Lifetime ban for doping offenders at the Lesotho Sky
Following Rourke Croeser’s positive tests for EPO and Phentermine, he has subsequently been stripped of his title for the 2015 Lesotho Sky. This judgment sees his team mate Max Knox also losing his title. The title for the 2015 race therefore goes to Matthys Beukes and Philip Buys. We appreciate the spirit in which these […]
Rourke Croeser tests positive for EPO
Cycling South Africa reports that mountain bike cyclist Rourke Croeser returned an adverse analytical finding in an out-of-competition test conducted on 30 August 2015. The analytical report confirmed the presence of Recombinant EPO in his urine sample. Mr. Croeser elected to have his B sample analysed which confirmed the result. As per the SAIDS rules, […]
Rourke Croeser found not guilty of contravening Medical Rules
The finding of Cycling South Africa’s Disciplinary Commission’s investigation into national mountain bike team rider Rourke Croeser’s potential UCI medical rule violation has found him not guilty of contravening UCI Medical Rule 13.03.058 (2). It was confirmed that Mr Croeser’s possession of syringes and needles prior to the 2015 UCI MTB World Championships in Andorra […]
Croeser contravenes UCI medical rules
National team rider Rourke Croeser was found to be in possession of a syringe at the recent World MTB Championships in Andorra. This is in direct contravention of the UCI Medical rules and specifically in relation to the sub-section “Ban on Injections”. The possession of syringes is in violation of UCI Medical rule 13.03.058 (2). […]
Goal achieved for Croeser at MTB World Cup finale
The 2015 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Series presented by Shimano drew to a close when the final round took place in Val di Sole, Italy from 22-23 September. The name hot off the mouths of those supporting on Sunday was that of South Africa’s Rourke Croeser, who climbed 32 places to finish 15th in […]
Croeser, Kleinhans master the mud to claim Ballito MTB titles
South African Rourke Croeser and Swiss Ariane Kleinhans conquered strong competition and atrocious conditions to claim victories in the men and women’s races respectively at Round 5 of the Ashburton Investments National MTB Series at Ballito on South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal coast at the weekend. It was Croeser’s first Ultra-marathon victory and it came in his […]
Record field ready for thrilling 2015 SA MTB Champs battle
The student town of Stellenbosch is all set to host the 2015 Stihl SA MTB Championships presented by Subaru Cape Town/Novus Holdings this weekend with the country’s top cross country and downhill mountain bikers set to stake a claim for their respective discipline’s national colours. Defending South African Cross Country Champion and Full Dynamix/USN’s Rourke […]
Upbeat Croeser confident ahead of SA XCO Champs
Defending men’s South African Cross Country champion Rourke Croeser will jet home next week to try and win another national title as well as vital UCI points in his bid to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics at the Stihl SA MTB Championships presented by Subaru Cape Town/Novus Holdings in Stellenbosch on Saturday 18 July. […]
Croeser & Vale clinch victory in final round of SA MTB Cup Series
Cold conditions greeted the riders at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg for the fourth and final round of the Stihl SA MTB Cup Series, which saw tough competition and hard racing amongst all the categories today. The sun broke through at the beginning of the Elite Men’s seven-lap race at 1pm, five minutes before the […]
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 […]
Bike Check: Rourke Croeser’s Full-Dynamix Higher
Late last year, Rourke Croeser and Travis Walker signed up to ride for the Full-Dynamix factory team. Full-Dynamix didn’t budget for the lads doing the Cape Epic, so they had to look to USN to help them compete. We chatted to Rourke and Travis during the Epic and got a look at Rourke’s Full-Dynamix Higher […]
SA team announcement for MTB African Champs (RWA)
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 2015 African Mountain Bike Continental Championships in Musanze, Rwanda, from 8-10 May. The following riders have been selected according to the 2015 CSA-MTB Selection Criteria. Cross-country (XCO) ELITE Philip Buys Matthys […]