For 21 years, cyclists have embarked upon the 401-kilometre trek across the world’s oldest desert. Starting in Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia, and finishing in Swakopmund, the route crosses the Namib Desert, making the Nedbank Desert Dash a truly unique and iconic event. In 2025, the race will take place on the 5th and [...]
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 [...]
Having assembled a super team, the Road Warriors team flew through the first 115 kilometres of the 202-kilometre Old Mutual Wealth Double Century course to lay the foundations for the victory. Ryan Gibbons, Sascha Weber, Lukas Baum, Gustav Basson, Stefan de Bod, Willie Smit, and Callum Ormiston brought the winners home on Saturday, 22 November [...]
The Old Mutual Wealth Double Century is not a typical bicycle race. The 12-person team time trial format rewards the strongest teams and the most intelligent strategy. Knowing when to push and when to conserve is key to crossing the line in the best possible time. Individual strengths are essential too, but the strongest rider [...]
Just over three decades ago, To Hell and Back pioneered mountain bike stage racing in South Africa. The inaugural event, in 1995, took place nearly a decade before the 31st champion, who was crowned on Sunday, 16 November 2025, was born. In fact, Francois Hofmeyer’s age is closer to that of the iconic race’s new [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
First introduced in 2025, the R1 million performance bonus for any elite athlete, male or female, who can achieve the remarkable feat of winning all six marathon-distance races in a single season, is back and forms part of the total R1.2 million prize purse for 2026. The performance bonus sits on top of the per-event [...]
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 [...]
E-Bike racing is tactical! E-Bike racing levels the playing field! E-Bike racing is hard! E-Bike racing is fun! Four key takeaways from the E-Powered Pinotage race highlight how views, E-MTB technology, and the race rules have evolved since the inaugural E-Bike race in the Pinotage event at FNB Wines2Whales in 2021. 5 years on, there [...]
