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Australian time-trials to victory at Tour de Boland
It was a clean sweep for MTN-Qhubeka on the opening stage of the Bestmed Tour de Boland, presented by ASG, near Stellenbosch on Tuesday. Australian Nicholas Dougall clocked the fastest time in the 14km individual time trial, which saw riders battle headwinds all the way from the Allée Bleue wine estate up the Helshoogte pass […]
Aspen Trans Karoo now part of the KIA MTB Rankings
The Aspen Trans Karoo has been invited to join the KIA MTB Rankings as a seeding event, in the Ultra Marathon category, alongside other prestigious MTB events in South Africa, like the Sani2C. “This will mean that participants can use their results from the Aspen Trans Karoo to contribute to their national mountain bike seeding […]
Night Rider Mountain Bike Series hits Jozi on 15 March
On 15 March a Friday night in Jozi will change forever with the launch of the Jozi Night Rider Mountain Bike Series. Following in the footsteps of the successful Pretoria Night Rider Series at Rosemary Hill (remember to get your entries in for the next event in Pretoria on Thursday evening!), we have been planning […]
Top young talent for Tour de Boland
It will be the clash of the future champions when international star Nolan Hoffman leads the invitational Boland ASG junior team against a strong World Cycling Centre Africa (WCCA) contingent at the Bestmed Tour de Boland from Tuesday. International track cyclist Nolan Hoffman will lead the invitational Boland ASG junior team at the Bestmed Tour […]
Moolman Pasio grabs double gold at National Cycling Champs
Ashleigh Moolman Pasio gave the Momentum Toyota professional women’s road cycling team the ultimate reward for an early season of hard work when she claimed both gold medals on offer at the 2013 South African Road Cycling Championships in Nelspruit at the weekend. After racing to a dominant victory in the Elite women’s 33km individual […]
Top Class National Time Trial Well Received
The 2013 Clover SA National Junior, U23 & Elite Road Cycling & Time Trial Championships kicked of yesterday with the individual time trial, followed by today’s team time trial in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga. The time trial sees participants race against the clock in an effort to post the fastest time of the day. Full accolades go […]
Sullwald and SA Teammates secure top 3 in Brazil Fast Triathlon
Wian Sullwald , junior triathlon world champion, and his South African teammates, Wikus Weber and Rudolph Naudé, came 3rd in the Brazil Fast Triathlon on Sunday (24 February). The USA won and Brazil was 2nd. The Fast Triathlon is a special event for which Brazil invites only three athletes from each of five different countries. […]
12000km 96 stages and 10 countries captured in The Slow Way Down
The average South African cyclist is probably not familiar with the acronym E.F.I. Maybe it will remind them of science fiction, something like U.F.O. for instance. But, whatever they guess, they will be totally wrong. Actually the Tour d’ Afrique, from which the acronym E.F.I. originated, can be seen as a futuristic sports event. It […]
Columbia thin air challenge hits Dullstroom this weekend
The 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games have kept the minds of sport scientists racing for decades. It was an Olympics where some records were smashed beyond comprehension, and others were completely untouchable. Why? The answer is up in the air. Quite literally! Mexico City is located 2 2240 metres above sea level where the high […]
Olympic rowing champions Brittain and Thompson to participate in this year’s Absa Cape Epic
Olympic rowing champions Matthew Brittain and James Thompson will participate in their first Absa Cape Epic mountain bike race, which takes place from March 17 to 24 in the Western Cape. Matthew Brittain (25) and James Thompson (26) won gold medals in the Men’s lightweight coxless four event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Says Brittain: […]
Countdown to 2013 Clover SA Road Cycling Champs
We’re less than a day away from the beginning of the 2013 Clover SA National Junior, U23 & Elite Road Cycling & Time Trial Championships, which gets underway in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga with the individual time trial tomorrow, Thursday 28 February. Time trial competitors can take comfort in knowing that there will be full road closure […]
Impressive Ride For Young Esterhuizen at Track Worlds
Young KwaZulu-Natal track cycling sensation Bernard Esterhuizen proved why he is one of South Africa’s fastest cycling sprinters on Saturday during the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships that took place in Minsk, Belarus. The London 2012 Olympian, who recently smashed his own national 200-metre sprint record at a UCI World Cup event in Mexico, […]