Tour of Southland - 2.5

New Zealand, November 3-8, 2003

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Stage 1 - November 3: Invercargill Team Time Trial, 8.0 km
Stage 2 - November 3: Invercargill - Bluff, 79.6 km
Stage 3 - November 4: Invercargill- Tuatapere, 113.0 km
Stage 4 - November 4: Tuatapere - Winton, 81.7 km
Stage 5 - November 5: Lumsden - Crown Range, 136.8 km
Stage 6 - November 6: Balfour - Riversdale Time Trial, 15.0 km
Stage 7 - November 6: Gore - Invercargill, 104.5 km
Stage 8 - November 7: Winton - Te Anau, 180.0 km
Stage 9 - November 8: Te Anau - Mossburn-Lumsden, 79.8 km
Stage 10 - November 8: Winton-Browns - Invercargill, 64.4 km

Stage 10 - November 8: Winton-Browns - Invercargill, 64.4 km

Images by Barry Harcourt

Scott Guyton's jerseys before the start of the final stage of the tour of Southland.
The peloton starts to split on the final stage of the Tour of Southland going through Springhills.
Scott Guyton (Southland Times) during the final stage of The Tour of Southland.
Jeremy Yates (R) is shadowed by Scott Guyton during the final stage of the Tour of Southland. Guyton took the yellow jersey of Yates after a strong ride in the previous stage.
The struggle for the Sprint ace jersey was between Australian Joel Pearson (L) and Karl Murray, with Pearson finishing best.
Fraser McMaster (Meadow Fresh) celebrates as he wins the last stage of the Tour of Southland in Invercargill.
Scott Guyton of Rotorua is congratulated by wife Vanessa after winning his second Tour of Southland in Invercargill saturday.
Overall winners of the Powernet Tour of Southland Fraser McMaster third, Scott Guyton first, and Jeremy Yates second.
The winners of the Tour of Southland, overall and Teams winners: Kirk Obee, Glen Mitchell, Scott Guyton, Tim Gudsell, Mark McKay, and manager Rod Carpinter.

Stage 9 - November 8: Te Anau - Mossburn-Lumsden, 79.8 km

Images by Barry Harcourt

A very tired looking Glen Mitchell (Southland Times) after helping his team mate Scott Guyton take the yellow jersey off the shoulders of a youthful Jeremy Yates in the 9th stage from Te Anau to Lumsden.
Mark McKay (15) looks to team captain Scott Guyton moments before starting the attack that broke tour leader Jeremy Yates and started the break that gave Scott the yellow jersey.
Jeremy Yates keeps close contact with the Southland Times riders Mark Mckay (15) and Scott Guyton during the ninth stage from Te Anau to Lumsden. Yates lost the yellow jersey to Guyton.

Stage 8 - November 7: Winton - Te Anau, 180.0 km

Images by Barry Harcourt

The Tour of Southland peloton heads towards the majestic Takitimu mountains on stage 8 from Winton to Invercargill. The warm spring-like conditions gave little indication of the shocking weather the riders met after passing Blackmount.
Zookeepers Gordon McCaulay keeps the pace high for teamate, and tour leader Jeremy Yates during stage 8 of the Tour of Southland.
Julian Dean (Zookeepers) about to abandon the Tour of Southland in stage 8 between Winton and Te Anau.
Mark McKay (Southland Times) leads team mates Glen Mitchell and Scott Guyton, with Tour leader Jeremy Yates watching every move early in stage 8 of the Tour of Southland.
Scott Guyton (Southland Times) forces the pace on the Blackmount hillclimb on stage 8 of the Tour of Southland, with Tour leader Jeremy Yates sticking like glue to his wheel.
Swiss cyclist Phillip Schnyder (Meadow Fresh) leads the five man breakaway on stage 8 of the Tour of Southland.
Scott Guyton (Southland Times) outsprints tour leader Jeremy Yates to win a rain soaked stage 8 of the Tour of Southland into Te Anau.

Stage 7 - November 6: Gore - Invercargill, 104.5 km

Images by Barry Harcourt

The Yates brothers, Jeremy (front) and Mathew practice their winners salutes during a break before the time trial stage of the Tour of Southland.
Leighton Smith, a former champion Southland cyclist who lost a leg in a motorcycle accident in 1990 finds his handicap no barrier to helping marshall the course for the riders in the Tour of Southland.
The pace goes on with 16km to go in the seventh stage of the Tour of Southland.
Greg Henderson (Wintons Middle Pub) starts his celebration salute as he beats Peter Latham (Wensleys Avanti), and Tour leader Jeremy Yates (Zookeepers) to take stage seven from Riversdale to Unvercargill.

Stage 6 - November 6: Balfour - Riversdale Time Trial, 15.0 km

Images by Barry Harcourt

Julian Dean (Zookeepers) demonstrates an innovative aerodynamic accessory in the stage 6 time trial.
Australian Under 23 rider Joel Pearson (Team MGZT) leads the sprint ace competition.
Look at all the grey hair... Gordon McCaulay (3rd) on the time trial dias with John Alabaster, the 49yr old NZ veteran champion who blitzed the Tour of Southland field in the 15km time trial stage from Balfour to Riversdale.
National veteran champion John Alabaster receives the congratulations of UCI Commissaire Graham Sycamore after the 49yr old blitzed the field to win the sixth stage of the Tour of Southland.

Stage 5 - November 5: Lumsden - Crown Range, 136.8 km

Images by Barry Harcourt

The riders of the Tour of Southland have little time to admire the scene as they leave Lumsden after the start of the 5th stage.
The Tour of Southland peloton heads for the Queenstown mountains on stage 5.
Top New Zealand pro rider Julian Dean (Zookeepers) is unconcerned that his form is not his best in this year's Tour of Southland. The CSC rider is moving to Credit Agricole come December and has been careful not to over extend himself.
Scott Guyton (Southland Times) fuels up before Queenstown on stage 5 of the Tour of Southland.
The Tour of Southland field travels towards Kingston on stage 5 from Lumsden to the Crown Range finish.
Tour of Southland leader Jeremy Yates (Zookeepers) leads under 23 leader Tim Gudsell (Southland Times) as they pass by the vintage steam train The Kingston Flyer that turned out to welcome the race to its territory.
Jeremy Yates leads Scott Guyton on the climb to the stage 5 finish on the Crown Range road.
Tour of Southland leader Jeremy Yates (Zookeepers) attacks Scott Guyton on the climb to stage 5 finish on the Crown terrace. Yates won the stage and increased his lead over second placed Guyton.
Jeremy Yates beats Scott Guyton on the hilltop finish of stage 5 of the Tour of Southland.

Stage 4 - November 4: Tuatapere - Winton, 81.7 km

Images by Barry Harcourt

The Tour of Southland field strings out as they head towards the Fiordland mountains on the 4th stage from Tuatapere to Winton.
Gordon McCauley (Zookeepers) wins Stage 4 of the Tour of Southland after an easy ride behind the breakaways into the Winton stage finish.

Stage 3 - November 4: Invercargill- Tuatapere, 113.0 km

Images by Barry Harcourt

Michael Tolhurst (Sycamore Print) leads NZ Champion Heath Blackgrove on stage three of the Tour of Southland as they travel towards Otautau.
Tour of Southland leader Jeremy Yates is true to the signpost as he is tucked in out of the wind on stage 3 into Tuatapere.
Police Sergeants Keiran O'Regan (L) and Mark Moody stop the Tour of Southland field on the North Road just before Lornville. The riders were warned for riding on the right hand side of the highway.
The peloton contends with a typical Tour of Southland obstacle.
Graeme Stone (Southland Television) is prostrate on the roadside after being involved in a three-up crash on the Waianawa Otahuti Road during the stage from Invercargill to Tuatapere Tuesday. Stone recovered and carried on.
Glen Mitchell (Southland Times) takes a quick peek at the chasing field as he leads a break into Winton on the Tour of Southland.
Tour of Southland leader Jeremy Yates (Zookeepers) climbs out of Riverton on Stage 3 of the Tour of Southland. Scott Guyton (Southland Times) is always close behind.
Tour of Southland leader Jeremy Yates (Zookeepers) leads the race through the fishing village of Riverton during stage 3.
American rider Kirk Obee (The Southland Times) leads team mate Glen Mitchel and Swiss rider Phillip Schnyder (Medow Fresh) during the breakaway into Tuatapere.
Scott Guyton (The Southland Times), second on GC in the Tour of Southland, makes an attempt to win the third stage into Tuatapere.
Mark MacKay (Southland Times) celebrates as he wins into Tuatapere on stage 3 of the Tour of Southland.

Stage 2 - November 3: Invercargill - Bluff, 79.6 km

Images by Tom Balks/www.tombalks.com

Gordon McCauley in the breakaway with around 23 km to go in Stage 2 to Bluff
Jeremy Yates going up Bluff Hill to win Stage 2 of the PowerNet Tour of Southland
Jeremy Yates and Scott Guyton with a quick hand shake at the end of Stage 2
Fraser McMaster from Christchurch was third over the finish line in Stage 2

Stage 1 - November 3: Invercargill Team Time Trial, 8.0 km

Images by Tom Balks/www.tombalks.com

Scott Guyton and Tim Gudsell leading their team in the first lap in the Invercargill Team Time Trial
Hayden Godfrey with teammate Greg Henderson out in front in Stage 1
Jeremy Yates from Hastings won the under 23 Jersey at the end of the Invercargill Team Time Trial
Team Zookeeper's Cafe the winners of the Stage 1 Team Time Trial. Gordon McCauley is in the Yellow jersey and Jeremy Yates is in the under 23 Jersey.