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First wave of Masters nail SA Time Trial Champs
The morning’s session of Day two of the 2017 South African National Road and Para-cycling Championships was a morning rich with excellent racing and fantastic camaraderie as the Masters Men between 30 and 49 years of age opened the floor in Wellington on Wednesday 8 February. Kenton Kirkwood took the victory in the Men’s 40-44 […]
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka: SA National Championships
It is the week of the South African National Road Championships and Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka will be in Paarl, Western Cape looking to defend our titles from 2016. The time trial championships take place on Thursday 9 February and the road race championships on Sunday 12 February. Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka will […]
Video: Chasing Stripes – SA Road Time Trial Champs preview
International road rider Edward Greene has come home to compete in the 2017 South African National Cycling Championships. In the Chasing Stripes series, Edward will be documenting his own preparation and racing from the event. In the first episode, Edward gives us a taste of his 2016 adventures before turning to his preparation for the […]
NAD Pro MTB Team: A Strong Start to 2017
The form is there. The best race weapons are at our disposal. The perfect sponsors and partners are in place. A tight-knit support team works around the clock. And, our rivals are tougher and stronger too. The 2017 season is already off to a fast start. We’re one gear ahead. Image Credit: Johan Badenhorst. This […]
Weather warms Roadies up for first day of National Champs
The best of Cape Town weather was on display for all at the first day of the 2017 SA National Road and Para-cycling Championships, as it kicked off in Wellington in the Western Cape on Tuesday 7 February. The future generation cyclists all under the age of 18 years, the tandem teams, and some of […]
McMaster looks to continue form at St. Ives
KwaZulu-Natal downhiller Struan McMaster is seeking to continue his recent form on the downhill track at the upcoming 2017 KZNMTB Gravity Series opening round to be held at St. Ives in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands on Sunday 12 February. KwaZulu-Natal downhiller Struan McMaster is seeking to continue his recent form on the downhill track at the […]
The KZN Summer Series for Men heads to PMB in March
The KZN Summer Series returns to the province in 2017 with the focus this time on the men’s races. The KZN Summer Series for men will take place in Pietermaritzburg on 25 and 26 March 2017. Cycling South Africa is encouraging all riders who are keen to take part, to enter as there is no […]
2017 field includes “the best marathon racers in the world”
It’s going to be the strongest Absa Cape Epic field yet and the racing should be thrilling. That’s the word from the world’s top marathon riders as they prepare for March’s eight-day challenge. Speaking at a Cape Town press conference Wednesday several of the race favourites were looking forward to a mighty battle. Defending champion […]
Stelling recovers to win again at TransCape
Despite riding with a broken rib, defending men’s solo champion Billy Stelling won his second stage in a row on the third day of the TransCape mountain bike race between Van Wyksdorp and Riversdal in the Western Cape today. After the lengthy 135km queen stage yesterday, it was a slightly shorter challenge as the field […]
European stars to ride back-up for Team Spur’s Lüthi and Morath
In her quest for a fourth Absa Cape Epic women’s title, Ariane Lüthi has put together the first-ever women’s back-up team for the 2017 edition of the mountain bike race. Alice Pirard and Sabrina Enaux will make up Team Spur Foundation and ride in support of Lüthi and her new partner, German Adelheid Morath. Pirard […]
German legend and SA champ team up
In 2016 South Africa’s Robyn de Groot, riding with Swede Jennie Stenerhag, started the Absa Cape Epic like a house on fire, winning the Prologue and Stage 1. Photo credit: Nick Muzik | Sportzpics Sadly, Stenerhag fell ill on Stage 3 and had to pull out of the event. Later in the event German mountain […]
Lüthi on life without Langvad
Ariane Lüthi says that replacing Annika Langvad as an Absa Cape Epic partner was an “almost impossible” challenge. Photo credit: Mark Sampson | Sportzpics The Lüthi/Langvad combination swept aside all Hansgrohe Women’s category challengers for the past three years, but the Danish superstar has decided to return to her studies and will not be able […]