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Tour of Southland - 2.5
New Zealand, November 4-9, 2002
2001 Results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners
The Stages
- Stage 1 - November 4: Computerland Criterium, 24 km
- Stage 2 - November 4: Invercargill - Bluff, 52 km
- Stage 3 - November 5: Invercargill - Tuatapere, 98.4 km
- Stage 4 - November 5: Tuatapere - Winton, 94.7 km
- Stage 5 - November 6: Lumsden - Crown Range, 136.8 km
- Stage 6 - November 7: Balfour - Riversdale Time Trial , 15 km
- Stage 7 - November 7: Gore - Invercargill, 104 km
- Stage 8 - November 8: Winton - Te Anau, 156.3 km
- Stage 9 - November 9: Te Anau - Lumsden, 80 km
- Stage 10 - November 9: Winton - Invercargill, 64.4 km
Preview
By Alan Messenger
New Zealand's Tour of Southland which gets under way from Invercargill at the bottom of the south Island on Monday November 4th is the country's oldest established and it's biggest cycling tour. The race was first held in 1956 as part of the Southland province Centennial celebrations. It was intended to be a "one off" but 46 years later it is still going strong.
"It just keeps getting bigger and better," race organiser Bruce Ross told Cyclingnews.
Other major Tours have come and gone in New Zealand but only the Southland event has stood the test of time. "It's a lot because of the loyal support the event receives from the sport loving Southland Public. For one week in November many communities throughout the region grind to a halt as the Tour winds its way around the Province," Ross said.
Since its inception, the Tour has attracted the cream of New Zealand cycling talent. The winners list includes the Sport's biggest Kiwi names: Warwick Dalton, Tino Tabak, Paul Jesson, Eric McKenzie and in recent years Jack Swart, Brian Fowler, Stephen Cox and Graeme Miller.
Eight time winner Fowler is back in the field this year, riding as a veteran but he says that it will definitely be his last. Swart is also making a sentimental return to the race this year.
Only two overseas riders, both Australian, have ever won the tour, Malcolm Powell in 1964 and David Gee in 1970 but that may be about to change. The race has been sanctioned as a UCI event and with it there is an influx of overseas riders.
Among them is the well seasoned Aussie David McKenzie. The tough Victorian finished fourth in the recent Sun Tour. He also lists on his CV a win in the 2001 Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic and he's a former Australian Road Champion, not to mention his Giro d'Italia stage win in 2000. McKenzie will be well supported by two top line Kiwis Scott Guyton and Lee Vertongen.
Four recent winners are back in the field this year. Guyton, Glen Mitchell, Gordon McCauley and last year's winner Karl Moore must all be considered serious contenders again. Last week at Invercargill McCauley won his third national Road Championship and also the Time Trial Title.
Start list
Rabobank Calder Stewart 1 Karl Moore (NZl) 6 Chris Horner (USA) 2 Ryan Russell (NZl) 7 Eric Wohlberg (Can) 3 Glenn Mitchell (NZl) 8 Peter Rogers (Aus) 4 Tom Leaper (Aus) 9 Michael Johnson (Aus) 5 Marc Ryan (NZl) 10 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Ascot Park Hotel Zookeepers Cafe 11 Tiaan Kannemeyer (RSA) 16 Gordon McCauley (NZl) 12 Ryan Cox (RSA) 17 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) 13 Rodney Green (RSA) 18 Karl Murray (NZl) 14 Morne Bester (NZl) 19 Jeremy Yates (NZl) 15 Johan Van Der Berg (RSA) 20 Matthew Yates (NZl) Winton's Middle Pub Meadow Fresh 21 Brian Fowler (NZl) 26 Stuart Lowe (NZl) 22 Hayden Godfrey (NZl) 27 Andrew Reid (NZl) 23 John Lieswyn (USA) 28 Robin Reid (NZl) 24 Kevin Monahan (USA) 29 Jason Allen (Aus) 25 Ben Robson (NZl) 30 Phillip Schnyder (Swi) Southland Times Sycamore Print 31 Scott Guyton (NZl) 36 James Hannam (Aus) 32 David McKenzie (Aus) 37 Russell Vanhout (Aus) 33 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) 38 Ryan Cull (NZl) 34 Lee Vertongen (NZl) 39 Jaarod Poad (NZl) 35 Marc Mackay (NZl) 40 Chris Boersen (NZl) SouthRoads Cycle Surgery 41 Scott Allen (NZl) 46 David Thomson (NZl) 42 Peter Latham (NZl) 47 John Laidlaw (NZl) 43 Tim Gudsell (NZl) 48 Danny Hillary (NZl) 44 Michael Leaf (NZl) 49 Craig Thomson (NZl) 45 James Stephenson (NZl) 50 Logan Hutchings (NZl) Share The Road SBS 51 Jack Swart (NZl) 56 Travis Kane (NZl) 52 Aaron Strong (NZl) 57 Ashley Whitehead (NZl) 53 Paul Sumich (NZl) 58 Leigh Chapman (NZl) 54 Marc Watson (NZl) 59 Bevan Mason (NZl) 55 Matt Gilbert (NZl) 60 John Alabaster (NZl) Hilo Decorating Creation Signs 61 Nick Atkinson (NZl) 66 Paul Whitley (NZl) 62 Stephen Collins (NZl) 67 Anthony Chapman (NZl) 63 Nick Eliadis (NZl) 68 Dallas Williams (NZl) 64 Brad Mcfarlane (NZl) 69 Ben Lowe (NZl) 65 Antoinne De Haan (NZl) 70 Joseph Chapman (NZl) Mercury TV Jackson-Wills 71 Alasdair Duncan (NZl) 76 Andrew Bott (NZl) 72 Andrew Widdup (NZl) 77 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) 73 Mark Bailey (NZl) 78 Dan Warren (NZl) 74 Johnathon Atkinson (NZl) 79 Tony Fowler (NZl) 75 Scott Strong (NZl) 80 Tim Paviell (NZl) Riverside Rentals 81 Matthew Webber (NZl) 82 Andrew Eagles (NZl) 83 Jason Clement (NZl) 84 Callum Henderson (NZl) 85 Peter Blake (NZl)
Past winners
2001 Karl Moore (NZl) Southroads 2000 Glen Mitchell 1999 Graeme Miller 1998 Scott Guyton 1997 Graeme Miller 1996 Gordon McCauley 1995 Brian Fowler 1994 Doug Bath 1993 Landrey Burt 1992 Brian Fowler 1991 Stuart Lowe 1990 Brian Fowler 1989 Brian Fowler 1988 Brian Fowler 1987 Brian Fowler 1986 Brian Fowler 1985 Brian Fowler 1984 Jack Swart 1983 Jack Swart 1982 Stephen Cox 1981 Stephen Cox 1980 Anthony Cuff 1979 Eric McKenzie 1978 Paul Jesson 1977 Wayne Perkinson 1976 Paul Jesson 1975 Chris Hogan 1974 Bruce Ramsey 1973 Michael Hughes 1972 Blair Stockwell 1971 John Dean 1970 David Gee 1969 Warwick Dalton 1968 Merv Davis 1967 Tino Tabak 1966 Tino Tabak 1965 Tino Tabak 1964 Malcolm Powell (Aus) 1963 Dick Johnstone 1962 Tony Walsh 1961 Warwick Dalton 1960 Gary Ulmer 1959 Warwick Dalton 1957 Tom Tindale 1956 Kelvin Hastie Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
