Due to the 7.1 magnitude earthquake which rocked Christchurch district early Saturday morning, the fifth round of the Benchmark Homes Cycling Tour has been cancelled.

Downhill competition filled the race programme today at the Mont Sainte Anne World Championships in Quebec, with the Junior and Elite Mens and Womens Championship races taking place. The changeable weather continued through the day, and just like the previous four days of events for the New Zealanders, so too did their fortunes.

Te Awamutu’s Pete Latham has finished third in the final stage of the testing As-en-Provence Tour that finished in France today.

Friday and Saturday have been all about Cross Country competition at the Mont Sainte Anne World Championships in Quebec, with a stunning Friday evening of Four Cross racing thrown in to mix things up a little.

World track cycling medallist Jesse Sergent is the latest BikeNZ rider to secure a Pro Tour contract. Plus loads of BikeNZ results

BikeNZ has named a powerful team built around their Pro Tour riders to make one of their strongest squads ever for the upcoming UCI World Road Cycling Championships in Melbourne.

Members of the BikeNZ Track Squad are racing a stage race in the South of France. An epic day saw them win the team time trial and take the overall lead. Coach Stuart MacDonald reports:

The 28 strong New Zealand MTB Team is now assembled at Mont Sainte Anne in the beautiful Quebec region of Canadas west, making final preparations for a week of championship racing.

New US road cycling series champion Cath Cheatley returns home at the weekend in the form of her life and looking ahead confidently to the upcoming world championships and the Commonwealth Games.

Commonwealth Games cyclist Shane Archbold has found good form on the roads in Belgium today.

New Zealand cyclist Cath Cheatley has sealed the USA National Series Champion title after a second placing in the final race of the season in New York.

Only a week out from the first event of the 2010 UCI World Mountainbike Championships in Canada, New Zealand's top mountainbikers have been fine tuning preparations on two continents.

We are proud to support Recreation: The NZ Outdoor Adventure Expo, and offer BikeNZ and RideStrong members 2 for $10 tickets to NZ's biggest outdoor adventure show.

For the second year, the Contact Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge will be providing beginner cyclists with a unique programme designed to help them face the challenge of the iconic November 27 cycling event.

BikeNZ, the national body that encompasses all aspects of cycling participation, is planning to evolve into a more vibrant and pertinent organisation.

Young Auckland rider Aaron Gate proved that he is in the top tier of track cyclists when he took the prestigous 'Rider of the Year' title at the World Series of Bicycling in the US.

Success at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore is far from measured solely by the colour of the medals – and that’s the way IOC President Jacques Rogge likes it.

Commonwealth Games bound Gordon McCauley won the Hudson Gavin & Martin Auckland 1000 Cycle Race at Karaka today, the latest round in the RaboDirect national series.

Commonwealth Games-bound cyclist Myron Simpson scored his first victory in Belgium today.

There is the opportunity to assist the New Zealand Under 19 team to the Oceania Track Championships in Adelaide.

Gordon McCauley and Melissa Holt where the headline entries for the Hudson Gavin & Martin Auckland 1000 Cycling road race. Results now availible...

Visit RideStrong to read the blog update from the team in Singapore

The final race at the Kokanee Crankworx in Whistler saw Trek World Racing take 2 top fives in the Pro Men's Canadian Open Downhill yesterday, with Justin Leov (NZL) securing 3rd place on the podium and teammate, Andrew Neethling (RSA), just tenths behind in 5th.

Girl power was again to the fore on the final day of the UCI World Junior Track Cycling Championships in Italy.

A stunning ride by Subway-Avanti’s James Williamson saw him tame the South in the fourth round of the Benchmark Homes cycling tour today.

It's only two weeks to go until the Manawatu Standard Feilding Festival of Cycling

The Auckland pair of Stephanie McKenzie and Henrietta Mitchell grabbed New Zealand’s first medal on the track at the UCI World Junior Championships in Italy today.

Young road rider Clinton Avery will join a now 27-strong New Zealand cycling team in Delhi.

To get better at cycling many seek the guidance of a coach. Throughout the country there are numerous coaches who volunteer their time and expertise, especially in the junior ranks, to help foster cycling in New Zealand. Here's your chance to say thank you...

Just as the cobbles give character to Paris – Roubaix, the gravel in the fourth round of the Benchmark Homes Cycling Tour makes for a tough and unusual race. Sunday’s race will see riders thrash themselves over a 140 kilometre course studded with gravel.

Just a week after his gnarly crash at the UCI World Cup in Val di Sole (Italy), Trek World Racing's Justin Leov (NZL) took second place in the Garbanzo Downhill at Crankworx – considered the longest traditional downhill race in the world at more than 13 minutes.

MTBNZ’s AGM will be held in Waipa Carpark, Redwoods Forest Rotorua at 12.30pm. Saturday 3rd Oct 2010.

Double Beijing medallist Hayden Roulston gave a strong signal of his potent form when he won the final stage of the Tour of Denmark today.

The New Zealand Olympic Committee has today named a strong team, including Pro Tour stars Greg Henderson and Hayden Roulston along with their current world championship medallists, for the cycling team to contest the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

The rigours of a massive season have ruled Julian Dean out of the reckoning for the Commonwealth Games.

Mountainbike New Zealand (MTBNZ) has great pleasure in announcing the NZ Mountainbike Team to compete at the 2010 UCI World Mountainbike Championships, to be held at Mont Saint Anne in Quebec, Canada, between August 31st and September 5th.

Italy's Val di Sole was host to the fifth round of the UCI MTB World Cup over the weekend - 20 NZers were competing in Saturday's Cross Country and Sunday's Downhill events.

Commonwealth Games track hope Marc Ryan showed he is in good form after winning a criterium in Belgium today.

Young Christchurch rider Daniel Franks was the best of the New Zealand elite riders in the cruiser class finals at the UCI BMX World Championships in South Africa today.

Commonwealth Games hopeful Peter Latham continued the recent success on the roads of North America for New Zealand cyclists today.

New Zealand rider Sarah Walker has won silver at the UCI BMX World Championship in South Africa today.

Likeable Rotorua rider Dave Mohi has added to the rainbow jersey haul for the New Zealanders when he won the men’s 30 years and over final at the BMX World Championships in South Africa.

New Zealand BMX has three more world champions after the first day of the age group Challenge classes at the UCI World Championships in South Africa.

Bike NZ Incorporated (BikeNZ) is seeking to appoint a new independent board member, due to a current board member being unable to stand for re-election.

Sales, marketing and management executive Helen Mobberley has been appointed to the new position of Sponsorship Manager for BikeNZ.

Kiwi sprinter Julian Dean rode himself to anopther impressive second today on stage 18 of the Tour de France coming into Bordeaux.

Mountainbike NZ are pleased to announce the NZ MTB Cup and National MTB Championship schedule for the summer of 2011.

New Zealand cyclists have grabbed success across the United States this week.Beijing Olympian Cath Cheatley has continued her outstanding form to take the overall lead after the first stage of the BMC Cascade Cycling Classic in Oregon.

The Subway - Avanti Pro Cycling team performed well in heavy rain and cool temperatures on stage five of the Tour de Qinghai Lake in China.

The 2010 PowerNet Tour of Southland returns to our southern highways in November to continue its tradition as the country’s longest-running and most highly sought-after cycle tour.

The 2010 Wanganui Grand Prix is being raced on the 2011 Club Road Nationals course giving you the chance to become familiar with the course before next year's event.

If you are interested in becoming a national commissaire you only have a few days left to register your interest

Kia ora, hello - from Rotorua to the singlespeeders of the world... 99 days to go...850 entries...30 countries...

The 2010 PowerNet Tour of Southland has followed the lead of other Australasian events and will not be an UCI-registered road cycling event in 2010.

Injury has forced former world cycling champion Hayden Godfrey to withdrawn from contention for the Commonwealth Games.

More information is available about the time table for the 2011 Oceania road championships

BikeNZ and Outward Bound are proud to announce their renewed partnership. Outward Bound is once again offering scholarships to talented young riders to attend their self development courses

New Zealand cyclists enjoyed success in National Racing Calendar events in the USA at the weekend with victories to Lauren Ellis, Jo Kiesanowski and Patrick Bevin.

The dates have been confirmed for the 2011 Oceania Road and Mountainbike champs. Both events are being held in Shepparton, Victoria.

The mantra that when the going gets tough, the tough get going was never better illustrated than Julian Dean’s remarkable second placing in today’s fourth stage of the Tour de France.

Here is the official BRT national championship calendar for the upcoming season:

There are two commissaires courses to be run in 2010 - a Road and Track course and a Mountain Bike one

New Zealand’s leading female cyclists have been to the fore on both sides of the Atlantic, as they build for October’s Commonwealth Games.

Christchurch teenager Nick Hand upset his more fancied rivals to claim the senior title at the South Island secondary schools cycling championships on home turf yesterday.

Hand prevails against world championship-bound rivals in schools cycling

Dirk Peters (Rotorua) and Richard Anderson (Blenheim) tackled the seventh round of the high profile Racer Bikes Cup in Flims, Switzerland yesterday. Anderson claimed an 8th in the Junior (Under 19) category, while Peters finished in outright 16th in the Elite/Under 23 race - and 8th of the Under 23 athletes competing.

North Island Secondary Schools Road Cycling Championships wrap

The last day of the South Island Secondary Schools Championships

Day one results for South Island secondary schools Championship Indivdual and team Time trials.

Premier Mike Rann today unveiled the race routes for the 2011 Santos Tour Down Under with news that the race will visit new areas as well as returning to some old favourites.

Lance Armstrong will not race at this year’s Singlespeed Mountain Bike World Championships in Rotorua in October.However, the cycling legend and seven times winner of the Tour de France, has a very good reason why not.

A new principal partner and new events herald the start of a new era for the popular Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge, which is expected to again attract over 10,000 riders from around New Zealand and the world.

Paralympics NZ are pleased to announce the PNZ Bike Team selected to attend the 2010 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Baie-Comeau, Canada, 16 – 22 August is as follows:-

Labour weekend is going to be a busy time in Hamilton. Because of this, accommodation is going to be limited.

BikeNZ stars Marc Willers and Sarah Walker were in podium form in the latest round of the American BMX Nationals in Illinois at the weekend.

Waikato rider Shem Rodger produced a courageous display to challenge for the win on the penultimate stage of the Thuringen-Rundfahrt International under-23 road race in Germany.

New Zealand has won the rights to host the UCI BMX World Championships in 2013 to be held in Auckland.

Over 800 entries from over 25 countries - the most "worldly" Singlespeed Worlds ever...

Labour weekend looks to be an exciting weekend for cyclists as rider’s descend on Hamilton for the inaugural (or revived!) national team time trial championship.

Girlpower proved the difference for the New Zealand BMX team who scored a rare win over Australia across the Tasman in the Mighty 11s Test series at the weekend.

Mighty 11 updates can be found on thenRidestrong blogs

Last week two significant members of the cycling community were honoured at the Dominion Post Wellington Sports Awards.

Cambridge BMX rider Marc Willers continues his comeback from surgery to enjoy two podium finishes in the latest round of the American Championships in California.

World championship cycling medallist Wes Gough has broken his forearm during the New Zealand team’s latest race in Belgium.

Joe Cooper fought off former Subway – Avanti Pro Cycling Team mate Gordon McCauley to win a wet and windy Tour of Taranaki which finished today

Paralympics New Zealand are now calling for Athlete Expressions of Interest to attend the 2010 UCI Para Cycling World Road Championships in Baie-Comeau, Canada, 16-22 August.

BMXer Trent Woodcock will be appearing on the sports show 'Code' tonight - 8.30pm Maori Television

The minutes from the 2010 BikeNZ Road and Track AGM held recently in Christchurch are now available online.

This is a chance to join BikeNZ at a very exciting time and help us continue to grow all forms of cycling in NZ.

Cycling is a sport based on passion and commitment and yesterday’s recognition of Bert McConnell as a BikeNZ Road & Track life member celebrated both of these attributes.

The BikeNZ Road & Track updated junior development plan is now available.

BikeNZ’s national track coach Tim Carswell thought he was attending the BikeNZ Road and Track Awards Dinner to make a presentation about the national track program. Little did he know that he would be leaving with New Zealand’s highest cycling honours, the Malayan Cup.

The BikeNZ track team are undertaking a road endurance training phase from May to September 2010 as a build up to the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

The results of the first four rounds of the Junior National Points Series are available.

BRT is pleased to announce the following squads to attend the Canberra Tour, and the squad to race in Canada.

Multi national champion Gordon McCauley made a rare appearance to win the RaboPlus national club road race title in Hawkes Bay today.

Counties Manukau cyclist Mel Burke claimed a bold victory in the senior women’s road race at the RaboPlus national club championships in Hawkes Bay today.Burke, the New Zealand duathlon champion, claimed her first national cycling title when she broke clear 15kms from the finish of the 104km race.

Canterbury cyclist Josh Atkins showed he is on form for the upcoming world junior track championships when he won the under-19 road title at the RaboPlus New Zealand Club Championships in Hawkes Bay today.

Cycling News from around NZ Friday 30th April 2010

Road Race results will be uploaded when they are available.

Former Olympians in rowing and ice skating proved best in the time trials on the opening day of the RaboPlus New Zealand Club Nationals in Hawkes Bay today.

Results are being updated when available.To view them please click here

Cameron Cole (Christchurch) and Justin Leov (Dunedin) commenced their 2010 international schedules over the weekend at the Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, California.

Nominations are now open for the BikeNZ Road and Track awards to presented at the May AGM

Expressions of interest are sought from U17, U19, Boys and Girls and U23 Women who wish to be considered to attend the Queens Birthday camp to be held in Taranaki and participate in PowerCo Tour of Taranaki.

BikeNZ Road and Track is pleased to announce the Junior National Points Series.

Expression of interest wanted for April junior development camp

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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