Garmin Edge 1000
Garmin Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd, announced the anticipated Edge 1000, a top of the range cycling computer made for cyclists who are looking for improved competitive, connective and navigational features. Whether cyclists are looking for a cycling computer to push them for a personal best or display where they rank against the pros, Edge 1000 […]
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio adds depth to Bigla Cycling Team
South African national road and time trial champion Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio joins the Bigla Cycling Team for the 2015 – 2016 seasons. Moolman-Pasio has enjoyed steady growth throughout racing in Europe the past five seasons and in August this year won the bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in the road race. She is known for […]
Serge Pauwels joins Team MTN-Qhubeka
Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung are happy to announce that Serge Pauwels will join our African Pro-Continental team next season. Pauwels joins Team MTN-Qhubeka after having spent the past 5 years racing at the World Tour level. Pauwels is a super strong domestique who has ridden in support of a number of grand tour contenders and […]
Impey included in Elite Men’s team for Road World Champs in Spain
Daryl Impey will represent South Africa at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships taking place in Ponferrada, Spain, from 21-28 September. Daryl Impey will represent South Africa at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships taking place in Ponferrada, Spain, from 21-28 September. // Photo credit: Graham Watson. Impey’s inclusion has not been at the expense […]
Absa Cape Epic’s official technology partner, Dimension Data, to sponsor Masters category jersey
The world’s foremost mountain bike stage race announced on Friday that the Dimension Data’s role as a headline sponsor would be extended to sponsoring the jersey. The Masters category is fiercely contested and the sponsorship was immediately welcomed by legendary Dutch mountain biker Bart Brentjens, who won the Masters division in this year’s Absa Cape […]
Diepsloot MTB Academy rider to race in his home country
Tsepo Nyirenda of the Diepsloot MTB Academy (DMA) is excited to go ‘home’ to cycle. He will be competing in the Lesotho Sky MTB Stage race from 21 – 26 September 2014, thanks to Lesotho Sun. His family moved from Lesotho to South Africa in 1998 and he has been cycling with the DMA for […]
KZN race features new Drakensberg drop-off
Participants in next month’s FedGroup Berg & Bush mountain bike stage race can look forward to a spectacular new drop off the Drakensberg escarpment, organisers have announced. The FedGroup Berg & Bush mountain bike stage race will feature a brand-new drop off the Drakensberg escarpment when it starts near Sterkfontein Dam on October 10. // […]
Matthew Goss Joins Team MTN-Qhubeka
Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung are delighted to announce that Australian, Matthew Goss will join Team MTN-Qhubeka for the 2015 cycling season. Goss is an exceptional bike rider who has won races in multiple World Tour events, including stages of the Giro d’ Italia, Tirreno-Adriatico and Paris-Nice. The victory that really stands out on Goss’ palmares […]
Cycling action at Gauteng Spur School MTB League final
Following an action packed 2014 season, fierce competition and exciting racing is expected at the Gauteng finals of the Anatomic Spur MTB Series to be hosted at FH Odendaal High School in Pretoria this Saturday, 20 September. Junior Boys in action A ding-dong battle has evolved between the top three schools on the log – […]
Change a Lifers mix it up with Hill2Hill’s best
While James Reid and Candice Neethling earned themselves the 2014 Sunday Tribune Jeep Hill2Hill men’s and women’s titles respectively, Martin Dreyer’s RMB Change a Life Academy’s mountain bike squad clinched their piece of the limelight in Sunday’s gruelling 105km journey from Hilton to Hillcrest when they claimed five of the top twenty-one positions. Endurance, heat […]
BMX National Champs and UCI African Continental Champs set for October
Cycling South Africa’s BMX Commission is proud to announce that the 2014 BMX African Continental Championships has been awarded to South Africa, and is set to take place at Giba Gorge, KwaZulu-Natal, on Sunday 26 October. The 2014 BMX African Continental Championships has been awarded to South Africa, and is set to take place at […]
De Groot and Stenerhag dominate PE-Plett
South African mountain bike marathon champion, Robyn de Groot and Sweden’s national marathon champion, Jennie Stenerhag, combined forces as team Biogen Toyota Cape Brewing Company and dominated the Isuzu Trucks PE-Plett stage race that ended on Tuesday. Biogen Toyota’s South African marathon champion, Robyn de Groot, during Stage 2 of the PE-Plett where she and […]