A+ News
Avantiplus staff are all really active in their local bike communities. Here's a selection of news & info from across the Australasian cycling scenes.
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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 internationally recognised road-racing organisation after its registration with the International Cycling Union (UCI). They are one of four continental teams in Oceania Australia has three and now have the...
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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 wise). 10 days ago I was running around in Germany in all the clothes I could put on while still being able to move. Then I flew to Mexico for the final World Cup of the year and didn't want to wear...
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5 November 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 minutes clear of his nearest rival. Brisbane's Aiden Lefmann was in second place until the final lap when he was overtaken by Canberra young gun Ben Henderson. Jongewaard praised the Adelaide organizers and said he will take a well deserved break for a few weeks. ...
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5 November 2008
New Zealand 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 dominated by Australian Olympian Courtney Atkinson in the spectacular coastal surroundings of Noosa, surely one of the more popular places around the world to race. The Aussie and runner up David Dellow were...
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5 November 2008
Jeremy Yates 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. It is his fifth win of the season following on from last week’s victory in the national club championship, and his third win in a row in the national championship. Auckland’s Karl Murray was in second...
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17 September 2008
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9 June 2008
Christoph Sauser (Specialized Factory Racing) powered his S-Works Epic to a second consecutive podium, vaulting into the top spot of World Cup XC mountain bike standings. “This is the best I could have hoped for,” said a winded but elated Sauser at the finish. “Approaching the world championships and Olympic games this summer, the success gives me confidence.” In the driest, dustiest conditions ever seen on the Fort William course in Scotland, a trio of Swiss riders...
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3 June 2008
As written by Specialized's Nic Sims We were a greatly reduced team here in Andorra with Lene Byberg opting not to race, given a heavy race schedule to come, while Liam Killeen was stuck down with the flu in the latter stages of this week, thus forcing his withdrawal. With Kyle Strait in downhill action tomorrow, the only person left to fly the flag on today’s start line was Christoph Sauser, who certainly did not fail to impress. When we arrived in Andorra on Tuesday the heavens were...
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16 April 2008
Savings & Loans News: The Team's youngest rider, Tim Roe, rode the ride of his life to win Round 2 of the National Road Series, the Mersey Valley Tour in Tasmania. After winning stage 2 through a solo breakaway effort in wet and windy conditions, Tim went into the final stage with a 1 minute.and 34 sec buffa over Queenslands David Kemp The final day, 120km race with 3 category climbs, saw all teams throw everything at Savings & Loans. Lead by Russell Van Hout, the team held strong and...
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15 April 2008
Team Quick- Step’s king of the classics Tom Boonen showed great form today when he sprinted away from other race favorites CSC’s Fabian Cancellera and Lampre’s Alessandro Ballan to take his second victory at Paris Roubaix. Team Quick-Step and Specialized have worked very well together this year with numerous wins already season plus a great win last weekend for Stijn Devolder at the Tour of Flanders. When asked on Saturday Tom had commented that his Specialized Roubaix was...
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