Tour of Southland cyclists wind their way around Lake Wakatipu during stage four of the multi-day road classic yesterday.
Former Southland cyclist Eliot Crowther won the stage and Australian professional Kane Richards claimed the overall leader’s jersey.
The "Queen Stage’" took the riders over 108km, starting in Mossburn and finishing with the lung-busting 6km climb up the Remarkables skifield access road.
The 67th edition of the SBS Bank-sponsored Tour of Southland finishes in Invercargill on Saturday.