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Four-times Grand Prix Champion Alain Prost returns for his second Absa Cape Epic
World famous former Formula One champion Alain Prost (58) and well-known international ski champion Sebastien Di Pasqua (36), return for their second Absa Cape Epic. Together with 1 198 riders they will take on the challenging 698km and 15 650m of climbing in the untamed African mountain bike race. This year’s race, which takes place […]
Murray starts international season with podium place
A mere 14 seconds separated the first two athletes – Mario Mola and Richard Murray – at the past weekend’s ITU Pan American Sprint Cup in Clermont, Florida. Murray’s finishing time for the three events (750m-swim, 20km-bike and 5km-run) were 54 minutes and 12 seconds. Spain’s Mola won in 53.56. Jarrod Schoemaker from America took […]
East Africa sets sights on Mzansi Tour
The battle for international supremacy in the middle and long-distance races between the athletes from Ethiopia and those from Kenya, has been a definite highlight in the world of athletics during the past two decades. At last year’s Olympics in London the Kenyans won two gold, four silver and five bronze medals and the Ethiopians […]
Experience will decide 2013 Cape Epic winners, predicts Evans
Kevin Evans, South Africa’s most prolific ABSA Cape Epic podium finisher, predicts that the 2013 edition will be a battle of the cross-country (XCO) specialists for early ascendancy, with experience becoming the key factor later on in the eight-day race that gets underway at Meerendal, Durbanville on Sunday. Evans is recovering from surgery to treat […]
Team Contego-Giant’s Mariske Strauss crowned U23 African Champ
Team Contego-Giant’s Mariske Strauss won the past weekend’s African Championships in Pietermaritzburg for her ninth consecutive national title. She crossed the finish line in first place in the women’s race and was crowned the u.23 African Champion. Her winning time was 1 hour, 48 minutes and 54 seconds. Candice Neethling finished second in 1:52.18. Strauss, […]
Shan Wilson returns for his 10th Absa Cape Epic
Winner of the Master’s category in the 2010 Absa Cape Epic, Shan Wilson (46), will participate in this year’s Absa Cape for the 10th time. Wilson has an impressive stage win history finishing first in seven of the eight stages in 2010 (first place overall in the Master’s category) and taking first place in the […]
Kristian House hopes to hold off South African vengeance in Mzansi Tour
There might be an opportunity for revenge for South Africa’s top road cyclists during the inaugural UCI sanctioned Mzansi Tour (17-21 April 2013). The last time South Africa hosted an international road cycling tour was in 2011. The local riders were outsmarted by Kristian House and his Rapha Condor JLT teammates. Rapha Condor JLT is […]
Entries Close Sunday for TRAC N4 U16, Junior and U23 Cycle Tour
Entries for the third annual TRAC N4 U16, Junior and U23 Cycle Tour close this Sunday 17 March. Young cycling talent will have the opportunity to showcase their stamina in a secure, multi-day event, which takes place in and around Nelspruit, Mpumalanga from Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 March 2013. The organisers are proud to […]
MTN Tulbagh to be the first real post Epic battle for SA’s top professionals
The MTN Tulbagh ultra-race and marathon (13 April) is in all probability going to boil down to a battle between the riders who competed in the Absa Cape Epic and those who have not. According to Tim Fair, route director for Advendurance, the routes for both these races will be very similar to the route […]
Driepoot Toyota first amputees team to compete in this year’s Absa Cape Epic
Reuben Van Niekerk (28) will be teaming up with Dane Wilson (30) for this year’s Absa Cape Epic as team Driepoot Toyota. The legendary mountain bike stage race, which takes place from 17 to 24 March 2013, will take 1 200 riders over 698km with 15 650m of climbing through from Meerendal Wine Estate in […]
Branson completes his virgin Cycle Tour
“What a day. What a day. What a day.” Richard Branson at the Cycle Tour finish line This is what Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson said at the finish of the Cycle Tour after taking 5 hours and 33 minutes to complete the 109 km route. It was a great time for Branson because […]
Last chance to enter the 2013 Aspen Trans Karoo
With less than two weeks until entries close for the 2013 Aspen Trans Karoo MTB Race, the site has seen a flurry of activity with biking enthusiasts scrambling for entries. Due to the sensitive eco-systems that the race traverses, only 500 entries are issued for the race, making it a sought after event to take […]