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Events In History

12 July 2001

The first stage win by a New Zealander in the Tour de France came in a team time trial. Although Chris Jenner didn't finish with the core of his Credit Agricole team, he shared in the stage win and got to stand on the podium.

18 August 1892

Soon after the development of the modern bicycle, Australasia's first women's cycling club was formed in Christchurch.

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Life in the 20th century

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Page 4 - Bridging the gap

The transformation of space through new communication and transport systems was a preoccupation in nineteenth-century New Zealand; twentieth-century society was no less intent on

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Prime Minister William Massey and Joseph Ward inspect the New Zealand Cyclist Corps.