Tour Information

Arrive Queenstown (Sunday 11th) - Arrive in Queenstown for race week briefing over dinner and meet your fellow riders.

Stage 1 (Monday 12th): 80km - Queenstown to the Rees bridge turnaround - Glenorchy finish.

Stage 2 (Tuesday 13th): 30 km - Arrowtown to Coronet Peak Ski Base Restaurant.

Stage 3 (Wednesday 14th): 100 km - Milford Sound to Te Anau (Cascading waterfalls, mountain tops and the famous Homer tunnel).

Stage 4 (Thursday 15th): 110 km - Te Anau - Manapouri Loop (A invitation to the lakes of the Southern Alps)

Stage 5 (Friday 16th): 75 km - Mossburn’s rolling hills to the lakeside village of Kingston -

Prize Giving (Friday 16th): 14:00 - 15:30 At Queenstown events centre.

As part of your entry, the following support services are provided:

• Traffic Management

• Timing

• Bike Mechanic

• First Aid

• Massage (TBC) - on previous tours, a private massage therapist has been available for bookings. All appointments are paid for by riders.

• Tour Photography

• Dinner in Queenstown (Sunday 11th)

• Transport (Additional option: Scenic flight Queenstown to Milford on Wednesday)

What’s not included:

Meals for riders are not provided.

Riders will book their own accomodation, however the Tour will be happy to provide recommendations.

Tour entry fee to cover the above costs is $900.

You can enter as an Individual rider or as part of a 3, 4 or 5 person team.

RIDER CATEGORIES

General

Categories for both teams and individuals apply to males and females.

Age is taken as at 1 April 2027.

Teams require a minimum of 3 entrants to qualify as a defined category.

Categories

• School

• Junior (age 23 and under)

• Open (age 39 and under)

• Veteran (age 49 and under)

• Vintage (age 64 and under)

• Seasoned (over age 65)

TEAM DEFINITIONS

Aged Category Teams: All team members must be the relevant age for a single age category.

Mixed team: Your team must have one member of each sex in the team everyday.

Family Team: No age restriction.

Corporate Team: All team members must be employees or clients of the same business or organisation. No age restriction.

School teams: All team members must be still at High school /college, though more than one school can form a single team under the name of the predominant school. Each team must have a chaperone/coach, preferably riding with the team each day.

PRIZEGIVING

Major spot prizes are drawn, and podium winners are acknowledged in all categories.

As a condition of entry, you agree to raise a minimum of $300 for your selected charity by encouraging friends and family to sponsor your Tour charity. Every sponsor of your ride will be issued a tax-deductible receipt for their gift.

When you complete the entry form, you are required to indicate your chosen charity. The charity receives the rider's name and contact details, and they will communicate directly with you.

If you would like to learn more about how the Tour supports charity partners, please click this link.

Tour rules clearly state that every participant must ride in obedience to the New Zealand road rules governing cyclists on public roads. Whilst roads don’t generally have high traffic flows, the Tour organisers do their best to keep groups reasonably small and riding single-file. This is achieved by starting riders in groups of 15 at 1-minute intervals. This helps other road users pass you easily and safely.

The complete Race Rules will be provided in your race pack.

Please refer to our Terms and Conditions.

The event is conditional on traffic management approval.