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Smit completes hat-trick at national tour
The University of Pretoria’s Willie Smit completed a hat-trick of stage wins to retain the yellow jersey on day two of the Bestmed USSA cycle tour in in a cold and rainy Port Elizabeth on Thursday. Willie Smit (left) leads the four-man breakaway group during the third stage of the Bestmed USSA student cycle tour […]
South Africans settling in for marathon world champs in Austria
Eight South African endurance mountain bike riders will line up at the start of the 2013 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Champs in the scenic ski village of Kirchberg in Tyrol, Austria on Saturday 29 June. Image source: Wikimedia Commons The elite men, represented by Max Knox, Nico Bell, Charles Keey, Lourens Luus, Darren Lill […]
Speedy comeback on track for MTB World Champs
Top South African elite women’s cross country mountain biking competitor Yolande Speedy (Epic Sports/USN/GT) is on the comeback trail ahead of the 2013 UCI MTB & Trials World Championships, which take place at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg from 26 August-1 September, after being sidelined by a broken collarbone and two broken ribs. South African […]
Tour of Austria: Gerald Ciolek leads African team in the Alps
Milan-San Remo winner Gerald Ciolek and Spanish climber Sergio Pardilla will lead Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung in the Tour of Austria (June 30 – July 7 / UCI 2. HC) starting this coming Sunday. The two riders from the first African Professional Continental team travel to Austria with good memories: Gerald Ciolek won two stages […]
Smit takes early lead at USSA champs
Team Bonitas professional Willie Smit put in a dominating performance to claim the first two stages and the yellow jersey on day one of the Bestmed USSA student road cycling championships in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday. The University of Pretoria’s Willie Smit (left) won both the opening road stage and the individual time-trial on day […]
Bergstrom overcomes injury ahead of MTB Masters World Champs debut
South African masters cross country mountain biking pocket rocket Natalie Bergstrom (Coffeeberry/Momsen) has overcome her recent knee injury in time to give the final two months of her preparations for the 2013 UCI MTB Masters World Championships at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg from 21-25 August a full go. “I’m trying to prepare for the […]
Cooper shows class at national student champs
Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s Timo Cooper showed his class when he won the national student mountain biking title at the Bestmed USSA cycling championships in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday. Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s Timo Cooper won the national student mountain biking title at the Bestmed USSA cycling championships in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday. […]
Froome inspires University team’s championship bid
As former University of Johannesburg student Chris Froome prepares to launch his title bid at the Tour de France on Saturday, his alma mater will be doing the same at the national student cycling championships in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, this week. The University of Johannesburg’s 2005 cycling team, featuring Tour de France favourite Chris […]
Hill and Bird reign victorious in first dusi2c MTB race
The second and final stage of the inaugural edition of the dusi2c mountain bike race once again saw Andrew Hill and Tyron Bird (TIB Insurance) cross the finish line first as the pair made it two stage victories from two, in the process handing them the race’s first ever overall victory, whilst overnight leaders Eszter […]
Hill and Bird emerge triumphant after first stage of dusi2c MTB Race
TIB Insurance team riders Andrew Hill and Tyron Bird emerged with top honours at the end of stage one of the inaugural Dusi2c mountain bike race, from the start of the famous canoe marathon at Camps Drift, to Mfula Store. Team TIB Insurance, Andrew Hill (front) and Tyron Bird, cross the uMsundusi river on a […]
All systems go for inaugural dusi2c MTB Race
Pietermaritzburg – The first edition of the dusi2c mountain bike race gets under way from the Camps Drift pavilion in Pietermaritzburg shortly after sunrise on Saturday morning, promising the big entry of two-rider teams a 130km two-day adventure through the valley of a Thousand Hills following the Dusi Canoe Marathon route and enjoying the hospitality […]
Burry Stander tribute at The Cascades MTB Park
Pietermaritzburg – With just over two months to go to the start of UCI MTB and Trials World Championships at The Cascades MTB Park, a large permanent memorial to iconic rider and role model Burry Stander has been established at the venue. A wide view of the Burry Stander memorial at the Cascades MTB Park […]