Great riders from the Tour of Southland are back for its 60th anniversary. Barry Harcourt Brian Fowler during the Tour of Southland"I remember the cuts in my legs – the hailstones were that damned sharp." "There's always some hard part in there, really good riders and usually one in really good form. Then there's the crucial work of tour director Bruce Ross who so reliably drums up support in all the little towns. "The tour of Southland was the foundation for what I did in Europe," the 1972 top-20 placegetter in the Tour de France says.

Source: Stuff October 28, 2016 16:01 UTC