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All the event and racing news from the South African cycling scene.
Fedgroup invests in refreshed PE Plett Mountain Bike Race
The fifth edition of the PE Plett, South Africa’s premier four-day mountain bike stage race, will herald the start of a new era for the event with the announcement that FedGroup will be the title sponsor. The FedGroup PE Plett incorporates large segments of mountain bike-specific trails and obstacles in the route each year. Photo […]
Hansgrohe signs on as Absa Cape Epic Headline Sponsor
Since 2012 Hansgrohe has been keeping it clean at the Absa Cape Epic: providing and managing a world class temporary shower service for riders after a long day in the saddle. A global player and local leader in bathroom and kitchen products is stepping up the relationship with the Untamed African Mountain Bike Race: Hansgrohe […]
Kansai Plascon pairs Knox with Paez in Cape Epic victory quest
Current South African champion, Max Knox, will team up with multiple Colombian champion, Héctor Leonardo Páez Leon as Team Kansai Plascon in an effort to try and win the 2017 Absa Cape Epic. It will be Knox’s ninth start in the world’s most prestigious mountain bike stage race, but a first for Paez, one of […]
New format boost for Ashburton Investments National MTB Series
Three fresh venues and a new format will give the Ashburton Investments National Mountain Bike Series a boost for the 2017 South African mountain bike-racing season. The 2017 Ashburton Investments National MTB Series will open for the first time at Grabouw. Photo Credit: www.zcmc.co.za Five of the seven rounds of the 2017 Ashburton Investments National […]
Scott Sports join Orica as co-naming sponsor
ORICA-BikeExchange and ORICA-AIS will be known as Orica-Scott from 2017, following the signing of Scott Sports as a new co-naming rights sponsor. Announced with the reveal of a new 2017 kit today, the teams will adopt the new name from their 2017 season debut at the Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic on Sunday, 1 January in […]
XTERRA Warriors ready to hone their skills at X-DAY
Stillwater Sports, the organisers of South Africa’s premier off-road triathlon the Fedhealth XTERRA, are excited to launch X-DAY. Four-Time XTERRA World Champion, three time ITU Cross Triathlon World Champion and XTERRA SA Ambassador, Conrad Stoltz will be on hand, riding and running the routes. Stoltz will also offer guidance and advice to all X-DAY participants. […]
uBhejane Xtreme riders conquer exhausting task for rhinos
The pain and agony participants of the 2016 uBhejane Xtreme MTB Challenge suffered throughout the course of their 16-hour long day in the saddle was soon erased on their arrival at Hilltop Camp in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve shortly before nightfall on Saturday and replaced by a mixture of jubilation, relief and a tremendous sense of […]
Ivan Venter Solos to West Coast Express Victory
It was one man for himself as the only rider from Team LEADout, Ivan Venter, soloed to victory at the 78km West Coast Express cycle race on Sunday morning, crossing the finish line in a time of 1:59: 13. Alpha BodyWorks’ Nicol Carstens and Team Giant’s David Garrett finished second and third in 2:00:07 and […]
RMB Change a Life Academy stars dig deep to conquer the Munga
The Martin Dreyer RMB Change a Life MTB Academy pair of Sthembiso Masango and Mazwi Smimango stepped into the unknown at the recent 2016 Munga, however the pair rode beyond themselves in the face of adversity to finish first and third in the development category at the gruelling non-stop mountain bike race. With over 1000km […]
Rugby legends give critical support to rhinos at 2016 uBhejane Xtreme
Former Springbok captain and 2007 Rugby World Cup winner John Smit and former Sharks centre Jeremy Thomson will join a small group of intrepid mountain bikers who will tackle the gruelling uBhejane Xtreme MTB Challenge on Saturday, 10 December in an effort to raise much needed festive season funding for Project Rhino KZN. Former Sharks […]
Learn more about how the Coronation Double Century helps nurture tomorrow’s champions
“What typically happens in a community such as Swellendam is that the children go to school and then go straight back home,” explains Ilze Olivier, Managing Director of Community Action Partnership (CAP). “There are no extra-mural activities and sports, which leaves them with a lot of time to get up to mischief,” she says. CAP […]
Africa’s premier Mountain Bike team changes its spots
While consistency is key to performance on a sporting stage there is also significant wisdom in the maxim that a change is as good as a holiday. That’s exactly how Ruan Lochner and Philip Buys, owners of the African MTB Team, see the new chapter in their partnership with corporate South Africa to continue their […]