Tour of Southland
Race details
DateEarly November
RegionSouthland 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
History
First edition1956 (1956)
Editions66 (as of 2022)
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
8New Zealand New ZealandBrian Fowler1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995
4New Zealand New ZealandHayden Roulston2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
3New Zealand New ZealandWarwick Dalton1959, 1961, 1969
New Zealand New ZealandTino Tabak1965, 1966, 1967
New Zealand New ZealandMichael Vink2018, 2019, 2021
2New Zealand New ZealandPaul Jesson1976, 1978
New Zealand New ZealandStephen Cox1981, 1982
New Zealand New ZealandJack Swart1983, 1984
New Zealand New ZealandGraeme Miller1997, 1999
New Zealand New ZealandScott Guyton1998, 2003
United States USAJohn Lieswyn2002, 2004
New Zealand New ZealandGordon McCauley1996, 2005
New Zealand New ZealandAaron Gate2016, 2020

List of winners

Year Country Men's winner
1956New Zealand New ZealandKelvin Hastie
1957New Zealand New ZealandTom Tindale
1959New Zealand New ZealandWarwick Dalton
1960New Zealand New ZealandGary Ulmer
1961New Zealand New ZealandWarwick Dalton
1962New Zealand New ZealandTony Walsh
1963New Zealand New ZealandDick Johnstone
1964Australia AustraliaMalcolm Powell
1965New Zealand New ZealandTino Tabak
1966New Zealand New ZealandTino Tabak
1967New Zealand New ZealandTino Tabak
1968New Zealand New ZealandMerv Davis
1969New Zealand New ZealandWarwick Dalton
1970New Zealand New ZealandDavid Gee
1971New Zealand New ZealandJohn Dean
1972New Zealand New ZealandBlair Stockwell
1973New Zealand New ZealandMichael Hughes
1974New Zealand New ZealandBruce Ramsey
1975New Zealand New ZealandChris Hogan
1976New Zealand New ZealandPaul Jesson
1977New Zealand New ZealandWayne Perkinson
1978New Zealand New ZealandPaul Jesson
1979New Zealand New ZealandEric McKenzie
1980New Zealand New ZealandAnthony Cuff
1981New Zealand New ZealandStephen Cox
1982New Zealand New ZealandStephen Cox
1983New Zealand New ZealandJack Swart
1984New Zealand New ZealandJack Swart
1985New Zealand New ZealandBrian Fowler
1986New Zealand New ZealandBrian Fowler
1987New Zealand New ZealandBrian Fowler
1988New Zealand New ZealandBrian Fowler
1989New Zealand New ZealandBrian Fowler
1990New Zealand New ZealandBrian Fowler
1991New Zealand New ZealandStuart Lowe
1992New Zealand New ZealandBrian Fowler
1993New Zealand New ZealandLandrey Burt
1994New Zealand New ZealandDoug Bath
1995New Zealand New ZealandBrian Fowler
1996New Zealand New ZealandGordon McCauley
1997New Zealand New ZealandGraeme Miller
1998New Zealand New ZealandScott Guyton
1999New Zealand New ZealandGraeme Miller
2000New Zealand New ZealandGlen Mitchell[1]
2001New Zealand New ZealandKarl Moore
2002United States USAJohn Lieswyn
2003New Zealand New ZealandScott Guyton
2004United States USAJohn Lieswyn
2005New Zealand New ZealandGordon McCauley
2006New Zealand New ZealandHayden Roulston
2007New Zealand New ZealandHayden Roulston
2008New Zealand New ZealandHayden Roulston
2009New Zealand New ZealandHeath Blackgrove
2010New Zealand New ZealandHayden Roulston
2011New Zealand New ZealandJosh Atkins
2012New Zealand New ZealandMike Northey
2013New Zealand New ZealandJames Oram
2014Australia AustraliaMitchell Lovelock-Fay
2015New Zealand New ZealandBrad Evans
2016New Zealand New ZealandAaron Gate
2017Canada CanadaJames Piccoli[2]
2018New Zealand New ZealandMichael Vink[3]
2019New Zealand New ZealandMichael Vink[4]
2020New Zealand New ZealandAaron Gate[5]
2021New Zealand New ZealandMichael Vink[6]
2022New Zealand New ZealandJosh Burnett[7]
2023United Kingdom Great BritainDan Gardner [8]

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.
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