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All the event and racing news from the South African cycling scene.
2012 February Road Team Nominations Listing
The Road Commission announced last month that they were embarking on an initiative to include the managers of Top Club and Continental Teams in the Road Team Nominations Listing for selections for National teams. The process is working as follows: At the end of each 2nd month all the Men’s Top Club managers will receive […]
MTB World Cup Message from Event Director Alec Lenferna
Dear Cycling Fan, With less than six weeks to go before the 2012 RockyRoads UCI MTB World Cup Pietermaritzburg presented by Shimano event gets underway, the local team here is already in high gear and lots and lots of work is underway. This is the third time that we will stage the opening round of […]
SA Mountain Bike Marathon Champs Date Announced
The 2012 South African Elite Mountain Bike Marathon Championships will take place in Wellington, in the heart of the Boland, on Saturday 25th August 2012. Only 45 minutes’ drive from Cape Town, Wellington is situated near the Cape’s famous Wine Routes, and the Wellington Tourism & Wine Route of the Western Cape in South Africa […]
Stander, Speedy Dominate SA Cross-Country Cup opener
Beijing Olympians Burry Stander and Yolande Speedy showed that four years later they’re still South Africa’s top mountain bike racers in the Olympic Cross-Country (XCO) discipline, winning the Elite men and women’s races respectively at the opening round of the 2012 South African National Cup Series in Durbanville, near Cape Town on Saturday. Stander (Specialized […]
Para Athletes Hold Their Own at Track World Champs in LA
South Africa’s Para-cycling squad is holding their own amongst tough competition at the 2012 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles (USA). Racing began on Thursday 9th February at the Home Depot Center in Carson, after the team had endured an exhausting 27-hour trip. Having all settled in well, Roxy Burns was at the […]
Van Dyk’s Tight Victory in US
Handcycling 2011 World Champion Ernst van Dyk came out of nowhere to scoop a victory by the narrowest of margins at the 2012 Melbourne and Beaches Music Marathon held in the USA on Sunday 5th February. The Melbourne and Beaches Music Marathon took place in East Central Florida, and offered a running marathon event but […]
UCI Sabie Classic Showdown Set to be a Humdinger
With two weeks to go before the first ever UCI MTB Marathon Series race to be held in South Africa, taking place on 25th to 26th February 2012, preparations are storming ahead! The recent heavy rains that have hit Mpumalanga have drained away leaving some challenges to the course designer Dennis Lawrie, but living in […]
Dynamic Young Road Cycling Academy Spreading Its Wings
Cycling South Africa will once again be partnering with South African road cycling icon Nic White and the Toyota Cycle Lab Academy in 2012, to assist in developing emerging young road cycling talent. Launched in 2011 under the auspices of White – who has numerous accolades to his name including several 94.7 Cycle Challenge victories, […]
Race Report: The Roller Coaster by Smith & Assosiate / OBike Maties
After a fast start to the race, eight riders managed to break away on the ascent of Ou Kaapse Weg’s east side. Smith & Assosiate / OBike Maties were represented by Victor Grobbelaar and Stefan Ihlenfeldt while Daikin/Gu’s David Garrett and SA Road Champ Darren Lill (Bonitas), along with Renay Goustra (RSA Web) and Lance […]
Cycling South Africa Announcements – 09 February 2012
Cycling South Africa Announcements – 09 February 2012 1. Cycling South Africa hereby announces the resignation of David Bellairs who served on the Board as Director Recreation. The Board would like to thank David for his service and wish him well. 2. The recent media article announcing the disaffiliation of Pedal Power Association from Cycling […]
Seymour’s triathlon star on the rise
A top-ten performance at the recent Spec-Savers Ironman 70.3 South Africa has earned rising triathlon star Jeanni Seymour elite U/23 status and paved the way towards achieving her Olympic dreams. The 19-year-old University of Johannesburg student won the 18 to 24 age category for a second consecutive year and was the sixth woman overall at […]
Perry time-trials to Classic win in PE
James Perry (Tasol-GT) turned the finishing straight of the 105km Classic into a time-trial course to thwart the country’s top sprinters in the 27th edition of The Herald VW Cycle Tour in Port Elizabeth on Sunday. The double national time-trial champion broke clear of the leaders in the final kilometre of the national classic to […]