The Aussie came out on top in the 128.8 kilometre stage, with Kiwi Corbin Strong finishing ninth.

Welsford won yesterday's opening stage.

Tomorrow's third stage is 147.5 kilometers from Norwood to Uraidla.

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04 Feb: Police are asking for sightings of a red Daihatsu - as they investigate the death of a teen motorcyclist near Whangarei last week

03 Feb: Two New Zealand cyclists have made the podium at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in Geelong

02 Feb: Cyclists rode slowly down a Matakana road, north of Auckland yesterday, to protest a lack of options for bike riders in the area

01 Feb: Police have confirmed a motorcyclist found dead in a Northland creek, was shot

31 Jan: A woman's been charged after an 11-year-old girl cycling in Hawke's Bay's Flaxmere, died in a crash on Chatham Road about 6pm last night

31 Jan: North Island Police are separately investigating two different fatal crashes - in Auckland and Hawke's Bay

30 Jan: A homicide investigation's begun into the death of a motorcyclist found in a Northland creek, yesterday morning

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