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Swedish National Champ eyes out strong PMB MTB Festival showing
Swedish National Champion Emil Lindgren has confirmed he will tackle Pietermaritzburg Mountain Bike Festival’s HC category cross country race in the hope of securing crucial UCI points ahead of next year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The PMB MTB Festival takes place at Cascades MTB Park from 3-5 April and will host a multitude […]
Nel time-trials to Tour de Boland lead
Australian sprinter Malcolm Rudolph pushed a big gear into a brisk headwind to claim the time-trial stage on day three of the Bestmed Tour de Boland, presented by Pinarello, on Wednesday. Rudolph, riding in the colours of Drapac, blitzed into the finish at Tulbagh to take the 30km stage from Ceres in a time of […]
Cycling SA denounces racism in sport
Cycling South Africa reports that a case of racism has been brought to its attention. The matter involved the rider Dusty Day who referred to fellow cyclist Luthando Kaka by the derogatory “K-word” during a road race on 15 February 2015. The matter was presented to Cycling SA’s Disciplinary Committee (DC). As per the DC […]
Girdlestone soloes to win Tour de Boland stage two
South African export Dylan Girdlestone showed his tour riding skills when he took a solo win on the mountainous second stage of the Bestmed Tour de Boland, presented by Pinarello, on Tuesday. Dylan Girdlestone celebrates his first stage win for Australian team Drapac on stage two of the Bestmed Tour de Boland, presented by Pinarello, […]
Video: Catch up with Drapac Pro Cycling ahead of CTCT
Drapac Pro Cycling team, an Australian team riding SwiftCarbon bikes, are in Cape Town. They’ll be competing in the Tour de Boland and the Cape Town Cycle Tour. We caught up with Brenton Jones, Malcom Rudolph and Peter Koning. Here’s a quick insight into their attitude ahead of the Cape Town Cycle Tour.
Hill begins Quattro ROAG Series with a win
The 2015 Quattro ROAG Series kicked off with the Illovo Wartburg Classic on Saturday and it was three-time series defending champion Andrew Hill who began in the best possible fashion as he won the elite men’s race ahead of a charging Tyronne White and Leeroy Emslie while the inaugural overall women’s winner in the Quattro […]
Sahmurai looking sharp ahead of Absa Cape Epic
From 2007 to 2010 Germans Stefan Sahm and Karl Platt were the dominant team in the Absa Cape Epic: they won it three times and finished second in 2008. But in mid-2011, after the Team Bulls pair had finished third in that year’s event, “Sahmurai” was diagnosed with a deep vein thrombosis and his form […]
Cape Epic boost for Knox, Evans after Garden Route 300 win
With two weeks to go to the start of the 2015 ABSA Cape Epic, Kevin Evans and Max Knox (Biogen-Volcan) grabbed a confidence-boosting victory at the Garden Route 300 three-day stage race in the Knysna region of South Africa’s Western Cape province at the weekend. Max Knox (left) and Kevin Evans of Team Biogen-Volcan in […]
Preview: Le Samyn for MTN-Qhubeka
After a decent showing at the opening weekends spring classics, the next appointment for Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung will be Le Samyn on Wednesday. It will be the 47th edition of Le Samyn and MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung will certainly be chasing the victory in this prestigious race. For the past two years running, Kristian Sbaragli […]
Markus Kaufmann out of Absa Cape Epic
Germany’s Markus Kaufmann, one of the pre-race favourites for the 2015 Absa Cape Epic, has had to pull out after breaking his collarbone in the Andalucia Bike Race in Spain. Kaufmann was due to ride again with countryman Jochen Kaess this year and they had been tipped as potential winners. Kaess will now team up […]
Fouché takes first stage of Tour de Boland
Herman Fouché held his line on a twisting and technical closing stretch through the streets of Worcester to claim the opening stage of the Bestmed Tour de Boland, presented by Pinarello, on Monday. Fouché, riding in the colours of Bonitas, took advantage of a lead-out train driven by the Australian Drapac team to take the […]
Statement regarding alternative routes for 2015 Cape Town Cycle Tour
The Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust is aware of the current situation regarding the fires raging in the mountains of the Southern Peninsula through which the Cape Town Cycle Tour traditionally passes. We are in close contact with the City of Cape Town Disaster Management team as well as their Events Office and all the […]