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Dulux six-day cycle race route

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Dulux six-day cycle race route

This map shows the route of the 1963 Dulux six-day cycle race, from Auckland to Wellington.  It was won by Laurie Byers. He had won a bronze medal at the Perth Commonwealth Games the previous year and competed at the Tokyo Olympic Games the following year.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Kennett Brothers, Ride: the story of cycling in New Zealand. Wellington: Kennett Brothers, 2004, p. 114

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Simon Kennett, Cycle racing – Road and track: from the mid-20th century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/map/40274/dulux-six-day-cycle-race-route (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Simon Kennett, published 3 December 2012, updated 1 October 2015.