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 [...]
Matt Beers (Specialized Off-Road - Toyota) won Stage 1 of the inaugural Nedbank Gravel Burn today (Sunday, 26 October), finishing the cold and wet 84km stage from Knysna to Avontuur one second ahead of Swiss rider Andri Frischknecht (Scott SRAM). Hugo Drechou of France finished third on the day, crossing the line alongside Frischknecht. Beers, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. In the opening show, we recap a thrilling and challenging Stage 1, which was won by Toyota Imbuko Specialized ChemChamp and Efficient Infiniti Insure. Tristan Nortje and [...]
Stage 1 of the 2025 Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer, presented by Biogen, took riders from Wilderness on the Garden Route coast to Louvain in the Langkloof. The 84 kilometre course included a sapping 2 250 metres of climbing, which tested even the freshest of legs. Tristan Nortje and Travis Stedman proved the strongest climbers on [...]
Nino Schurter and Filippo Colombo (SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing) won the 2025 Absa Cape Epic at Lourensford Wine Estate in Somerset West today. The win is Schurter’s third Absa Cape Epic title, while Colombo claimed the crown at his first attempt. In the Aramex UCI Women’s Category, Annika Langvad claimed her sixth Absa Cape Epic title [...]
