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SA Track and Omnium Champs selection races for Elite and Junior HP squad
The 2016 SA National Track, Para-cycling and Omnium Championships, taking place at the Westbourne Cycling Track in Port Elizabeth from 28 March to 3 April, will be selection races for the High Performance (HP) squad for Elite and Junior riders. Newly elected Track Cycling High Performance Manager, Martin van Wyk, understands the onus on him […]
James Reid bows out of 2016 Absa Cape Epic
It was a case of until we meet again, rather than goodbye, as James Reid from Team Spur withdrew from the 2016 Absa Cape Epic on Tuesday, 15 March, to focus on his Olympic qualification. Reid started the 100th stage of the world’s most prestigious mountain-bike stage race in the Outcast special jersey for UCI […]
KTM Bicycle up for grabs at the Cell C Arabella MTB Challenge
Stillwater Sports is excited to announce that one lucky mountain biker will go home with a spectacular KTM Ultra Sport 29er after completing the much anticipated Cell C Arabella MTB Challenge on Saturday, 23 and Sunday, 24 April 2016. “We are proud to have KTM Bicycles South Africa as the official bicycle partner of the […]
Videos: Absa Cape Epic Stage 2 highlights
Stage 2 of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic, the 100th stage in the history of the event, was held in another hot, windless day in Tulbagh. The racing in both the Men’s and Women’s categories was fiery too…
Madolo battles a stomach bug to finish Stage 2
Stage 2 of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic turned into a nightmare day on the bike for Investec songo Specialized today as Sipho Madolo came down with a stomach bug during the stage. With the help of Christoph Sauser he managed to dig deep into his reserves of mental and emotional energy to finish the […]
Conquering As One with the Absa Cape Epic: Stage 2
Absa will once again be recognising and rewarding teamwork and perseverance at the 2016 Absa Cape Epic with the #ConquerAsOne campaign. At each stage of the race, an extraordinary #ConquerAsOne moment will be identified and recognised, where a team showed immense human spirit to overcome their own personal challenges to conquer that stage together. During […]
Tirreno-Adriatico #7: Edvald Boasson Hagen caps off a good week of racing for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka
Tirreno-Adriatico wrapped up with a 10km flat time trial today in San Benedetto del Tronto. Swiss Fabian Cancellara (Trek-Segafredo) came out on top, sailing to the win by a margin of more than 10 seconds to 2nd place finisher Johan Le Bon (FDJ). Norwegian time trial champion Edvald Boasson Hagen held the flag high for […]
Bikes of the Epic: Fabian Rabensteiner’s Trek Top Fuel
Fabian Rabensteiner’s luminous orange Trek Top Fuel SL more than caught our eye at the Absa Cape Epic. He and his partner Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez sit 13th overall in their first Absa Cape Epic for Team Trek-Selle San Marco B. It’s not just the paint job that is unique. Fabian’s Trek Top Fuel is fitted […]
Stage 2 Wrap-Up: Day of attrition sees Kleinhans and Langvad take the lead
Stage 2 of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic, the 100th stage in the history of the event, was held in another hot, windless day in Tulbagh. The racing in both the Men’s and Women’s categories was fiery too. The pro men start to the historical 100th stage of the Absa Cape Epic during stage 2 […]
Hunt for Absa African red jersey not over
Gawie Combrinck and Nico Bell (NAD Pro MTB) made inroads into USN Purefit’s Absa African special jersey lead when Darren Lill suffered a costly mechanical on Stage 2 of the Absa Cape Epic. Team Spur’s James Reid is riding as an Outcast after teammate Gert Heyns withdrew with illness during Stage 1, and now Team […]
Stage 3 Preview: Into the valley
After two days of fascinating racing around Tulbagh the Absa Cape Epic will move to Wellington and some very different conditions on Wednesday. The Tulbagh area has been dusty, rocky and loose – a test for rider and his or her bike. Photo by Sam Clark/Cape Epic/SPORTZPICS But before they hit the smoother conditions and […]
Defending champs Spur-Specialized bounce back on stage 2
After an intriguing day’s racing in the Sasol Women’s category, defending champions Ariane Kleinhans and Annika Langvad surged to victory and the overall lead on Stage 2 of the Absa Cape Epic – spending 5:06.00,2 in their saddles. Annika Langvad & Ariane Kleinhans of Spur-Specialized win stage 2 of the 2016 Absa Cape Epic Mountain […]