Follow Crank
-
News
-
August 21, 2012 by Rory / 0 Comments
Ride2Nowhere – This is going to be a treat!
I have always loved the Breede River valley. I have been fortunate enough to paddle in the last seven Breede River canoe marathons and I have always wondered about the mountain biking in the valley. You can now understand my excitement when I heard about the latest MTB stage race in the Western Cape, the Ride2Nowhere. Based in the historic town of McGregor, this three day ride promises to be truly spectacular. Below is some info on the event. Get those entries in!
-
August 21, 2012 by Rory / 0 Comments
Hill Dash Kick Starts Build Up to UWCT Final
South African ex-pat Jeffrey Kriel, now racing in Australian colours, won the 4Ever Cycles Hill Dash in tough, hot and windy conditions that formally kicked off the week of road cycling that culminates in the UCI World Cycling Tour Final later in the week.
-
August 21, 2012 by Rory / 0 Comments
2012 Road World Champs SA Team Announced
Cycling South Africa’s Road Cycling Commission has great pleasure in announcing that the following riders have been selected to represent South Africa at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships in Limburg, The Netherlands, taking place from 15 to 23 September.
-
August 17, 2012 by Rory / 0 Comments
Happy Friday
Happy Friday! Huge apologies for missing last week.
-
August 16, 2012 by Rory / 0 Comments
Cycling Paralympians Fine-tune Ahead of London Games
South Africa’s six Paralympic cyclists are feeling confident ahead of the London Paralympic Games, reinforced by their commitment to serious fine-tuning of their preparations.
With the UCI Para-cycling 2012 competition season now complete, the cyclists have continued their training for the Paralympic Games with a dual focus on developing their fitness to peak for London and on technical aspects demanded of the events in which they will compete.
-
August 14, 2012 by Rory / 0 Comments
Top names rally to usurp Evans and George as SA champ at MTN Gravel Travel National MTB Ultra Marathon
In a discussion of any particular sport, the debate about who is really the best will always be an important issue. A conversation like this very often turns into a heated discussion.
But as far as mountain biking is concerned, the question of who is the best mountain biker in South Africa, will be answered on 25 August when the best of the best will battle it out during the South African National Championships at the MTN Gravel Travel in and around Wellington.
One of the main challenges for the pro-elite riders will certainly be to bring the domination of Kevin Evans and David George (Nedbank360Life) in the MTN National MTB Series to an end.
-
August 13, 2012 by Rory / 0 Comments
Stander so near but so far
Mountainbike master Burry Stander let a possible podium place slip to finish fifth in the seven-lap 34.08km in the men’s mountain bike event at Hadleigh Farm at the London Olympics on Sunday, and there was a clean sweep for Africa in the men’s marathon.
Starting slowly, Stander climbed through to 11th position after being in 19th place halfway into the first lap.
-
August 7, 2012 by Rory / 0 Comments
Andrew McLean gets back to top form for UWCT Final
With just weeks to go until the 2012 UCI World Cycling Tour Final in Pietermaritzburg from 23 to 26 August one of road cycling’s icon figures Andrew McLean is determined to succeed at an event that he says is of massive importance for South African cycling.
“I think this is a very prestigious competition and very important for cycling on the world stage as well as being very important for South Africa,” said McLean, who dominated his 45-49 year age group at the Msunduzi Road Challenge qualifying event last year, winning the his age group road race and posting the fastest time trial overall.
-
-
