2006 Cycle Tour of Southland
This year being the 50th Anniversary of the one of the premier events on Southland's Sporting Calender.
We caught up with some previous champions before the event and we were also on the wheels of the leaders all week with updates and interviews and for even more on the Powernet Tour you can visit its website.Review of the Tour
Review of the Tour. Listen with Windows Media Player
With the 50th Anniversary Tour of Southland all wrapped up we catch up with our tour correspondant for the last time. We talk about how the 50th anniversary tour shaped up, Hayden Roulston taking the yellow jersey and also whats in store for the future of the Tour of Southland.
Stage-By-Stage - Listen to our Tour Reports
Day Four Review. Listen with Windows Media Player
With Hayden Roulston taking the Yellow Jersey once again, we look back at proberly the most scenic stage of the tour where cyclists headed from Winton to the top of the Crown Range.
Day Three Review. Listen with Windows Media Player
With Southland's weather against the cyclists yesterday we review the crashes, the injuries, talk about the stage winners Scott Peoples and Greg Henderson and also the King of the Mountain jersey being a close competition with only 2 points in it.
Day Two Review. Listen with Windows Media Player
Two days down of this years race and we caught up with our tour commentator too review the long day the cyclists had yesterday in the beautiful conditions Southland turned on for them.
Day One Review. Listen with Windows Media Player
Looking back at Day one of the 2006 Tour of Southland, it was Hayden Roulston's day with him wearing the yellow jersey leading into the longest stage today, which has cyclists leaving Invercargill bound for Gore.
Virtual Tour of Southland Winner.
Winner of the Avanti Mountain Bike. Listen with Windows Media Player
We've been playing Virtual Tour of Southland all week and this morning Katrina's name was pulled out of a hat and is the proud new owner of a Avanti Mountain bike in conjuction with the Powernet Tour of Southland
Our Tour Preview
Alan Messenger. Listen with Windows Media Player
With the 50th Anniversary Tour of Southland under way today, we catch up with a regular who's covered this spectacular sporting event more than once, and find out who's who in this years race.
Warwick Dalton. Listen with Windows Media Player
With Tour of Southland only days away, it was pleasure to talk to a real cycling idenity who has 3 cycling Tour of Southland titles to his name and dominated the cycling scene in the 1960's.
Gordon McCauley. Listen with Windows Media Player
From a busy roadside in Auckland, the defending champion of the Powernet Tour of Southland lets us know how preparations are going for this years event.
Brian Fowler. Listen with Windows Media Player
As the Cycle Tour of Southland celebrates its 50th anniversary, one name looms large over the event. Champion cyclist Brian Fowler has eight tour titles and tells us why having one last go at it this year.
Doug Bath. Listen with Windows Media Player
As part of our build up to the 50th Anniversary Cycle Tour of Southland we are joined by the last local winner of the Tour in 1994, Invercargill's Doug Bath.
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