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Get ready for the 2015 Absa Cape Epic new route
The annual highlight on the Absa Cape Epic calendar (besides the race of course) is just around the corner! The much-anticipated launch of the 2015 route will take place in the mother city for the very first time on 22 October. Photo Credit: Stage01 Nick Muzik/Cape Epic The Westin Cape Town, on the foreshore, will […]
Project BLACK: Part 3 – The Light Enduro Build
South Africa’s the leader in MTB stage races, but it is also adopting enduro racing with fervour. Fast catching on around South Africa, this discipline attracts a new breed of rider: from XCO and DH. Does that mean you need another bike in your garage? We’d say yes (as you can never have too many), […]
Medals for Para World Champs riders in USA
Team South Africa have claimed three medals in the opening Time Trial races of the 2014 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, taking place in Greenville, South Carolina (USA) from 28 August to 1 September. Giving new meaning to the phrase “Climate Change” has been the challenge faced by the South African Para-cycling team adjusting to […]
Walker & Bomford the big winners
In cold and windy conditions, Travis Walker and Jeannie Bomford emerged as the big winners at the inaugural Mandela Day Marathon MTB Dash on Saturday 30th August. The event started and finished at the Capture Site near Howick and formed part of the expanded programme of events linked to the Mandela Day Marathon this year […]
White strikes and Smith reigns at Scottburgh MTB Race
The 2014 Scottburgh MTB Race, presented by Sappi has gone with the slogan ‘Raw and Untamed’ and welcomed a number of late entries for the various events but it was the much anticipated 42km marathon that started in blustery conditions in the South Coast town on Sunday and it was late-comer Tyronne White who stole […]
Wind Blows Vuelta Stage 8 Apart
The 8th stage of the Vuelta a Espana saw the wind wreak havoc on the peloton as the race split into pieces over the final 30km’s. Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ.fr) would come out on top after winning the sprint from a select group. Michael Matthews (Orica GreenEdge) was 2nd and Peter Sagan (Cannondale) 3rd. The ever […]
Tough 7th stage of Vuelta a Espana for all team MTN-Qhubeka riders
The 7th stage of the Vuelta a Espana would turn out to be the toughest of the tour so far and also the most eventful for Team MTN-Qhubeka. Sergio Pardilla and Kristian Sbaragli both hit the deck early on in the stage but both riders were able to continue, thankfully. Due to the two crashes […]
Venter crowned world time-trial champion
South African time-trial champion Juanita Venter beat the world’s top veteran cyclists to win gold in her signature event on the opening day of the UCI Amateur Road World Championships in Slovenia on Wednesday. Venter set a solid pace on the streets of Ljubljana to cover the 18.6km out-and-back course in 26:53.2 and claim the […]
Hoffman, Matthee crowned SA Omnium Champions
Nolan Hoffman (Team Abantu) and Maroesjka Matthee were crowned the 2014 SA Omnium Champions at the Bellville Velodrome in the Western Cape at the weekend. Nolan Hoffman (Team Abantu) was crowned the 2014 SA Omnium Champion at the Bellville Velodrome in the Western Cape at the weekend. // Photo credit: www.chrishitchcock.co.za The Omnium discipline of […]
MTB Masters World Champs medal winners in Norway
South African Masters mountain biker, Nedene Cahill, was crowned the 2014 World Champion in the Women’s cross-country 30-34 age category at the recent 2014 UCI Mountain Bike Masters World Championships held at Lillehammer, Norway, from 21-26 September. The defending World Champion triumphed in tough and challenging conditions, which turned the Norwegian track into a rain-soaked […]
Pardilla finishes 12th, moves to 15th on GC on 6th Vuelta stage
The first mountain top stage at the Vuelta a Espana showed which GC favourites are up for the challenge over the coming weeks and who are not. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) won the stage a top the cat 1 climb to La Zubia, looking much stronger than his team mate Nairo Quintana. Chris Froome (Team Sky) […]
Excitement builds as Engen Cycle in the City heads to Union Buildings
Excitement is building as the inaugural Engen Cycle in the City event is set to take place at the iconic Union Buildings in the nation’s capital on the 4th of October. This is a first of its kind in South Africa and the festival type criterium cycling event has the industry abuzz with its unique […]