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SA Para-cycling team announced for UCI Para Track World Champs
Cycling South Africa’s Para-cycling Commission proudly announces the following riders who have been selected to represent South Africa at the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships taking place in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, from 26-29 March. The Championship event will provide an excellent foundation for re-building the international competitiveness of South Africa’s Para-cycling track team in […]
Absa Cape Epic: The South African Challenge
In 2014 Philip Buys, riding with then Cross Country World Champion Nino Schurter of Switzerland, won two stages of the Absa Cape Epic. Matthys Beukes, riding with Gert Heyns, won the prestigious Grand Finale, the final stage. South Africans Buys and Beukes, who happen to be good friends and finished sixth together in the 2013 […]
Standard Bank IRONMAN is set to Never Stop Moving Forward
Standard Bank South Africa, the official sponsor of all the Standard Bank IRONMAN® triathlons taking place in South Africa for the next three years is looking forward to playing a significant part in delivering the best possible athlete experience in each of the Standard Bank IRONMAN® Triathlons, as well as creating value for participants and […]
Tokai and Silvermine to remain closed to the public
In the interest of public safety, as well as for the protection of the environmental integrity of the Silvermine and Tokai sections of Table Mountain National Park (TMNP), park management decided that these two areas will remain closed to the public until further notice. TMNP management understands that users are eager to access these areas, […]
Change ups add to Tour Durban appeal
As the aQuellé Tour Durban presented by Sunday Tribune heads into its 22nd year the organisers have gone with the decision to expand the event and give the whole family the opportunity to take part in the wide variety of different events from the main 105km Road Classic to a 55km cyclo-cross event as well […]
Pietermaritzburg MTB Festival riches up for grabs for all
A massive prize purse of R280000 has been confirmed for the inaugural Pietermaritzburg MTB Festival that takes place at Cascades MTB Park from 3-5 April, with everyone from the country’s top cross country, downhill, marathon and enduro talent battling against the world’s best and standing a chance of walking away with a share of their […]
Strongest women’s field ever at 2015 Absa Cape Epic
Perhaps the most dramatic increase in quality across all the Absa Cape Epic categories this year has come in the women’s event. This year it will include the most decorated mountain biker on the planet, multiple world champion and Olympic gold medallist Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå of Norway. The decision to give women equal prize money […]
Thrilling Absa Cape Epic on the cards
The 2015 Absa Cape Epic will mark the end of his professional career in the race of a man who has inked his name indelibly into its folklore: four times winner Christoph Sauser. But the Swiss master, who also boasts marathon and cross country world championships, is not planning to ease gently into post-professional life […]
Development Race Day series finale for Pietermaritzburg MTB Festival
With all of the events in the Development Race Day Series now complete, the top ten riders from each district will compete head-to-head in the Grand Finale, which forms part of the cycling festivities at the Pietermaritzburg MTB Festival on Friday 3 April. Africa’s Bike City and KwaZulu-Natal’s capital is set to play host to […]
Tirreno-Adriatico #1: Steve Cummings powers his way to 8th place
Adriano Malori (Movistar) took out the opening prologue of the Tirreno-Adriatico. The Italian was just ahead of Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) and Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) on the stage. Malori also pulled on the overall race leaders jersey. MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung had a solid start to its seasons World Tour debut with both […]
PPA negotiates partial opening of Chapman’s Peak for cyclists
The Pedal Power Association is committed to promote cycling and the interests of cyclists in South Africa. Through the Safe Cycling campaign, PPA aims to create an environment conducive to the safety of all cyclists on the road. The MEC for Transport, Donald Grant, consulted earlier this week with the PPA Safe Cycling sub-committee after […]
“Iron Sally” gets a new Cape Epic partner
Top British rider Sally Bigham has had to find a new partner only days before the start of the 2015 Absa Cape Epic after her teammate Blaža Klemenčič of Slovenia pulled out with an injury. “Iron Sally” will now be riding with Austrian Christina Kollmann, a 27-year-old with a record of good results in marathons […]