Tour of Southland

Tour of Southland
Race details
DateEarly November
RegionNew Zealand Southland Region, New Zealand
English nameTour of Southland
Local name(s)SBS Bank Tour of Southland
DisciplineRoad race
CompetitionNational Tour Event
Type7 Day Stage Race
OrganiserCycling Southland
Race directorBruce Ross
Web sitewww.tourofsouthland.com Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1956 (1956)
Editions68 (as of 2024)
First winner Kelvin Hastie (NZL)
Most wins8 wins:
 Brian Fowler (NZL)
Most recent Josh Burnett (NZL)

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.

Multiple winners

Wins Country Name Years
8 New Zealand New Zealand Brian Fowler 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995
4 New Zealand New Zealand Hayden Roulston 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
3 New Zealand New Zealand Warwick Dalton 1959, 1961, 1969
New Zealand New Zealand Tino Tabak 1965, 1966, 1967
New Zealand New Zealand Michael Vink 2018, 2019, 2021
2 New Zealand New Zealand Paul Jesson 1976, 1978
New Zealand New Zealand Stephen Cox 1981, 1982
New Zealand New Zealand Jack Swart 1983, 1984
New Zealand New Zealand Graeme Miller 1997, 1999
New Zealand New Zealand Scott Guyton 1998, 2003
United States USA John Lieswyn 2002, 2004
New Zealand New Zealand Gordon McCauley 1996, 2005
New Zealand New Zealand Aaron Gate 2016, 2020
New Zealand New Zealand Josh Burnett 2022, 2024

List of winners

Year Country Men's winner
1956 New Zealand New Zealand Kelvin Hastie
1957 New Zealand New Zealand Tom Tindale
1959 New Zealand New Zealand Warwick Dalton
1960 New Zealand New Zealand Gary Ulmer
1961 New Zealand New Zealand Warwick Dalton
1962 New Zealand New Zealand Tony Walsh
1963 New Zealand New Zealand Dick Johnstone
1964 Australia Australia Malcolm Powell
1965 New Zealand New Zealand Tino Tabak
1966 New Zealand New Zealand Tino Tabak
1967 New Zealand New Zealand Tino Tabak
1968 New Zealand New Zealand Merv Davis
1969 New Zealand New Zealand Warwick Dalton
1970 New Zealand New Zealand David Gee
1971 New Zealand New Zealand John Dean
1972 New Zealand New Zealand Blair Stockwell
1973 New Zealand New Zealand Michael Hughes
1974 New Zealand New Zealand Bruce Ramsey
1975 New Zealand New Zealand Chris Hogan
1976 New Zealand New Zealand Paul Jesson
1977 New Zealand New Zealand Wayne Perkinson
1978 New Zealand New Zealand Paul Jesson
1979 New Zealand New Zealand Eric McKenzie
1980 New Zealand New Zealand Anthony Cuff
1981 New Zealand New Zealand Stephen Cox
1982 New Zealand New Zealand Stephen Cox
1983 New Zealand New Zealand Jack Swart
1984 New Zealand New Zealand Jack Swart
1985 New Zealand New Zealand Brian Fowler
1986 New Zealand New Zealand Brian Fowler
1987 New Zealand New Zealand Brian Fowler
1988 New Zealand New Zealand Brian Fowler
1989 New Zealand New Zealand Brian Fowler
1990 New Zealand New Zealand Brian Fowler
1991 New Zealand New Zealand Stuart Lowe
1992 New Zealand New Zealand Brian Fowler
1993 New Zealand New Zealand Landrey Burt
1994 New Zealand New Zealand Doug Bath
1995 New Zealand New Zealand Brian Fowler
1996 New Zealand New Zealand Gordon McCauley
1997 New Zealand New Zealand Graeme Miller
1998 New Zealand New Zealand Scott Guyton
1999 New Zealand New Zealand Graeme Miller
2000 New Zealand New Zealand Glen Mitchell[1]
2001 New Zealand New Zealand Karl Moore
2002 United States USA John Lieswyn
2003 New Zealand New Zealand Scott Guyton
2004 United States USA John Lieswyn
2005 New Zealand New Zealand Gordon McCauley
2006 New Zealand New Zealand Hayden Roulston
2007 New Zealand New Zealand Hayden Roulston
2008 New Zealand New Zealand Hayden Roulston
2009 New Zealand New Zealand Heath Blackgrove
2010 New Zealand New Zealand Hayden Roulston
2011 New Zealand New Zealand Josh Atkins
2012 New Zealand New Zealand Mike Northey
2013 New Zealand New Zealand James Oram
2014 Australia Australia Mitchell Lovelock-Fay
2015 New Zealand New Zealand Brad Evans
2016 New Zealand New Zealand Aaron Gate
2017 Canada Canada James Piccoli[2]
2018 New Zealand New Zealand Michael Vink[3]
2019 New Zealand New Zealand Michael Vink[4]
2020 New Zealand New Zealand Aaron Gate[5]
2021 New Zealand New Zealand Michael Vink[6]
2022 New Zealand New Zealand Josh Burnett[7]
2023 United Kingdom Great Britain Daniel Gardner[8]
2024 New Zealand New Zealand Josh Burnett[9]

References

  1. ^ "Cycling: Easy win for Mitchell in Southland tour". The New Zealand Herald. 30 October 2000. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Canadian James Piccoli thrilled with first visit to New Zealand after winning the Tour of Southland". Stuff. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Michael Vink Wins 2018 Tour Of Southland". What's On Invers. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Victory for Vink on 2019 SBS Bank Tour of Southland". SouthlandSport. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Aaron Gate claims 2020 Tour of Southland title on final stage". Stuff. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Michael Vink wins his third Tour of Southland". Stuff. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Josh Burnett wraps Tour of Southland with home win". RNZ. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Englishman Dan Gardner wins Tour of Southland". RNZ. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  9. ^ Burdon, Nathan (9 November 2024). "Josh Burnett adds name to elite list with second Tour of Southland victory". Stuff. Retrieved 9 November 2024.