The elite men tackle the first corner at the start of a Calder Stewart Cycling Series race at Outram yesterday morning. Marlborough under-23 rider Ethan Batt stunned a strong field to win round one of the Calder Stewart Cycling Series race in Dunedin yesterday. He was just under a minute quicker than Invercargill's Matt Zenovich, and fellow Southlander Hamish Keast was another minute or so back. In the women's race, Kate McIlroy collected her third victory in a row in Dunedin. "It's really cool to get the win but it still upsets me that I was overlooked for a hilly world champs course in 2018," McIlroy said.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 24, 2019 15:43 UTC