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The Night Harvest 2016
Saturday evening saw the return of the most prestigious dirt jump competition for BMX & MTB in South Africa, The Night Harvest. Locals and international pros made it out to Hout Bay for an evening which promised to deliver some of the best riding to Cape Town. Riding masterfully sculpted trails into the night with […]
XTERRA Grabouw attracts top international contingent
Taking place at the picturesque Grabouw Country Club on Saturday, 20 February 2016 the Fedhealth XTERRA South African Championship has attracted a strong line-up of international XTERRA athletes. Reigning XTERRA SA champions Stuart Marais (Stellenbosch) and Flora Duffy (Bermuda) will be forced to bring their A-Games in order to contend with the likes of Jan […]
Stefan Garlicki wins WC Downhill Round One at Helderberg
Stefan Garlicki (Investec) won the first event in the 2016 Western Cape Downhill series held at Helderberg trails on Sunday 14 February, in a time of 02:49.213. The 2015 South African National Downhill Mountain Bike Champion edged out Andrew Neethling (Polygon UR) 02:50.680 and Adi Van Der Merwe (Solid) 02:59.314 – the only two other […]
Absa Cape Epic: In a different category
There are many races within the bigger Absa Cape Epic race. Most obvious are those for the yellow zebra-striped Men’s category jersey and the orange version for Women. Then there are the special jerseys – Absa African and Exxaro – and those striving for a top 50, top 100 or top half of the field […]
Dimension Data extends Cape Epic partnership
Dimension Data is excited to once again partner with the Absa Cape Epic, billed as the world’s premier mountain bike race. The race is scheduled to start on 13 March 2016, and will run for eight days, over some of the most scenic and gruelling territory in the Western Cape. Dimension Data has signed a […]
Dimension Data for Qhubeka to target stages and General Classification in Oman
The 7th edition of the Tour of Oman gets underway on Tuesday the 16th of February. Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka will be at the start of this UCI 2.HC event once again with numerous goals set for the 6 stage event. After already having competed in the Middle East for the past two weeks, […]
Bulls charge to stage and overall Tankwa Trek victory
Germany’s Karl Platt and Switzerland’s Urs Huber closed out the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek three-day international mountain bike stage race in South Africa on Sunday with a storming performance against a strong field, winning the final stage and extending their overall victory margin in the process. Men’s team winners, Karl Platt and Urs Huber (in yellow […]
Jaco Venter claims his first SA Road Championship title
Jaco Venter (Dimension Data for Qhubeka) delivered a 10 kilometre solo charge to claim the victory in the Elite Men’s road race at the 2016 South African National Road, Time Trial and Para-cycling Championships in a hot and humid Westville, KwaZulu-Natal, today. Jaco Venter (Dimension Data for Qhubeka) delivered a 10 kilometre solo charge to […]
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka secure Elite and u23 national champion titles
The 2016 South African National Road Championships saw Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka put in a clinical team performance with Jaco Venter being crowned the new National Champion of South Africa. It was a hotly contested race in every sense with riders having to deal with temperatures of around 40 degrees centigrade in Westville, Durban. […]
Sauser, Gaze win drama-filled Tankwa Trek queen stage
Swiss mountain bike racing legend, Christoph Sauser and his Investec-Songo-Specialized New Zealand teammate, Sam Gaze, won a drama-filled Stage 2 of the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek in South Africa on Saturday. Germany’s Karl Platt (left) and Switzerland’s Urs Huber of Team Bulls 1 finished second on the stage but retained their overall lead on Stage 2 […]
An-li Kachelhoffer is the 2016 SA National Road Champion
An-li Kachelhoffer (Lotto-Soudol Ladies) won the Elite Women’s road race at the 2016 South African National Road, Time Trial and Para-cycling Championships in a decisive manner when she perfectly executed what would be the final move of the day, unleashing her power and breaking free from the pack to claim her first ever SA National […]
New look SRAM Red drivetrain
SRAM RED remains the world’s lightest groupset with countless race wins and key innovations that continue to set the standard for mechanical drivetrains. New for 2016 is a complete graphics rework inspired by and designed to complement the sophisticated look of SRAM’s new wireless SRAM RED eTap groupset. The new graphics feature overlapping textures and […]