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Doping crushed my boyhood dream, says Lange
South African cycling legend, Malcolm Lange, has confirmed that his career path was severely curbed by the widespread use of performance enhancing drugs in the professional peloton during his racing career. The 39-year-old Lange, who retired from professional road racing in 2011 after a full-time racing career that spanned two decades, says he’s not surprised […]
Preparations in Full Swing for 2013 SA Vets, U16 and Para-cycling Road Champs
Preparations are in full swing ahead of the 2013 SA National Vets, Masters, U16 and Para-Cycling Road & Time Trial Championships, which will take place from Monday 15th to Saturday 20th April 2013 in Oudtshoorn. The South West District (SWD) Cycling Association looks forward to welcoming all the cyclists to this prestigious event on the […]
Woolworths renews Absa Cape Epic sponsorship
Woolworths, who have been the official food sponsor for the Rider Recovery Zone and all water points for the prestigious 8-stage Absa Cape Epic mountain bike race since 2010, are to continue their sponsorship through 2016. The race is considered one of the toughest in the world, attracting elite local and international cyclists. The sponsorship […]
Rebello eyes 2013 Nissan National Half Marathon Series title
The National Nissan Half-marathon series that will start in Barberton on Sunday (27 January) will be Dylan Rebello’s (Team Jeep) to lose. This may seem a presumptuous statement to make, especially because the 2013 season has hardly begun. There is, therefore, no indication yet about who the ‘young guns’ will be who will battle it […]
Absa Cape Epic launches coffee table book
The Untamed African Mountain Bike Race, the Absa Cape Epic, has announced the publication of a coffee table to mark its tenth year. The book, entitled African Epic, will be available on their website, at their events, from Kalahari.net as well as through Amazon in the United Kingdom. Written by journalist and television commentator Neil […]
Trek and Craft partner with rising SA MTB star James Reid
For 2013 Trek Bicycles South Africa and Craft South Africa will partner with one of the country’s rising mountain bike talents, James Reid. The two-year contract gives the 20-year old athlete an opportunity to continue cross country racing at the highest level. James will be chasing his dream of a U23 World Championship podium in […]
Esterhuizen Sets Track Alight in Mexico, Smashes National Record
Twenty-year-old London 2012 Olympian, Bernard Esterhuizen turned in a scintillating display of sprinting at the UCI Track World Cup event held in Aguascalientes, Mexico this past weekend when he smashed his own National record of 10.234 seconds in the 200m sprint qualifying event. Making full use of the Mexican high altitude conditions he obliterated the […]
Rider profile: Four-times winner Karl Platt returns for his tenth Absa Cape Epic
Winner of the Absa Cape Epic in 2010, 2009, 2007 (with Stefan Sahm) and 2004 (with Mannie Heymans) and one of the world’s most prolific mountain bikers, Karl Platt (34), will return for the 10th edition of the race, which takes place from 17 to 24 March this year. The German Bulls rider is ready […]
Sauser Dedicates Attakwas Win to Stander
Motivated by the memory of his good friend, the late Burry Stander, Swiss multiple mountain bike racing world champion, Christoph Sauser, came back from two punctures to win the Attakwas Extreme Challenge in Oudtshoorn, in South Africa’s Western Cape Province on Saturday. Sauser (36ONE-Songo-Specialized) competed as Stander’s teammate for the past four editions the ABSA […]
Rider Profile: Superwoman Hannele Steyn returns for her 10th Absa Cape Epic
Hannele Steyn, a business owner, is preparing herself for the 10th edition of the legendary Absa Cape Epic mountain bike stage race, taking place from 17 to 24 March this year. Photo: Absa Cape Epic / Sportograf Steyn (46), who has become a cycling icon in the prestigious Absa Cape Epic, has successfully completed every […]
The Herald VW Cycle Tour takes short detour
Organisers of The Herald VW Cycle Tour have made a minor adjustment to the 106km Classic route, following a request from the Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust, which runs the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour. South Africa’s second oldest national classic, which takes place in Port Elizabeth on February 3, is an official […]
Stellar start list for Attakwas Extreme Challenge
There will be no easing into 2013 for South Africa’s top mountain bike marathon racers. The Attakwas Extreme Challenge in Oudtshoorn is regarded by most as the toughest single-day marathon race in the country and on Saturday, the seventh edition will guarantee another brutal season-opening test. It’s unlikely any of the Attakwas Extreme Challenge entrants […]