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De Rust Futura School receives an incredible BMX donation complements of W2W and PPA
The organizers of the much loved Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Adventure and Race together with the Pedal Power Association (PPA) visited the De Rust Futura School in Grabouw (Western Cape) on Friday, 15 February 2013 to celebrate the official handover of 35 BMX’s and helmets, bicycle tools, repair kits and pumps to the school. […]
Could the Swiss tip the scales at MTN Sabie
Apparently the talents of the Swiss mountain biker, Christopher Sauser, are not merely restricted to winning major international mountain bike events. He is also a coach who has the knack to get riders to believe in their own cycling abilities and become winners in their own right. Erik Kleinhans (RE:CM), Sauser’s latest protégé, is a […]
Woolcock, Luus win inaugural Tankwa Trek Stage Race
Waylon Woolcock and Lourens Luus of Team RE:CM produced a perfectly balanced display of racing to win the inaugural Tankwa Trek, a three-day international mountain bike stage race that ended on Sunday in the Ceres region of South Africa’s Western Cape province. It was a hard-fought win for the pair as they had to battle […]
Major sponsors come on board for Provincial ROAG Series
Following the success of 2012’s inaugural ROAG Series, Quattro have come on board as major sponsors for the annual ROAG Series. Nine events last year formed part of what is now a mountain biking series that boasts the largest overall prize money than any other mountain biking series in the country. R20 000 will be […]
2013 Aspen Trans Karoo to host the Sifiso Relay Charity Event
Started in 2012 by Aspen Group Chief Executive, Stephen Saad, in an effort to raise funds for the Long Ride for Sifiso Trust, the Sifiso Charity Relay has now become a permanent fixture in the already popular Aspen Trans Karoo Mountain Bike Race. The charity relay is aimed at corporates and private groups who would […]
Olympian Brits aims to survive Rocky Mountain Garden Route 300
Former Olympic pole-vaulter and reality show survivor Okkert Brits will face his toughest challenge yet when he takes on the three-day Rocky Mountain Garden Route 300 in Knysna from February 22 to 24. Brits will be participating in his first ever mountain bike stage race as a guest of First National Bank, which is sponsoring […]
Annual Sabie Classic Part of the UCI World Marathon Series
Preparations are storming ahead for the annual Sabie Classic, which will be held in Sabie, Mpumalanga on Saturday 23 February 2013; the second time that this event will form part of the global UCI World Marathon Series. The 2012 edition of the popular annual Sabie Classic was the first time that a race on African […]
Branson gears up for the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour
Entrepreneur, author and adventurer, Sir Richard Branson has confirmed that he plans to ride the 2013 Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour flying Virgin Active SA team colours. With high-altitude hot air ballooning and a world record-breaking kite surf across the English Channel under his belt, the Virgin Group founder has been training hard […]
African Continental Championships XCO, DHI – Cascades, Pietermaritzburg
The 2013 cross-country (XCO) and downhill (DHI) mountain biking racing season is well under way as athletes now gear up for the 2013 African Continental Championships, which will be taking place at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal on 9 and 10 March 2013. There is good news for riders wishing to participate as CyclingSA-MTB […]
Fluckiger to team up with Naf for this year’s Absa Cape Epic
Lukas Flückiger (29) will team up with Ralph Näf (32) for this year’s Absa Cape Epic, which takes place from 17 to 24 March. The Swiss duo will ride as team BMC. The legendary mountain bike stage race, now in its tenth year, will take place from 17 to 24 March. It will take riders […]
Track Cycling Team Selected for World Champs – Minsk, (BLR)
Cycling South Africa’s Track Commission has great pleasure in announcing that the following riders have been selected to represent South Africa at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Minsk, Belarus from 20 to 24 February 2013. Men: Bernard Esterhuizen (Kwa-Zulu-Natal) Nolan Hoffman (Gauteng) Team Manager: George Cornelissen London 2012 Olympian Bernard Esterhuizen is […]
Table Mountain Safety Meeting Tonight – 13 February 2013
A ‘public meeting’ of all concerned mountain users has been called and is schedule for tonight, 13 February (6pm for 6.30pm at the Mountain Club Hall – 97 Hatfield street in CT). This follows the spate of attacks on Table Mountain in the past few weeks, many of which have been discussed at length in […]