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All the event and racing news from the South African cycling scene.
Registration to the Varsity MTB Challenge closes soon
Registration for the inaugural Varsity MTB Challenge closes on 12 September 2016. This two-day stage race takes place between 1 and 2 October 2016 in Franschhoek at the La Paris Estate. Riders can look forward to an epic combination of old and new on both trails. The first stage forms part of the Cape Epic […]
Course Preview: 2016 Downhill World Championships – Val di Sole
Don’t miss the World Championship DH course preview featuring Claudio Caluori, Steve Peat and Rob Warner!
ASG acquires TransCape mountain bike race
ASG Events have acquired a controlling stake in the TransCape multistage mountain bike race, it was announced this week. TransCape participants traverse some of the most scenic and rugged mountain biking terrain in South Africa. Photo: Jacques Marais The seven-day event across the width of the Western Cape will be added to the company’s repertoire […]
Video: Course Preview – Suzuki Nine Knights MTB 2016
The 2016 edition of the Suzuki Nine Knights MTB in Reschenpass, South Tyrol, Italy is officially on! In the GoPro Course Preview, Brits Sam Pilgrim and Sam Reynolds fly down the flow trail to join Syzmon Goziek (POL) for the main feature where they each choose between the quarter pipe, the trick jump or the […]
Former Lost City champ re-signs for women’s pro team
Top women’s professional cycling team, Bestmed-ASG, have re-signed former Lost City champion Chane Jonker to bolster their line-up ahead of the Durban Classic and 94.7 Cycle Challenge. The 23-year-old all-rounder from Krugersdorp joined the California based JETCycling team at the tail end of last year for an eight-month racing stint in the United States. Team […]
Team SA prepare for DHI World Championships
The 2016 UCI MTB World Downhill Championships is upon us, and takes place this year in Val di Sole, Italy from 6-11 September. The South African team prepares for a great week of bike building, preparation and practice ahead of the main competition events on Saturday and Sunday. South African National Elite Men’s Downhill Champion, […]
Who will be the Western Cape Spur League Champions?
Riders will pull out all the stops on Saturday, 17 September when they take to the track at Paul Roos Gymnasium in Stellenbosch for the 2016 Western Cape finals of the Spur Schools Mountain Bike League. The top schools in the Western Cape will get to compete against the top schools from around South Africa […]
Another chance to enter the 2017 Cape Town Cycle Tour
Missed out on securing an entry for the 40th edition of the Cape Town Cycle Tour? You’re in luck – a limited number of unclaimed entries will be made available on Friday, 9 September at 9am. We will offer 600 unclaimed Cape Town Cycle Tour entries on Friday morning (9 September) on a first come […]
Introducing the Knysna Bull
Exciting news for mountain bikers in South Africa… “Destination mountain biking” has evolved with the introduction of a reimagined event, the Knysna Bull. The new 3-day stage race is set for the 23rd to the 26th of February 2017 and is billed as the final Absa Cape Epic preparation race, but with a magical Knysna […]
De Groot, Knox continue winning streak at Dullstroom
Max Knox and Robyn de Groot continued their winning ways when they claimed the men and women’s titles respectively at Round 6 of the Ashburton Investments National MTB Series at Dullstroom, Mpumalanga at the weekend. The two current South African champions won in dominant fashion on a tough course at relatively high altitude. It was […]
SA Team announced for 2016 Road World Championships
Cycling South Africa is proud to announce that the following riders have been selected to represent South Africa at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships taking place in Doha, Qatar from 9-16 October. National Team for 2016 Road World Championships Elite MenReinhardt Janse van RensburgJaco VenterClint Hendriks U23Stefan de Bod Elite LadiesAshleigh Moolman-PasioHeidi DaltonAnriette SchoemanSamantha […]
Team SA ready to shine at Rio Paralympics
The country will once again stand together back home to watch and support as the next set of sporting legends take the stage at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this month. Forming part of the 45-strong South African Paralympic Team, are six para-cycling competitors, who have been settling in and getting […]