Minnaar: “It was a great season”
South African cycling legend Greg Minnaar has completed yet another incredible season where the three-time World Champion claimed his 18th World Cup career victory making him the most successful downhiller of all time, as well as adding a tenth World Championship medal to his collection when he claimed a silver medal at the spectacular World […]
Cycling well represented with nine nominations for SA Sport Awards
Cycling South Africa is ecstatic to announce that cycling is nominated for nine slots for the 2015 South African Sport Awards (SASA), which was announced at SABC Radio Park in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, on Tuesday morning. South African cycling stars Greg Minnaar (Sportsman of the Year nominee) Jayde Julius (Best Newcomer nominee) and Songezo Jim […]
Video: The Syndicate – World Championships Andorra
After a week of rain in the Pyrenees, the track at Vallnord, Andorra was relatively dry, fast, and as technical as ever. Both Greg and Josh laid down super-fast runs, but it all finally came together for Loic Bruni, and he came down just over two seconds faster, which netted Greg the silver and Josh […]
Video: Greg Minnaar – Putting It Together
In this mini documentary we follow Greg Minnaar, South African downhill legend, in his quest for his fourth rainbow jersey. He knows how to win it, he knows how to put it all together in the final run. It’s his specialty. But can he do it again in Vallnord, Andorra, during the 2015 World Championships?
No regrets for Minnaar after going “all-in”
South African downhill hero, Greg Minnaar claimed the fourth overall spot despite coming off his bike in the last round of the 2015 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano in Val di Sole, Italy on Saturday 22 August 2015. Lying second overall in the season’s points before the start of the race, Minnaar […]
The Syndicate – Episode 4 – Lenzerheide, Switzerland
The World Cup’s first trip to Lenzerheide, Switzerland was a smashing success. Making it look easy on the Steve Peat-designed track, Greg Minnaar stepped to the top of the box once again, taking his record-setting 18th World Cup win! Greg’s won two of the four World Cups so far this season, and sits in third […]
Minnaar Wins Record 18th World Cup, Atherton Extends Lead
The fourth round of the Downhill series in the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, saw South Africa’s Greg Minnaar win the 18th World Cup of his career on Saturday, a men’s record, while Rachel Atherton (GT Factory) took her third straight win in the women’s series. Atherton extended her […]
Interview: Greg Minnaar
Greg Minnaar threw himself down Fort William faster than anyone else last Sunday. It was his 17th World Cup victory, tying with his teammate, and fellow downhill great, Steve Peat. Along the way he has also collected three World Cup titles and three World Champion’s jerseys. We caught up with Greg to ask him a […]
Minnaar to serve on UCI Athlete Commission
Three-time Downhill World Champion, Greg Minnaar, has been appointed as one of 13 members of the renewed International Cycling Union’s (UCI) Athlete Commission, representing the mountain bike discipline up until 2017. The UCI press release indicated that the 13 members hailed from four continents, with “Men-Women parity ensured for the four Olympic disciplines (road, track, […]
Course Preview: Claudio tries to pass Greg Minnaar on a fresh Leogang track
Straight from his win over the weekend in Scotland, Greg Minnaar shows Claudio Caluori how it’s done down the modified Leogang course. Greg has a great record at Leogang but the trail fairies have been hard at work adding a number of new sections, making it somewhat of a blind run for Greg.
SA cycling on top of the world
South African cycling is on top of the world as fans and supporters celebrated major successes from their cycling heroes in the various disciplines of cycling at the weekend. Saturday’s qualifying run at the second round of the UCI MTB World Cup (DHI #2) in Fort William was cancelled due to poor weather conditions, with […]
Video: Greg Minnaar’s World Cup winning ride at Fort William
Greg Minnaar rode to a record equalling 17th World Cup victory at Fort William on Sunday. Watch his winning ride here: