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New Zealand were leading Australia and looked on track to secure the country’s first medal in track cycling’s blue riband event since winning a bronze in London in 2012. But the crash happened at the worst possible time. Regan Gough had just done his second pull at the front and was about to exit the race. When Gate hit the deck, Gough was unable to get back on the wheel of Kerby and Campbell Stewart and was eventually lapped with 500m to go, ending the race and handing Australia the win. “It was a pretty gutting experience and not what we came here to do,” Gate said.

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 of about 40km and is considered the hardest single-day road race in Oceania. In a star-studded 164k...

Eugene Hoshiko/AP 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�...

McCormick, who won the New Zealand Cycle Classic in 2018, was shocked their breakaway lasted. “It’s funny because last night I said there’s no point going into a breakaway in this stage because you always get caught but it was just the right combination of guys. Regan and Glenn were super strong, and it just ended out, that we stayed away,” McCormick said. Race director Jorge Sandoval said it was the first time in the stage’s history that the peloton had not caught a breakaway. DAVE LINTOTT/DAVE LINTOTT PHOTOGRAPHY Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy drive the peloton into Martinboro...

Luke Mudgway celebrates his stage two victory in the New Zealand Cycle Classic. Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy's 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, narrowly pipping Mudgway’s teammate Aaron Gate who finished third. It was a dominating performance by ...