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BikeNZ names big squad for UCI World Track Championships

BikeNZ will take one of their biggest squads ever to this month's UCI World Track Cycling Championships in Copenhagen. The selectors today named a 17-strong team that leaves tomorrow for Denmark for the championships 24-28 March. Head coach Tim Carswell...

Published 03-16-2010 8:00 a.m. by Highperf

Filed under: World Track Championships 2010 copenhagen
Strong BikeNZ squad selected for world track championships

Otago's Alison Shanks has shown great form leading up to her defence of the World Individual Pursuit title. BikeNZ have selected an 18-strong squad to prepare for the UCI World Track Cycling Championships in Copenhagen 24-28th March 2010. RideStrong...

Published 03-09-2010 10:28 a.m. by Highperf

Filed under: Alison Shanks, BikeNZ High Performance, tim carswell, Eddie Dawkins, World Track Championships 2010 copenhagen
Shanks starts shakedown at RaboPlus NZ Cycling Championships

Alison Shanks wearing her 'Rainbow' World Champion rings at a World Cup in Melbourne. Credit: Shane Goss. World champion cyclist Alison Shanks reckons she won't have things her own way in the RaboPlus National Track Championships in Invercargill...

Published 02-11-2010 8:09 a.m. by Highperf

Filed under: Alison Shanks, Hayden Godfrey, RaboPlus Elite Track National Championship
Sam Webster wins Westpac Halberg Award

BikeNZ is excited about its burgeoning track sprint programme which received a significant boost with the award to world champion Sam Webster at the Halberg Awards in Auckland. Webster (Auckland), who won three gold medals at the 2009 UCI Junior World...

Published 02-05-2010 8:34 a.m. by Highperf

Filed under: Sam Webster, halbergg awards
More Medals in Beijing! UCI Track World Cup, Beijing, January 2010

Th BikeNZ men's pursuit team, made up of mostly development riders, claim Silver in Beijing! Credit: Champion SYstem. The fourth and last UCI Track World Cup for the 2009- 2010 season in Beijing was the last chance for BikeNZ track riders to test...

Published 01-27-2010 3:02 p.m. by Highperf
U23 Development Opportunities in 2010

BikeNZ has two opportunities for U23 road riders to develop their careers in 2010, one in Europe and one in the United States. We have invitations to three U23 Nations Cup races in Europe, 10 April (Tour of Flanders), 14 April (La Cote Picardie) and 17...

Published 01-26-2010 10:45 a.m. by Highperf

Filed under: U23
Shanks gold, Scully bronze in opening day of Beijing World Cup

23 January 2010 World champion Alison Shanks comfortably took out the gold medal in the individual pursuit on the opening night of finals at the UCI World Cup in Beijing. Shanks dominated the final over Lithuania's Vilija Sereikaite, clocking 3:33...

Published 01-23-2010 5:03 p.m. by Highperf
BikeNZ cyclists take on Beijing World Cup

Alison Shanks on her way to winning the Women's Individual Pursuit World Title in 2009. New Zealand has a mix of proven and potential in the squad to contest the third round of the UCI World Cup in Beijing starting tonight (NZL time). The 13-strong...

Published 01-22-2010 9:01 a.m. by Benji

Filed under: BikeNZ High Performance, Beijing world cup
Inspriation for us all...

A few weeks ago, I met a truly inspiring athlete. His name is Rob Mathews - MBE. Rob has been at the forefront of elite Paralympic sport for over 20 years. During his amazing career he has won an astonishing 8 Paralympic GOLD medals and set 22 World Records...

Published 01-11-2010 2:23 p.m. by Justin Grace

Filed under: Justin Grace, Rob Matthews
Congratulations Zac Prendergast - International Road & Track Commissaire

BikeNZ is pleased to acknowledge their newest International Road and Track Commissaire, Zac Prendergast. Zac has spent years training to achieve this prestigious status which qualifies him to officiate at the world's top road and track cycling events...

Published 12-16-2009 10:54 a.m. by RideStrong Admin

Filed under: commissaires
BikeNZ well placed to take advantage of Olympic changes

11 December 2009 BikeNZ is well prepared to meet the new programme released today for the track programme at the London Olympic Games. The IOC confirmed that the track programme will have an even gender split of five events of the sprint, team sprint...

Published 12-11-2009 10:21 a.m. by Highperf

Filed under: BikeNZ High Performance
BikeNZ celebrates 15 World Champions in remarkable 2009

The 15 BikeNZ riders who won 18 UCI World Championships between them this year. They were presented with their UCI Rainbow Jerseys in a special ceremony at SPARC in Wellington today. The world champions are (front row from left): Cameron Karwowski, Sam...

Published 12-03-2009 11:18 a.m. by Highperf

Filed under: Sam Webster, OWen Duffy, Reon Park, Nick Fox, Rico Bearman, Paula Tesoriero, Tahlia Hansen, Brook McDonald, Sarah Walker, Cameron Karwowski, BikeNZ World Champions 2009, Justin Grace, Warwick Dalton, Alison Shanks, Megan Blatchford
Worlds U23 Mens Time Trial

Time Trial Day. U23. Two riders Jesse Sergent and Westley Gough. Both Olympic and World championship medallists on the track. Jesse off first at 9:37 a.m. and Wes off at 10:51 a.m. Jesse off the start line, looking good through the first few corners....

Published 09-24-2009 8:55 a.m. by Andy Reid

Filed under: UCI road world champs 09, Worlds U23 Mens Time Trial
Road Worlds Mendrisio 2009 Update

Hello again from Italy, I hope you are having a good start to your Monday mornings and about to hook into work or school for the week. Work over the past 2 days has consisted of driving from Belgium to Mendrisio, via a 17km long tunnel (for one part of...

Published 09-21-2009 7:06 a.m. by Andy Reid
Road Cycling World Championships Mendrisio 2009- 1st report

Well I'm sitting in my bed in Belgium. Its 6:34a.m. and I've been awake for 2 and a half hours...damn jetlag. For you who don't know me, I'm Andy Reid and work as the Performance Programme Manager for BikeNZ. I've also been part of...

Published 09-18-2009 4:32 p.m. by Andy Reid