Women’s European Racing Programme established for SA
As we celebrate National Women’s Day and in keeping in line with the recent discussions at the 2015 CAC Forum about lifting the profile of women’s cycling on the continent and at a global level, Cycling South Africa’s Women’s Commission is proud to announce the reestablishment and roll out of the Women’s European Racing Programme. […]
Nico Bell & Cherise Stander win Nissan Trailseeker Series Opener
Mpumalanga’s Nico Bell and Western Cape’s Cherise Stander travelled from their home provinces to give Gauteng mountain bikers a lesson when they won the men and women’s titles respectively at Round 1 of the 2015 Gauteng Nissan TrailSeeker Series at Buffelsdrift near Pretoria on Saturday. Bell, the 2014 National Marathon Series Champion who races for […]
Lill and Woolcock seal the Nedbank sani2c deal
Blend’s Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock triumphed at the end of a final stage laced with drama to claim the 2015 Nedbank sani2c title over EAI Wheeler’s Johan Rabie and Swiss speedster Konny Looser whilst the dominant RECM pair of Cherise Stander and Ariane Kleinhans dominated once again to claim an emphatic overall women’s victory […]
Race on at Nedbank sani2c after thrilling second stage
The 2015 Nedbank sani2c men’s race is on a knife’s edge going into Saturday’s third and final stage after EAI Wheeler’s Johann Rabie and Konny Looser slashed overnight leader’s Waylon Woolcock and Darren Lill’s advantage to just twenty-eight seconds while the RECM Women’s pair of Ariane Kleinhans and Cherise Stander strengthened their stranglehold on the […]
Lill and Woolcock barnstorm first stage of Nedbank sani2c
Riding for their professional lives the Blend pair of Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock blitzed the 79km first stage of the Race at the Nedbank sani2c from Glencairn outside Himeville to the Mackenzie Club to set up a handy two minute lead whilst it was the dominant RECM Women’s Team pair of Ariane Kleinhans and […]
Hibiscus Coast Cycle Challenge finishes fantastic cycle races
Eritrean cycling star Metkel Eyob Teweldeberhan (MTN-Qhubeka Feeder Team) and South Africa’s Cherise Stander (CSA Women’s Development team) claimed top honours in the Hibiscus Coast Cycle Challenge, the third and final round of the KZN Autumn Series, in glorious weather in Margate, KwaZulu-Natal today. Sixty-seven Elite men and 19 Elite women cyclists took to the […]
Two new champions enthroned at Tour Durban
Europcar’s Ryan Gibbons brought the five-year Team Abantu reign at the aQuellé Tour Durban presented by Sunday Tribune to an end with a thrilling victory in the men’s 105km race, while Cherise Stander (RECM) came out on top of a see-saw end-sprint that saw nine riders challenge for the women’s race laurels. Racing in balmy […]
Fouché sprints to hometown glory at Emperors
Herman Fouché enjoyed a taste of hometown glory when he ousted the top sprinters in the elite bunch to take his second win at the Emperors Palace Classic road race in Johannesburg on Sunday. Bonitas sprinter Herman Fouché celebrates his second victory in the Emperors Palace Classic road race in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, on Sunday. […]
RECM women target sani2c spoils
The RECM duo of Ariane Kleinhans and Cherise Stander will be teaming up for the iconic Nedbank sani2c hoping to erase their disappointment at not being able to contest the event last year with a serious women’s title challenge. Despite four mixed team titles under her belt already, Kleinhans is passionate about contributing to the […]
International cycling stars flock to SA’s richest cycling race
On Saturday some of the biggest names in international and local cycling will take to the streets of Pretoria to show unity for Mandela. None other than South African president Jacob Zuma will be firing the start gun to signal the start of what is to be an iconic example of what can be achieved […]
Cherise Stander hoping to harness Burry’s legacy at MTB Worlds
Following a tough start to the 2014 season, the iconic Cascades MTB Park and the legend of her late husband Burry could be the tonic that Cherise Stander needs as she heads into her maiden UCI MTB Marathon World Championships that gets underway in Pietermaritzburg on 29 June. In what will be her first appearance […]
Team RECM ready to take on the 2014 Absa Cape Epic
Theo Blignaut (25) of Johannesburg and Cherise Stander (24), currently living in Stellenbosch, will be taking part in the 2014 Absa Cape Epic as team RE:CM. The legendary mountain bike stage race will take place from 23 to 30 March and will take riders through 718km and 14 850m of climbing in the Western Cape. […]