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 [...]
Whilst there is often a bit of a chill pre-dawn at The Big 5 by Imbuko Wines and Canetsfontein, there was no need for warm layers in 2026. It was going to be a hot day in the Hawequa mountains. With the largest field of participants in the event's history shuffling into the start chute [...]
A convergence of some of the world’s best mountain bikers and South Africa’s own top riders is taking place on Saturday, the 21st of February, in Wellington, Western Cape. It is the 2026 Big 5 MTB Challenge by Imbuko Wines and Canetsfontein, and this illustrious one-day marathon has once again attracted a high-calibre field of [...]
In 2026’s third episode of the Diverge Podcast, we look back at victories on their season debuts by Matt Beers and Candice Lill at the Banhoek leg of the Ford Trailseeker Series. Lill dominated the women’s race, capitalising on her Cape Epic partner, Alessandra Keller, suffering a puncture to go solo and win [...]
Matt Beers and Candice Lill claimed victories at the first round of the 2026 Ford Trailseeker Series in the Banhoek Valley on Saturday, 31 January. Stacked men’s and women’s elite fields saw the top South African mountain bikers bolstered by international talent, which ensured fiercely competitive racing. Beers held off Marc Pritzen and Luke Moir [...]
On Saturday, 31 January, the Ford Trailseeker Series kicks off its 2026 season in the Banhoek Valley, near Stellenbosch. From the race village at Plaisir Wine Estate, the event will host four race distances and a dedicated E-Bike race to cater to the whole family. For cycling fans not taking part, and even those on [...]
Time parity racing, a deeper field, greater coverage, and more competitive racing are the goals for the Elite Women’s race at the 2026 Absa Cape Epic. Structural changes have been made to the route that the elite women’s teams will race to ensure these aims are met, and this has encouraged stars like Kate Courtney [...]
The UCI MTB World Series visits 9 countries in 2026, with South Korea replacing Brazil as the only non-European or North American leg. The new host country also gets the series underway this year, with a late start on the 1st of May. After the long haul to the Far East, the European leg visits [...]
For the third time in three years, Candice Lill and Tyler Jacobs stood atop the Chardonnay race podium at FNB Wines2Whales. The Liv Sabi-Sabi Seattle Coffee e-Fort team’s 2025 margin of victory was 12 minutes and 10 seconds over Margot Moschetti and Claudia Peretti of e-Fort MB Race. Sarah Hill and Robyn de Grood finished [...]
Candice Lill and Tyler Jacobs utilised the punchy climbs and singletrack-packed course of Play Day, on Stage 2 of the Chardonnay race at FNB Wines2Whales, to perfection. The Liv-Sabi Sabi Seattle Coffee e-Fort team added a second stage win to their 2025 tally, taking their general classification advantage to over 6 minutes in the process. [...]
