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All the event and racing news from the South African cycling scene.
Mountaineer and Polar Adventurer to participate in this year’s Absa Cape Epic
World-renowned mountaineer and polar adventurer, Alex Harris, will take up the challenge of riding the legendary Absa Cape Epic – a challenging 781km mountain bike race with 16 300m of climbing. At 25 years of age, Harris was the youngest person ever to lead an expedition to Mount Everest. Alex Harris on Mount Everest in […]
Surprise Success as Cycle Lab employees win stage race
Everyone was surprised that Ben Mwanje and Daniel Alikisente of Team Cycle Lab Toyota, won the overall title at the Bridgestone Route 69 Experience, a three-day mountain bike stage race held in the north west of Johannesburg, Gauteng at the weekend. Everyone that is, except them. It was the first stage race that Mwanje (29) […]
Ihlenfeldt Takes Double Victory and Series Win
This past weekend saw the finale of the Aca Joe Pro Classic Series with two races in two days. On Saturday the cyclists competed in the Wellington Lions Race over 94km and Sunday the series finished off with the Bay City Cycle Tour over 84km. Stefan Ihlenfeldt of the Smith & Associate / OBike Maties […]
The MTB World Cup Beginners’ Guide
With less than a month to go before all the action of the 2012 RockyRoads UCI MTB World Cup season opener in Pietermaritzburg gets underway, cyclists throughout South Africa and around the world are starting to catch what is fast being termed ‘MTB World Cup fever’. With the best riders from around the world set […]
Team Bonitas all set to defend SA Road Champs title
The most important annual domestic road cycling event, the South African Road Race Championship, takes place in Nelspruit this week and top professional outfit, Team Bonitas, have left nothing to chance in their efforts to defend one title and chase two more. With 2011 road race champion Darren Lill in their ranks, Team Bonitas will […]
Swiss Champs Looser and Huber a strong team going into 2012 Absa Cape Epic
The Absa Cape Epic, now in its ninth year, has become one of the most important events on the global mountain biking calendar. As the premier team stage mountain bike race on the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) calendar, the race annually hosts the world’s most accomplished and legendary mountain bike riders. This year, everyone will […]
Craft claims Knysna three-stage
Johannesburg’s Adrian Enthoven and Delaney Impey preserved their eight-minute lead to claim overall victory in the taxing three-day Garden Route Rocky Mountain 300 mountain bike race in Knysna on Sunday. The Team Craft pair crossed the line in third on the final stage to secure the honours in 12:32:25 ahead of day one leaders Timo […]
Evans claims dominant win at Sabie Marathon World Series Event
Four-time South African marathon champion, Kevin Evans (Nedbank 360Life), left nothing to chance when he raced to a dominant victory over a strong international field at Round 3 of the South African National Marathon Series in Sabie in the Mpumalanga province on Saturday. The 33-year-old, who has won the National Marathon Series title six times, […]
Team Decca Ghost bids Farewell to Knox
Max Knox, one of South Africa’s top mountain bike marathon racers, will no longer be a member of Team Decca Ghost after opting not to renew his contract with Ballistic Bike Trading, the company that owns the South African-based racing team. Ballistic Bike Trading threw Knox a lifeline early last year when the professional team […]
Boelts and Landtwing join forces for the 2012 Absa Cape Epic
The Absa Cape Epic, now in its ninth year, has become one of the most important events on the global mountain biking calendar. As the world premier team stage mountain bike race on the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) calendar, the race annually hosts the world’s most accomplished and legendary mountain bike riders. Udo Boelts (45, […]
Bentley Battles Flu Ahead of MTB World Cup
Hilton based downhill mountain bike rider Tim Bentley is locked in a race against time to shake off a stubborn ’flu virus that is hampering his training and final preparations for the 2012 RockyRoads UCI MTB World Cup in Pietermaritzburg from 16th to 18th March. Bentley is a team rider with the Hitchinson United Ride […]
British star back for Knysna title defence
Team bizhub-FCF’s British import Catherine Williamson has returned to South African shores just in time to defend her title in the Garden Route Rocky Mountain 300 mountain bike race, which starts in Knysna on Friday. Williamson, who won the inaugural three-day event with Nicci Grobler, will go head to head with Grobler and new partner […]