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Meintjes Wins The South African Elite Road Championships
In what was an exhilarating race around the streets of Westiville, KwaZulu-Natal today. The South African Road Race Championships saw Louis Meintjes come away with the national jersey. Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) took the silver with defending champion, Jay Thomson taking the bronze medal. The days racing was hard and fast from the gun, with numerous […]
De Groot takes dominant win at Dullstroom
Current South African marathon champion, Robyn de Groot (Biogen Toyota), claimed a morale-boosting win at the opening round of the MTN National Marathon Mountain Bike Series in Dullstroom, Mpumalanga on Saturday. Robyn de Groot (Biogen Toyota) and Lourens Luus (RE:CM) celebrate their respective overall women and men’s category wins at the MTN Dullstroom on Saturday.Photo […]
Exciting Vets racing on penultimate day of National Road Champs
The Veteran classes put on an exciting day of racing in the penultimate day of the 2014 Time Freight SA Road Cycling Championships in Westville today, Saturday 8 February. Chad Short (centre), who claimed the Vet Men 40-44 national championship title, flanked by bronze medallist Jacques Fullard (left) and silver medallist Austin Steyn (right) during […]
International riders dominate stage two of ISUZU Ride The Rock
The Swiss and Bermudan flags were flying high on Saturday, 08 February 2014 with Konny Looser and Flora Duffy crossing the finish line first in their respective categories after Stage Two of the action packed ISUZU Ride The Rock Mountain Bike (MTB) Race. Konny Looser (Switzerland) took top honours in the men’s race on Saturday, […]
Kleinhans, Booyens claim impressive Stage One victories at ISUZU Ride The Rock
Erik Kleinhans of Team RE∙CM set a steady pace during Stage One of the much anticipated ISUZU Ride The Rock MTB Race that started in the majestic Cederberg Region on Friday, 07 February 2014. Erik Kleinhans of Team RE∙CM set a steady pace during Stage One of the much anticipated ISUZU Ride The Rock MTB […]
Impey, Moolman-Pasio claim Elite TT national titles
Defending champions Daryl Impey (Orica GreenEdge) and Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (Hitec Products) retained their Elite National Time Trial titles on day 3 of the 2014 Time Freight SA Road Cycling Championships in Durban. The Elite men started earlier than normal at 7am and Impey delivered a smooth performance to keep the charging Jay Thomson (Team MTN-Qhubeka) […]
Live rider tracking and monitoring for 2014 Absa Cape Epic
For the first time the 2014 Absa Cape Epic will have live tracking and monitoring of the 600 rider teams over the entire 8-day stage race. In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Tracker Business, leading fleet management and vehicle recovery solutions company, will deploy specially-developed lightweight tracking devices that deliver live rider information, such as speed and […]
2014 Cape Epic Partnerships
New and old partnerships will set the pace at this year’s Absa Cape Epic, which takes place from 23 to 30 March. The race will see 1 200 cyclists take on the challenging 718km with 14 850m of climbing, visiting the towns of Robertson, Greyton and Elgin, and finishing eight days later at Lourensford Wine […]
Sunny Durbs welcomes time trial athletes for 2014 Time Freight SA Road Champs
Racing in the time trial discipline marked the start of the 2014 Time Freight SA Road Cycling Championships, which got underway along the Snell Parade in Durban yesterday, 4 February. It was the tandem cyclists who started at 7am, followed by the schools classes, under-16 boys and girls, and the Para-cycling disciplines. Paralympian Ernst van […]
Team MTN Qhubeka preview: South African National Championships
This week will see the South African National Road Championships being held in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The Championships kick off with the 40km time trial on Thursday, with the road race being held over 180km on Sunday. Team MTN Qhubeka p/b Samsung will once again see Jay Thomson and Jaco Venter lead the team over the […]
Schoeman eyes ninth national title
Eight-time national road race champion Anriette Schoeman will have another bite at the cherry when she takes on South Africa’s cycling elite at the annual championships in Durban this weekend. Image credit: Alex Cooper Schoeman, who will race in the colours of Bestmed-Africa Silks, said she believed she still had another title in her after […]
Podiums aplenty for beaming Kargo Pro MTB outfit
The Kargo Pro MTB team got their second month of the year underway in dominant fashion on 1 and 2 February as the weekend’s action saw the proudly South African, UCI-accredited outfit clinch no less than four podium finishes at cycling events across the country. Image credit: Darren Goddard/Gameplan Media On the back of team […]