At the sharp end, the racing E-Bikers went full gas from Benguela Cove to Oak Valley Wine Estate, but further back the mood was more relaxed on the opening day of the FNB Wines2Whales Pinotage. The mid-week race blends fast with fun, allowing those who want to race to race flat out and those who [...]
For the third time in three years, Candice Lill and Tyler Jacobs stood atop the Chardonnay race podium at FNB Wines2Whales. The Liv Sabi-Sabi Seattle Coffee e-Fort team’s 2025 margin of victory was 12 minutes and 10 seconds over Margot Moschetti and Claudia Peretti of e-Fort MB Race. Sarah Hill and Robyn de Grood finished [...]
Candice Lill and Tyler Jacobs utilised the punchy climbs and singletrack-packed course of Play Day, on Stage 2 of the Chardonnay race at FNB Wines2Whales, to perfection. The Liv-Sabi Sabi Seattle Coffee e-Fort team added a second stage win to their 2025 tally, taking their general classification advantage to over 6 minutes in the process. [...]
The double defending champions, Candice Lill and Tyler Jacobs, made their lives difficult by missing a marker and riding kilometres down the wrong track while leading Stage 1 of the Chardonnay Race at FNB Wines2Whales. Margot Moschetti and Claudia Peretti were unable to capitalise on the error, however, as Liv-Sabi Sabi Seattle Coffee e-Fort raced [...]
In Episode 5 of the rebooted Diverge Podcast Seamus Allardice reflects on a stellar edition of the FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz race. Toyota Specialized dominated the final event in the Epic Series’ 2024 calendar, winning all three stages, despite Alex Miller crashing heavily on Day 2. With serious stage race season now completed we then pivot [...]
Matt Beers and Alex Miller completed a clean sweep of FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz stage victories on the final day of the 2024 race. The Toyota Specialized men charged through the trails to Benguela Cove and crossed the finish line ahead of their general classification podium companions, Imbuko and Honeycomb Pro Cycling. Sunday, 10 November, brought [...]
Nambian, Alex Miller endured a bad looking crash, with just a few scraps and bruises, en route to victory on Stage 2 of the FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz race. For the second day running the Toyota Specialized team were joined on the podium by Imbuko and Honeycomb Pro Cycling. Alex Miller, of Toyota Specialized, survived a [...]
Matt Beers and Alex Miller powered into an early lead and never let off the throttle on Stage 1 of the FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz. By the time they reached Oak Valley the Toyota Specialized team had a 4 minute and 29 second advantage over Imbuko and a further 16 seconds on Honeycomb Pro Cycling, who [...]
In Episode 4 of the rebooted Diverge Podcast Seamus Allardice looks back on the first two races in the 2024 FNB Wines2Whales series, reflecting on Candice Lill and Tyler Jacobs victory in the Chardonnay as well as the excitement of E-Bike racing in the Pinotage. The Pinotage ended with the Swiss team of Santina Malacarne [...]
The Shiraz race brings not only the FNB Wines2Whales, but also the South African competitive mountain biking season to a close. It features a stacked elite field and provides a final opportunity for the local teams, and a selection of seasoned international campaigners to perform. In 2024 a returning double champion and his Namibian teammate [...]
