Two more medals for SA road race cyclists at African Youth Games, Botswana
Michelle Benson and Graeme Ockhuis collected another two medals for South Africa’s young cycling team in the road race at the 2014 African Youth Games in Gaborone, Botswana on Thursday 29 May. Eighteen-year-old Michelle Benson kicked off the cycling medal intake on Thursday when she claimed silver in the road race. This brought Michelle’s own […]
Davids firm favourite ahead of Howick MTB classic
One of South Africa’s top cross country stars Brendon Davids is eager to return to winning ways on a course he has always loved when he returns to the Sappi Howick MTB Classic this Sunday. Image credit: Anthony Grote/Gameplan Media Fresh off a race-ending broken rim at the UCI MTB World Cup Pietermaritzburg, the bounce […]
Lakata aims to go one better at 2014 MTB Marathon Worlds
Current world number three Alban Lakata is a vastly experienced campaigner on South African soil and the Austrian star is firmly focused on making the coveted rainbow striped world champion’s jersey his own when he heads to Pietermaritzburg for the UCI MTB Marathon World Championships on Sunday 29 June. Image credit: Gamplan Media With one […]
Erdelyi out of 2014 Howick MTB Classic
The race for the women’s title at the 2014 Sappi Howick MTB Classic was thrown wide open just days before the event is set to get underway on Sunday, 1 June, when women’s defending champ Eszter Erdelyi confirmed she has been ruled out of this year’s action due to the return of a mysterious and […]
Novel navigation format returns for 2014 dusi2c
The mountain bike race that started the trend of using GPS navigation is back, fully committed to developing and entrenching the pioneering concept when the second edition of the BSi Steel dusi2c takes place from Camps Drift in Pietermaritzburg to Blue Lagoon in Durban on 21 and 22 June. With GPS unit firmly attached to […]
Du Toit, Sanders and Odendaal tops at third XCO and DHI Nationals, MPU
Arno du Toit (Heart-Sports ASG), Samantha Sanders (Valencia) and Tiaan Odendaal (Green Team) walked away with top points in the Elite cross-country and downhill categories at the third round of the 2014 Southern African Mountain Bike Cup Series, which took place at Mankele Mountain Bike Park near Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, at the weekend. The small field […]
Cherise Stander hoping to harness Burry’s legacy at MTB Worlds
Following a tough start to the 2014 season, the iconic Cascades MTB Park and the legend of her late husband Burry could be the tonic that Cherise Stander needs as she heads into her maiden UCI MTB Marathon World Championships that gets underway in Pietermaritzburg on 29 June. In what will be her first appearance […]
Epic champ ready for Zuurberg trek
Well-known television presenter and Cape Epic champion in the grand masters category Andrew Mclean will be on the start line of the PwC Great Zuurberg Trek, which starts near Addo just outside Port Elizabeth on May 30. Supercycling presenter and triple Cape Epic champion in his age group, Andrew Mclean, will participate in the three-day […]
Tough, technical and beautiful MTB Marathon Worlds course awaits
The buzz ahead of the 2014 UCI MTB Marathon World Championships continues to build in KwaZulu-Natal’s capital as course designer Nick Floros and his team make the final tweaks to the widely anticipated route for of the global showcase. Race Coordinator Andrew van Rensburg, Event Director Alec Lenferna and globally renowned Course Designer Nick Floros […]
SA junior cyclists claim gold medals in opening TTT at African Youth Games, Botswana
South Africa’s junior men and junior women have claimed gold medals in their respective opening cycling events in the Team Time Trial discipline at the 2014 African Youth Games in Gabarone, Botswana, on Sunday 25 May. The junior women’s team raced earlier in the day, completing two laps of the 10.5km course. Starting last out […]
TOTALSPORTS XTERRA Buffelspoort and Grabouw entries open
Multi-sport enthusiasts will be pleased to hear that entries for the action packed 2015 TOTALSPORTS XTERRA presented by REHIDRAT® SPORT in Buffelspoort (North West Province) and Grabouw (Western Province) will open on Sunday, 01 June 2014. Conrad Stoltz in action during the 2014 Totalsports XTERRA Grabouw presented by REHIDRAT® SPORT. // Image credit: Cherie Vale […]
Unyielding persistence pays off for Lill with deserved MTB Rooiberg win
Persistance paid off for Darren Lill (Cannondale Blend) this weekend when he pulled off the win at the 5th round of the MTN National MTB Series driven by Nissan at Rooiberg in the Limpopo Province South Africa. Tipped by many to be a real African bush mountain bike riding experience over delivered with abundant close […]