Stott (37), a Dunedin property manager, has only been back in the sport for the past three years, after cutting a promising future in the sport short because of university study, a desire to travel and a love of surfing.
The 1991 New Zealand junior road cyclist returned to the sport when he returned to Dunedin three years ago and was encouraged to dust off the spokes by a group of friends.
He raced in the Tour of Southland last November and finished sixth in the Gore-to-Invercargill race a week ago.
A friend of Blair Martin, the former Otago runner now living in Sydney, Stott has taken special note of his training advice and motivational techniques, which he believed contributed to a successful result on Saturday.
Competing from a handicap of 120m, Stott knew he would have to work hard if he was to be in contention entering the final laps.
But with Stuart Crooks (Dunedin) putting in a fast first lap and Stott holding the pace, Stott powered into the lead with a lap and a-half remaining and still appeared to be pulling away from the 25-strong field as he crossed the finish. Andrew van der Hayden (Timaru) finished second and Patrick Jones (Dunedin) third.
The junior race was dominated by Southland riders Hamish Beadle, Caleb Hope and Hayden Strong, who filled the first three places.
Beadle (13) a year 9 pupil at James Hargest College, proved he has a huge future in the sport, and could soon follow in the tyre tracks of his brother, Tom, a member of the New Zealand junior team, when he also dominated the junior points race, winning with the maximum 10 points.
The final race on the card was the 60-lap open points race for the Benero Cup, which proved a thriller.
Brad Evans, of Dunedin, was made to do all the early work by the field, and set himself up for victory by taking the maximum 10 points from the first two sprints.
The field continued to leave most of the work to Evans and this possibly saved him when, during the race for points at the 40km mark, Mark Spessot and Matt Zenivich crashed on the top of the bend at the Saddle Hill end and slide down the track, into the path of pursuing riders.
Both Spessot and Zenivich appeared shaken but unharmed and the race continued.
Evans scored in the remaining two sprints to secure victory with 20 points, from fellow Otago riders Joe Chapman (18) and Patrick Jones (13).
