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Teagan O’Keeffe qualifies to race motos at the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup
20 April 2013 – South African BMX sensation Teagan O’Keeffe has qualified to race in today’s moto heats in the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup, taking place in Manchester in the U.K. tonight. The 20-year-old KwaZulu-Natal local put on an impressive performance in the qualifying rounds early in the contest, but admits that she made […]
Official Results: Stage 4 Mzansi Tour powered by Cathsseta
Stage four of the UCI 2.2 Mzansi Tour powered by Cathsseta took place around Hartebeespoort dam and twice over the infamous Hekpoort climb starting and finishing in the town of Hartebeespoort or Harties as it is fondly known. Results Stage 4 Results 1. Mauro Richeze, Team Nippo – De Rosa (ARG) 04:02’43” 2. Robert Hunter, […]
Stage Preview Stage 4 Mzansi Tour powered by Cathsseta
The expression it ain’t over until the fat lady sings is often used by sports journalists when they want to emphasize that a sport result is not a fore gone conclusion. Well if ever there was an opportunity for cyclists to stop the “famous lady” from opening her mouth it will be in today’s fourth […]
Belton overcomes dark, rain and mud to win Karkloof festival opener
Howick – The 2013 edition of South Africa’s largest mountain biking festival, the Sappi Karkloof Classic MTB festival, got underway on Friday evening when a little over one hundred brave souls faced the chilly and soggy conditions and headed out onto the renowned Karkloof trails to compete in the festival opener, the Peri Night Race. […]
Hunter retains overall lead as Richeze sprints to stage victory at Mzansi Tour
Argentina’s Mauro Richeze (Nippo – De Rosa) outsmarted South Africa’s foremost sprinters to win the third stage of the UCI 2.2 Mzansi Tour powered by CATHSSETA. The day really belonged to the international riders who made the most of the tricky technical last few hundred metres to the finish line. Richeze’s winning time for the […]
Moolman Pasio boosts African cycling’s big push with Fleche Wallone podium
South African road race champion, Ashleigh Moolman Pasio’s third place finish at the La Fleche Wallone Women’s Cycling World Cup in Belgium this week was a benchmark achievement for both South African and African cycling. Racing for the Belgian-based Lotto Belisol team, the 27-year-old Chemical Engineering graduate was unfortunate to be given third place in […]
Old Mutual joBerg2c achieves global status
With 112 international participants from 20 countries taking part in the Old Mutual joBerg2c in South Africa, the nine-day mountain bike race is fast achieving global status. The fourth edition, which starts in Johannesburg on April 26, will see well-known foreign riders compete with some of the country’s best, including former winner Neil MacDonald and […]
Sprinters and weather to play a factor in stage 3 of the Mzansi Tour
Stage three of the UCI 2.2 Mzansi Tour powered by Cathsseta will be the day when the sprinters will come out to play for what promises to be a bunch gallop. This 146km stage from Witbank to Mamelodi will be the flattest of the tour. The riders will only have to climb 1307m during the […]
Official Results: Stage 2 Mzansi Tour powered by Cathsseta
Stage two of the innagural Mzansi Tour Powered by Cathsseta took place today in Mpumalanga. The stage took riders from Lydenburg heading west towards Dullstroom followed by a tough climb through Stofberg. The 189km stage finished in Middelburg with the wind paying a major role over the last 50 kilometers of racing. Results Stage 2 […]
Record field ready for 2013 Karkloof Classic
Howick – A new record field of mountain bikers from every corner of the country will converge on the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands this weekend for the 2013 Sappi Karkloof Classic MTB Festival which looks set to challenge riders with numerous significant upgrades to all of the routes and trails and the prospect of three days of […]
Hunter pounces to take the overall lead at Mzansi Tour
Robert Hunter captain of the South African National Team, is the overall leader in the UCI 2.2 Mzansi Tour powered by Cathsseta after a heroic display of pure guts and power riding. Something drastic will have to go wrong over the next three stages to prevent Hunter from winning the Mzansi Tour overall. According to […]
Time Trial National Champs awarded in Oudtshoorn
The time trial leg of the 2013 SA National Vets, Masters, U16 and Para-Cycling Road & Time Trial Championships is already done and dusted in the early stages of this week’s racing in Oudtshoorn. Racing started on Tuesday 16 April when a variety of age group categories took to the time trial route on the […]