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Wines2Whales MTB gets an increased prize purse
The FNB Wines2Whales Mountain Bike Race is proud to announce a radical increase in prize money for the 2013 event. The 2013 prize money will total R305 000, which will make the purse one of the biggest in the country for a three day stage mountain bike race. Image credit: Cherie Vale – Newsport Media […]
Ciolek takes impressive win on Stage 2 of Tour of Britain
Gerald Ciolek salvaged what was becoming a day to forget for Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung by winning Stage 2 of the Tour of Britain. Image credit: Dean Reeve Photography Africa’s first Professional Continental team lost both Andreas Stauff and Ferekalsi Debesay to crashes during Stage 2 and the day was looking bleak until Ciolek survived […]
Determined Havinga returns for Msunduzi Road Challenge 2013
Pietermaritzburg businessman and cycling enthusiast Tinus Havinga is set on keeping his brother’s legacy alive as he attempts to qualify for the UCI World Cycling Tour Finals in 2014 when he takes part in the Msunduzi Road Challenge on the 26 and 27 October starting in Noodsburg. Havinga had to travel abroad to Trento in […]
[Video] Highlights and full coverage of Hafjell’s DH World Cup
For all you who may have missed this past weekend’s events, check out a few videos of the downhill highlights and even the full coverage. Look at those crazy haphazard conditions, and the speed they’re carrying into that fog. Be sure to also see that slide at the end. How he caught it, only he […]
Highlights from this weekend’s World Cup In Hafjell, Norway
What was initially thought to be a dry weekend quickly turned around as riders met slippery conditions and had to adjust their strategies to suit the wayward weather. The practices on the dry courses couldn’t prepare the riders from either XC or Downhill for what the actual race runs would be like. Image credit: live.redbull.com […]
BMX racing to determine Series and SA National Champions
South Africa’s BMX racing community is finalising its preparations for the Grand Nationals (Leg 5) and SA National Championship races that will be taking place at the Alrode BMX track in Alberton, Johannesburg, on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd September. Saturday’s race events will discover who the new Grand National Series champions are following a […]
Exclusive Preview: Red Island Ride – The Adventure
The next video in our series, documenting how the Red Island Ride is the perfect mix of Mountain Biking, travel and adventure, will only be released on the 23rd September 2013. But we believe in rewarding those with adventurous spirits. So we’re giving you the password to preview the video first. Check out the video […]
Team MTN-Qhubeka Development Squad wins big in Race For Victory
The MTN-Qhubeka World Cycling Centre Africa team put on an impressive performance during the Rand Water Race for Victory on Sunday. The 150 kilometre event is known as one of the toughest in Gauteng, as a large part of race goes through the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve. Photo Credit: www.cyclenation.co.za Calvin Beneke lead the team home […]
[Video] Team MTN-Qhubeka’s An African Bicycle Dream – Episode 2
The much anticipated An African Bicycle Dream is back. The first episode in the series highlighted the team’s birth into Professional Continental status and the early success discovered in Milan San Remo. Episode 2 goes inside the peloton and covers the Tours of Utah and Elk Grove, highlighting the sustainable development aspect to Team MTN-Qhubeka […]
Last round for XC at Hafjell UCI MTB World Cup
This weekend sees the last World Cup rounds of Cross Country and the Eliminator series, where competitors lay down everything they have to secure their final UCI results. Image credit: http://live.redbull.tv/ The World Cup at Hafjell, Norway has already been kicked off with the final race of the year for the Eliminator series, but the […]
Further prize money boost for Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek
The prize purse for the 2013 Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek has been given a further boost thanks to Khombisa Media, an airport billboard advertising company. The total purse for the seven-day South African mountain bike stage race now stands at R314 000 (US $31 400). Khombisa Media, an airport billboard advertising company, has added R30 […]
SRAM X01 Launch – Full Sus Debate
When SRAM first introduced the XX1 it was met with scepticism. But what was first looked at as weird has turned out to work, so well that SRAM has decided to expand on that idea and offer the 1×11 drivetrain in cheaper X0 form. The recent big news out of the US was the launch […]