The latest
News
2013 Road World Championships SA Team Announced
Cycling South Africa’s Road Cycling Commission has great pleasure in announcing that the following riders have been selected to represent South Africa at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships, taking place in Toscana, Italy from 22-29 September. Elite Men: Daryl Impey (Road Race)Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg (Time Trial; Road Race)Jay Thomson (Time Trial; Reserve – […]
Acknowledging our women cyclists this August: Samantha Sanders
Samantha Sanders started cycling in 2006, while studying at TUKS in Pretoria. Having raced moto-x and enduro as a young girl and throughout high school, Samantha can positively claim that racing on two wheels is in her blood. Samantha Sanders Vital Stats Date of birth: 21-08-1983 Hometown: Hoedspruit,Mpumalanga Currently lives:Hoedspruit Team: Valencia She started cycling […]
Gold rush for SA Cross Country men at Masters
After the local women dominated proceedings earlier in the day it was the turn of the oldest three categories of the men’s cross country competition to take to the Cascades MTB Park course in Pietermaritzburg on the opening day of competition of the UCI MTB Masters World Championships and it was another successful showing by […]
SA women strike gold at Masters World Champs
It was a strong start for the South African women riders at the UCI MTB Masters World Championships on Friday morning as they claimed three of the five World Championship jerseys and eight of the fifteen medals that were on offer in favourable riding conditions at the Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg. Proudly South African! […]
Qhubeka Cycle Force mobilising communities and changing lives
The popular yellow and black Qhubeka Cycle Force beaded bracelets have taken South Africa by storm, and while being a trendy accessory for cyclists as well as the general public, they raise funds for Qhubeka to distribute bicycles into communities. The bracelet campaign also provides local empowerment for a large beading community in the Marico […]
Acknowledging our women cyclists this August: Cherise Stander
Cherise Stander competed in her first Cape Argus Cycle Tour when she was just nine years old, having grown up in a cycling environment when her parents took up cycling. “It was a nice family sport that we could all do together.” Cherise Stander Vital Stats Date of birth: 06-11-1989 Hometown: Umtentweni,KwaZulu-Natal Currently lives:In between […]
Ready and raring to go at Masters World Champs
After two days of training and coming to terms with the tougher sections of the UCI MTB Masters World Championships course at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg, it is time for the competition to start and the event’s 581 competitors from 30 different countries to use all the knowledge they have gained over last two […]
Pennypinchers Origin Of Trails Routes Announced
The much anticipated Pennypinchers Origin Of Trails route launch was celebrated at Ride In, Jonkershoek on Thursday, 22 August 2013. According to Corrie Muller, Route Designer, the emphasis of this exciting mountain bike event is to combine a vast network of world class trails with beauty and exclusivity. “Riders can look forward to experiencing a […]
Masters World Champs cross country course receives late safety tweak
After a day of high drama on Wednesday’s opening day of the 2013 UCI MTB Masters World Championships, local event organisers together with the International Cycling Union (UCI) have decided to exclude a short, tricky section of the masters cross country course due to safety concerns. South African national champion Chris Brand eases his way […]
Acknowledging our women cyclists this August: Teagan O’Keeffe
Teagan O’Keeffe was only six-years-old when she first started cycling, and instantly fell in love with the sport and has never looked back. As a young girl, she would watch her older brother Jordi racing his BMX every weekend, and was envious of his shining trophies, and decided that she too wanted to be part […]
Acknowledging our women cyclists this August: Mariske Strauss
Mariske Strauss remembers trying to ride a bicycle, as she recalls, “When I was a serious spring chicken”. She tried to ride her little BMX bike without the training wheels but could not get it right. Her stubbornness and determination saw her through this ‘rough patch’, and when she saw her father (Bryan) and her […]
Maritzburg Young Turks step up to the plate
The core of the South African downhill team for the UCI MTB and Trials World Championships that start on 26 August has three distinctive characteristics – youthfulness, a strong Pietermaritzburg flavour, and the guiding hand of world champion Greg Minnaar. World Champ Greg Minnaar (back) spends time with the six Pietermaritzburg friends preparing for the […]