South Africa’s most infamous mountain biking climb, the Merino Monster, was the deciding factor on the Queen Stage of the 2025 Momentum Medical Scheme Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen. Saturday, 8 February’s, Stage 3 will likely prove decisive in the UCI Men’s race as Imbuko ChemChamp added 6 minutes to their general classification lead with [...]
Stage 2 of the 2025 Momentum Medical Scheme Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen – on Friday, 7 February – produced a dramatic day of racing. There were punctures and broken wheels, as well as a major mechanical, all of which affected the general classification standings. She Sends reigned supreme though as Candice Lill and Kate [...]
The opening stage of the 2025 Momentum Medical Scheme Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen – on Thursday, 6 February – saw the PYGA Euro Steel 2 and She Sends teams seize the first leaders’ jerseys. Michael Foster and Jaedon Terlouw overcame misfortune and capitalised on Imbuko ChemChamp’s error in the closing metres to earn the [...]
Kate Courtney and Candice Lill’s She Sends privateer super squad and Lukas Baum and Georg Egger’s ORBEA x Leatt x Speed Company headline the 2025 Momentum Medical Scheme Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, elite fields. The South African star returns to the Koue Bokkeveld to defend her title with the popular American when the Stage [...]
In Episode 4 of the rebooted Diverge Podcast Seamus Allardice looks back on the first two races in the 2024 FNB Wines2Whales series, reflecting on Candice Lill and Tyler Jacobs victory in the Chardonnay as well as the excitement of E-Bike racing in the Pinotage. The Pinotage ended with the Swiss team of Santina Malacarne [...]
Candice Lill and Tyler Jacobs put in a performance worthy of a five-star review as they completed a perfect clean sweep of FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay stage wins. The SeattleCoffeeCo eFORT ALMAR pair had time to stop for a selfie at the FNB Private banking picture frame on their way to victory at Benguela Cove. When [...]
Candice Lill and Tyler Jacobs secured their second stage victory of the 2024 FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay race with another commanding performance on the Oak Valley Trails. Stage 2 suited the cross-country racers to perfection and they were able to add a further 4:57 onto their general classification advantage over their nearest rivals, Vera Looser and [...]
The opening day of the 2024 FNB Wines2Whales series got underway in perfect conditions on Friday, 1 November. SeattleCoffeeCo eFORT ALMAR’s Candice Lill and Tyler Jacobs picked up where they left off in 2023 winning their fourth stage win in a row, though the most recent comes 12 months after the last. They were joined [...]
The 2024 FNB Wines2Whales gets underway on Friday, 1 November, with the elite women’s showdown in the Chardonnay race. South Africa’s international campaigners, Candice Lill and Tyler Jacobs, headline the field as defending champions. Yet they will face fierce competition from the Efficient Infiniti Racing, e-FORT 1, and Sani2C teams, in particular. The punchy and [...]
Canyon SIDI’s Andreas Seewald and Marc Stutzmann rode hard and fast to claim Stage 3 of the 2024 Absa Cape Epic in a sweltering Wellington, while Anne Terpstra and Nicole Koller (GHOST Factory Racing) won their fourth stage in as many days to cement their place at the top of the Aramex Women’s Category general [...]
