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All the event and racing news from the South African cycling scene.
Murray gears up for ITU World Series race in Madrid
Since leaving South Africa just over two months ago for his international campaign Richard Murray has been stacking up some strong performances and shown that he is more than ready and capable of competing with the big men of international triathlon. Photo credit: Nils Nilsen “I am really proud that I showed in San Diego […]
Moolman-Pasio claims first UCI victory in The Netherlands
South African Time Trial and Road Cycling Champion Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio had the race of her life when she won the UCI 1.2 Boels Rental Hills Classic in Valkenburg, The Netherlands on Friday. The Lotto Belisol Ladies team rider comes off what she terms a “hard race block” having just completed the gruelling Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon. […]
MTN-Qhubeka’s Ciolek takes tenth overall in Bayern Rundfahrt
Gerald Ciolek’s sixth place stage finish on Sunday ended Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung’s successful appearance at the International Bayern Rundfahrt (May 22-26 / UCI 2.HC). Ciolek was beaten in the sprint finale at the famous Nürnberger Burg by Heinrich Haussler. The Team IAM rider won an exciting finale after 169.9 kilometers between Kelheim and Nürnberg […]
Uys, Coetzer conquer the Pronutro Magalies Monster
Buffelspoort was a hub of excitement on Saturday, 25 May 2013 when just over 1500 mountain biking enthusiasts swarmed to the ATKV to test their skill at the challenging ProNutro Magalies Monster MTB Classic presented by ISUZU. Defending Champion, Henry Uys (riding for bryton/USN ) proved to be the strongest competitor in the men’s race, […]
Bayern-Rundfahrt: Ciolek takes stage and yellow jersey for Qhubeka
Gerald Ciolek won not only the stage but also took over the lead at the International Bayern Rundfahrt (May 22-26 / UCI 2.HC), giving Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung its first yellow jersey of this cycling season. The Milan-San Remo winner took his third win of the season in an exciting sprint finale at the only […]
Mariske Strauss heads to the Orange Monkey international mountain bike team
Mariske Strauss who has been racing for Team Contego-Giant for the past three years, has joined up with international mountain bike team, Orange Monkey. Strauss will race for Orange Monkey during the international season. This is the same team her fellow South African Rourke Croeser rides for. She is however not lost for Team Contego-Giant […]
Mountain bike action aplenty over next two weekends
There is an abundance of mountain bike action taking place over the next 2 weekends, both locally and abroad, with a national cross-country cup race in Gauteng, UCI World Cup event in the Czech Republic, and the national marathon champs next Saturday. This weekend sees the third round of the Cycling SA-MTB National Cup Series […]
Top field set for RE:CM Knysna 200 stage race
Some of the country’s top mountain bikers will head a capacity field when the third edition of the RE:CM Knysna 200 stage race rolls out on June 7. The title sponsor’s Waylon Woolcock and Lourens Luus, who finished second at the recent Old Mutual joBerg2c, will be looking for a rematch with champion Brandon Stewart, […]
Bayern-Rundfahrt: Ciolek second in photo finish behind Impey
It couldn’t have been closer or more exciting end to the second stage of the International Bayern Rundfahrt (May 22-26 / UCI 2.HC). Milan-San Remo winner Gerald Ciolek of Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung was beaten into second place by South African Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) in a photo-finish. Third on the difficult Queen Stage over 199.6 […]
Sadness at spate of tragic cycle accidents
Cycling South Africa is saddened at the news of the spate of tragic cycling accidents and loss of lives over the past ten days on South Africa’s roads. It is with regret and shock that we heard of the death of a commuter in Durbanville on Tuesday morning. According to iol.co.za, the accident took place […]
The first event of the Nissan TrailSeeker Series hits Pretoria this weekend
In 2010 Adrien Niyonshuti (MTN-Qhubeka) made South African mountain-bike history when he won the Nissan TrailSeekers Curro/Hazeldean marathon in Pretoria. It was the first time that a black rider had won any of the Nissan TrailSeekers races. Just to prove that it was no fluke, he went on to win the Down and Dirty 70km […]
Adverse analytical finding in recent mountain bike stage race
Cycling SA received notification from the UCI (International Cycling Union) of an adverse analytical finding from a sample provided by Barry Warmback on 18 March 2013 at the Absa Cape Epic. The analytical report confirmed the presence of the steroid, Stanozolol in his sample. Barry is therefore provisionally suspended with immediate effect from competing in […]