Woolcock and Luus take wet RE:CM Knysna 200 win
Seasoned pro Waylon Woolcock and rising star Lourens Luus ended an electrifying game of one-upmanship to emerge as the mud-splattered overall winners of the three-day RE:CM Knysna 200 mountain bike race on Sunday. A wet and muddy Lourens Luus (left) and Waylon Woolcock celebrate the stage and overall victory at the RE:CM Knysna 200 on […]
Evans and Stewart draw even on a rainy stage two at RE:CM Knysna 200
Kevin Evans and Brandon Stewart effectively drew even as their titanic two-team tussle with Waylon Woolcock and Lourens Luus continued on the rain-soaked second stage of the RE:CM Knysna 200 on Saturday. Kevin Evans of FedGroup-Itec drives the pace during the second stage of the RE:CM Knysna 200 on Saturday. Photo: Coetzee Gouws/Full Stop Communications […]
Anticipation ahead of downhill World Cup season opener
Anticipation is building ahead of the opening round of the Downhill series of the 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano taking place in Fort William, Scotland on Sunday 9 June. South Africa will be represented by current UCI World Champion Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate), consistent top-ten World Cup finisher Andrew Neethling […]
Woolcock, Luus strike first blow at RE:CM Knysna 200
Waylon Woolcock and national marathon series champion Lourens Luus struck the first blow in what is expected to be an epic duel with Kevin Evans and Brandon Stewart on the opening stage of the three-day RE:CM Knysna 200 on Friday. Waylon Woolcock (far right) and Lourens Luus of RE:CM lead Brandon Stewart and Kevin Evans […]
Daryl Impey lines up for the Tour de Suisse with ORICA-GreenEDGE
ORICA-GreenEDGE’s Sport Director Laurenzo Lapage previews the upcoming Tour de Suisse as the team fine-tune’s their sprint squad ahead of the 2013 Tour de France. The 2013 Tour de Suisse kicks off tomorrow – Saturday, 8 June 2013 – with an 8.1km individual time trial. Photo credit: Graham Watson ORICA-GreenEDGE Sport Director Laurenzo Lapage Previews […]
Mix of talent at the pinnacle of mountain bike marathon champs
The annual running of the Cycling SA-MTB Marathon Championships is a draw card for the country’s top endurance off-road cyclists. Induna Adventures in Hazyview played host to this prestigious event, using their annual First Ascent Big Induna race to host not only the championship for the elite class, but to crown age group categories as […]
Course fine tuning for Scottburgh MTB Race
Scottburgh – With a big field expected to converge on the South Coast for the long weekend, the course designers have resisted the urge to change the popular format for the Magma Security Scottburgh Mountain Bike race presented by Sappi on Saturday 15 June, and instead have make small alterations designed to enhance the current […]
Cycle Skills & Club Level Coaching Course Scheduled – Durban
Cycling South Africa’s Coaching Commission will be hosting a Cycle Skills & Club Level Coaching Course at the Cyril Geoghegan Cycle Stadium near King’s Park, Durban from Saturday 29 to Sunday 30 June 2013. The course will be presented by Ian Rodger and Roger Bouton, both Level 2 UCI and Cycling SA Coaches. This is […]
Masters Track Cycling Team Selected for World Champs (GBR)
Cycling South Africa’s Track Commission has great pleasure in announcing that the following riders have been selected to participate at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling Masters World Championships in Manchester, England from 6 to 12 October 2013. MEN: 35-39: Morne van Greuning – Sprint; TT Peter Wheeler – Points JP van Tonder – Scratch Mark […]
Evans boosts South Africa’s Maccabi Games medal hopes
Multiple South African cycling champion, Kevin Evans, has been selected to represent the South African team at the 2013 Maccabi Games to be held in Jerusalem next month. Multiple South African champion, Kevin Evans, who races for the FedGroup Itec professional team in South Africa, will boost South Africa’s medal hopes at the 2013 Maccabi […]
Luus and Woolcock aim for RE:CM Knysna 200 win
Fresh from the national marathon championships this past weekend, the cream of South Africa’s mountain bikers will line up for the third edition of the RE:CM Knysna 200 stage race, which starts on the Garden Route on Friday. Lourens Luus (left) and Waylon Woolcock of Team RE:CM hope to continue their solid stage racing form […]
2014 Absa Cape Epic lottery closes
The Absa Cape Epic, now in its eleventh year, is oversubscribed each year with followers doing their bit to gain an entry into the following year’s race. The early bird entries for the 2014 race (whereby a number of entrants get to participate on a first come, first served basis) took place the day after […]