Video: Johann Potgieter previews the Cairns World Champs DH track
A course preview with South African flavour as national champion Johann Potgieter guides us through the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships downhill course in Cairns, Australia.
Emphatic Silver for Alan Hatherly at UCI MTB World Champs
Team Spur’s Alan Hatherly capped off his best ever XCO season by finishing in second place in the U23 Men’s race at the UCI MTB World Champs in Australia, on Friday 8 September. Hatherly completed the six laps of the 4.3km course in 1:17:57, some 11 seconds behind New Zealand’s, Sam Gaze who won his […]
Follow the action at the 2017 UCI MTB World Championships in Cairns
The 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships will be taking place in Cairns, Australia this weekend and South African riders will be representing in both XCO and DH disciplines. Here’s how you can follow the action and support our riders. The one to watch: Greg Minnaar will be hoping to put the disappointment of losing […]
KZN MTB helps finance SA team
The KZN MTB commission has joined the Western Province MTB Commission in offering support for the South African mountain biking team which was chosen to represent the country in Australia next month. Following the recent decision by Cycling SA not to fund South African teams travelling to international competitions, the KZN and WP Commissions have […]
Team Dimension Data have 20 riders ready for World Championships
The week of the 2016 UCI Doha World Road Cycling Championships has arrived and Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka has a number of riders in Qatar, all set to represent their respective nations as they do battle for the coveted rainbow stripes between 10-16 October. The week of racing got underway yesterday already for our […]
South Africans Going Downhill: Vallnord World Champs track walk (Andorra)
Registration took place on Sunday, which resulted in a rather frantic dash around trying to get our international racing licenses printed. Somehow Mark, Cobus and I had not put two and two together, and the angry man and bewildered young lady at the registration table managed to firmly tell us that showing a picture of […]
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 […]
Team MTN-Qhubeka announces TTT squad for World Championships
The team time trial for the UCI World Championship takes place on Sunday, 22 September and Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung is proud to have qualified for the event through winning the UCI Africa Tour. The team has been training in Lucca, Italy, and has selected the final six riders to start the event. Forming part […]
Sprint-finish silver medal for Van Dyk in Para Road Worlds
South African H4 Hand-cyclist and defending road race World Champion Ernst Van Dyk squeezed a silver medal in an exciting sprint finish at the 2013 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships that took place in Baie-Comeau, Canada on Saturday (31 August). South African H4 Hand-cyclist and defending road race World Champion Ernst Van Dyk squeezed a […]
2013 Para-cycling World Champs SA Team Announced
Cycling South Africa’s Para-cycling Commission has great pleasure in announcing the squad that has been selected to represent South Africa at the 2013 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, taking place in Baie-Comeau, Canada from 29 August to 1 September. The selected squad will also take part in the final round of the UCI Road World […]
Masters Track Cycling Team Selected for World Champs (GBR)
Cycling South Africa’s Track Commission has great pleasure in announcing that the following riders have been selected to participate at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling Masters World Championships in Manchester, England from 6 to 12 October 2013. MEN: 35-39: Morne van Greuning – Sprint; TT Peter Wheeler – Points JP van Tonder – Scratch Mark […]