SA pro Roadies abroad thread

[milky4130]

Another 2 more in action today at the 4 day Stage Race, Tour of Salaha which includes our current SA Road Champ 

 

[milky4130]

More Saffas turning Pro

[DJuice]

Louis called it a day.

https://escapecollective.com/its-the-end-of-a-beautiful-story-demare-headlines-list-of-riders-retiring-this-weekend

 

[milky4130]

44 minutes ago, DJuice said:

Louis called it a day.

https://escapecollective.com/its-the-end-of-a-beautiful-story-demare-headlines-list-of-riders-retiring-this-weekend

 

I saw Louis was 1 of 4 riders that got the Guard of Honor at the start of Il Lombardia yesterday.

[DJuice]

29 minutes ago, milky4130 said:

I saw Louis was 1 of 4 riders that got the Guard of Honor at the start of Il Lombardia yesterday.

With all of the riders leaving IP, was hopefull he could get a ride their for another year or two.  
If you had enough, its time. He can be proud of his career! 
 

[Ispeed_V]

With both Maincheese and Gibbo hanging up their shoes end of the year, Hatherly will be our only WT representative. 

Hopefully some new talent will show themselves soon.

[Shebeen]

12 hours ago, DJuice said:

Louis called it a day.

https://escapecollective.com/its-the-end-of-a-beautiful-story-demare-headlines-list-of-riders-retiring-this-weekend

 

Bit dissapointing that he signs off with a DNF, but he will surely go down as one of our greats. Had a quick squizz now, but as some sort of metric here is a list of Grand tour appearances, could be missing on or two here..

Impey - 11

Hunter - 17

Meintjes - 20

It's a long long time ago now, but must have been when on the MTNQ yellow team at TdF in 2015 - there was a photo of the team bus with LM in the foreground, in focus with a huge expectant smile. He looked like he was 16 yrs old and the caption was: "best school outing EVER!"

he even rode with this train for a year.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYtZJo3lrQx/ 

never forgetting this performance that really put him into the conversation, and I don't think anyone has come close since.

 

Edited October 13, 2025 by Shebeen

[MongooseMan]

2 saffers on the new George Hincapie team:

 

https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/meet-the-20-riders-powering-americas-newest-pro-cycling-team/

Edited November 10, 2025 by MongooseMan

[Shebeen]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DUgbta1jA6t/

 

this seems to have missed the news cycle here, and can;t actually find anything written on it - maybe all the journos were at Tankwa trek.  impressive turn laaitie!

 

https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/blaine-kieck

[Shebeen]

WT podium, not the deepest field, but assume he was actually working for team leader too.

 

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/settimana-internazionale-coppi-e-bartali/2026

[J Wakefield]

55 minutes ago, Shebeen said:

WT podium, not the deepest field, but assume he was actually working for team leader too.

 

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/settimana-internazionale-coppi-e-bartali/2026

Not a World Tour ranked race 

[DJuice]

According to PCS the Giro is on the calander for Alan.

[milky4130]

7 world tour teams (including Jayco), 5 pro conti teams, 8 conti Teams. still decent enough competition.

[splat]

Alan getting some nice air time:

https://velo.outsideonline.com/mountain/mountain-bike-star-hatherly-risks-it-all-on-the-road-to-dominate-the-dirt-in-la-2028/

[Shebeen]

On 3/31/2026 at 9:48 AM, DJuice said:

According to PCS the Giro is on the calander for Alan.

Apart from AH at the upcoming Giro, I do wonder who the next SA rider will be to do a grand tour?

main cheese did giro/vuelta last year, and 20 in total.

before that gibbons/de bod did a GT in 2024.

 

take your pick from this list, this might be the last time for a long time we have a rider at a grand tour.

 

[DJuice]

3 hours ago, Shebeen said:

Apart from AH at the upcoming Giro, I do wonder who the next SA rider will be to do a grand tour?

main cheese did giro/vuelta last year, and 20 in total.

before that gibbons/de bod did a GT in 2024.

 

take your pick from this list, this might be the last time for a long time we have a rider at a grand tour.

 

Can only agree with you.

What is the chance of Modern Adventure getting an invite for Vuelta 2027? 

We do have @J Wakefieldnot sure how his calendar look. Was thinking the other day, SA local cycling media can do a bit more and celebrate the South Africans that is industry leaders in cycling, there was an article in Escape few weeks back on both John and Mike, separate articles.