Stage 1 - Upper Hutt to Masterton 121km

NZ Road Cycling Champ Jack Bauer	NZ U23 Road Cycling Champ Tom Findley	Racing finally underway	Todays first climb, Kaitoke Hill
Aaron Strong leads	Rimutakas	Seven riders clear	Peloton chases
Still chasing	Six still away	Another seven slip off the front of the peloton	Seven chase six
Bauer leads the chase	Thirteen in the front group	The main peloton	Peloton turn onto Te Wharau Hill
Jack Bauer is in trouble	Break has been caught and Drapac Porsche control the peloton...	...while Peter McDonald slips off the front	McDonald joined by teammate Lachlan Norris
Peloton Chasing	Sheep stop the race	Race restarts, McDonald and Norris have a 1 min lead	Peloton Chase
Gordy drives	McDonald and Norris still away	McDonald and Norris descend	Tom Findley leads the chase
McDonald drops Norris	McDonald wins by 2 seconds	McDonald in Yellow	Classification Leaders Jersey's