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All the event and racing news from the South African cycling scene.
Gutsy ride by Serge Pauwels
Greg van Avermaet (BMC Racing) won the 5th stage of the Tour de France and the Belgian also moved into the overall race lead. Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) finished in 2nd place and Rafal Majka (Tinkoff) rounded out the stage podium. Today was the first stage of the 2016 Tour de France that saw any […]
Nel aims to be back to his best for Jock Tour
Tour specialist JC Nel is fired up to add the three-day Bestmed Jock Tour title to his palmares after winning the single-day Jock Classique in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, two seasons ago. The Johannesburg rider, who placed fourth overall in the inaugural edition of the 304km race last year, knows there will be no easy route to […]
Interview: Ivan Zimmermann riding the Silk Route
Ivan Zimmerman is riding the 2016 Silk Route cycle tour from Beijing to Istanbul to raise money for university education in South Africa. His marathon journey started on 15 May and will continue until 5 October – covering 12,280km of gruelling terrain. Since Zimmerman will be covering around 125km per day, he is asking his […]
Successful week at Oudtshoorn Youth Festival
The annual Oudtshoorn Youth Festival this year was again hosted by the Eden Cycling Association, and took place from 27-30 June 2016. The Festival saw an exceptional entry field of 180 plus cyclists from the Eden, Western Province Metropolitan, West Coast, Free State and Eastern Cape regions. Events included a Road Race, Hill Climb, Team […]
Odendaal and Fourie beat the wind at provincial Downhill Champs
Tiaan Odendaal and Kathryn Fourie made it a double when they claimed the fastest times of the day in the Men and Women’s classes at the 2016 KZNMTB DOWNHILL Championships – presented by Greg Minnaar Cycles that was held at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday 3 July. Both riders had secured the ENDURO […]
Cavendish 8th while Natnael Berhane works well at the head for Team Dimension Data
Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quickstep) won the 4th stage of the Tour de France, just edging ahead of the Frenchman, Bryan Coquard (Direct Energy). The race leader, Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) finished 3rd and in doing so, took back the lead in the green points jersey competition from Mark Cavendish. At 237km, stage 4 from Saumur to Limoges […]
JBay Wind Farm MTB Classic proud to host RMB Change A Life Academy riders
The rural hamlet of Molteno in the Eastern Cape is known as the home of ‘Ouma’ Rusks and, as the town with the coldest recorded temperature in SA (-18°C June 18, 1996) but not as a hotbed for endurance athletes. That is all set to change. Ndumiso ‘Maza’ Dontso and Luvuyo ‘Thando’ Siyasi, two up-and-coming […]
Johannes Fischbach and Jana Bartova win in Spicak
Johannes Fischbach and Jana Bartova are the winners of the fourth round of the iXS European Downhill Cup. More than 300 riders from 26 nations started in Spicak’s race this weekend and made it another highlight of the season. Course Preview by Johann Potgieter and Stefan Garlicki Spicak already hosted iXS EDC races several times […]
Experience the Tour de France feeling in Franschhoek
Didn’t crack the nod for the Tour de France, or short on Euros to get over there? Well, here’s something that might be more to your taste – the Tour de Franschhoek (www.tdfh.co.za) taking place on Saturday 23 July and Sunday 24 July on the final weekend of the Tour de France. The local variety […]
Team REEDS set to Ride4Smiles at the 2016 FNB Wines2Whales MTB Events
Reeds Motor Group will support Operation Smile South Africa at the 2016 FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Events. One in 700 children in South Africa is born with a cleft lip and/or palate. Operation Smile South Africa provides free surgeries to repair a cleft lip, a cleft palate and other facial deformities for children […]
Five stage Enduro challenges KZN’s best
Tiaan Odendaal, Kathryn Fourie and Cherie Redecker posted the fastest times in the Men and Women’s races respectively to claim the gold medals at the five-stage 2016 KZNMTB ENDURO Championships – presented by Greg Minnaar Cycles that was held at a crispy cold Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday 2 July. Local rider Tiaan […]
2nd stage win for Mark Cavendish and Team Dimension Data
Mark Cavendish stole the show during stage 3 of the Tour de France by powering to an incredible photo finish sprint victory over Andre Greipel (Lotto-Soudal). It would be the 28th Tour de France stage win of the Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka sprinters career, and his 2nd victory at this year’s edition of the […]