Known as the Race with Soul, the Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer, presented by Biogen, is more than just one of South Africa’s premier mountain bike stage races. It boasts UCI Status, attracts a stellar field of elite riders, and showcases one of the country’s most diverse and scenic regions. The 2026 race, which takes [...]
Momentum Health, administrator for Momentum Medical Scheme, has renewed its commitment to mountain biking in South Africa, extending its partnership with Dryland Event Management to 2029. The agreement sees the health division of the Momentum Group retain the title sponsorship of the Momentum Medical Scheme Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, the Momentum Medical Scheme Cape [...]
Over the last decade, we at Diverge have covered around 25 events per year across MTB, Gravel, Road, and Trail Running. With that experience in hand, we'll be bringing you more insights in 2026. Some of it will be on the ground, on the job for the event, while we will be covering other races [...]
Last week, the Diverge Podcast was at the Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer, presented by Biogen. We tried to do daily podcasts, but fell off the wagon after Stage 2. So here are the final 3 days all in one long pod. The headline, of course, is that Tristan Nortje and Travis Stedman [...]
The 2025 Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer, presented by Biogen, came to a sweltering and thrilling conclusion in Oudtshoorn on Saturday, 4 October. Vera Looser and Samantha Sanders completed a clean sweep of victories across the five stages to win the UCI Women’s title by over 40 minutes. The UCI Men’s competition was a closer [...]
Tristan Nortje and Travis Stedman won in yellow, while Vera Looser and Samantha Sanders won in pink at the summit of the Swartberg Pass, in South African mountain biking’s only mountain top finish. Die Top, as the location at 1 583 metres above sea level is known, is an iconic part of the Momentum Medical Scheme [...]
The dual tracks and trails from Louvain, in the Langkloof, to Langenhoven Gymnasium, in Oudtshoorn, were rocky and rough on Stage 3 of the Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer, presented by Biogen. This helped create the conditions for another thrilling day of racing on Thursday, 2 October 2025. Though the yellow and pink First Ascent [...]
This week, the Diverge Podcast is at the Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer, presented by Biogen. Tune in for daily reports and interviews from the race. After losing time with a catastrophic rear wheel puncture on Stage 1, the PYGA Euro Steel Team of Jaedon Terlouw and Michael Foster earned a redemption of [...]
Having lost an hour with a puncture on Stage 1 of the Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer, presented by Biogen, PYGA Euro Steel might be out of the general classification battle, but they earned redemption with a stage win on the second day of the 2025 race. Wednesday, 1 October, also saw Efficient Infiniti Insure [...]
This week, the Diverge Podcast is at the Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer, presented by Biogen. Tune in for daily reports and interviews from the race. In the opening show, we recap a thrilling and challenging Stage 1, which was won by Toyota Imbuko Specialized ChemChamp and Efficient Infiniti Insure. Tristan Nortje and [...]
