The 22-year-old will start the 112th edition of the Tour de France for Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe on Saturday night in Lille .

Pithie's the lone New Zealander competing - and the 19th since the event began in 1903.

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10 Feb: One person has died after a crash between a vehicle and a cyclist in Upper Hutt's Trentham

10 Feb: Auckland police have caught a motorcyclist with nearly twice the legal breath alcohol limit early this morning

06 Feb: Cyclist George Bennett has clinched the men's Elite Road National Championship title in Cambridge in four hours, nine minutes and 45 seconds

05 Feb: Road cyclists Ella Wyllie and Finn Fisher-Black have claimed the national time trial crowns in Cambridge

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