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Augustyn eyes home win at national champs in PE

The Shukuma-NMMU squad will be aiming to add a second victory to their name when they host the Bestmed University Sport South Africa cycling championships in Port Elizabeth next week. Shukuma-NMMU captain Wesley Augustyn (right) will lead his team at the Bestmed USSA Cycling championships in Port Elizabeth from June 25 to 28. Photo: Romke […]

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Change a Life stars set to tackle dusi2c MTB Race

Pietermaritzburg – The inaugural dusi2c mountain bike race will see four teams from the Valley of a Thousand Hills-based RMB Change A Life Academy eager to embrace the race with a long term view of creating a sustainable mountain bike industry in the region. Sizwe Mkhosibe (left) and RMB Change A Life Academy team mate […]

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Universities converge on PE for national cycling championships

Nine of South Africa’s top universities will gather in Port Elizabeth next week when the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University hosts the national student cycling championships. Shukuma-NMMU riders, from left, Phillip Erasmus, Gerrit Nel, Wesley Augustyn (captain), Marinus Prinsloo and Waldo Gronum will represent the host university at the Bestmed USSA Cycling championships in Port Elizabeth […]

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Cycling South Africa clarifies misconceptions regarding the Cycle Tour

Cycling South Africa has issued a statement to ‘clarify misconceptions’ following an article published by IOL last week. The article suggested that the Cape Argus Pick ‘n Pay Cycle Tour may be under threat as a result of ongoing disputes between Cycling South Africa and the Pedal Power Association (PPA). Below is the statement from […]

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Medals and World Cup leader jersey for SA Para-cycling team

South Africa’s national Para-cycling team returned from Europe yesterday evening (18 June) with a number of special accolades that they earned in back-to-back UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup races in Merano (Italy) and Segovia (Spain). The team equalled their previous best tour tally of podium finishes with four silver medals and one bronze. Riders who […]

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Impey to play pivotal role for his Tour de France team

ORICA-GreenEDGE has named its nine man Tour de France squad. The line-up includes six riders who raced the Australian outfit’s inaugural Grand Boucle alongside three riders making their Tour de France debut. Photo: greenedgecycling.com “The team objective this year is to win a stage at the Tour de France,” said Sport Director Matt White. “That’s […]

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World Downhill Champ Minnaar medals in World Cup in Italy

Current UCI Downhill World Champion Greg Minnaar finished third in the second round of the Downhill series of the 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano, which took place at the popular Val di Sole track in Italy on Sunday. Val di Sole played host to the first meeting of all three mountain […]

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O’Keeffe eleventh in World Supercross ranking

BMX racers made their way to the Netherlands for the third round of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup at Papendal, in the city of Arnhem, the Netherlands at the weekend. South African Elite BMX racer Teagan O’Keeffe recovered well from a heavy crash during practice on Friday to narrowly miss out on competing in […]

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Weiss ready for Totalsports XTERRA Pezula

Local XTERRA Warrior Bradley Weiss (Somerset West) will be counting down the days to the Totalsports XTERRA PEZULA presented by REHIDRAT® SPORT after his stellar performance at the XTERRA East Championship (Richmond, VA) earlier this month where he secured the last spot on the podium behind Dan Hugo (Stellenbosch, South Africa) and Ryan Ignatz (Boulder […]

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RE:CM Knysna 200 pays dividends for rider

One lucky rider’s raffle ticket paid handsome dividends when he walked away with R50 000 worth of unit trusts at the recent RE:CM Knysna 200 mountain bike race. Amateur mountain biker Digby Webb (pictured) walked away a winner at the recent RE:CM Knysna 200 when he won a unit trust investment worth R50 000, courtesy […]

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Lebanon youth receive a welcomed BMX donation from FNB Wines2Whales and PPA

Three youth from the Lebanon Village in Elgin Grabouw recently received a welcomed BMX donation from the organizers of the FNB Wines2Whales and Pedal Power Association (PPA). Three youth from the Lebanon Village in Elgin Grabouw recently received a welcomed BMX donation from the organizers of the FNB Wines2Whales and Pedal Power Association (PPA). Seen […]

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De Groot’s fairytale mountain bike debut with a win at MTN Rooiberg

The fairy tale mountain-bike debut of Robyn de Groot (Needs Sponsor) is far from over. On Saturday (15 June), at the MTN Rooiberg event in Limpopo, she achieved another cycling first when she won the women’s marathon over 75km. Eventual 2nd place Yolandi du Toit in action at MTN_Rooiberg Photo: Zoon Cronje It was her […]