Tour Media

Media coverage is a crucial component of the PowerNet Tour of Southland. Below is a list of this years media on Tour including links to coverage, articles and photographs.

Television

CUE TV / Sky Sport                          

CUE TV's effervescent Jon Bridges will provide extensive film coverage of the PowerNet Tour. The coverage can be viewed daily during the Tour on SKY Digital channel 110 and FREEVIEW Channel 23. To download the viewing times of coverage on Sky Sport.

TV ONE                                                                   

TV ONE will have John McDermott covering the PowerNet Tour during the week. Highlights will be available on the TV ONE website throughout the week. http://tvnz.co.nz/sport-news

TV3                                                                             

TV3 will have Dave Goosselink in the field to capture daily coverage of the PowerNet Tour. Coverage of the PowerNet Tour will play throughout the week and you can link to highlights.

Radio

Julian Ineson will be in the field wiith More FM to provide extensive coverage throughout the day. Coverage will begin on the morning show with Getchen and James who will review the previous days coverage and discuss the days racing with Julian Ineson at 7.15 each morning. Julian will produce stage by stage reports throughout each day of the Tour. A preview of the days racing will air at 5.30pm with Julian each night and Millsy will be live with his show at Gala Street on Monday 3^rd November between 9am - 12am providing coverage of Stage One - the individual time trial event.

Radio Sport's reporter Craig Adair will produce updates, on the hour, and every 1/2 hour, during each day of the Tour.  NewsTalk ZB's Malcolm Gayfer will also provide hour updates during news.

Written publications

The Southland Times

The Southland Times provides extensive coverage of the PowerNet Tour through its daily newspaper and on the web at www.southlandtimes.co.nz. Sports editor and cycling writer Nathan Burdon will be covering his tenth tour. This year's tour coverage will include regularly updated stories after each stage on the internet, along with photo galleries and audio from interviews with the riders, as well as the inside scoop daily in the Southland Times.

Please click on The Southland Times logo to view the latest reports filed by Nathan:

 Cycling News

Please click on the Cycling News logo to view the latest reports:

RoadCycling.co.nz

Ben & Sarah Christian from RoadCycling.co.nz will be on location to bring you the inside word from the teams and riders. Expect full coverage including rider blogs and interviews, results, photos and stage reports updated throughout eafh and every day at www.roadcycling.co.nz and on www.facebook.com/roadcycling

Bike NZ

BikeNZ's Rachael Neutze is filing news releases in the field daily.

Endurance Sport

Matt Tuck from EnduranceSport.co.nz is on Tour this week to provide on the spot comment and highlights of the PowerNet Tour of Southland. For more information go to www.endurancesport.co.nz/cycling

Photography                                         

The Southland Times

Former world masters road champion, and arguably New Zealand's most acclaimed cycling photographer, Barry Harcourt, will be providing in depth photographic coverage throughout the Tour.

Please click on the logo to find out how to purchase Barry's photos:

NZPA

Dianne Mansen from the New Zealand Press Association will file a range of photographs from the field for New Zealands media to choose from.   

Independent photographers  

Independent photographer Peter Bruggeman is back for his second year to take action shots in the field, often while balancing on the back of a motorbike! To view or purchase Peter's photographs of the Tour please click on this link:

www.pbase.com/bruggersphotography 

Tom Balks is an experienced independent photographers who has returned to the Tour to capture the excitment of the PowerNet Tour. To view or purchase Tom's photographs of the Tour please click on this link:

http://www.tombalks.com/cycling.html