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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

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

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

Images by Barry Harcourt

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

Images by Barry Harcourt

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

Images by Barry Harcourt

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

Images by Tom Balks/www.tombalks.com

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

Images by Tom Balks/www.tombalks.com