Successful close to Para World Cup Series for South Africa
South African Para-cyclists have finished off the 2013 UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup series with superb performances by securing two gold medals and three World Cup leader jerseys in Matane, Canada at the weekend (23-25 August). The first gold medal went to reigning World Champion Ernst van Dyk, who nailed first place in the road […]
Stage set for elite MTB & Trials Worlds
After months of anticipation and preparation, organisers, participants, officials and spectators alike are counting down the hours to the start of the action of the UCI MTB & Trials World Championships on Tuesday 27 August. South Africa Greg Minnaar will look to build on his 2012 victory when he races on home soil at the […]
Golden time for SA Masters at World Champs
With the dust barely having settled many will reflect on the 2013 UCI MTB Masters world Championships fondly as it was a dominant showing by the South African riders at the event held at the Cascades MTB Park over the past five days where local stars bagged no fewer than 26 of the 63 medals […]
The Azzuri dominate final day at Masters World Champs
The final day of competition at the UCI MTB Masters World Championships at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg saw the Italians claim two of the three gold medals on offer as Fabio Zampese produced the ride of the competition to oust Jan Withaar in the ultimate race of the week-long event. Italy’s Fabio Zampese negotiates […]
All downhill for South Africa at MTB World Champs
The downhill mountain biking gods were smiling on the South African athletes at the UCI MTB Masters World Championships at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg as the local stars claimed four of the eight titles up for grabs across both the men’s and women’s categories on Saturday afternoon. Course designer Nigel Hicks powered to a […]
Europeans turn up the heat in men’s Masters cross country
The Netherlands and Sweden scooped new world champions in the morning session of the second days racing at the UCI MTB Masters World Championships, before local riders bounced back to take four of the eight titles up for grabs in the downhill discipline. Tommy Olsson of Sweden was unchallenged throughout his victory performance in the […]
Masters cross country riders set the bar for World Champs
The opening day of competition at the UCI MTB Masters World Championships at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg was one of great success for the local cross country riders as no less than twelve of the twenty-four medals available throughout the day went to South Africans. Linus van Onselen (men 60-64), Gjertrud Bø (women 50-59), […]
2013 Road World Championships SA Team Announced
Cycling South Africa’s Road Cycling Commission has great pleasure in announcing that the following riders have been selected to represent South Africa at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships, taking place in Toscana, Italy from 22-29 September. Elite Men: Daryl Impey (Road Race)Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg (Time Trial; Road Race)Jay Thomson (Time Trial; Reserve – […]
Acknowledging our women cyclists this August: Samantha Sanders
Samantha Sanders started cycling in 2006, while studying at TUKS in Pretoria. Having raced moto-x and enduro as a young girl and throughout high school, Samantha can positively claim that racing on two wheels is in her blood. Samantha Sanders Vital Stats Date of birth: 21-08-1983 Hometown: Hoedspruit,Mpumalanga Currently lives:Hoedspruit Team: Valencia She started cycling […]
Gold rush for SA Cross Country men at Masters
After the local women dominated proceedings earlier in the day it was the turn of the oldest three categories of the men’s cross country competition to take to the Cascades MTB Park course in Pietermaritzburg on the opening day of competition of the UCI MTB Masters World Championships and it was another successful showing by […]
SA women strike gold at Masters World Champs
It was a strong start for the South African women riders at the UCI MTB Masters World Championships on Friday morning as they claimed three of the five World Championship jerseys and eight of the fifteen medals that were on offer in favourable riding conditions at the Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg. Proudly South African! […]
Qhubeka Cycle Force mobilising communities and changing lives
The popular yellow and black Qhubeka Cycle Force beaded bracelets have taken South Africa by storm, and while being a trendy accessory for cyclists as well as the general public, they raise funds for Qhubeka to distribute bicycles into communities. The bracelet campaign also provides local empowerment for a large beading community in the Marico […]