# Michael Vink

Michael Vink (born 22 November 1991) is a New Zealand professional road cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates. In 2023, he was signed by UAE Team Emirates XRG 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

Source:

### 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