MTN Qhubeka rides African cycling swell
Team MTN-Qhubeka, powered by Samsung, held an informative celebratory breakfast in Rosebank, Johannesburg, earlier in the week. The team’s mid-season return to South Africa follows a successful start to the season where they have racked up 11 UCI victories, 17 podiums and two team victories. South African cycling is gaining great momentum this season. Earlier […]
KZN awarded 2014 SA Road and TT Championship
KwaZulu-Natal has been awarded the 2014 SA National Road Cycling and Time Trial Championships, which will take place from 4-9 February 2014. The iconic Moses Mabhida Stadium towers above the beachfront where the 2014 SA National Time Trial Championships will be held. Photo: Mylene Loumeau The city of Durban played host to the successful 2012 […]
Masters MTB National Champs crowned
26 July 2013 – South African Masters’ mountain bike racers took to the cross-country and downhill tracks at the Hayterdale Trails near Addo for the 2013 Cycling SA-MTB National Championships, powered by Frontier Events, 20-21 July 2013. Paul Cordes was crowned National Cross-country Champion in the Sub Vet Men 35-39 category.Photo credit: Tonie Griffin All […]
Atherton siblings seek 2013 World Champs spoils
Pietermaritzburg – Current men’s and women’s world number one Downhill mountain bikers Gee and Rachel Atherton of Great Britain head into the UCI MTB and Trials World Championships in Pietermaritzburg hoping to become the first siblings to not only be top of the world rankings, but become reigning World Champions as well. Britain’s Gee Atherton […]
National MTB Series showdown at MTN Hilton Dirt Fest
Although it is a different year, Max Knox (EAI Solutions/Specialized) will face exactly the same challenge as in 2012 when he lines up at the start of the MTN Hilton Dirt Fest on Sunday (28 July). Last year he had to win the MTN Hilton Dirt Fest ultra-race over 100km to ensure that he was […]
Masters MTB World Champs entry deadline approaches
Local mountain bike enthusiasts have just a week left to enter the UCI Masters MTB World Championships, to be held at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg from 21 top 25 August, the first time that the masters event has been held alongside the elite world championships. As the deadline for entries at midnight on 31 […]
Downhill racer Bentley geared up for World Champs
21 year old Tim Bentley’s selection for the South African downhill team for the UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships at the Cascades MTB Park starting on 26 August will give the young student a chance on home turf to follow in the footsteps of world champion and fellow Pietermaritzburger Greg Minnaar. 21 year […]
Fourth for Murray at ITU World Triathlon Series in Hamburg
Richard Murray ran himself into fourth place at the ITU World Triathlon Series race in Hamburg on Saturday. Murray won this race last season. This time around he was beaten only by the Olympic podium of Jonathan Brownlee, Alastair Brownlee – World and Olympic champion respectively – and Javier Gomez. Photo credit: Janos M. Schmidt/ITU […]
Stuart O’Grady Announces Retirement
Stuart O’Grady has announced his retirement from the professional peloton today. While Australia’s first Classics champion, six-time Olympian and inaugural Tour Down winner had originally stated his intention to retire next year, O’Grady has opted to readjust his plans on the heels of a historical Tour de France for ORICA-GreenEDGE. Photo credit: Graham Watson “I’ve […]
Ciolek extends contract with Team MTN-Qhubeka
Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung is pleased to announce the contract extension of Gerald Ciolek. The team captain has revealed his satisfaction in this environment and has opted to stay with Africa’s first Professional Continental team through 2015. Photo (left to right): Gerald Ciolek, Serame Taukobong, Douglas Ryder. “We’re delighted that Gerald has extended with us,” […]
Seyffert receives two year ban from competition
Cycling South Africa reports that Pieter Seyffert who returned an adverse analytical finding in an in-competition test conducted by the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport(SAIDS) on 17 February 2013 has been found guilty and has received a two year ban from all sport. The analytical report confirmed the presence of the stimulant, Phentermine in […]
Froome’s first coach recalls Tour Champion’s early racing roots
Chris Froome’s achievement in becoming the first African-born rider to win the Tour de France on Sunday comes as no surprise to his first coach, who revealed that the Kenyan-born, South African-educated 28-year-old paid more than his fair share of racing dues in his formative racing years. Chris Froome tackles a climb while racing for […]