Penny Farthing Cycles

89 Courtenay Place Wellington, New Zealand

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December 2008 Archive

It took Serena Sheridan eight years to secure a stage win in Nelson's Tineli Tour de Femme but with that under her saddle after the first stage all she had to do was stay on it in the final Cycling Nelson stage 5 for overall victory.  more>>


Jesús Hernández is on target to help Astana teammate Lance Armstrong reach his early-season goals.  more>>


Next month’s 20th anniversary of the Port of Tauranga Half Ironman is shaping up as a classic battle between arguably the country’s two leading female triathletes.  more>>


New Zealand will get its first fully supported, multi-stage mountain bike race with the Skins Alpine Epic on February 25-28 according to scoop.co.nzmore>>


A dose of good news for Jorge Sandoval, Race Director of New Zealand premier cycle tour, with confirmation that arguably the best Oceania team will make their first ever appearance in New Zealand to compete in next month's Trust House Cycle Classic.  more>>


Triathlon New Zealand has today confirmed the return of the Port Taranaki World Tri Festival for April next year, with a line up of events and activities to cater for every prospective triathlete regardless of age or ability.  more>>


2006 Tour de France winner, Oscar Pereiro, will make event history when he takes to the start line of the 2009 Tour Down Under.  more>>



USA Cycling announced this week the creation of a new professional cross country mountain bike series designed to recognize the top off-road racers in America.  more>>


Due to the rising cost of event fees, New Zealand's Rotorua, which hosted the 2006 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, will not bid for a chance to hold the UCI World Marathon Championships in 2012.  more>>


Christchurch triathlete Gina Ferguson has led from the front to win Ironman Western Australia in Busselton on the weekend.  more>>


Lance Armstrong doesn't expect the relentless doping allegations or his sour relationship with the French to improve just because he's making a cycling comeback.  more>>


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