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School Children kick off Mountain Bike Show Case
Nearly 200 school kids had the opportunity to test their mountain bike skills on sections of the upcoming UCI Worlds MTB Champs courses when the 6th leg of the Spur KZN MTB Series, presented by Mongoose took to the world class Cascades forest tracks this last Saturday. Thomas More College rider Keegan Brand in action […]
Team MTN-Qhubeka Ends A Successful Week in Portugal
Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung left the Volta a Portugal on the last day making its presence felt. Gerald Ciolek sprinted to fourth on the stage after Ferekalsi Debesay spent a considerable amount of time off the front attacking the race. Sergio Pardilla wins stage four (Photo: Volta a Portugal) Debesay recovered from illness earlier in […]
Esterhuizen nails Fastest Man on Wheels contest (USA)
South African Track cycling Olympian Bernard Esterhuizen won the men’s title in the Keirin at the Deer Park Nature Spring Water UCI Fastest Man (and Woman) on Wheels at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center on Friday night, 16 August. By claiming the victory, Esterhuizen adds valuable UCI points to his tally, which is needed in […]
Results & Pics: Polkadraai Series #3 presented by Lights by Linea
The Polkadraai Racing Series presented by Lights by Linea has taken Cape road racing by storm. The third event in this series, which follows the high-paced criterium format, took place on Saturday 17 August 2013. For all the results, pics and comments from the event follow the forum discussion on the series. Cat 1 Results […]
Momentum Toyota reaps youth investment rewards
The future of South African women’s road cycling looks bright following the success of young Momentum Toyota riders that are making an impact on the domestic racing scene. Momentum Toyota team members from left: Leandri du Toit, David Pieterse (manager), Heidi Dalton, Lynette Burger Pieterse and Andri Coetzee.Photo: Supplied Heidi Dalton (18) and Leandri du […]
Sullwald climbs rankings after impressive Triathlon World Cup in Hungary
Impressive. This seems to be the best way to describe the performance by Wian Sullwald, the current junior world triathlon champion, during the past weekend (10-11 August) in the Tiszaujvaros ITU Triathlon World Cup in Hungary. Sullwald finished 2nd in his semi-final and 8th in the final. The time gap between the first eight athletes […]
Mountain bikers set for whale of a time at Potberg & De Hoop MTB Challenge
Some 400 Western Cape mountain bikers will be able to enjoy a unique weekend of wine tasting, whale watching and single track riding through twin nature reserves in the Overberg region later this month. The De Hoop Nature Reserve will play host to weekend of wine tasting, whale watching and mountain biking when the Potberg […]
Cape Town Bicycle Map Launches Mobile and Smart Phone Editions
The Cape Town Bicycle Map, in print since 2011, is now available online – in both website and smart phone editions (Android, IOS and Windows mobile). The first version of the online map includes all the information presented on the print map as well as additional functionality, such as pan and zoom, bookmarks, search, and […]
Cound looks to future son in law Chris Froome for Masters World Champs inspiration
The current UWCT women’s 50-55 year old Road cycling World Champion Pauline Cound will be looking to her future son-in-law and Tour de France champion Chris Froome for inspiration as she squares up to the huge challenge ahead of her at the UCI Masters Mountain Bike World Championships that get under way at the Cascades […]
Clover Tour Race Report from MTN Qhubeka Feeder Team
The World Cycling Centre Africa p/b MTN Qhubeka Team gained valueble confidence from their performances in last week’s Clover Tour, ahead of their participation in the Tour of Rio in Brazil. The race did however not start off as planned.Whilst in the final stage winning break, Getachew Yohannis experienced a hunger knock or what cyclists […]
Murray in medal hunt at ITU World Triathlon Series
One more podium place in the ITU World Triathlon Series will make the season a successful one says Richard Murray. Murray’s next race in the World Series is in on 24 August in Stockholm, Sweden. It will be a first for Murray. “Stockholm is a course that has many turns and twists. My training is […]
Thumbs up for MTB World Champs venue and infrastructure
With a week to go to the start of the UCI Mountain Bike Masters World Championships, which precedes the UCI MTB & Trials World Championships, organisers and visiting riders have given an unqualified thumbs up to the tracks and the infrastructure that has spring up at the Cascades MTB park course. Organisers of the UCI […]