NZ women return battered ahead of home tour

The New Zealand women's cycling team returned home yesterday in bad shape after taking a beating at the Geelong Tour and World Cup last week. The squad has just one day to heal the wounds from its Australian visit before lining up for the Tour of Wellington.

"We are pretty bruised and battered," New Zealand coach Susy Pryde told Stuff.co.nz. "Out of six athletes that rode in Geelong, four ended up crashing or being injured. We've got stitches, dislocations and cracked ribs."