay. Watch out for more details to come.
Upcoming Events
14th - 15th April: CRI Junior and Women’s Tour
14th - 21st April: Tour of New Zealand, Cape Reinga to Wellington OR Bluff to Wellington
14th – 15th April: CRI Junior Tour, Rotorua
21st April: Country Road Manawatu Cycle Classic
21st April: West Coast North Island Championships, Manawatu
22nd April: WBOP Club Championship Road Race, Taupo
3rd-6th May: RaboDirect Club Road National Championship, Hastings
20th May: Laskey Cycles Manfield 6 hour challenge
6th – 8th July: Ride of Your Life Cycling Festival, Napier
7th – 8th July: Cyclocross National Championships, Napier
August: Reiker 2 Day Tour, Timaru
22nd – 23rd September: R & R Sport Tour, Otago
30th September: Novice Tour of Manawatu
5th – 7th October: Yunca Junior Tour, Invercargill
14th October: Tour of the Bay, Hastings
14th - 21st April: Tour of New Zealand, Cape Reinga to Wellington OR Bluff to Wellington
14th – 15th April: CRI Junior Tour, Rotorua
21st April: Country Road Manawatu Cycle Classic
21st April: West Coast North Island Championships, Manawatu
22nd April: WBOP Club Championship Road Race, Taupo
3rd-6th May: RaboDirect Club Road National Championship, Hastings
20th May: Laskey Cycles Manfield 6 hour challenge
6th – 8th July: Ride of Your Life Cycling Festival, Napier
7th – 8th July: Cyclocross National Championships, Napier
August: Reiker 2 Day Tour, Timaru
22nd – 23rd September: R & R Sport Tour, Otago
30th September: Novice Tour of Manawatu
5th – 7th October: Yunca Junior Tour, Invercargill
14th October: Tour of the Bay, Hastings
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Only 9 days left to ENTER!
Time is running out to enter the 2012 Club Road National Championships!
Make sure you enter now so you don't miss out on your chance to become a National Champion!
This year's race will be held in the sunny Hawke’s Bay, renowned for its wonderful weather, food and wine, stunning natural scenery and architecture. Pack your bike and your mates and join us for an awesome weekend of racing!
Have you entered? Entries close on midnight 20th April!
Please note there will be no late entries accepted
Unlike previous years, you need to enter yourself via the online system, not through your club.
To enter, login with the same username and password that you use to apply for licences.
Please note that you need to have (at least) a 2012 National Licence before you enter the event.
If you don't have a current National Licence you can get one here https://memberdesq.imgstg.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main&OrgID=6346
Couse Maps and Info http://www.ramblers.co.nz/nats2012.asp
Make sure you enter now so you don't miss out on your chance to become a National Champion!
This year's race will be held in the sunny Hawke’s Bay, renowned for its wonderful weather, food and wine, stunning natural scenery and architecture. Pack your bike and your mates and join us for an awesome weekend of racing!
Have you entered? Entries close on midnight 20th April!
Please note there will be no late entries accepted
Unlike previous years, you need to enter yourself via the online system, not through your club.
To enter, login with the same username and password that you use to apply for licences.
Please note that you need to have (at least) a 2012 National Licence before you enter the event.
If you don't have a current National Licence you can get one here https://memberdesq.imgstg.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main&OrgID=6346
Couse Maps and Info http://www.ramblers.co.nz/nats2012.asp
Psychopaths, Vampires, a crash and the Easter Bunny
So! Yet another week has gone by, Hannah is back! So all her fan(s) will be somewhat pleased by this progression. Right, where to begin..
On the weekend we discovered that Ashleigh has all the traits of a psychopath. So perhaps Hannah may not be here for long.. We watched a delightful (Dutch with English Subtitles) documentary on the subject of psychopaths and they told us they are
• high achieving
• Intimidating
• Charismatic
• Manipulative
• Attentive
• They are likely to trick people into thinking they are understanding and friendly, but really they feel no empathetic emotion.
This developed into an initiation into the Vampire world with ceremonious cake consumption on Wednesday. If we explain this story it loses it humour so we will leave you all in the dark.
We got our first job, clearing a garden of brambles, weeds and the odd tree. We learnt long sleeves are a good idea, and it pays not to touch the nettles. Quick! To the Weleda Cabinet! During our adventures in the garden we may or may not have spent an hour hunting “Mr Mole”. Yes, that’s right! A legit mole! An actual little blindey mole! Who lives in the ground and does mole things! He is due to be exterminated, so we are trying to catch him and release him in the dunes so he doesn’t get murdered. He is probably rabid though, and in appreciation of our efforts to save his life is likely to share this with Hannah’s face! Quick! To the Weleda cabinet!!
We found ourselves commuter biking once again.. on a cycle path.. by ourselves.. lycra and cleat free..Hannah may have heard the sound of a rapid dismount and carbon hitting tarmac as Ashleigh attempted to use electronic devices at the same time as riding...Quick!! To the Weleda cabinet! Nimrod of the week.
We attempted to extend Hemi’s family, with Hemi the Second. Hemi the Second was a HUGE success. Woohoo! And those who have eaten him will also soon be Huge. Quick! To the Weleda cabinet! Hemi the Second was a chocolate tart, made with cream and chocolate on a base of sugar and cream and topped with chocolate eater eggs.. mmmm... time for a base ride.
WE HAD A CLASH OF SOCIAL EVENTS ON SATURDAY! Social events! Yeaaa, thats right, we are being social. We had invitations to the 21st celebrations of a girl in the team, AND an invite to go to the Cinema with some Dutch boys. The cinema? The what? Whats a cinema? Movie? A film? What is this they speak of?? Oh! Like a really long slide show? Yes! Of course we have Movie Theatres in New Zealand. Cough Lord if the Rings Cough.
We closed the weekend with Ali Shanks in a rainbow Jersey! Training on the cobbles to get into the Hell of the North Spirit, and then Koffie, Apple Tarte, and Paris-Roubaix! Brilliant. Doesn’t get much better than that.
We also had our legs ripped off by the Regans again, except this time in a motorpaced interval session. Oh happy days. We are going back tonight. Better load up on the caffeine..
On the weekend we discovered that Ashleigh has all the traits of a psychopath. So perhaps Hannah may not be here for long.. We watched a delightful (Dutch with English Subtitles) documentary on the subject of psychopaths and they told us they are
• high achieving
• Intimidating
• Charismatic
• Manipulative
• Attentive
• They are likely to trick people into thinking they are understanding and friendly, but really they feel no empathetic emotion.
This developed into an initiation into the Vampire world with ceremonious cake consumption on Wednesday. If we explain this story it loses it humour so we will leave you all in the dark.
We got our first job, clearing a garden of brambles, weeds and the odd tree. We learnt long sleeves are a good idea, and it pays not to touch the nettles. Quick! To the Weleda Cabinet! During our adventures in the garden we may or may not have spent an hour hunting “Mr Mole”. Yes, that’s right! A legit mole! An actual little blindey mole! Who lives in the ground and does mole things! He is due to be exterminated, so we are trying to catch him and release him in the dunes so he doesn’t get murdered. He is probably rabid though, and in appreciation of our efforts to save his life is likely to share this with Hannah’s face! Quick! To the Weleda cabinet!!
We found ourselves commuter biking once again.. on a cycle path.. by ourselves.. lycra and cleat free..Hannah may have heard the sound of a rapid dismount and carbon hitting tarmac as Ashleigh attempted to use electronic devices at the same time as riding...Quick!! To the Weleda cabinet! Nimrod of the week.
We attempted to extend Hemi’s family, with Hemi the Second. Hemi the Second was a HUGE success. Woohoo! And those who have eaten him will also soon be Huge. Quick! To the Weleda cabinet! Hemi the Second was a chocolate tart, made with cream and chocolate on a base of sugar and cream and topped with chocolate eater eggs.. mmmm... time for a base ride.
We closed the weekend with Ali Shanks in a rainbow Jersey! Training on the cobbles to get into the Hell of the North Spirit, and then Koffie, Apple Tarte, and Paris-Roubaix! Brilliant. Doesn’t get much better than that.
Oh yeah, we have been training too. We found a gorgeous old building from 1613! (That’s before Able Tasman came to NZ, a house that old!) woah.
Ash rode a crit yesterday, made 33 of the 40 laps. I think I was in the wrong place, it was more like a Super bike Grand prix than a women’s crit. What sane person corners like those girls do in the rain! 100 starters, 7 corners, 1.5km circuit. Enough said. I was happy to roll with the second group though. Things are improving. I am slowly getting brave and defending my position.
Hannah has a new bike
Much love, Hunnuh and Ushleigh. (That’s how we are known here)
Monday, April 9, 2012
Regan Gough 1st u17 Boys Te Awamutu Junior Tour Ramblers GC After Day 2
The Te Awamutu Junior tour is one of the premier tours for junior riders, with the BikeNz selectors present and spots for grabs in overseas tours this tour is hard fought and well subscribed. Ramblers once again come home with medals Regan Gough 1st Under u17 and Sam Thorpe-Loversuch 3rd u15 boys.
Damien Lysaght 5th @56 seconds and Phobe Treseder fourth @ 1:11 both continue their good form from the CHB tour and are showing constancy that should also come under the selectors radar.
Amanda Jamieson and Tobias Robertshawe had notable weekends finishing within 5 minutes of their race winners.
Lookout for further results from the last big tour of the season at Rotorua next weekend
U19 Boys
Logan 25th @ 12:56
James Lochhead (1st year) 55th @1:35:31
U19 Girls and Open Woman
Lisa Atkins 17th @ 42:33
Holly Atkins 20th @ 59:51
U17 Boys
Regan Gough wins by 15 seconds
Damien Lysaght 5th @ 56:00
Tobias Robertshawe 15@ 2:49
William Green 21st @ 3:20
Corbin Mason-Smith 26th @ 6:45
Luke Mudgeway 32th @ 9:59
Ben Peterson 41st @ 25:10
Ben Ross 43rd @ 23:58
U17 Girls
Phoebe Treseder 4th @ 1:11
Amanda Jamieson 8th @ 4:42
U15
Sam Thorpe-Loversuch 3rd @ 4:05 seconds
Noah Mason-Smith 24th @ 30:51
Apologies if I have missed anyone - waiting on some commentary from those at TA.
Full results Here at bottom of page
Damien Lysaght 5th @56 seconds and Phobe Treseder fourth @ 1:11 both continue their good form from the CHB tour and are showing constancy that should also come under the selectors radar.
Amanda Jamieson and Tobias Robertshawe had notable weekends finishing within 5 minutes of their race winners.
Lookout for further results from the last big tour of the season at Rotorua next weekend
U19 Boys
Logan 25th @ 12:56
James Lochhead (1st year) 55th @1:35:31
U19 Girls and Open Woman
Lisa Atkins 17th @ 42:33
Holly Atkins 20th @ 59:51
U17 Boys
Regan Gough wins by 15 seconds
Damien Lysaght 5th @ 56:00
Tobias Robertshawe 15@ 2:49
William Green 21st @ 3:20
Corbin Mason-Smith 26th @ 6:45
Luke Mudgeway 32th @ 9:59
Ben Peterson 41st @ 25:10
Ben Ross 43rd @ 23:58
U17 Girls
Phoebe Treseder 4th @ 1:11
Amanda Jamieson 8th @ 4:42
U15
Sam Thorpe-Loversuch 3rd @ 4:05 seconds
Noah Mason-Smith 24th @ 30:51
Apologies if I have missed anyone - waiting on some commentary from those at TA.
Full results Here at bottom of page
Alison Shanks - Gold Day 5
UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Day 5 Wrap
Alison Shanks celebrated her second rainbow jersey with an emphatic victory in the individual pursuit to seal New Zealand’s most successful ever world track cycling championships.
CAPTION: Alison Shanks after winning the individual pursuit at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne.
Image by: CJ Farquarson/BikeNZ
Shanks dominated her final of the 3000m individual pursuit over old adversary Wendy Houvenaghel (GBR) to repeat the world championship title won in the same event in 2009.
It brought the New Zealand tally to five medals, one more than the four medals won in 2010 and 2011. That total appeared to be six medals when Matawatu sprinter Simon van Velthooven finished third in the final of the keirin, an Olympic event. However he was later relegated to sixth place after the officials ruled he had squeezed Great Britain’s Jason Kenny and affected the outcome of the race.
BikeNZ sprint coach Justin Grace said he was disappointed with the decision which was not one he would have expected in a keirin race but that officials had ruled strictly to the letter of the law at the championships.
“Simon knows he finished third in reality and while he didn’t get the fun of standing on the podium he knows there are bigger fish to fry later in the year and he has the knowledge that he can foot it with the best in this sport,” Grace said.
New Zealand’s medals comprised a gold medal to Shanks and bronze medals to the men’s team pursuit, men’s team sprint, van Velthooven in the 1000m time trial and Westley Gough in the individual pursuit. Added to this were three fourth placings in the women’s team pursuit, Aaron Gate in the points race and Alex Frame in the scratch race.
Shanks, who set a new personal best of 3:27.268 to best the qualifying, was in front from the second lap. She stretched the gap to 1.5 seconds at the 2000m mark and was in complete control from that point, winning in 3:30.199 on the slower track, with the Northern Irish rider more than two seconds behind.
“When they came out with so many fast times in qualifying I thought man I have to make a PB just to make the final. I was absolutely stoked with my rides today,” Shanks said.
“I’ve been world champ before but it is so hard to get. Once you have had that feeling once, you want it again even more.
“My rides in the TP (team pursuit) showed I had good form. All the data pointed to that but it was a matter of putting it out there. I haven’t been focussing on the individual pursuit so it was a little bit of an unknown but my legs felt great today.
“It was totally like a home crowd. There were so many kiwis that came over and gave me so much support. May be that were just giving us a bit of pay back from Aaron Gate did last night for Cam Myer.”
BikeNZ is satisfied with the performances at the world championships with the majority of riders performing to targeted goals with some outstanding individual performances.
“Seventy-five per cent of all rides were personal bests for the team and it is our best medal haul at a world championship. High Performance sport is all about constantly lifting the game and our riders are showing that across the board,” said BikeNZ High Performance Director, Mark Elliott.
“Our male endurance riders produced the third fastest team pursuit time ever without the key rider in Jesse Sergent who is to come back into the team.
“The male sprint team continue their progression. We had Eddie Dawkins doing 9.9 which is among the fastest in the sport and Simon van Velthooven winning two medals. This group were initially podium targeted for the 2016 Olympics but are clearly now in the world class arena.
“The female endurance group rode their second fastest time ever here and are in the top four in the world. At the same time the women’s team pursuit is a new sport and the two superpowers in Great Britain and Australia have now lifted the bar to a new level and our challenge is to step up to that level by London.
“The women’s sprint team knew that timing was tight for them based on the limited events available for London and there was no room for error. Unfortunately one mistake cost them potential Olympic qualification but their international progress has been outstanding.
“We came here to win medals in the Olympic disciplines in an Olympic year which we have achieved. Going into the 2008 Olympic year we were not on the podium in any Olympic event at the world championships but this year we are in the top five in four Olympic events.
“We’ve also given our Olympic selectors some challenges before they make their recommendations for nomination to the New Zealand Olympic committee selectors. That’s a good sign of our progress.”
Van Velthooven battled his way through the repechage in the keirin before claiming third place in the semifinal. He had an excellent run behind friend Maximillian Levy (GER) in the final until Kenny came under him. The kiwi held his line and forced his way clear. Hoy pushed through from the inside in the final straight as he held on for third before he was later relegated.
Results:
Women’s 3000m individual pursuit qualifying: Alison Shanks (NZL) 3:37.268, 1; Wendy Houvenaghel (GBR) 3:27.842, 2; Amy Cure (AUS) 3:28.474, 3; Ashlee Ankudinoff (AUS) 3:28.869, 4. Also: Jaime Nielsen (NZL) 3:35.286, 10; Lauren Ellis (NZL) 3:37.925, 12.
Gold medal ride: Shanks 3:30.199, 1; Houvenaghel 3:32.340, 2. Bronze medal ride: Ankudinoff 3:33.593, 3; Cure 3:33.642, 4.
Men’s keirin round 1, winner to progress: Heat 3: Hodei Masquiaran Uria (ESP) 1, Simon van Velthooven (NZL) 2, Teun Mulder (NED) 3. Heat 5: Kazunari Watanabe (JPN) 1, Jason Kenny (GBR) 2, Christos Volikakis (GRE) 3. Also: Eddie Dawkins (NZL) 5. Heat 6: Scott Sunderland (AUS) 1, Francois Pervis (FRA) 2, Matt Archibald (NZL) 3.
Repechage (winner to semifinal), heat 1: Mickael Bourgain (FRA) 1, Puerta Hernanda (COL) 2, Josia Ng (MAS) 3, Archibald 4. Heat 3: Van Velthooven 1, Jonathan Cermeno (COL) 2, Kamil Kuczynski (POL) 3. Heat 6: Maximilian Levy (GER) 1, Dawkins 2, Pervis 3.
Semifinal 1: Levy 1, Wantanabe 2, Van Velthooven 3. Semifinal 2: Chris Hoy (GBR) 1, Bourgain 2, Kenny (GBR) 3.
Final: Hoy 1, Levy 2, Kenny 3. Also: Van Velthooven 6 (relegated from third).
Women’s 500m time trial: Anna Meares (AUS) 33.010, 1 (world record); Miriam Welte (GER) 33.626, 2; Jessica Varnish (AUS) 33.999, 3. Also: Katie Schofield (NZL) 34.927, 14; Natasha Hansen (NZL) 35.090, 16.
Men’s 50km Madison: Belgium 1, Great Britain 2, Australia 3. Also: New fZealand (Shane Archbold, Marc Ryan) 11.
For further information contact:
IAN HEPENSTALL
Media Liaison, BikeNZ High Performance
Sports Media NZ Ltd
Alison Shanks celebrated her second rainbow jersey with an emphatic victory in the individual pursuit to seal New Zealand’s most successful ever world track cycling championships.
CAPTION: Alison Shanks after winning the individual pursuit at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne.
Image by: CJ Farquarson/BikeNZ
Shanks dominated her final of the 3000m individual pursuit over old adversary Wendy Houvenaghel (GBR) to repeat the world championship title won in the same event in 2009.
It brought the New Zealand tally to five medals, one more than the four medals won in 2010 and 2011. That total appeared to be six medals when Matawatu sprinter Simon van Velthooven finished third in the final of the keirin, an Olympic event. However he was later relegated to sixth place after the officials ruled he had squeezed Great Britain’s Jason Kenny and affected the outcome of the race.
BikeNZ sprint coach Justin Grace said he was disappointed with the decision which was not one he would have expected in a keirin race but that officials had ruled strictly to the letter of the law at the championships.
“Simon knows he finished third in reality and while he didn’t get the fun of standing on the podium he knows there are bigger fish to fry later in the year and he has the knowledge that he can foot it with the best in this sport,” Grace said.
New Zealand’s medals comprised a gold medal to Shanks and bronze medals to the men’s team pursuit, men’s team sprint, van Velthooven in the 1000m time trial and Westley Gough in the individual pursuit. Added to this were three fourth placings in the women’s team pursuit, Aaron Gate in the points race and Alex Frame in the scratch race.
Shanks, who set a new personal best of 3:27.268 to best the qualifying, was in front from the second lap. She stretched the gap to 1.5 seconds at the 2000m mark and was in complete control from that point, winning in 3:30.199 on the slower track, with the Northern Irish rider more than two seconds behind.
“When they came out with so many fast times in qualifying I thought man I have to make a PB just to make the final. I was absolutely stoked with my rides today,” Shanks said.
“I’ve been world champ before but it is so hard to get. Once you have had that feeling once, you want it again even more.
“My rides in the TP (team pursuit) showed I had good form. All the data pointed to that but it was a matter of putting it out there. I haven’t been focussing on the individual pursuit so it was a little bit of an unknown but my legs felt great today.
“It was totally like a home crowd. There were so many kiwis that came over and gave me so much support. May be that were just giving us a bit of pay back from Aaron Gate did last night for Cam Myer.”
BikeNZ is satisfied with the performances at the world championships with the majority of riders performing to targeted goals with some outstanding individual performances.
“Seventy-five per cent of all rides were personal bests for the team and it is our best medal haul at a world championship. High Performance sport is all about constantly lifting the game and our riders are showing that across the board,” said BikeNZ High Performance Director, Mark Elliott.
“Our male endurance riders produced the third fastest team pursuit time ever without the key rider in Jesse Sergent who is to come back into the team.
“The male sprint team continue their progression. We had Eddie Dawkins doing 9.9 which is among the fastest in the sport and Simon van Velthooven winning two medals. This group were initially podium targeted for the 2016 Olympics but are clearly now in the world class arena.
“The female endurance group rode their second fastest time ever here and are in the top four in the world. At the same time the women’s team pursuit is a new sport and the two superpowers in Great Britain and Australia have now lifted the bar to a new level and our challenge is to step up to that level by London.
“The women’s sprint team knew that timing was tight for them based on the limited events available for London and there was no room for error. Unfortunately one mistake cost them potential Olympic qualification but their international progress has been outstanding.
“We came here to win medals in the Olympic disciplines in an Olympic year which we have achieved. Going into the 2008 Olympic year we were not on the podium in any Olympic event at the world championships but this year we are in the top five in four Olympic events.
“We’ve also given our Olympic selectors some challenges before they make their recommendations for nomination to the New Zealand Olympic committee selectors. That’s a good sign of our progress.”
Van Velthooven battled his way through the repechage in the keirin before claiming third place in the semifinal. He had an excellent run behind friend Maximillian Levy (GER) in the final until Kenny came under him. The kiwi held his line and forced his way clear. Hoy pushed through from the inside in the final straight as he held on for third before he was later relegated.
Results:
Women’s 3000m individual pursuit qualifying: Alison Shanks (NZL) 3:37.268, 1; Wendy Houvenaghel (GBR) 3:27.842, 2; Amy Cure (AUS) 3:28.474, 3; Ashlee Ankudinoff (AUS) 3:28.869, 4. Also: Jaime Nielsen (NZL) 3:35.286, 10; Lauren Ellis (NZL) 3:37.925, 12.
Gold medal ride: Shanks 3:30.199, 1; Houvenaghel 3:32.340, 2. Bronze medal ride: Ankudinoff 3:33.593, 3; Cure 3:33.642, 4.
Men’s keirin round 1, winner to progress: Heat 3: Hodei Masquiaran Uria (ESP) 1, Simon van Velthooven (NZL) 2, Teun Mulder (NED) 3. Heat 5: Kazunari Watanabe (JPN) 1, Jason Kenny (GBR) 2, Christos Volikakis (GRE) 3. Also: Eddie Dawkins (NZL) 5. Heat 6: Scott Sunderland (AUS) 1, Francois Pervis (FRA) 2, Matt Archibald (NZL) 3.
Repechage (winner to semifinal), heat 1: Mickael Bourgain (FRA) 1, Puerta Hernanda (COL) 2, Josia Ng (MAS) 3, Archibald 4. Heat 3: Van Velthooven 1, Jonathan Cermeno (COL) 2, Kamil Kuczynski (POL) 3. Heat 6: Maximilian Levy (GER) 1, Dawkins 2, Pervis 3.
Semifinal 1: Levy 1, Wantanabe 2, Van Velthooven 3. Semifinal 2: Chris Hoy (GBR) 1, Bourgain 2, Kenny (GBR) 3.
Final: Hoy 1, Levy 2, Kenny 3. Also: Van Velthooven 6 (relegated from third).
Women’s 500m time trial: Anna Meares (AUS) 33.010, 1 (world record); Miriam Welte (GER) 33.626, 2; Jessica Varnish (AUS) 33.999, 3. Also: Katie Schofield (NZL) 34.927, 14; Natasha Hansen (NZL) 35.090, 16.
Men’s 50km Madison: Belgium 1, Great Britain 2, Australia 3. Also: New fZealand (Shane Archbold, Marc Ryan) 11.
For further information contact:
IAN HEPENSTALL
Media Liaison, BikeNZ High Performance
Sports Media NZ Ltd
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Westley takes the Bronze at World Champs
Westley Gough celebrates winning the bronze medal in the4000m individual pursuit. Image by CJ Farquarson/BikeNZ
Hawkes Bay rider Westley Gough had the weight of a nation on his shoulders to stop an Australian clean sweep in the individual pursuit at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne tonight.
The 23 year old responded brilliantly with his second personal best of the day to claim the bronze medal over Australian Rohan Dennis in a courageous ride at the Hisense Arena, with Michael Hepburn beating world record holder Jack Bobridge in an all green-and-gold final.
It was New Zealand’s fourth medal this week that matches their best haul ever achieved in the 2010 and 2011 world championships.
It looked like there would be a second bronze tonight when Aaron Gate produced a remarkably aggressive display in the 40km points race, finally going clear along with Commonwealth Games gold medallist Cameron Meyer (AUS) with 20 laps remaining to put a lap on the field. However he came up two points short and had to settle for the best fourth placing in the championships.
Gough enjoyed a great start to the 4000m pursuit before falling behind by 1.5 seconds with 1km remaining. The kiwi responded with fortitude to streak home to claim the bronze in 4:16.945 with Dennis more than a second behind.
“I knew what was at stake. My coach (Tim Carswell) said that there was no way we could allow an Aussie clean sweep of the podium,” Gough said.
“I am totally rapt with that. I’ve really only trained for the team pursuit and so to come out and get two pbs in one day and come away with a bronze medal is pretty special.
“I knew from the afternoon ride that I needed to start better over that first kilometre and managed to do that. I knew I was behind but I finished strong in the qualifying ride and managed to do that again.”
With Jesse Sergent to come back into the squad for the London Olympics, Gough is hoping his good form will pay dividends.
“It is very competitive with the team pursuit. I’ve ridden well today and have shown some good form and I will be doing all I can to get selected for that team."
Gate was at the forefront of virtually every attack during the points race, instigating the final decisive attack along with Meyer with 20 laps remaining. They pushed on with Meyer dragging the kiwi through to earn 20 points for putting a lap on the field. The Australian secured enough points to claim the gold but Gate fell an agonising two points away from the bronze.
“I looked up at the lapboard and that was the longest 20 laps of my life,” Gate said.
“I felt I needed to be on every attack because the one I missed might be the one that stuck.
With my pursuit training I didn’t quite have the sprint speed to match the others in those early laps to get more points.
“When I went clear with Cameron, I was thinking back to the Commonwealth Games when I tried to go with him and he gapped me which cost me a medal. So I wasn’t going to let that happen today and gave it everything.”
Earlier Christchurch’s Jo Kiesanowski finished seventh in the women’s omnium, two places higher than last year’s world championships.
She finished 16th in the 3000m individual pursuit in 3:43.594, and a solid 10th in the scratch race to be in 10th place. The 32 year old finished strongly with a personal best 36.387 in the 500m time trial to move up to seventh.
“I am pretty happy with that overall, to be better than last year,” Kiesanowski said. “I believe I am a better rider in this event now. I know I can improve because I made a technical error leading into the flying lap and if I can equal my best there and in the individual pursuit I can finish a few spots higher at the Olympics if I get selected.”
Earlier in the day Gough took nearly a second off his previous best to clock 4:17.001 for the 4000m qualifying. Great Britain road star Geraint Thomas set the bar with a 4:17.265 but Gough showed his class, powering home strongly with a 2:05.434 over the final 3000m, second only to top qualifier Michael Hepburn.
Hepburn clocked 4:13.224, the third fastest time in history, to pip compatriot and world record-holder Jack Bobridge (4:14.783).
Waikato’s Peter Latham finished sixth fastest behind Thomas with an excellent 4:18.152, a personal best by more than a second.
Southland’s Natasha Hansen and Otago’s Katie Schofield were eliminated from the women’s keirin after both finished fourth in their respective heats and third in the repechage.
Results:
Men’s 4000m individual pursuit qualifying: Michael Hepburn (AUS) 4:13.224, 1; Jack Bobridge (GBR) 4:14.783, 2; Dennis Rohan (AUS) 4:16.051, 3; Westley Gough (NZL) 4:17.001, 4. Also: Peter Latham (NZL) 4:18.152, 6.
Gold medal ride: Hepburn 4:15.839, 1; Bobridge 4:16.313, 2. Bronze medal ride: Gough 4:16.945, 3; Dennis 4:18.594, 4.
Women’s keirin, first round, heat 1: Anna Meares (AUS) 1, Kristina Voegl (GER) 2. Also: Natasha Hansen (NZL) 4. Heat 3: Shung Guo (GHN) 1, Sandie Clair (FRA) 2. Also: Katie Schofield (NZL) 4.
Repechage 1: Ekaterina Gnidenko (RUS) 1, Wai Lee (HKG) 2, Schofield 3. Repechage 4: Olena Tsos (UKR) 1, Lisandra Rodriguez (CUB) 2, Hansen 3.
Women’s omnium, day 2, 3000m individual pursuit: Tara Whitten (CAN) 3:30.011, 1; Sarah Hammer (USA) 3:31.651, 2; Laura Trott (GBR) 3:31.789, 3. Also: Jo Kiesanowski (NZL) 3:43.594, 16.
Scratch race 10km: Leire Alaberria (ESP) 1, Jolien D’Hoore (BEL) 2, Sofia Arreola (MEX) 3. Also: Kiesanowski 10.
500m time trial: Trott 35.173, 1; Edmondson 35.180, 2; Mei Yu Hsiao (TPE) 35.933, 3. Also: Kiesanowski 36.381, 7.
Final points: Trott 28 points, 1; Edmondson 31, 2; Hammer 36, 3; Whitten 39, 4; Li Huang (CHN) 5; Evgenia Romanyuta (RUS) 56, 6; Kiesanowski 61, 7.
Men’s points race, 40km: Cameron Meyer (AUS) 33 points, 1; Ben Swift (GBR) 32, 2; Kenny De Ketele (BEL) 30, 3; Aaron Gate (NZL) 28, 4.
For further information contact:
IAN HEPENSTALL
Media Liaison, BikeNZ High Performance
Sports Media NZ Ltd
Hawkes Bay rider Westley Gough had the weight of a nation on his shoulders to stop an Australian clean sweep in the individual pursuit at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne tonight.
The 23 year old responded brilliantly with his second personal best of the day to claim the bronze medal over Australian Rohan Dennis in a courageous ride at the Hisense Arena, with Michael Hepburn beating world record holder Jack Bobridge in an all green-and-gold final.
It was New Zealand’s fourth medal this week that matches their best haul ever achieved in the 2010 and 2011 world championships.
It looked like there would be a second bronze tonight when Aaron Gate produced a remarkably aggressive display in the 40km points race, finally going clear along with Commonwealth Games gold medallist Cameron Meyer (AUS) with 20 laps remaining to put a lap on the field. However he came up two points short and had to settle for the best fourth placing in the championships.
Gough enjoyed a great start to the 4000m pursuit before falling behind by 1.5 seconds with 1km remaining. The kiwi responded with fortitude to streak home to claim the bronze in 4:16.945 with Dennis more than a second behind.
“I knew what was at stake. My coach (Tim Carswell) said that there was no way we could allow an Aussie clean sweep of the podium,” Gough said.
“I am totally rapt with that. I’ve really only trained for the team pursuit and so to come out and get two pbs in one day and come away with a bronze medal is pretty special.
“I knew from the afternoon ride that I needed to start better over that first kilometre and managed to do that. I knew I was behind but I finished strong in the qualifying ride and managed to do that again.”
With Jesse Sergent to come back into the squad for the London Olympics, Gough is hoping his good form will pay dividends.
“It is very competitive with the team pursuit. I’ve ridden well today and have shown some good form and I will be doing all I can to get selected for that team."
Gate was at the forefront of virtually every attack during the points race, instigating the final decisive attack along with Meyer with 20 laps remaining. They pushed on with Meyer dragging the kiwi through to earn 20 points for putting a lap on the field. The Australian secured enough points to claim the gold but Gate fell an agonising two points away from the bronze.
“I looked up at the lapboard and that was the longest 20 laps of my life,” Gate said.
“I felt I needed to be on every attack because the one I missed might be the one that stuck.
With my pursuit training I didn’t quite have the sprint speed to match the others in those early laps to get more points.
“When I went clear with Cameron, I was thinking back to the Commonwealth Games when I tried to go with him and he gapped me which cost me a medal. So I wasn’t going to let that happen today and gave it everything.”
Earlier Christchurch’s Jo Kiesanowski finished seventh in the women’s omnium, two places higher than last year’s world championships.
She finished 16th in the 3000m individual pursuit in 3:43.594, and a solid 10th in the scratch race to be in 10th place. The 32 year old finished strongly with a personal best 36.387 in the 500m time trial to move up to seventh.
“I am pretty happy with that overall, to be better than last year,” Kiesanowski said. “I believe I am a better rider in this event now. I know I can improve because I made a technical error leading into the flying lap and if I can equal my best there and in the individual pursuit I can finish a few spots higher at the Olympics if I get selected.”
Earlier in the day Gough took nearly a second off his previous best to clock 4:17.001 for the 4000m qualifying. Great Britain road star Geraint Thomas set the bar with a 4:17.265 but Gough showed his class, powering home strongly with a 2:05.434 over the final 3000m, second only to top qualifier Michael Hepburn.
Hepburn clocked 4:13.224, the third fastest time in history, to pip compatriot and world record-holder Jack Bobridge (4:14.783).
Waikato’s Peter Latham finished sixth fastest behind Thomas with an excellent 4:18.152, a personal best by more than a second.
Southland’s Natasha Hansen and Otago’s Katie Schofield were eliminated from the women’s keirin after both finished fourth in their respective heats and third in the repechage.
Results:
Men’s 4000m individual pursuit qualifying: Michael Hepburn (AUS) 4:13.224, 1; Jack Bobridge (GBR) 4:14.783, 2; Dennis Rohan (AUS) 4:16.051, 3; Westley Gough (NZL) 4:17.001, 4. Also: Peter Latham (NZL) 4:18.152, 6.
Gold medal ride: Hepburn 4:15.839, 1; Bobridge 4:16.313, 2. Bronze medal ride: Gough 4:16.945, 3; Dennis 4:18.594, 4.
Women’s keirin, first round, heat 1: Anna Meares (AUS) 1, Kristina Voegl (GER) 2. Also: Natasha Hansen (NZL) 4. Heat 3: Shung Guo (GHN) 1, Sandie Clair (FRA) 2. Also: Katie Schofield (NZL) 4.
Repechage 1: Ekaterina Gnidenko (RUS) 1, Wai Lee (HKG) 2, Schofield 3. Repechage 4: Olena Tsos (UKR) 1, Lisandra Rodriguez (CUB) 2, Hansen 3.
Women’s omnium, day 2, 3000m individual pursuit: Tara Whitten (CAN) 3:30.011, 1; Sarah Hammer (USA) 3:31.651, 2; Laura Trott (GBR) 3:31.789, 3. Also: Jo Kiesanowski (NZL) 3:43.594, 16.
Scratch race 10km: Leire Alaberria (ESP) 1, Jolien D’Hoore (BEL) 2, Sofia Arreola (MEX) 3. Also: Kiesanowski 10.
500m time trial: Trott 35.173, 1; Edmondson 35.180, 2; Mei Yu Hsiao (TPE) 35.933, 3. Also: Kiesanowski 36.381, 7.
Final points: Trott 28 points, 1; Edmondson 31, 2; Hammer 36, 3; Whitten 39, 4; Li Huang (CHN) 5; Evgenia Romanyuta (RUS) 56, 6; Kiesanowski 61, 7.
Men’s points race, 40km: Cameron Meyer (AUS) 33 points, 1; Ben Swift (GBR) 32, 2; Kenny De Ketele (BEL) 30, 3; Aaron Gate (NZL) 28, 4.
For further information contact:
IAN HEPENSTALL
Media Liaison, BikeNZ High Performance
Sports Media NZ Ltd
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Ramblers going well in Te Awamutu Junior Tour
U19 Men
Logan Bean 20 @. 1:07
James Lochhead 55th @ 2:18 in field of 68 riders
U19 & Open Women
Holly Atkins 19th@ 2:30
Lisa Atkins 21st @ 2:34
U17 Boys
going well in a strong 66 rider field
Regan Gough 2nd @ 3 seconds
Damian Lysaght 7th @12
Corbin Mason Smith 9th @16
Luke Mudgeway 13th@ 26
Tobias Robertshawe 16th@32
William Green 32nd@1:04
Ben Peterson 35th@1:07
Ben Ross 44th @1:22
U17 Girls
40 riders
Phoebe Treseder 11th @58seconds
Amanda Jamieson 19th @ 1:14
U15's
Sam Thorpe-Loversuch 3rd @40 seconds
Noah Mason-Smith 14th @2:03
Full results here http://www.tasportscycling.co.nz/
Hopefully some commentary tomorrow !!
Logan Bean 20 @. 1:07
James Lochhead 55th @ 2:18 in field of 68 riders
U19 & Open Women
Holly Atkins 19th@ 2:30
Lisa Atkins 21st @ 2:34
U17 Boys
going well in a strong 66 rider field
Regan Gough 2nd @ 3 seconds
Damian Lysaght 7th @12
Corbin Mason Smith 9th @16
Luke Mudgeway 13th@ 26
Tobias Robertshawe 16th@32
William Green 32nd@1:04
Ben Peterson 35th@1:07
Ben Ross 44th @1:22
U17 Girls
40 riders
Phoebe Treseder 11th @58seconds
Amanda Jamieson 19th @ 1:14
U15's
Sam Thorpe-Loversuch 3rd @40 seconds
Noah Mason-Smith 14th @2:03
Full results here http://www.tasportscycling.co.nz/
Hopefully some commentary tomorrow !!
World Cycling Championships – Day 4 qualifying (updated)
Hawkes Bay rider Westley Gough will ride off for the bronze medal in the individual pursuit on the fourth night of finals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne.
The 23 year old will take on Australian Rohan Dennis in the ride for third and fourth at the Hisense Arena.
Gough took nearly a second off his previous best to clock 4:17.001 for the 4000m journey with Australians filling the other places in tonight’s medal rides.
Great Britain road star Geraint Thomas set the bar with a 4:17.265 but Gough showed his class, powering home strongly with a 2:05.434 over the final 3000m, second only to top qualifier Michael Hepburn.
Hepburn clocked 4:13.224, the third fastest time in history, to pip compatriot and world record-holder Jack Bobridge (4:14.783).
Waikato’s Peter Latham finishes sixth fastest behind Thomas with an excellent 4:18.152, a personal best by more than a second from his time in finishing runner-up to Jesse Sergent at the Oceania Championships.
Southland’s Natasha Hansen and Otago’s Katie Schofield were eliminated from the women’s keirin after both finished fourth in their respective heats. They went through to the repechage where both finished third where only the winner progressed.
Jo Kiesanowski (Christchurch) has dropped to 10th overall with two rounds remaining in the six-event women’s omnium.
She finished 16th in the 3000m individual pursuit in 3:43.594, which was just over a second outside her best set at the recent London World Cup.
Great Britain’s Laura Trott took the overall lead by one point from Australia’s Annette Edmondson.
They will contest the scratch race and 500m time trial in tonight’s programme.
Results:
Men’s 4000m individual pursuit qualifying: Michael Hepburn (AUS) 4:13.224, 1; Hack Bobridge (GBR) 4:14.783, 2; Dennis Rohan (AUS) 4:16.051, 3; Westley Gough (NZL) 4:17.001, 4. Also: Peter Latham (NZL) 4:18.152, 6.
Women’s keirin, first round, heat 1: Anna Meares (AUS) 1, Kristina Voegl (GER) 2. Also: Natasha Hansen (NZL) 4. Heat 3: Shung Guo (GHN) 1, Sandie Clair (FRA) 2. Also: Katie Schofield (NZL) 4.
Repechage 1: Ekaterina Gnidenko (RUS) 1, Wai Lee (HKG) 2, Schofield 3. Repechage 4: Olena Tsos (UKR) 1, Lisandra Rodriguez (CUB) 2, Hansen 3.
For further information contact:
IAN HEPENSTALL
Media Liaison, BikeNZ High Performance
Sports Media NZ Ltd
The 23 year old will take on Australian Rohan Dennis in the ride for third and fourth at the Hisense Arena.
Gough took nearly a second off his previous best to clock 4:17.001 for the 4000m journey with Australians filling the other places in tonight’s medal rides.
Great Britain road star Geraint Thomas set the bar with a 4:17.265 but Gough showed his class, powering home strongly with a 2:05.434 over the final 3000m, second only to top qualifier Michael Hepburn.
Hepburn clocked 4:13.224, the third fastest time in history, to pip compatriot and world record-holder Jack Bobridge (4:14.783).
Waikato’s Peter Latham finishes sixth fastest behind Thomas with an excellent 4:18.152, a personal best by more than a second from his time in finishing runner-up to Jesse Sergent at the Oceania Championships.
Southland’s Natasha Hansen and Otago’s Katie Schofield were eliminated from the women’s keirin after both finished fourth in their respective heats. They went through to the repechage where both finished third where only the winner progressed.
Jo Kiesanowski (Christchurch) has dropped to 10th overall with two rounds remaining in the six-event women’s omnium.
She finished 16th in the 3000m individual pursuit in 3:43.594, which was just over a second outside her best set at the recent London World Cup.
Great Britain’s Laura Trott took the overall lead by one point from Australia’s Annette Edmondson.
They will contest the scratch race and 500m time trial in tonight’s programme.
Results:
Men’s 4000m individual pursuit qualifying: Michael Hepburn (AUS) 4:13.224, 1; Hack Bobridge (GBR) 4:14.783, 2; Dennis Rohan (AUS) 4:16.051, 3; Westley Gough (NZL) 4:17.001, 4. Also: Peter Latham (NZL) 4:18.152, 6.
Women’s keirin, first round, heat 1: Anna Meares (AUS) 1, Kristina Voegl (GER) 2. Also: Natasha Hansen (NZL) 4. Heat 3: Shung Guo (GHN) 1, Sandie Clair (FRA) 2. Also: Katie Schofield (NZL) 4.
Repechage 1: Ekaterina Gnidenko (RUS) 1, Wai Lee (HKG) 2, Schofield 3. Repechage 4: Olena Tsos (UKR) 1, Lisandra Rodriguez (CUB) 2, Hansen 3.
For further information contact:
IAN HEPENSTALL
Media Liaison, BikeNZ High Performance
Sports Media NZ Ltd
Saturday Racing: 7th April 2012
Circuit: Camp David RTN
G grade Circuit: Blind Road RTN
Venue: Arohanui Centre
Race start time: 2pm
Race Starter: Owen Cleverton
Emergency Phone: 027 426 6895
Owen is short of a couple of marshals.If you are able to assist on Saturday, he would greatly appreciate your help.
Please remember, however, it is the responsibility of those rostered on for marshal duty to find replacement marshals. If you do not ensure your duty is fulfilled (by yourself or a replacement) you may be docked points on the current series table
G grade Circuit: Blind Road RTN
Venue: Arohanui Centre
Race start time: 2pm
Race Starter: Owen Cleverton
Emergency Phone: 027 426 6895
Owen is short of a couple of marshals.If you are able to assist on Saturday, he would greatly appreciate your help.
Please remember, however, it is the responsibility of those rostered on for marshal duty to find replacement marshals. If you do not ensure your duty is fulfilled (by yourself or a replacement) you may be docked points on the current series table
TeA and CRI
All the best to our juniors competing in these two prestigious tours this weekend and next weekend
RCC Club Winter Dinner
When: Saturday 21st July, 2012
Where: War Memorial Hall, Marine Parade, Napier
Time: from 6pm for drinks (buy your own at the bar) - 7pm buffet dinner ($40 per head)
Guest Speaker: Gordon MacAuley
mark.pauline@vodafone.co.nz to confirm your booking and arrangement payment.
Where: War Memorial Hall, Marine Parade, Napier
Time: from 6pm for drinks (buy your own at the bar) - 7pm buffet dinner ($40 per head)
Guest Speaker: Gordon MacAuley
mark.pauline@vodafone.co.nz to confirm your booking and arrangement payment.
Italian Road Cycling Tour
Karl Woolcott has organised an Italian road cycling tour for September 2012. He's looking for an additional 2-4 cyclists to join the small group. Fantastic itinerary which includes a 90km or 130km Gran Fondo (Italian fun ride similar to our Tour of the Bay) and pasta party.
There is a choice of two rides daily.
14 days - starting in Tuscany on the 1st of September and finishing in Lake Como. Rides vary from flat / scenic to some of the Giro's toughest climbs. Fully guided, rental bikes available and supported by a mini-van for those days when you're rather rest.
Starts in Tuscany on the 1st of September. For full itinerary call Karl on 0800990058 or email kwoolcott@hot.co.nz
There is a choice of two rides daily.
14 days - starting in Tuscany on the 1st of September and finishing in Lake Como. Rides vary from flat / scenic to some of the Giro's toughest climbs. Fully guided, rental bikes available and supported by a mini-van for those days when you're rather rest.
Starts in Tuscany on the 1st of September. For full itinerary call Karl on 0800990058 or email kwoolcott@hot.co.nz
A Reminder for Nationals Time Trial Riders
For the ITT you will need to comply with current UCI regulations regarding ITT bikes.
To assist with this, bikes will measured and scrutinised on the 21st April at the Coronation Park Time Trial.
This will not effect riding on the day, but will enable riders participating in the Nationals event to modify their bikes or purcahse equipment if necessary.
To see the current TT regulations http://www.facebook.com/ramblerscycling/posts/290316754369914?ref=notif¬if_t=share_wall_create
To assist with this, bikes will measured and scrutinised on the 21st April at the Coronation Park Time Trial.
This will not effect riding on the day, but will enable riders participating in the Nationals event to modify their bikes or purcahse equipment if necessary.
To see the current TT regulations http://www.facebook.com/ramblerscycling/posts/290316754369914?ref=notif¬if_t=share_wall_create
Nationals 2012: Call for drivers and mechanics
Ramblers Cycling Club is still seeking a few more volunteers to be either drivers or mechanics for the Club Road Nationals in the first week of May.
If you are able to help on one or more days, please reply to Brett Hooker bretthooker@me.com and let him know:
- whether you prefer to be a driver or a mechanic
- which day/s you are available
- your T-shirt size
- your cell phone number
- if you are able to use your own private vehicle (petrol vouchers will be provided for private vehicles)
Races start at 9am & we will probably need helpers there an hour before this.
It is a full day commitment & lunch will be provided
If you are able to help on one or more days, please reply to Brett Hooker bretthooker@me.com and let him know:
- whether you prefer to be a driver or a mechanic
- which day/s you are available
- your T-shirt size
- your cell phone number
- if you are able to use your own private vehicle (petrol vouchers will be provided for private vehicles)
Races start at 9am & we will probably need helpers there an hour before this.
It is a full day commitment & lunch will be provided
DOC Feedback - "Waterway Ride" Link
If you ride a bike on the track/pathway linking the ‘Waterway’ ride to Humber Street beside the Ahuriri Estuary, in Napier please be aware that this area may be now banned to people riding bikes.
It seems DOC has received complaints about cyclists using this pathway.
This is one of the very few urban/natural tracks in city boundaries and one that is perfect for young families, getting them active and enjoying the outdoors – it is a great recreational area for this! If you value the pathways (whether or not you are a pathway rider, or know people who are) Cycling Development Officer, Vicki Butterworth is asking all cyclists to consider giving DOC some feedback on why we all (cyclists and walkers) should be able to (and do) enjoy this area by bicycle, not just when out walking.
If you would like to give your feedback on this matter, you can email DOC napier-ao@doc.govt.nz
It seems DOC has received complaints about cyclists using this pathway.
This is one of the very few urban/natural tracks in city boundaries and one that is perfect for young families, getting them active and enjoying the outdoors – it is a great recreational area for this! If you value the pathways (whether or not you are a pathway rider, or know people who are) Cycling Development Officer, Vicki Butterworth is asking all cyclists to consider giving DOC some feedback on why we all (cyclists and walkers) should be able to (and do) enjoy this area by bicycle, not just when out walking.
If you would like to give your feedback on this matter, you can email DOC napier-ao@doc.govt.nz
BikeNZ Annual General Meeting
When: 16th - 17th June 2012
Where: Peppers, Clearwater Resort, Christchurch
Each Centre is invited to send delegates for their region to attend the AGM. Ramblers is part of East Coast Centre which also incorporates Cycling CHB and Gisborne Cycling Clubs.
However, AGMs are public meetings and if you wish to attend as a matter of interest, you can get more information by emailing events@bikenz.org.nz
Where: Peppers, Clearwater Resort, Christchurch
Each Centre is invited to send delegates for their region to attend the AGM. Ramblers is part of East Coast Centre which also incorporates Cycling CHB and Gisborne Cycling Clubs.
However, AGMs are public meetings and if you wish to attend as a matter of interest, you can get more information by emailing events@bikenz.org.nz
NZ Code for Cyclists
The official New Zealand code for cyclists and the Cyclist skills training guide are being updated to reflect the new rules.
You can access the road for cyclists at http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/roadcode/
Other road codes and updates are also available at this link (general, motorcyclists and heavy traffic)
You can access the road for cyclists at http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/roadcode/
Other road codes and updates are also available at this link (general, motorcyclists and heavy traffic)
Club Uniform
Some people have still not arranged collection of their club uniform they ordered and paid for some time ago. Please email ramblersgirl@gmail.com to arrange collection of your uniform
Upcoming Events
7th - 9th April: TeA Junior Tour, Te Awamutu
14th - 15th April: CRI Junior and Women’s Tour
14th - 21st April: Tour of New Zealand, Cape Reinga to Wellington OR Bluff to Wellington
7th – 9th April: Kiwivelo/Gib Te Awamutu 3 Day Tour (TeA)
14th – 15th April: CRI Junior Tour, Rotorua
21st April: Country Road Manawatu Cycle Classic
21st April: West Coast North Island Championships, Manawatu
22nd April: WBOP Club Championship Road Race, Taupo
3rd-6th May: RaboDirect Club Road National Championship, Hastings
20th May: Laskey Cycles Manfield 6 hour challenge
August: Reiker 2 Day Tour, Timaru
22nd – 23rd September: R & R Sport Tour, Otago
30th September: Novice Tour of Manawatu
5th – 7th October: Yunca Junior Tour, Invercargill
14th October: Tour of the Bay, Hastings
14th - 15th April: CRI Junior and Women’s Tour
14th - 21st April: Tour of New Zealand, Cape Reinga to Wellington OR Bluff to Wellington
7th – 9th April: Kiwivelo/Gib Te Awamutu 3 Day Tour (TeA)
14th – 15th April: CRI Junior Tour, Rotorua
21st April: Country Road Manawatu Cycle Classic
21st April: West Coast North Island Championships, Manawatu
22nd April: WBOP Club Championship Road Race, Taupo
3rd-6th May: RaboDirect Club Road National Championship, Hastings
20th May: Laskey Cycles Manfield 6 hour challenge
August: Reiker 2 Day Tour, Timaru
22nd – 23rd September: R & R Sport Tour, Otago
30th September: Novice Tour of Manawatu
5th – 7th October: Yunca Junior Tour, Invercargill
14th October: Tour of the Bay, Hastings
World Cycling Championships – Day 3 Wrap
Southland sprinter Eddie Dawkins believes the New Zealand sprint programme has earned respect from the sport’s superpowers at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne.
The 22 year old became the first New Zealander under the 10 second barrier that belongs to a handful of the world’s best in the men’s sprint clocking 9.963s.
His teammates Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster almost created the biggest of upsets in the first elimination round when both were centimetres from toppling the British superstars Sir Chris Hoy, triple gold medallist in 2008, and Beijing silver medallist Jason Kenny respectively.
This came the day after teammate Simon van Velthooven won New Zealand’s third only medal in a sprint event at the world championships.
Meanwhile Timaru’s Shane Archbold produced a solid second day to finish fifth overall in the men’s omnium, while Christchurch’s Jo Kiesanowski lies in eighth place after the first day of the women’s omnium.
Dawkins said he was thrilled with the day for him and the sprint team.
“I was just astounded. I still haven’t come to terms with it,” Dawkins said. “I looked up at the board and saw Matt Archibald had gone 10.0, the first kiwi to do that and it fired me up. I just ripped it and I am over the moon.
“I did not know I had it in me. May be my coaches did. In training it has been a little bit slower but on the day it was all about preparation and execution.”
Dawkins was the only New Zealander of the four who qualified to progress to the second round but was pipped by Kenny.
He missed out on a quarterfinal berth in the repechage to Hoy, who wen ton to move into tomorrow’s semifinals.
It has been new territory for Dawkins.
“In the past we have qualified quite low and got guys much faster than us. Here we have been up with them and now we have to learn the art of how to ride the match races.
“They are two different sports. It’s like comparing dragsters to rally cars.”
Dawkins said he is proud of his sprint teammates as the five strong group chase three places in the team sprint for London.
“I wouldn’t want to be the selectors picking the sprint team to go to the Games. It has been turned on its head this week. We did an amazing time in the team sprint, got our first medal at a world champs with Simon who was unreal, and today three out of four rode personal bests.
“We’ve come from a national of endurance riders to a nation of sprinters.”
Earlier Mitchell got the crowd pumping when he surprised Hoy with three laps remaining and it took all of the great man’s reserves to haul in the kiwi 10m from the line.
Webster stood up Kenny by 10m going into the final lap but closed strongly around the final bend, with a photo finish required to separate the pair by the width of a tyre.
“He’s the Olympic champion so I had to go out and take it to him,” said Mitchell. “I had to show him that I was there to win. It came off pretty well but I tied up in the last 30m and didn’t quite have the legs.
“To go out there and ride the Olympic champion so close, I am just stoked. He came over to congratulate me after which was great that he showed me that amount of respect.”
Fellow Invercargill rider Matt Archibald also qualified in 10.034s, with he, Mitchell and Dawkins all establishing significant personal best times.
Meanwhile Timaru’s Archbold recovered from a mediocre individual pursuit with excellent third place in the scratch race and fifth in the 1000m time trial to finish an respectable fifth overall in the gruelling two-day omnium.
“The points race is not one of my strengths and the pursuit was not up to my best so I know that I have some work-ons,” Archbold said. “I was really pleased with the scratch race tonight especially as I was the rider initiating the attacks.
“Overall to be top five in the world is not to be sneezed at. I know I was second last year but in Olympic year the quality of the competition was much tougher.
“I’ve had four crashes this year alone and so anyone of them could have set me back, then again my crash three weeks ago might have been good in that I had three or four days off to freshen up.
“Overall I am happy with where I am at. I know there are things still to improve on and so I think a medal is within reach for London.”
Christchurch’s Jo Kiesanowski is in eighth place after the first day of the women’s omnium following 16th in the flying lap in 14.940, and strong sixth placings in the points race and elimination.
Results:
Men’s 200m sprint, qualifying: Gregory Bauge (FRA) 9.854, 1; Robert Foerstemann (GER) 9.873, 2; Kevin Sireau (FRA) 9.893, 3; Chris Hoy (GBR) 9.902, 4; Matthew Glaetzer (AUS) 9.902, 5. Also New Zealanders: Eddie Dawkins 9.963, 7; Matt Archibald 10.034, 12; Sam Webster 10.122, 19; Ethan Mitchell 10.163, 21 (all qualified).
First round: Hoy bt Mitchell, Jason Kenny (GBR) bt Webster, Dawkins bt Michael Blatchford (USA), Scott Sunderland (AUS) bt Archibald.
Quarterfinals: Bauge bt Sunderland, Foerstemann bt Seiichiroi Nakagawa (JPN), Sireau bt Stefan
Repechage 1: Hoy 1, Sunderland 2, Dawkins 3. Repechage 2: Stefan Boetticher (GER) 1, Glaetzer 2, Nakagawa 3.
Men’s omnium, 4000m individual pursuit: Lasse Hansen (DEN) 4:22.330, 1; Zach Bell (CAN) 4:26.786, 2; Ed Clancy (GBR) 4:27.643, 3. Also: Shane Archbold (NZL) 4:29.248, 7.
Scratch race 15km: Hansen 1, Bell 2, Archbold 3.
1000m time trial: Clancy 1:01948, 1; O’Shea 1:03.042, 2; Hansen 1:03.102, 3. Also: Archbold 1:03.373, 5.
Final points: O’Shea 22, 1; Bell 28, 2; Hansen and Clancy 29, equal 3 (Hansen takes bronze). Also: Archbold 38, 5.
Women’s omnium, flying lap: Annette Edmonson (AUS) 14.377, 1; Laura Trott (GBR) 14.391, 2; Li Huang (CHN) 14.427, 3. Also: Jo Kiesanowski (NZL) 14.931, 16.
Points race: Lisa Brennauer (GER) 23 points, 1; Jarmilla Machacova (CZE) 22, 2; Angie Gonzalez Garcia 21, 3. Also: Kiesanowski 10, 6.
Elimination: Also: Trott 1, Evgenia Romanyuta (RUS) 2, Malgorzata Wojtyra (POL) 3. Also: Kiesanowski 6.
Points after three rounds: Edmondson and Trott, 11, equal 1; Sarah Hammer (USA) and Tara Whitton (CAN) 24, equal 3. Also: Kiesanowski 28, 8.
Women’s 10km scratch race: Katarzyna (POL) 1, Melissa Hoskins (AUS) 2, Kelly Druyts (BEL) 3. Also: Gemma Dudley (NZL) 14.
For further information contact:
IAN HEPENSTALL
Media Liaison, BikeNZ High Performance
Sports Media NZ Ltd
The 22 year old became the first New Zealander under the 10 second barrier that belongs to a handful of the world’s best in the men’s sprint clocking 9.963s.
His teammates Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster almost created the biggest of upsets in the first elimination round when both were centimetres from toppling the British superstars Sir Chris Hoy, triple gold medallist in 2008, and Beijing silver medallist Jason Kenny respectively.
This came the day after teammate Simon van Velthooven won New Zealand’s third only medal in a sprint event at the world championships.
Meanwhile Timaru’s Shane Archbold produced a solid second day to finish fifth overall in the men’s omnium, while Christchurch’s Jo Kiesanowski lies in eighth place after the first day of the women’s omnium.
Dawkins said he was thrilled with the day for him and the sprint team.
“I was just astounded. I still haven’t come to terms with it,” Dawkins said. “I looked up at the board and saw Matt Archibald had gone 10.0, the first kiwi to do that and it fired me up. I just ripped it and I am over the moon.
“I did not know I had it in me. May be my coaches did. In training it has been a little bit slower but on the day it was all about preparation and execution.”
Dawkins was the only New Zealander of the four who qualified to progress to the second round but was pipped by Kenny.
He missed out on a quarterfinal berth in the repechage to Hoy, who wen ton to move into tomorrow’s semifinals.
It has been new territory for Dawkins.
“In the past we have qualified quite low and got guys much faster than us. Here we have been up with them and now we have to learn the art of how to ride the match races.
“They are two different sports. It’s like comparing dragsters to rally cars.”
Dawkins said he is proud of his sprint teammates as the five strong group chase three places in the team sprint for London.
“I wouldn’t want to be the selectors picking the sprint team to go to the Games. It has been turned on its head this week. We did an amazing time in the team sprint, got our first medal at a world champs with Simon who was unreal, and today three out of four rode personal bests.
“We’ve come from a national of endurance riders to a nation of sprinters.”
Earlier Mitchell got the crowd pumping when he surprised Hoy with three laps remaining and it took all of the great man’s reserves to haul in the kiwi 10m from the line.
Webster stood up Kenny by 10m going into the final lap but closed strongly around the final bend, with a photo finish required to separate the pair by the width of a tyre.
“He’s the Olympic champion so I had to go out and take it to him,” said Mitchell. “I had to show him that I was there to win. It came off pretty well but I tied up in the last 30m and didn’t quite have the legs.
“To go out there and ride the Olympic champion so close, I am just stoked. He came over to congratulate me after which was great that he showed me that amount of respect.”
Fellow Invercargill rider Matt Archibald also qualified in 10.034s, with he, Mitchell and Dawkins all establishing significant personal best times.
Meanwhile Timaru’s Archbold recovered from a mediocre individual pursuit with excellent third place in the scratch race and fifth in the 1000m time trial to finish an respectable fifth overall in the gruelling two-day omnium.
“The points race is not one of my strengths and the pursuit was not up to my best so I know that I have some work-ons,” Archbold said. “I was really pleased with the scratch race tonight especially as I was the rider initiating the attacks.
“Overall to be top five in the world is not to be sneezed at. I know I was second last year but in Olympic year the quality of the competition was much tougher.
“I’ve had four crashes this year alone and so anyone of them could have set me back, then again my crash three weeks ago might have been good in that I had three or four days off to freshen up.
“Overall I am happy with where I am at. I know there are things still to improve on and so I think a medal is within reach for London.”
Christchurch’s Jo Kiesanowski is in eighth place after the first day of the women’s omnium following 16th in the flying lap in 14.940, and strong sixth placings in the points race and elimination.
Results:
Men’s 200m sprint, qualifying: Gregory Bauge (FRA) 9.854, 1; Robert Foerstemann (GER) 9.873, 2; Kevin Sireau (FRA) 9.893, 3; Chris Hoy (GBR) 9.902, 4; Matthew Glaetzer (AUS) 9.902, 5. Also New Zealanders: Eddie Dawkins 9.963, 7; Matt Archibald 10.034, 12; Sam Webster 10.122, 19; Ethan Mitchell 10.163, 21 (all qualified).
First round: Hoy bt Mitchell, Jason Kenny (GBR) bt Webster, Dawkins bt Michael Blatchford (USA), Scott Sunderland (AUS) bt Archibald.
Quarterfinals: Bauge bt Sunderland, Foerstemann bt Seiichiroi Nakagawa (JPN), Sireau bt Stefan
Repechage 1: Hoy 1, Sunderland 2, Dawkins 3. Repechage 2: Stefan Boetticher (GER) 1, Glaetzer 2, Nakagawa 3.
Men’s omnium, 4000m individual pursuit: Lasse Hansen (DEN) 4:22.330, 1; Zach Bell (CAN) 4:26.786, 2; Ed Clancy (GBR) 4:27.643, 3. Also: Shane Archbold (NZL) 4:29.248, 7.
Scratch race 15km: Hansen 1, Bell 2, Archbold 3.
1000m time trial: Clancy 1:01948, 1; O’Shea 1:03.042, 2; Hansen 1:03.102, 3. Also: Archbold 1:03.373, 5.
Final points: O’Shea 22, 1; Bell 28, 2; Hansen and Clancy 29, equal 3 (Hansen takes bronze). Also: Archbold 38, 5.
Women’s omnium, flying lap: Annette Edmonson (AUS) 14.377, 1; Laura Trott (GBR) 14.391, 2; Li Huang (CHN) 14.427, 3. Also: Jo Kiesanowski (NZL) 14.931, 16.
Points race: Lisa Brennauer (GER) 23 points, 1; Jarmilla Machacova (CZE) 22, 2; Angie Gonzalez Garcia 21, 3. Also: Kiesanowski 10, 6.
Elimination: Also: Trott 1, Evgenia Romanyuta (RUS) 2, Malgorzata Wojtyra (POL) 3. Also: Kiesanowski 6.
Points after three rounds: Edmondson and Trott, 11, equal 1; Sarah Hammer (USA) and Tara Whitton (CAN) 24, equal 3. Also: Kiesanowski 28, 8.
Women’s 10km scratch race: Katarzyna (POL) 1, Melissa Hoskins (AUS) 2, Kelly Druyts (BEL) 3. Also: Gemma Dudley (NZL) 14.
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Media Liaison, BikeNZ High Performance
Sports Media NZ Ltd
BikeNZ-Pure Black take on world’s best in U23 Tour of Flanders
New Zealand has named a powerful BikeNZ-Pure Black team to tackle the first of the Nations Cup road cycling classics in Belgium on Sunday (NZ Time).
A six-man team will compete in the Under 23 Tour of Flanders, a 173-km one day event that concludes the annual Tour of Flanders involving the Pro Tour male and female races last week.
It is the first of the six-race series in Europe that forms the UCI Nations Cup, which is an international series for the world’s best under-23 riders and is regarded as the ideal springboard for young riders to gain experience against top class competition but come under the eye of the professional team scouts.
It is the first major test for the BikeNZ-Pure Black squad, an initiative with Avanti to create an international road racing development programme with the aim of the group forming a nucleus working towards the 2016 Rio Olympics on both the track and road.
As well as the core group based in Europe, BikeNZ-Pure Black have tapped in to the talented pool of under-23 New Zealand riders currently on professional contracts to bolster the team for the Nations Cup.
US-based riders Patrick Bevin (Team Bissell) and the Trek Livestrong pair of Josh Atkins and James Oram have joined the team for the Tour of Flanders along with Cam Karwowski, Dion Smith and Taylor Gunman.
Bevin is forging an outstanding career on the road in the US and Europe, while Atkins won the Tour of Southland last year and Oram won a silver medal in the junior time trial at the world championships. Karwowski is a former world junior champion on the track; Gunman was a podium finisher in the Tour de l'Abitibi in Canada and Smith was the best kiwi in the under-19 race at last year’s world championships.
The New Zealand under-23 road champion Michael Vink, also riding professionally in Belgium, withdrew due to illness.
The 173km race takes in most of the same course used in last week’s Tour of Flanders classic won by Tom Boonen including many of the telling climbs and sections of the famed cobbles.
“It is the first big test for the team,” said BikeNZ High Performance Director Mark Elliott. “The Nations Cup is the road Olympics for under-23 riders. It is brutally hard and will be a massive step-up and challenge for our riders against the absolute best young riders in the world.
“It is hard to appreciate on this side of the world the pure talent and the depth of standard of under-23 riders in Europe which is quite boggling.”
Pure Black Racing Director Greg Cross said the Nations Cup programme is an important building block in the partnership’s long term goals.
“We are committed to making a difference in the development of road cycling in New Zealand,” said Mr Cross. “This European programme is an incredible opportunity for our best young talent and we are excited that our top young riders are getting the experience to race on such famous and challenging races against the best riders under -23 in the world.”
The BikeNZ-Pure Black squad have been racing in Europe for the past three weeks, mostly in flat kermesse (criterium) races in Belgium.
The BikeNZ-Pure Black team for the Under-23 Tour of Flanders is: Patrick Bevin (Taupo), James Oram (North Harbour), Dion Smith (Auckland), Taylor Gunman (Auckland), Josh Atkins (Christchurch), Cameron Karwowski (Invercargill). Coach: Dan Healey.
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IAN HEPENSTALL
Media Liaison, BikeNZ High Performance
Sports Media NZ Ltd
A six-man team will compete in the Under 23 Tour of Flanders, a 173-km one day event that concludes the annual Tour of Flanders involving the Pro Tour male and female races last week.
It is the first of the six-race series in Europe that forms the UCI Nations Cup, which is an international series for the world’s best under-23 riders and is regarded as the ideal springboard for young riders to gain experience against top class competition but come under the eye of the professional team scouts.
It is the first major test for the BikeNZ-Pure Black squad, an initiative with Avanti to create an international road racing development programme with the aim of the group forming a nucleus working towards the 2016 Rio Olympics on both the track and road.
As well as the core group based in Europe, BikeNZ-Pure Black have tapped in to the talented pool of under-23 New Zealand riders currently on professional contracts to bolster the team for the Nations Cup.
US-based riders Patrick Bevin (Team Bissell) and the Trek Livestrong pair of Josh Atkins and James Oram have joined the team for the Tour of Flanders along with Cam Karwowski, Dion Smith and Taylor Gunman.
Bevin is forging an outstanding career on the road in the US and Europe, while Atkins won the Tour of Southland last year and Oram won a silver medal in the junior time trial at the world championships. Karwowski is a former world junior champion on the track; Gunman was a podium finisher in the Tour de l'Abitibi in Canada and Smith was the best kiwi in the under-19 race at last year’s world championships.
The New Zealand under-23 road champion Michael Vink, also riding professionally in Belgium, withdrew due to illness.
The 173km race takes in most of the same course used in last week’s Tour of Flanders classic won by Tom Boonen including many of the telling climbs and sections of the famed cobbles.
“It is the first big test for the team,” said BikeNZ High Performance Director Mark Elliott. “The Nations Cup is the road Olympics for under-23 riders. It is brutally hard and will be a massive step-up and challenge for our riders against the absolute best young riders in the world.
“It is hard to appreciate on this side of the world the pure talent and the depth of standard of under-23 riders in Europe which is quite boggling.”
Pure Black Racing Director Greg Cross said the Nations Cup programme is an important building block in the partnership’s long term goals.
“We are committed to making a difference in the development of road cycling in New Zealand,” said Mr Cross. “This European programme is an incredible opportunity for our best young talent and we are excited that our top young riders are getting the experience to race on such famous and challenging races against the best riders under -23 in the world.”
The BikeNZ-Pure Black squad have been racing in Europe for the past three weeks, mostly in flat kermesse (criterium) races in Belgium.
The BikeNZ-Pure Black team for the Under-23 Tour of Flanders is: Patrick Bevin (Taupo), James Oram (North Harbour), Dion Smith (Auckland), Taylor Gunman (Auckland), Josh Atkins (Christchurch), Cameron Karwowski (Invercargill). Coach: Dan Healey.
For further information contact:
IAN HEPENSTALL
Media Liaison, BikeNZ High Performance
Sports Media NZ Ltd
Thursday, April 5, 2012
UCI TRACK CYCLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – DAY 2 QUALIFYING
New Zealand will fight it out for the bronze medal in the women’s team pursuit on the second night of finals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Melbourne.
They clocked their second fastest time ever in 3:20.598 which proved just the fourth fastest time after an astonishing qualifying session at the Hisense Arena today.
The kiwi trio of Alison Shanks, Jaime Nielsen and Lauren Ellis will take on Canada tonight after the North Americans set the early pace in 3:19.494.
Hosts Australia stunned everyone with a brilliant 3:17.053 to smash the world record by more than a second.
Not to be outdone, defending champions Great Britain went faster again to break the world mark with a 3:16.850.
Earlier Natasha Hansen qualified 13th in the women’s sprints, setting a new personal best of 11.166 seconds on a morning where Australian world champion Anna Meares regained her world record with a 10.782 effort in qualifying.
The Southlander has finished provisionally 13th overall in the UCI rankings with every major meet resulting in a new best time for the 22-year-old who mixes life as an elite athlete with a career as an air traffic controller.
She was edged out by Cuban Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez by half a wheel in the round of 16 but is nonetheless pleased with her season.
“I really only got the opportunity in the last six months and I have to be really pleased with that. My first big meet I went 11.6 seconds which was pretty good. So within six months I’ve taken half a second off that and now producing world class times.
“It’s not over yet. I want to put in a good performance in the keirin and hopefully then I’ve done enough to get selected for London.
“Whatever happens I am really excited now about the development of the women’s sprint programme going forward.”
Results, women’s sprint qualifying: Anna Meares (AS) 10.782, 1; Shuang Guo (CHN) 11.004, 2; Miriam Welte (GER) 11.033, 3. Also: Natasha Hansen (NZL) 11.166, 13.
Round of 16: Hansen lost to Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (CUB)
Women’s 3000m team pursuit qualifying: Great Britain 3:16.850, 1 (world record); Australia 3:17.053, 2; Canada 3:19.494, 3; New Zealand (L Ellis, J Nielsen, A Shanks) 3:20.598, 4.
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They clocked their second fastest time ever in 3:20.598 which proved just the fourth fastest time after an astonishing qualifying session at the Hisense Arena today.
The kiwi trio of Alison Shanks, Jaime Nielsen and Lauren Ellis will take on Canada tonight after the North Americans set the early pace in 3:19.494.
Hosts Australia stunned everyone with a brilliant 3:17.053 to smash the world record by more than a second.
Not to be outdone, defending champions Great Britain went faster again to break the world mark with a 3:16.850.
Earlier Natasha Hansen qualified 13th in the women’s sprints, setting a new personal best of 11.166 seconds on a morning where Australian world champion Anna Meares regained her world record with a 10.782 effort in qualifying.
The Southlander has finished provisionally 13th overall in the UCI rankings with every major meet resulting in a new best time for the 22-year-old who mixes life as an elite athlete with a career as an air traffic controller.
She was edged out by Cuban Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez by half a wheel in the round of 16 but is nonetheless pleased with her season.
“I really only got the opportunity in the last six months and I have to be really pleased with that. My first big meet I went 11.6 seconds which was pretty good. So within six months I’ve taken half a second off that and now producing world class times.
“It’s not over yet. I want to put in a good performance in the keirin and hopefully then I’ve done enough to get selected for London.
“Whatever happens I am really excited now about the development of the women’s sprint programme going forward.”
Results, women’s sprint qualifying: Anna Meares (AS) 10.782, 1; Shuang Guo (CHN) 11.004, 2; Miriam Welte (GER) 11.033, 3. Also: Natasha Hansen (NZL) 11.166, 13.
Round of 16: Hansen lost to Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (CUB)
Women’s 3000m team pursuit qualifying: Great Britain 3:16.850, 1 (world record); Australia 3:17.053, 2; Canada 3:19.494, 3; New Zealand (L Ellis, J Nielsen, A Shanks) 3:20.598, 4.
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Media Liaison, BikeNZ High Performance
Sports Media NZ Ltd
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TRACK CYCLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – DAY 1 WRAP
All that glitters is not gold as the New Zealand team found out with two outstanding bronze medals on the opening night of the UCI Track Championships in Melbourne tonight.
The men’s team pursuit quartet of Marc Ryan, Sam Bewley, Aaron Gate and Westley Gough rode a splendidly judged race to claim the bronze medal over Russia, after being behind by 1.5 seconds at the halfway mark in the 4000m race.
The burgeoning men’s sprint team needed some fortune before edging out Japan to win the bronze medal. The trio of Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins had ridden a significant personal best of 43.742 to be fifth fastest behind the four superpowers of France, Germany, Australia and Great Britain. But Great Britain and Germany were disqualified for infractions at the changeovers elevating the kiwis to the bronze medal ride, where they edged out Japan.
Tonight was only the third medal won in the team pursuit at the world championships and the third bronze for Gough and Ryan who were in the pursuit combinations that won bronze medals in 2009 and 2010.
“We got our pace judgement must better tonight. That was a really good ride,” said Ryan. “This afternoon we went out too quick by about 3/10ths of a second in the third and fourth laps and paid for it later in the ride.
“Tonight we were that bit more measured and that meant our guys who had the lap and a half stints later were well set.
“To think we have so much depth with Pete Latham on the sidelines who could have easily ridden and Jesse Sergent still to come back into the squad.
“This gives us some real confidence now looking forward to London. That time is our third fastest ever. We are on track and this is pretty exciting.”
They dropped behind by 1.5 seconds at the 2000m mark but gradually put the pressure on, closing in after a Russian rider was dropped to zoom home in 3:57.592.
The men’s team sprint were delighted with their qualifying effort in 43.742, which was their first time under the 44 second barrier.
They were almost into their recovery mode when given the news of their elevation and they produced almost a mirror image ride of 43.812 to edge out the Japanese by 8/100ths of a second.
Hosts Australia came from behind to pip France by 1/1000th of a second to win the gold medal.
“We have been challenging that 44 second mark for a while so to beat it twice in one night is great,” said Dawkins. “We’ve reduced out best time by nearly a second in two years and now we are less than half a second from the gold medal.
“The rules are pretty clear on changeovers and we practice it all the time. They are very experienced teams and know the rules and we were able to take advantage.
“It gives us real confidence and now the hard work comes again for London.”
Earlier the brave Olympic bid by women’s sprinters Katie Schofield and Natasha Hansen came unhinged at the start of their time trial. Schofield slipped out of the starting block and nearly fell, and while she recovered well, the chances of a world class time had gone. Hansen produced a stunning second lap for a 34.278 effort, their second best time, for 10th placing.
The BikeNZ squad produced a rider for the future when 18 year old Alex Frame from Christchurch finished an outstanding fourth place in the men’s 15km scratch race, won by Team Sky sprinter Ben Swift.
Frame, brought in to the training camp last month, made the most of his chances and was elevated to the team for experience, and he produced a race of intelligence and integrity.
Two medals in the opening night is an outstanding start for the BikeNZ team with strong chances tomorrow in the women’s team pursuit, Simon van Velthooven in the men’s kilo time trial and Shane Archbold in the first day of the omnium.
Results:
Women’s team sprint, qualifying: Germany 32.680, 1 (world record); Australia 32.752, 2; China 32.937, 3; Great Britain 32.941, 4. Also: New Zealand (K Schofield, N Hansen) 34.278, 10.
Gold medal ride: Germany 32.549, 1 (world record); Australia 32.597, 2. Bronze medal ride: china 32.870, 3; Great Britain 33.160, 4.
Men’s team sprint, qualifying: France 43.247, 1; Australia 43.512, 2; New Zealand 43,742, 3; Japan 44.039, 4. Note: Germany and Great Britain disqualified.
Gold medal ride: Australia 43.266, 1; France 43.267, 2. Bronze medal ride: New Zealand Japan.
Men’s 4000m team pursuit qualifying: Great Britain 3:54.485, 1; Australia 3:54.654, 2; New Zealand 3:59.156, 3; Russian 3:59.290, 4.
Gold medal ride: Great Britain 3:53.295, 1 (world record); Australia 3:53.401, 2. Bronze medal ride: New Zealand 3:57.592, 3; Russian 3:59.237, 4
Men’s 15km scratch race: Ben Swift (GBR) 1, Nolan Hoffman (RSA) 2, Win Stroetinga (NED) 3. Also: Alex Frame (NZL) 4.
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Media Liaison, BikeNZ High Performance
Sports Media NZ Ltd
The men’s team pursuit quartet of Marc Ryan, Sam Bewley, Aaron Gate and Westley Gough rode a splendidly judged race to claim the bronze medal over Russia, after being behind by 1.5 seconds at the halfway mark in the 4000m race.
The burgeoning men’s sprint team needed some fortune before edging out Japan to win the bronze medal. The trio of Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins had ridden a significant personal best of 43.742 to be fifth fastest behind the four superpowers of France, Germany, Australia and Great Britain. But Great Britain and Germany were disqualified for infractions at the changeovers elevating the kiwis to the bronze medal ride, where they edged out Japan.
Tonight was only the third medal won in the team pursuit at the world championships and the third bronze for Gough and Ryan who were in the pursuit combinations that won bronze medals in 2009 and 2010.
“We got our pace judgement must better tonight. That was a really good ride,” said Ryan. “This afternoon we went out too quick by about 3/10ths of a second in the third and fourth laps and paid for it later in the ride.
“Tonight we were that bit more measured and that meant our guys who had the lap and a half stints later were well set.
“To think we have so much depth with Pete Latham on the sidelines who could have easily ridden and Jesse Sergent still to come back into the squad.
“This gives us some real confidence now looking forward to London. That time is our third fastest ever. We are on track and this is pretty exciting.”
They dropped behind by 1.5 seconds at the 2000m mark but gradually put the pressure on, closing in after a Russian rider was dropped to zoom home in 3:57.592.
The men’s team sprint were delighted with their qualifying effort in 43.742, which was their first time under the 44 second barrier.
They were almost into their recovery mode when given the news of their elevation and they produced almost a mirror image ride of 43.812 to edge out the Japanese by 8/100ths of a second.
Hosts Australia came from behind to pip France by 1/1000th of a second to win the gold medal.
“We have been challenging that 44 second mark for a while so to beat it twice in one night is great,” said Dawkins. “We’ve reduced out best time by nearly a second in two years and now we are less than half a second from the gold medal.
“The rules are pretty clear on changeovers and we practice it all the time. They are very experienced teams and know the rules and we were able to take advantage.
“It gives us real confidence and now the hard work comes again for London.”
Earlier the brave Olympic bid by women’s sprinters Katie Schofield and Natasha Hansen came unhinged at the start of their time trial. Schofield slipped out of the starting block and nearly fell, and while she recovered well, the chances of a world class time had gone. Hansen produced a stunning second lap for a 34.278 effort, their second best time, for 10th placing.
The BikeNZ squad produced a rider for the future when 18 year old Alex Frame from Christchurch finished an outstanding fourth place in the men’s 15km scratch race, won by Team Sky sprinter Ben Swift.
Frame, brought in to the training camp last month, made the most of his chances and was elevated to the team for experience, and he produced a race of intelligence and integrity.
Two medals in the opening night is an outstanding start for the BikeNZ team with strong chances tomorrow in the women’s team pursuit, Simon van Velthooven in the men’s kilo time trial and Shane Archbold in the first day of the omnium.
Results:
Women’s team sprint, qualifying: Germany 32.680, 1 (world record); Australia 32.752, 2; China 32.937, 3; Great Britain 32.941, 4. Also: New Zealand (K Schofield, N Hansen) 34.278, 10.
Gold medal ride: Germany 32.549, 1 (world record); Australia 32.597, 2. Bronze medal ride: china 32.870, 3; Great Britain 33.160, 4.
Men’s team sprint, qualifying: France 43.247, 1; Australia 43.512, 2; New Zealand 43,742, 3; Japan 44.039, 4. Note: Germany and Great Britain disqualified.
Gold medal ride: Australia 43.266, 1; France 43.267, 2. Bronze medal ride: New Zealand Japan.
Men’s 4000m team pursuit qualifying: Great Britain 3:54.485, 1; Australia 3:54.654, 2; New Zealand 3:59.156, 3; Russian 3:59.290, 4.
Gold medal ride: Great Britain 3:53.295, 1 (world record); Australia 3:53.401, 2. Bronze medal ride: New Zealand 3:57.592, 3; Russian 3:59.237, 4
Men’s 15km scratch race: Ben Swift (GBR) 1, Nolan Hoffman (RSA) 2, Win Stroetinga (NED) 3. Also: Alex Frame (NZL) 4.
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Sports Media NZ Ltd
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Big New Zealand cycling team looks for success in Melbourne
New Zealand has qualified a full quota of riders in endurance and sprint events for both men and women for the first time and the 20-strong team which is the biggest of all nations here in Melbourne.
It follows the late qualification by the women’s sprint combination of Natasha Hansen and Katie Schofield after world class performances at November’s Oceania Championships and the World Cups in Beijing and London.
The 12-strong men’s squad has an average age of 23 years and the women 25 years including experienced US-based professional Joanne Kiesanowski at 32. The entire 20 strong squad has an average age of under 24 years.
The seven sprinters competing in Melbourne have an average age of 22 years in a discipline where full maturity of performance is not in evidence until the late 20s or early 30s.
Overall the New Zealand team will be looking to equal if not better the record bounty of four medals at each of the last two world championships.
Leading the way will be the women’s endurance trio of Alison Shanks, Lauren Ellis and Jaime Nielsen. The BikeNZ team won a silver medal in the team pursuit in 2009 and bronze in both Copenhagen and Apeldoorn. They return to their 2009 Poland line-up and will definitely be hunting a place in the gold medal ride, buoyed by their outstanding 3:19.759 in a white hot Invercargill Velodrome at the Oceania Champs, the fastest time ever at sea level.
Hosts Australia, world champions Great Britain and USA should be the major protagonists.
While the individual pursuit is not on the Olympic event for London, Shanks is clearly keyed for a crack at her second rainbow jersey. The former representative netballer won the title in 2009 in Poland and after missing out on the podium at Copenhagen, Shanks fought back to win gold at the Delhi Commonwealth Games over Wendy Houvenaghel and was edged by world record holder Sarah Hammer (USA) by 29/100ths of a second for gold at Apeldoorn last year.
Shanks comes into the championships in outstanding form with her 3:28.475 performance to win at the Oceania contest, more than a second quicker than her previous best set in that win in Poland.
The men’s team pursuit will be chasing a medal ride, which will prove a major achievement without their star, Jesse Sergent who is required for European road racing duties for RadioShack Nissan Trek.
Hawkes Bay rider Westley Gough has won Sergent’s spot while Waikato’s Peter Latham will compete in the individual pursuit with Gough. He will join 2011 Radioshack rider Sam Bewley, the highly experienced and reinvigorated Marc Ryan and newcomer Aaron Gate, who has been a revelation since emerging from last year’s the Under-23 road squad in Europe in the team pursuit.
The team sprint trio of Ethan Mitchell 21, Sam Webster 21 and Eddie Dawkins 22, were sixth at Apeldoorn and while Rio was their initial target, there’s growing confidence that a team sprint medal for the boys in black is a matter of when and not if.
They broke the national record with their current best of 44.078 in November and will no doubt be looking to get under the 44 second barrier and move closer to the 42-high range of the world’s best.
The big improver has been burly Manawatu sprinter Simon van Velthooven. The 23 year old, who learned much from his season on the Japan Keirin Racing, comes in as the No 1 ranked rider World Cup rider in the keirin.
On the women’s front, the pairing of Hansen (Southland) and Schofield (Otago) have gone from strength to strength in the past six months, setting personal bests at every outing and clawing their way into qualification for the world championships. They need to beat Venezuela by four places in the team sprint to earn qualification for London.
The omnium is still a developing event with New Zealand represented by last year’s silver medallist in Shane Archbold, the 22 year old from Timaru, who is recovering from a significant crash at Bendigo three weeks ago, and the experienced professional from Canterbury, Jo Kiesanowski who has been rapidly improving over the time events in recent months.
The championships begin tomorrow with the men’s team pursuit and the men’s and women’s team sprint and continue until Sunday.
CAPTION: The women’s team pursuit trio of (from left) Jaime Nielsen, Alison Shanks and Lauren Ellis with coach Dayle Cheatley calling instructions.
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It follows the late qualification by the women’s sprint combination of Natasha Hansen and Katie Schofield after world class performances at November’s Oceania Championships and the World Cups in Beijing and London.
The 12-strong men’s squad has an average age of 23 years and the women 25 years including experienced US-based professional Joanne Kiesanowski at 32. The entire 20 strong squad has an average age of under 24 years.
The seven sprinters competing in Melbourne have an average age of 22 years in a discipline where full maturity of performance is not in evidence until the late 20s or early 30s.
Overall the New Zealand team will be looking to equal if not better the record bounty of four medals at each of the last two world championships.
Leading the way will be the women’s endurance trio of Alison Shanks, Lauren Ellis and Jaime Nielsen. The BikeNZ team won a silver medal in the team pursuit in 2009 and bronze in both Copenhagen and Apeldoorn. They return to their 2009 Poland line-up and will definitely be hunting a place in the gold medal ride, buoyed by their outstanding 3:19.759 in a white hot Invercargill Velodrome at the Oceania Champs, the fastest time ever at sea level.
Hosts Australia, world champions Great Britain and USA should be the major protagonists.
While the individual pursuit is not on the Olympic event for London, Shanks is clearly keyed for a crack at her second rainbow jersey. The former representative netballer won the title in 2009 in Poland and after missing out on the podium at Copenhagen, Shanks fought back to win gold at the Delhi Commonwealth Games over Wendy Houvenaghel and was edged by world record holder Sarah Hammer (USA) by 29/100ths of a second for gold at Apeldoorn last year.
Shanks comes into the championships in outstanding form with her 3:28.475 performance to win at the Oceania contest, more than a second quicker than her previous best set in that win in Poland.
The men’s team pursuit will be chasing a medal ride, which will prove a major achievement without their star, Jesse Sergent who is required for European road racing duties for RadioShack Nissan Trek.
Hawkes Bay rider Westley Gough has won Sergent’s spot while Waikato’s Peter Latham will compete in the individual pursuit with Gough. He will join 2011 Radioshack rider Sam Bewley, the highly experienced and reinvigorated Marc Ryan and newcomer Aaron Gate, who has been a revelation since emerging from last year’s the Under-23 road squad in Europe in the team pursuit.
The team sprint trio of Ethan Mitchell 21, Sam Webster 21 and Eddie Dawkins 22, were sixth at Apeldoorn and while Rio was their initial target, there’s growing confidence that a team sprint medal for the boys in black is a matter of when and not if.
They broke the national record with their current best of 44.078 in November and will no doubt be looking to get under the 44 second barrier and move closer to the 42-high range of the world’s best.
The big improver has been burly Manawatu sprinter Simon van Velthooven. The 23 year old, who learned much from his season on the Japan Keirin Racing, comes in as the No 1 ranked rider World Cup rider in the keirin.
On the women’s front, the pairing of Hansen (Southland) and Schofield (Otago) have gone from strength to strength in the past six months, setting personal bests at every outing and clawing their way into qualification for the world championships. They need to beat Venezuela by four places in the team sprint to earn qualification for London.
The omnium is still a developing event with New Zealand represented by last year’s silver medallist in Shane Archbold, the 22 year old from Timaru, who is recovering from a significant crash at Bendigo three weeks ago, and the experienced professional from Canterbury, Jo Kiesanowski who has been rapidly improving over the time events in recent months.
CAPTION: The women’s team pursuit trio of (from left) Jaime Nielsen, Alison Shanks and Lauren Ellis with coach Dayle Cheatley calling instructions.
Credit: Envious Photography.
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IAN HEPENSTALL
Media Liaison, BikeNZ High Performance
Media Liaison, BikeNZ High Performance
Sports Media NZ Ltd
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