Subway Avanti breaks barrier
18 November 2008
Tapping into the lucrative Asian circuit is on the radar for Subway Avanti team manager Greg Hume after a breakthrough with cycling's international body. The Christchurch-based team, which last week won the teams' classification at the Tour of Southland, has become New Zealand's first...
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Noosa and end of season rap
7 November 2008
Coming back home to Palmy has never felt like such a cold experience at this time of year. But seems like the whole of New Zealand is having some interesting weather at the moment. After travelling and racing in Noosa in the weekend I feel like I have gone full circle in a week and a bit (weather...
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Jongewaard claims victory
5 November 2008
AustralianMTB Series #1 - NEEagle Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, November 1-2, 2008 Australian champion Chris Jongewaard secured a strong lead in the first of seven laps, and held onto his lead to claim victory. Jongewaard's win came in a course record time of 2.18.34, three and a half...
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Gemmell backs up Mexico win with fourth in Nousa
3 November 2008
NewZealand triathlete Kris Gemmellbacked up less than a week after winning the toughest race in his career in Mexico with a fourth place at the hugely popular Noosa Tri Festival on Australia’s Sunshine Coast today. Gemmell ran strongly but narrowly missed a place on the podium in a race...
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Yates smashes record, Sheridan shines in Coromandel
1 November 2008
JeremyYates smashed his own race record to dominate the Roadcraft K2 road race on the Coromandel today. The Hawkes Bay rider extended his lead in BikeNZ’s National Points Series winning in a superb 5hr 02min 34sec for the gruelling 192km race that circumnavigated the Coromandel from Tairua....
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SUBWAY® – Avanti Cycling Team in top form ahead of Tour of Southland
29 October 2008
Members of the SUBWAY® – Avanti Cycling Team gave an impressive display over Labour Weekend winning three titles at the Lion Foundation National Club Cycling Championships held in Wanganui. Defending champion Jeremy Yates (Ramblers) won the Open title held in conjunction with the Under 23...
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Warriner wins in Huatulco
28 October 2008
In commanding fashion, New Zealand’s Samantha Warriner was victorious at the Huatulco BG Triathlon World Cup today in a time of 2 hours 14 minutes and 2 seconds. With the win Warriner moved ahead of Australia’s Felicity Abram and is the 2008 BG Triathlon World Cup series champion....
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Gemmell grabs gold in Mexico
28 October 2008
Kris Gemmell of New Zealand makes it a sweep of the gold medals at the Huatulco BG Triathlon World Cup today, the final world cup of the 2008 season. Gemmell’s time of 2 hours 3 minutes and 23 seconds gives the 31 year old his fourth career world cup victory. In second place only nine seconds...
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Jongewaard survives day-long breakaway
17 October 2008
Avanti rider Chris Jongewaard from the Panasonic team won the stage as the only survivor of a breakaway group of nine that attacked as soon as racing got underway on the 115km journey from Alexandra. CSC Saxo Bank continued their domination of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour on stage four to the top of...
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8th in Dallas but moving up the ITU rankings
7 October 2008
I have just competed in the US Open Triathlon in Dallas and finished 8th. I’ve got mixed emotions with my eighth place as half of me is disappointed but the other half knows that I raced well and in hindsight these type of ‘non-drafting’ races take different skill sets that...
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