Stockwell ‘just training’
Blair Stockwell has made his late entry for the Dulux cycling tour simply for the training. “I’m not going with great hopes of winning,” said last year’s champion. "I haven’t had the work at the right time, but I’m very keen on the Tour of the South, and I need the racing till that starts. That, plus missing training all last week, meant I just had to step it up." Stockwell, only the fourth
two-time winner of the tour when he cruised in clear of Vern Hanaray last year, said afterwards he would not ride New Zealand’s longest tour again. He said then it held no real appeal for him any more; now it has become a handy training tool for the southern tour which, though two days shorter, carries more prize money than its older counterpart.
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