| TEAM HOUSE OF PAINT SPRINTER DEAN EDWARDS DOMINATED AT THE DBN GP ON THE WEEKEND BY WINNING THE 15KM SCRATCH, 20KM POINTS & ELIMINATION RACE WHILE TEAM MATE MIKE PEPPER CLAIMED TOP HONOURS IN THE 1500M EVENT |
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| FULL STORY - EDWARDS IN FINE FORM |
| The EPR Cycle Challenge that started from Tarlton International Raceway in the West Rand, seemed destined to be a drag race between the best riders after the warm-up 120km loop. Arran Brown of Medscheme beat his rival Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg in the resulting sprint between the front riders!
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| FULL STORY - Brown wins a drag race on Tarlton in the EPR |
| Relax your shoulders, relax your arms... If you’ve done any one of our MTB skills clinics, you can still probably hear your instructors’ voice repeating these instructions in your head every time you get on you bike and hit the trail. Off road terrain is hardly ever flat and predictable; the front wheel is going to roll over bumps, roots, stone/rock, ditches, ruts and corrugations.
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| FULL STORY - Beat shoulder and neck pain |
| Cross Country (XC) racing is a beast of a different kind..! When you have to race 6 laps around a technically demanding course while your heart is in your mouth, I can tell you - it makes for quite a challenge...The venue for the first round of the MTN Cross Country series was Rietvlei Farm just south of Johannesburg. At first glance the area didn’t look like the ideal setting for a mountain bike race, but once out on the course it was a different story all together. The course was a mixture of open jeep track, forested sections and some really rocky single track all laid out on a piece of land which barely contained any even terrain. |
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| FULL STORY - MTN NATIONALl XC #1, RIETVLEI FARM |
| Takes place on the 31st January 2010 in Sasolburg. Route maps will be on the web and available at the race venue. The route is a mixture on jeep track, awesome single track and some district roads.
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| FULL STORY - THE FAST ONE MTB CHALLENGE 2010 |
| South African champion Lynette Burger added the continental road cycling title to her list of 2009 achievements when she won the Elite women's road race at the African Championships in Windhoek, Namibia on Sunday. |
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| FULL STORY - BURGER NOW BEST IN AFRICA |
| MTN Energade cyclist Kevin Evans finished second in the Addo Mondi Mountain Bike Challenge on Sunday capping a remarkable season which saw him take 16 wins, nine second places, and three third places with the highlight being his eighth position at the World Championships. |
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| FULL STORY - EVANS FINISHES MEMORABLE SEASON |
| The Telkom Satellite Challenge is as close to a 'mountain top' finish as you can get in Gauteng, and on Saturday, MTN Energade's Kevin Evans made the best use of the situation to win his first road race of the Alpha Pharm Series.
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| FULL STORY - TELKOM SATELLITE CLASSIC - RACE REPORT |
| The MTN Energade cycling team has announced its UCI Continental Women’s Team for the 2010 racing season which includes four-time Swedish Olympian and two-time World Champion Susanne Ljungskog and the young Danish time trial talent Trine Schmidt. |
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| FULL STORY - MTN CYCLING TEAM BOLSTERS WOMEN’S SQUAD FOR 2010 |
| Spring has arrived, the birds are up bright and early, and the time has come to dust off your bike and head outdoors to join them. With the rising excitement of the season’s biggest bike races just around the corner, now’s the time to put your extra energy to use and resume training. |
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| FULL STORY - SPRING HAS SPRUNG AND SO SHOULD YOU! |
| The Rand Water Race for Victory, held in some 'proper racing' conditions was won by MTN's Jay Thomson early on Sunday morning in the South of Johannesburg. The race, in it's 11th year has had many start and finish venues, and various route changes. The one constant however, has been the trip through the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve that borders Heidelberg. It gives the race it's special character, and this year, there were a few more obstacles to make this event a memorable one.
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| FULL STORY - RAND WATER RACE FOR VICTORY |
| On Sunday morning at about 08:00, six mountain bikers were riding past the lion cages at the Lion Park when they were held up at gun point by three well-organised individuals. |
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| FULL STORY - HI-JACK WARNING |
| Rumours circulating about the demise, and subsequent cancellation, of the upcoming MTN Amashovashova National Cycle Classic taking place are completely untrue; the event will still go ahead.
The 106km race, considered to be one of the country’s toughest cycling events, takes place from 17 to 18 October. It starts in Pietermaritzburg and will end in Durban North Beach at the Suncoast Casino and Entertainment World. |
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| FULL STORY - MTN AMASHOVASHOVA CYCLE RACE STILL ON TRACK |
| It is that time of year again when the tree-lined streets of Zoo Lake become a cyclist’s paradise. With roads temporarily closed, cyclists of all ages and skill levels will compete in the MTN Zoo Lake Criterium that takes place on Heritage Day, 24 September.
There are ten races scheduled, starting at 09:00 with the U/16 category and culminating in a sprint around Zoo Lake at 15:15. With R100 000 in prize money up for grabs, this is a day not to be missed by cyclists and spectators alike. |
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| FULL STORY - A HERITAGE DAY TO REMEMBER WITH THE MTN ZOO LAKE CRITERIUM |
| The MTN Zoo Lake Criterium ended in a mass sprint with Team Medscheme's Arran Brown winning from his team mate, Malcolm Lange and Toyota Supercycling's Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg. The 45 minute lap race around the tree lined suburbs and Zoo lake in the North of Johannesburg was a really fast affair, being run at an average speed of over 48 kph. The Elite race was the penultimate of the day's events, before the 'winner takes all' final sprint race where Nolan Hoffman broke Team Medscheme's winning streak by winning the final burst to the line. |
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| FULL STORY - MTN ZOO LAKE CRITERIUM |
| South African Daryl Impey will race for Team RadioShack next season. Impey, 24, looks forward to racing alongside seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and having the direction of Johan Bruyneel.
"I can only learn from the guys I am with and I think it is going to raise my game as well," he toldCyclingnews. "The expectations are going to be a lot higher and I think that is going boost my performance as well." |
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| FULL STORY - IMPEY JOINS RADIOSHACK |
| Faced with a tougher economic climate, and the precedent of a spectacular 2008 cycle tour which collected R2.3 million for charity, the organisers of this year’s Change a Life Cycle were undaunted. Sponsors stepped up to the plate and the 60 participants didn’t blink over the R20 000 entry fee - although knowing little other than that they would be based on the luxury Rovos Rail train, cycling for four consecutive days on road bikes. This year’s Mystery Tour, really did remain a mystery despite a dizzying pre-calendar of events, newsletters, training rides and a marketing campaign dispensing tantalising hints at the possible location of each day’s ride. |
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| FULL STORY - CHANGE A LIFE CYCLE 2009 |
| The cycling industry is one truly dominated by men. However, over the past few years more women have entered the sport. Alongside the trend of a growing female cycling population, so have cycling equipment brands extended their range to cater for women specific needs. |
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| FULL STORY - LADIES BICYCLE WORKSHOP - HOSTED BY SHIMANO |
| The second leg of the 2009 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup will be staged at the Cattle Arena, Royal Show Grounds in Pietermaritzburg with 120 of the world’s best BMX riders competing. The event will be staged on Friday and Saturday 21st & 22nd August with official practice taking place on Thursday 20th August. |
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| FULL STORY - BMX WORLD CUP SET FOR PMB THIS WEEKEND |
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