In a special episode from Ride Joburg, the Diverge Podcast recaps on a thrilling and at times chaotic 28th edition of the world’s second-largest timed bicycle race. While thousands of fun riders enjoyed a beautiful day out on the roads of Johannesburg, the elite men and women raced for R200 000 winners' cheques. Kim [...]
Jaedon Terlouw used his mountain biking prowess to dive down the inside of Ryan Gibbons and outsprint the defending champion en route to victory in the 2025 Ride Joburg. The PYGA Euro Steel rider’s victory on Sunday, 26 October, is the biggest of his young career and is all the sweeter given the calibre of [...]
Mauritian champion and Tour de France Femmes stage winner, Kim le Court, and South African mountain biking talent Jaedon Terlouw won the 2025 Ride Joburg on Sunday, 26 October. Le Court played the patience game, allowing early attacks to go before using the climbs in the second half of the 97-kilometre course to exert her [...]
Southern Africa’s top road racers will take to the streets of Johannesburg on Sunday, 26 October, for the 28th edition of Ride Joburg. They will compete across the same 97-kilometre course as thousands of avid amateur and social cyclists riding for personal bests and to enjoy a day dedicated to cycling the City of Gold. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Jan Withaar won two stages en route to the 2025 Glacier Waterberg Traverse title on Sunday, 11 May. The foundations of the Insect Science Azimuth man’s victory were laid on Friday and Saturday when he established a 5 minute buffer over Jaedon Terlouw. The PYGA Euro Steel rider won the final stage, but could only [...]
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 [...]
