The Pioneer is a 569Km seven day mountain bike stage race through New Zealand’s pristine Southern Alps between Christchurch and Queenstown. The first race of its kind to link together over 500kms of farm tracks, NZ Cycle Trails, double track and single track riding with 15,000m of climbing thrown in for good measure.
Follow the intrepid OTB team of Graeme Young and Steve Strain as they ride the race or replay the days action via their live tracking tag, look for tag 284-1 on the map or search by (team: OTB #1) participant to find them.
Also check out the cool photo's and video on the fanzone page. The racing started Sunday 31st Jan in Christchurch with a short prologue to sort out the start positions for the main racing starting today : STAGE 2 GERALDINE TO FAIRLIE (106Km).