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<\/a>The Momentum 947 Cycle Challenge together with Cycling South Africa is delighted to announce that the 2015 race will be hosting three international women\u2019s teams, top local women\u2019s teams and composite invitational teams from across Africa in Gauteng on Sunday 15th November Photo: Craig Dutton\/pics2go.co.za<\/span><\/p>\nBigla Pro Cycling Team, Team Liv Platur and Team Tibco SVB will be travelling to the event from overseas to join South Africa\u2019s Activate\/Demacon, Time Freight eTeam, BestMed ASG Women\u2019s Cycling and Clover Prestigio as well as composite invitational teams from South Africa, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Israel, Namibia, Rwanda and Mauritius.<\/p>\n
The teams will be presented at a press conference ahead of the event, where international super-cyclist, Marianne Vos will discuss the teams\u2019 intentions for the race.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) granted the Cycle Challenge women\u2019s race UCI 1.1 status, which means cyclists have the opportunity to earn valuable UCI points in their attempts to strengthen their chances for Olympic places for Rio 2016. <\/p>\n
The news builds on the event\u2019s already strong focus on female cyclists. Last year, Momentum brought Vos to Johannesburg to race in the Cycle Challenge along with Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, South Africa\u2019s international cycling champion. Vos and Moolman-Pasio took 1st and 2nd places respectively in the 2014 Cycle Challenge women\u2019s race. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are thrilled that Marianne enjoyed her experience with us last year and that she is coming back in 2015 to welcome the racing women\u2019s teams to the event,\u201d said Momentum head of sponsorships, Carel Bosman. <\/p>\n
Cycling SA has shown their full support for the ranking of the event by stepping in to assist the teams with rider accommodation and logistics. The UCI\u2019s World Cycling Centre in Africa has also hosted a women\u2019s only training camp for African riders leading up to the event.<\/p>\n
The awarding of the UCI 1.1 ranking for the ladies, adds a new level of excitement to the race, now in its 19th year and organizers are proud of the opportunity this affords the ladies and the contribution this makes to women\u2019s cycling. Besides adding this opportunity and a level of prestige to the race, we are also heartened that the Cycle Challenge is one of a few cycling events that offers female racers their own peloton and equal prize-money to the men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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