Logan Currie will be representing New Zealand in the Under-19 individual time trial and the 150km road race in Yorkshire on September 23 and 27 respectively.

Logan is currently a Year 13 student at Christchurch Boys’ High School, and is currently in Belgium, cycling for a professional continental team for eight weeks.

From there he will head to Harrogate in Yorkshire to stay with the NZ cycling team, which includes elite cyclists that have been cycling in such races as Tour de France and Giro D’Italia.

Cycling was not even Currie’s main focus at the end of last year, with his focus changing from triathlons to cycling after finding success at the national secondary school level.

Currie has enjoyed success nationally in both road and track cycling while competing for Canterbury and Transport Engineering VeloSouth in the Calder Stewart Series, in which he currently holds the Under-19 leader’s jersey.

He has been following a strict training programme set by coach Terry Gyde, often cycling up to 600km out on the open road each week.

In April, he surprised everyone by winning the National Individual TT by over a minute.

The TT race it is being broadcast on Sky sport late on the 23 September.