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All the event and racing news from the South African cycling scene.
Sauser, Langvad beat strong fields to win Ashburton Investments National MTB series opener
Swiss mountain bike racing legend, Christoph Sauser, continued his strong comeback from retirement with another victory when he outsprinted South African champion, Max Knox, to claim the title at the opening round of the Ashburton Investments National Mountain Bike Series in Grabouw, South Africa on Saturday. Christoph Sauser hot on the heels of Matthys Beukes […]
Ashburton Investments boosts elite women’s prize purse to equal men’s
Ashburton Investments, the title sponsor of the South African National MTB Series, has announced it will equal the Elite women’s prize money. This follows the Facebook message posted by three-time Cape Epic winner and Swiss champion, Ariane Lüthi of Team Spur. Lüthi, a Swiss national who lives in Stellenbosch for most of the year, is […]
Interview: James Cunnama
James Cunnama is a professional triathlete based in Stellenbosch. James’s impressive résumé includes 4th place at Kona 2013 and solid top three results in Ironman and Ironman 70.3 events worldwide. He is married to Jodie Swallow, current women’s World Long Distance ITU Champion, and seven times winner of the East London Ironman 70.3, among many […]
Topeak Ergon, Centurion Vaude eyeing top step of Absa Cape Epic podium
The Topeak Ergon and Centurion Vaude teams will forever be linked through an extraordinary act of sportsmanship at the 2014 Absa Cape Epic. In 2017, however, they will be major rivals for one of the biggest prizes in mountain biking: the Absa Cape Epic overall winner’s yellow jersey. Photo credit: Dom Barnardt. Cape Epic. Sportzpics. […]
2017 Trails In Motion Mountain Bike Film Festival underway
The New Year ushers in an exciting time for South Africa-based Go Trail Media, with its launch of the inaugural Trails In Motion Mountain Bike Film Festival world tour. After the success of Trails In Motion’s trail running film tour, now in its 5th year and screened in almost 30 countries, the progression to a […]
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup comes to the Western Cape in 2018
The Western Cape has landed another world cycling showpiece event – the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano race. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) series attracts the crème de la crème of international cross country mountain biking and tens of thousands of spectators to its races around the world. The South African leg […]
Gullyver’s Travels: Gully Does France
I’ve crisscrossed the globe as a competitor for many years, but I rarely ventured beyond the mountain resorts that contests are held in. As I get older, I’ve started pushing to escape the industry bubble and get off the beaten path more. The premise behind Gullyver’s Travels is to motivate everyone to step outside of […]
SA Road Champs – Notification of road routes affected
The 2017 South African National Road Cycling Championships take place from 7 to 12 February on the Lady Loch Circuit near Wellington in the Western Cape. Traveling time, especially on the R44 between Malmesbury and Wellington/Paarl, can be affected by up to 45 minutes. Please consider using the alternate R302 and R44 (via Hermon) roads […]
2017 African Continental Track Championships headed for Durban in March
The 2017 African Continental Track Championships will take place at the Cyril Geoghegan Cycling Track in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal from 20-24 March 2017. The 2017 African Continental Track Championships will take place at the Cyril Geoghegan Cycling Track in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal from 20-24 March 2017. Photo: Craig Dutton The Championships were initially to be hosted in […]
Ryan Gibbons: The road to Dubai
Next week a 22 year old South African, Ryan Gibbons, will line up to start his first official top level race as a full member of the Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka World Tour Team. Although Gibbons got the chance to taste the highest level of racing during the latter part of 2016 when he […]
The FEST Series hits the Garden Route – DarkFEST: Week 1 Update
The boys from Pure Darkness are back at The Garden Route Trail Park but this time the plans are a bit different. Sam Reynolds has brought two master builders with him, Clemens Kaudela and Nico Vink, to make the massive jumps even more crazy for DarkFEST! I brought Clemens and Nico to help me make […]
2017 Grindrod Bank Berg & Bush entries open 1 February
Entries are almost open for the 2017 edition of the Grindrod Bank Berg & Berg. Last year’s participants will be able to enter from the 1st until the 15th of February, thereafter all mountain bikers who know what’s good for them will be able to enter the most innovative MTB event on the local calendar. […]