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Dubai Tour #1: Mark Cavendish finishes 2nd in Dubai opener
Mark Cavendish would net his first podium placing for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka at the opening Dubai Tour stage today, sprinting to 2nd place just behind Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quickstep). Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo) was 3rd. Initially 4 riders got away early in the stage before 2 more joined them up front to form a lead […]
Substitution entries for Cape Town Cycle Tour now open
The official substitution process for the 2016 Cape Town Cycle Tour opens on Wednesday, 03 February. Those cyclists who missed the original entry cut-off in September last year, and who are still keen to ride now have the chance to secure a spot in this year’s event. The official substitution entry process allows cyclists who […]
KZN Road Champion ready for XCO Provincial Series
Kargo Pro MTB Team’s Brendon Davids will be lining up against KwaZulu-Natal’s favourite cross-country stars to take on the sublime singletrack trails of the well-liked Hilton forests for the opening round of the 2016 KZNMTB XCO Provincial Series on Saturday 6 February. Davids, who took the title at the KZN Provincial Road Championships last month, […]
Video: 2 Fat 2 Furious – A Fat Bike Freeride Film
We had way too much fun last year shooting our first fat bike freeride video, so this year we knew we had to do another. The goal of 2 Fat 2 Furious was to only ride things that would be harder or impossible on a regular bike. From waist-deep powder to drifty sled tracks to […]
Video: The Colour of Spring – Dries Devenyns
https://vimeo.com/153690114 Born and raised near the Old Kwaremont – and still living there – Belgian professional road cyclist Dries Devenyns knows every crack and line in the climbing road. Last winter we rode in his tracks during a couple of trainings, watching the silent go-getter conquer the hills of the Spring Classics. Dries is now […]
Routes for Fairtree Contour aka The Fire Ride
Setting the routes for the inaugural Fairtree Simonsberg Contour has been a real challenge since the blazing Simonsberg fire interrupted the final building of trails. The Fairtree Simonsberg Contour – now affectionately known as The Fire Ride – will take place on Saturday and Sunday. The starting and finishing points for both days are at […]
Platt eyes Absa Cape Epic win number five
German Karl Platt’s name is synonymous with the Absa Cape Epic: he has taken part in all 12 events since it was launched in 2004 and only missed out on finishing once – in 2014 when he was injured in a crash. More significantly he has won the event four times, second only to the […]
Here comes the Ariane and Annika show
Switzerland’s Ariane Kleinhans and her Danish partner Annika Langvad electrified Stage 3 of the 2015 Absa Cape Epic with a breathtaking performance. The previous day they had suffered a potentially devastating setback when they were penalised an hour and 13 minutes for inadvertently taking a shortcut when they missed a route marker. That penalty moved […]
The all new Santa Cruz Hightower 29 or 27.5+, 135mm VPP travel bike
Hightower has the versatility to deal with whatever appears on the horizon. Running either proven 29″ wheels or the new monster truck 27.5+ standard, Hightower seamlessly adapts to the trails and style you ride, no matter where you are in the world. 29 If straight-line speed, rallying through rock gardens and sprinting out of turns […]
Video: Pure Darkness 3 | Build Week Three
It has been over 3 weeks since Sam Reynolds and Matt Macduff landed in South Africa and broke ground at the Garden Route Trail Park. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJsf3tL8suwWith a project of this scale they were not sure if their vision for the ultimate dirt playground would actually be made a reality. But as final touches to the […]
Dimension Data hope to defend Cavendish’s Dubai Tour title
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka will next take to the start of the UCI 2.HC Dubai Tour. The 4-day race begins on Wednesday the 3rd February and comes to an end with the final stage on Saturday. As the defending champion, Mark Cavendish will start the Dubai Tour alongside a strong mix of riders from […]
Telkom speedster, Hoffmann, takes his first scalp of 2016
The Value Logistics FastOne was just that. A fast paced 46km/h race duelled out by the sprinters in the South African Pro Cycling peloton. The usual cat and mouse tactics played out over the 96km race held in the South of Gauteng, but as expected, it would come down to a “mano y mano” sprinters […]