Weather conditions meant major disruptions for the Elite Road Nationals and the very talented fields with James Fouche and Olivia Ray emerging winners. @CyclingNZL #cycling @UCI_cycling nzsportswire.com/2022/02/13/bla…
New Zealand's James Fouché conquers second national championship after gruesome and shortened race
CyclingMonday, 14 February 2022 at 10:00
It was a busy weekend in the Southern Hemisphere as many countries hosted their national championships and over in New Zealand it was Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling's James Fouché taking the title, the second in his career.
The 23-year old won the race with 2:47 over his own teammate Tom Sexton and 2:54 over the peloton where Equipe continentale Groupama-FDJ's Laurence Pithie won the sprint and wrapped up the podium.
With the course having meaningful changes due to bad weather a mostly flat race ended up on the menu of the peloton, with Fouché an early escapee given that the Black Spoke team had several options. Fouché ended up benefiting from a bizarre situation where a tree fell down on course and caused the race to be neutralized. Upon restarting, the officials annouced the race would end in that lap and Fouché ended up confortably keeping his gap to take the national title.
Among the statements he gave post-race were comments on how exactly the situation affected the race: “It was one of the windiest days that I have ridden in. I nearly came off a couple of times. It was a savage day out,. We were told if the race was shortened then the first person across the line on that lap would win, so that was in the back of my mind."
claps 0visitors 15
Just in
Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter today!
Nov 05, 13:04
0
Popular news
Latest comments
- I wouldn’t assume Tadej can’t win at cross. He did a cross race, not a World Cup, a few years ago and crushed the field. It was a minor race. But he can win anywhere.mij23-12-2024
- I wonder what would happen if Pogacar attacked on the Cipressa instead of the Poggio in San Remo? Would MvdPoel still be able to follow?Ride197423-12-2024
- Debatable?Ride197423-12-2024
- The point is obvious: MVDP can beat Tadej on CX/Road and Tadej cannot. What is so hard to understand???averagecyclist22-12-2024
- Funny... one doper enabler backing the doper he enabled ! Who would have guessed.frieders322-12-2024
- Wouldn’t be here if I wasn’tMistermaumau22-12-2024
- So you're bored, got itvappaxbipmv22-12-2024
- Does everything need to have a point? If so, 99% of the internet should be wiped away. In relation to recent articles with quotes from other riders, my statement points to the ever more obvious reason why they are asked to comment on the effect of his return.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- If anyone would be interested enough to launch an official survey as to who out of these three should shut up, I don’t know who’d win but I’m due Boonen would be way back in 3rd place.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- And your point is what exactly?vappaxbipmv22-12-2024