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All the event and racing news from the South African cycling scene.
Van Heerden clocks the Points for National Title
[image_r=350px][/image_r]Newly crowned African Continental Track Champion in the Points Race, Steven van Heerden, rode a calculated race to accumulate the most points to add the National Championship title to his repertoire at the 2017 South African National Track Championships at the Bellville Velodrome today. Jason Oosthuizen rides hard to claim the top points in the […]
Tour Durban win will be a tough task for Davids
In just a few months since being a contender for the South Africa Olympic mountain biking team, Brendon Davids has carved a name for himself as one of the country’s top road cyclists – but even he admits he has a massive challenge ahead of him at the 2017 aQuellé Tour Durban, presented by Bridge […]
Bumper turnout expected for the Emperors Palace Classic
With less than a week to go before entries close, ASG Events race director Darren Herbst is anticipating another bumper entry for the Emperors Palace Classic cycle races in Johannesburg later this month. Following the cancellation of the Cape Town Cycle Tour last month, a big entry is expected for the Emperors Palace Classic to […]
Mark Cavendish out of Scheldeprijs & Roubaix
Mark Cavendish will not take the start at today’s Scheldeprijs or at the weekend’s Paris-Roubaix due to an overuse injury. Cavendish, who last competed at the Milano-Sanremo for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka, has been hampered by pain felt in his right ankle. The discomfort was first felt on the penultimate stage of Tirreno-Adriatico in […]
The two-day National Mountain Bike Series show heads to Clarens
South African towns don’t come more quaint that Clarens in the Eastern Free State. But with that quaint factor comes dollops of stimulating mountain biking in the Rooiberg mountain range that offers plenty of challenge and even more reward. For 2017, the Clarens round of the Ashburton Investments National MTB Series sees the continuation of […]
Thirsti Extreme cancelled
It is with deep regret that the directors of the THIRSTI Extreme have had to make the decision to cancel the THIRSTI Extreme in 2017. The area surrounding the event is currently at the centre of unresolved industrial action. The safety of the riders, supporters, their families and staff are of the outmost priority to […]
Fox Racing Announces New Mountain Bike Movie: “Ride Your F#%king Bike”
Fox Racing announces its first new full length MTB movie in over a decade: “Ride Your F#%king Bike – The Movie. Powered by Chainsaw.” Featuring Fox athletes Josh Bryceland, Josh Lewis, Kirt Voreis and other Fox teammates, the movie documents three weeks on the road with a wild crew up for anything. Filming kicked off […]
Expanded Giant factory off-road team set to kick off its 2017 season
The 2017 Giant Factory Off-Road Team gathered in Southern California earlier this month for a pre-season training camp before the start of the upcoming race season. The new-look squad includes a global lineup of returning stars and new faces from around the world. Marcelo Gutierrez: Marcelo Gutierrez is a six-time DH national champion in his […]
Trails In Motion Mountain Bike Film Festival premiere a success
The Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in Cape Town, welcomed more than 500 guests from both the local mountain bike and adventure community, to the world premiere of Trails In Motion Mountain Bike Film Festival – presented by Bike Hub and Ledlenser. Held on Wednesday the 29th of March, in association with the Galileo Open Air Cinema, […]
First round of Dirtopia Enduro a fun day for top riders
On Sunday 2 April, about 100 technically skilled mountain bikers gathered for the first Dirtopia Enduro at Uitkyk Wine Estate to ride the Simonsberg trails in the Conservancy. Photo credit: Mark Sampson The climb to the top of the Never say Never Ending Again trail brought them close to the start of the first three […]
Video: Darkfest highlights
The Fest Crew made their way down to South Africa to take on the infamous Pure Darkness jumps. Sam Reynolds, with the help of Nico Vink & Clemens Kaudela, revived the beasts and added a few more to the party and what a party it was! In true Fest fashion, these boys went faster, higher […]
How Stenerhag & Süss Raced to Absa Cape Epic Glory
In the lead up to and during the first few stages in the orange Hansgrohe Women’s category leaders’ jerseys, Jennie Stenerhag and Esther Süss were slightly overlooked by the media. The Meerendal CBC pairing were not underdogs by anyone’s reckoning, but they had quietly gone about their preparation, happily letting the Absa Cape Epic hype […]