UCI World Cup Programme for PMB 2014
Big changes for 2014 are that the UCI has taken media advice and moved the Downhill from Sunday to Saturday with the XCO now on Sunday as the final event. Also the XCE has been dropped from the South African round due to a change in event timing as the UCI looks to standardize viewing […]
New MTB honours launched with Rainbow Challenge
With the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships heading for the Cascades MTB Park at the end of June 2014, a brand new competition has been launched that allows amateur veteran and masters riders to compete for honours in their respective age groups on the same course that will decide the world titles. Image credit: […]
UCI medal for Hoffman in Mexico
South African track cycling star Nolan Hoffman claimed a bronze medal in the 15km Scratch race at the “warm-up” UCI track cycling race, Copa Internaçional de Pista, in Mexico at the weekend. The event preceded Round 2 of the UCI Track World Cup Series, also taking place in Mexico, in Aguascalientes, from 5-7 December 2013. […]
Kargo Pro MTB team seek ground-breaking global frontiers in 2014
With an enlarged and talented squad, a professional outlook and a potential position amongst the world’s elite teams for the 2014 mountain biking season, next year looks set to be a bright one for Shaun Peschl and his Kargo Mountain Bike Team as they gear up for the 2014 season. Image credit: Craig Bishop/Gameplan Media […]
Greg Minnaar and William Newman to sit on UCI Commisions
Cycling South Africa’s President William Newman and three-time Downhill World Champion Greg Minnaar have been appointed as members of the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) Commission for 2014. Members of 18 commissions of the UCI have been appointed. Newman will sit on the UCI Track Commission, while Minnaar sits on the UCI Athlete’s Commission as a […]
New talented athletes tested in Africa by WCC
Before winning the GP of Zurich last August, the Namibian Raul Costa had been discovered by the World Cycling Centre (WCC) during a training camp at its South African base. This sort of camp, open to numerous African countries, had already led to other discoveries, such as Tanzania’s Richard Laizer, now a member of the […]
UCI WorldTour ends on usual high note with Tour of Beijing
As is fast becoming a tradition, the Tour of Beijing is once more the last event of the UCI WorldTour this season, and once again, the five day stage race in China will ensure cycling’s top league ends on the highest of high notes. Image credit: cyclingiq.com Starting this Friday October 11th in Shunyi and […]
Brian Cookson makes first public statement as UCI President
Two weeks after his election as President of the UCI and after his first week working at its headquarters in Aigle, Switzerland, Brian Cookson has given some details of his first days as UCI President. Image credit: roadcyclinguk.com Speaking during his first foreign engagement in Beijing, the new UCI President said: “These early days are […]
Only UCI World Cycling Tour qualifying event in Africa for Pietermaritzburg
Entries for the Msunduzi Road Challenge are now open and road cyclists competing in the Masters’ categories have the opportunity to participate in the only leg of the UCI World Cycling Tour (UWCT) on the African continent, held in Pietermaritzburg next month on 26 and 27 October 2013. Image credit: Anthony Grote – Gameplan Media […]
[Video] Highlights and full coverage of Hafjell’s DH World Cup
For all you who may have missed this past weekend’s events, check out a few videos of the downhill highlights and even the full coverage. Look at those crazy haphazard conditions, and the speed they’re carrying into that fog. Be sure to also see that slide at the end. How he caught it, only he […]
Highlights from this weekend’s World Cup In Hafjell, Norway
What was initially thought to be a dry weekend quickly turned around as riders met slippery conditions and had to adjust their strategies to suit the wayward weather. The practices on the dry courses couldn’t prepare the riders from either XC or Downhill for what the actual race runs would be like. Image credit: live.redbull.com […]
Last round for XC at Hafjell UCI MTB World Cup
This weekend sees the last World Cup rounds of Cross Country and the Eliminator series, where competitors lay down everything they have to secure their final UCI results. Image credit: http://live.redbull.tv/ The World Cup at Hafjell, Norway has already been kicked off with the final race of the year for the Eliminator series, but the […]