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Le Tour de France
July 1 2014
The 101st running of the Tour has started with a casualty filled first week. 2014 is lining up to be a great contest with Froome and Contador out, Nibali, Porte and Valverde now favourites to win the Yellow Jersey in Paris. Want a more in depth understanding of the history, rules and ...
Makara Hill Individual Time Trial Results Saturday 5th July
June 29 2014
The first Makara Hill individual time trial was held on Saturday 5th July commencing from Makara Beach and finishing 10km later at the top of the Makara Hill. Brett Grant set the inaugrial best time at 20:14. The rest of the results can be found on the results page The next time trial ...
Next Individual Time Trial Saturday 5th July - Makara Hill
June 29 2014
The next individual time trial will be held this Saturday 5th July commencing from Makara Beach at 9:00am and finishing this time at the top of the Makara Hill. Total distance is approx. 10kms The time trial is open to all riders of any ability and the least experienced will go first. Those ...
2014 Taupo Entries Open
July 3 2014
Online entries for this year’s Contact Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge are now open, if you enter this year’s Grape Ride event, and bring along some first timers with you, you will both be rewarded with a bottle of Forrest Wine each (Terms & Conditions apply).
OTB's are encouraged to ...
Makara ITT 7 June 2014
June 7 2014
A brave band of cyclists rode from the damp streets of the city to the dry, if somewhat windy roads of Makara. Young Calvin Standrill won the day with Steve Orchard a close second and gave Rob de Bique's race record of 26:29 a good nudge at 27:25 becoming 5th equal fastest finisher ever. Look out ...
President for life abdicates
May 10 2014
After the inaugural time trial on 13 May a group of Tarbabies met for morning tea to present Mike Bazalo, Past President For Life, with the highly prized, oversized, framed cycle jersey as an acknowledgement of his years as President For Life. During his tenure, Mike was responsible for
Time Trials
May 10 2014
With interest high on the return of the time trials we plan to run similar time trials every first Saturday of the month through to Taupo, with the next one possibly being a team time trial and then this will be followed by a “gut busting” endurance trial from Makara Beach to the top of the ...
OTBs Intense Spin
May 4 2014
“OTB’s Intense Spin” is a weekly cycling session that builds power, strength and speed skills. This weekly session nails your winter foundation training.
2014 4 Day Tour
April 1 2014
This year the 4 day tour will be around the central North Island: Friday17th - Monday 20th October.
