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Biogen Ladies’ Ischen Stopforth (front) and Robyn de Groot cross the 360Life floating bridge en route to victory in the women’s category at the Nedbank sani2c mountain bike race at Scottburgh on Saturday. Photo: Kelvin Trautman

Team Stopforth de Groot Win sani2c Stage Race

By on 19 May, 2013 in Cycling, International Championship, Newsroom, Results

Biogen Ladies’ Ischen Stopforth and Robyn de Groot held onto their overnight lead to claim overall victory in the three-day Nedbank sani2c mountain bike race in Scottburgh on Saturday

Anriette Schoeman (Mecer / Africa Silks) hoists the trophy after she won her 7th women's title of her fifteenth Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour race in Cape Town in a time of 2 hours 55 minutes and 53 seconds on Sunday 10 March 2013. Photo: supplied

Road Champ Schoeman Honoured at Parliament

By on 16 May, 2013 in Awards, Cycling, Newsroom

Athens Olympian and eight-times national road cycling champion Anriette Schoeman (Mecer / Africa Silks) receives a Motion of Congratulations from the National Assembly for her cycling achievement

Team Jeep's Sharlene McGilvray will be hoping to become the first South African ever to clinch a masters world championship title in two separate cycling disciplines when she shoots for gold at the UCI Masters MTB World Championships in Pietermaritzburg from 21-25 August. Team Jeep’s McGilvray is pictured en route to victory in the UCI BMX World Championships in Pietermaritzburg in 2010. Photo: Mark Squire /Gameplan Media

Fastest Old Bat Gears Up for MTB World Champs

By on 9 May, 2013 in Cycling, International Championship, Newsroom

The support of all South Africans what powers ‘The fastest Old Bat’ Sharlene McGilvray as she prepares to win double gold at the UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Champs at The Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg from 26 August to 1 September

University of Johannesburg sports psychology student Cheyna Tucker, who won two national squash titles this month, is steadily climbing the world rankings. Photo: Supplied

Tucker Wraps Up National Squash Titles

By on 30 April, 2013 in Newsroom, Squash

Having won two national squash titles in April, SA squash star Cheyna Tucker discusses keeping her focus on ensuring a strong core and total body strength, to assist her rise in world rankings

The chasing peloton of elite women, including eventual winner Lynette Burger (left) climb up the M4 near Umhlanga, in the closing stages of the aQuellé Tour Durban, in Durban on Sunday, 28 April, 2013. Photo: Dave Macleod/Gameplan Media

Burger Delighted at Tour Durban Defence

By on 28 April, 2013 in Cycling, Newsroom

Momentum Toyota captain Lynette Burger showed her cyclig pedigree, defending her aQuellé Tour Durban title for a second successive win.

2012 aQuellé Tour Durban defending champion Lynette Burger leading the women's peloton on her way to victory. Burger is poised to retain the iconinc 105km road race title at the Moses Mabhida stadium finish line on Sunday. Photo: Anthony Grote/Gameplan Media

Burger Tipped to Retain aQuellé Tour Durban Title

By on 27 April, 2013 in Cycling, Newsroom

Team Momentum Toyota’s Lynette Burger is tipped to retain the iconic aQuellé Tour Durban 105km road race title against a strong field on Sunday

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Steyn and Day Lead the Cycling Champs Way

By on 24 April, 2013 in Cycling, National Championships, Newsroom

Andrea Steyn and Liefie Day won double championship titles at the 2013 SA National Vets, Masters, U16 and Para-Cycling Road & Time Trial Championships, in Oudtshoorn

Jeannie Dreyer (USN/Hi-Tec) claimed a deserved win in Sunday’s captivating Sappi 60km Karkloof Classic, the feature race of the Sappi Karkloof Classic MTB Festival, finishing nearly 10 minutes clear of the accomplished silver-medalist Ashleigh Moffatt (BMC-SA), and third-placed Yolandi du Toit (Team Bizhub). The toll of competing two days in a row was telling for Saturday's Stihl Karkloof Enduro champion Natalie Bergstrom (Coffeeberry Momsen), when the leading KZN mountain biker could only finish in fourth place in the main event on Sunday, in a time of 4:02.50. But after two days of non-stop rainfall which saw the festival’s Peri Night Race on Friday and Saturday’s Stihl Karkloof Enduro staged in exceptionally challenging conditions, the highly-competitive ladies field produced a race to remember as Dreyer, wife of Dusi Canoe Marathon legend and keen mountain bike competitor Martin Dreyer, claimed what was a comfortable victory in the end. Despite sitting a couple of places back in the early stages of the 60km event, Dreyer made her move after the 10km mark, signaling the start of the climbs, and never looked back from there. “I’ve been off the bike for a couple of years with the birth of children, but I’ve been back riding competitively since the Triple Challenge in November last year, and it’s been a really good six months since then,” said Dreyer. “I’ve been training with Mart’s (Dreyer) RMB Change a Life Youngsters in the Valley of a Thousand Hills, and every race the focus for them hasn’t been on where they finish overall but rather about whether they beat me or not, so I’ve had some really good preparation coming into this. “I certainly wasn’t expecting this though, especially with Mart and I focusing on the upcoming Freedom Challenge rather than the shorter, harder, faster stuff. Obviously there’s something still left in these legs though,” she chuckled. Moffatt, having just returned earlier this week from a hugely successful European tour, has been in good form in recent weeks. Unfortunately she was just unable to match Dreyer’s performance on the day, crossing the line over nine minutes behind the leader. “I’m still really happy with my performance today,” said Moffatt. “And it’s great to be back on home ground again too! The pace was really good up front, and then the mud made things a little more technical, but all round it was a great race.” The day also played host to the aQuellé 20km Family Race and aQuellé 10km Kids Ride, which saw hundreds of cycling enthusiast young and old and of all walks of life take to the trails, bringing down the curtain on all yet another Sappi Karkloof Classic MTB Festival. More info can also be found at www.karkloofmtb.co.za Leading Women's Results in the SAPPI 60km Karkloof Classic, at the SAPPI Karkloof Classic MTB Festival: 1. Jeannie Dreyer 3:49.48 2. Ashleigh Moffatt 3:59.02 3. Yolandi du Toit 4:02.01 4. Natalie Bergstrom 4:02.50 5. Brenda Potts 4:09.48 Leading Women's Results in the aQuellé 40km Half Marathon: 1. Lyn van Breda 2:09.58 2. Nadia Botha 2:23.31 3. Amanda Hawke 2:29.54 (With editing by gsport)

Dreyer Streaks to Karkloof MTB Classic Win

By on 21 April, 2013 in Cycling, Newsroom

Back in the saddle after dedicating years to motherhood, Jeannie Dreyer streaks to comfortabe 60km SAPPI Karkloof MTB Classic title outside of Howick on Sunday