Nolan Hoffman (Team ENZA) claims his fourth title on the line in a sprint finish with Travis Stedman at the aQuellé Tour Durban on Sunday 28 November. Anthony Grote/Gameplan Media Durban – Nolan Hoffman rode his way into the record books by winning his fourth aQuellé Tour Durban title, holding off a valiant challenge from rising star Durban rider Travis ...
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Rising Durban star Rheeders hungry for aQuellé Tour Durban
Durban road racer Josh Rheeders is eager to make his mark at the aQuellé Tour Durban on Sunday 29 November. Supplied/Gameplan Media Durban – Rising Durban road cycling star Josh Rheeders is targeting his hometown classic when the aQuellé Tour Durban elite race is held on Sunday 28 November, eager to put the many months of pandemic lockdown frustration to ...
Read More »‘THE HOF’ MAKES IT FOUR WINS AS THE WEATHER GODS CELEBRATE POSTPONED 2021 CAPE TOWN CYCLE TOUR
Thousands of cyclists from around South Africa celebrated the return of limited mass participation sporting events with the 43rd running of the Cape Town Cycle Tour on Sunday. As part of the events’ Covid-19 mitigation plans the race was reduced in size to a maximum of 18 000 entries and various Covid-19 protocols, including a ‘flow’ start and smaller start ...
Read More »Awakening the Dragon: Refreshing Dragons Sports
Founded in 1992 Avalanche Bicycles is a proprietary brand within the Dragons Sports stable and supplies high quality bikes and equipment at an affordable price point. Photo by Jacques Marais. Dragons Sports has been a mainstay of the South African cycling industry since 1989. For 32 years the company has imported and distributed brands including Giant and Liv Bicycles, Cadex, ...
Read More »2021 PAARL BOXING DAY TO GO AHEAD
Defending champion Josh van Wyk (left) crosses the finish line to win the 25 Mile at the 122nd edition of the Paarl Boxing Day Track Challenge at the Faure Street Stadium in Paarl. Graeme Ockhuis (second from right) finished second with Belgian Jonas Rickaert behind him in third. Picture by Laurel Andrews The Paarl Boxing Day Track Challenge, which is scheduled for ...
Read More »42nd Cape Town Cycle Tour greeted with near-perfect weather as Willeit and Barrett take titles
Windless and cool conditions greeted over 30 000 cyclists who took on the 42nd Cape Town Cycle Tour in Cape Town on Sunday. While the wins were taken by Cherise Willeit – who won her fifth women’s title – and 20-year-old Travis Barrett in a dramatic men’s sprint, the story was of the thousands of cyclists that followed them ...
Read More »First Move and Alfa Bodyworks aim to be red-hot on the road
While establishing themselves in the mountain biking scene, the duo of Jaco Venter and Jacques Janse van Rensburg have not forgotten the discipline that saw them racing around the world for over 12 years. Venter and Janse van Rensburg will be adding select road race events to their 2020 mountain biking schedule in a new partnership with First Move Sport ...
Read More »Where to Hit the Roads These Holidays in Pursuit of Cape Town Cycle Tour Fitness
December school holidays are a great time to be a South African. The sun is out, half the country seems to be on vacation and everyone is in a mood to relax after a long working year. For cyclists, the long days and great weather means early morning or late afternoon rides. Gaining fitness and working off the festive season’s ...
Read More »Active Bodies and Private Client Holdings Blaze to Coronation Double Century Victory
On a searingly hot day in the Overberg town of Swellendam – on Saturday, 23 November – the Active Bodies and Private Client Holdings teams blazed to victory in the 2019 Coronation Double Century. The men’s defending champions were once again in formidable form, leading at each time check; while the Private Client Holdings team, many of whom were making ...
Read More »Gouveris, Schoeman lead the way in Lorraine Cycle Tour
Brad Gouveris’s late decision to enter the Lorraine Cycle Tour paid dividends when he finished top of the podium in the 80km feature race in Port Elizabeth today. The 21-year-old from PE, riding for Action Cycles, edged Warwick Renard in the sprint for the line to add a second title to his maiden triumph in 2017 with a time ...
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