Lesotho Sky – The most spectacular MTB race in the Southern Hemisphere
The first-ever Lesotho Sky Event took place from 13th – 18th November 2011 – here are few bites of its success story. The Lesotho Sky Event is a new team stage race and star on the horizon, over 6 days and through the breathtaking landscapes of the Maluti Mountain Range in Lesotho – a must-do […]
36ONE MTB Challenge Sets New Endurance Race Standards
The inaugural 36ONE MTB Challenge, held in Oudtshoorn, in South Africa’s Western Cape province over the past weekend, broke new athletic endurance ground and celebrated the birth of a new format of mountain bike challenge. The 361km race, which followed a relatively circular loop and which had a 36.1-hour cut-off limit, revealed that it is […]
Team Bonitas concludes successful European debut
Team Bonitas, one of South Africa’s leading professional men’s road cycling teams, arrived back home on Wednesday after a successful six-week stint in Europe where the team not only held its own, but also excelled, against some of the world’s best riders in demanding races and cold conditions. In keeping with the 2012 progression plan […]
National track champs get All Africa Challenge underway
Pietermaritzburg – South Africa’s top track cyclists have descended upon KwaZulu-Natal’s capital ahead of the SA National Track & Para Cycling Championships which get underway at the recently revamped Alexandra Park track on Thursday 26 April and signal the start of the new CSA KZN All Africa Challenge. Despite a rich track cycling history the […]
Quads appeal for hand cycles at Tour Durban
Durban – As a bumper field gathers for the 2012 aQuellé Tour Durban presented by Spur road race this Sunday 29 April, a handful of gutsy quadriplegics will be taking part in the event, and are using their participation to appeal for funds to buy more hand bikes for disabled athletes. At the forefront of […]
Nolan Hoffman gets team backing for plans to dominate KZN
Durban – On the day he turned 27 South African cycling’s hottest property Nolan Hoffman has set his sights on total domination of the track and road events in KwaZulu-Natal this weekend, and has the backing of his potent pro team to count on. The Team Tasol GT star, who scooped a silver medal at […]
Injured champ on track for Old Mutual joBerg2c
Defending women’s champion Ischen Stopforth will make her comeback from injury at the Old Mutual joBerg2c, which starts at Heidelberg south of Johannesburg on Friday. The nine-day mountain bike race will be the ultimate test of fitness for Stopforth, who fractured her right arm just weeks before she was scheduled to ride the Absa Cape […]
Odendaal Seeks All Africa Challenge Enduro Success
Exciting young downhiller Tiaan Odendaal will lead the charge as KZN’s mountain biking community continues the launch of enduro racing in the country at this weekend’s CSA KZN All Africa MTB Challenge at Cascades MTB park in Pietermaritzburg. Odendaal, who finished second behind renowned cross-country rider Philip Buys at the race format’s ‘KZN debut’ last […]
RE:CM’s Woolcock, Macdonald primed for joberg2c title defence
Woolcock (left) and MacDonald are all set to defend their title at the Old Mutual joBerg2c nine-day stage race starting on Friday. Photo credit: Dominic Barnardt A year ago, road cycling pros Waylon Woolcock and Neil MacDonald donned their new Team RE:CM kit for the first time and surprised many when they won the Old […]
36one MTB Challenge set to break endurance barriers
Participants in the 36ONE MTB Challenge will experience some of the Western Cape’s finest scenery. For the past two decades, 24-hour racing has captured the committed mountain biker’s imagination because it’s a form of racing that asks for – and delivers – more. More energy, more concentration, more time on the bike, more fun, more […]
Swazi champions tackle Old Mutual joBerg2c
CAPTION: Swaziland’s mountain bike champion Thulani Gule (left) and national off-road series winner Fana Mentani have been invited to take up the African challenge in this year’s Old Mutual joBerg2c. Photo: Supplied Swaziland’s mountain bike champion Thulani Gule and national off-road series winner Fana Mentani have been invited to join the African challenge in this […]
Cycling’s cream of the crop set for All Africa Challenge
Pietermaritzburg – The CSA KZN All Africa Challenge, comprised of the SA National Track & Para Cycling Championships, SA National BMX Championships and the CSA KZN All Africa MTB Challenge, will have some of South Africa’s top cycling talent on show throughout the six day affair including Olympic hopefuls Sifiso Nhlapo and Nolan Hoffman. Olympic […]