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All the event and racing news from the South African cycling scene.
Why EWC reckon enduro racing is for you
“I’ve heard about these Enduros. Are they good for me?” We’re glad you have asked, and we know you fear them so we’re going to steal four minutes from your day to tell you why you don’t need to be fear this excruciatingly fun discipline of mountain biking. Number one: Enduro racing can help all […]
Debutants Hatherly and Lill win Cape Town Cycle Tour MTB Challenge
South Africa’s Alan Hatherly (Specialized) outsprinted training partner Matt Beers (NAD Pro Racing) to win his first Cape Town Cycle Tour MTB Challenge in a new record time of 02:09:05. Hatherly’s Specialized Factory Racing teammate Simon Andreassen rounded out the podium, some 10 minutes back. The women’s race saw Candice Lill (Summit Fin) outclass South […]
Spitz and Rieder team up for Cape Epic
Germany’s Sabine Spitz is one of the most celebrated mountain bikers of all time. Along with her full house of Olympic medals (Gold in 2008, Silver in 2012 and Bronze in 2004) she won the 2003 XCO World Championships and the 2009 XCM World Championships, the only major win missing from her palmarès is the […]
Some of the world’s foremost mountain bikers will be battling it out at the CTCT MTB Challenge
This coming weekend (Saturday, 2 March) will see some of the world’s top marathon and XCO pros line-up at the Cape Town Cycle Tour MTB Challenge. In 2018, this iconic event was won by New Zealand’s Sam Gaze (Specialized). Gaze went on to famously win the elite men’s race at the UCI Mountain Bike World […]
VIDEO: DarkFEST 2019 Highlights
The heaviest hitters in the freeride world gathered in Stellenbosch to shred the biggest jumps in the world and change the game once again.
Weiss, Preen crowned XTERRA SA Champions
It was a spectacular day for XTERRA racing out in Elgin Grabouw (Western Cape) on Sunday, 24 February 2019 with Bradley Weiss (Stellenbosch) and Haley Preen (Hout Bay) throwing down the gauntlet in the Elite Men’s and Women’s Race respectively in their pursuit of the coveted title of XTERRA South Africa Champion. Taking place at […]
Matt Beers and Sam Sanders claim Knysna Bull wins
HB Kruger won two stages of the Knysna Bull made personal by Constantia Insurance, but it wasn’t enough to overhaul the overall lead Matt Beers held on the race from Wednesday’s evening prologue. In the end, Beers claimed the win and the R100 000 prize just ahead of under-23 cross-country World Champion Alan Hatherly, with […]
Oosthuizen outduels Pritzen to take Berge & Dale
Jason Oosthuizen outduelled fellow teenager Marc Pritzen to win his first major road classic in the 20th edition of the Takealot Berge & Dale cycling race in Krugersdorp on the West Rand today. In a two-man breakaway over the final few kilometres in the 108km feature race, the TEG ProCycling rider edged the in-form Pritzen […]
Mixed Aspirations for Triple World Champ, Óscar Freire, at the Absa Cape Epic.
As a former three-time World Champion whenever Óscar Freire pins a number to his kit he attracts a great deal of attention. Even if those victories came on far smoother roads than the ones he will need to conquer, alongside Natalia Fischer Egusquiza, in the 2019 Absa Cape Epic. Freire is after-all cycling royalty and […]
Join Songo.info for a Star-studded Charity Fundraiser
From humble beginnings 11 years ago as a safe space for township children to ride BMX bikes after school, songo.info has evolved into a sport and education support programme helping brighten the lives of children living in Kayamandi, Stellenbosch. On the 7th of March this year, songo.info will once again be celebrating the amazing children […]
Robbie Hunter to ride first Cape Epic
From 2001 until he retired in 2013 there was no better known South African cyclist than Robbie Hunter. The former Rabobank, Phonak and Barloworld sprinter, turned sports agent, took part in sixteen grand tours during his professional career; which started in 1999. He rose to fame however when he made his Tour de France debut […]
Substitution entries for the Cape Town Cycle Tour are open
The official substitution process for the 2019 Cape Town Cycle Tour opened on Wednesday, 13 February 2019 at 1pm and closes on Monday, 25 February at 1pm. Photo credit: Nic Bothma The lowdown Every time you cross a timing mat out on the route the data from your timing chip is streamed to a server. […]