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’.

Vink has won the Tour of Southland three times (2018, 2019, 2021), a feat only achieved by four other riders. He said of his third win “I think we were the hot favourites from day one and to finish it off for me and for all the boys and the sponsors, it’s the best way to repay them, by taking the win,” 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,”

Vink, said of joining UAE Team Emirates, at the age of 31 “I’m a guy who just loves riding my bike. I would wake up, check the weather forecast, see how I felt, and then do what I wanted. I was working on and off, a few different things all cycling-related, including in shops. I’ve got too much experience in the cycling industry to do something different.”

Major results

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2008

1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

1st Overall Yunca Junior Tour of Southland

3rd Team pursuit, UCI Juniors World Championships

2009

1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

National Junior Track Championships

:1st Individual pursuit (national record)

:1st Team pursuit (national record)

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 Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

1st Overall Main Divide Cycle Race

:1st Mountains classification

1st Overall Monmort Chouilly Beaunay

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

:1st Road race

:2nd Time trial

1st Overall Tour de Taieri

3rd Le Race

2012

National Road Championships

:1st Road race

:1st Under-23 road race (1st overall and course record)

:1st Under-23 time trial

1st Overall Tour de Vineyards

:1st Young rider classification

:1st Stage 2

1st Meulebeke Kermesse

1st Mountains classification Triptyque Ardennais

2nd Overall Tour de Côte-d'Or

:1st Young rider classification

:1st Stage 2 (TTT)

2nd Road race, Christchurch Festival of Cycling

3rd Overall Tour of Southland

:1st Young rider classification

:1st Stage 7 (ITT)

5th Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic

2013

National Under-23 Road Championships

:1st Road race

: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 Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic

:1st Stage 1 (ITT)

1st Graperide

1st Benchmark Homes Elite Cycling Series

2015

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

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 Overall Tour of Southland

: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 Overall Tour of Southland

: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 Overall Tour of Southland

: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

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