Searing heat – on Saturday, 23 November – helped produce fierce racing at the 2024 Old Mutual Wealth Double Century. In the men’s race RH77 - Factory proved fastest, holding off RDXVermarc and Star Elite Cycling. Paceline and O’Right engaged in an even closer contest throughout the 202 kilometre race with, the defending champions setting [...]
In Episode 6 of the rebooted Diverge Podcast Seamus Allardice chats to EcoBound and To Hell and Back’s Zane Schmahl about the oldest mountain bike stage race in the country. Over beers in Gamkaskloof – as Die Hel is actually known – they spoke about the history of the event, the difficulties of staging a [...]
The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon proudly announces its successful completion of Stage 1 in the Abbott World Marathon Majors (AbbottWMM) candidacy process, marking a significant milestone in its journey to becoming Africa’s first Major marathon. This achievement reflects the unwavering support of the Cape Town residents, South Africa’s entire marathon running community and the race’s [...]
Gravel is in vogue. It is growing and evolving, with stage racing already identified as the next frontier. The question which now needs to be answered is how many elements from road and mountain bike stage racing multi-day gravel events will incorporate, and where they will deviate entirely. The Garden Route Giro’s race director, Henco [...]
On Saturday, 23 November, 3 100 cyclists will gather in Swellendam for the annual 12-rider team time trial through the Overberg and Breede River regions. The Old Mutual Wealth Double Century is many things to many riders. From a 202 kilometre social ride for the early starters, to a fierce race amongst the top Open, Women’s, [...]
In November the Pedal Project staged the second Dream Bike Raffle draw at the Hanger Bike Co. and one lucky Somerset West local rode away with a bespoke Outer Cycles Link E-Bike. Grant Parkes was one of 800 individuals who purchased a total of 1 500 tickets, which helped the community-based mental health support programme [...]
In Episode 5 of the rebooted Diverge Podcast Seamus Allardice reflects on a stellar edition of the FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz race. Toyota Specialized dominated the final event in the Epic Series’ 2024 calendar, winning all three stages, despite Alex Miller crashing heavily on Day 2. With serious stage race season now completed we then pivot [...]
Matt Beers and Alex Miller completed a clean sweep of FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz stage victories on the final day of the 2024 race. The Toyota Specialized men charged through the trails to Benguela Cove and crossed the finish line ahead of their general classification podium companions, Imbuko and Honeycomb Pro Cycling. Sunday, 10 November, brought [...]
Nambian, Alex Miller endured a bad looking crash, with just a few scraps and bruises, en route to victory on Stage 2 of the FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz race. For the second day running the Toyota Specialized team were joined on the podium by Imbuko and Honeycomb Pro Cycling. Alex Miller, of Toyota Specialized, survived a [...]
Matt Beers and Alex Miller powered into an early lead and never let off the throttle on Stage 1 of the FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz. By the time they reached Oak Valley the Toyota Specialized team had a 4 minute and 29 second advantage over Imbuko and a further 16 seconds on Honeycomb Pro Cycling, who [...]
