Hayden Roulston News

Soon after the qualifying races in the team's sprint at last week's World Cup event in Melbourne, a rival coach sidled up to Justin Grace and said: "Look out, the Kiwis are coming". The New Zealand track cycling team is famous for their individual and team pursuit riders, not sprinters.

Hayden Roulston's dream of winning his home race, Tour of Southland, ended today with a crash near Invercargill, New Zealand.

FIRST IN: A jubilant Logan Hutchings celebrates his stage win into Gore yesterday.

Christchurch cyclist Alan Williams is annoyed at being painted as a reckless villain for his part in the crash that forced defending champion Hayden Roulston out of the Tour of Southland on Monday.

ColourPlus riders Marc Ryan, Hayden Roulston and Jesse Sergent head away to win the Tour of Southland 8.42km team time trial in Invercargill this morning.

Three-time champion Hayden Roulston crashed while United States-based New Zealand professional Heath Blackgrove grabbed the leader's yellow jersey after a tumultuous opening day of cycling's Tour of Southland.

Bad news for anyone hoping to knock Hayden Roulston off the Tour of Southland throne next week a ' he believes he's in some of the best form he's ever been, going into the six-day race.

Germany's Andr Greipel will try to add a second Santos Tour Down Under title to his palmares in January, after his title defense earlier this year was hampered by an accident at the Australian race.

BREATHER: New Zealand madison representatives Tom Scully, left, and Shane Archbold at the ILT Velodrome.

Tim Carswell has heard it before and says his New Zealand cycling team will keep "tracking along" amid concerns over India's ability to host next year's Commonwealth Games.

He stood on the podium after a stage on this year's Tour de France but Hayden Roulston still rates his first season back racing in Europe as disappointing.

A larger and more global field will line-up in next month's Tour of Southland. A record 130 riders, including seven international teams, four Australian and three American, will compete in 53rd edition of New Zealand's premier stage race.

If New Zealanders increased their cycling to the modest levels of the 1980s, they would burn off annually the amount of energy contained in 40 million cans of Coke.

A possible overhaul of the Olympic track cycling programme may have a major impact on a number of kiwi riders.

Smaller could be better for the three-man New Zealand cycling team competing in the UCI World Road Championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland tonight.

A disappointing result for New Zealand cyclist Jeremy Vennell in the time trial at the World Road Championships in Switzerland.

If there's a candidate for New Zealand's sport of the year, the case could hardly be much stronger for cycling.

Bike New Zealand has overlooked a Tour of Spain stage winner and a five-time Tour de France finisher for the world road cycling championships in Switzerland later this month.

Double Olympic medallist Hayden Roulston will lead the New Zealand cycling team at the UCI World Road Championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland, this month.

Team Columbia-HTC has signed what it describes as eight youthful talents for the 2010 season, replacing several experienced riders who have left the squad.