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Ever wanted to see what it looks like on a bike in the team pursuit going around an indoor track at breath taking speed.
Thanks to Jesse you now can... Awesome video of the NZ team on June 22. Roll on the London Olympics.
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From the Manawatu Standard
Manawatu man Matthijs van Wagtendonk was honoured with the Official Long Service Volunteer of the year award at the Bike NZ Road and Track AGM and awards dinner in Christchurch last weekend.
Matt came to Manawatu seven years ago from Te Awamutu, with an existing passion in cycling, he immediately became involved in cycling administration.
Read more: Matthijs van Wagtendonk receives Official Long Service Volunteer of the year award
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With team names ranging from “Raining Champs” to “Mo Bros” and everything in between it was set to be a fun night. The first round was a round of questions based on photos from around NZ and the rest of the world including famous land marks and cycling events staged in the Manawatu. One question in this round asked to name some local cyclists. The correct answer was Jacob Humphries, Josh Chard and Jesse Sergent all riding on the track at Feilding. However one team thought that the third rider was “A Masters DUDE”.
At the end of the second round there were only 4 points between the first team and the next 12 teams. The third round which were questions by Steve Stannrd was the round that saw the split in team scores develop and from this point on no team could pull back the advantage gained by “The Flyers”. Round 3 questions were all based on things “French” and it helped the flyers that one of their team members had lived in France for a number of years.
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BikeNZ are proud to announce that entries are now open to the very first UCI-sanctioned New Zealand Cyclocross National Championships!
Make sure you get online to secure your place in this historic event! All details available by clicking here
Guaranteed to be an awesome weekend of racing, this is not one you want to miss out on!
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My Yeti ASR-5C (fondly named “The Ninja” for it’s stealth-like looks) and I have had one hell of an adventure these last couple of months. We started in South Africa with the 800km Cape Epic, then spent time in the Southern Alps in Italy, scaling huge climbs in search of the snow line and descending sweet lines back towards Lake Garda. After a brief rendezvous with Munich’s trails in Germany, we then spent a week together in Greece, enjoying the breathtaking vistas, superb weather and riding trails that could be best described as gnarly kilometer-long rock gardens. In fact, The Ninja and I have done 2180km of sweet riding together, and 47600m of climbing since I left New Zealand late in March. We have been through two drive trains, three sets of brake pads and three sets of tires in that time. The Ninja is my best friend. Together we have experienced great things, seen amazing sights and met wonderful people… So it seems so fitting that The Ninja would carry me on my final journey this trip before coming home to NZ… My first 24 Hour Solo World Champs podium.