New Zealand Cycle Classic

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New Zealand Cycle Classic
Race details
DateLate-January
RegionMasterton Region, New Zealand
English nameNew Zealand Cycle Classic
Nickname(s)NZCC
DisciplineRoad race
CompetitionUCI Oceania Tour
TypeNew Zealand's Premier Stage race
OrganiserJorge Sandoval
Race directorJorge Sandoval
Web sitewww.cycletournz.com Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1988 (1988)
Editions37 (as of 2024)
First winner Darren Rush (NZL)
Most wins Brian Fowler (NZL) (4 wins)
Most recent Aaron Gate (NZL)

The New Zealand Cycle Classic (previously known as the Tour of Wellington) is a road cycling race held in and around the Wairarapa near Wellington, New Zealand. The race is a men's competition over five stages and part of the UCI Oceania Tour.

Multiple victories

Wins Name Country Years
4 Brian Fowler  New Zealand 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
2 Ric Reid  New Zealand 1994, 1996
Hayden Roulston  New Zealand 2006, 2007
Aaron Gate  New Zealand 2019, 2024

Winners

Year Country Rider Team
1988  New Zealand Darren Rush
1989  New Zealand Brian Fowler
1990  New Zealand Brian Fowler
1991  New Zealand Brian Fowler
1992  New Zealand Brian Fowler
1993  New Zealand Clark Richards
1994  New Zealand Ric Reid
1995  Australia Robbie McEwen
1996  New Zealand Ric Reid
1997  Australia Corey Sweet
1998  Australia Hayden Bradbury
1999  New Zealand Julian Dean
2000  New Zealand Brendon Vesty
2001  France Chris Jenner Fuji Xerox
2002  New Zealand Robin Reid Avanti Cycles
2003  New Zealand Matthew Yates Team Subway
2004  Canada Eric Wohlberg Trust House
2005  Australia Matthew Lloyd Team Jayco
2006  New Zealand Hayden Roulston Team Subway
2007  New Zealand Hayden Roulston Trek-Zookeepers Café
2008  Australia Travis Meyer SouthAustralia.com–AIS
2009  Australia Peter McDonald Drapac–Porsche Cycling
2010  New Zealand Michael Torckler Cardno Team
2011  New Zealand George Bennett Cardno Team
2012  Australia Jay McCarthy Team Jayco–AIS
2013  Australia Nathan Earle Huon Salmon–Genesys Wealth Advisers
2014  New Zealand Michael Vink Team Budget Forklifts
2015  New Zealand Taylor Gunman Avanti Racing Team
2016  Australia Ben O'Connor Avanti Racing Team
2017  New Zealand Joseph Cooper IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness
2018  New Zealand Hayden McCormick New Zealand (national team)
2019  New Zealand Aaron Gate EvoPro Racing
2020  Australia Rylee Field Team BridgeLane
2021  New Zealand Corbin Strong[1] New Zealand (national team)
2022  Great Britain Mark Stewart[2][3] Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling
2023  New Zealand James Oram[4] Bolton Equities Black Spoke
2024  Australia Aaron Gate New Zealand (national team)

Most stage wins

Most stage wins by riders. Listed are those riders with more than three stage wins[5]

Wins Name Country
9 Hayden Roulston  New Zealand
6 Robin Reid  New Zealand
5 Nathan Earle  Australia
4 Regan Gough  New Zealand
Greg Henderson  New Zealand
Gordon McCauley  New Zealand
Brendon Vesty  New Zealand
3 Aaron Gate  New Zealand
Peter Latham  New Zealand

Stage wins by each country

Wins Country
94  New Zealand
41  Australia
9  Great Britain
5  Netherlands
3  Canada
2  Hong Kong
1   Switzerland
1  United States of America
1  South Africa

References

  1. ^ "New Zealand Cycle Classic: Corbin Strong prevails in thrilling finish to 2021 event". Stuff. 17 January 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Black Spoke Pro Cycling's Mark Stewart has taken out the 2022 New Zealand Cycle Classic - 09-Jan-2022 - NZ Cycling news". home.nzcity.co.nz. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 winner Mark Stewart". Facebook. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  4. ^ ""DREAM COME TRUE" FOR JAMES ORAM WHO WINS NZ CYCLE CLASSIC". NZ Cycle Classic. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  5. ^ "New Zealand Cycle Classic". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 11 April 2022.

External links

Retrieved from "https://mdwiki.org/wiki/New_Zealand_Cycle_Classic"