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Croeser joins aQuellé Tour Durban cyclo-cross race
Durban – World ranked Under 23 mountain biker Rourke Croeser has added his name to the start list for the new cyclo-cross race that forms part of the aQuellé Tour Durban on Sunday 28 April before he jets off to start his international MTB campaign in earnest. The 22 year old team Kargo Pro MTB […]
Full road closure for aQuellé Tour Durban
Durban – With a huge field of road and mountain bike riders entered and weather forecasts pointing to almost perfect weather for the weekend, the organisers of the aQuellé Tour Durban are urging local residents to support the event and to plan their movements on Sunday around the closure of some of the city’s roads. […]
Oudtshoorn crowns road cycling champions
23 April 2013 – The 2013 SA National Vets, Masters, U16 and Para-Cycling Road & Time Trial Championships culminated with the road racing in Oudtshoorn on Friday. The road race disciplines started on Thursday 18 April for the greater part of the day with the final categories wrapping up on Friday 19th. The 97km road […]
Rising star Charles Keey unlocks his true potential at MTN National MTB Series
After the first three races in the MTN ultra-series have been completed, it should be no surprise that Charles Keey (Cannondale/Blend Properties) is currently the leader. Because of his aggressive approach to racing he has already accumulated 11 705 points so far this season. Keey’s success in the MTN series can be ascribed to his […]
Surf’s up at Nedbank sani2c
Participants in next month’s Nedbank sani2c mountain bike race will be the first in the world to ride a breaking wave when they pedal across the new Nedbank 360Life bridge at Scottburgh on the KwaZulu-Natal coast. The three-day race, which is presented by Nedbank Private Wealth, will see 4 500 riders pedal 200 metres into […]
Moolman-Pasio realises big dreams at Flèche Wallonne Femme World Cup
23 April 2013 – South African Road Cycling and Time Trial Champion Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio saw her cycling dreams become reality last week when she finished in the podium third place position at the La Flèche Wallone Femme one-day UCI World Cup race in Belgium. Moolman-Pasio, who races for the Belgian-based Lotto Belisol team and is […]
Records tumble at mega-distance 36ONE MTB Challenge
A number of records tumbled at the second annual 36ONE MTB Challenge 361-kilometre non-stop mountain bike race in and around Oudtshoorn in South Africa’s Western Cape province at the weekend. Starting at 19h00 on Friday, the riders endured a full night’s racing and enjoyed pleasant weather conditions. Starting with a record field – a 40% […]
Tasol GT in massive emotional push for aQuellé Tour Durban swansong
Durban – With the writing on the wall the Durban-based Tasol GT cycling team has united in an emotional final charge at three major titles in three weeks before their team’s financial lifeline dries up at the end of April. Tasol Solar Energy Solutions announced its intention of withdrawing as the cycling team’s title sponsor […]
Olympic rowers tackle Old Mutual joBerg2c
Olympic rowing champion Matthew Brittain will have no shortage of new friends when he and his fellow mountain bikers take to the Vaal Dam for the dragon boat crossing on the opening stage of the Old Mutual joBerg2c on Friday. Brittain, who was a member of South Africa’s gold medal winning lightweight coxless fours in […]
Hunter commands yellow, green and Africa jersey at Mzansi Tour
21 April 2013 – South African cycling star Robert Hunter, racing in the ASG National Invitational road cycling team, claimed the yellow, green and African Rider jerseys in the inaugural Mzansi Tour that finished at Montecasino entertainment centre in Gauteng today. The team comprising Hunter, James Fourie, Gabriel Combrinck, Kevin Patten, Reynard Butler and Kyle […]
Davids and Dreyer reign victorious at 2013 Karkloof Classic
Howick – Sunday’s captivating Sappi 60km Karkloof Classic, the feature race of the Sappi Karkloof Classic MTB Festival, saw Brendon Davids (Team Jeep) reign victorious over fellow elite stars Rourke Croeser (Kargo Pro MTB) and Travis Walker (Team Jeep) after an enthralling cycling shootout through one of the country’s leading MTB facilities, whilst Jeannie Dreyer […]
Brown slips and slides to muddy Karkloof Enduro victory
Howick – Whilst snorkels and goggles wouldn’t have been out of place it was mountain bikes instead that the near sixty participants in Saturday’s Stihl Karkloof Enduro, event two of the 2013 Sappi Karkloof Classic MTB Festival, made use of as they circulated as best they could on the exceptionally wet and muddy course. Hayden […]