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Bonitas Pro Cycling target Herald VW Cycle Tour
South African road cycling teams are starting the 2014 season with a bang as they prepare for the second major race of the year, The Herald VW Cycle Tour, which takes place in Port Elizabeth on 2 February. In keeping in line with Cycling South Africa’s Top Club team criteria, Bonitas Pro Cycling has met […]
Ride the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 with Sports Tours International
Prudential RideLondon forms part of the London 2012 Olympics legacy and replicated much of the 2012 London Olympic Road Race course. Prudential RideLondon forms part of the London 2012 Olympics legacy events for cycling. It is your opportunity to cycle on closed roads around London, and most importantly for cyclo sportive riders, ride a route […]
Positive Start To 2014 For MTN Qhubeka WCC Africa Feeder Team
The World Cycling Centre Africa MTN Qhubeka Feeder Team started the 2014 season on Sunday 26 January at the Value Logistics Fast One. Image Credit: Cycle Nation The team fielded only three riders, since most of the riders will return to South Africa in February, after having completed service for their national teams at Tropicale […]
Online Entries for 2014 Cape Argus Pick n Pay Tricycle & Junior Tours now open
Calling all budding young cyclists! Online entries for the 2014 Cape Argus Pick n Pay Tricycle and Junior Tours opened on Wednesday, 22 January 2014. The event takes place on Saturday 8 March and this year the organisers have added in an exciting Junior Training Wheels programme for the youngsters to help build their confidence […]
Win a GoPro Hero 3+ in our GoPro Photo of the Day feature
Introducing the GoPro Photo of the Day feature, where each month one selected Photo of the Day submission will win a GoPro Hero 3+ Silver Edition. We’ve got GoPro on board to sponsor one GoPro Hero 3+ Silver Edition a month for our Photo of the Day feature. Fantastic, isn’t it? This is the way […]
Mzansi Tour Confirms Dates for April 2014
Five of eight invited top international cycling teams have confirmed they will be taking part in the 2014 Mzansi Tour powered by Cathsseta, South Africa’s premier stage road race, in April. They will take on the cream of the South African and African talent when the five-stage Mzansi Tour takes place from April 8-12. This […]
Neethling nails Continental Champs downhill title in close encounter
Western Cape local Andrew Neethling, a professional racer for the international Giant Factory Racing Team, claimed the 2014 African Continental Championship downhill title at Contermanskloof on Sunday 26 January. Neethling’s victory was not entirely a walk-in-the-park as he secured the winning time of 2 minutes 6.94 seconds in a close encounter with just under 4 […]
Reid wins XCO title at African Continental Champs
Trek SA XC racer James Reid opened his 2014 season with a victory in the U23 men’s African Continental Championships on Saturday afternoon in Durbanville, Western Cape. Coming in a strong second place was new recruit, Brendon Davids, also racing for Trek SA, just over 2 minutes apart. “I’m really happy about my first victory […]
Barberton XCM Ultra Marathon results
Nico Bell’s productive off-season is starting to yield big returns already with an impressive win at the Barberton XCM this past Saturday. Only the second race for Bell in Team RECM colours, he finished the 125km in 5:25’35”, with a lead of over 27 minutes on second and third place. Image credit: Jazz Kuschke Still […]
Pfitzenmaier gunning for first Isuzu Ride the Rock MTB race victory
It just might be a third time lucky for top German multisport athlete Nico Pfitzenmaier the weekend of 07 – 09 February 2014 when he returns to the majestic Cederberg region to participate in the third annual ISUZU Ride the Rock MTB Race. Image credit: Cherie Vale / NEWSPORT MEDIA According to Pfitzenmaier, the Cederberg […]
Strauss and Buys claim Elite titles at African XCO Championships
Durbanville’s Mariske Strauss (Orange Monkey Pro Team) and Pretoria’s Philip Buys (Scott Sports) claimed African Continental Championship titles in the Elite women and men’s mountain bike cross-country categories in the Western Cape today. Racing in the Elite category this year, local rider Mariske Strauss was out at the front right from the get-go, retaining her […]
Booyens to mentor rising MTB star Strauss at Absa Cape Epic
In 2004 a little stage race at the tip of Africa started as a ripple in the mountain biking pond. A few adventurous souls took up the challenge. That year Hanlie Booyens won it with Sharon Laws and Bryan Strauss came 2nd in the master category. His daughter (Mariske) was 13 and rode around the […]