Van Dyk, Burns claim medals in Italian UCI Para-cycling road World Cup
The South African Para-cycling team has departed from Italy, having performed very well in the UCI Para-cycling road World Cup (7-9 June), hosted by the city of Merano. The team’s proud medallists include Ernst van Dyk and Roxy Burns, who won silver and bronze respectively in their road race events. Van Dyk, who is not […]
MTN-Qhubeka powers to victory in Tour de Korea Team Time Trial
Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung won the stage 5 team time trial of the Tour de Korea on Thursday. The result is the second victory for the African team after Kristian Sbaragli won the opening stage. The stage took place over 25.5 kilometres and Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung blazed through the course in a time of […]
Ride the Rhino MTB stage race launches 2013 routes
The Resolution Health Medical Scheme (Resolution Health) and Zurreal Ride the Rhino and Race the Rhino mountain bike races recently announced its respective 2013 routes and opened entries to this year’s events. The events, taking place in the Western Cape (Ride the Rhino) and Magaliesburg / Hartbeespoort (Race the Rhino) areas in September is aimed […]
High praise for 2013 Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek Route
The route for the 2013 Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek has been revealed and met with high praise from professional riders as well as the committed amateurs that will tackle the fifth edition of the international mountain bike stage race in South Africa’s Western Cape Province this October. Team Westvaal BMC’s Gawie Combrinck (left) and Nico […]
Triathlon news: Victory for Murray in France
Richard Murray won the past weekend’s French Grand Prix Sprint Triathlon in Les Sables d’Olonne, France. It was his first French Grand Prix win. Spain’s Javier Gomez finished second followed by Aurélien Lebrun. The conditions were quite challenging with some rain falling and newly painted white lines. “I’m really glad I didn’t crash. I did […]
Roberts excited by World Champs home ground advantage
Pietermaritzburg – Under 23 cross country mountain biking ace Luke Roberts (BMC-SA) will be hoping to continue his recent good form and gain invaluable experience with every international appearance he makes in the next couple of months as he seeks to put in a strong challenge in the green and gold at this year’s UCI […]
Entries pour in for new dusi2c MTB Race
Pietermaritzburg – A brand new two-stage mountain bike race that will offer riders the chance to traverse the valleys that host the Dusi canoe marathon will be staged on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 June by the team that has taken the famous Nedbank sani2c race to its present iconic status. “Our aim is to […]
2013 Mountain Bike Marathon World Champs SA Team Announced
Cycling South Africa’s Mountain Bike Commission has great pleasure in announcing that the following riders have been selected to represent South Africa at the 2013 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships, taking place in Kirchberg, Austria on 29 June. The following riders have been selected according to the 2013 Cycling SA-MTB Selection Criteria: Elite Men: […]
Kleinhans wins Swiss National Marathon title
South African resident Ariane Kleinhans of Team RE:CM claimed her first national mountain bike racing title when she won the Swiss women’s marathon mountain bike championships on Sunday. Team RE:CM’s Ariane Kleinhans proudly wears the Swiss national champion’s jersey following her victory on Sunday. On the left is Milena Landtwig (second) and on the right […]
Wesemann third overall in Korea after fighting his way back after a late puncture
Martin Wesemann put on a show of strength to fight his way to third overall on the second day of the Tour of Korea (June 9-17 /n UCI 2.2). After the South African helped his teammate Kristian Sbaragli win the opening stage the previous day, it was now up to him to present the colours […]
Burger Pieterse wins tight tussle for Kremetart title
Double Master’s world champion, Lynette Burger Pieterse (Momentum Toyota), used her experience to beat off a field of ambitious young challengers to win the 2013 PPC Kremetart road cycling stage race in the Limpopo Province at the weekend. Lynette Burger secured a hard-fought overall victory and two stage wins at the PPC Kremetart stage race […]
Tour of Korea: Martin Wesemann’s 100km breakaway sets up win for MTN-Qhubeka
Kristian Sbaragli took his first professional win ever by easily outsprinting the field at the first stage of the Tour of Korea (June 9-16 / UCI 2.2), and took MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung’s second leader’s jersey in a stage race. The young Italian won the sprint of an eight-man group by a cycle length to take […]