Hayley Preen and Marc Pritzen crowned 2021 South African National Road Champs
Hayley Preen and Marc Pritzen were crowned the 2021 South African National Road Race Champions in Swellendam on Sunday, 21 March 2021. Pritzen claimed the under-23 title in the same race. Preen won the women’s elite road race (133km) in a time of 4:18:06 while Pritzen pipped Willie Smit to the post in a time […]
Ryan Gibbons and Candice Lill claim national time trial titles in Swellendam
On a day not entirely suited to the individual time trial pursuit, Ryan Gibbons (UAE Team Emirates) and Candice Lill (faces.africa) claimed the men’s and women’s National Time Trial titles at the 2021 South African National Road Race and Time Trial Championships in Swellendam. Gibbons completed the 40km men’s time trial course in a time […]
Scramble for Series points heats up at third XCO Cup
Not only will the country witness the neck-in-neck display of racing action put on by the Elite riders fighting for all-important UCI points, but also a rather exciting and always surprising turn of events demonstrated by our very talented younger and older riders scrambling for their own series points in the third round of the […]
PPA, Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust & Cycling SA reach agreement
After long, successful negotiations, an agreement was this week concluded between Cycling South Africa (CSA), the Pedal Power Association (PPA) and the Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust (CTCTT) whereby all events on the PPA calendar with a racing element will be sanctioned by Cycling SA. After long, successful negotiations, an agreement was this week concluded […]
Cycling SA condemns attack on MTB Team
Cycling South Africa regrets to announce that there was an attack on the visiting Danish MTB Team at Voortrekker Monument in Gauteng yesterday, while preparing for this weekend’s STIHL XCO Cup Series race. Albeit the area in which the event is taking place has perimeter game fence with security guards that do patrol the area, […]
Team announcement for MTB XCO and DHI World Champs – Hafjell
Cycling South Africa’s Mountain Bike Commission has great pleasure in announcing that the following riders have been selected to represent South Africa at the 2014 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Hafjell, Norway, from 2-7 September. The following riders have been selected according to the 2014 CSA-MTB Selection Criteria.
2013 Road World Championships SA Team Announced
Cycling South Africa’s Road Cycling Commission has great pleasure in announcing that the following riders have been selected to represent South Africa at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships, taking place in Toscana, Italy from 22-29 September. Elite Men: Daryl Impey (Road Race)Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg (Time Trial; Road Race)Jay Thomson (Time Trial; Reserve – […]
Acknowledging our women cyclists this August: Samantha Sanders
Samantha Sanders started cycling in 2006, while studying at TUKS in Pretoria. Having raced moto-x and enduro as a young girl and throughout high school, Samantha can positively claim that racing on two wheels is in her blood. Samantha Sanders Vital Stats Date of birth: 21-08-1983 Hometown: Hoedspruit,Mpumalanga Currently lives:Hoedspruit Team: Valencia She started cycling […]
Acknowledging our women cyclists this August: Cherise Stander
Cherise Stander competed in her first Cape Argus Cycle Tour when she was just nine years old, having grown up in a cycling environment when her parents took up cycling. “It was a nice family sport that we could all do together.” Cherise Stander Vital Stats Date of birth: 06-11-1989 Hometown: Umtentweni,KwaZulu-Natal Currently lives:In between […]
Acknowledging our women cyclists this August: Teagan O’Keeffe
Teagan O’Keeffe was only six-years-old when she first started cycling, and instantly fell in love with the sport and has never looked back. As a young girl, she would watch her older brother Jordi racing his BMX every weekend, and was envious of his shining trophies, and decided that she too wanted to be part […]
Acknowledging our women cyclists this August: Mariske Strauss
Mariske Strauss remembers trying to ride a bicycle, as she recalls, “When I was a serious spring chicken”. She tried to ride her little BMX bike without the training wheels but could not get it right. Her stubbornness and determination saw her through this ‘rough patch’, and when she saw her father (Bryan) and her […]
Acknowledging our women cyclists this August: Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio was introduced to cycling in 2007, and started racing competitively from 2008. It was during her studies at Stellenbosch University where she met her best friend and husband Carl Pasio. Carl was a serious triathlete, and it was through him that Ashleigh developed a passion for endurance sports. Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio Vital Stats Date […]