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National Road Team Announced for African Continental Champs (EGYPT)
Cycling South Africa has announced the road cycling team that will be participating in the 2013 African Continental Championships, which takes place in Sharm Al Sheikh, Egypt, from 29 November to 5 December 2013. The riders will compete in all the road cycling disciplines during the prestigious Championship event, these being the Team Time Trial, […]
Groustra, Pfitzenmaier crowned FNB W2W MTB Race champs
Renay Groustra and Nico Pfitzenmaier of Team RSA Web/Bridge claimed the coveted title of 2013 FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Race champions on Sunday, 10 November 2013 after completing all three stages of this much loved event in a combined time of 08hours53minutes18seconds. Renay Groustra and Nico Pfitzenmaier of Team RSA Web/Bridge claimed the […]
Second stage victory for Groustra and Pfitzenmaier at FNB W2W MTB RACE
Renay Groustra and Nico Pfitzemaier of Team RSA Web/Bridge claimed their second stage win at the FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Race at Oak Valley Sport Field (Elgin) on Saturday, 09 November 2013 after completing the 69km Stage Two in a mind blowing time of 02 hours 41 minutes 35 seconds. Renay Groustra and […]
Groustra, Pfitzenmaier claim a lightning fast Stage One of FNB W2W MTB RACE
Defending men’s champion Renay Groustra and team mate, Nico Pfitzenmaier of Team RSA / Web Bridge claimed victory at what was a blistering fast paced Stage One of the FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Race on Friday, 08 November 2013. Defending men’s champion Renay Groustra and team mate, Nico Pfitzenmaier of Team RSA / […]
Tri Talk SA – Schoeman and Steyn talk about the 5150 African Championships
This past weekend saw the inaugural Ironman 5150 Ekurhuleni African Championships take place on the East Rand of Johannesburg and Brad Brown from Tri Talk SA was there to witness Henri Schoeman and Andrea Steyn claim victory. Image credit: Zoon Cronje This week on the show Brad caught up with both of them to discuss […]
Cycle Talk SA – Jay Thompson looks back and hopes for better in 2014
The European pro season is done for the year and many of the South Africans that race abroad have returned home. One of those pros is MTN Qhubeka’s Jay Thompson. Image credit: www.teammtnqhubeka.com Brad Brown from Cycle Talk SA touched base with Jay to find out how he felt his season went and what his […]
Video of the Week Two: Sven Martin Shoots Crankworx Whistler
South African photographer, Sven Martin is renowned for his expertise as a MTB photographer and has made his mark as one of the best. http://www.pinkbike.com/video/339058/ Yes, it’s the second video of the week, but I couldn’t not post this. Sven Martin is homegrown and we have to show support. Bicycle photography has become its own […]
Video of the Week – Instinct in the Monashees
The plan was to head to the Monashee Mountains near Revelstoke, British Columbia with Wade Simmons and Kevin Calhoun to shoot an autumn alpine video for our new Instinct MSL. We wanted to showcase the bike’s versatility under two very different riders—Kevin is an XC racer on our Factory Team, while Wade’s contributions to freeride […]
Dirks and Hartog crowned champions at FNB W2W MTB Ride
The mountain biking prowess of Team Knersus’ Gerard Dirks and Frikkie Hartog secured them a Stage Three victory as well as an overall victory in the men’s team category of the 2013 FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Ride. Just under 700 mountain biking enthusiasts signed up to partake in the much anticipated FNB Wines2Whales […]
Daryl Impey Re-Signs With ORICA-GreenEDGE
ORICA-GreenEDGE is thrilled to announce that Daryl Impey has rejoined the team on a three year contract. The first South African to wear the yellow jersey has flourished during his two year tenure with the Australian outfit. In 2012, Impey earned his first WorldTour win, made his Grand Tour debut at the Giro d’Italia and […]
C’est la vie for Winelands EAI Val de Vie MTB Challenge
Between ravaging fires and devastating floods, Mother Nature did her best – or worst – to derail this year’s EAI Val de Vie MTB Challenge in September. But the hardy organisers from ASG Events pressed on and the event, presented by Bestmed, will finally roll out across 21 farms in the Cape Winelands between Franschhoek […]
Buys beats the bunch to win the fifth and final Nissan TrailSeeker event
Philip Buys (Scott) kept his word on Saturday when he won the Nissan TrailSeeker Down and Dirty Marathon, the fifth and final event in the immensely popular Gauteng based Nissan TrailSeeker Series held in Centurion. Last week Buys was still in two minds on whether or not he would be racing. “My body took quite […]