Why is it that the ‘queen’ stage always suck, no matter how much your goals and intentions avoid anything to do with hills?!  I’ll tell you why – even with the sprinter’s jersey on my back, ‘grupetto-ing’ up the final climb at a very easy tempo in front of a number of avid cycle fans… Read More

Today’s plan for the team revolved around securing further points for the green jersey, however, Jason also had his plan to dominate the stage, which he did so convincingly.   Jas was talking his legs up this morning (perhaps chocolate/licorice loading the night before makes you go good) and wanted to make the early move.… Read More

Our team plan today was to help Jason Christie move up into the top 10 in G.C.  I figured lacking endurance I could help Jas make it into what we predicted would be a race defining break.  We knew Huon Genesys had more cards than any to play today so they would be the riders… Read More

First up is the relatively modest (distance) 7.1k prologue, quite a good way to start particularly if you like time trials.  The course is rolling with a little bit of flat; technical with some difficult, not so much tight but never-ending corners; and plenty of wind. I ear-marked this prologue as a key event in… Read More

Can we finally say au revoir to the pesky, territorial menace from the sky, the magpie that haunts the brightly-coloured and perfectly sized and projected targets – road cyclists?  I thought we were in luck when I hadn’t been swooped before October had swung around.  Of course I insisted my luck was in part due… Read More

This was our penultimate day in the saddle for Subway Pro Cycling so our opportunities for earning one more win for the team were becoming very much finite!  It wasn’t to be our day, despite Sam Horgan’s best efforts in making it into the early move, he was doomed after having had an extended warm… Read More

I don’t want to dwell on Christchurch’s shaky past but I am reminded of the daily grind we live in when iconic events such as the ‘Round the Bays’ race is held, well in the bay-less (but pothole-less) North Canterbury.  I will however dwell on the fact that a local events company (Not Just Events)… Read More