INFORMATION NZCT 2009 EVENT
In May this year we send our application to the UCI to stage the following events;
25 - 27 February 2009 / NZCT Women's Tour of New Zealand
Sunday 1 March 2009 / NZCT Women's World Cup
The UCI should confirm the 2009 calendar soon. More information will be place on this site as soon as available.
Armstrong takes 2008 NZCT Women's Tour of New Zealand title
2008 New Zealand Community Trust Women's Tour of New Zealand winners from left to right, Lithoprint Sprints competition, Catherine Carroll from USA, Tour winner Kristin Armstrong, team Cervelo, R+R QOM winner Lorian Graham from Vrienden Van Het Platteland team and Tabak Under 23 classification winner, Carla Ryan from the Australian national team. More Photos
The 2008 event details;
The 2008 NZCT Women’s Cycle Tour of New Zealand starts on Wednesday 27th February at 2.30pm with a circuit around Fraser Park in Lower Hutt. The following day, Thursday 28th February, riders take on Stage Two, 110km from Martinboroug to Masterton
On Friday 29th February riders take on the most difficult stage in the tour, a 125kmts race including six major hill climbs and finishing with a 12kmts “Top of the Mountain” climb to the top of Admiral Hill in the Wairarapa.
This is the same stage use by the men’s in last month’s Trust House Cycle Classic, one of the hardest stages for any tour in New Zealand.
On Saturday 1st March, stage four takes place in the Miramar circuit. A distance of 124km, riders will complete 12 laps of the circuit, the stage include a hill climb up Awa Rd each lap.
The Five-day tour finishes with the Wellington Criterium on Sunday 2nd March at from 3.00pm on a complete close circuit at the bottom of Lambton Quay.
The field is made up current Olympic champions, World Champions and national Champions from top European nations and New Zealand. The highest ranked New Zealanders on the list is Joanne Kiesanowski, ranked 21st and will ride the tour as part of her professional Cervelo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team from Switzerland.
The field is made up of national teams from Australia, Japan, China, South Africa, Ukraine and New Zealand as well as professional teams from USA, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia, Belgium, Italy and Germany.