Champion System Leaders Jersey Round
Round 4 of Winter Worlds 2026, proudly sponsored by Champion System New Zealand — the crew behind the leaders jerseys. Because if you’re going to suffer in winter, you may as well look outstanding while doing it.
Racing starts at 2pm. Cancellations or delayed starts will be posted on the Facebook page and group by 8am Sunday.
Round 4 Sponsor
Champion System New Zealand, led by former pro cyclist and world champion Hayden Godfrey, is backing Round 4 and helping bring the Winter Worlds leaders jerseys to life.
- Race Round 4
- Date Sun 9 Aug 2026
- Start 2:00 pm
- Location Lincoln Event Centre
- Series Winter Worlds 2026
Round 4 Race Details
The penultimate round. Series points are getting serious, legs are getting questionable, and the leaders jersey pressure starts doing rude things to people’s decision-making.
Race Day
Sunday 9 August 2026. Race start is 2pm, with number pick-up before racing.
Location
Registration, start and finish are based at Lincoln Event Centre, with racing on the regular Winter Worlds Lincoln course.
Leader Pressure
The leaders jerseys are on show. Wear one proudly, chase one hard, or pretend you do not care while checking the points table every 14 minutes.
The Leaders Jerseys
Champion System are producing the Winter Worlds leaders jerseys, and they are absolute weapons. Blue, bold, unmistakable in the bunch, and just dangerous enough to make the rest of the peloton sit up and mutter something about “marking that one”.
These jerseys celebrate the riders who keep showing up, racing hard and earning their spot at the sharp end of winter. Winning is nice. Looking this good while doing it is frankly showing off.
Custom
Kit
Done Right
Champion System NZ
Champion System New Zealand has been part of the Kiwi custom kit scene since 2008, growing from its Subway Pro Cycling Team roots into one of the country’s best-known custom sports apparel suppliers.
Led locally by Hayden Godfrey, Champion System understands cycling from the inside — not in a “we once watched the Tour highlights” way, but in the “actually raced the thing properly” way.
From club kit and team stores to high-performance custom apparel, Champion System helps teams look organised even when the riders are absolutely not.
- ✓ Custom cycling and sports apparel
- ✓ Christchurch-based New Zealand operation
- ✓ Led by Hayden Godfrey, former pro cyclist and world champion
- ✓ Proudly producing the Winter Worlds leaders jerseys
Presented by Whoosh
Winter Worlds 2026 is proudly supported by principal sponsor Whoosh. Moving above is their thing. Holding wheels in a crosswind is yours.
Course & Location
The regular Winter Worlds course is flat, fast and open-road. Riders must obey the road rules, listen to the briefing and avoid turning a bike race into paperwork with helmets.
Results Will Land Here
After the race, this section can show the Round 4 results directly from a published Google Sheet CSV.
Results coming after the race.
Race Photos & Highlights
After Round 4, this section can hold the best podium shots, jersey photos, finish-line faces and other evidence that everyone was “just riding tempo”.
Backed By Good Sorts
Winter racing does not magically appear from the mist. Sponsors, supporters and volunteers keep the wheels turning.
Jersey Round. No Soft Pedalling.
Round 4 is where the leaders jerseys get properly noticed. Chase the points, defend the lead, or roll up saying it is “just training” while secretly planning three attacks before the first corner.
First race starts 2pm. Facebook updates by 8am Sunday if the weather does something deeply Canterbury.
