Van Huyssteen Records Xterra Buffelspoort Hat-Trick
Carla van Huyssteen records an impressive finishing time in the 2013 Totalsports Xterra Buffelspoort for her third consecutive win in the gruelling multisport event on Saturday
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.
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
Cherise Streaks to Dischem Victory
Cherise Taylor showed she is maturing into a crafty sprinter when she outdashed a large bunch of rivals to win the Dischem Ride for Sight in Boksburg on Sunday. Teenage cycling sensation Cherise Taylor extended the winning streak of the MTN women’s team to five races for the year, when she out-sprinted a large bunch […]
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 […]
MTN Puts Millions into Bike Racing
Cherise Taylor will head the MTN 5-woman professional cycling team with Marissa van der Merwe. Cellular network giant MTN has increased its commitment to South African cycling, by announcing a three-year sponsorship of mountain biking in South Africa, as well as becoming the official communications supplier to the Absa Cape Epic.
MTN Introduces Fully Professional Team
Women’s cycling is preparing for an extreme makeover following the announcement that MTN is sponsoring a professional women’s road team, which will be led by two of the sport’s brightest stars.
Talent A-Plenty for KZN Race
The lead group at the recent Dischem Cradle Classic contains (from left) Robyn de Groot, Lizanne Naude (obscured), Elsa Karsten, Cherise Taylor, Anriette Schoeman and Lynette Burger, all of whom are expected to be in the hunt for a podium finish in Sunday’s Pick ‘n Pay Amashovashova, in KwaZulu-Natal. There is no outright favourite to […]
Yolande’s Win Ends Great Season
Yolande Speedy, wearing the pink Mazda Series leader’s jersey in the absence of Tania Raats, won the Colorpress Crater Cruise on Sunday and the Mazda Series overall women’s title. Yolande Speedy continued her impressive 2007 season on Sunday, when she added she Mazda Series title to her list of achievements after claiming a dominant win […]
Amashova Backs Women’s Cycling
The top women at the 2006 Pick ‘n Pay Amashovashova, (from left) Lynette Burger (third), Chrissie Viljoen (winner) and Ronel van Wyk (second). The 2007 Amashovashova is once again throwing its support behind women’s cycling, and will offer equal prize money to the first man and woman across the finish line. At a time when […]
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.