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Fat Attack: Three day fat bike event staged on pristine Eastern Cape beaches
The first ever 3 day Fat bike event was staged on the pristine beaches of the Eastern Cape from the 19th to 21st Feb. Starting inland at Nanaga the 70 riders descended onto the beaches of Woody Cape east of Port Elizabeth and navigated their way around the cliffs with the pressures of an incoming […]
Le Tour de Langkawi #1: Janse van Rensburg places 7th on opening stage
The 1st stage of Le Tour de Langkawi saw a familiar victor as Andrea Guardini (Astana) sprinted to the stage win ahead of Brenton Jones (Drapac) and Andrea Palini (SkyDive Dubai). As the stage was always expected to end in a mass sprint, Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka were riding in support of Reinardt Janse […]
Top cyclocross rider to take on the Absa Cape Epic
For several years German Sascha Weber has been one of the Europe’s leading cyclocross and road riders. Now the rugged 28-year-old is concentrating on mountain biking and has already notched up some impressive results. At the 2015 European Marathon Championships, for example he finished just six seconds behind winner Jaroslav Kulhavy, the Czech powerhouse and […]
Action-packed MTB weekend ahead for Somerset West
This weekend will see a combination of both Cross-country and Downhill mountain biking disciplines take place as the second round of the Stihl 2016 SA XCO Cup Series takes place on Saturday 27 February, and the Western Cape DHI Provincial, which doubles as the first round of the SA National DHI Cup, takes place on […]
SRAM introduce Level brakes for cross-country and trail riding
When it comes to braking power and control, we believe in freedom—options. We believe that there should be an absolute best solution for every type of rider and every kind of ride; that there really isn’t a One-Size-Fits-Most when it comes to brakes. That’s the concept that led us to the development of Level, a […]
New date for 30th Sappi Howick MTB celebrations
2016 sees the 30th anniversary of the Sappi Howick MTB Classic & Enduro welcome several exciting changes, including a new home on the calendar – Saturday, 5 and Sunday, 6 March – and the introduction of a three-stage Enduro event. It was in 1986 that the Howick Mountain Bike Club (HMBC) held their first mountain […]
Ascendis Health and LEADout make a winning team
Health and care brands company Ascendis Health is striving to elevate and develop young cyclists through their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program; the Ascendis Academy initiative. After the ongoing successful two year sponsorship of two of South Africa’s top female mountain bikers; Robyn de Groot and Jennie Stenerhag with Team Ascendis Health the company has […]
Bestmed boost women’s cycling
Women’s cycling in South Africa received a much-needed boost today when Bestmed re-affirmed their investment at team level ahead of the five-day Tour of Good Hope. The medical scheme confirmed that they would partner Team Bestmed-ASG for the next three years. Team principal Owen Botha said he was extremely excited about the continuation of the […]
Gold for National Women’s Team in Morocco
Cycling South Africa’s Elite Women’s National Team claimed gold at the opening day of the 2016 CAC (African Cycling Confederation) Road Cycling Championships in Benslimane, Morocco, on 21 February. An-Li Kachelhoffer, Lise Olivier, Anriette Schoeman and Samantha Sanders tackled the out-and-back 38-kilometre route in a tailwind to start with, which resulted in clocking speeds of […]
Reinardt Janse van Rensburg leads Dimension Data for Qhubeka in Langkawi
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka’s next race appointment will be Le Tour de Langkawi, which gets underway on Wednesday 24 February and will reach its conclusion after 8 stages, ending 2 March. Le Tour de Langkawi is an event which our African Team has competed in every year since 2008. The 2016 edition of the […]
Countdown to the 2016 GR300 and GRLite
The butterflies are starting to flutter in the bellies of the 2016 GR300 and GRLite entrants as race week has dawned. The riding gets underway on Friday the 26th of February from Thesen Island in Knysna and some of the country’s top mountain bikers will be descending on what’s becoming known as “Trail Town South […]
Absa gets young mountain bikers ReadytoWork
Absa, in partnership with the Diepsloot Mountain Bike Academy (DMA), will provide internships to 14 young riders as part of this year’s Absa Cape Epic, a gruelling eight day mountain-bike stage race which commences on 13 March 2016. Dankiso Mariri. This year’s internship programme is aligned to the bank’s ReadytoWork initiative. Launched in 2015, ReadytoWork […]