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Hatherly and Andreassen win sprint finish on day 2
For Under-23 cross country world champion Alan Hatherly the trail-laden Stage 2 of the FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz was “superb … the highlight of the year”. And as an extra bonus he and Danish partner Simon Andreassen (Team Spur Specialized) won the 66km stage in a thrilling sprint finish against overall leaders Matt Beers and Wessel […]
Beers, Botha take Stage 1 on dramatic day of racing
A day of incident-filled racing ended with South African duo Matt Beers and Wessel Botha (Team NAD) overcoming two punctures to finish Stage 1 of the FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz with a healthy lead of nearly three minutes. Beers and his 19-year-old partner had to chase back and catch Under-23 cross country world champion Alan Hatherly […]
Berg & Bush revamps midweek ride
After careful consideration of its three events, and wanting to keep things varied for loyal and new riders alike, the Grindrod Bank Berg & Bush based near Winterton in KwaZulu-Natal is innovating once again. From 2019, the midweek Berg & Bush will be known as the Berg & Bush Great Midweek, and will start and […]
Canyon reveal their South African plans
Earlier this year, German direct-to-consumer bicycle company Canyon announced that it would be opening the Canyon website to purchases from South Africa. Building on this initial launch, Canyon invited the South African cycling media to a launch day at Mont Marie wine farm in Stellenbosch last week. Here Canyon outlined their plans to distribute and […]
FNB Wines2Whales race village evacuated
The weather gods frowned on the FNB Wines2Whales for nearly 16 hours and, after an unprecedented race village evacuation last night (Monday), riders today battled with driving rain and muddy conditions. All of which followed a fire fanned by the wind yesterday afternoon and which had been approaching the race village at Oak Valley. The […]
SA Enduro National Champs goes down in fiery temperatures in the Karkloof Valley
The second South African Enduro National Championships took place in the Karkloof Valley over the past weekend in scorching conditions. With ten stages over two days, it was a combination of fitness, tech skills and consistent hydration that would see the newly crowned 2018 National Champs on the top step of the podium. The lead […]
From Mountain Kingdom to mountain bikes
It took them a 12-hour bus ride to get to the Western Cape but Lesotho’s Phetetso Monese and Malefetsane Lesofe made exceptionally quick work of today’s Stage 1 of the FNB Wines2Whales Pinotage. 22-year-old Lesofe and his 34-year-old mentor Monese – an Olympian mountain biker – finished the 69km stage in only 3hrs 30min in […]
Champagne Finale to the FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay
The final stage of the FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay race concluded under clear blue skies, overlooking the azure waters of Walker Bay, at The Marine Hotel. Sunday, 28 October, was the concluding day of the elite women’s race in the 2018 FNB Wines2Whales event series and produced arguably the most exciting racing of the weekend. Ariane […]
Summit peak for Stage 2 of the FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay
The Summit pairing of Candice Lill and Adelheid Morath extended their FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay race lead with a peak performance on Stage 2, around the Elgin Valley on Saturday 27 October. Behind them, for the second day in a row, the minor places were fiercely contested. With the leading women once again starting separately, and […]
Lill and Morath dominate the opening day of FNB Wines2Whales
The Summit pairing of Candice Lill and Adelheid Morath tore the women’s field asunder on the opening day of the FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay event, on Friday 26 October 2018. The South African/German combination attacked from the gun, on the climb to Lourensford Neck. They steadily extended the gap to 11 minutes and 39 seconds by […]
Wines2Whales Chardonnay stages to start early to beat the heat
With the mercury predicted to soar into the upper thirties over the weekend the FNB Wines2Whales Race Director, Hendrico Burger, has made the call to move the start times of the Chardonnay race forward by an hour. Rider safety is of paramount importance to the event and with that in mind the elite women will […]
World Cup Champion Jolanda Neff joins Trek Factory Racing XC
Trek announced today that Swiss cross-country mountain bike champion Jolanda Neff will join the ranks of Trek Factory Racing XC. The three-time World Cup overall winner will continue to focus on the World Cup cross-country circuit, but will also race select events with the new Trek Factory Racing Cyclocross and Trek-Segafredo teams. At just 25 […]