For 8 years, the King Price Race to the Sun has been synonymous with gravel racing. The fast rolling and relatively flat route is ideal for high-speed racing, but also provides newcomers to the growing discipline with a manageable first 100-miler. In 2026, these key features will continue to be front and centre, with additional [...]
Marc Pritzen and Felix Stehli’s two stage wins and 4-minute and 38-second margin of victory on the final FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz general classification meant that the Honeycomb 226ers completed a near-perfect race to the 2025 title. After Friday’s powerful performance, they missed out on winning Stage 2 when Stehli crashed on the finishing straight. On [...]
After strong winds made for a chaotic start to the opening stage on Friday, Stage 2, on Saturday, concluded in chaos when three riders crashed from a six-rider group contesting the sprint finish. Tristan Nortje and Marco Joubert were the least affected and managed to cross the line just ahead of the Honeycomb 226ers team. [...]
A windy and at times chaotic opening stage of the Shiraz race at FNB Wines2Whales saw the Honeycomb 226ers seize the initiative and establish a 126-second advantage on PYGA Euro Steel and Insect Science. Marc Pritzen and Felix Stehli combined fresh legs with course knowledge to attack at a key moment and leave the chasers [...]
The Shiraz race at FNB Wines2Whales is not just the final race of the Epic Series and FNB Wines2Whales calendar; it is also the final major mountain biking event of the South African season. Thus, the battle for the final Yellow CIOVITA jerseys of the season could be decided by who is fresher, physically and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
