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Sunny Durbs welcomes time trial athletes for 2014 Time Freight SA Road Champs
Racing in the time trial discipline marked the start of the 2014 Time Freight SA Road Cycling Championships, which got underway along the Snell Parade in Durban yesterday, 4 February. It was the tandem cyclists who started at 7am, followed by the schools classes, under-16 boys and girls, and the Para-cycling disciplines. Paralympian Ernst van […]
Team MTN Qhubeka preview: South African National Championships
This week will see the South African National Road Championships being held in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The Championships kick off with the 40km time trial on Thursday, with the road race being held over 180km on Sunday. Team MTN Qhubeka p/b Samsung will once again see Jay Thomson and Jaco Venter lead the team over the […]
Schoeman eyes ninth national title
Eight-time national road race champion Anriette Schoeman will have another bite at the cherry when she takes on South Africa’s cycling elite at the annual championships in Durban this weekend. Image credit: Alex Cooper Schoeman, who will race in the colours of Bestmed-Africa Silks, said she believed she still had another title in her after […]
Podiums aplenty for beaming Kargo Pro MTB outfit
The Kargo Pro MTB team got their second month of the year underway in dominant fashion on 1 and 2 February as the weekend’s action saw the proudly South African, UCI-accredited outfit clinch no less than four podium finishes at cycling events across the country. Image credit: Darren Goddard/Gameplan Media On the back of team […]
Hoffman sprints to third Herald win
Nolan Hoffman outsprinted a small lead group in the finishing straight to claim his third victory in the 106km Classic at The Herald VW Cycle Tour in Port Elizabeth on Sunday. Team Abantu sprinter Nolan Hoffman (left) shows his delight at winning his third 106km Classic ahead of Bonitas rider HB Kruger at The Herald […]
African champ scores solo win in Addo
Recently crowned U23 African cross-country champion James Reid showed his continental class when he soloed to victory in the 80km Extreme mountain bike challenge at The Herald VW Cycle Tour in Addo on Saturday. Newly crowned U23 African champion James Reid celebrates his solo victory in the 80km Extreme mountain bike race during The Herald […]
Bonitas Pro Cycling target Herald VW Cycle Tour
South African road cycling teams are starting the 2014 season with a bang as they prepare for the second major race of the year, The Herald VW Cycle Tour, which takes place in Port Elizabeth on 2 February. In keeping in line with Cycling South Africa’s Top Club team criteria, Bonitas Pro Cycling has met […]
Ride the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 with Sports Tours International
Prudential RideLondon forms part of the London 2012 Olympics legacy and replicated much of the 2012 London Olympic Road Race course. Prudential RideLondon forms part of the London 2012 Olympics legacy events for cycling. It is your opportunity to cycle on closed roads around London, and most importantly for cyclo sportive riders, ride a route […]
Positive Start To 2014 For MTN Qhubeka WCC Africa Feeder Team
The World Cycling Centre Africa MTN Qhubeka Feeder Team started the 2014 season on Sunday 26 January at the Value Logistics Fast One. Image Credit: Cycle Nation The team fielded only three riders, since most of the riders will return to South Africa in February, after having completed service for their national teams at Tropicale […]
Online Entries for 2014 Cape Argus Pick n Pay Tricycle & Junior Tours now open
Calling all budding young cyclists! Online entries for the 2014 Cape Argus Pick n Pay Tricycle and Junior Tours opened on Wednesday, 22 January 2014. The event takes place on Saturday 8 March and this year the organisers have added in an exciting Junior Training Wheels programme for the youngsters to help build their confidence […]
Mzansi Tour Confirms Dates for April 2014
Five of eight invited top international cycling teams have confirmed they will be taking part in the 2014 Mzansi Tour powered by Cathsseta, South Africa’s premier stage road race, in April. They will take on the cream of the South African and African talent when the five-stage Mzansi Tour takes place from April 8-12. This […]
Neethling nails Continental Champs downhill title in close encounter
Western Cape local Andrew Neethling, a professional racer for the international Giant Factory Racing Team, claimed the 2014 African Continental Championship downhill title at Contermanskloof on Sunday 26 January. Neethling’s victory was not entirely a walk-in-the-park as he secured the winning time of 2 minutes 6.94 seconds in a close encounter with just under 4 […]