Cycling South Africa announces the National Road Cycling Team that has been selected to participate in the 2017 UCI Road World Championships in Bergen, Norway, from 17 to 24 September.<\/p>\n
The blue-ribbon event will kick off with the Team Time Trial, whereby competitors compete as part of their trade team. Thereafter, for the Individual Time Trial and the Road Races, riders will participate in their national colours.<\/p>\n
The Time Trial is scheduled to take place in Bergen and surrounding areas, with the Men\u2019s Elite race finishing atop Mount Fl\u00f8yen. It will be the first time that a World Championship Time Trial finishes on top of a mountain. The climb will be brutal on a 3.4-kilometre stretch with an average gradient of 9.1%.<\/p>\n
The Road Races will start in \u00d8ygarden and riders and spectators alike will celebrate the Norwegian coastal culture. The highlight of the race is the climb up \u201cSalmon Hill\u201d towards Mount Ulriken.<\/p>\n
Elite Men:<\/strong> U23:<\/strong> Elite Women:<\/strong> Junior Men:<\/strong> Junior Women:<\/strong> Heidi Dalton, Jaco Venter, Nicholas Dlamini, Stefan de Bod and Tiffany Keep have withdrawn from the team due to personal reasons.<\/p>\n Cycling South Africa Road Commission Director, Bosseau Boshoff, said: \u201cThe World Championship route will suit a rider like Daryl Impey \u2013 it is not a climber\u2019s course, but more of a sprinter\u2019s course. When speaking to Robbie Hunter, he explained that the finish is likely to see a big group sprint, as the climbs are not difficult enough to split the race open. We have a strong team here, and every person that we\u2019ve selected will perform well on this type of course.\u201d<\/p>\n Congratulations on your selection and good luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cycling South Africa announces the National Road Cycling Team that has been selected to participate in the 2017 UCI Road World Championships in Bergen, Norway, from 17 to 24 September. The blue-ribbon event will kick off with the Team Time Trial, whereby competitors compete as part of their trade team. Thereafter, for the Individual Time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[231,965],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-16421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-cycling-south-africa","tag-road-world-champs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16421"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=16421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Daryl Impey
Reinardt Janse van Rensburg
Jaco Venter
Willie Smit<\/p>\n
Stefan de Bod
Nicholas Dlamini
Morne van Niekerk<\/p>\n
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio
Heidi Dalton
Chane Jonker<\/p>\n
Devin Shortt
Ryan Terry
Jason Oosthuizen<\/p>\n
Ashleigh Parsons
Tiffany Keep
Elne Owen
Nadia van Niekerk<\/p>\n