Stander gets back-to-back wins in preparation for World Champs
Toyota Momentum professional cyclist, Cherise Stander, continued her run of good form when she won two races back to back at the weekend, one on a mountain bike race and the other on a road bike. The newly crowned South African mountain bike marathon champion had to fight hard from start to finish for her […]
Knox, Stander New National Mountain Bike Marathon Champions
30 August 2012 – Max Knox and Cherise Stander (nee Taylor) were the victors at the weekend when they both dominated the men’s and women’s SA National MTB Marathon Championship, which was held at the Diemersfontein Wine Estate in Wellington, Western Cape on Saturday (25 August). Max Knox celebrates as he crosses the finish line […]
New Great Trek rewrites Berg & Bush history
With their first two races already full, organisers of the FedGroup Berg & Bush are giving mountain bikers another opportunity to experience one of the top multistage races in the country. The addition of the inaugural three-day Great Trek to the seventh running of the event now gives prospective entrants three options, which also include […]
Rub shoulders with five Olympians this weekend at the Nissan TrailSeeker Down and Dirty in Centurion
Burry and Cherise Stander can rightfully claim that they are at the moment the most successful married couple on the South African cycling scene. Name any local race (mountain bike or road) and there is an excellent chance that either Burry (Specialized) or Cherise (Momentum-Toyota) will have won it at least once. It should, therefore, […]
Entries open this Saturday for 2013 Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour
(Cape Town, 29 August 2012) Entries for the 36th Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour – the largest individually timed cycling event in the world – open on Saturday 1 September 2012 at 12pm. The 2013 Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour will take place on Sunday, 10 March 2013. Tour plans flatter […]
Join WWF’s Panda Peloton and pedal for the planet
WWF-South Africa, the conservation organisation, recently launched the Ride for Nature campaign, which seeks to give nature-loving cyclists the opportunity to combine their twin passions by raising funds and awareness for conservation through cycling. “We are delighted to offer cyclists the opportunity to ‘pedal for the planet’,” says Dr Andrew Baxter, Head of Business Development […]
Ryk gets hands dirty at Kia Val de Vie race
Former Olympic gold medallist Ryk Neethling will swop water for dirt when he competes in the inaugural Kia Val de Vie Estate Mountain Bike Challenge, presented by ASG, on September 16. As the marketing director of the polo, wine and lifestyle estate in the heart of the Paarl-Franschhoek valley just outside Cape Town, Neethling said […]
Riders pedal up to celebrate 12 years of the annual MTN OFM Classic
Bloemfontein, 28 August 2012 – The biggest cycle race in central South Africa, the MTN OFM Classic, celebrates 12 years with another thrilling Mountain Bike race expected in Bloemfontein. This year’s week-long Classic is scheduled for the 27 October to 4 November 2012. This popular in-land race which is also the seeding event for the […]
Stander shows versatility to claim Mountain Bike National Title
Multiple South African road-racing champion, Cherise Stander, took her cycling talent off-road at the weekend and secured victory in the 2012 South African Marathon Mountain Bike Championships at Wellington in the Western Cape Province. The 22-year-old Stander, who races for the Momentum Toyota professional road team, competes in the occasional mountain bike race when her […]
Italy dominates final day of UWCT Final as Kopše’s crash steals spotlight
Pietermaritzburg – The Italian flag flew enthusiastically in the wind at Alexandra Park after the 112km road race that brought down the curtain on the UCI World Cycling Tour Final, with two of the three world titles on offer on the final day going to Italian riders. D’Andrea Allesandro won a thrilling three way dice […]
New world champs battle heat and wind to claim titles at UWCT Final road race
Pietermaritzburg – More than a dozen new amateur road cycling world champions were crowned at Alexandra Park late on Saturday afternoon after coming up trumps against a very strong field from 32 nations and best mastering the searing heat and howling winds on the out-and-back course to Wartburg. There were scenes of jubilation at medal […]
Tension mounts ahead of UWCT Final road races
Pietermaritzburg – The best amateur road racers in the world will square up against one another and a tough hilly course that starts and finishes at Alexandra Park in Pietermaritzburg and traverses the undulating terrain around Albert Falls dam, Wartburg and Harburg to decide the holders of the coveted rainbow jerseys at the UCI World […]