Special anniversary for New Zealand cycling’s most enduring event
The past and the future will be celebrated as part of the 70th edition of the 2026 SBS Bank Tour of Southland.
New Zealand’s longest-running stage race features a prologue and eight stages across seven days and 920km of racing, beginning in Invercargill’s Gala St on Sunday, November 1.
Celebrations start with a Legends on Tour dinner on October 30 which will see 14 past champions across multiple eras reunite, including the likes of eight-time winner Brian Fowler, the most successful rider in Tour history, three-time winner Warwick Dalton, and two-time champions Jack Swart and Graeme Miller.
Racing gets underway two days later with a return to Queens Park and Gala St after January’s rescheduled event featured a number of storm-enforced course changes.