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The start of the gruelling event was staggered with teams leaving at intervals to comply with New Zealands Covid-19 alert level 2 restrictions. When the times are corrected following the staggered start, McCaw’s team could fall behind team Avaya, consisting of Nathan Fa’avae, Sophie Hart, Chris Forne and Stu Lynch, who started later than isport. The Queenstown based Tiki Tour team, led by George Lucas, will also be right in contention. GODZone Team isport (from left to right) Simone Maie...

GODZone Rotorua: Mayor welcomes competitors to the city, including Richie McCaw 4 Mar, 2021 04:55 AM 4 minutes to read GODZone Rotorua competitor Richie McCaw (left) with Race Director Adam Fairmaid. Photo / Supplied Rotorua Daily Post Rotoruas mayor has officially welcomed about 250 competitors taking part in the iconic GODZone Rotorua race, including former All Black Richie McCaw. The gruelling eight-day 666 km long expedition adventure race gets underway at 9 am tomorrow from Rotoruas iconi...

Press Release – 100 Percent Pure Racing ROTORUA MAYOR OFFERS WARM WELCOME TO GODZONE AS COURSE REVEALED TO COMPETITORS Key Quotes “GODZone is all about adversity – knowing it, taking it on, and beating it,” said Rotorua Mayor Chadwick. “My team has not spent that much time together, but we are all hugely competitive people, with Simone and Dougal both 2x Coast to Coast world champions. We are not just here to cruise along and are going out there to do the best we can,” says Richie M...

Friday, 19 February 2021, 8:48 am It will be all guns blazing when seventy New Zealand adventure racing teams line up on the start line for GODZone Chapter 9 in Rotorua next month. The multi-day, nonstop expedition race (4th– 14thMarch 2021) has attracted some of the worlds best racers, including six-time world adventure racing champions Nathan Fa’avae, Sophie Hart, Stu Lynch, and Chris Forne of team Avaya and two time Coast to Coast longest day winner Simone Maier who is teaming up with A...

Allan powers home for second Coast to Coast title Newshub 13/02/2021 © Photo - Photosport; Video - Newshub Coast to Coast mens winner Dougal Allen Dougal Allan has powered his way to his second Coast to Coast Longest Day title, after smashing the final cycle leg into Christchurch.  After navigating 243km of gruelling terrain, the elite mens race came down to the wire, but Allan snuck home to win by 10 minutes over hometown favourite Sam Manson.  The Wanaka native sped the last 69.5km cyc...

“I did get caught up in it last year and I sort of raced Sam Clark the man rather than Coast to Coast the course and that didn’t work out for me,” he said. “That’s been a big focus for me this summer and its definitely the mindset I want to take into Saturday.” The 35-year-old Allan will be lining up in his ninth Coast to Coast, having first competed in 2008. With a young family (he and wife Amy are parents to Flynn, six, and Matilda, four) and endurance coaching business, he was...