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All the event and racing news from the South African cycling scene.
Hoffman looking for his fourth aQuellé Tour Durban title
Slimmed-down Nolan Hoffman looks like being the man to beat at Sunday’s 105km aQuellé Tour Durban, presented by Bridge Fund Managers. Not only has the three-time race winner shed five or six kilograms and returned to what has been described by his team manager Malcolm Lange as “great form”, but he has the backing of […]
Tough but balanced route for Great Zuurberg Trek
While day two stands out as the queen stage, PwC Great Zuurberg Trek route director Rob Hayter feels riders will face a strong variety of challenges in one of the Eastern Cape’s premier mountain bike events next month. Hayter and his team have been hard at work in the last three months preparing the trails […]
Full road closure on testing route for 2017 aQuellé Tour Durban
The aQuellé Tour Durban, presented by Bridge Fund Managers, provides a route that is a fair test for both the top professional cyclists and the weekend warriors. The main event, the 105km road race that takes riders from the start at Moses Mabhida up to Pinetown and then back to the beachfront before riders head […]
Revamped Paarl MTB Classic ‘something special’
Organisers have reinstated the Bestmed Paarl MTB Classic with the objective of building it into the premier off-road one-day race in the Cape Winelands. After not featuring on the cycling calendar last year, race director Darren Herbst said they had decided to reintroduce the event next month after an overwhelming demand from the cycling fraternity. […]
Tulbagh set for 2017 Nissan Trailseeker Series opener
The popular Nissan TrailSeeker mountain bike series, best known for offering high quality events that cater for all levels of rider in the greater Cape Town region, will visit the Boland town of Tulbagh for Round 1 of the four-race 2017 series on Saturday. This will be the first time the Nissan TrailSeeker Series visits […]
Woolcock heads strong pro field at Great Zuurberg Trek
One of South Africa’s most experienced cyclists, Waylon Woolcock, has set his sights on overall victory in the three-day PwC Great Zuurberg Trek mountain bike race next month. The Stellenbosch professional, who won last weekend’s Liberty Winelands Encounter alongside BCX teammate HB Kruger, said he was excited about targeting the Eastern Cape race based at […]
Course Preview: Lourdes World Cup Track with Claudio Caluori
We’re back for a new World Cup season, and as ever our trusty course preview pilot Claudio Caluori is with us for another year of fun and frolics on, and sometimes off, the track. On this occasion, there’s no French rider to help our Swiss hero down the course so stepping into the breech is […]
Watershed weekend for Quattro ROAG Series
This weekend sees the fourth leg of the Quattro ROAG Series for mountain bikers and trail runners, and it represents a watershed for the popular KZN-based series which offers the biggest prizemoney of any mountain biking series in the country. With competitors needing to compete in six of the nine events to qualify as a […]
Bezuidenhout lining up against elites at 2017 Tour Durban
In 2016 Lauren Bezuidenhout surprisingly produced the fastest women’s time at the aQuellé Tour Durban despite not being a member of the elite women’s batch at the race, and she will be back to compete again this weekend for the 2017 installment. The 27-year-old from Queensburgh enjoyed what can only be termed a stellar year […]
Minnaar to give it his all in 2017 season
Three-time World MTB Downhill Champion and multiple World Cup medallist Greg Minnaar has kept himself rather busy off the bike during his time at home, but is looking forward to get the cracks going when he goes bike testing in Portugal ahead of the first UCI Downhill World Cup in Lourdes, France, on 29 April. […]
Gravel & Grape commits to MTB growth
The Gravel & Grape MTB, which features a three-day Extreme and two-day Adventure, will be taking place on the weekend of 5th May. The event is now in its third year, and organisers are working hard to ensure that both the Extreme and the Adventure create a mountain bike legacy in an area that isn’t […]
Flying start to Madibaz XCO Series
The Madibaz Mountain Bike XCO Series made a flying start at the NMMU campus in George this weekend, with the organisers receiving double the number of entries compared to last year’s corresponding event. The cross country mountain bike race was the first of four events in the series, with the remaining legs set to take […]