Oggi dalla Nuova Zelanda è scattata ufficialmente la stagione su strada dei professionisti con la prima prova del calendario UCI di classe 2.2, la 34sima edizione del New Zealand Cycle Classic.
La prima frazione, una cronometro a squadre sul circuito di Masterton ha visto il successo della nazionale neozelandese composta da Reuben Thompson, Ollie Jones, Corbin Strong, Laurence Pithie, Regan Gough e Finn Fisher Black i quali hanno coperto la distanza di 10 km in 11'35" (media 51,799) anticipando di 5" il team Black Spoke Pro Cycling Aacdemy forte di Watts, Gate, Stewart, Mudgway, Yates e Oram, e di 29" la formazione australiana della Coupland's Bakeries Booth's Group formata da Hartley Brown, Atkins, Kergozou, Langlands, Haden e Cappel.
Regan Gough, 24 anni del team continental Irlandese An Post Chain Reaction, è il primo leader della classifica generale.
Al New Zealand Cycle Classic, che si concluderà a Wellington domenica 17 gennaio, partecipano 14 squadre, 7 neozelandesi e 7 australiane.
ORDINE D'ARRIVO
1 New Zealand National Team 0:11:35,6
2 Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy 0:00:04,4
3 Coupland’s Bakeries/Booth’s Group Team 0:00:29,0
4 NZ Cycling Project p/b MitoQ 0:00:37,7
5 Kiwi Velo Team 0:00:42,5
6 St George Continental Cycling Team 0:00:42,8
7 Trust House Team 0:00:44,1
8 Bike NZ team 0:00:52,6
9 Fruzio Development Team 0:00:55,0
10 Cabjaks - Castelli Custom 0:01:06,6
11 Next Gen Racing by Resolve Technology 0:01:16,3
12 Wellington City Council Team 0:01:23,3
13 Fagan Motors Cycling Team 0:01:29,3
14 Mitre 10 MEGA Masterton 0:01:40,3
CLASSIFICA GENERALE
1 Regan GOUGH (New Zealand National Team) 0:11:35
2 Corbin STRONG (New Zealand National Team) 0:00:00
3 Laurence PITHIE (New Zealand National Team) 0:00:00
4 Reuben THOMPSON (New Zealand National Team) 0:00:00
5 Finn FISHER-BLACK (New Zealand National Team) 0:00:00
6 Ollie JONES (New Zealand National Team) 0:00:00
7 Aaron GATE (Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy) 0:00:05
8 Joel YATES (Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy) 0:00:05
9 James ORAM (Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy) 0:00:05
10 Luke MUDGWAY (Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy) 0:00:05
11 Campbell STEWART (Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy) 0:00:10
12 Madi HARTLEY-BROWN (Coupland’s Bakeries/Booth’s Group Team) 0:00:29
13 Glenn HADEN (Coupland’s Bakeries/Booth’s Group Team) 0:00:29
14 Nicholas KERGOZOU (Coupland’s Bakeries/Booth’s Group Team) 0:00:29
15 Toby ATKINS (Coupland’s Bakeries/Booth’s Group Team) 0:00:29
16 Ben OLIVER (NZ Cycling Project p/b MitoQ) 0:00:38
17 Jack DRAGE (NZ Cycling Project p/b MitoQ) 0:00:38
18 Theo GILBERTSON (NZ Cycling Project p/b MitoQ) 0:00:38
19 Josh BURNETT (NZ Cycling Project p/b MitoQ) 0:00:38
20 George JACKSON (NZ Cycling Project p/b MitoQ) 0:00:38
21 Hayden MCCORMICK (Kiwi Velo Team) 0:00:43
22 Logan CURRIE (Kiwi Velo Team) 0:00:43
23 Callum NISBET (Kiwi Velo Team) 0:00:43
24 Campbell PITHIE (Kiwi Velo Team) 0:00:43
25 Michael VINK (St George Continental Cycling Team) 0:00:43
26 Bailey O’DONNELL (St George Continental Cycling Team) 0:00:43
27 James HARVEY (St George Continental Cycling Team) 0:00:43
28 Daniel BRIDGWATER (Trust House Team) 0:00:44
29 Mark STEWART (Trust House Team) 0:00:44
30 Adrian HEGYVARY (Trust House Team) 0:00:44
31 Hugo JONES (Trust House Team) 0:00:44
32 Hamish KEST (St George Continental Cycling Team) 0:00:45
33 Mathew ZENOVICH (St George Continental Cycling Team) 0:00:49
34 Tom SEXTON (Bike NZ team) 0:00:53
35 Ryan CHRISTENSEN (Bike NZ team) 0:00:53
36 Drew CHRISTENSEN (Bike NZ team) 0:00:53
37 Karl POOLE (Bike NZ team) 0:00:53
38 Mark LANGLANDS (Coupland’s Bakeries/Booth’s Group Team) 0:00:53
39 James BARNES (Trust House Team) 0:00:53
40 Keegan HORNBLOW (Fruzio Development Team) 0:00:55
41 Boston BRIGHT (Fruzio Development Team) 0:00:55
42 Samuel RITCHIE (Fruzio Development Team) 0:00:55
43 Ari SCOTT (Fruzio Development Team) 0:00:55
44 David MARTIN (Coupland’s Bakeries/Booth’s Group Team) 0:01:00
45 Barnaby CLEGG-SHAW (Cabjaks - Castelli Custom) 0:01:07
46 Greig MCDONNELL (Cabjaks - Castelli Custom) 0:01:07
47 Benjamin MADSEN (Cabjaks - Castelli Custom) 0:01:07
48 Josh LANE (Fruzio Development Team) 0:01:07
49 Corby PRICE (Cabjaks - Castelli Custom) 0:01:09
50 Ben HAMILTON (Cabjaks - Castelli Custom) 0:01:09
51 Guy YARRELL (Fruzio Development Team) 0:01:15
52 James KRZANICH (Next Gen Racing by Resolve Technology) 0:01:16
53 Oliver GRAVE (Next Gen Racing by Resolve Technology) 0:01:16
54 Jamie SHIELDS (Next Gen Racing by Resolve Technology) 0:01:16
55 Camden FEINT (Next Gen Racing by Resolve Technology) 0:01:16
56 Hunter GOUGH (Next Gen Racing by Resolve Technology) 0:01:16
57 Liam MORRISON (Wellington City Council Team) 0:01:23
58 Cathal GUINEY (Wellington City Council Team) 0:01:23
59 Jake MARRYATT (Wellington City Council Team) 0:01:23
60 Karl DRURY (Fagan Motors Cycling Team) 0:01:29
61 Sam MEDLICOTT (Fagan Motors Cycling Team) 0:01:29
62 David LIU (Fagan Motors Cycling Team) 0:01:29
63 Bradley JONES (Fagan Motors Cycling Team) 0:01:29
64 Ethan CRAINE (Fagan Motors Cycling Team) 0:01:31
65 Carne GROUBE (Trust House Team) 0:01:39
66 Blake TAIT-JONES (Mitre 10 MEGA Masterton) 0:01:40
67 David WEAVER (Mitre 10 MEGA Masterton) 0:01:40
68 Myles GIBSON (Mitre 10 MEGA Masterton) 0:01:40
69 Alexander RAY (Mitre 10 MEGA Masterton) 0:01:40
70 Jack POLLEY (Mitre 10 MEGA Masterton) 0:01:44
71 Callum KENNEDY (Wellington City Council Team) 0:01:46
72 Ewart BOWER (Kiwi Velo Team) 0:01:49
73 Max BECKERT (Bike NZ team) 0:02:00
74 Luke MCDERMOTT (NZ Cycling Project p/b MitoQ) 0:02:13
75 Joshua COURTIS (Next Gen Racing by Resolve Technology) 0:02:17
76 William FINDLAY (Wellington City Council Team) 0:02:19
77 Alex WILLIAMS (Kiwi Velo Team) 0:02:19
78 Kiaan WATTS (Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy) 0:02:52
79 Shaun WOODS (Cabjaks - Castelli Custom) 0:03:20
