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DHL Express partners with FNB Magalies Monster
Leading logistics company, DHL Express has teamed up with one of South Africa’s most revered one day mountain bike (MTB) races, the FNB Magalies Monster MTB Classic presented by ISUZU. Riders in action at the 2014 FNB Magalies Monster MTB Classic presented by ISUZU. // Photo Credit: Volume Photography. “As a national business active across […]
Domino Foundation cyclists spread message of hope through sport
Among the hordes of excited riders cycling the aQuellé Tour Durban presented by Sunday Tribune on the 26 April a group of Domino Foundation development cyclists will be cycling for a bigger purpose, to show how sport can change lives positively. The Domino Foundation, a non-profit organisation that runs a wide variety of community support […]
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio previews La Flèche Wallonne
The Bigla Pro Cycling Team will contest one of the most prestigious races of the season on Wednesday, 22 April, La Flèche Wallonne. The race will start and finish in Huy, will be contested over 121 kilometres and is the next race in the UCI World Cup series. Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio names the race as one […]
Rabie and Combrinck gun for joBerg2c title defence
Defending champions Johann Rabie and Gawie Combrinck will be gunning for a second Old Mutual joBerg2c title when the nine-day mountain bike race fires its opening shot near Heidelberg on the outskirts of Johannesburg on April 24. Rabie and Combrinck will headline a field of 800 riders for the 950km stage race, which crosses four […]
Hard-fought Clarens success for Sahm & Kleinhans
Germany’s Stefan Sahm and Switzerland’s Ariane Kleinhans won the men and women’s titles respectively at Round 3 of the 2015 Ashburton Investments National MTB Series in Clarens, in the Eastern Free State, South Africa at the weekend. The event also doubled as Round 3 of the International Cycling Union’s 2015 Marathon World Series. Sahm, a […]
Wolhuter and Haley take inaugural Cape Winelands win
Chris Wolhuter and Jarryd Haley claimed all three stage wins en route to overall victory at the inaugural Liberty Cape Winelands MTB Encounter in Wellington on Sunday. The Altech Autopage duo took the debut honours in the 175km Western Cape race in a combined time of 8:13:41. Flandria grand masters Eben Espach and Linus van […]
Amstel Gold Race: Johann van Zyl the aggressor
The Amstel Gold Race would see the victory go to the World Champion, Michal Kwiatkowski (Etixx-Quickstep). Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung had much to smile about as well as Johann van Zyl would animate the race by forming part of the 6 man break of the day. The ever dependable ‘VanSnail’ would find himself in the […]
O’Keeffe confident that pre-season training will pay off
The first leg of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup takes place in Manchester, Great Britain, on 18-19 April 2015. It is the first of five BMX World Cup events that will span five different countries in six months. Teagan O’Keeffe is all systems go and ready for the first leg of the UCI BMX […]
Pro peleton primed for Polokwane annual mayoral race
This weekend the South African pro road cycling peloton heads north to the Limpopo Province to contest the second Polokwane Annual Mayoral race. Team Abantu’s David Maree will be back to defend the title he won last year, as will women’s 2014 champion, An-Li Kachelhoffer, now racing for Team Activate Demacon. They won’t have it […]
Nedbank sani2c’s legacy of local community impact
A world class experience both on and off the bike is what the Nedbank sani2c mountain bike race has become best known for however the magnitude of the impact of the three day long event from Sani Pass to Scottburgh Main Beach on the local communities is almost immeasurable. As the 11th edition of the […]
Reid game to build on early season success at Mankele Cup race
The third round of the 2015 Stihl SA MTB Cup Series takes place at Mankele MTB Park near Mbombela, Mpumalanga, from 25-26 April. This is the first event of the season where the cross-country (XCO) and downhill (DHI) races will take place at the same venue on the same weekend and promises thrilling action and […]
Olivier keen to defend Tour Durban title
After grabbing her maiden win in the aQuellé Tour Durban presented by Sunday Tribune last year, Pretoria based racer Lise Olivier has committed to lining up with her Time Freight eTeam teammates in what she expects to be the biggest and most competitive women’s field in many years on Sunday, 26 April. The 31 year […]