12 - 16 APRIL 2027

Ride as an individual or pull-together your own team.

5 days, 5 stages

Total Tour Distance: 400 kms

Race for the thrill of the podium, or ride for the fun of the adventure.

Entries Open April 12th 2026

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From the Tour organisers, to you.

Welcome to the 9th Tour of New Zealand.

The 5 hand-picked stages for the 2027 Tour are again thoughtfully designed and planned for you. They are achievable but challenging. Mostly quiet roads, stunning scenery, great peloton party venues, and all in mountain country that totally captivates and inspires. Our Tour Ambassador, Julian Dean, having ridden the Tour de France 7-times and the Tour of New Zealand has an intimate knowledge and experience of riding multi-day Tours. He as our Ambassador, will not only chat to you at each stage start but also will ride at different levels each day to encourage riders.

The Plan

The first two nights you will be in Queenstown and the next 3 in Te Anau!

Jump on your bike on Monday morning after having a Tour family get-together dinner and briefing Sunday night. It’s a perfect way to meet your Tour week riding companions and get their measure! You will also meet the Tour crew that will be looking after you all week and we will introduce you to the Tour Charities briefly so you can meet their ambassadors. You’ll meet Julian Dean and feel inspiration right from the start line as he tells you his nervousness when readying for day 1 in the 24 stage Tour de France!

We are opening entries exactly 12-months prior to day 1 Tour of New Zealand 2027.

Tour of all Tours: Julian is calling day-3 “The Queen Stage” (the ride out of Milford Sound): 117 kms of scenic wonderland where hundreds of thousands of overseas tourists visit every year.
With a ride through the Homer tunnel, and cascading waterfalls from hidden snow fed lakes carving out of their watercourse through rugged stone faces - you can’t help but get excited!

More relevant and important information to come.

For sponsorship opportunities, media relations or other questions please complete this form and we will reply as soon as possible.

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Tour Information

Arrive Queenstown (Sunday 11th) - Arrive in Queenstown for race week briefing over dinner and meet your fellow riders.
Stage 1 (Monday 12th): 80km - Queenstown to the Rees bridge turnaround - Glenorchy finish.
Stage 2 (Tuesday 13th): 30 km - Arrowtown to Coronet Peak Ski Base Restaurant.
Stage 3 (Wednesday 14th): 115 km - Milford Sound to Te Anau (Cascading waterfalls, mountain tops and the famous Homer tunnel).

Stage 4 (Thursday 15th): 110 km - Te Anau - Manapouri Loop (A invitation to the lakes of the Southern Alps)
Stage 5 (Friday 16th): 75 km - Mossburn’s rolling hills to the lakeside village of Kingston

Prize Giving (Friday 16th): 14:00 - 15:30 At Queenstown events centre.
Your $800 entry fee covers:
- Traffic Management
- Timing
- Bike Mechanic
- Medical Support
- Sportz Hub Photo & Video
  -Tour Action Recorded For Sky And The Tour 2027 Documentary
  -Daily Social Media Highlight Videos
- Pre Tour Dinner
  -An Exceptional Start To Tour 2027 In A Fabulous Venue
  -Tour Week Briefing
  -Meet: our Tour ambassador Julian Dean (7x Tour De France rider), our Tour crew, your fellow riders
What’s not included:
- Tour Week Meals
- Tour Week Accommodation
  -We leave you free to choose your own accommodation as your budget allows
Additional Options
- Daily transfers between stages - $190 (for entire tour week)
  -We will take you, your luggage, and your bike to all the starts, and return you to your accommodation from race finish.
You can elect to enter as an individual rider; or grab 2-4 riding buddies to enter as a 3, 4 or 5 person team.
Watch the tour sky coverage from 2025 below. The action and the fun. Send a link to your ridding buddies and think up a good team name for your entry in April.
RIDER CATEGORIES
General
Age is taken as at 1 April 2027.
Teams require a minimum of 3 entrants to qualify as a defined category.
Categories (Male & Female)
- School
- Junior (age 23 and under)
- Open (age 39 and under)
- Veteran (age 49 and under)
- Vintage (age 64 and under)
- Seasoned (over age 65)
TEAM DEFINITIONS
Aged Category Teams: All team members must be the relevant age for a single age category.
How Is A Team Timed?: The time is taken by the third rider in the team crossing the finish line.
Mixed team: Your team must have a member of both sexes cross the finish line in the top 3 of your team.
Family Team: No age restriction.
Corporate Team: All team members must be employees or clients of the same business or organisation. No age restriction.
School teams: All team members must be still at High school /college, though more than one school can form a single team under the name of the predominant school. Each team must have a chaperone/coach, preferably riding with the team each day.
PRIZEGIVING
Spot prizes are given away at peloton parties each evening.
On some stages, cash prizes will be awarded.
Major prizes (Avanti E-Bikes among others) are drawn at the final prizegiving in Queenstown.
Podium winners are acknowledged in all categories.
As a condition of entry, you agree to raise a minimum of $300 for one of the selected tour charities by encouraging friends and family to sponsor your chosen charity. Every sponsor of your ride will be issued a tax-deductible receipt for their gift.
When you complete the entry form, you are required to indicate your chosen charity. The charity receives the rider's name and contact details, and they will communicate directly with you.
While there are many very worthy charities in New Zealand, we’ve hand picked a selection of very special charities that do extraordinary work and who in turn are dedicated supporters that help make the Tour of New Zealand such a special event.
If you would like to learn more about how the Tour supports charity partners, please click this link.
To participate in the Tour of New Zealand, every rider must ride considerately and obey all New Zealand road rules for cyclists as published in the New Zealand road code. Whilst roads don’t generally have high traffic flows, the Tour organisers do their best to keep groups reasonably small and riding single-file. This is achieved by starting riders in groups of 15 at 1-minute intervals. This helps other road users pass you easily and safely.
The complete Race Rules will be provided in your race pack.
Please refer to our Terms and Conditions.

The event is conditional on traffic management approval.