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 [...]
French rider Axelle Dubau-Prevot (Numéro 31 par Café du Cycliste / Pinarello) stormed back dramatically on the final stage of the Nedbank Gravel Burn today (Saturday, 1 November), winning Stage 7 and overturning an 8:54 deficit in the General Classification; she went from fifth in GC to race winner in the process. It was a ride [...]
Matt Beers (Specialized Off-Road Toyota) won the inaugural Nedbank Gravel Burn today (1 November) finishing at Shamwari Private Game Reserve, just north of Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. After seven days of racing that threw everything from hail to high temperatures to extreme wind at the riders, Beers managed to outlast his challengers with [...]
Nedbank Gravel Burn riders woke early on Friday morning to extremely strong winds and then rain. At one stage, riders were evacuated from their Lapa’s to a central meeting point in the Burn Camp for their safety. It was decided to delay the 7 am start by an hour and neutralise the racing to Padstal [...]
After a tough day on Stage 4 at the Nedbank Gravel Burn, where Axelle Dubau-Prevot (Numéro 31 par Café du Cycliste / Pinarello) lost her overall lead due to some over-enthusiastic descending that resulted in lengthy puncture repair, it was a return to composure for the French rider on the event’s 137km Stage 5 from [...]
On a day of racing marked by minor attacks from riders within the large lead group, the decisive moment of Stage 5 at the Nedbank Gravel Burn came down to the summit finish on Swaershoek Pass near Cradock in the Eastern Cape. Germany’s Andreas Seewald (Singer KTM Racing) was the first to pull away from the [...]
On a day of wind, crashes, minor mechanicals, and costly punctures, United States rider Melisa Rollins (Liv Racing Collective) claimed a hard-fought stage victory ahead of a rampaging Hayley Preen (ChemChamp Honeycomb 226ers) at the Nedbank Gravel Burn on Blaauwater Farm today. Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (AG Insurance Soudal) finished third on Stage 4, holding off Stage [...]
Nedbank Gravel Burn overall leader Matt Beers (Specialized Off-Road Toyota) claimed a tight Stage 4 today at Blaauwater Farm near the Compassberg, with Swiss rider Simon Pellaud (Tudor Pro Cycling) finishing just two seconds behind the South African cycling star. Belgian rider Lawrence Naesen (Next Level Racing: Rapha - Orbea) closed out the podium on [...]
Lauren Stephens (Aegis Cycling Foundation) of the United States timed a final attack to perfection on the 90km Stage 3 of the Nedbank Gravel Burn to claim the win after a day of tactical racing in the Pro Women’s race. South Africa’s Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (AG Insurance Soudal) finished as the runner-up on the stage, which [...]
Simon Pellaud (Tudor Pro Cycling) of Switzerland finally achieved what he’d been threatening to do since race registration on Saturday, winning Stage 3 of the Nedbank Gravel Burn with a well-timed counter-attack on the finish line at Blaauwater Farm today (Tuesday, 28 October). French rider Hugo Drechou (Numéro31.cc / Pinarello) was second, just a few [...]
