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Competition: The Hub Tour de France Fantasy Tour
The annual The Hub Tour de France Fantasy Tour is back with R70,000 worth of cycling gear to give away. It’s simple. Be the team boss. Pick your riders to represent you in the 2015 Tour de France. Each rider is then allocated a score after every stage according to our scoring system. The team […]
Team MTN-Qhubeka Preview: Tour of Austria
While the Tour de France gets underway on Saturday, so does the prestigious UCI 2.HC Tour of Austria. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung will again take part in Austria’s premier 9 day stage race. Although most cycling fans will be glued to the Tour de France coverage over the coming week, some hotly contested racing will […]
Fantasy Tour: Stage 1 – Bell Star Pro
Stage 1 takes the riders around the city of Utrecht over the 13.8 km time trial course. The Stage 1 prize, a Bell Star Pro helmet, will go to a team boss who has correctly predicted the stage winner. TV Broadcast times: Stage 1 will be live on SuperSport 6 from 13:10 to 17:50. Stage […]
Stellenbosch to raise race village bar at 2015 nationals
Organisers of the Stihl SA MTB Championships presented by Subaru Cape Town/Novus Holdings in Stellenbosch on Saturday 18 July can look forward to a world class race village that will mirror the international standard of the cross country event’s course and help boost the overall vibe of the eagerly awaited national title decider. Countless hours […]
Video: Behind the scenes with Team Giant-Alpecin
Last week Team Giant-Alpecin announced its journey towards the Tour de France through a new documentary, “Keep Challenging”, which shows a group of dedicated riders, coaches and experts fine-tuning every detail of the team’s equipment, training, support and logistics in a continuous preparation process that started months ago. The documentary follows the team behind the […]
Video: SA MTB Champs – Oli Munnik previews the Coetzenburg XCO course
The 2015 South Africa National MTB XCO and DHI championships are taking placing in Stellenbosch on 18 and 19 July. The newly built course at Coetzenburg will host the XCO races. Watch as Oliver Munnik takes us on guided tour of the Coetzenburg track. You can enter SA National MTB Champs XCO and DHI here. […]
Video: Martyn Ashton – Back On Track
Following his injury in 2013, Martyn Ashton, trials legend, creator of Road Bike Party 2, and, above all family man and bike rider, began his inspirational journey to get back on track. Joined by his friends Danny MacAskill, Chris Akrigg and Blake Samson and filmed by long time collaborator Robin Kitchin, this is Martyn Back […]
Cervélo and MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung present Tour de France bikes
As you only make history once, our family at Cervélo have decided to go all out for our African teams debut appearance at Le Tour. We are extremely excited to reveal the special edition Cervélo bikes MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung will ride at this year’s Tour de France. All three models in use by Team MTN-Qhubeka […]
New chapter for SA’s toughest road race
A new chapter in the history of South Africa’s oldest and toughest stage race, the Bestmed Jock Cycle Classique, is about to unfold with the addition of a new three-day road tour through Mpumalanga from July 17. The traditional 154km one-day classic will still take place from Nelspruit (Mbombela) to White River, Sabie and back […]
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup: Lenzerheide XCO & DHI
Scheduled for the beginning of July, the Swiss resort is – along with Lourdes – one of the new venues this year. Lenzerheide will welcome the season’s first combined XCO/DHI event, which will also be the first of three rounds (2015-2017) at the venue in the lead-up to the 2018 UCI World Championships. The Swiss, […]
Video: Claudio takes on Lenzerheide
For the very first time the mountain bike World Cup pays a visit to Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Boasting a newly built track, that’s been specifically designed with racing in mind, and surrounded by snow-capped mountains and an emerald lake, it’s the picture-perfect setting for a new round. Course commentator, Claudio Caluori, has been involved with the […]