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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 […]
Oli Cookson and Patrick Baransky to strengthen Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka’s Management
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka is delighted to announce that Oli Cookson and Patrick Baransky will strengthen the team‘s management for the 2016 season. Their experience will help the team to further position itself in the top tier of cycling. Hailing from Manchester, Great Britain, Cookson joins our African team from Team Sky, where he […]
Huber and De Groot reign supreme at Sabie
Switzerland’s Urs Huber and South Africa’s Robyn de Groot were the mountain biking king and queen of Sabie after winning the men and women’s titles respectively at Round 2 of the Ashburton Investments National MTB Series at the weekend. For Huber (Team Bulls), it was his second Sabie victory after having claimed the title there […]
PPA launches exciting new 180 km team challenge in Free State
Twenty four years ago, the Pedal Power Association organised the “Double Century” over 200 km for the first time. That year, 229 finishers were listed. Over the years, the venue and route changed from time to time, but the concept of a 12-man team time trial over roughly 200 km remained. Fast forward to 2015: […]
Video: The Night Harvest 2016
The Night Harvest is a dirt jump event hosted at Potato Trails every year. 2016 was the best year yet with a stacked rider line up, amazing trails and rad crowd. Edit: Thomas SandellFilm: Thomas Sandell and Kevin Schnider.
Video: Renay’s Constantia Greenbelt Guide
After years of restriction, the Pedal Power Association negotiated the opening of sections of the Constantia Greenbelts in Cape Town for cycling. Renay Groustra and Ray van Breda created this helpful video to celebrate the opening and to show everyone where they should be riding.
TomTom launches the new TomTom Spark in South Africa
TomTom has launched the all-new TomTom Spark GPS Fitness Watch with integrated music player, making it easier for fitness enthusiasts to boost their training. Now users no longer have to strap a phone to their arm or worry about wires getting in the way during their workout. TomTom Spark gives them everything they need in […]
Youngest Philogene brother pips Minnaar at the post in DHI Cup
St. Ives Lodge and Restaurant on the Midlands Meander shared its MTB Park and Trails with the 2016 KZNMTB Provincial Downhill Series – presented by Greg Minnaar Cycles on Sunday 21 February. The most memorable moment of the day was for Junior Christopher Philogene, when he beat the time set by multiple World Champion Greg […]
Daubord and Preen claim XTERRA Lite victories in Grabouw
The 2016 Fedhealth XTERRA Lite in Grabouw saw an impressive field of multi-sport enthusiasts put on their swim caps, rack their mountain bikes and lace up their trail running shoes to partake in what has become South Africa’s premier off-road triathlon. Competition was rife in the men’s race with young South African hopefuls having to […]