Augustyn to continue comeback at Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek
South African John-Lee Augustyn, who took a break from professional bicycle racing to recover fully from hip surgery, has begun his comeback in his home country and will line up at the Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek international mountain bike stage race on Sunday. Image credit: www.ZoonCronje.com The former Barloworld and Sky rider has teamed up […]
RE:CM doubles up as Kleinhans, Woolcock win MTB Crater Cruise
Team RE:CM had double reason for celebration at the weekend when Waylon Woolcock and Ariane Kleinhans won the overall men and women’s titles respectively at the 103km MTN Crater Cruise ultra-marathon mountain bike race in Parys, in South Africa’s Free State province. Woolcock won a tight sprint with Nico Bell (Westvaal Bells Cycling) to claim […]
Forum discussion: Rampage 2013
It’s all over, the dust has been eaten and the bones are set to mend. Rampage did not disappoint this year and even had its first repeat winner. With 25 riders attacking the infamous red Utah dirt, and between Chubey’s huge gap and Doerfling’s huge crash on the Oakley Icon Sender, this years Rampage was […]
New talented athletes tested in Africa by WCC
Before winning the GP of Zurich last August, the Namibian Raul Costa had been discovered by the World Cycling Centre (WCC) during a training camp at its South African base. This sort of camp, open to numerous African countries, had already led to other discoveries, such as Tanzania’s Richard Laizer, now a member of the […]
Sibusiso Vilane & Alec Riddle on the FNB Wines2Whales & Tony Cook’s Adventures
Better known as a very competitive age grouper triathlete, Alec Riddle talks about the new adventure he is about to take on with Mount Everest summiter Sibusiso Vilane. The pair, neither of whom are mountain bikers generally, are taking part in the FNB Wines2Whales. Each of the pair talks about their training schedule and how […]
UCI WorldTour ends on usual high note with Tour of Beijing
As is fast becoming a tradition, the Tour of Beijing is once more the last event of the UCI WorldTour this season, and once again, the five day stage race in China will ensure cycling’s top league ends on the highest of high notes. Image credit: cyclingiq.com Starting this Friday October 11th in Shunyi and […]
Video of the Week – What were you doing when you were 10?
10 year old Seth Sherlock ripping it up in Squamish B.C. Making your childhood look dull. http://www.pinkbike.com/v/335165/ Ya, he’s 10. Makes you feel old, right? If you had/have kids, would you set them loose on these trails? Would you have tackled these at 10?
Brian Cookson makes first public statement as UCI President
Two weeks after his election as President of the UCI and after his first week working at its headquarters in Aigle, Switzerland, Brian Cookson has given some details of his first days as UCI President. Image credit: roadcyclinguk.com Speaking during his first foreign engagement in Beijing, the new UCI President said: “These early days are […]
Dan Hugo on Xterra World Champs & Ironman World Champs with Paul Kaye
This week on Tri Talk SA we chat everything Ironman World Champs in Kona. Image credit: www.dghugo.com Xterra specialist Dan Hugo talks about his time on the big island ahead of the Xterra World Champs in Maui and shares with you what he has seen. Kris Fesel, a lottery entrant to Kona, talks us through […]
FedGroup Itec continue 2013 stage race success
The FedGroup Itec racing team goes into this weekend’s FedGroup Berg & Bush Descent mountain bike stage race in KwaZulu-Natal with good form and loads of confidence following victory at last weekend’s Isuzu 3 Tower’s stage race in Mpumalanga. South African Brandon Stewart and guest teammate, Konny Looser from Switzerland, secured two stage wins and […]
Rampage 2013 is almost upon us, here is a taste of this weekend’s big event
‘Utah is different. It’s like snowboarding powder under your bike,’ says Andreu Lacondeguy, one of the riders. Image credit: © Red Bull Media House Dropping in off a near-vertical sandstone ridge, 1500 feet above the vast open desert of Utah starts one of the toughest free-ride mountain-bike challenges in the world: Red Bull Rampage. Last […]
Tour of Beijing Preview: High Hopes for Final Race of the Season
With Cameron Meyer and Michael Matthews amongst ORICA-GreenEDGE’s eight-rider squad for the Tour of Beijing, the Australian outfit hopes to end the season with a two-pronged approach to the final race of the season. Meyer represents the team’s general classification ambitions while Matthews will chase stage victories. “We’re looking to get some good results to […]