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Cycling South Africa
National Road team announced for 2015 African Continental Champs
Cycling South Africa is proud to announce the national road cycling team that will be participating in the 2015 CAC (African Cycling Confederation) Road Cycling Championships, taking place in South Africa from 9 to 14 February. It will be the first time that South Africa will be hosting the prestigious African Continental Championships, which has […]
Great mix in line for African Road Champs
With riders from 30 different African nations set to take part in the Confederation of African Cycling (CAC) Road Championships next week, Pietermaritzburg and the small town of Wartburg are bracing themselves to host the biggest road cycling event ever in the country with some high class racing expected over the six days of action. […]
Hot racing on day two of SA Road Champs
With typically hot Lowveld conditions greeting riders on the second day of the 2015 Pennypinchers South African Road, Time Trial and Para-cycling Championships the para-cycling programme came to an end with the various road races and it was the veterans who took to the time trail course on Wednesday afternoon. Day two of the 2015 […]
Big name back for SA Road Champs
The South African Road and Time Trial Championships are only a few days away and the quality of the field will be of the highest order in 2015 with South African Time Trial champion and international cycling star Daryl Impey set to line up against the country’s best locally based riders in Mbombela from 3-8 […]
Change to junior national squad for African Continental Championships
The 2015 Confederation of African Cycling Road Cycling Championships takes place in Wartburg, KwaZulu-Natal, from 9 to 14 February. Following the withdrawal of Luc Green from the junior squad, the selectors have added the following three riders to make up an 8-man squad: John Vlok Branwill Blaauw Joshua Francis The squad will be whittled down […]
Mountain Bike Commissaire’s Course a success
South African Schools Cycling (SASC) President, Deon Steyn, presented a mountain bike commissaire’s course in Bloemfontein on Saturday 24 January. Steyn, a qualified UCI MTB commissaire, has recognised that there is a shortage of MTB commissaires in some of the provinces, with the Free State and North West provinces not having any. The course, which […]
African Track Champs a resounding success
William Newman, the President of the Confederation of African Cycling’s Track Commission, declared the African Continental Track Cycling Championships a big success after the event concluded in very hot conditions in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday. Following four days of intense racing, William Newman, president of the Confederation of African Cycling’s Track Commission, declared the event a […]
Maroesjka Matthee cleans up at Continental Track Champs
Following some exciting riding on Friday the African Continental Track Cycling Championships concluded in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday with the hosts, South Africa, having dominated the podium. Maroesjka Matthee led the medal charge with an outstanding showing throughout. It was Maroesjka Matthee who stole the show when she claimed the lion’s share of gold medals at […]
South African riders continue domination at African Track Champs
Maroesjka Matthee and HB Kruger claimed the women’s and men’s individual pursuit titles at the Confederation of African Cycling (CAC) Continental Track Championships in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday afternoon while Annerine Wenhold claimed gold in the elite and junior women’s Keirin final in Friday morning’s action as the schedule turns towards the qualifying for the sprint […]
National road team announced for La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
Cycling South Africa announces the road cycling team that will be participating in the 2015 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, which takes place in Gabon, from 16-22 February. La Tropicale Amissa Bongo was created in 2006 and its evolution over the years has achieved maturity in sporting terms but also in infrastructure. The strong focus placed […]
Hoffman and Matthee shine at African Track Champs
The first evening of action at the Confederation of African Cycling (CAC) Continental Track Championships in Pietermaritzburg saw the expectant victors coming out on top with Nolan Hoffman and Maroesjka Matthee winning their respective scratch events but Thursday morning’s action proved to be hotly contested as riders weighed each other up in some tight heats. […]
National road squad announced for African Continental Championships
Cycling South Africa announces the road cycling squad that will be participating in the 2015 Confederation of African Cycling Road Cycling Championships, taking place in Wartburg, KwaZulu-Natal, from 9 to 14 February. The final team will be announced from the listed squad at the SA National Road, Time Trial and Para-cycling Championships from 3-8 February. […]