Scenery to cycle by

Tour of Southland cyclists wind their way around Lake Wakatipu during stage four of the multi-day road classic yesterday.

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.

PHOTO: STUDIO JUBB
PHOTO: STUDIO JUBB
Former Southland cyclist Eliot Crowther won the stage and Australian professional Kane Richards claimed the overall leader’s jersey.

The 67th edition of the SBS Bank-sponsored Tour of Southland finishes in Invercargill on Saturday.