Race details | |
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Date | Early November |
Region | Southland region, New Zealand |
English name | Tour of Southland |
Local name(s) | SBS Bank Tour of Southland |
Discipline | Road race |
Competition | National Tour Event |
Type | 7 Day Stage Race |
Organiser | Cycling Southland |
Race director | Bruce Ross |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1956 |
Editions | 67 (as of 2023) |
First winner | Kelvin Hastie (NZL) |
Most wins | 8 wins: Brian Fowler (NZL) |
Most recent | Daniel Gardner (GBR) |
The Tour of Southland is a road bicycle racing stage race held in the Southland region of New Zealand. From 2005 until 2009, the Tour of Southland has been part of the UCI Oceania Tour however the 2010 event was held as a National Tour. The Tour is held annually in November. The race is organised and delivered by Cycling Southland. The race's title sponsor is SBS Bank, a New Zealand bank, which is the country's largest building society.
Wins | Country | Name | Years |
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8 | New Zealand | Brian Fowler | 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995 |
4 | New Zealand | Hayden Roulston | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 |
3 | New Zealand | Warwick Dalton | 1959, 1961, 1969 |
New Zealand | Tino Tabak | 1965, 1966, 1967 | |
New Zealand | Michael Vink | 2018, 2019, 2021 | |
2 | New Zealand | Paul Jesson | 1976, 1978 |
New Zealand | Stephen Cox | 1981, 1982 | |
New Zealand | Jack Swart | 1983, 1984 | |
New Zealand | Graeme Miller | 1997, 1999 | |
New Zealand | Scott Guyton | 1998, 2003 | |
USA | John Lieswyn | 2002, 2004 | |
New Zealand | Gordon McCauley | 1996, 2005 | |
New Zealand | Aaron Gate | 2016, 2020 |
Year | Country | Men's winner |
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1956 | New Zealand | Kelvin Hastie |
1957 | New Zealand | Tom Tindale |
1959 | New Zealand | Warwick Dalton |
1960 | New Zealand | Gary Ulmer |
1961 | New Zealand | Warwick Dalton |
1962 | New Zealand | Tony Walsh |
1963 | New Zealand | Dick Johnstone |
1964 | Australia | Malcolm Powell |
1965 | New Zealand | Tino Tabak |
1966 | New Zealand | Tino Tabak |
1967 | New Zealand | Tino Tabak |
1968 | New Zealand | Merv Davis |
1969 | New Zealand | Warwick Dalton |
1970 | New Zealand | David Gee |
1971 | New Zealand | John Dean |
1972 | New Zealand | Blair Stockwell |
1973 | New Zealand | Michael Hughes |
1974 | New Zealand | Bruce Ramsey |
1975 | New Zealand | Chris Hogan |
1976 | New Zealand | Paul Jesson |
1977 | New Zealand | Wayne Perkinson |
1978 | New Zealand | Paul Jesson |
1979 | New Zealand | Eric McKenzie |
1980 | New Zealand | Anthony Cuff |
1981 | New Zealand | Stephen Cox |
1982 | New Zealand | Stephen Cox |
1983 | New Zealand | Jack Swart |
1984 | New Zealand | Jack Swart |
1985 | New Zealand | Brian Fowler |
1986 | New Zealand | Brian Fowler |
1987 | New Zealand | Brian Fowler |
1988 | New Zealand | Brian Fowler |
1989 | New Zealand | Brian Fowler |
1990 | New Zealand | Brian Fowler |
1991 | New Zealand | Stuart Lowe |
1992 | New Zealand | Brian Fowler |
1993 | New Zealand | Landrey Burt |
1994 | New Zealand | Doug Bath |
1995 | New Zealand | Brian Fowler |
1996 | New Zealand | Gordon McCauley |
1997 | New Zealand | Graeme Miller |
1998 | New Zealand | Scott Guyton |
1999 | New Zealand | Graeme Miller |
2000 | New Zealand | Glen Mitchell [1] |
2001 | New Zealand | Karl Moore |
2002 | USA | John Lieswyn |
2003 | New Zealand | Scott Guyton |
2004 | USA | John Lieswyn |
2005 | New Zealand | Gordon McCauley |
2006 | New Zealand | Hayden Roulston |
2007 | New Zealand | Hayden Roulston |
2008 | New Zealand | Hayden Roulston |
2009 | New Zealand | Heath Blackgrove |
2010 | New Zealand | Hayden Roulston |
2011 | New Zealand | Josh Atkins |
2012 | New Zealand | Mike Northey |
2013 | New Zealand | James Oram |
2014 | Australia | Mitchell Lovelock-Fay |
2015 | New Zealand | Brad Evans |
2016 | New Zealand | Aaron Gate |
2017 | Canada | James Piccoli [2] |
2018 | New Zealand | Michael Vink [3] |
2019 | New Zealand | Michael Vink [4] |
2020 | New Zealand | Aaron Gate [5] |
2021 | New Zealand | Michael Vink [6] |
2022 | New Zealand | Josh Burnett [7] |
2023 | Great Britain | Daniel Gardner [8] |
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