Facelift on the Cards for PMB World Cup Downhill Course
With the RockyRoads UCI MTB World Cup Pietermaritzburg fast approaching, downhill course designer Nigel Hicks is chomping at the bit to give the Cascades MTB park track a facelift. Renowned for the tough flat middle section, the Pietermaritzburg track may not always be international riders’ favourite venue, but is one that brings balance to the […]
The Boardwalk hosts cycling festival
The Boardwalk Race Village at Hobie Beach in Port Elizabeth will become the temporary home of cycling while construction of the new five-star hotel and conference centre is underway at the complex. The Herald VW Cycle Tour will host its pre-race expo and registration in a giant marquee on the grassed area opposite The Boardwalk […]
SA Scoops 2013 MTB Masters World Champs
Cycling South Africa has clinched another coup by winning the rights to stage the 2013 UCI Mountain Bike Masters World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, a week before the 2013 MTB World Championships will take place at the same venue. The announcement was made at the International Cycling Federation (UCI) management committee meeting on Friday afternoon, confirming […]
Rossouw returns to winning ways at big Barberton showdown
Seven years almost to the day after his last major marathon victory, Jacques Rossouw (FEDGROUP – ITEC Connect) made a triumphant return when he claimed a dominant victory over a strong field at the MTN South African National Mountain Bike Series Ultra-marathon in Barberton at the weekend. A weary Jacques Rossouw rolls towards the finish […]
De Groot gets year off to winning start for Momentum Toyota
Robyn de Groot got the year off to triumphant start for her Momentum Toyota team when she sprinted to victory from a small breakaway group to win The New Fast One 106km road cycling race on Sunday. The 29-year-old De Groot clocked a winning time of 02 hours 48 minutes and 46 seconds for the […]
First Stop: Cape Town for SA XCO and DHI Series
South African mountain bikers participating in the cross-country (XCO) and downhill (DHI) disciplines will be making their way to Cape Town in February for the first round of the national series. The SA XCO and DHI Series gives riders around the country the opportunity to compete against one another in these disciplines, and provides SA […]
All Systems Go for 2012 MTB World Cup
Ticket sales are open and selling fast for the RockyRoads UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Pietermaritzburg, to be held at the Cascades Mountain Bike Park in less than two months. Officials are on track to complete renovations to the world-famous facility well in time to be able to welcome the world’s best downhill and cross-country […]
Level 1 Cycling Coach Course Scheduled for Johannesburg in February
It may sound easy being a cycling coach, but this demanding position takes an immense amount of commitment. Cycling South Africa’s Coaching Commission is extending their interactive and highly informative coaching courses to Gauteng, where they will be hosting a Level 1 Coaching Course from Friday 17th – Sunday 19th February 2012. Candidates of a […]
Stewart back to tame Addo
Returning mountain bike champion Brandon Stewart and team-mate Jacques Rossouw are set to resume their ongoing battle with Kevin Evans and David George at The Herald VW Cycle Tour in Addo just outside Port Elizabeth on Saturday, February 4. Riding in the colours of Team FedGroup-Itec Connect, former South African cross-country champions Stewart and Rossouw […]
Stander sets sights on Olympic medal
Virtually everything Burry Stander does between now and August will be part of his preparation to try and win an Olympic Games medal. The 24-year-old multiple South African and African mountain bike champion is one of a handful of South African athletes tipped to be in with a very good shot at a podium place […]
KZN Road Champs Voted ‘Best Ever’ Road Championship
The KwaZulu-Natal provincial Road Cycling Championships, held in Durban and Westville at the weekend, has been hailed by participants as arguably the best ever Provincial or National championship they have ever ridden. On Saturday the 21st January, the Time Trial was held on a circuit around the Durban Country Club. The course measured up to […]
Podium clean sweep as Team Bonitas tame the Cape Cobra
South African road cycling champion, Darren Lill, started the year off on a perfect note when he led his Bonitas professional team to a podium clean sweep at the 85km Cycle Lab Cape Cobra Challenge in Cape Town on Sunday. The 29-year-old specialist climber was in peak form and in his element on the hilly […]