Cherise Taylor Makes Tour History
Eighteen-year old MTN cyclist Cherise Taylor left her maiden 2008 Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour win to a sprint at the end, becoming the youngest-ever champion of Africa’s biggest race.
Cbist Owner Takes a Stand
The exit of top competitors like Ronel van Wyk has many players worried about the state of professional women cycling. The resignations of top women cyclists Anke Erlank-Moore, Chrissie Viljoen and Ronel van Wyk has cast the sport under a spotlight, with concerns about the lack of recognition for professional women cyclists, proper selection structures […]
Dome2Dome Title Race Wide Open
Anriëtte Schoeman (Right, Proline) is counted among the experienced warhorses to continue battle against a new crop of young guns, including Lynnette Burger (Left, Cyclelab). The retirement of three women in the past three months has left the race for the woman’s title wide open in Sunday’s PowerAde Dome2Dome Cycling Spectacular.
Local Girls Open Cape Epic Lead
Team Duravit have clinched their fourth stage win on day 4 of the 2007 Absa Cape Epic, with team members Anke Erlank-Moore and Yolandè de Villiers crossed the finish line in Barrydale after four and three-quarter hours, close to a half-hour ahead of stage runners-up Kristine and Anna-Sofie Noergaard (Denmark).
Anke and Yolandè lead Cape Epic
The first three days of the 2007 Absa Cape Epic presented by adidas have made for arguably the hardest start yet in the history of the race, but spirits are high, with many top riders agreeing that this is the best race yet in terms of organisation, route structure and, most importantly, food.
SA Ladies Lead Cape Epic
South Africa continues to lead the women’s division in the 2007 ABSA Cape Epic after stage 2’s Uniondale to Oudtshoorn provisional rankings, when 2006 SA Woman’s Marathon Mountain Biker of the Year Yolande de Villiers and Duravit team partner Anke Erlank-Moore edged home more than 22 minutes in front of their nearest competitors on Sunday.
Anke Claims 4th Cycle Tour Title
Anke Erlank-Moore has won the women’s Cape Argus Pick ‘n Pay Cycle Tour in Cape Town this morning, after keeping in the leading peloton for the duration of the 109km world-famous race.