Cycling South Africa Adopts Amended Constitution
At a special congress held at SASCOC House in Oaklands, Gauteng on Saturday 18 February 2012, Cycling South Africa’s affiliates unanimously adopted an amended constitution as endorsed by SASCOC. Mr. Raymond Hack, legal adviser for SASCOC, spoke in detail explaining the amended constitution and the dates by which this needed to be adopted. Mr. Hack […]
Rocking Start for SA XCO & DHI Series
Venues have been confirmed for the remaining South African cross-country and downhill races as part of the SA national series. Following a fantastic start at the first round in Cape Town at the weekend, which raised the bar in terms of technicality, organisation and crowd support, organisers will no doubt rise to the challenge to […]
SA Track Championship Announced
The 2012 SA Track Cycling Championships will be held in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal from Thursday 26th – Monday 30th April. In terms of a venue, it will be the first time that the Pietermaritzburg facility will host a major cycling event in about 20 years! While this may raise eyebrows for many discerning track cyclists on […]
Lakata and Mennen to participate in this year’s Absa Cape Epic
Five-times Austrian National Marathon champion Alban Lakata (32) will participate in this year’s Absa Cape Epic with Robert Mennen (26) as team Topeak Ergon Racing. Lakata was unlucky at the 2010 Absa Cape Epic, when he had to carry his bike for the last two kilometers of stage 3 of the race. This year’s event […]
The Time Freight 2012 SA Vets, Masters and Schools Road and Time Trial Championships
KwaZulu-Natal Cycling is pleased to announce that Bluff Meat Supply have come on board as a supporting Sponsor to The Time Freight 2012 SA Vets, Masters and School Road and Time Trial Championships. Joe Bielovich established Bluff Meat Supply in 1960. The business was part of Wholesome Meats from 1976 until 1986 when Tony Robinson […]
MTB World Cup Message from Event Director Alec Lenferna
Dear Cycling Fan, With less than six weeks to go before the 2012 RockyRoads UCI MTB World Cup Pietermaritzburg presented by Shimano event gets underway, the local team here is already in high gear and lots and lots of work is underway. This is the third time that we will stage the opening round of […]
2012 February Road Team Nominations Listing
The Road Commission announced last month that they were embarking on an initiative to include the managers of Top Club and Continental Teams in the Road Team Nominations Listing for selections for National teams. The process is working as follows: At the end of each 2nd month all the Men’s Top Club managers will receive […]
SA Mountain Bike Marathon Champs Date Announced
The 2012 South African Elite Mountain Bike Marathon Championships will take place in Wellington, in the heart of the Boland, on Saturday 25th August 2012. Only 45 minutes’ drive from Cape Town, Wellington is situated near the Cape’s famous Wine Routes, and the Wellington Tourism & Wine Route of the Western Cape in South Africa […]
Stander, Speedy Dominate SA Cross-Country Cup opener
Beijing Olympians Burry Stander and Yolande Speedy showed that four years later they’re still South Africa’s top mountain bike racers in the Olympic Cross-Country (XCO) discipline, winning the Elite men and women’s races respectively at the opening round of the 2012 South African National Cup Series in Durbanville, near Cape Town on Saturday. Stander (Specialized […]
Para Athletes Hold Their Own at Track World Champs in LA
South Africa’s Para-cycling squad is holding their own amongst tough competition at the 2012 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles (USA). Racing began on Thursday 9th February at the Home Depot Center in Carson, after the team had endured an exhausting 27-hour trip. Having all settled in well, Roxy Burns was at the […]
Van Dyk’s Tight Victory in US
Handcycling 2011 World Champion Ernst van Dyk came out of nowhere to scoop a victory by the narrowest of margins at the 2012 Melbourne and Beaches Music Marathon held in the USA on Sunday 5th February. The Melbourne and Beaches Music Marathon took place in East Central Florida, and offered a running marathon event but […]
UCI Sabie Classic Showdown Set to be a Humdinger
With two weeks to go before the first ever UCI MTB Marathon Series race to be held in South Africa, taking place on 25th to 26th February 2012, preparations are storming ahead! The recent heavy rains that have hit Mpumalanga have drained away leaving some challenges to the course designer Dennis Lawrie, but living in […]