Gordon McCauley

Former Premier Calendar winner Gordon McCauley is returning to the UK in the next few weeks to resume his bid for a place in the New Zealand Olympic squad next year.

The Kiwi will join the Plowman Craven team that has registered as a Union Cyclist International (UCI) Continental squad for 2007 as it continues to grow. Team owner Simon Barnes hopes his team will get a ride in this year's Tour of Britain, and said the team will compete abroad during the season.

McCauley, who is currently riding the Tour Down Under, won a bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games time trial last year, topped the UCI Oceania tour rankings, and, despite retiring several times in his career, continues to push for a place on the New Zealand squad.

McCauley rode for Harrods when he first came to the UK, he then moved to the Men's Health team in 1999, although a dispute over wages saw him finish the season with Team Quest. After contemplating retirement in 2000 he instead moved to Ghent, Belgium to chase a pro contract. Riding for Kingsnorth International wheelers, the Kiwi scored over a dozen wins in Kermesses and larger Interclub races, landing a contract with Landbouwkrediet for 2001.

In 2002 in he rode for the RDM Flanders pro team before moving to the USA to race the following year. American racing didn't work out and he returned to his native New Zealand, and continued to race as an amateur. Unable to resist the lure of racing, the evergreen McCauley will soon be back for one more go.

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Simon Richardson
Magazine editor

Editor of Cycling Weekly magazine, Simon has been working at the title since 2001. He fell in love with cycling 1989 when watching the Tour de France on Channel 4, started racing in 1995 and in 2000 he spent one season racing in Belgium. During his time at CW (and Cycle Sport magazine) he has written product reviews, fitness features, pro interviews, race coverage and news. He has covered the Tour de France more times than he can remember along with two Olympic Games and many other international and UK domestic races. He became the 130-year-old magazine's 13th editor in 2015.