Fast out of the Gate

Aaron Gate has claimed the opening stage of the Tour of Hellas in Crete for his Bolton Equities Black Spoke team. Gate, who had recent success winning titles on the track and road for New Zealand at the recentOceania championships in Brisbane, returned to join his Black Spoke Kiwi team in Europe. Team-mate James Fouche drove the early break in the UCI 2.1 opening stage of 190km from Heraklion to Chania, with Gate escaping off the front on the hilly stage. He won by 1:46 from the rest of the peloton.