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All the event and racing news from the South African cycling scene.
Cape quartet join The Cows’ 100 Miles of Nowhere mooovement
2016 ABSA Cape Epic African jersey winning duo, Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock have joined with 2008 Beijing Olympian, Candice Neethling and former elite mountain biker, Timo Cooper in a four-rider team for The Cows’ 100 Miles of Nowhere challenge at the Tyger Valley Cadence Cycling Performance Centre on Friday, 24 June from 14h00. Pro […]
Video: The Syndicate 2016 – Leogang
Greg, Josh, and Steve hustle from Fort William over to Leogang, and find the mud everyone expected in Scotland.
Buys and Hatherly to tussle it out for XCO Series title
The fifth and final round of the STIHL 2016 SA MTB Cup Series XCO takes place at the Happy Valley Conservancy in Bloemfontein on Saturday 18 June. Entries close at midnight tonight (Tuesday 14 June 2016). The top Series Log contenders in the Pro-Elite Men category, Philip Buys and Alan Hatherly, are prepared to give […]
Du Toit looks back ahead of XCO Provincial Champs
Cascades MTB Park once again plays host to the KZNMTB Provincial XCO Championships this year, which take place in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday 25 June. 2015 Junior KZN XCO Champion, Frances “Frankie” du Toit returns this year as a Pro-Elite in the under-23 category, hoping to put what she has learnt in her first year as […]
Van Gaalen victories put Knox, Neethling in series contention
Max Knox and Candice Neethling raced to emphatic wins in the Elite men and women’s categories respectively at Van Gaalen at the weekend, putting them both in line for a shot at the prestigious Ashburton Investments National MTB Series titles for 2016. Knox (Lowveld Tractors/Dirk Louwrens Cycles), the current South African marathon champion, used his […]
Follow the RECM Knysna 200 Action
The RECM Knysna 200 takes place this weekend in the slice of mountain biking heaven which is Knysna. The three day stage race is geared specifically towards riders looking to spend three fantastic days on their bikes, but there’s a competitive racing aspect too and both sides of the RECM Knysna 200 will be showcased […]
Extraordinary Dreyer completes ground-breaking sub-50 hour Ride to Rhodes
Irrepressible adventure racer Martin Dreyer stunned the mountain biking fraternity this weekend when he became the first person ever to officially complete the treacherous 575km Ride to Rhodes race from Pietermaritzburg to Rhodes in the Eastern Cape in less than 50 hours, battling cold and snow, fatigue and sleep deprivation, to shatter the previous record […]
Free Beer, Entries from the Berg & Bush
The Grindrod Bank Berg & Bush invites you to their popular Beer Nights, where you can win a team entry as well as hear the latest event updates. Ahead of their 2016 events, the Grindrod Bank Berg & Bush will be hosting three fun and informative Beer Nights around South Africa. The popular mountain bike […]
Barnard still on top at Welvanpas Enduro
The third of the Dirtopia 2016 Enduro series was held from Val De Charron wine & olive Estate near Wellington this weekend, 11 & 12 June. Top Veteran rider Gary Barnard proved to be fastest once again with an overall time for 8 special stages of only 30 minutes 45 seconds. Barnard won the same […]
Odendaal, Fourie ready for Provincial Enduro and Downhill Champs
The KZNMTB Provincial Enduro and DHI Championships presented by Greg Minnaar Cycles take place at the world-renowned Cascades MTB Park on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 July. Although many riders choose to ride one or the other, some daredevils enjoy braving both disciplines over two days. 2015 Elite Men’s Champion, Tiaan Odendaal, will be back […]
Moolman-Pasio solos to victory in Germany
In a repeat performance of last year, Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio won the final stage of Auensteiner – Radsporttage and with it taking the overall victory. The former South African champion has showed great form over the past weeks and was ecstatic to take her first UCI win of the season. Moolman-Pasio started the final stage second […]
Clinical Team TIB claim dusi2c title
Having built up a healthy buffer after stage one, Andrew Hill and Tyronne White maintained their dominance with another stage win and the overall BSi Steel dusi2c title on Sunday while the Jeannie Dreyer and John Ntuli combination was the strongest mixed combination over the two days of racing. With a sound buffer going into […]