Searing heat – on Saturday, 23 November – helped produce fierce racing at the 2024 Old Mutual Wealth Double Century. In the men’s race RH77 - Factory proved fastest, holding off RDXVermarc and Star Elite Cycling. Paceline and O’Right engaged in an even closer contest throughout the 202 kilometre race with, the defending champions setting [...]
Matt Beers proved a class apart at the 2024 B-well Around the Pot, presented by SEESA, 100 Miler on the 27th of July. The gravel race, from the Overberg town of Swellendam, boasted four route options which took in 200-, 100-, 60-, and 25-Mile courses across the rolling hills of the Rûens. Beers was joined [...]
When the 2024 B-Well Around the Pot, presented by SEESA, takes place on the 26th and 27th of July some of South Africa’s best gravel racers will be on the start line. With the fields split between the 100- and 200-Miler distances the national endurance and ultra-endurance gravel scene will converge on the Overberg town [...]
The 2023 Old Mutual Wealth Double Century took place in warm conditions, from Swellendam, on Saturday, 25 November. A steady, if not stiff, headwind made record and personal best chasing difficult, but did not stifle the racing. DMS & Co went out fast and overcame punctures to key riders to win the title in commanding [...]
The 2023 B-Well Around the Pot, presented by SEESA, is set to take place on Saturday, 29 July. Along with hundreds of enthusiastic and avid gravel riders the event has attracted some of the country’s top gravel racers. The fields are split between the 100 and 200 Mile courses, with riders like Gert Heyns, Pieter [...]
The B-Well Around the Pot welcomed 2 000 gravel riders to Swellendam for the 2022 edition and with winter rapidly approaching it is once again gravel season in South Africa. This means it is nearly time to take on the rolling roads of the Overberg in the 2023 edition. Scheduled for the 29th of July the [...]
Crank up the magic of the Overberg back roads amidst the breathtaking canola and wheat fields lining the picturesque ‘Around The Pot’ Route. This race rates right up there as one of SA’s ‘greatest gravel grinds’, and you’ll be chuffed to know you can now ride it solo any time you like! Photographs & Copy: [...]
Local Buzz: Here’s the deal: the Swellendam Trails (all hand-crafted on space belonging to the local Municipality) is open and FREE. Yup, you heard correctly, and I guarantee you there is nowhere else in the Western Cape where you will have open public access to trails of this quality. The setting adjacent to Marloth Nature [...]
The Chas Everitt Around the Pot, presented by SEESA, introduced many South African cyclists to the amazing scenery of the Swellendam and Breede River region of the Overberg. Now, with the launch of a ‘Do It Yourself’ series the event is expanding the riding opportunities and creating the potential for amazing new experiences. Come explore [...]
Entries for the Chas Everitt Around the Pot, presented by SEESA, opened on Sunday, 1 November. The 2021 races – which include a 25-miler, 60-miler, 100-miler and ultra-endurance 200-miler – are set to take place on Saturday, 24 July. Riders who held entries to the Covid-19 affected 2020 event will be able to roll their [...]
