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Video: Inside look at MTN Qhubeka’s race machines
GCN chats to Team MTN Qhubeka’s Jens Zemke and ENVE composites CEO, Sarah Lehman, about the relationship between the team and equipment sponsors.
Reid and Vale snatch up National XCO titles
It was a tale of two races at the 2015 Stihl SA MTB Championships presented by Subaru Cape Town/Novus Holdings with James Reid snatching victory in an end sprint whilst Cherie Vale put in a commanding performance to win the ladies cross country title on Saturday. Team RECM’s James Reid is the new cross country […]
Menlopark top of the Spur Schools MTB Log
The Spur Schools MTB League is in full swing and early indications are that the league will quickly reach its target for 10 000 entries for the 2015 season. Over 584 riders from 50 Gauteng schools competed in the first event of the Gauteng Spur High School MTB Series presented by Anatomic. Martien Venter (Hoërskool […]
Former Bok soloes to Jock Classique win
Former Springbok cyclist Mark Spencer soloed to victory in South Africa’s oldest one-day stage race, the 150km Bestmed Jock Classique, in Nelspruit on Saturday. Spencer, who is the current national road champion in the 40 to 44 age group, won two of the three stages en route to the overall title in 4:28:19. The 43-year-old […]
Mandela Day victory for MTN-Qhubeka at Le Tour
Steve Cummings has won the 14th stage of the Tour de France for MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung! In a thrilling finale, Steve Cummings rode away from his breakaway counterparts to win the 14th stage of the Tour de France. In another transitional stage of the Tour de France, Steve Cummings found himself in the main break […]
Fantasy Tour Preview Stage 15: GoPro Hero
Stage 15 takes the rides from Mende to Valence along a 183 km route. The daily Fantasy Tour prize for stage 15 is a GoPro Hero action camera and will be awarded to a team boss leading the polka dot jersey classification. What awaits your team on Stage 15: Stage 15 Profile: Stage 15 Route […]
Smit retains yellow jersey in Jock Tour
Overnight leader Willie Smit retained the yellow jersey after finishing third in the 140km second stage of the inaugural Bestmed Jock Tour, presented by ASG, in Nelspruit on Saturday. Smit led out EuropcarSA teammate Ryan Gibbons in the final sprint at the Mbombela Stadium in the Mpumalanga capital to help him collect the stage victory […]
MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung celebrates Mandela Day at the Tour
Mandela Day 2015 falls during the Tour de France. We’re asking our supporters to celebrate with us through the #BicyclesChangeLives campaign. 18 July is a special day in South Africa because it is the birthday of the late Nelson Mandela. It has become known as Mandela Day and is celebrated annually. To honour the 67 […]
Smit time-trials to first yellow jersey at Jock Tour
Nelspruit local Willie Smit gritted his teeth into a punishing headwind to post the fastest time in the 27km individual time-trial that opened the inaugural Bestmed Jock Tour, presented by ASG, in Mpumalanga on Friday. Smit clocked 57:03 in the hilly test between his hometown and the top of Kaapsehoop to give Team EuropcarSA the […]
Record field ready for thrilling 2015 SA MTB Champs battle
The student town of Stellenbosch is all set to host the 2015 Stihl SA MTB Championships presented by Subaru Cape Town/Novus Holdings this weekend with the country’s top cross country and downhill mountain bikers set to stake a claim for their respective discipline’s national colours. Defending South African Cross Country Champion and Full Dynamix/USN’s Rourke […]
Tough finish on first transitional stage for MTN-Qhubeka
The first transitional stage between the Pyrenees and the Alps would be won by the Belgian, Greg van Avermaet (BMC Racing). Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) was the rider in 2nd place and Jan Bakelants (AG2R La Mondiale) was 3rd. A 6 rider break went clear inside of 10km from the start but Team Giant-Alpecin had ideas […]
Fantasy Tour Preview Stage 14: Giro Synthe helmet
Stage 14 takes the rides from Rodez to Mende via a 178.5 km route. The daily Fantasy Tour prize for stage 14 is a Giro Synthe helmet and will be awarded to a team boss leading the white jersey classification. What awaits your team on Stage 14: Stage 14 Profile: Stage 14 Map: TV Broadcast […]