Road Warriors and Chalk Air WC CWC Win the 2025 Old Mutual Wealth Double Century
Having assembled a super team, the Road Warriors team flew through the first 115 kilometres of the 202-kilometre Old Mutual Wealth Double Century course to lay the foundations for the victory. Ryan Gibbons, Sascha Weber, Lukas Baum, Gustav Basson, Stefan de Bod, Willie Smit, and Callum Ormiston brought the winners home on Saturday, 22 November […]
Who Will Win the 2025 Old Mutual Wealth Double Century?
The Old Mutual Wealth Double Century is not a typical bicycle race. The 12-person team time trial format rewards the strongest teams and the most intelligent strategy. Knowing when to push and when to conserve is key to crossing the line in the best possible time. Individual strengths are essential too, but the strongest rider […]
RH77 – Factory Wins Fiercely Contested Old Mutual Wealth Double Century
Searing heat – on Saturday, 23 November – helped produce fierce racing at the 2024 Old Mutual Wealth Double Century. In the men’s race RH77 – Factory proved fastest, holding off RDXVermarc and Star Elite Cycling. Paceline and O’Right engaged in an even closer contest throughout the 202 kilometre race with, the defending champions setting […]
Lessons from Cycling with Laurium Capital
The UCI World Tour calendar is in full swing for 2024 with some incredible races this month – Strade Bianche, Paris-Nice, Tirreno-Adriatico, Milan-Sanremo, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya to name a few. Closer to home, one of the most popular South African races will see thousands of riders from all over the world, participate in the […]
DMS & Co Race to Comprehensive Old Mutual Wealth Double Century Victory
The 2023 Old Mutual Wealth Double Century took place in warm conditions, from Swellendam, on Saturday, 25 November. A steady, if not stiff, headwind made record and personal best chasing difficult, but did not stifle the racing. DMS & Co went out fast and overcame punctures to key riders to win the title in commanding […]
2022 Old Mutual Wealth Double Century a success in Swellendam
Over 250 teams, of up to 12 riders, started the 2022 Old Mutual Wealth Double Century team time-trial road race in Swellendam; on Saturday, 26 November. DMS & Co won the men’s race, with Reach for Rainbows winning the women’s event. In the mixed category, Private Client Holdings Mixed was triumphant. The DMS & Co […]
Old Mutual Wealth’s Farhad Sader on the Double Century, Bikes and Investing
Farhad is a passionate road and mountain biker and managing director of Old Mutual Wealth, the business that partnered South Africa’s premier long distance amateur road bike race and is adding real value to riders. When the annual Double Century no longer had a sponsor and was cancelled by lockdown protocols, many feared the holy […]
Old Mutual Wealth joins as Double Century title sponsor
The Double Century, South Africa’s favourite 202km team road cycling event, has a new title sponsor in the shape of Old Mutual Wealth. The sponsorship agreement is a three-year deal, starting with the Old Mutual Wealth Double Century this year. The 2021 event, which will be the 29th Double Century, will take place on 27 […]
Active Bodies and Private Client Holdings Blaze to Coronation Double Century Victory
On a searingly hot day in the Overberg town of Swellendam – on Saturday, 23 November – the Active Bodies and Private Client Holdings teams blazed to victory in the 2019 Coronation Double Century. The men’s defending champions were once again in formidable form, leading at each time check; while the Private Client Holdings team, […]
Pure Savage Ladies Coronation Double Century round up
One “busy day at work”, the week following the Coronation Double Century in 2017, Mr Savage was trolling through the Racetec results. He was performing a thorough analysis, as an auditor does, and he thought that a Pure Savage Ladies team would be able to podium if they rocked up in 2018 with a goal […]
Pure Savage Coronation Double Century 2018 Race Report
There comes a point in every Coronation Double Century where you question your sanity, especially after seeing the 150km-to-go marker only to realise you’re already down to six soldiers. How did this happen? How did we lose Garth, Stuart, Donald, Sean, Willie and Klyde in such short succession? The DC is basically Christmas for cyclists! […]
Team Active Bodies successfully defend Coronation Double Century title
The composite team of ACTIVE BODIES put a master class in long-distance team-trialling to convincingly defend their Coronation Double Century title in a time of 04:32:41. Alfa Bodyworks / Giant finished in second place for the third year in a row, while Private Client Holdings Racing (in the colours of UCT) rounded out the podium. […]