Race report: BC Bike Race – Day 1
“Tropical hot!” weather has smothered the racers on the opening day of the 2013 BC Bike Race Presented by Harbour Air, BC Ferries and Shimano. With temperatures pushing 28 celcius (90º) and the humidity soaring, race co-founder Dean Payne describes day one of the BCBR as the hottest and most humid on record. “The past […]
National MTB Cup Series wraps up at Mankele
Cycling South Africa’s MTB National Cup Series wrapped up at Mankele Mountain Bike Park last weekend, with Olympians Candice Neethling and Philip Buys securing victory in the Pro-elite women and men’s races respectively. Timothy Bentley and Nadia Botha posted the fastest descents on the downhill track to take top honours on the day. The 2013 […]
Pietermaritzburg secures MTB World Cup opener in 2014
The UCI (International Cycling Union) released the 2014 Mountain Bike World Cup calendar last week and Pietermaritzburg returns as the opening round for the global cross-country and downhill season from 5-6 April. New to the World Cup line up for the South African leg is the cross-country eliminator (XCE), which features as part of this […]
Smit sweeps student cycling champs in PE
Second-year law student Willie Smit swept to a convincing victory in the three-day Bestmed USSA national cycling championships in Port Elizabeth on Friday. Overall winner Willie Smit leads Shukuma-NMMU’s Waldo Gronum and Marinus Prinsloo during the fifth and final stage of the Bestmed USSA national student cycling championships in Port Elizabeth on Friday. Photo: Coetzee […]
Smit completes hat-trick at national tour
The University of Pretoria’s Willie Smit completed a hat-trick of stage wins to retain the yellow jersey on day two of the Bestmed USSA cycle tour in in a cold and rainy Port Elizabeth on Thursday. Willie Smit (left) leads the four-man breakaway group during the third stage of the Bestmed USSA student cycle tour […]
South Africans settling in for marathon world champs in Austria
Eight South African endurance mountain bike riders will line up at the start of the 2013 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Champs in the scenic ski village of Kirchberg in Tyrol, Austria on Saturday 29 June. Image source: Wikimedia Commons The elite men, represented by Max Knox, Nico Bell, Charles Keey, Lourens Luus, Darren Lill […]
Speedy comeback on track for MTB World Champs
Top South African elite women’s cross country mountain biking competitor Yolande Speedy (Epic Sports/USN/GT) is on the comeback trail ahead of the 2013 UCI MTB & Trials World Championships, which take place at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg from 26 August-1 September, after being sidelined by a broken collarbone and two broken ribs. South African […]
Tour of Austria: Gerald Ciolek leads African team in the Alps
Milan-San Remo winner Gerald Ciolek and Spanish climber Sergio Pardilla will lead Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung in the Tour of Austria (June 30 – July 7 / UCI 2. HC) starting this coming Sunday. The two riders from the first African Professional Continental team travel to Austria with good memories: Gerald Ciolek won two stages […]
Smit takes early lead at USSA champs
Team Bonitas professional Willie Smit put in a dominating performance to claim the first two stages and the yellow jersey on day one of the Bestmed USSA student road cycling championships in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday. The University of Pretoria’s Willie Smit (left) won both the opening road stage and the individual time-trial on day […]
Bergstrom overcomes injury ahead of MTB Masters World Champs debut
South African masters cross country mountain biking pocket rocket Natalie Bergstrom (Coffeeberry/Momsen) has overcome her recent knee injury in time to give the final two months of her preparations for the 2013 UCI MTB Masters World Championships at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg from 21-25 August a full go. “I’m trying to prepare for the […]
Cooper shows class at national student champs
Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s Timo Cooper showed his class when he won the national student mountain biking title at the Bestmed USSA cycling championships in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday. Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s Timo Cooper won the national student mountain biking title at the Bestmed USSA cycling championships in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday. […]
Froome inspires University team’s championship bid
As former University of Johannesburg student Chris Froome prepares to launch his title bid at the Tour de France on Saturday, his alma mater will be doing the same at the national student cycling championships in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, this week. The University of Johannesburg’s 2005 cycling team, featuring Tour de France favourite Chris […]