RAPID HAIR SHOREBIRDS LOSS 3 PROTECTED 5 Hauraki Herald Thursday, March 24, 2016 Support amazes cyclists CAMERON MASSEY A groundswell of community sup- port is keeping FarmStrong Fit4Farming Cycle Tour in good spirits as they head towards Bluff. As the peloton rode into South Makirikiri School near Marton on Tuesday they were greeted with a warm welcome and a beautiful morning tea. After cycling from Ngatea to Cambridge on Friday and on to New Plymouth over the weekend, tour organiser Ian Handcock said the bodies of the 25 cyclists were holding up well. Riders on the FarmStrong Fit4Farming ‘‘Some of the riders haven’t Cycle Tour are almost a week into cycled this sort of distance con- their journey to Bluff. secutively before, but we’ve got a masseuse on hand to help the ‘‘You’re clearer when you aching muscles.’’ come back.’’ Handcock said the response Other local peloton riders Ngatea’s Ben Broad is the the new national 125cc motocross champion. PHOTO: BIKESPORTNZ.COM they’ve been getting on their include Glenda and Neil Gray, journey so far has been amazing. Kevin Hodgman, Tex and Julie ‘‘You know, if you look in the Stephenson, Evan Smith and right places you’ll find gold and Wayne Richards. Broad wins first senior title we’ve meet some magic people.’’. If the smiles on people’s faces ‘‘There have been some people were anything to go by, the first that are doing it tough, but being leg of the 1600km journey was It could be the first of many major was on his rival’s favoured home ‘‘It couldn’t have been any bet- able to use sport as a mechanism an enjoyable one on Friday as titles for Ngatea’s Ben Broad after turf. ter. to get the message out there has more than 100 riders left Ngatea he so convincingly wrapped up When Broad took his Fox KTM ‘‘I didn’t have to win my races been good.’’ for Kerepehi School. the senior national 125cc title on 125 and shot out of the starting today but I never like getting Paeroa farmer Des Silvester is Handcock said the weather Sunday. gates in race one, eventually second anyway. I didn’t want to part of the 25 core cyclists riding hadn’t put anyone off joining in. The 17-year-old had done recording a nearly three-second change my racing mentality, so I the whole way to Bluff and is no ‘‘It’s all come together now, enough at the first three of four win over Chase, the message had pushed hard and won the first stranger to long distance cycling. and we’ve got a great turnout here rounds of this season’s New Zea- been sent and the pressure on race. ‘‘I’ve done other long distance today,’’ he said on Friday. land Motocross Championships Broad had eased still further. ‘‘I didn’t want to finish second cycling in the past; a few years ‘‘We’re so stoked about how it’s that he arrived at Taupo for the Broad went on to wrap up the in the next two races because you ago I cycled 1000km in Tibet.’’ been taken up, I’m really excited.’’ final round on Sunday with day with two runner-up finishes, never aim to do that, but also I He said getting off the farm and nearly an entire race up his sleeve both times crossing the line didn’t want to risk anything with into exercise was important, Follow the FarmStrong and only three races to go. behind Chase, and it was more so much at stake.’’ especially given the current cli- Fit4Farming Cycle Tour With a massive 23-point advan- than enough to complete the task. 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