Cycling title to Papanui

Press, 2 July 1979, Page 6

Cycling title to Papanui

PA Levin I The Papanui club, from Christchurch. won the national Hope Gibbons team time-trial cycling final at Levin on Saturday. The 40 kilometre course from Levin to Foxton and back was cold, wet and miserable. Papanui’s 53min 58sec - time was only 13sec outside the race record, set last year by Pt Chevalier, from Auckland. * The second place went, to Mornnsville captained • by Jack Swart, in 54min 34sec. Third was Palmerston North, though it finished with only four riders, including the team captain, Anthony Cuff, in 55min .08sec.

The defending champion. Pg « Chevalier, did not come up to expectations. It was obviously at 'i I sea without the world class ofi I Michael Richards and finished it* (fifth place, more than two mine 1 utes behind Papanui. < *

The experienced Papanui squad '' of Blair Stockwell, Tony Horne. Russell Nant. Chris Hogand ana J Bryan Stemming always looked confident. ; .( Over the first 10 kilometres they were eight seconds fasted ■ than their nearest rival, Morrinsl Ville, a margin they retained till ’ the halfway mark and' on the " return leg from Foxton steadily increased their lead.