On a day when the general classification action took a pause, Travis Stedman and Alison Jackson won Stage 4 of the Nedbank Gravel Burn. Wednesday, 28 October 2026, brought searing heat, red-hot racing in the breakaway, a crash in the general classification group, and attempts by Marco Joubert to gain time over Matt Beers, Filippo [...]
Stage 3 of the 2026 Nedbank Gravel Burn featured the longest route of the second edition and crosswinds to boot, on a day when 90 of the 135 kilometres were raced on asphalt. Men's race leader Matt Beers lost time to Tristan Nortje, but gained on Filippo Colombo, in second, as Eddy le Huitouze won [...]
Matt Beers's firepower blew the elite men's race apart on Stage 2 of the Nedbank Gravel Burn on Monday, 26 October 2026. The South African came up short in the finale, however, losing out in a sprint for stage honours to his day-long breakaway companion, Filippo Colombo. The 105-kilometre stage, which looped from Blaauwater Farm [...]
The Grip's Mattia de Marchi survived from the early breakaway on Stage 1 of the 2026 Nedbank Gravel Burn to win on the opening day and seize the first Ember Jersey. Having exploited her climbing prowess on the 90-kilometre course from Graaff-Reinet to Blaauwater Farm, Nele Laing, of Canyon DT Swiss ATR, held off Alexis [...]
Hopetown hero, Arthur Jantjies, continued his run of success in Cape Town by claiming victory in the inaugural Nelson Mandela Marathon on Sunday, 18 October 2026. The Pan African Resources Club runner was joined atop the podium by Ethiopia’s Bize Beyira Negasa. Negasa dominated the elite women’s race, winning by over 7 minutes. Both champions [...]
Two-time mountain bike marathon world champions Andreas Seewald and Henrique Avancini, Paris-Roubaix winner Alison Jackson and 2026 Gravel World Championships bronze medallist Larissa Hartog will join defending champions Matt Beers and Axelle Dubau-Prévot at the Nedbank Gravel Burn 2026, starting in Robert Sobukwe Town / Graaff-Reinet on Sunday, 25 October. The second edition of the [...]
South Africa’s premier one-day mountain bike marathon, the Momentum Medical Scheme Attakwas Extreme, presented by Biogen, celebrates its twenty-first edition with a significant increase in prize money. Fabled as the toughest day on a bike in a country obsessed with endurance sports events, the Hell of the South has earned its reputation multiple times over. [...]
History was made at the 18th edition of the Otter TERREX Trail presented by EasyEquities as Bianca Tarboton claimed a fifth win in six years in the women’s race, extending her record for the most wins in the event. She led from the start, extending her lead over the chasing pack throughout the marathon-length race [...]
Cronje Beukes and Chloé Hopf won the 2026 Lions Karoo to Coast in muddy and cold conditions on Sunday, 27 September. Beukes, who hails from George, had twice finished in the top five before claiming the victory and following in the footsteps of his father Gerrie and uncle Matthys. Hopf’s victory, on the Knysna Sports [...]
Muddy trails did not dampen spirits, but certainly added to the final-day drama on Stage 5 of the 2026 Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer, presented by Biogen. The early hours of Saturday, 26 September, brought steady drizzle and the risk of already swollen rivers flooding. Fortunately, a window in the weather opened just before the [...]
