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All the event and racing news from the South African cycling scene.
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio brings team of 30 to Cape Town Cycle Tour
Former Cape Town Cycle Tour champion, the first winner of the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships and South Africa’s leading international female cyclist Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio is returning to where it all began – the Cape Town Cycle Tour. She’s also bringing 30 new “teammates” with her. Moolman-Pasio, a week after competing in the Strade Bianche […]
What to expect in the 2023 Cape Town Cycle Tour Elite Women’s Race
Since the move to a separate elite women’s race, in 2018, only two women have won the Cape Town Cycle Tour. Both will be lining up once more in 2023. They are five-time champion, Cherise Willeit, and the three-time victor Kimberley Le Court De Billot. Both the South African and the Mauritian are likely to […]
Beers and Lill Win 2023 South African XCM Championships
Matt Beers and Candice Lill proved themselves to be a class apart at the Bike Fest Paarl on Saturday, 4 March. The Toyota Specialized man won his second South African Marathon title, on the 75 kilometre long course; which started and finished at Rhebokskloof Wine Estate outside Paarl. While Lill, of Seattle Coffee Co King […]
South African XCM Championships Showdown Headlines 2023 Bike Fest Paarl
The 2023 South African Marathon Championships is set to headline the Bike Fest Paarl, at Rhebokskloof, this weekend. Saturday’s main event, the 80 kilometre showdown to determine who wears the national champion’s jerseys at stage races and marathon evens for the next 12 months, underpins a weekend of mountain bike racing on the Paarl Mountain. […]
e-Fort Symbtech Take on CM.com Women’s Category at the Absa Cape Epic
Amy Wakefield has completed four Absa Cape Epics thus far, winning the inaugural Absa African Women’s Jersey alongside Candice Lill in 2018. In those four finishes she has notched up three top five finishes in the CM.com Women’s category, and a second place in the Toyota Mixed category. Her partner for 2023, Irina Luetzelschwab, will […]
Day and De Villiers Battle Headwinds to Win 2023 News24 Karoo Burn
Dusty Day and Yolande de Villiers emerged victorious in a war of attrition against the wind, as much as against the brutal R355 gravel road, at the 2023 News24 Karoo Burn; on Saturday, 25 February. The 242 kilometre long race, from Calvinia to Kaleo Guest Farm, near Ceres, took on the longest, straight, uninterrupted gravel […]
Canyon Northwave: Returning to Unfinished Business at Absa Cape Epic
The Canyon Northwave teams are unquestionably among the favourites for the 2023 race. Their pedigree speaks for them. As does their historic success at the Absa Cape Epic. Yet, one cannot help but feel they have unfinished business at the Untamed African Mountain Bike Race. In 2021 Andreas Seewald and Martin Stošek won Stage 3 […]
Absa Cape Epic’s Last Lions still roaring
Finishing just one Absa Cape Epic requires the strength of a lion and mental fortitude of a guru, but imagine what it takes to complete them all? Suffice to say those who have are few – only three in fact. On 28 February 2004, John Gale, Mike Nixon and Hannele Steyn were among the 550 […]
Join Bike Fest Paarl 2023
Paarl is more than just a pretty face. Other than its obvious charm and history, it has become a hub for trail seekers, cyclists, and outdoor enthusiasts. It has also been selected as the host town for the biggest outdoor bike expo this side of the country has seen. Bike Fest Paarl will host a […]
Eroica South Africa Interviews: David Mercer and the Gravel Bike
To introduce Eroica’s answer to gravel bike racing – the NOVA Eroica – Stan Engelbrecht, from Eroica South Africa, sat down with Cape Town frame builder, David Mercer to discuss how he saw the evolution of the gravel bike progress in the South African cycling context. And whether a gravel bike is the perfect bike […]
SeriousGEES is only a click away! FNB W2W Switchback Entries are Open!
Entries to the 2023 FNB Wines2Whales Switchback, taking place from 20-29 October 2023, are now open and you can secure your team entry from just R12 975. Calling all lovers of singletrack, adventure, wine, mountain biking, good times, and GEES! Entries to the 2023 FNB Wines2Whales Switchback are NOW OPEN! Over the past 13 years, […]
The Luxliner Route 66 MTB Experience: Now the only UCI MTB event in Gauteng
The Leverage Corporation is proud to announce the 13th staging of the Route 66 MTB & Trail Run Experience. Not only does this very popular stage race have a fantastic headline sponsor in the form of Luxliner this year, but it has also been granted UCI status, making it the only UCI event of its […]