Champions Crowned at the Cape Pioneer Grand Finale
The 2025 Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer, presented by Biogen, came to a sweltering and thrilling conclusion in Oudtshoorn on Saturday, 4 October. Vera Looser and Samantha Sanders completed a clean sweep of victories across the five stages to win the UCI Women’s title by over 40 minutes. The UCI Men’s competition was a closer […]
Final Day Drama Earns Insect Science the Race with Soul Title
A dramatic final stage – on Saturday, 5 October – saw Insect Science race their way to victory on the day and overall, at the 2024 Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer, presented by Biogen. Arno du Toit and Keagan Bontekoning put PYGA Euro Steel’s Jaedon Terlouw and Pieter du Toit under pressure, then drove home […]
Sprint Win for Insect Science on Stage 3 of the Race with Soul
After two days of near misses Insect Science stood atop the Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer, presented by Biogen, on Thursday, 3 October 2024. Arno du Toit and Keagan Bontekoning outfoxed and outsprinted six other teams in a chaotic run in to Langenhoven Gymnasium, in Oudtshoorn, to win the day. In the women’s race, Samantha […]
PYGA Euro Steel and Efficient Infiniti Double Up on Stage 2
For the second successive stage PYGA Euro Steel and Efficient Infiniti Insure emerged victorious at the Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer, presented by Biogen. Wednesday, 2 October’s Stage 2 took the riders from George over the Outeniqua Mountains to Louvain on a brutally tough course. The trek into the Langkloof required the conquest of a […]
Five days of thrilling racing await at Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer, presented by Biogen
The Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer, presented by Biogen, underwent a rejuvenation for the 2024 race. The fourteenth edition will see the Race With Soul take place over five days, from the 1st to the 5th of October, with stage starts and finishes being hosted by George, Louvain, the summit of the Swartberg Pass, and […]
Dryland Launch a Revised, Shorter and Tougher Cape Pioneer Trek Route
The Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer Trek, presented by Biogen, celebrated its fifteenth anniversary in 2023. Over the decade and a half, the seven-day stage race took riders through the Klein Karoo and across the Garden Route. It traversed high mountains and fertile plains, challenging and rewarding by turns. It grew with the sport of […]
Imbuko Giant and Efficient Infiniti Insure Win the 2023 Cape Pioneer Trek
The final stage of the Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer Trek, presented by Biogen, saw the 2023 general classification titles wrapped up by the teams who had worn the yellow and pink First Ascent leaders’ jerseys since the Prologue. The racing, in the UCI men’s field in particular, was far more interesting than that fact […]
Imbuko Giant and Efficient Infiniti Insure Claim Emphatic Queen Stage Victories
The Queen Stage of the Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer Trek, presented by Biogen, provided the men and women in the yellow and pink First Ascent leaders’ jerseys with the terrain to race to emphatic stage victories. Stage 5 – on Friday, 8 September – played out in dramatic fashion as the air went out […]
Imbuko Giant Claw Back Seconds and Set-Up for Cape Pioneer Trek’s Queen Stage
Stage 4 of the 2023 Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer Trek, presented by Biogen, was the longest of the race, as it took the teams from Louvain to Oudtshoorn; on Thursday, 7 September. Despite the day’s length and significant drama on the trails after 90 kilometres the stage came down to a four-team sprint finish […]
Imbuko Giant Slip Up as Valley Electric Toyota Capitalise at the Cape Pioneer Trek
Stage 3 of the Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer Trek, presented by Biogen, saw a puncture and perhaps a loss in form cause a swing in the race’s momentum; on Wednesday, 6 September. The Langkloof Liaison course, which featured a start and finish at Louvain, did not seem to lend itself to big time gaps, […]
Valley Electrical Toyota Win Stage 2 of the Cape Pioneer Trek
The first transition stage of the 2023 Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer Trek, presented by Biogen, took the teams from George in the Garden Route to Louvain in the Langkloof. Tuesday, 5 September’s, Stage 2 was won by Valley Electrical Toyota and Efficient Infiniti Insure. The time gaps in the UCI men’s race were too […]
Singletracks, Satisfaction and the Swartberg Pass in the Race with Soul
South Africa is home to some of the world’s best mountain bike stage races. Yet, there is only one Race with Soul. The Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer Trek, presented by Biogen. Now in its thirteenth edition the seven-day event provides the perfect mix of challenging riding, diverse scenery and classic Klein Karoo hospitality. For […]