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South African paralympic star Pieter du Preez nominated for Laureus award
South Africa’s remarkable and versatile Paralympic athlete Pieter du Preez has been nominated for the Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award, following his outstanding performances in 2015. Du Preez won double gold medals in the time trial and road race In the H1 class at the Para-Cycling World Championships and finished […]
Philip Buys grabs podium at Helderberg XCO
Situated at the foot of the Helderberg Mountain, Helderberg Farm is usually known for its traditional South African charm and friendly family atmosphere. But last weekend, there was nothing charming or friendly about the trails. Helderberg Farm hosted the second edition of the Stihl 2016 SA MTB Cup Series. What a day! Hot as hell, […]
Video: Mother City Street – Murray Loubser
Murray Loubser hails from the small fishing village of Gansbaai, off the beautiful East coast of South Africa, the type of place where everyone knows everyone. Murray learnt everything he knows on a bike from riding his neighbours driveways everyday. For this edit, he commuted down the coast and met up with Cape Town based […]
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka successfully defend Tour de Langkawi title
The final stage of the 2016 Tour de Langkawi saw Andrea Guardini (Astana) sprint to his 4th stage win of the race. In the overall classification though, it was Reinardt Janse van Rensburg who rode away as the 2016 Le Tour de Langkawi Champion. This morning it was only a flat 119km stage to Melaka […]
Nostalgic return to Westbourne Oval for Spies
National Track Cycling endurance star, Jean Spies, is relishing the opportunity to compete at the Westbourne Oval in Port Elizabeth for the 2016 SA National Track and Para-cycling Championships from Monday 28 March to Friday 1 April, followed closely by the SA National Omnium Championships from Saturday 2 to Sunday 3 April. Although racing at […]
De Bod time-trials to yellow in Tour of Good Hope
Emerging time-trial specialist Stefan de Bod won the second stage of the Bestmed Tour of Good Hope to take the overall lead at La Paris Estate in Paarl today. The Dimension Data rider blasted his way around a wind-swept 37km time-trial course to record a time of 47:16. His teammate Keagan Girdleston placed second in […]
New venue Wolwespruit gears up for exciting XCO Cup Series
The third round of the Stihl 2016 SA XCO Cup Series will be heading to a brand new venue on the calendar at Wolwespruit Bike Park in the City of Tshwane on Saturday 26 March. Wolwespruit is a mountain bike and trail run park located in Erasmuskloof, Pretoria. Named after the spruit that runs through […]
KALAS Sportswear announce partnership with Scott LCB Factory team
Scott LCB Factory team will ride in KALAS Sportswear in 2016. The recently-signed deal will see the European custom cycle wear experts supplying the team with all their technical cycling kit and casual clothing throughout the rest of the 2016 season. Photo credit: Hayden Brown. Scott LCB Factory Team is a South African-based UCI MTB […]
Mountain Kingdom prepares to host MTB Continental Champs
Preparations are well underway for the 2016 African Continental Mountain Bike Championships, which will be taking place in the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho at the Afriski Resort from Tuesday 29 March to Sunday 3 April. The event is organised jointly between the Confederation of African Cycling, Federation of Cycling Lesotho and Afriski Resort. AfriSki Resort […]
Three Maties to represent South Africa at the University World Champs
Three Stellenbosch University students – Hans-Werner Heuer, CP van Wyk and Max Sullivan – will be representing University Sport South Africa (USSA) at the international World University Cycling Championship (WUCC) 2016 to be held from 16-20 March 2016 in the Philippines. This achievement is even more significant considering the fact that the three-man team consists […]
Le Tour de Langkawi #7: Reinardt Janse van Rensburg retains GC lead after massive team effort
Andrea Guardini (Astana) won yet another stage of the Tour de Langkawi, sprinting to victory ahead of Jakub Mareczko (Southeast) and Andrea Palini (Skydive Dubai) on today’s 7th stage. Reinardt Janse van Rensburg retained the overall race lead by crossing the line in 5th position. The 7th stage was the longest stage of this year’s […]
Suunto joins the Absa Cape Epic sponsor family
Sports watch giant Suunto has joined the Absa Cape Epic sponsor family as the race’s official watch sponsor, including providing a Suunto activation station at 2016 race villages. Offering product sales and information, free Suunto watch charging and data downloads as well as service and backup facilities for riders and spectators over the eight days […]