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Rabie and Kruger fight back at joBerg2c
After losing the overall lead on a dramatic day yesterday, Johann Rabie and HB Kruger fought back to win the seventh stage of the Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain bike race at Mackenzie Club outside Ixopo today. The Telkom pair finished the 82km ride from Glencairn on the Sani Pass road in 3:03:06 (26:01:22) to claim […]
Uitkyk Enduro to showcase new stages on the Simonsberg
In November 2015, the Simonsberg Enduro was a highlight for the Enduro riders at the end of a season. On the 15th of May, they can enjoy new sections of this mountain on four special stages. The start and finish will be from Uitkyk Wine Estate near Stellenbosch, with its magnificent wines and historic buildings. […]
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka looking to race from the front in Yorkshire
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka will take part in the Tour de Yorkshire which gets underway on Friday 29 April and concludes after 3 stages, on Sunday 1 May. This year, it will be the 2nd edition of the Tour de Yorkshire and our African Team are happy to be returning to Yorkshire after being […]
Tour de Romandie #2: Kristian Sbaragli secures a top 10 in the sprint
Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quickstep) won a shortened stage 1 of the Tour de Romandie, beating Niccolo Bonifazio (Trek-Segafredo) and Michael Albasini (Orica-Greenedge) in the sprint finish. Originally today’s opening stage was scheduled to be 169km from La Chaux-de-Fonds but due to some early morning snowfall the orgnisers were forced to cut out the opening 60km of […]
Combrinck and Bell race into joBerg2c lead
Gawie Combrinck and Nico Bell won the all-new sixth stage of the 2016 Old Mutual joBerg2c in emphatic fashion to become the new overall leaders today. The NAD Pro duo looked in imperious form as they left their major rivals in the dust on the daunting 98km ride in the Southern Drakensberg between Nottingham Road […]
Tour de Romandie #1: Wet and Icy start to Swiss Tour
Ion Izaguirre (Movistar) took the first leader’s jersey at the Tour de Romandie after winning the opening prologue ahead of Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) and Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky). The Tour de Romandie got off to a cold and wet start but thankfully it was only a short 3.9km prologue that riders had to deal with […]
Combrinck, Bell bounce back at joBerg2c
After losing time yesterday, Gawie Combrinck and Nico Bell bounced back to win the fifth stage of the Old Mutual joBerg2c at Nottingham Road in KwaZulu-Natal today. The NAD Pro pair won the 122km stage between Emseni, outside Winterton, and Nottingham Road in 3:54:34. They were followed by Telkom’s Johann Rabie and HB Kruger in […]
Brand new bike, brand new attitude for Strauss ahead of PMB MTB Festival
South Africa’s greatest Elite Cross-country mountain bike warriors will head to KwaZulu-Natal this week to take part in the UCI HC Category event at Cascades MTB Park on Saturday 30 April and included in the line up is 2016 Elite Women’s African Continental MTB XCO Champion, Mariske Strauss. The all-important race offers valuable UCI points […]
Community’s support vital to renowned sani2c hospitality
Participants of the 2016 KAP sani2c are in for another memorable three days both in and out of the saddle as the tirelessly hard-working team of Lynford School parents and staff look to contribute towards the overnight stops’ globally renowned luxury and comfort once more when the first of the three Underberg to Scottburgh events […]
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka and Brian Smith part company
Brian Smith will step down from his position as General Manager of Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka effective 1 May. Smith was announced as Interim General Manager during 2014 with the task of recruting marquee riders and restructuring the team’s operational procedures. This was in order to take our African Team to the highest level […]
Greg Minnaar rides the new Santa Cruz Tallboy 3 at the Absa Cape Epic
South African mountain biking legend, Greg Minnaar, meets legendary South African mountain bike stage race, the Absa Cape Epic. Filmed live during the 2016 event, Greg’s Epic is a tall tale of what the Tallboy can do in the hands of a deviant. Santa Cruz Tallboy 3 The Tallboy cuts a whole new swath across […]
Review: Cube AMS 100 C:62 Race 29
The Cube AMS 100 is a 100mm travel dual suspension cross-country and marathon bike from German manufacturer Cube. The bike The frame is carbon through out with internal routing for the gear cables. Each AMS 100 frame size has a unique carbon rocker to keep the suspension tuned throughout the size curve. It is worth […]