Sanders and Pritzen claim SA MTB titles
Sam Sanders and Marc Pritzen claimed the women’s and men’s South Africa Marathon Mountain Bike Championships at the Sappi Karkloof Trail Festival on Sunday, but there was nothing similar in the way they won their respective national titles. The 41-year-old Sanders used her endurance to grind out a huge nine-minute victory over Bianca Haw and […]
Beers and De Villiers Victorious in 2021 South African XCM Championships
Matt Beers and Yolande de Villiers won the 2021 South African Cross-Country Marathon Championships in Paarl on Saturday, 1 May. The Type{DEV} NanoTime rider dominated the race, virtually from the gun, to win by 5 minutes and 21 seconds. While the women’s race had more drama as the Cycling South Africa commissaires had to adjudicate […]
Usual suspects rise to the surface at SA Champs Time Trial
As the programme at the 2015 Pennypinchers South African Road, Time Trial and Para-cycling Championships heats up the elite men’s and women’s Time Trials took centre stage on Thursday with defending champions Daryl Impey and Ashleigh Moolman Pasio both proving too strong for their respective fields as they took home the national time trial championship […]
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio wins National Time Trial Championships
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio powered her way to victory in the South African National Time Trial Championships earlier today. The race was held in Nelspruit at the Mbombela stadium, one of the venues for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Photo credit: www.craigdutton.com. The South African successfully defended her title with a time of 46’30” over 34 kilometres […]
Impey wins SA time trail champs, MTN-Qhubeka get silver and bronze
With a bright and early start, the South African time trial championships took place around the Mbombela Stadium streets this morning. Defending champion Daryl Impey (Orica-Greenedge) was successfully able to defend his title from last year, clocking the fastest time of 53’23” on the day. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung had Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Louis […]
SA Champs Time Trial entries close 11 January
Online entries for the Pennypinchers 2015 SA National Road, Time Trial and Para-cycling Championships, taking place in Mpumalanga early next month, close this Sunday 11 January. Once again, the annual championship event will cater for all the road cycling categories, incorporating the Elite men and women, U23 men, junior men and women, masters men and […]
Thaba Trails in top condition for Mountain Bike National Champs, Gauteng
Gauteng’s Thaba Trails Mountain Bike Park is gearing up to welcome South Africa’s top cross-country (XCO) and downhill (DHI) competitors as it plays host to the 2014 Cycling SA-MTB National Championships, on 19 and 20 July. Image source: thabatrails.webs.com Situated in the south of Johannesburg at 101 Klip River Drive, Mulbarton, the 450 hectare nature […]
Cycling SA clarifies ruling regarding U23 and Elite Road Championship Jerseys
The 2014 Time Freight SA Road Cycling Championships delivered a spectacle of racing hardly seen before in South Africa. Louis Meintjes (Team MTN-Qhubeka) just snuck past Daryl Impey (Orica GreenEdge) after 180km of gruelling racing. It was a massive disappointment to Daryl that his bike developed a mechanical in the sprint finish. Unfortunately, the prize […]
SA Road Champs 2014: Full report and results
Under-23 World Champs silver medallist Louis Meintjes (Team MTN-Qhubeka) and defending National Champion Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (Hitec Products) claimed top honours in the Elite men and women’s race categories at the 2014 Time Freight SA Road Cycling Championships, which came to a close in Westville today, Sunday 9 February. As with the African Continental Championships, the […]
Meintjes Wins The South African Elite Road Championships
In what was an exhilarating race around the streets of Westiville, KwaZulu-Natal today. The South African Road Race Championships saw Louis Meintjes come away with the national jersey. Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) took the silver with defending champion, Jay Thomson taking the bronze medal. The days racing was hard and fast from the gun, with numerous […]
Exciting Vets racing on penultimate day of National Road Champs
The Veteran classes put on an exciting day of racing in the penultimate day of the 2014 Time Freight SA Road Cycling Championships in Westville today, Saturday 8 February. Chad Short (centre), who claimed the Vet Men 40-44 national championship title, flanked by bronze medallist Jacques Fullard (left) and silver medallist Austin Steyn (right) during […]
KZN awarded 2014 SA Road and TT Championship
KwaZulu-Natal has been awarded the 2014 SA National Road Cycling and Time Trial Championships, which will take place from 4-9 February 2014. The iconic Moses Mabhida Stadium towers above the beachfront where the 2014 SA National Time Trial Championships will be held. Photo: Mylene Loumeau The city of Durban played host to the successful 2012 […]