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3 Days of West Flanders #1: Johann van Zyl fastest for MTN-Qhubeka
Johann van Zyl clocked the fastest time of the MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung riders at the 3 Days of West Flanders opening prologue today. Johann stopped the clock at 8’15” over the 7km course in Middelkerke. The young South Africans time was good enough for 17th on the day just 18″ seconds behind the stage victor. […]
Entries open for 2015 Pennypinchers Junior Road Cycle Tour
Entries are open for the annual 2015 Pennypinchers Junior Road Cycle Tour, which will take place in and around Mbombela, Mpumalanga, from 28-31 March. The annual 4-day, 5-stage tour caters for the under-16 boys, junior men and under-23 men age categories. The first stage is a road race in Schoemanskloof on Saturday 28 March. Stage […]
Koning takes Tour de Boland crown
Team Drapac’s flying Dutchman Peter Koning stayed at the forefront of the charge up to the Taal Monument to win the overall crown at the Bestmed Tour de Boland, presented by Pinarello, above Paarl in South Africa on Friday. Drapac’s yellew jersey winner Peter Koning (left) being congratulated by South African Darren Lill after crossing […]
Positive start to 2015 for Kargo Pro MTB
Kargo Pro MTB Team, South Africa’s first ever UCI Trade Team, got their 2015 season off to the ideal start when they clinched three of the top four positions at the opening leg of the STIHL South African Mountain Biking Series in Port Elizabeth, paving the way for the rest of their cross country-focused season. […]
‘All Systems Go’ for Table Mountain Cape Epic prologue
In 2009 the Absa Cape Epic Prologue was staged across the face of Table Mountain, in the Table Mountain National Park, but in the days before the event a fire swept across the slopes and much of the course. After a few nervous days the organisers were, however, able to stage what became known as […]
2015 The Night Harvest tonight
It’s almost that time of the year again, the largest and most unique BMX and MTB dirt comp in the whole of Africa, The Night Harvest, brought to you by Monster Energy in association with Sony Mobile ZA, The Pole Yard, FOX, CFC Scaffolding, Imperial Ford, DMR Bikes and WG Dixon – Pty Ltd, is […]
Richard ready to race
The 2015 World Triathlon Series will start with a bang this Saturday when the first WTS race in Abu Dhabi will be decided over sprint distances. With only half the distances of an Olympic distance race the action will be even faster and more furious than usual. It will be Richard Murray’s fist race of […]
Koning king of Tour de Boland after queen stage
Dutch sprinter Peter Koning held on in a three-man breakaway to wrest the crown from overnight leader JC Nel on the 138km queen stage of the Bestmed Tour de Boland, presented by Pinarello, on Thursday. Koning, who was third in the standings after Wednesday’s time-trial, finished third on a searingly hot stage from Tulbagh to […]
CTCT Lifecycle Expo: meeting all your cycling expo-tations
The Cycle Tour Lifecycle Expo was a hive of activity, bustling with the cycling enthusiasts soon after the doors to the Good Hope Centre opened on Thursday, 05 March, marking three days to go to this year’s very special Cape Town Cycle Tour solidarity ride. The idea started with one man selling T-shirts on the […]
Team MTN-Qhubeka preview: 3 Days of West Flanders
Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung head to the 3 Days of West Flanders this weekend with the 3 stage UCI 2.1 race kicking off with a 7km prologue on Friday. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung are happy to be back at this traditional stage race for classics specialists for the 3rd year running. After picking up a […]
Positive start to 2015 for RMB Change a Lifers
Sunday’s Illovo Wartburg Classic was another successful day in the saddle for the RMB Change a Life MTB Academy as no fewer than three top ten finishers and five of the top 15 bore the colours of the Valley of a Thousand Hills setup. MTB captain John Ntuli was the fastest Change a Life Zulu […]
Le Samyn: Tyler Farrar rides strongly, finishes 11th
The GP Samyn saw an exciting finale that had Kris Boeckmans (Lotto-Soudal) out-sprint Gianni Meersman (Etixx-Quickstep) and Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) for the victory. Tyler Farrar was the highest placed Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung rider in 11th position. The day started out with a 3 rider break going clear just after an hour of racing had […]