Race details | |
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Date | February |
Region | New Zealand |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Oceania Tour |
Type | One-day |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 2006 |
Editions | 11 (as of 2016) |
Final edition | 2016 |
First winner | Geoff Burndred (NZL) |
Most wins | Patrick Bevin (NZL)(3 wins) |
Final winner | Dion Smith (NZL) |
The REV Classic was an annual professional one-day road bicycle racing for men. [1] The race was ridden as a UCI 1.2 category race. In 2017 the race was postponed with the intention of resuming the race in 2018, however that has not occurred. [2]
Year | Country | Rider | Team |
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2006 | New Zealand | Geoff Burndred | |
2007 | New Zealand | Geoff Burndred | |
2008 | New Zealand | Gordon McCauley | |
2009 | New Zealand | Gordon McCauley | |
2010 | New Zealand | Patrick Bevin | |
2011 | New Zealand | Scott Lyttle | |
2012 | New Zealand | Jeremy Vennell | |
2013 | New Zealand | Shem Rodger | |
2014 | New Zealand | Patrick Bevin | Search2retain–Health.com.au |
2015 | New Zealand | Patrick Bevin [3] | Avanti Racing Team |
2016 | New Zealand | Dion Smith [4] | ONE Pro Cycling |
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