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Green and gold podium on final day of African Champs
With some respite from the blisteringly hot weather that Wartburg has been experiencing over the past week the Elite and Under 23 men took to the Wartburg Road Race course on Saturday and it was Team South Africa that showed their class as they claimed the top three places in the Elite Men’s podium as […]
Sahm king of the Tankwa Trek queen stage
Stefan Sahm (Team Bulls) won the second stage of the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek over 89km and 2240m of vertical ascending in the Ceres Valley in 3 hours, 51 minutes and 14 seconds. Photo credit: www.oakpics.com. Erik Kleinhans and James Reid (RECM) once again won the team competition in 3:53.34 increasing their overall lead over Waylon […]
Preview: MTN-Qhubeka at Tour of Oman
In another first for Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung, our African team will line-up at the Tour of Oman which takes place from 17 – 22 February. The UCI 2.HC event has become a favourite season opener for cycling’s grand tour contenders like 2 time winner Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali and Joaquim Rodriguez. Froome will not […]
Clean sweep at African Champs for Moolman Pasio
The Elite Women’s Road Race on Friday bought down the curtain on the female events at the 2015 Confederation of African Cycling Road Championships and it was Time Trial champion and South African cycling star Ashleigh Moolman Pasio who won the gold in a tightly contested Road Race with Lise Olivier and Hadnet Kidane claiming […]
Fifth gold medal in two weeks for Moolman-Pasio
Relishing her new environment with the Bigla Pro Cycling Team, Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio’s season has continued to get off to a great start. Today she won the road race in the African Continental Championships currently being held in South Africa, successfully defending her title she’s held since 2011. Photo credit: Craig Dutton. Second place went to […]
MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung return to Tour of Flanders
Yesterday organisers of the Tour of Flanders announced the 8 wildcard teams for the 2015 edition of the race. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung are delighted to have received an invitation for a second year in succession. The 264.2km monument, known as the Ronde van Vlaanderen, is the darling race of the Belgian classics. Team MTN-Qhubeka […]
Tour of Qatar #6: Youcef Reguigui sprints to 5th for MTN-Qhubeka
The Tour of Qatar reached its conclusion today when a bunch sprint saw Sam Bennett (Bora-Argon 18) winning the final stage ahead of Andrea Gaurdini (Astana) and Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis). Niki Terpstra (Etixx-Quickstep) held on to his General Classification lead to win the Tour of Qatar overall. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung would end the Tour […]
Victory for Kleinhans and Reid on first day of Tankwa Trek
Erik Kleinhans along with his teammate James Reid (RECM) dominated proceedings on day one of the third DUTOIT Tankwa Trek. Kleinhans and Reid won the stage over 83km and 1850m of vertical ascend in the Witzenberg Valley in 3 hours, 20 minutes and 21 seconds. The fast paced start by Kleinhans caught all the other […]
Absa Cape Epic wins again
The Absa Cape Epic has walked away with top honours in the prestigious Sport Participation Event category at the Discovery Sport Industry Awards for the second year running. The awards, which celebrate the most “creative, innovative and commendable” work in South Africa’s sporting sector, were held at the Sandton Convention Centre last night (Thursday, 12 […]
Contermanskloof to host first DHI Cup Series race of 2015
The popular Contermanskloof track in Durbanville, Western Cape, plays host to the opening round of the Stihl 2015 SA Mountain Bike Downhill (DHI) Cup Series in partnership with Western Province MTB Commission on Sunday 22 February. The route follows the Contermanskloof main line, which covers a distance of 1.2km and has an elevation difference of […]
Junior stars shine on day four of African Road Champs
It was the turn of the rest of Africa to shine at the Confederation of African Cycling Road Championships as El Mehdi Chokri of Morocco and Helen Mitchell from Zimbabwe walked away with the gold medals in the Junior Men’s and Women’s Road Races respectively on day four of the event. The Moroccan rider came […]
Crash Report: No broken bones for Theo Bos
The 5th stage of the Tour of Qatar was a flat 156km from Al Zabara Fort to Madinat ash-Shamal. Once again the strong winds battered the peloton and on rough harsh roads, the racing was really nervy. Just before the first sprint of the day, at kilometer 85, Theo Bos was forced off the road […]