George triumphs at tough Mabalingwe Ultra-Marathon

The television camera crew captures the battle bewtween David George (front) and Max Knox during the latter part of the race. Photo: Zoon Cronje In case there was still any doubt, former professional road cyclist, David George, added more confirmatio...

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UCI Women’s Tour in Africa Welcomed With Open Arms

The phenomenal success of the inaugural 2011 Tour de Free State has opened the doors for the second running of the annual event to be featured as a UCI 2.1 WE race by the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale), making it the only Olympic qualifying road c...

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Championship Wide Open Ahead Of MTB Nationals in PE

Those in the hunt for Mountain Bike Nationals championship points will make their way to the Eastern Cape for the third leg of the CSA-MTB National Cup Series on 26th and 27th May. Local riders and trail builders, under the watchful eye of event organ...

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sani2c invests in safer roads

Pedestrians and cyclists in a rural KwaZulu-Natal community will now be a lot safer as thousands of bicycles leave more than just tracks alongside the regional road. In a demonstration of what organiser Glen Haw calls “the power of mountain biking”, t...

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Lesotho Sky – The most spectacular MTB race in the Southern Hemisphere

The first-ever Lesotho Sky Event took place from 13th – 18th November 2011 – here are few bites of its success story. The Lesotho Sky Event is a new team stage race and star on the horizon, over 6 days and through the breathtaking landscapes of the...

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36ONE MTB Challenge Sets New Endurance Race Standards

The inaugural 36ONE MTB Challenge, held in Oudtshoorn, in South Africa’s Western Cape province over the past weekend, broke new athletic endurance ground and celebrated the birth of a new format of mountain bike challenge. The 361km race, which follow...

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Team Bonitas concludes successful European debut

Team Bonitas, one of South Africa’s leading professional men’s road cycling teams, arrived back home on Wednesday after a successful six-week stint in Europe where the team not only held its own, but also excelled, against some of the world’s best ride...

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National track champs get All Africa Challenge underway

Pietermaritzburg – South Africa’s top track cyclists have descended upon KwaZulu-Natal’s capital ahead of the SA National Track & Para Cycling Championships which get underway at the recently revamped Alexandra Park track on Thursday 26 April and s...

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Quads appeal for hand cycles at Tour Durban

Durban – As a bumper field gathers for the 2012 aQuellé Tour Durban presented by Spur road race this Sunday 29 April, a handful of gutsy quadriplegics will be taking part in the event, and are using their participation to appeal for funds to buy more h...

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Nolan Hoffman gets team backing for plans to dominate KZN

Durban – On the day he turned 27 South African cycling's hottest property Nolan Hoffman has set his sights on total domination of the track and road events in KwaZulu-Natal this weekend, and has the backing of his potent pro team to count on. The...

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Injured champ on track for Old Mutual joBerg2c

Defending women’s champion Ischen Stopforth will make her comeback from injury at the Old Mutual joBerg2c, which starts at Heidelberg south of Johannesburg on Friday. The nine-day mountain bike race will be the ultimate test of fitness for Stopforth,...

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RE:CM’s Woolcock, Macdonald primed for joberg2c title defence

Woolcock (left) and MacDonald are all set to defend their title at the Old Mutual joBerg2c nine-day stage race starting on Friday. Photo credit: Dominic Barnardt A year ago, road cycling pros Waylon Woolcock and Neil MacDonald donned their new Team...

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Odendaal Seeks All Africa Challenge Enduro Success

Exciting young downhiller Tiaan Odendaal will lead the charge as KZN’s mountain biking community continues the launch of enduro racing in the country at this weekend’s CSA KZN All Africa MTB Challenge at Cascades MTB park in Pietermaritzburg. Odendaal...

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36one MTB Challenge set to break endurance barriers

Participants in the 36ONE MTB Challenge will experience some of the Western Cape's finest scenery. For the past two decades, 24-hour racing has captured the committed mountain biker’s imagination because it’s a form of racing that asks for – an...

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Swazi champions tackle Old Mutual joBerg2c

CAPTION: Swaziland’s mountain bike champion Thulani Gule (left) and national off-road series winner Fana Mentani have been invited to take up the African challenge in this year’s Old Mutual joBerg2c. Photo: Supplied Swaziland’s mountain bike champion...

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