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AUCKLAND — Organisers have confirmed an exciting the line up for the no reserve auctions at the country’s leading Motorhome Caravan & Outdoor expo, the Covi Motorhome Caravan & Outdoor SuperShow on in Auckland from 20th to the 22nd September at the ASB Showgrounds in Greenlane.

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It may have been over two months since his last serious race but all eyes will be on Michael Vink when the Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series gets underway again on the West Coast of the South Island in Hokitika on Saturday after a winter break.

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CANTERBURY — Scientists say Banks Peninsula is a very good example of 'where dolphin protection boundaries don't match up with the scientific results of research,' after being surprised to find the endangered Hector's dolphin frequenting even the 'innermost parts of Akaroa Harbour' after a yearlong study.

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Planning is well underway for the country's leading Motorhome Caravan & Outdoor expo, the Covi Motorhome Caravan & Outdoor SuperShow on in Auckland from 20th to the 22nd September at the ASB Showgrounds in Greenlane.

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Natasha Lombart has joined leading tourism operator Black Cat Cruises as its new Sales and Marketing Manager.

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The investors behind the hugely successful online companies, ValueClick and ValueCommerce have developed a revolutionary new social media "Crowd Marketing" platform that enables businesses to leverage content generated from their existing customer or fan base.

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CANTERBURY — Passengers on Black Cat Cruises harbour cruise on Akaroa Harbour this afternoon were treated with amazing views of a breaching Humpback Whale.

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It was redemption today for Tom Hubbard from the Homestyle Cycling Team as he won the third round of the Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series, the 133 kilometre the Parry Field Lawyers-Ocean Ridge Classic.

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Touring professional and multiple world championship medal winner Linda Villumsen, Olympian Lauren Ellis and Sophie Williamson, who has signed with US based women’s pro team Vanderkitten, head the largest women’s field ever assembled for a Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series round on Saturday, the Parry Field Lawyers-Ocean Ridge Classic.

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CANTERBURY — Mum’s get the opportunity to travel to France this Sunday with a special cruise from Lyttelton to Akaroa with Black Cat Cruises.    “We have running this cruise for over 10 years,” Black Cat Cruises Group Operations Manager Paul Milligan said.

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Dan Underwood defended his individual Tour of New Zealand title today, beating Tim James in a close and exciting criterium in the shadow of the Beehive in the grounds of Parliament House in Wellington.

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While Tim James completed his domination of the North Island in the Tour of New Zealand, defending solo champion Dan Underwood could only manage third today on the South Island’s final stage.

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An intriguing battle looms between the leading individuals and teams for overall titles as the final stage of the Tour of New Zealand in the North and South Islands takes place tomorrow before the final days racing in Parliament grounds in Wellington on Saturday will decide overall winners.

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Tim James won his fifth Tour of New Zealand stage in a row on a day that saw very little changes to the leader boards with two days of racing left before the tour’s exciting final day, a criterium in Parliament grounds in Wellington on Saturday.

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While the leading individual riders in the Tour of New Zealand further consolidated their leads, things are tighter at the top of the leader boards in the team’s classification after day four of racing.

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Defending Tour of New Zealand teams champion Christchurch Boys High School moved into the lead on stage three in the South Island today, over taking Pablos Wanaka.

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Dan Underwood and Tim James built on their solo leads after day two of Tour of New Zealand was completed today.

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Dan Underwood began this year’s Tour of New Zealand where he left it last year, in the lead.

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Dan Underwood, the individual winner of the inaugural Tour of New Zealand last year, is returning from his base in Japan to defend his title.

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Warmup Cycling’s Lee Johnstone made it two wins in a row winning the second round of Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series, the Tasman Classic, in Nelson on Sunday.

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Full time triathlete Tom Davison (Scotty Browns-Vision Systems) had his best road racing result winning the second round of Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series in Nelson today, the Tasman Classic, with an impressive display of climbing in the last 500 metres.

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Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling series leader Brad Evans will be hoping to repeat last year’s success in Nelson when the second round of the series is held in the region on Sunday.

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CANTERBURY — Cat Lovers from around the world will descend on Akaroa in April next year to attend the International Cat Lovers Convention sponsored by leading New Zealand tourism operator Black Cat Cruises.

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An ambitious eight day nationwide cycling event that starts from both ends of New Zealand next month has competitors flying in from around the world.

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CANTERBURY — Free Easter eggs are on offer again on Quail Island with Black Cat Cruises this weekend.   It has become a local tradition for the tourism operator to give away thousands of Easter eggs as part of an Easter egg hunt on the Lyttelton Harbour Island every Easter holidays.

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CANTERBURY — The entrance to Akaroa Harbour welcomed a large pod of Bottlenose dolphins for the first time in recent memory today.  Black Cat Cruises skipper Chris Jenkins said that he could not remember there ever being any sightings of Bottlenose dolphins in the area before.

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CANTERBURY — Michael Vink had the perfect send off for his overseas campaign with BikeNZ men's track endurance squad when he rode away from the field to win Le Race in two hours and thirty one minutes today. Vink leaves for Belgium on Tuesday and showed he is in good form sitting a fast pace up the early climb through the Christchurch suburb of Cashmere and then dominated the final 40 kilometres of racing dropping breakaway companion James Early to win the tough 100 kilometre event for the second time.

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CANTERBURY — A strong men’s field will mean Christchurch cyclist Sam Horgan will have a tough job defending his title in the gruelling 100 kilometre Christchurch to Akaroa Le Race on Saturday.

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CANTERBURY — The endless Kiwi summer welcomed one of the world’s largest cruise ships to Akaroa today.

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CANTERBURY — The gruelling iconic 100 kilometre Christchurch to Akaroa Le Race celebrates its fifteenth year on the 23rd of March with Coffee Culture as the event’s new naming rights sponsor.

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Lee Johnstone from the Warmup Cycling Team won a large frantic bunch sprint to win the 117 kilometre opening round of the Benchmark Elite masters series in North Canterbury, holding off Justin Sims (Armitage Williams) and Glen Rewi (Kiwi Style Bike Tours), winning in two hours and fifty five minutes.

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Otago University student Brad Evans had his best win on the road in the opening round of the Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling series in Oxford, winning a sprint finish from Bradley Tuhi and Joseph Chapman.

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World Pro Tour rider George Bennett leads the men's elite entries for Saturday's opening round of the Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series in Oxford, North Canterbury.

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New organisers are excited about the changes they are introducing to New Zealand’s only team based cycle racing series, the Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series that starts in Canterbury on the 2nd of March.

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Starting at this week’s Calder Stewart National Road Cycling Championships, the Benchmark Homes Cycling Team will be racing in Champion System clothing for the next three years.

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CANTERBURY — Rare Hector’s dolphin calves spotted in Akaroa Harbour is good news for a species that is on the endangered list.

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An internet software company promising to make it easier to get fresh content and harness social media to add significant value to a company's website is being launched by New Zealanders Jonny Hendriksen and Paul Bingham who are keen to take the concept global.

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CANTERBURY — Kiwi Ranger, a fun interactive programme encouraging children to explore and experience the natural local environment was successfully launched on Sunday on Quail Island in Lyttelton Harbour.

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CANTERBURY — Kiwi Ranger, a fun interactive programme encouraging children to explore and experience the natural local environment is being launched on Sunday on Quail Island in Lyttelton harbour.

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Paul Odlin from the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team made sure the team’s colours flew at the front of a bike race for the last time in yesterday’s Benchmark Homes Festival of Cycling elite men's criterium in Christchurch.  Racing as a pro team for the final time the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team featured prominently.

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SUBWAY® Pro Cycling colours fly for the last time in this weekend’s Benchmark Homes Festival of Cycling in Canterbury.

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New Zealander's voted and Canterbury visitor attractions Hamner Springs Thermal Pools and Spa and Black Cat Cruise's Akaroa Harbour trips were first and third on the Automobile Association's list of the country's 101 must-do's for Kiwis.

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NORTHLAND — Backing up from a challenging Tour of Southland last week, SUBWAY® Pro Cycling’s Nick Lovegrove won Northland’s 110 kilometre Fred Ogle Memorial Ride yesterday for the third year in a row.

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Tomorrow night’s National Criterium Cycling Championships in Takapuna will be the last opportunity for the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team to add to its collection of national titles.

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SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's Paul Odlin was second in this morning's 13 kilometre individual time trial at the Powernet Tour of Southland with a time of 17 minutes and thirty five seconds.

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SUBWAY® Pro Cycling’s Paul Odlin plans to do justice to the national time trial champion skin suit he gets to wear in tomorrow morning’s 13 kilometre individual time trial at the Powernet Tour of Southland.

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Dylan Kennett will wear the King of the Mountain jersey in tomorrow's stage one of the Powernet Tour of Southland after his SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team was third in today's prologue in Invercargill.

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Dylan Kennett from the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team beat a strong field that included national champions James Williamson and Michael Vink to win the final round of the current elite Benchmark series on Saturday.

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CANTERBURY — The Warmup Cycling Team has signed Chain Reaction Cycles and Specialized as two new sponsors for two years.

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Despite injury the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team has named a strong line-up in what will be the last time the green and gold team colours fly in the Powernet Tour of Southland.

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CANTERBURY — The arrival of the Sea Princess tomorrow kicks off a busy cruise ship season for Akaroa which will see the town the country’s busiest cruise ship port this summer.  Black Cat Cruises Managing Director Paul Bingham said 86 cruise ship visits were expected to bring close to 200,000 visitors to Akaroa and that the town had prepared well to cope.

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HAMILTON — Saturday sees Central Hawke's Bay Olympian Westley Gough join his SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team mates for the first time since he won bronze on the track at the London Olympics.  After taking a break after the Olympic Games Gough is now building towards the Powernet Tour of Southland that starts in Invercargill on Sunday 28 October.

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NELSON — Ian Smallman from the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team had an impressive win in the elite Nelson City Cathedral Criterium on Sunday.

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CANTERBURY — Black Cat Cruises has invested over $50,000 in refitting its two retail shops in Akaroa in time for the summer tourism season.  Managing Director Paul Bingham said the company was committed to investing in the future of tourism in the region and that he was very pleased with the refurbishment.

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A successful weekend of racing saw SUBWAY® Pro Cycling’s Sam Horgan win the Taupo to Napier Classic cycle race on Saturday followed by his team mate Nick Lovegrove winning the Wanganui Cycling Grand Prix on Sunday.

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CANTERBURY — The Warmup Pushbikes Cycling Team won the Masters 25 kilometre Canterbury Team Time Trial event on Saturday.  The Warmup Pushbikes Black Team of John McKenzie, Lee Johnstone, David Roche and Stephen Mark won in a time of 33 minutes and 20 seconds, beating the Velocity 1 team of Nigel Pink, Ben Hillery, Dave Sullivan and Chris Brooks by 35 seconds.

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CANTERBURY — The Warmup Pushbikes Cycling Team hopes to repeat last year’s winning performance in tomorrow’s Canterbury Team Time Trial Championships.

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Fresh from a win in Otago’s Tour de Taieri Sam Horgan leads a strong line-up entered by SUBWAY® Pro Cycling in the Taupo to Napier Classic cycle race on Saturday.

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OTAGO — Sam Horgan from the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team won category one of the R & R Tour de Taieri near Dunedin at the weekend.

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After eight successful years as naming rights sponsor of SUBWAY® Pro Cycling, SUBWAY® Restaurants will be concluding its sponsorship of New Zealand's only professional cycling team at the end of 2012.

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Racing for New Zealand Dylan Kennett from the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling won a silver medal in the kilometre time trial event at the UCI Junior Track World Championships in Invercargill tonight.

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Dylan Kennett from the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team represents New Zealand’s best chance of being crowned an under 19 World Champion since Sarah Ulmer achieved the feat twice in the 1990s.

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CANTERBURY — Ian Smallman from the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling team won back to back races in Nelson and Christchurch at the weekend.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Christchurch signage company Action Signs has invested over $600,000 in two new digital machines it says will increase productivity, application versatility and will open up technical and industrial applications.

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SUBWAY® Pro Cycling ended a very successful four months with its riders winning the senior time trial, road race, under-23 road race and under-19 time trial titles at the RaboDirect New Zealand Club Championships in Hawkes Bay.

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CANTERBURY — Sisi He from Auckland got a little more than she bargained for on a Swimming with the Dolphins trip with Black Cat Cruises in Akaroa this week.

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SUBWAY® Pro Cycling’s Westley Gough has been named today in a strong New Zealand track cycling team for the London Olympics.

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Professional mountain biker and junior world champion Anton Cooper lead his Christchurch Boys High School team to overall victory in the Tour of New Zealand’s final stage, a criterium in Wellington on Saturday.

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Tour of New Zealand honours go on the line in Wellington tomorrow after a week of racing comes to a head with South and North Island competitors clashing in an exciting criterium around parliament in Wellington.

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Individual rider Geoff Williamson stormed home first with the Christchurch Boys High School team on his wheel on the South Islands stage six of Tour of New Zealand from Hanmer Springs to Kaikoura today.

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The SUBWAY® Pro Cycling leaves tomorrow to race in the UCI 2.2 Tour de Korea where it hopes to have similar success to last year.

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The Christchurch Boys High School team continued its dominating form as the Tour of New Zealand passed through Canterbury today.

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WEST COAST — Sequoia Cooper from the H & J's Outdoor World team and Paul Odlin from SUBWAY® Pro Cycling won the Around Brunner cycle race in Greymouth today.

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An ambitious eight day nationwide cycling event that starts from both ends of New Zealand kicks off tomorrow morning.

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WEST COAST — Oceania elite road racing champion Paul Odlin lead’s the entries for this year’s Around Brunner Cycle event being held tomorrow on the South Island’s West Coast.

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CANTERBURY — Free Easter eggs are on offer again on Quail Island with Black Cat Cruises this weekend.   After not having the popular hunt for Easter Eggs last year due to the quakes the tourism operator is again giving away thousands of Easter eggs as part of an Easter egg hunt on the Lyttelton Harbour Island.

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Amazing technology previously only available in the scientific community that allows humans to talk to dolphins is being launched by leading New Zealand tourism operator Black Cat Cruises.

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CANTERBURY — Sam Horgan (SUBWAY® Pro Cycling Team) won the tough 100 kilometre Christchurch to Akaroa Le Race today in two hours and forty minutes.

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CANTERBURY — SUBWAY® Pro Cycling’s Paul Odlin is keen to add tomorrow’s tough 100 kilometre Christchurch to Akaroa Le Race to his growing list of recent wins.

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CHRISTCHURCH — Rolleston School was still excited well after two riders from the SUBWAY® Pro Cycling visited on Thursday.

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International interest in a quirky Kiwi cycling event is hotting up, a month out from the start of this 'world first' national tour.

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MARLBOROUGH — Nick Lovegrove from SUBWAY® Pro Cycling won the 101 kilometre Forrest Graperide on Saturday to secure his first win of the season.

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MARLBOROUGH — Newly crowned Oceania elite road racing champion Paul Odlin leads a strong SUBWAY® Pro Cycling line up for this weekend's 101 kilometre Forrest GrapeRide in Marlborough.

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Paul Odlin from SUBWAY® Pro Cycling won the Oceania elite road racing title to complete to very successful championships.

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Sam Horgan from SUBWAY® Pro Cycling narrowing beat his team mate Paul Odlin in the elite men’s time trial on the opening day of the UCI Oceania Road Championships near Queenstown today.

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Sam Horgan and Paul Odlin from SUBWAY® Pro Cycling are New Zealand’s best medal hopefuls in the Oceania Road Championships kicking off in Queenstown tomorrow.

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CANTERBURY — The world's most exclusive cruise ship The World arrives in Akaroa on Wednesday for a stay of three days.

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CANTERBURY — Sam Horgan (SUBWAY® Pro Cycling) won the A grade Silvester Motor Company Tour of Canterbury as part of his final preparation for this week's Oceania Road Championships being held in Queenstown.

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CANTERBURY — Sam Horgan (SUBWAY® Pro Cycling) lowered the Canterbury Time Trial Association 16 kilometre record by 11 seconds on Tuesday night.

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Westley Gough from New Zealand's SUBWAY® Pro Cycling Team featured in OCBC Singapore Professional Criterium at the weekend, making the winning break and crossing the finish line just behind the winner, three-time Tour de France green jersey holder, Robbie McEwen.

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CANTERBURY — Simon Acker (Warmup Pushbikes Cycling Team) won the inaugural 103 kilometre Ride the Rakaia cycle race in impressive fashion in very challenging conditions on Saturday.

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Black Cat Cruises has a firm hold on the number one activity in New Zealand for wildlife spotting and is number 10 of all of New Zealand’s activities in the AA’s 101 Must Do’s for Kiwis online survey.

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The SUBWAY® Pro Cycling Team carries good form into the OCBC Cycle Singapore Professional Criterium on Friday night, its first international event of the year.

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CANTERBURY — A broken spoke didn’t slow down SUBWAY® Pro Cycling’s Sam Horgan who dominated the elite race in the Canterbury Cycling Development Trust Charity Ride in North Canterbury yesterday.

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CANTERBURY — A leading tourism operator is calling for Government action in the wake of the death of two Hector's dolphins found washed up on a beach near the Waimakariri River mouth in north Canterbury this week.

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SUBWAY® Pro Cycling’s Tayla Harrison won the prestigious 100 kilometre Blackball WMC Cycle Classic on the South Island’s West Coast on Saturday.

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SUBWAY® Pro Cycling’s Nick Lovegrove backed up yesterday’s impressive effort to take the lead today in the sprinters classification at the New Zealand Cycle Classic in the Manawatu.

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SUBWAY® Pro Cycling's Nick Lovegrove placed second on an exciting stage three of the New Zealand Cycle Classic in Manawatu today.

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SUBWAY® Pro Cycling feels confident the New Zealand classic road cycling tour’s move to Manawatu will suit its riders when it starts on Wednesday.

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SUBWAY® Pro Cycling’s Dylan Kennett won a furious sprint to take out the Gore to Invercargill cycling classic on Tuesday.

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