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Aaron Gate finishes ahead of Luke Mudgway to win the 2021 Gravel and Tar Classic. It may have been a far cry from the smooth surfaces of an Olympic track or a United States road, but Aaron Gate and Olivia Ray still reigned supreme at the Gravel and Tar Classic in Manawatū on Saturday. The duo – both winners of November’s criterium national champs in Christchurch – added to their resumes in taking out the UCI 1.2 event from Feilding to Palmerston North which features five gravel sectors ...

Finn Fisher-Black took the stage win at the New Zealand Cycle Classic on Saturday. Junior pursuit world record-holder Finn Fisher-Black captured the yellow jersey - after some confusion – on the penultimate day of the New Zealand Cycle Classic. The New Zealand National team member won Saturday’s “Queen Stage” in 3hr 08min 09 secs to take the Classic lead off Black Spoke’s Luke Mudgway and will head into Sundays fifth and final stage on general classification with a four-second lead o...

Luke Mudgway celebrates his stage two victory in the New Zealand Cycle Classic. Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academys Luke Mudgway has gone straight from the offensive to the defensive after claiming the yellow jersey in a sensational ride during stage two of the UCI 2.2 New Zealand Cycle Classic. Mudgway won the 158.1km stage in three hours, 39 minutes and 41 seconds in Masterton on Thursday. New Zealand National team member Corbin Strong crossed the line 17 seconds behind in second place, narrow...

Black Spoke favoured in classic Aaron Gate winning stage one of the 2020 NZ Cycle Classic. PHOTO/DAVE LINTOTT CYCLING chris.cogdale@age.co.nz Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy are warm favourites to win the five-stage New Zealand Cycle Classic which started yesterday in Masterton. Black Spoke, New Zealand’s only professional Union Cycliste Internationale team, took team honours in the 2020 tour, while 2019 champion Aaron Gate finished second in the general classification. The team’s build-up ...

Dave Lintott Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academys Aaron Gate won the New Zealand Cycle Classic title in 2019 and is back for another title tilt in 2021. Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy are not shy about their ambitions when lining up to contest this week’s UCI 2.2 New Zealand Cycle Classic five-day stage race being held in Wairarapa and Wellington. “It would be great to take out the overall win and stage wins along the way,” team manager Scott Guyton said. “We have a well-rounded team wit...

Tour of Southland winner Aaron Gate Photo: James Jubb/Studio Jubb A bronze medallist from the 2012 London Games, Gate is one of several members of the New Zealand track team for this years Olympics taking part the Classic. The 30-year-old, who rides for the Black Spoke team and won the Tour of Southland a couple of months ago, says balance is important for him to stay in top form. "The road compliments the track cycling and visa-versa the track stuff makes me a faster road cyclist too so I enj...