Cherise Times Sprint Perfectly for EPR Challenge Win
Multiple South African champion, Cherise Taylor (Team USN), timed her sprint to perfection to win the Randfontein EPR Cycle Challenge west of Johannesburg at the weekend.
Anriëtte Wins Inaugural MTN Tour de Plet
Anriëtte Schoeman (Nashua Toyota) took the first MTN Tour de Plet this weekend when she managed to break away from the bunch up the notorious Groot Rivier Pass in Natures Valley.
Robyn Wins Free State Classic
Robyn de Groot claimed the Free State’s biggest road cycling race when she won the women’s title at the MTN OFM Classic on Sunday, but it was Jennie Stenerhag who left Bloemfontein with the green jersey on her back as leader of the 2009 Alpha Pharm Seeding Series. In the women’s race, the ongoing duel […]
Taylor’s Dream Victory
MTN teenage cyclist Cherise Taylor is the 2008 Cycle Tour Champ. Eighteen-year-old Cherise Taylor achieved one of her lifetime goals on Sunday when she edged out the country’s top women in a frantic bunch sprint to capture the coveted Cape Argus Pick ‘n Pay Cycle Tour title.
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.
Thumbs Up For Women’s Cycling
In this special feature, gsport editor Kass Naidoo reviews the emerging pro cycling landscape for women, since MTN’s announcement of its sponsorship of South Africa’s first-ever fully-professional women’s road cycling outfit
March 2008 gSTAR: Anriette Schoeman
Anriette Schoeman is one of South Africa’s most accomplished cyclist, having won almost every major title on offer. She is a top contender for the upcoming Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour. gsport’s March Cover Girl Anriette Schoeman has seen women’s cycling grow from strength to strength over the past decade. Despite […]
Team MTN’s Ride for Sight Challenge
Team MTN (from left) Cashandra Slingerland, Cherise Taylor, Chrissie Viljoen and Marissa van der Merwe share a laugh during the team’s recent training camp. The team have enjoyed a successful start to the year, winning four out of the five races they have entered. With more than 500 entries in the female category, the Dischem […]
Schoeman takes 12th VW Herald Classic
Proline Computers Elite Women Cycling member Robyn de Groot leads team-mate Anriette Schoeman in the weekend’s Volkswagen Herald Super Classic in Port Elizabeth, which Schoeman won for a historic twelfth time. Team Proline Computers’ Anriette Schoeman snuck to victory at blistering pace on Sunday, to record a historic 12th victory in the Volkswagen Herald Super […]
Anriette into Record Book Again
Proline Computers and South Africa’s very own Pocket Rocket, PE’s Anriette Schoeman celebrates her remarkable 6th consecutive Pick n Pay Fast One Classic title. Anriette Schoeman (Proline Computers) made cycling history this weekend when she took her 6th consecutive title in the Pick n Pay Fast One Classic, which drew more than 6500 cyclists to […]
Anriette in Bruintjieshoogte Win
The 2008 Caltex Bruintjieshoogte Cycle Tour champion Anriette Schoeman (centre), with Michelle Schlebucsh (right, finishing second) and Yolinda Erasmus (placing third) on Sunday 20 January. The Cortex Castle Lager Bruintjieshoogte cycling festival started on Saturday with Mountain Bike races and fun riders over various distances, but the weekend festival’s highlight was the 100km race, in […]
First Fietstoer Goes Dutch
Podium finishers in the 101km Women’s category in the inaugural Die Burger Fietstoer (centre) are 1st Jennie Stenerhag (2.52.06), Anriette Schoeman (second, right, 2.52.09) and Jane Seggie (third, left, 2.52.09). Riding for Dutch team Therme Skincare, Jennie Stenerhag was the first woman to cross the finish line in the inaugural Die Burger Fietstoer, already proclaimed […]