The Prestige Hill Climb Challenge

Armstrong Prestige have kindly put up a car* as the prize for the fastest verified ascent of the Prestige hill climb from Hapua St near Hataitai Bus Tunnel to the top of Alexandra road.

The challenge date will be early December 2011. A mass start race seeded into A & B grades with the rider who climbs to the top first taking the car in A grade. B grade prize yet to be determined.

Post your times in the comments section, preferably with links to Garmin GPS cycle computer times to see who the early favourites are. A preliminary leader board will be updated here on the Meo GP website. For course details see Google map below.

Start training now!

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*winner will have use of car for 6 months.

This morning

Nice light for taking photos earlier today. Matt Harrop debuted in the GP kit this morning too. Matt and Adam will be representing Meo GP at the Queens Birthday Tour up in Taranaki next weekend. All the best boys.

Trusthouse Criterium by Adam Alexander

Photos from the final stage of the Trusthouse Cycle Classic back in January. See more of Adam's work at The Subliminal Oblivion.

Early on the road today

Petacchi in Parma

21 May – see update on this piece at Slim in Italia



This report just in from Slim at the Giro d'Italia today courtesy of Aldo Colombo and the Lampre team...

"Again Aldo turned it on for us, watching the final 30km in the Lampre team bus before heading to the finish line.

Stinking hot day here and the boys all looked well tired, Di Luca and Contador looked good mind you.

Bikes of choice... short list of Movistar Pinarello and Lampre Wilier, Liquigas Cannondale also nice. Cavendish ranting and raving as he came past us, very upset that Petacchi moved off his line, nobody at Lampre seemed too concerned though!"

Training Rides

Not much happening on the racing front, we've been slack. Except for Lawny that is, he's lining up for the National Club Road Cycling Champs in Wanganui this week. All the best Lawny.

We have been out logging miles and drinking coffee though...