British Champion Laws makes perfect new-team debut
After her controversial omission from the Great Britain London Olympic Games team, British road race champion, Sharon Laws, had good reason to smile broadly on Sunday, when she concluded 2012 with a dominant victory at the Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge in Johannesburg, South Africa. Sharon Laws savours her victory at the 2012 Momentum 94.7 Cycle […]
Emotional win for Janse van Rensburg riding in memory of his dad
Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (MTN-Qhubeka) honoured the memory of his dad the best way he knew how to and that was to win the Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge. It certainly was one of the most emotional finishes in the 16 year history of the Cycle Challenge. Photo: Zoon Cronje Photo: Zoon Cronje Britain’s Sharon Laws […]
Strava goes Epic! Ride key sections of the 2013 Absa Cape Epic route with Strava
The Absa Cape Epic attracts many of the best mountain bikers in the world. We’re expecting around 15 past and current world champions at the 2013 event, and it’s tipped to be the most competitive event yet. But long before the riders even congregate at race registration at the V&A Waterfront in March next year, […]
Moolman-Passio set to make South African history on Cycle Challenge Sunday
If Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (Momentum-Toyota) should win the Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge women’s race on Sunday (18 November), she will make South African cycling history. No rider, male or female, has ever managed to win the Argus, the South African Road Championship, the African Continental Championship and the Cycle Challenge in the same year. Moolman-Pasio returned […]
December 2012 Track Training Camp – Cape Town
Cycling South Africa’s Coaching Commission will be hosting a Track Training Camp for athlete’s squad selection for the 2013 National Junior Team in Cape Town, from 10th to 16th December 2012. The Track Training Camp will also be used as an entrance and exit strategy for the 2013 Cycling SA / SSISA (Sport Science Institute […]
Team Bonitas intent on making amends at Cycle Challenge
After the disappointment of missing out on victory in 2011, Team Bonitas is primed for success at the 2012 Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge, which takes place in Johannesburg on Sunday. With numerical superiority in the lead break at the 2011 event, Bonitas made a costly tactical error and lost out on the win and the […]
Toyota South Africa backs safe cycling initiative
According to the Managing Director of Automobile Association, Karen Bryden, at least 40 percent of all fatalities and injuries annually, are those of pedestrians and cyclists. The message that Toyota, in partnership with the Pedal Power Association (PPA), wants to emphasise during the Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge – that will be held on the 18th […]
Arran Brown and Anriette Schoeman take the win at the Engen Dynamic series final
Arran Brown (MTN Qhubeka) and Anriette Schoeman (Mecer), two of South Africa’s most prolific sprinters stormed to victory in the final of the Engen Dynamic Cycle Challenge road racing series in Durban on Sunday. The race of 97km was held at the Moses Mabhida stadium in hot and windy conditions. The Elite men’s race finished […]
Trail runner races cyclists for rhino reserve
Top KwaZulu-Natal trail runner Tracy Zunckel outpaced a few riders in the recent FedGroup Berg & Bush near Winterton to raise funds for protecting rhino and other species in the Spioenkop Game Reserve. KwaZulu-Natal trail running champion Tracy Zunckel is welcomed home by daughter Kiera, 7, after completing the 50km final stage of the recent […]
Nine-Medal Haul for South Africans in Burkina Faso
The 2012 African Continental Championships came to an end amidst sweltering heat over the course of the weekend in West Africa’s Burkina Faso, where Team South Africa will return home from the capital city Ouagadougou with a total of nine medals. Saturday’s Elite women’s road race saw the three South African’s outsmart their rivals to […]
German favourite beaten by South African youngster at Momentum 94.7 Mountain Bike
Kallen Williams (Toyota Cycling Academy) managed to cause quite the upset in the midst of his optometry exams by winning the Momentum 94.7 Mountain Bike race. What made the 20 year olds victory yesterday (11 November) special is that he managed to outride one of the true legends of international mountain biking, Karl Platt (Team […]
Beukes and Groustra ride to victory at Contego Wines2Whales MTB Race
Spirits were high at Oak Valley (Elgin) on Sunday morning (11 November 2012) where an impressive field of mountain bikers gathered for the third and final stage of the 2012 Contego Wines2Whales MTB Race powered by Maserati. Matthys Beukes and Renay Groustra of Team RSA Web/Cango MTB took gold after three days in the saddle […]