Cyclists nominated for SA Sports Awards
Cycling South Africa is delighted to announce that five of our cyclists have been nominated for the final list of the South African Sports Awards 2014. Greg Minnaar. Photo: Mylene Paynter. Ernst van Dyk. Photo: UCI Para-cycling World Champs (USA). The final list of nominees was announced by the Minister of Sport and Recreation, The […]
Beukes, Buys grab queen stage, lead at Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek
South Africans Philip Buys and Matthys Beukes (SCOTT Factory Racing) showed impressive climbing ability when they won the Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek’s Queen Stage and moved into the overall lead on Tuesday. Matthys Beukes (left) and Philip Buys reach the summit of the Swartberg Pass first to claim R125 000 pay cheque and the overall […]
Entries open for BMX National and Continental Championship events in October
Entries for the 2014 SA BMX National Championships and the 2014 UCI African Continental Championships, which will be held at Giba Gorge, KwaZulu-Natal, on 25 and 26 October, are now open. The two separate events will be held at South Africa’s, and Africa’s, first purpose-built Supercross track at Giba Gorge, near Pinetown. The annual National […]
PPA calls for government action to make roads safer for cyclists
“We deeply mourn the death of a 47-year- old father of two after another hit and run incident on the notorious Klipheuwel Road close to Durbanville last night, as well as the death of Ronnie Mansell age 71, who was killed after a head on collision with a taxi on his way to the Tsogo […]
PPA and Free State Cycling step up to bring a Cycle Tour seeding event to Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein will have a Cape Town Cycle Tour seeding series event for 2014! After it was announced earlier this year that the OFM Classic was cancelled, a dedicated operation was launched to ensure that cyclists from primarily the Free State and surrounding areas will still be able to participate in a local event that can […]
Two Continental Championship cycling events for Pietermaritzburg in 2015
Cycling South Africa has secured the 2015 African Continental Road Cycling Championships and the 2015 African Continental Track Cycling Championships in the City of Pietermaritzburg, further cementing the on going plans in place with KwaZulu-Natal Government and the Department of Sport and Recreation in support of the city as the African UCI Bike City. Brett […]
The Munga Postponed – World’s toughest race faces a tough challenge
The Munga, a 1000km, single-stage mountain bike race is disappointed to announce that its inaugural race, set for 3 December 2014 across the Karoo in South Africa, has been postponed. “The Munga offers more than just a race, it’s a test against the toughest of external elements – and today we face one of the […]
Slanghoek Tri bigger and better
Participating in the Slanghoek mountain bike triathlon is the best introduction to off-road triathlon. The 5th annual Slanghoek Triathlon is held in the Slanghoek Valley outside Rawsonville. The event will be held over two days. All the action start and finish at the Breeland Wine Cellar. On Saturday 25 October the Slanghoek MTB Triathlon will […]
Team Bulls extend lead at Cape Pioneer Trek
Instead of riding to defend the lead they’d claimed on Sunday’s opening prologue time trial, Germans Tim Bohme and Simon Stiebjahn of Team Bulls rode an aggressive Stage 1 from Oudtshoorn to Calitzdorp on Monday to increase their overall lead at the Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek international mountain bike stage race. Tim Bohme (left) and […]
Williams gunning for gold at Pennypinchers Origin of Trails
Reigning Pennypinchers Origin Of Trails short course champion, Amy Williams (17) of Knysna will be hoping for a successful title defense on Friday, 28 November and Saturday, 29 November 2014 when she returns to Stellenbosch to take on this much anticipated 2-Day Mountain Bike Stage Race. Williams claimed two consecutive stage victories at the 2013 […]
Wines2Whales route builders proudly Specialized
Cape Trails, the official route builders of the FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Events, are super excited to take ownership of their new Specialized mountain bikes compliments of the organizers of the FNB W2W MTB Events and Specialized South Africa. According to Bianca Grobbelaar, Marketing Manager Specialized Bicycles, Cape Trails are outdoing themselves. “Just […]
Meintjes, Thomson & Dougall look ahead to the 2015 season with MTN-Qhubeka
After announcing the arrival of a number of new riders for the 2015 cycling season, Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung riders, Louis Meintjes, Jay Thomson & Nicolas Dougall shared their thoughts and excitement on continuing their careers with the African Pro-Continental team. All three South African riders have existing contracts which extend into the 2015 season. […]