Paige Turner

Mexcican rider Eder Frayre has produced a second impressive climbing performance as the 2019 SBS Bank Tour of Southland’s yellow jersey settles a little more securely onto his shoulders. The Kia Motors-Ascot Park Hotel rider scored his second stage win in as many days, backing up from Wednesday’s vi

The 2019 SBS Bank Tour of Southland’s first Mexican rider has made an emphatic statement at the midway point of this year’s race. Kia Motors-Ascot Park Hotel rider Eder Frayre holds a 28sec lead over Southland’s Corbin Strong, with defending champion Michael Vink trailing by 33sec after today’s Quee

World omnium champion Cambell Stewart has sprinted his way into the yellow jersey in his debut SBS Bank Tour of Southland. For the second stage in a row it was the young legs who finished fastest as Stewart just edged out his New Zealand track endurance squad mate Corbin Strong and previous tour lea

The 2019 SBS Bank Tour of Southland’s opening road stage has provided a genuine test for the 108-rider field. Australian teenager Jensen Plowright eventually took stage honours in a select sprint down the main street of Lumsden after a challenging 170km stage, the longest of this year’s race. Plowri

Defending champion Michael Vink’s Placemakers team has put the rest of the SBS Bank Tour of Southland peloton on notice with a confident display in today’s prologue in stunning conditions in Invercargill. Racing in blistering heat on the 4.2km circuit around picturesque Queens Park, Placemakers used

Michael Vink will arrive in Invercargill for the 2019 SBS Bank Tour of Southland armed with one vital piece of knowledge – how to win New Zealand’s most prestigious stage race. The lanky, likeable Cantabrian finally saw his name etched onto the winner’s trophy last year after nine attempts, includin

Highly-rated New Zealand road cyclist Tom Scully has been named the ILT Senior Sportsperson of the Year at a gala awards night in Invercargill tonight. Scully was unable to attend the ILT Southland Sports Awards at the Ascot Park Hotel due to the not insignificant matter of his second appearance in

In the lexicon of cycling, Bruce Ross will do one final ‘lap on the front’ as race director for the 2019 SBS Bank Tour of Southland before sitting in the back of the bunch for future races. It’s the end of an era. Bruce remembers watching stage finishes in Bluff as a young child, he […]