Eric McKenzie (born 28 August 1958) is a New Zealand former professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...

. He won the 1979

Tour of Southland The Tour of Southland is a road bicycle racing stage race held in the Southland region of New Zealand. From 2005 until 2009, the Tour of Southland has been part of the UCI Oceania Tour however the 2010 event was held as a National Tour. The To ...

and rode in four editions of the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

(1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985). In the 1982 Tour de France he finished fifth in two stages and in 1983 Tour de France achieved stage finishes of third and fourth.

Major results

Results: ;1979 : 1st Overall

: 4th Overall Dulux Six Day ;1982 : 3rd

GP Union Dortmund The Grand Prix Union Dortmund was a German cycling race organized for the last time in 1984. The course was between 130 and 172 km, with Dortmund as both start and finish place. The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Ed ...

: 3rd Tour du Nord-Ouest : 4th Omloop van West-Brabant : 7th Overall Setmana-Catalana : 10th

Trofeo Laigueglia The Trofeo Laigueglia is an early season road bicycle race held annually in Liguria, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is held about ten days after the opening to the Italian season, the Gr ...

;1983 : 4th Omloop van het Houtland Lichtervelde : 5th

Gran Piemonte The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI ...

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Major results

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