“But I think to make it in Europe you have to be really ambitious. You can’t give up. I’ve had this dream of becoming a cyclist for so long and I’ve just been so determined and I can finally say I’ve made it as a professional.” Harvey fell in love with road cycling when she was at Saint Kentigern College in Auckland, and that passion only grew stronger when her family moved to Wānaka when she was 15 years old.
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Mikayla Harvey won the young rider s classification at the Giro Rosa last year.
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Tasman Wheelers Junior Tour under-17 boys winner Noah Hollamby is flanked by Cycling South Canterbury clubmate Cameron Anderson, left, and Joshua Mulcahy after receiving the General Classification jersey.
Timaru teenager Noah Hollamby produced a dominant performance to win the under-17 boys section of the inaugural Tasman Wheelers Junior Tour in Nelson at the weekend. Hollamby’s dominance saw him claim all three jerseys (King of Mountains, sprint and General Classification) with strong wins in all three stages in the event which is part of Cycling New Zealand s National Road Series. Hollamby s overall time for the three stages was 3 hours 7 minutes 26 seconds with his Cycling South Canterbury clubmate, Cameron Anderson, taking second in 3:11.7 and Manawatu s Joshua Mulcahy third in 3:11.17.
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A woman wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks near a banner of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo on Tuesday. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has vowed to get the pandemic under control and to hold the games with ample protection for all involved. Strong expects to make his Olympic debut in Toyko this year. “It’s all very positive with the Olympics. Pretty much all we have been getting told is that they are going to hold it at all costs, it’s really positive,” Strong said. “I think it will be very unlikely that the Olympics don’t go ahead. It’s nice for us, to really just focus on that.”
Black Spoke favoured in classic
Aaron Gate winning stage one of the 2020 NZ Cycle Classic. PHOTO/DAVE LINTOTT
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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 to this year’s tour started with a two-week training camp in Wairarapa in October to familiarise themselves with the region’s roads.
While here Black Spoke also competed in a race of the Trust House North Island Team Series.