The Tour of Southland’s notoriously challenging weather finally bared its teeth on stage four of the race yesterday. The peloton survived 40kmh winds, rain and the occasional bout of sunshine during a daunting 148.5km stage from Invercargill to a hilltop finish at Bluff. "[The weather] wasn’t so bad for me, because it kept the group together and kept us rolling," Vink said. A new route for the Bluff Hill stage saw the peloton averaging 50kmh through the first part of the stage from Invercargill to Edendale and Wyndham. "It was a typical Bluff stage really, all action from the start," Vink said.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 04, 2016 00:19 UTC