Neethling, Beukes win Van Gaalen battle
Matthys Beukes and Candice Neethling won the men and women’s titles respectively after closely fought battles at the Van Gaalen round of the 2017 Ashburton Investments National Mountain Bike Series, at Skeerpoort in the North West Province on Saturday. Beukes (Pyga Eurosteel) eventually triumphed in a race-long duel with Round 4 winner, Brendon Davids (Road […]
Youth versus experience for African women at Absa Cape Epic
The race-within-a-race to be the first all-African team to finish in the Absa Cape Epic Hansgrohe Women’s category will pit one of the youngest teams in the event against a pair of multiple finishers. Gary Perkin. Cape Epic. Sportzpics. South African Candice Neethling is 25 and her Namibian partner Vera Adrian just 23 but their […]
Candice Neethling on her 2016 learnings and what this year holds…
Dormakaba athlete, Candice Lill (formerly Neethling), had an exciting 2016 on and off the trails. From a new sponsorship and stage racing triumphs to an injury and a wedding it’s been a year of adventure and discovery for the athlete. Candice joined the dormakaba team in 2016 as a XC Champion, but soon discovered her […]
Dormakaba chooses Vera Adrian as the newest member of their team
Windhoek-born, Vera Adrian, is the most recent member of Team dormakaba. At 23 years of age, this two-wheel athlete has already won some impressive titles and even represented her country at the Rio Summer Olympics last year. Like most of us, Vera started riding her bike as a hobby, “but never imagined that it would […]
Heyns, Neethling claim Trailseeker Grabouw titles
Gert Heyns and Candice Neethling made the most of their cross-country technical racing skills to win the men and women’s marathon race titles respectively at Round 2 of the Nissan TrailSeeker Series at Grabouw in the Western Cape at the weekend. One of the more challenging race routes delivered a good allround challenge for over […]
Rebello and Neethling wrap up the RECM Knysna 200 titles
Young mountain biking stars Dylan Rebello (Momsen Factory Team) and Candice Neethling (Team Dorma) secured the Solo Men’s and Solo Women’s RECM Knysna 200 titles on Sunday. Both Rebello and Neethling capped the Garden Route Events stage race with their third stage victories to seal emphatic general classification wins. The RECM Knysna 200 field lining […]
Rebello and Neethling race to dominant stage victories at RECM Knysna 200
On the second stage of the 2016 RECM Knysna 200 mountain bike race Dylan Rebello and Candice Neethling repeated their stage winning heroics of Friday to extend their race leads. The young duo, riding for the Momsen Factory Team and Team Dorma respectively, were superb throughout the 70km stage which took place from Quinta da […]
Rebello and Neethling victorious on stage 1 of the RECM Knysna 200
Momsen Bike’s Dyland Rebello and Team Dorma’s Candice Neethling raced to stage victory on Friday, 17 June 2016, in the first stage of the RECM Knysna 200. The 71km stage which started in the Knysna Elephant Park and finished on Thesen Island in the heart of Knysna is the first of three stages and sets […]
Cape quartet join The Cows’ 100 Miles of Nowhere mooovement
2016 ABSA Cape Epic African jersey winning duo, Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock have joined with 2008 Beijing Olympian, Candice Neethling and former elite mountain biker, Timo Cooper in a four-rider team for The Cows’ 100 Miles of Nowhere challenge at the Tyger Valley Cadence Cycling Performance Centre on Friday, 24 June from 14h00. Pro […]
Van Gaalen victories put Knox, Neethling in series contention
Max Knox and Candice Neethling raced to emphatic wins in the Elite men and women’s categories respectively at Van Gaalen at the weekend, putting them both in line for a shot at the prestigious Ashburton Investments National MTB Series titles for 2016. Knox (Lowveld Tractors/Dirk Louwrens Cycles), the current South African marathon champion, used his […]
Dramatic KAP sani2c title battle goes down to the coast
In what has been one of the most exciting and unpredictable KAP sani2c’s in memory the Race event was a ding-dong affair that went right down to the breakers of Scottburgh as the pair of Matthys Beukes and Gert Heyns overturned a two minute overnight deficit to win the overall title whilst the pair of […]
Combrinck first three-time joBerg2c champ
Nelspruit’s Gawie Combrinck became the first three-time winner of the 900km Old Mutual joBerg2c mountain bike race after placing second alongside teammate Nico Bell on the final stage of 84km between Highflats and Scottburgh in KwaZulu-Natal today. Johann Rabie and HB Kruger of Telkom won the stage – their fourth in total – when they […]