Michael Vink

Michael Vink (born 22 November 1991) is a New Zealand professional road cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . In 2023, he was signed by on the strength of his results in the virtual cycling platform ‘MyWhoosh’. He has also won Le Race (Christchurch to Akaroa) three times (2010, 2013 and 2021) and holds the course record. He said of his 2021 victory “Conditions were pretty good, and the record was on the cards, so I really pushed hard to get the record,”

Major results Source:

2008

1st Overall Yunca Junior Tour of Southland 3rd Team pursuit, UCI Juniors World Championships 2009

National Junior Track Championships

1st Overall Yunca Junior Tour of Southland 1st Graperide 1st French Under 19 selection race 1st Time trial, Te Awamutu Junior Tour 1st Time trial, Rotorua Junior Tour Most aggressive rider, Grand prix Leclerc de Lune à Cholet 2nd Overall Vendée les 3 Rivières 1st Junior rider classification 3rd Team pursuit, Australian Youth Olympic Festival 9th Overall Tour of Southland 2010

1st Overall Main Divide Cycle Race 1st Mountains classification

1st Le Race (course record) 1st Ottergem Kermesse 1st Christchurch to Hanmer (course record) 1st Christchurch Time Trial Association 16 km (course record) 2nd Gore–Invercargill 3rd Amateur race, Zierikzee 3rd Long Bays Classic 2011 National Under-23 Road Championships

2nd Time trial 1st Overall Tour de Taieri 3rd Le Race 2012 National Road Championships

1st Stage 2 1st Meulebeke Kermesse

2nd Overall Tour de Côte-d'Or

1st Stage 2 (TTT) 2nd Road race, Christchurch Festival of Cycling 3rd Overall Tour of Southland

1st Stage 7 (ITT) 5th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic 2013 National Under-23 Road Championships

2nd Time trial 1st Memorial Van Coningsloo 1st Main Divide Cycle Race 1st Le Race (course record) National Track Championships 2nd Individual pursuit 3rd Team pursuit 3rd Scratch 4th Overall Tour of the Murray River 5th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 2014

1st Stage 1 (ITT) 1st Graperide 1st Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series 2015

2016 2nd Overall Tour of Southland 1st Prologue (TTT), Stages 4 & 6 (ITT) 2nd La Route Bretonne 7th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic 2017 1st Ronde du Porhoët 2nd Overall Tour of Southland 1st Stage 6 (ITT) 2018

1st Stage 3 1st Overall The Pioneer MTB Stage Race (with Tim Rush) 1st Prologue, Stages 2, 3, 4 & 5 1st Graperide 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2nd Overall Tour of Tasmania 1st Stage 2 4th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic 2019

1st Prologue (TTT) 1st Overall The Pioneer MTB Stage Race (with Tim Rush) 1st Stages 1, 3, 4 & 5 2nd Overall Tour de Ijen 3rd Overall PRUride Philippines 5th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake 5th Overall Tour of Fuzhou 8th Overall Tour de Kumano 2020 2nd Overall Tour of Southland 2021

1st Stages 2 & 7 (ITT, course record) 1st Le Race (course record) National Road Championships 3rd Time trial 4th Road race 6th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic 2022 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships