Juniors Smash SA National Team Pursuit Record in New Zealand
South Africa’s junior endurance track cyclists have smashed the long-standing national elite Team Pursuit record on the first day of the UCI Juniors Track World Championships in Invercargill, New Zealand, 22 August 2012. In an interview with the local Southland newspaper prior to the Team Pursuit event, South African junior track cycling coach Roger Bouton […]
US Riders Come Up Trumps at UWCT Final Time Trial
American time trial stars stole the show at the start of the UCI World Cycling Tour Final at Wartburg outside Pietermaritzburg winning five of the seventeen gold medals on offer, with three local riders also clinching coveted UCI jerseys that are presented to the new amateur world champions. USA stars Richard “Ringo” Feldman from Ketchum, […]
International racers descend on Wartburg for start of UWCT Final
Pietermaritzburg – The farming town of Wartburg came alive on Wednesday as top road cyclists from every continent converged to try out the 25km course that will decide the new amateur world champion time trialists when the UCI World Cycling Tour Final get under way on Thursday. 154 riders will contest for the coveted UCI […]
Hill and Bergstrom – maintain lead in ROAG Series
Andrew Hill retained his lead as the current overall leader in the men’s category for the ROAG Series after placing second at Saturday’s aQuellé Tour de Krantz race. Still holding tight to her position as current overall leader in the women’s category is Natalie Bergstrom. Racing up front was fast paced with Hill and Brandon […]
Lynette Burger to Spearhead SA Women’s Challenge at UWCT Final
Current African road racing champion Lynette Burger is making no bones about her desire to win the 30-34 year age group women’s titles at the UCI World Cycling Tour Final in Pietermaritzburg from 23 to 26 August. The 31-year old Boksburg-based racer, who has held national and continental titles in track and road racing, qualified […]
Evans, George take aim at National Marathon Title
Four-time South African marathon champion, Kevin Evans and his Nedbank 360Life teammate, David George, will launch a powerful assault at the MTN Gravel Travel race in Wellington in the Western Cape province on Saturday, 25 August in their quest to claim the South African 2012 Marathon title. Evans was beaten to the 2011 national title […]
2012 Road World Champs SA Team Announced
Cycling South Africa’s Road Cycling Commission has great pleasure in announcing that the following riders have been selected to represent South Africa at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships in Limburg, The Netherlands, taking place from 15 to 23 September. The following riders have been selected according to the 2012 Road Cycling Selection Criteria. Elite […]
Hill Dash kick starts build up to UWCT Final
Pietermaritzburg – South African ex-pat Jeffrey Kriel, now racing in Australian colours, won the 4Ever Cycles Hill Dash in tough, hot and windy conditions that formally kicked off the week of road cycling that culminates in the UCI World Cycling Tour Final later in the week. Kriel, originally from Vanderbijl Park and now settled in […]
MacDonald bounces back from injury to win Lost City Challenge
Team RE-CM mountain bike racing professional, Neil MacDonald, confirmed his full recovery from a serious crash in May when he claimed a dominant win at the Best-Med Lost City Mountain Bike Challenge in the North West Province on Sunday. The 35-year-old MacDonald completed the 56km race in just less than two hours, over three minutes […]
Rising Star Du Toit Wins Lost City Classic
Rising star Leandri du Toit extended the winning streak of the Toyota CSA Academy team to six races in succession when she captured victory at the 115km Powerade Cansa Lost City Classic road cycling race in the North West Province on Saturday. The 22-year-old Du Toit showed both maturity and strength to claim the honours […]
Thomson continues South African success at Tour of Portugal
South African professional road cyclist, Jay Thomson, won Stage 1 and claimed the overall lead at the Tour of Portugal on Thursday. Racing for the American United Healthcare team, Thomson survived a 174km-long breakaway to claim a solo victory in a time of 05 hours 15 minutes 04 seconds for the 200km leg from Termas […]
Entries Close Next Week for SA MTB Marathon Champs
Online pre entries for the 2012 South African Elite Mountain Bike Marathon Championships in Wellington in the Western Cape close next week on Tuesday 21st August at midnight. The prestigious one-off championship race, which will determine who gets to don the coveted national jersey in the Elite Men and Elite Women’s categories, takes place in […]