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Cooper aims for Rocky Mountain Garden Route 300 double
Inaugural winner Timo Cooper will be aiming for a second victory when he takes on the third edition of the Rocky Mountain Garden Route 300 in Knysna from Friday. Cooper, who won the three-day mountain bike race in 2011 alongside Jacques Rossouw, will be riding with ad hoc partner Adriaan Louw in the colours of […]
Bridge announces sponsorship of new MTB team
Bridge, a financial services company in the unsecured and short-term loans industry and main sponsor of the Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek, announced its sponsorship of two known professional MTB cyclists. Team Bridge’s Timo Cooper and Nico Pfitzenmaier made their mark in the South African cycling scene over the past few years. Youngster, Timo Cooper counts […]
Nelspruit Ready for SA Road Cycling Championships
Mpumalanga will host the 2013 Clover SA National Junior, U23 and Elite Road and Time Trial Championships once again at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit from Thursday 28 February to Sunday 3 March. This year, the organisers are excited to welcome Clover as the title sponsor of the championship status event, which sees the junior […]
Sabie sets the stage for showdown between international mountain biking stars
It is almost impossible to predict who will be, the winner of the UCI-sanctioned MTN Sabie ultra-race, on Saturday (23 February), but of one thing there can be no doubt. It is guaranteed to be an exciting battle. This is not only because Steffen Thum (Germany), the overall winner of the 2011- 2012 UCI MTB […]
Olympic gold medalist Jaroslav Kulhavy to team up with defending champion Christoph Sauser
Olympic gold medalist Jaroslav Kulhavÿ (28) of Czechoslovakia, will team up with defending champion Christoph Sauser (36) of Switzerland, in this year’s Absa Cape Epic. The event, which takes place from 17 to 24 March 2013, will once again take 1 200 riders through some of the Western Cape’s most unspoilt territory. The race will […]
SCOTT Swisspower team prepare for Cape Epic Success
Their short-term quest is to crush the 5-minute barrier on the ‘Slangetjie’ Strava segment in Stellenbosch South Africa; but the primary early 2013 goal of Nino Schurter and Florian Vogel of the SCOTT Swisspower professional mountain bike racing team, is to shine at the 2013 ABSA Cape Epic. With less than a month to go […]
Provincial ROAG series set to kick off with Wartburg Classic
Following the success of last year’s inaugural ROAG Series powered by Quattro, ROAG promise that this year is going to be even bigger and better. Earlier this year, the races that form part of the 2013 ROAG Series powered by Quattro were released to the public to great excitement. Including three of the provinces largest […]
Mountain biking legend Heymans hopes to resurrect Rossouw’s career at MTN Sabie
“You can’t keep a good man down.” This old saying certainly applies to Jacques Rossouw (Ghost factory racing). The UCI-sanctioned MTN Sabie ultra-race (23 February) might well turn out to be a classic example of the top dogs fighting for victory, but the runt riding away with the spoils. The MTN Sabie will be the […]
Online entries for 2013 Tricycle & Junior Tour close on 27 February 2013
Online entries for the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Tricycle Tour, refreshed by Minute Maid, and the Junior Tour, presented by Spur Steak Ranches, close on Wednesday 27 February 2013. Parents are encouraged to enter their children timeously as no late entries will be allowed on the day. The format for the 2013 event includes […]
Swiss mountain bike champion Urs Huber ready to join Karl Platt in this year’s Absa Cape Epic
Swiss mountain bike champion Urs Huber (27) will team up with Karl Platt as the Bulls team for the first time at this year’s Absa Cape Epic. The demanding race, now in its tenth year, will kick off with a prologue at Meerendal Wine Estate on Sunday, 17 March and end eight days later (Sunday, […]
Stoltz and Van Huyssteen set sights on another TOTALSPORTS XTERRA SA Title
Reigning men’s and women’s Champions Conrad Stoltz and Carla Van Huyssteen will face a battle of note on Sunday, 24 February 2013 when they return to the Elgin Grabouw Country Club (Western Cape) to state their claim on yet another victory at the much anticipated TOTALSPORTS XTERRA South African Championship presented by REHIDRAT® SPORT. Conrad […]
Seyffert continues Bonitas streak at Ride For Sight
Team Bonitas rider, Pieter Seyffert, claimed the biggest win of his professional career when he outsprinted a small breakaway group to win the 25th Dischem Ride for Sight 116km road cycling race in Boksburg on Sunday. The 26-year-old Seyffert finished in a time of 02 hours 36 minutes and 23 secondsedging out Ian McLeod and […]