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Tour of Oman #4: Louis Meintjes takes over white young rider jersey!
The Queen stage of the Tour of Oman saw a great battle on Green Mountain with Rafael Valls (Lampre – Merida) taking an impressive win ahead of Tejay van Gaarderen (BMC Racing) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar). Jacques Janse van Rensburg and Louis Meintjes both impressed for Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung on the 4th Tour of […]
Ruta del Sol #3: Merhawi Kudus battles with the favourites for 7th
The 3rd stage of the Ruta del Sol saw the heavyweights of Grand Tour riding, Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Chris Froome (Team Sky) battling for the stage win with the Spaniard coming out tops today. With Froome in 2nd, Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) came home 3rd. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung were well represented at […]
Hatherly prepared for PE’s National XCO Cup race
The first event of the 2015 Stihl SA MTB XCO Series will take place in Port Elizabeth on Saturday 28 February 2015. The course location is at William Moffet Retail Park – the same venue that held the XCO Provincial ECC Series #1 just one week ago. Kargo Pro MTB Team Rider Alan Hatherly, shares […]
Nic Dougall spends the day in the break at Ruta del Sol
Nic Dougall was part of the a five-man break group which dominated the second stage of the Vuelta a Andalusia Ruta del Sol. Things fell apart in the final kilometres and MTN-Qhubeka was not able to place at the finish. Nic was in the day’s break group, along with Pirmin Lang (IAM), Aleksandr Komin (RusVelo), […]
MTN-Qhubeka focusses in on Green Mountain
Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg sprinted to a 12th place finish in the third stage of the Tour of Oman. The stage saw a long breakaway which was reeled in to allow the expected mass sprint. It was a burning-hot day, and with the Green Mountain stage coming up today, the peloton let three riders get […]
Continental African Road Championships a great success
Cycling SA President William Newman, says that the 2015 Africa Continental Road Champs, held between 9-14 February in Wartburg, KZN was hugely successful. With a record of 30 nations entered, it was by far the best attended Continental Championships in Africa. Cycling SA President William Newman said that with a record of 30 nations entered, […]
SA pro teams face stiff opposition at Tour de Boland
The stage is set for an epic road cycling battle when South Africa’s top professional teams gather for the five-day Bestmed Tour de Boland, presented by Pinarello, from March 2. South Africa’s top pro teams will come up against international competition at the Bestmed Tour de Boland, presented by Pinarello, from March 2 to 6. […]
Hynek back with The Albanator
Much-decorated Austrian mountain biker Alban Lakata has finished 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 10th in his six Absa Cape Epics. In 2013 he finished, but as an Outcast after his partner Robert Mennen famously broke a collarbone after hitting a duiker (small antelope) on a descent. His 2015 partner Kristian Hynek of the Czech Republic […]
Sabie sets stage for mountain bike World Series showdown
The 18th edition of the Sabie Classic mountain bike marathon will carry international significance this weekend when it doubles as the second round of the Ashburton Investments National MTB Series and the first round of the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) Marathon World Series. Not surprisingly, a star-studded field will assemble to do battle for the […]
Ruta del Sol #1: Mixed fortunes for Team MTN-Qhubeka on opening day
The opening day of the Ruta del Sol saw riders competing over 2 half stages. The morning road stage was a crash affected affair won by Pim Ligthart (Lotto-Soudal) ahead of Fabio Silvestre (Trek Factory Racing) and Grega Bole (CCC Sprandi Polkowice). The afternoon time trial was dominated by Javier Moreno (MOV) with Wilco Kelderman […]
Windhoek Light Namib Quest entries are open
The 2015 Windhoek Light Namib Quest sees 75 two-man Mountain bike teams navigate their way through harsh, and sometimes sandy, Namibian terrain. Commencing on 24 May 2015, teams will leave the capital city of Windhoek and over the next six days, covering 450km as they make their way to the finish line in Swakopmund. The […]
Tour of Oman #2: Jacques Janse van Rensburg and Louis Meintjes perform solidly
Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) won the 2nd stage of the Tour of Oman ahead of Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Greg van Avermaet (BMC Racing) from a small bunch sprint. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung had both Jacques Janse van Rensburg and Louis Meintjes finish as part of the select front group. The 2nd stage of […]