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Entries for the second annual Pennypinchers Origin Of Trails, a two day mountain bike (MTB) stage race in the picturesque Stellenbosch region and surrounds, will open on Thursday, 13 February 2014. Click here to view the article

The first 2014 ABSA Cape Epic podium battle warning shots will be fired this week as a strong international field lines up to tackle the second edition of the DUTOIT Tankwa Trek mountain bike stage race in the Cedarberg region of South Africa’s Western Cape province. Click here to view the article

The 2014 Time Freight SA Road Cycling Championships delivered a spectacle of racing hardly seen before in South Africa. Louis Meintjes (Team MTN-Qhubeka) just snuck past Daryl Impey (Orica GreenEdge) after 180km of gruelling racing. It was a massive disappointment to Daryl that his bike developed a mechanical in the sprint finish. Unfortunately, the prize giving was delayed by opinions regarding the result as to who should be wearing what jersey and why. Click here to view the article

Finally the moment that all 2013 FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) riders have been waiting for, the spectacular Amphi Bike Park at Paul Cluver will officially open its doors to the public on Saturday, 15 February 2014. Click here to view the article

Durbanville’s Meerendal Wine Estate will be the title sponsor of the songo.info teams participating in this year’s Absa Cape Epic. The songo.info organisation has grown from humble beginnings and is a powerful collaboration between Christoph Sauser, world champion mountain biker and Songo Fipaza, a well-recognised local community leader. Click here to view the article

Mountain Bike enthusiasts can look forward to Valentine’s Day (Friday, 14 February 2014), for another reason, the opening of entries for the 2014 FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Events. Click here to view the article

Erik Kleinhans (RECM) and Hanlie Booyens claimed victory at the 2014 ISUZU Ride The Rock Mountain Bike (MTB) Race completing this much talked about 196km three day stage race in the majestic Cederberg Region in a combined time of 08hours21minutes24seconds and 10hours52minutes52seconds respectively. Click here to view the article

Under-23 World Champs silver medallist Louis Meintjes (Team MTN-Qhubeka) and defending National Champion Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (Hitec Products) claimed top honours in the Elite men and women’s race categories at the 2014 Time Freight SA Road Cycling Championships, which came to a close in Westville today, Sunday 9 February. Click here to view the article

In what was an exhilarating race around the streets of Westiville, KwaZulu-Natal today. The South African Road Race Championships saw Louis Meintjes come away with the national jersey. Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) took the silver with defending champion, Jay Thomson taking the bronze medal. Click here to view the article

Current South African marathon champion, Robyn de Groot (Biogen Toyota), claimed a morale-boosting win at the opening round of the MTN National Marathon Mountain Bike Series in Dullstroom, Mpumalanga on Saturday. Click here to view the article

The Veteran classes put on an exciting day of racing in the penultimate day of the 2014 Time Freight SA Road Cycling Championships in Westville today, Saturday 8 February. Click here to view the article

Erik Kleinhans of Team RE∙CM set a steady pace during Stage One of the much anticipated ISUZU Ride The Rock MTB Race that started in the majestic Cederberg Region on Friday, 07 February 2014. Click here to view the article

Defending champions Daryl Impey (Orica GreenEdge) and Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (Hitec Products) retained their Elite National Time Trial titles on day 3 of the 2014 Time Freight SA Road Cycling Championships in Durban. Click here to view the article

For the first time the 2014 Absa Cape Epic will have live tracking and monitoring of the 600 rider teams over the entire 8-day stage race. In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Tracker Business, leading fleet management and vehicle recovery solutions company, will deploy specially-developed lightweight tracking devices that deliver live rider information, such as speed and location. Tracker will also provide emergency and logistics vehicle tracking and intelligence for the duration of the race. Click here to view the article

Racing in the time trial discipline marked the start of the 2014 Time Freight SA Road Cycling Championships, which got underway along the Snell Parade in Durban yesterday, 4 February. Click here to view the article

This week will see the South African National Road Championships being held in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The Championships kick off with the 40km time trial on Thursday, with the road race being held over 180km on Sunday. Click here to view the article

Eight-time national road race champion Anriette Schoeman will have another bite at the cherry when she takes on South Africa’s cycling elite at the annual championships in Durban this weekend. Click here to view the article

The Kargo Pro MTB team got their second month of the year underway in dominant fashion on 1 and 2 February as the weekend’s action saw the proudly South African, UCI-accredited outfit clinch no less than four podium finishes at cycling events across the country. Click here to view the article

Nolan Hoffman outsprinted a small lead group in the finishing straight to claim his third victory in the 106km Classic at The Herald VW Cycle Tour in Port Elizabeth on Sunday. Click here to view the article

The World Cycling Centre Africa MTN Qhubeka Feeder Team started the 2014 season on Sunday 26 January at the Value Logistics Fast One. Click here to view the article

Five of eight invited top international cycling teams have confirmed they will be taking part in the 2014 Mzansi Tour powered by Cathsseta, South Africa’s premier stage road race, in April. They will take on the cream of the South African and African talent when the five-stage Mzansi Tour takes place from April 8-12. This will be the second running of the Mzansi Tour powered by Cathsseta, THE South African Pro Cycle Tour after its successful debut last year, beginning in Mpumulanga and ending in front of packed crowds at Montecasino in Johannesburg. Click here to view the article

Western Cape local Andrew Neethling, a professional racer for the international Giant Factory Racing Team, claimed the 2014 African Continental Championship downhill title at Contermanskloof on Sunday 26 January. Click here to view the article

It just might be a third time lucky for top German multisport athlete Nico Pfitzenmaier the weekend of 07 – 09 February 2014 when he returns to the majestic Cederberg region to participate in the third annual ISUZU Ride the Rock MTB Race. Click here to view the article

Durbanville’s Mariske Strauss (Orange Monkey Pro Team) and Pretoria’s Philip Buys (Scott Sports) claimed African Continental Championship titles in the Elite women and men’s mountain bike cross-country categories in the Western Cape today. Click here to view the article

As the South African cross country and downhill mountain biking fraternity gear up for this weekend’s African Continental Champs in Cape Town, news of Kargo Pro MTB team being accepted as a UCI MTB team by cycling’s international federation – a first for the South African cycling scene – has cyclists nationwide abuzz with excitement. Click here to view the article