Corbin Strong s turning his mind to a busy schedule after his New Zealand Cycle Classic win
Corbin Strong s turning his mind to a busy schedule after his New Zealand Cycle Classic win 18 January 2021
The 20-year-old says the domestic races will prepare him for competing overseas in March after delaying a year due to Covid-19.
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 Sunday s fifth and final stage on general classification with a four-second lead over teammate Corbin Strong. Black Spoke’s Aaron Gate is third place on General Classification after finishing sixth on Saturday raced in hot conditions in Wairarapa.
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.
Dave Lintott
Black Spoke Pro Cycling Academy s 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 with individuals that can do well over all the terrains Wairarapa has to offer. We also have the national criterium champion, Aaron Gate in the team, and we are looking forward to seeing him race in the national jersey in our capital city on the last stage.”