The 2026 Absa Cape Epic starts in Meerendal near Cape Town with both the men’s and women’s titles wide open. Three-time champion Matt Beers teams up with Tristan Nortje after Keegan Swenson’s withdrawal, while several international pairings will challenge for the podium. In the women’s race, the absence of the defending champions has created a [...]
Luke Moir and Jolanda Neff were crowned the king and queen of the songo.info Champions Race on Wednesday, 11 March. The late afternoon action took place in scorching temperatures, and the racing matched the mercury with Cannondale Factory Racing taking the fight to the South Africans, Moir and Tyler Jacobs, in the men’s and women’s [...]
Eliud Kipchoge announced on Monday, 9 March, that the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon will serve as the opening chapter of Eliud’s Running World, a series of seven marathons across all continents designed to inspire communities and unite the world through running. The 2026 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon takes place on Sunday, 24 May. For years, it [...]
Canyoncafē is more than a bike shop; it is a unique cycling experience. As the official regional Powerseller for Canyon Bicycles, Canyoncafē brings the German brand, through the canyoncafe.co.za online platform and its retail outlet in Stellenbosch, to South Africa. This outlet has become a hub for cycling in the Western Cape, and now Canyoncafē [...]
Ryan Gibbons sprinted to victory at the 2026 Cape Town Cycle Tour on Helen Suzman Boulevard in Green Point. Having spent the last decade racing in Europe, Gibbons’ homecoming to South Africa began with a team victory at the Double Century in November 2025 and culminated on Sunday, 8 March, with the most prestigious title [...]
Lisa Bone was certainly among the pre-race favourites, but was perhaps uncertain of her own formidable strength. A breakthrough victory at the Cape Town Cycle Tour will change the Enza Construction Cycle Nation rider’s perception of her own capabilities, as well as her standing in the elite women’s peloton after a commanding performance that culminated [...]
The elite men’s field for the 2026 Cape Town Cycle Tour boasts four former winners, including the defending champion, but no clear favourite. With cool conditions and a light breeze predicted for race day, the evenly matched main contenders will have near-perfect conditions for their contest of speed, endurance, skill, and tactical acumen. Among the [...]
Tyler Jacobs may be a professional mountain biker, but if the 2026 South African National Championships’ Road Race is anything to go by, she will start among the favourites for the Cape Town Cycle Tour on Sunday, 8 March. The Liv Factory Racing star, who won an Under 23 UCI World Series short-course cross-country race [...]
Famed and feared, the Momentum Medical Scheme Attakwas Extreme, presented by Biogen, is known as the Hell of the South for good reason. Temperatures in the Klein Karoo can soar in January, the Attakwaskloof is formidably rocky, and the rolling roads in the second half of the 120-kilometre-long course are corrugated and packed with climbs [...]
The new Shimano Tiagra R4000 groupset is designed for pure road riding, having been refreshed with wider-range gearing, reduced system weight, and improved lever ergonomics designed to fit more riders. SHIMANO today announces the new TIAGRA R4000 Series, a refreshed 2x11-speed mechanical road groupset created to deliver confident shifting, practical gearing, and a more accessible [...]
