World Para-cyclists triumph in grand finale
In the most ideal cycling conditions and after such competitive cycling over the last two days, the final day of the UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup in Pietermaritzburg delivered the most incredible performances from such dedicated and professional cyclists during Sunday’s road racing programme. Alongside the effort of the cyclists and their support teams, immense […]
Inspiring SA newcomers to Para-cycling
While a World Cup race attracts the best in the world to compete against each other for medals and UCI points, hosting the fourth round of the UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup in Pietermaritzburg has offered keen South African Para-cyclists the chance to test themselves against the elite in their fields. Considered fledglings to the […]
Hein Wagner and Alwyn de Kock dream of 2016 Rio Paralympics
This coming weekend, the world’s best Para-cyclists will be making their way to Pietermaritzburg to compete in the only World Cup race outside of Europe this year at the fourth round of the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup from 11 to 13 September. Blind South African adventurer and motivational speaker Hein Wagner, with co-pilot […]
Van Dyk composed ahead of Para World Cup
Multiple World Champion medallist and six-time Paralympian, Ernst van Dyk, arrived in Pietermaritzburg to join the rest of the South African team on Wednesday for the first ever UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup held in South Africa from 11-13 September. Although rather unfavourable conditions are predicted for the weekend, Van Dyk was greeted with sunny […]
World Champion anticipates SA Para World Cup
The name “Supa Piet” is far from foreign when it comes to the sports of Para-cycling, athletics and Ironman triathlons. Ironman’s first quadriplegic contestant, Paralympian, and multiple Para-cycling World Champion, Pieter du Preez, who has made waves all over the world, continues to ride them high as he heads to Pietermaritzburg to compete in the […]
Multiple Paralympic medallist eager for SA Para World Cup
With open arms, Africa’s Bike City anticipates welcoming some of the world’s best athletes as the City of Pietermaritzburg is making final preparations ahead of the UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup, from 11-13 September 2015. Among the international and national Para-cycling heroes that will be competing is Swiss wheelchair-athlete-turned-Para-cyclist, Heinz Frei. Frei (57) switched from […]
Two World Champions for Team SA at Para World Champs
Team South Africa celebrated two new World Championship titles on Friday when Justine Asher and Pieter du Preez won their respective Time Trial events, while Ernst van Dyk claimed a bronze medal at the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Notwill, Switzerland. Newly crowned Time Trial World Champion, Justine Asher, said the route suited […]
Team SA maintains great standard at German Para Cup
Round three of the 2015 UCI Para-cycling World Cup took place in Elzach, Germany from 24-26 July 2015 and Team South Africa put on a fantastic show, by adding four medals to their already impressive count in the World Cup series this year. Ernst van Dyk grabbed two bronze medals for his Time Trial and […]
Para world cup and World Champs double-header
South Africa’s Para-cyclists are currently in Europe to race two back-to-back UCI events, with the unusual scheduling of the third round of the UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup series in Germany only three days prior to the World Championships in Switzerland. For this reason, Cycling SA’s Para-cycling Commission have taken a split strategy approach in […]
Para World Cup PMB open to independent riders
South Africa’s Para-cyclists are relishing the opportunity to compete in a World Cup on home soil when the fourth round of the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup Series visits Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, from 11-13 September. The event will have two competition venues in Pietermaritzburg with the Time Trial competition being staged in the Midmar […]
SA Para Team ends Swiss World Cup on a high
Putting the icing on top of what has been a great three-week European tour, South Africa’s Pieter du Preez and Craig Ridgard claimed gold and bronze medals respectively in their road races this week at the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, from 14-16 June. This makes it a full house in […]