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Swiss MTB Star Schurter Wants to Repeat World Cup Win in Pietermaritzburg
One of the abiding memories of the 2011 UCI MTB World Cup Pietermaritzburg remains the manner in which Nino Schurter flew over the rock garden, while other riders struggled to negotiate it, on his way to a very impressive victory in the cross-country event. He’s back in 2012 and determined to defend the title he […]
Speedy breaks wrist on World Cup Course
Yolande Speedy, South Africa’s best hope for a top finish in the Elite women’s race at next week’s opening round of the UCI RockyRoads Mountain Bike World Cup in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, crashed and broke her wrist while training on the course on Wednesday afternoon. The injury to her right wrist is serious and requires […]
Neethling Ready to Raise his Game at Pietermaritzburg MTB World Cup
South African downhill star Andrew Neethling made big strides in the UCI MTB World Cup in 2011, including claiming a first ever podium finish at Windham in the USA. He’s looking to up the ante in 2012, starting at the RockyRoads UCI MTB World Cup Pietermaritzburg. Last year’s stop in Pietermaritzburg ended in disappointment for […]
Evans and George to challenge at joBerg2c
An on-form Kevin Evans confirmed yesterday that he and team-mate David George would challenge for the title at this year’s Old Mutual joBerg2c, which starts on April 27. Fresh from his win at the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Mountain Bike Challenge this weekend, the Nedbank 360Life rider said he was looking forward to his […]
Philip Buys (RSA) and Cecile Ravenel (FRA) win at Karkloof Falls
Team Contego’s Phillip Buys made it two in a row when he won the second event in the three part Momentum Health XCO Internationals at Karkloof Falls on Saturday 3rd March. Buys showed superb form and skill over the testing seven lap course to cross the line in one hour, thirty-five minutes and 57 seconds. […]
Ivonne Kraft back for her sixth Absa Cape Epic with first timer Lisa Brandau
The 2012 Absa Cape Epic will once again welcome Ivonne Kraft (41, Baden, Germany) who will be racing with Elisabeth Brandau (26, Stuttgard, Germany) as team Notebooksbilliger.de. This year’s race, which takes place from 25 March to 1 April 2012, will once again take 1200 riders through some of the Western Cape’s most unspoilt territory. […]
The Tour de France on dirt for Woolcock and MacDonald
The 2012 Absa Cape Epic welcomes newcomers to the event, pro-riders Waylon Woolcock (29) and Neil MacDonald (34), who will be competing as Team RE: CM. This year’s race, which takes place from 25 March to 1 April 2012, will once again take 1200 riders through some of the Western Cape’s most unspoilt territory. The […]
Hunter Edges Narrow SA Champs Sprint Victory
The Mpumalanga Sport Council 2012 SA National Road Cycling and Time Trial Championships culminated with the Men’s road race in Nelspruit yesterday as they took to the streets to battle it out over 160km in perfect weather conditions. South African road cycling sensation Robbie Hunter, who races professionally for the international Garmin-Barracuda team, achieved his […]
Axis Bikes supports Anton Hammerl Cape Epic Initiative
Axis Bikes, a new global bicycle brand, has thrown its support behind Team Anton Hammerl, two South African photographers riding the ABSA Cape Epic mountain bike stage race to raise awareness and funds for the children of Anton Hammerl, the award-winning South African photographer who was killed during the war in Libya last year. Hammerl, […]
Fruitful SA Champs as Team Bonitas secures three medals
For the first time since it was established in 2009, Team Bonitas left the South African Road Race championships with a medal. Not just one, but three, following some very respectable performances by the team in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga at the 2012 edition of the national showpiece over the past four days. In its first year […]
Stander, Sauser dominate Grape Escape ahead of Cape Epic defence
Reigning ABSA Cape Epic champions, Burry Stander and Christoph Sauser, claimed a confidence boosting overall victory at the Columbia Grape Escape three-day mountain bike stage race at Boschendal Wine Farm near Cape Town, South Africa on Saturday. Racing in the colours of 36One Songo.info, the cycling development initiative that Sauser established for disadvantaged South African […]
Moolman Pasio is the new SA Road Champion
Ashleigh Moolman Pasio, the South African female road cyclist that’s been on a steep upward curve for the past year, claimed the gold medal in the Elite women’s race at the 2012 South African Road Championships in Nelspruit in the Mpumalanga province on Saturday. The 26-year-old, who races for the Momentum Toyota team and was […]