Cycling

More than 500 entries have been received for the 2010 New World Tour de Wakatipu on Easter Saturday.

A controversial report concluding cycle helmet legislation actually increases deaths overall has been rubbished by experts.

The Alps to Ocean cycle trail, a 312km journey from Mt Cook to Oamaru, became a reality this week when the Government confirmed funding of $2.75 million. David Bruce finds out where it all began.

Green road markings which have appeared on Dunedin's state highway network are not a ploy to raise the profile of colour-changing rugby jerseys - they are there to raise awareness about cycleways.

The vast majority of the 2000 submissions on Dunedin's State Highway 1 separated cycle-lane proposal favour a one-direction lane on both one-way streets.

The Wakatipu Trails Trust raised almost $200,000 in Queenstown on Thursday night - half of which came from Sir Eion and Lady Jan Edgar - in the inaugural New World Wakatipu Trail Blazer event.

Alison Shanks and her team-mates are contributing to a golden era in track cycling. New Zealand completed its most successful world championships campaign in Melbourne on Sunday night, raising the prospect of multiple medals in the London Olympics.  Sports editor Hayden Meikle talks to a key player behind the team's success.

What might Dunedin's cycle network be like in 10 years' time? Hank Weiss, the Dunedin educational director of cycling advocacy group Spokes, looks ahead and imagines what an article in 2021 might say.