The Champions
Graeme
Miller
Born in Blenheim and forged by the hard racing culture of Marlborough cycling,
Graeme Miller became one of New Zealand's greatest cyclists — not through natural talent,
but through extraordinary determination. His own words: "I never had the natural talent
of my younger brother, Allan. I had to do 10 times the work he did."
Three Olympics, five Commonwealth Games, two gold medals on home soil in Auckland,
nearly two decades on the US professional circuit, over 200 professional victories
including stage wins at the Tour Down Under and Tour of Japan. NZ team captain and
flag bearer at Kuala Lumpur 1998. Selected for a fourth Olympics in Moscow 1980,
denied by the NZ boycott.
In 1993 at the CoreStates US Pro Championship in Philadelphia — a million-dollar race
won by Lance Armstrong — Graeme finished third, the best-placed non-American on the day.
His Henderson Bros TT wins as a Marlborough Boys' College teenager were the first
signs of what was to come. Graeme is back in Blenheim now, and a proud CCM sponsor through Ray White.
Robin
Reid
Olympian at Athens 2004. NZ Time Trial Champion 2005. Tour of Pakistan winner 2007, with stage wins across the UAE, Pakistan, Tour of Southland and Tour of Wellington over a 20-year career. His 6 Henderson Bros TT victories (1995–2009) make him joint record holder alongside Kevin Bishell. Later completed Challenge Roth Ironman in under 9 hours.
Jason
Allen
One of the most decorated cyclists Marlborough has ever produced. 30 national titles, Commonwealth Games bronze in the team pursuit at Melbourne 2006, two World Cup gold medals at Manchester and Sydney 2005, and the Oceania Individual Pursuit title in 2005. Marlborough Sportsperson of the Year. NZ Junior 500m Champion 1997. Brother Scott also competed at national level.
Keirin
Callum
Saunders
Grew up in rural Marlborough and came through CCM to reach the Olympic stage at Tokyo 2021, competing in team sprint and keirin. Commonwealth Games bronze in team sprint at Birmingham 2022. UCI World Cup gold in keirin. NZ National Champion sprint and keirin. Close training partner with Quinn Karwowski — they represented NZ together at Junior Worlds. Now coaching NZ junior track team and completing a Masters in Economics.
Jason
Christie
Two-time New Zealand National Road Race Champion (2016, 2018) and first rider ranked UCI world number one under the new points system in 2016. Raced UCI Continental level across Asia and Europe 2007–2021. Married Georgia Christie (née Catterick) — between them they hold three NZ national road race titles.
Georgia
Christie
New Zealand National Road Race Champion 2019 and UCI professional with Team Illuminate
(USA/Europe). NZ representative at the Tour Down Under and Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.
Georgia comes from a remarkable sporting family. Her father Tony Catterick was a leading
Marlborough club cyclist through the 1970s and 80s — team 100km TT specialist and
Hope Gibbons national TT competitor. Her mother Michelle won the inaugural New Zealand
Ironman in 1978. Georgia married Jason Christie (also 2× national champion) —
three NZ national titles between them.
Allan
Miller
In 1983 at the UCI Junior World Championships in Whanganui, Allan Miller became
New Zealand's first-ever junior world cycling champion, winning the 1km time trial.
In 1982 he had set the NZ Junior 500m record at 34.8 seconds — a mark that would
stand for 26 years.
Younger brother of Olympian Graeme Miller, Allan had the natural talent Graeme always
acknowledged: "I never had the natural talent of my younger brother, Allan."
