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Hill, Potts retain ROAG Series leads after muddy Tour de Krantz
Despite showers the night before the annual aQuelle Tour de Krantz race in Harburg on Saturday, scores of riders still showed up for the sixth race in the Quattro ROAG Series to fight for their positions. Photo: Jenna Bird Winning overall and holding on tightly to his number one overall male position in the Series, […]
Entries for Msunduzi Road Challenge open Thursday, 15 August
Entries open today, Thursday 15 August, for the 2013 edition of the Msunduzi Road Challenge), which takes place in Pietermaritzburg and surrounds from 26 to 27 October 2013 and is one of the events on the 2014 UCI World Cycling Tour (UWCT) calendar. The forests and sugarcane plantations around Wartburg will host the 2013 Msunduzi […]
MTB World Champs courses close for final subtle tweaks
With just over a week to go until the start of the UCI MTB Masters World Championships, which precede the highly anticipated UCI MTB & Trials World Championships, at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg, cross country course designer Nick Floros and his downhill counterpart Nigel Hicks have asked for the full cooperation of both the […]
Hannah in fitness race against World Champs clock
It has been a rocky road to recovery for Australian downhiller Tracey Hannah who broke her collar bone during a practice run in the Alps just over a month before the UCI MTB and Trials World Championships in Pietermaritzburg. Last year she was celebrating in Pietermaritzburg after winning the Women’s downhill World Cup title, but […]
Douglas Ryder on the significance of Team MTN-Qhubeka’s success in Portugal
Sergio Pardilla leading the Tour of Portugal is significant in two ways. We’ve taken a rider who’s been on WorldTour teams before, but this result is the first yellow jersey and first race he’s won since 2010. It shows our nurturing and supporting environment from a coaching and management support point of view and how […]
Historic first as Kaka is appointed Team Bonitas captain
Top South African-based professional road cycling team, Team Bonitas, has made an historic appointment by announcing Luthando Kaka as the new team captain. Kaka becomes the first black cyclist to captain any South African professional cycling team. Luthando Kaka has been promoted to captain of Team Bonitas, the first black rider to captain a South […]
Specialized Bicycles team up with FNB Wines2Whales
The organisers of the FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Events are ecstatic to announce that leading bicycle brand Specialized is now the official bicycle partner of these much loved MTB Events. Bobby Behan (Director, Specialized Bicycles, Africa) with Michael Meyer (Director FNB Wines2Whales ). Photo Credit ~ Cherie Vale / NEWSPORT MEDIA According to […]
Olympian Candice Neethling excited to race on home turf
London Olympian and South African star Under 23 women’s cross country mountain biker Candice Neethling (BMC-SA) is enjoying a timely return to top form in the build-up to the UCI MTB & Trials World Championships which take place at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg from 26 August – 1 September. Candice Neethling (BMC-SA) will look […]
Paarl-based Yorkshire Academy riders experience international racing
South Africa’s youthful Yorkshire Cycling Academy riders have returned from Ireland with valuable experience when they recently participated in the annual Errigal International Youth Cycling Tour, which took place from 3-5 August. The prestigious event, which caters for boys born between 1997 and July 2003 and girls born 1995 to July 2003, is the largest […]
Neethling set to challenge big guns
2013 has been a difficult UCI MTB World Cup season for South African men’s downhiller Andrew Neethling who has had to battle against injury throughout, however the local talent remains hugely positive heading into the biggest event of the year – the UCI MTB & Trials World Championships being held in Pietermaritzburg from 26 August […]
Junior Track Worlds Updates from Glasgow
The 2013 UCI Juniors Track Cycling World Championships continued throughout the weekend with competitors from all over the world competing for the coveted rainbow stripe jersey at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, Scotland. South African junior cyclist Chante van der Merwe competing in the 2013 UCI Juniors Track Cycling World Championships at the […]
Defending MTB World Champ Schurter seeks global domination
It has been a stellar season for current men’s cross country mountain biking world number one and defending World Champion Nino Schurter and as he returns to one of his happiest hunting grounds it would be brave to not bet on him to take the UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships title at the […]