Mission accomplished for Team SA in Rwanda
The 2015 African Mountain Bike Continental Championships took place in Musanze, Rwanda from 8-10 May. Sub-tropical climates of the East African country provided a rather slippery terrain on which the riders had to compete, making this past weekend’s racing an unpredictable and unforgettable experience for all involved. Team South Africa made their country proud, by […]
CSA national roll out of UCI Level 1 Coaching Course
Cycling South Africa’s Coaching Commission is flying out Canadian Elite Master Coach, Houshang Amiri, to deliver three UCI accredited Level 1 Coaching Courses in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg during the month of April. Course content has been revised by the UCI since the last course was facilitated in South Africa. Adding to this, the […]
Lesotho Sky celebrates 5th anniversary & Class 1 UCI race status
The Lesotho Sky Race goes into it’s 5th edition this year and will be taking place from 20th – 25th September 2015. The event has been a UCI stage race since 2013, a strategy which has resulted in international and South African professional MTB teams competing in the race in 2013 and 2014. Moreover Basotho […]
Training camp and seminars organised by the UCI in Africa
The UCI (International Cycling Union), with the support and collaboration of Dr. Wagih Azzam, President of CAC and UCI Vice President, Mr. Yao Allah Kouamé, CAC Secretary General and Mr. William Newman, President of Cycling South Africa, will be hosting a rider training camp, coaching seminar, mechanics course and anti-doping information sessions in January and […]
Eighth for Meintjes at World Champs in Spain
While South Africans all over the world celebrate their heritage today, South Africa’s national road cycling squad will enjoy the rest day at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships, currently underway in Ponferrada, Spain, from 21-28 September. Louis Meintjes during the ITT at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships, currently underway in Ponferrada, Spain, from […]
Tough, technical and beautiful MTB Marathon Worlds course awaits
The buzz ahead of the 2014 UCI MTB Marathon World Championships continues to build in KwaZulu-Natal’s capital as course designer Nick Floros and his team make the final tweaks to the widely anticipated route for of the global showcase. Race Coordinator Andrew van Rensburg, Event Director Alec Lenferna and globally renowned Course Designer Nick Floros […]
Cross Country World Cup stars sweat it out in Maritzburg heat
The globe’s top cross country mountain biking stars continued their preparations for the opening leg of the 2014 UCI MTB World Cup, presented by Shimano, at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg in energy-sapping hot and dry conditions. RSA-Web’s Renay Groustra will be hoping to impress in front of a home crowd when he tackles’ Sunday’s […]
UCI gives PMB MTB World Cup the green light
With the clock ticking by and the start of this weekend’s 2014 UCI MTB World Cup Pietermaritzburg, presented by Shimano, getting ever closer, the International Cycling Union (UCI) have given the Cascades MTB Park-based event an unqualified thumbs up. Myriam Nicole Nick Floros’ revamped cross country course has been the talk of the event thus […]
PMB World Cup: Sam Hill bike check and Nigel Page interview
Ryan Franklin from Monster Energy caught up with Nigel Page, manager of Team CRC/Nukeproof to see what they were running for the Pietermaritzburg DH course. Turns out it’s something very special. https://soundcloud.com/thehubsa/20140409-180949 Team CRC/Nukeproof have opted to go the full custom route for this year’s PMB World Cup. The course being significantly more pedally than […]
MTB World Cup: Checking out the DH course
It’s finally here, the first round of the UCI World Cup in Pietermaritzburg. Yesterday was the start of the festivities and a chance for all the riders to check out the Downhill course. There have been a few changes to the course this year, namely an extension to the rock gardens at the top of […]
Kargo set to realise South African MTB team’s World Cup dream
The local mountain bike community is excited to get a first ever glance of its very own “proudly South African”, UCI accredited outfit competing on an international stage when four riders of the Kargo Pro MTB team tackle the UCI MTB World Cup Pietermaritzburg, presented by Shimano, at Cascades MTB Park from 11-13 April 2014. […]
Pietermaritzburg gears up for 2014 season-opening MTB World Cup
The Cascades MTB Park is preparing to host the 2014 UCI MTB World Cup Pietermaritzburg presented by Shimano, its fifth mountain bike international in six years, following last year’s successful UCI MTB and Trials World Championships. The Pietermaritzburg leg of the 2014 UCI World Cup calendar, from 11 to 13 April will form the first […]