SBS Tour of Southland Team
Final 19 laps of Lily and Neve’s mado …crashes galore and dubious decision by Commisaire to let the Italian girl who on her 3rd crash and second long stop to race resume….A wonderful 7th place - World Champs completed. Have entire 80 laps of carnage recorded 😳
20/08/2026
Day 1 down with a very mixed bag - Lily and her TP team- Neve, Eliza and Mia have qualified for next round today- it was a nervous wait at the start with Lily’s bike requiring mechanic’s attention leaving her standing on track for a period of time as the other girls also waited on the line.. the boys Ollie, Riley, Jack and Remi had a shocker of a TP - first a false start there are several variations of story as to why will leave that there……. second attempt gate failed - Ollie is rider 1 so all this happened to him … 3rd attempt away… until Riley suffered a mechanical and needed to pull up this left the lads at 6’s and 7’s it was a really hard watch as they struggled to bring themselves back together they did however manage to finish which showed some real spirit and guts - however they won’t progress through to next round. Looking at times predicted for them and those that went through the lads would have made next round .. such is sport… really felt for the lads 🥲
So onwards we head to Day 2
Lily will have elimination qualifying and TP first round. Ollie has a day off with elimination qualifying tomorrow.
Will attempt a live stream again of Lily’s racing…😳
For those wanting to follow NZ Junior Track Worlds riders…see RTX post below..there is no live stream but we will try and go Face Book live on some events as able
2026 UCI Junior Track World Championships Sports Timing Software
17/08/2026
All the best Ollie & Lily - racing gets underway Wednesday with Team Pursuit qualifying ..🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️
Southland twins to step onto world stage Having two Southlanders riding for New Zealand at the world junior championships is a fair accomplishment, but to have twins doing it is an impressive feat.