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Stuart Marais and Andrea Steyn dominate The Momentum Health Oatwell DualX in Knysna
The penultimate event of the BIG5 Sport Challenge, The Momentum Health Oatwell DualX powered by PeptoPro, took place today at the 33rd annual Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival with Stuart Marais and Andrea Steyn clocking the fastest times in the overall and BIG5 Sport Challenge men’s and ladies races. Stuart Marais crosses the finish […]
Review: Spot Gen3 and Spot Trace GPS trackers
The SPOT Gen3 is a personal GPS tracking and satellite messenger system that is designed to work with satellite-based communications and can be used for rescue, tracking and messaging where there are no mobile phone networks. The SPOT Gen3 is 6.5 cm tall, 9 cm wide, 2 cm deep, and weighs under 125g. The pocketable […]
Popular Eston MTB Challenge awaits KZN’s cycling fraternity
Another memorable, family focused day of mountain biking action in the KZN Midlands awaits participants of the 2016 Illovo Eston MTB Challenge which takes place at Eston Farmers’ Club on Sunday 7 August. A great family focused day in the saddle is set to be enjoyed by thousands of cycling enthusiasts when the 2016 Illovo […]
8 reasons to ride the Berg & Bush
The Grindrod Bank Berg & Bush has been hailed by a leading sports journalist as “the premier mountain biking event in the country”. And he is not alone: people who have taken part are unanimous in giving it a vigorous thumbs up. Photo credit: Em Gatland. But what is it that makes this event – […]
Course Preview: Claudio and Peaty take us down Lenzerheide
Steve Peat joins Claudio for a verbal joust down the picture-perfect Swiss downhill track. It’s home turf for Claudio Caluori this UCI MTB World Cup round with a second-ever visit to Lenzerheide in Switzerland. Claudio was involved closely in getting the Lenzerheide downhill track prepped for its World Cup debut in 2015, alongside regular design […]
Gutsy ride by Serge Pauwels
Greg van Avermaet (BMC Racing) won the 5th stage of the Tour de France and the Belgian also moved into the overall race lead. Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) finished in 2nd place and Rafal Majka (Tinkoff) rounded out the stage podium. Today was the first stage of the 2016 Tour de France that saw any […]
Nel aims to be back to his best for Jock Tour
Tour specialist JC Nel is fired up to add the three-day Bestmed Jock Tour title to his palmares after winning the single-day Jock Classique in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, two seasons ago. The Johannesburg rider, who placed fourth overall in the inaugural edition of the 304km race last year, knows there will be no easy route to […]
Interview: Ivan Zimmermann riding the Silk Route
Ivan Zimmerman is riding the 2016 Silk Route cycle tour from Beijing to Istanbul to raise money for university education in South Africa. His marathon journey started on 15 May and will continue until 5 October – covering 12,280km of gruelling terrain. Since Zimmerman will be covering around 125km per day, he is asking his […]
Successful week at Oudtshoorn Youth Festival
The annual Oudtshoorn Youth Festival this year was again hosted by the Eden Cycling Association, and took place from 27-30 June 2016. The Festival saw an exceptional entry field of 180 plus cyclists from the Eden, Western Province Metropolitan, West Coast, Free State and Eastern Cape regions. Events included a Road Race, Hill Climb, Team […]
Video: Spur Sizzling Skillz – Fixing a flat
South African Mountain Bike Champion James Reid has been known to plug a tyre, inflate it, and get racing again in under 20 seconds! Here he takes you through the basics of this essential trailside mechanical skill.
Odendaal and Fourie beat the wind at provincial Downhill Champs
Tiaan Odendaal and Kathryn Fourie made it a double when they claimed the fastest times of the day in the Men and Women’s classes at the 2016 KZNMTB DOWNHILL Championships – presented by Greg Minnaar Cycles that was held at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday 3 July. Both riders had secured the ENDURO […]
Cavendish 8th while Natnael Berhane works well at the head for Team Dimension Data
Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quickstep) won the 4th stage of the Tour de France, just edging ahead of the Frenchman, Bryan Coquard (Direct Energy). The race leader, Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) finished 3rd and in doing so, took back the lead in the green points jersey competition from Mark Cavendish. At 237km, stage 4 from Saumur to Limoges […]