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Specialized Bicycles announces pro team partners for 2015
Specialized Bicycle Components is excited to move into the 2015 season working with the top teams in both the pro men and women’s peloton. Unlike many pro sponsors, Specialized not only provides top of the line bikes and equipment for the teams but also the support and expertise of Specialized Racing. The Specialized Racing program […]
Impey wins SA time trail champs, MTN-Qhubeka get silver and bronze
With a bright and early start, the South African time trial championships took place around the Mbombela Stadium streets this morning. Defending champion Daryl Impey (Orica-Greenedge) was successfully able to defend his title from last year, clocking the fastest time of 53’23” on the day. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung had Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Louis […]
Herald Sun Tour #2: Serge Pauwels runs 7th for MTN-Qhubeka
The 1st road stage of the Herald Sun Tour was decided by a large 21 rider breakaway which would arrive at the finish just over 20 minutes ahead of the peloton. Cameron Meyer (Orica-Greenedge) was the rider to triumph on the day as he and Joseph Cooper (Avanti) got away from the break group in […]
Hot racing on day two of SA Road Champs
With typically hot Lowveld conditions greeting riders on the second day of the 2015 Pennypinchers South African Road, Time Trial and Para-cycling Championships the para-cycling programme came to an end with the various road races and it was the veterans who took to the time trail course on Wednesday afternoon. Day two of the 2015 […]
Herald Sun Tour #1: Tyler Farrar fastest for MTN-Qhubeka
The Herald Sun Tour got underway today with a quick 2.1km prologue. The short technical course around Melbourne was quite a spectacle with William Clarke (Drapac) clocking the fastest time to take the victory. Caleb Ewan (Orica-Greenedge) and Brenton Jones (Drapac) rounded out the podium. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung had Tyler Farrar stop the clock […]
Sahm heads epic field for Garden Route race
Top international mountain bikers are set to descend on Knysna for a serious three-day fitness test at the Garden Route 300 stage race from February 27. Three-time Absa Cape Epic champion Stefan Sahm – pictured here winning the Pennypinchers Origin of Trails – will head up a star-studded field for the Garden Route 300 mountain […]
Kaess, Kaufmann due some good karma at Cape Epic
Before the 2014 Absa Cape Epic four times winner Karl Platt of Germany told journalists that they should keep an eye on his countrymen Markus Kaufmann and Jochen Kaess as potential race winners. If they did not take him seriously at the time they were certainly doing so after Stage 1, when the Team Centurion […]
Online entries for 2015 Cape Town Cycle Tour Juniors open
Online entries for the 2015 Cape Town Cycle Tour Juniors event are now open, with approximately two thirds of the available entries still on offer for budding cyclists eager to develop or show off their riding skills. The 2015 Juniors event takes place on Saturday, 07 March at the Youngsfield Military Base in Wynberg, offering […]
Bid to accompany Etixx Quick Step at Tour de France
The opportunity of a lifetime for any cycling enthusiast to accompany Etixx Quick Step Pro Cycling Team during this year’s Tour de France is up for auction at an event to be held at Klein Constantia on Friday, 6 March. The informal cocktail event will be in aid of Francois Pienaar’s brainchild MAD CHARITY™ (Make […]
Loaded field set for battle at Dutoit Tankwa Trek
Anyone serious about success at the 2015 ABSA Cape Epic should be competing in a stage race in February. It’s a key part of preparation for the prestigious international eight-day race. There are a number of three-day stage races in February on the South African calendar to choose from. The majority of the Cape Epic […]
James Reid wins 2015 Trans Hajar MTB race
Having spent five days in the saddle covering an all-new 400-kilometre route and tackling 10,000 metres of climbing, South African Team RECM rider, James Reid, has won the 2015 Trans Hajar Mountain Bike Race by a massive 12 minutes 58 seconds. It was an all South African podium at the end of the multi-day stage […]
Team MTN-Qhubeka to SA National Championships
This week the South African National Road Championships get underway in Mbombela (previously known as Nelspruit). The Men’s elite time trial will take place on Thursday 5th of February while the road race is on Saturday 7th of February. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung will send a strong quartet of riders to defend our national road […]