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New Zealand National Championships - CN

New Zealand, January 11-13, 2008

2007 results     Stage List     Preview    Start List     Past winners

The Stages

  • Stage 1 - January 11: Elite Men/Women/Under 23 ITT,
  • Stage 2 - January 13: Elite Women Road Race,
  • Stage 3 - January 13: Elite Men Road Race,

Dean chases special national jersey

Tour de France cyclist Julian Dean (Team Slipstream) wants desperately to keep his black and white kiwi jersey. The Rotorua rider will defend his New Zealand title at the BikeNZ National Road Championships in Hawkes Bay this weekend, with the winner entitled to wear the national jersey in European competition this year.

Dean, recovering from off-season surgery, knows it will be a tough assignment. "I really want to win the title again so I can wear the New Zealand jersey in Europe. It's great for me, for our sport and our country," said Dean.

"I think everyone really benefits and another year with it will really solidify us as a cycling nation in Europe," he added. "It is so distinctive and so many people in Europe know and identify with New Zealand. It was absolutely amazing. I am just a rider in a team but when I wore the New Zealand jersey as the national champion so many people commented or came up and spoke to me."

Dean will move from his Credit Agricole team to his new squad Team Slipstream this year, an American cycling organisation moving into Europe where he is expected to be the number one sprinter.

Dean knows he is not in his best form for the 182 km, seven lap race to be held on the Appleby Rd circuit, west of Taradale on Sunday. He underwent surgery on his ACL joint in September and only got back on his bike in late November.

Dean comes up against the best in the country, including several other European based professionals including Waikato's Tim Gudsell who rides for Francaise des Jeux and Belgium-based Glen Chadwick who is with US team Team Type 1.

Athens Olympians Robin Reid (Marlborough) and Heath Blackgrove (Canterbury) will add to the mix along with former world junior champion Jeremy Yates (Hawke Bay), who took out the national club title and recently won the Tour de Vineyards in Nelson.

Other prominent Kiwi riders include Jeremy Vennell, who rides for US team Bissell Pro Cycling Team, Gordon McCauley (Auckland), Aaron Strong (Auckland) and former national mountain bike national champion Stuart Houltham (Wellington).

"It's a really strong field," Dean said. "And as a one-off race it is difficult and you cannot always control the outcomes. All I can hope for is to do a good race and hope it's good enough."

The women's honours are doubly important as they still carry all-important UCI qualifying points to qualify New Zealand for August's Beijing Olympic Games. Currently New Zealand is ranked 12th and needs to stay in the top 16 to earn a spot for three slots for the Olympics.

Canterbury's Rosara Joseph will be chasing her first national title. The Melbourne Commonwealth Games mountain bike silver medallist impressed with her showing at October's world road championships.

Leading road rider Jo Kiesanowski (Christchurch) is missing from the field, currently in the USA preparing for the next round of the UCI World Cup track meet, which leaves the women's race wide open.

Joseph will come up against national representatives Toni Bradshaw (Auckland), Tour de Vineyards winner Serena Sheridan (Nelson/Marlborough), Auckland's Amy Mosen, world junior track medallist Lauren Ellis (Mid Canterbury) and Wellington's Rachel Mercer, who was sixth at the world junior road championships.

There's plenty of interest in the entry of former Commonwealth Games medallist Susy Pryde, who retired from international competition and has been a national coach for BikeNZ.

The championships begin with the time trial on Friday with the road race on Sunday with the women's race over four laps (104km) from 8.30am and the men over seven laps (182km) from 12.30pm

Start list

Road race
 
Elite men
 
13 Brian Biggs (Auckland)                   
14 Andrew Ward (Auckland)                   
15 Jeremy Vennell (ECNI)                    
16 Glen Chadwick (ECNI)                     
17 Dan Warren (ECNI)                        
18 Jeremy Yates (ECNI)                      
19 Winston Briggs (ECNI)                    
20 Saul Webb (ECNI)                         
21 Andrew Bott (ECNI)                       
22 Josh Page (ECNI)                         
23 Julian Dean                              
24 Adrian Mccabe (Waikato/BOP)              
25 Logan Hutchings (Waikato/BOP)            
26 Tim Gudsell (Waikato/BOP)                
27 Peter Latham (Waikato/BOP)               
28 Alasdair Dempsey (Nelson/Marlborough)    
29 Paul Odlin (Nelson/Marlborough)          
30 Greg Scott (Nelson/Marlborough)          
31 Robin Reid (Nelson/Marlborough)          
32 Jack Bauer (Nelson/Marlborough)          
33 Stephen Elden (Canterbury)               
34 Andrew Williams (Canterbury)             
35 Brett Dawber (Canterbury)                
36 Sam King Turner (Wellington)             
37 Scott Lyttle (Wellington)                
38 Aron Anderson (Wellington)               
39 Joe Cooper (Wellington)                  
40 Darren Gordon (Wellington)               
41 Stuart Houltham (Wellington)             
42 Graeme Stone (Wellington)                
 
Elite women
 
22 Malindi McLean (Auckland)                
23 Linda Villumsen (Auckland)               
24 Susy Pryde (Auckland)                    
25 Steph Everson (ECNI)                     
26 Bridget Robertshaw (ECNI)                
27 Tracey Herbert (Waikato/BOP)             
28 Amy Mosen (Waikato/BOP)                  
29 Vicki Burr (Waikato/BOP)                 
30 Clarrissa Wilkes (Waikato/BOP)           
31 Rushlee Buchanan (Waikato/BOP)           
32 Melissa Holt (Waikato/BOP)               
33 Sonia Hill (Waikato/BOP)                 
34 Jeannie Kuhajek (Nelson/Marlborough)     
35 Britta Martin (Nelson/Marlborough)       
36 Serena Sheridan (Nelson/Marlborough)     
37 Rosara Joseph (Canterbury)               
38 Nicole Anderson (Canterbury)             
39 Nimesha Smith (Canterbury)               
40 Laura Thompson (Canterbury)              
41 Emma Crum (Wellington)                   
42 Gabrielle Bahler (Wellington)            
43 Rachel Mercer (Wellington)               
44 Tracey Best (Wellington)                 
45 Genevieve Whitson (Wellington)           
46 Sherilyn Gray (Wellington)               
 
Under 23 men
 
19 Samuel Jennings (Auckland)               
20 Westley Gough (ECNI)                     
21 Josh Brannigan (ECNI)                    
22 Mark Langlands (Waikato/BOP)             
23 Mathew Gorter (Waikato/BOP)              
24 Brad Carter (Waikato/BOP)                
25 Sheldon Gorter (Waikato/BOP)             
26 Ben Olesen (Waikato/BOP)                 
27 David Mayall (Waikato/BOP)               
28 Sam Bewley (Waikato/BOP)                 
29 Clinton Avery (Waikato/BOP)              
30 Jono Coates (Waikato/BOP)                
31 Ryan Wills (Waikato/BOP)                 
32 Nathan Bunn (Waikato/BOP)                
33 Shem Rodgers (Waikato/BOP)               
34 Peter Rennie (Waikato/BOP)               
35 Michael Naylor (Nelson/Marlborough)      
36 Edward Barett (Canterbury)               
37 Leon Hextall (Canterbury)                
38 Edwin Crossling (Wellington)             
39 Jos Barley (Wellington)                  
40 Dan Waluszewski (Wellington)             
 
Time Trial
 
Elite men
 
13 Brian Biggs (Auckland)                   
15 Jeremy Vennell (ECNI)                    
16 Glen Chadwick (ECNI)                     
17 Dan Warren (ECNI)                        
23 Julian Dean                              
25 Logan Hutchings (Waikato/BOP)            
26 Tim Gudsell (Waikato/BOP)                
27 Peter Latham (Waikato/BOP)               
29 Paul Odlin (Nelson/Marlborough)          
31 Robin Reid (Nelson/Marlborough)          
33 Stephen Elden (Canterbury)               
35 Brett Dawber (Canterbury)                
36 Sam King Turner (Wellington)             
39 Joe Cooper (Wellington)                  
40 Darren Gordon (Wellington)               
 
Elite women
 
25 Steph Everson (ECNI)                     
26 Bridget Robertshaw (ECNI)                
27 Tracey Herbert (Waikato/BOP)             
31 Rushlee Buchanan (Waikato/BOP)           
32 Melissa Holt (Waikato/BOP)               
33 Sonia Hill (Waikato/BOP)                 
35 Britta Martin (Nelson/Marlborough)       
36 Serena Sheridan (Nelson/Marlborough)     
40 Laura Thompson (Canterbury)              
41 Emma Crum (Wellington)                   
43 Rachel Mercer (Wellington)               
44 Tracey Best (Wellington)                 
46 Sherilyn Gray (Wellington)               
 
Under 23 men
 
20 Westley Gough (ECNI)                     
22 Mark Langlands (Waikato/BOP)             
24 Brad Carter (Waikato/BOP)                
28 Sam Bewley (Waikato/BOP)                 
29 Clinton Avery (Waikato/BOP)              
31 Ryan Wills (Waikato/BOP)                 
32 Nathan Bunn (Waikato/BOP)                
33 Shem Rodgers (Waikato/BOP)               
34 Peter Rennie (Waikato/BOP)               
37 Leon Hextall (Canterbury)                
38 Edwin Crossling (Wellington)             
40 Dan Waluszewski (Wellington)             

Past winners

Road Race 

Elite men
2007 Julian Dean

Elite women
2007 Alison Shanks (Otago)

Time Trial

Elite men
2007 Glen Chadwick (Ramblers-Navigators)

Elite women
2007 Alison Shanks (Otago)

Under 23 Men
2007 Matt Haydock (Counties Manukau)
 
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com